TrueBlue Vancouver on parks: clear encampments, clean facilities, single-sex washrooms
TrueBlue Vancouver would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, and put youth sports first. It would enforce park bylaws, clear encampments and open-air drug use from parks, keep tree canopy, and keep public washrooms separate for men and women.
PUBLIC SPACES AND SERVICES · PAGES 30 TO 31
Fitness and Sports Facilities, Green Space and Public Washrooms: what the 2026 Full Election Platform says
TrueBlue Vancouver's public spaces section deals with the places people share. For sport and recreation, the party would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, and give priority to core recreation services and youth sports. Its focus is the upkeep, cleanliness and safety of facilities the city already has, and it names no new facility.
On parks and green space, TrueBlue would clean up parks by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing what it calls dangerous encampments. It would keep park tree canopy and green space for recreation and family use, and keep parks free of illegal open-air drug use and encampments. The same green space text is printed on page 7 of the PDF, in the climate section.
For public washrooms, the party would improve cleanliness and safety and keep separate male and female facilities. This section of the PDF also repeats the party's policies on sidewalks and bike paths and on zoning. We list those in the transit and housing sections. The washroom policy repeats the position the party states in its human rights section on page 18.
Most of this chapter concerns the Park Board, which controls parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. TrueBlue has no Park Board candidates, so its council candidate would need that board to act. Council funds street cleaning and shelter sites and approves the police budget. Police enforcement in parks would be directed by the Vancouver Police Board. Council could fund shelter spaces for people who leave encampments.
3 COMMITMENTS
What the party says it would do
Fitness and sports facilities
TrueBlue would maintain safe, clean and affordable pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres, and give priority to core recreation services and youth sports.
- Who has the power
- Park Board The separately elected Park Board controls Vancouver pools, rinks, fields and community centres.
Green space
The party would clean up municipal parks and green spaces by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing dangerous encampments. It would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for neighbourhood recreation, family use and local appearance while keeping parks safe, clean and free of illegal open-air drug use or encampments.
- Who has the power
- City, with others The Park Board controls parks, while Council funds shelter sites and outreach and the Police Board directs police enforcement.
Public washrooms
TrueBlue would improve the cleanliness and safety of public washrooms while maintaining separate male and female facilities.
- Who has the power
- City, with others Public washrooms are run by both the city and the Park Board, depending on where they are.
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Where the power sits for this chapter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about fitness and sports facilities, green space and public washrooms
What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about encampments in parks?
TrueBlue Vancouver would clean up parks by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing what it calls dangerous encampments. It would keep parks free of illegal open-air drug use and encampments (platform, page 30).
What does TrueBlue Vancouver promise for pools, rinks and community centres?
The party would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable. It would give priority to core recreation services and youth sports (platform, page 30).
What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on public washrooms?
TrueBlue would improve the cleanliness and safety of public washrooms and keep separate male and female facilities (platform, page 31).
Would TrueBlue Vancouver protect trees in parks?
The party would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for neighbourhood recreation and family use. It ties this to keeping parks safe, clean and free of encampments (platform, page 30).
Who would carry out TrueBlue Vancouver's park policies?
The separately elected Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools and rinks. TrueBlue is running no Park Board candidates, so its council candidate would need the board to act (platform, pages 30 to 31).
ON THE BALLOT
The TrueBlue Vancouver candidates behind this
City Council
Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
- TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF SAYS SO ITSELFTrueBlue Vancouver · pages 30 to 31 · checked