[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1609},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-trueblue-vancouver":3,"platform-trueblue-vancouver-2026-platform":320,"platform-chapter-trueblue-vancouver-2026-platform-schools-and-public-education-bullying-police-and-student-involvement":706,"platform-outline-trueblue-vancouver-2026-platform":756,"party-roster-TrueBlue Vancouver":825},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":17,"history":18,"leadership":28,"logo":29,"meta":30,"money":31,"name":46,"news":47,"overview":53,"palette":58,"platform":63,"questions":245,"record":281,"registeredName":287,"rosterLabel":46,"slug":288,"sources":289,"stem":317,"summary":318,"website":292,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":319},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#1d4ed8","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[11],"tb-home","json",{"year":14,"note":15,"cites":16},2023,"Stated on the party website. We have not checked this against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[11],"A small conservative slate, mostly contesting the School Board",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":22,"gaps":25,"entries":27},"unresearched",false,"2026-09-22",[23,24],"The party website","A web search for the party name with past Vancouver election results",[26],"Founding, past results and any name changes have not been checked for this party yet.",[],[],null,{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":33,"gaps":36,"searchUrl":38,"filings":39,"notes":40},"researched",[34,35],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[37],"This party's own filings have not been retrieved and transcribed yet, so this page explains where to look rather than showing the figures.","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLESearch.aspx",[],[41,42,43,44,45],"Registered parties in British Columbia are called elector organizations. Only a registered elector organization can endorse candidates, take campaign contributions and spend money on an election.","Each one files a report within 90 days after general voting day, another by March 31 for every calendar year, and a final one within six months of closing down.","General voting day is October 17, 2026, so this election’s filing is due by about mid-January 2027. It is not on the public record during the campaign.","What is on the record now: the reports filed for each calendar year, and the full filings from the 2022 Vancouver election.","Anyone who gives $100 or more to a party or a candidate has their name and the amount published.","TrueBlue Vancouver",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":48,"gaps":50,"entries":52},[49],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[51],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[54,55,56,57],"TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 people across 4 ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears on the ballot twice, for City Council at number 154 and for School Board at number 318.","It is the only party on this ballot with a candidate standing for two different offices.","The party site gives its founding year as 2023 and describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board. The official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate, so we have recorded the official list.","Its published platform is broad and mostly without numbers. It sets a direction on ten subjects rather than making costed commitments.",{"accent":59,"onAccent":60,"tint":61,"ink":62},"#1D4ED8","#FFFFFF","#E3E8F7","#1F377A",[64,83,102,117,144,158,175,194,229,238],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":66,"proposals":68,"questions":74,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":76,"gaps":78,"headline":81,"summary":82},"housing",[67],"The party publishes a direction with no supply target, cost or timeline attached.",[69],{"title":70,"detail":71,"cites":72,"cost":73},"Make housing easier and less expensive to build","The party would reduce fees, red tape and permit delays while protecting neighbourhood character.",[11],"Not published",[],true,[77],"The TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform page",[79,80],"No housing supply target is published.","No affordability commitment is published.","Cheaper to build, with neighbourhood character protected","TrueBlue would make housing easier and less expensive to build by reducing fees, red tape and permit delays, while protecting neighbourhood character.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":85,"proposals":88,"questions":98,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":99,"gaps":100,"headline":90,"summary":101},"homelessness",[86,87],"This is the recovery-first end of the ballot. TrueBlue’s framing is the opposite of COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.","Detox and treatment services are provincial, so a city taking this direction would be pressing the province rather than delivering it.",[89,94],{"title":90,"detail":91,"cites":92,"authority":93},"Prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery","The party would focus on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",[11],"Detox and treatment services are provincial.",{"title":95,"detail":96,"cites":97},"Address encampments","The party would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks.",[11],[],[77],[],"TrueBlue focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":104,"proposals":106,"questions":112,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":113,"gaps":114,"headline":115,"summary":116},"public-safety",[105],"TrueBlue’s safety position sits with ABC and against COPE on the ballot’s clearest divide: whether to fund policing more or to fund other services instead. No budget figure is published.",[107],{"title":108,"detail":109,"cites":110,"cost":73,"authority":111},"Properly funded police","The party supports properly funded police and addressing repeat crime and public disorder. No budget figure is published.",[11],"Council approves the police budget. The Police Board directs the department.",[],[77],[],"Properly funded police and action on repeat crime","TrueBlue supports properly funded police and would address repeat crime and public disorder.",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":119,"proposals":121,"questions":139,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":140,"gaps":141,"headline":142,"summary":143},"transport",[120],"TrueBlue and TEAM are the two parties publishing a position against road pricing. TrueBlue adds a bike lane audit, which no other party publishes.",[122,126,130,135],{"title":123,"detail":124,"cites":125},"Oppose congestion pricing","The party opposes congestion pricing.",[11],{"title":127,"detail":128,"cites":129},"Audit bike lanes","The party would audit bike lanes.",[11],{"title":131,"detail":132,"cites":133,"authority":134},"Support transit based on ridership and need","The party would support transit based on ridership and need.",[11],"TransLink runs transit service.",{"title":136,"detail":137,"cites":138},"Protect commercial parking access","The party would cut red tape and protect commercial parking access.",[11],[],[77],[],"Oppose congestion pricing and audit bike lanes","TrueBlue opposes congestion pricing, would audit bike lanes, and would support transit based on ridership and need.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":146,"proposals":148,"questions":152,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":153,"gaps":154,"headline":156,"summary":157},"parks",[147],"The party is not contesting the Park Board race. Its published commitment touching parks is about maintenance and encampments and would be carried out through council.",[149],{"title":150,"detail":96,"cites":151},"Maintain parks and sidewalks",[11],[],[77],[155],"No position on the future of the elected Park Board is published.","Maintain parks and sidewalks, address encampments","TrueBlue would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks. It is not running Park Board candidates.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":160,"proposals":163,"questions":168,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":169,"gaps":170,"headline":173,"summary":174},"schools",[161,162],"The School Board is where TrueBlue is concentrating. Three of its four ballot entries are school trustee candidacies, which is the largest share of any party’s slate going to one race.","Its published school position is a direction rather than a set of commitments: safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[164],{"title":165,"detail":166,"cites":167},"Safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking","The party commits to promoting safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[11],[],[77],[171,172],"No measurable school outcome is published.","No position on school capacity, catchments or the budget is published.","Safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking","TrueBlue promotes safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. Three of its four ballot entries are for School Board.",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":177,"proposals":179,"questions":188,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":189,"gaps":190,"headline":192,"summary":193},"taxes-and-budget",[178],"The party publishes a direction rather than a number. It would control property tax increases and audit spending, but no percentage target or timeline is published.",[180,184],{"title":181,"detail":182,"cites":183,"cost":73},"Control property tax increases","The party commits to controlling property tax increases and auditing spending to focus on essential services. No percentage target is published.",[11],{"title":185,"detail":186,"cites":187},"Publish spending information","The party commits to publishing spending information and holding officials accountable.",[11],[],[77],[191],"No property tax percentage target is published.","Control property tax increases and audit spending","TrueBlue would control property tax increases, audit spending to focus on essential services, and publish spending information.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":196,"proposals":199,"questions":221,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":222,"gaps":226,"headline":228},"climate",[197,198],"The party's climate chapter opposes existing City climate rules on buildings, and reframes flooding and heat as maintenance and infrastructure issues rather than emissions issues.","It also ties park cleanliness and encampment removal to its \"Green Space\" policy, and opposes road-pricing and paid-parking expansion under \"Private Vehicles and Parking.\"",[200,205,209,213,217],{"title":201,"detail":202,"cites":203},"Repeal green building mandates and retrofit rules","The party would repeal what it calls costly municipal green building mandates, complex retrofits and gas-stove bans, and streamline the Vancouver Building By-law so builders and homeowners can choose their own heating, cooling and energy sources.",[204],"tb-platform-pdf",{"title":206,"detail":207,"cites":208},"Direct spending to drainage, dikes and seawalls","The party would focus tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs, upgrading storm sewers and coastal defences, rather than what it calls activist environmental projects.",[204],{"title":210,"detail":211,"cites":212},"Maintain tree canopy and green space, tied to park cleanliness","The party would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for recreation, while enforcing public space bylaws and clearing encampments it says make parks unsafe.",[204],{"title":214,"detail":215,"cites":216},"Maintain cooling infrastructure without new heat regulations","The party would keep community centre cooling, pools and ice rinks running through summer heat waves, without new heat-related regulations or taxes on private property owners.",[204],{"title":218,"detail":219,"cites":220},"Oppose road pricing and paid-parking expansion","The party would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and end paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods.",[204],[],[223,224,225],"The party's 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F","The City of Vancouver official candidate list",[227],"The platform states no dollar figure or date for any of these commitments.","Repeal green building rules, and focus climate spending on drainage and cooling infrastructure",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":231,"proposals":232,"questions":233,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":234,"gaps":236},"culture",[],[],[],[224,225,235],"A web search for the party name with the issue name, September 2026",[237],"This issue has not yet been researched for this party.",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":240,"proposals":241,"questions":242,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":243,"gaps":244},"child-care",[],[],[],[224,225,235],[237],[246,251,255,259,263,267,271,275],{"question":247,"answer":248,"cites":249},"How many candidates is TrueBlue running?","Three people across four ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears twice, for City Council at number 154 and School Board at number 318.",[250],"city-candidates",{"question":252,"answer":253,"cites":254},"Can a candidate run for two offices at once?","Naomi Chocyk is on the 2026 Vancouver ballot for both City Council and School Board. That is what the official candidate list shows, and she is the only person on this ballot in that position.",[250],{"question":256,"answer":257,"cites":258},"Is TrueBlue running a mayoral candidate?","No. Its own site describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board, but the official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate. We have recorded the official list.",[250,11],{"question":260,"answer":261,"cites":262},"When was TrueBlue founded?","Its website states 2023. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[11],{"question":264,"answer":265,"cites":266},"Where does TrueBlue stand on drugs?","It focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use. That is the opposite framing to COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.",[11],{"question":268,"answer":269,"cites":270},"Does TrueBlue publish any numbers?","No. Its platform sets a direction on about ten subjects without dollar figures, percentage targets or deadlines attached, checked September 22, 2026.",[11],{"question":272,"answer":273,"cites":274},"What does TrueBlue say about bike lanes?","It would audit them. It is the only party on this ballot publishing that commitment. It also opposes congestion pricing, which TEAM does too.",[11],{"question":276,"answer":277,"cites":278},"Where can I see its campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[279,280],"ebc-search","ebc-org",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":282,"gaps":284,"entries":286},[23,283],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[285],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"True Blue Vancouver","trueblue-vancouver",[290,294,299,302,305,309,312],{"id":11,"label":291,"url":292,"publisher":46,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F","subject",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":204,"label":310,"url":311,"publisher":46,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fplatform",{"id":313,"label":314,"url":315,"publisher":46,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"tb-platform-2026","TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver-2026-full-platform.pdf","2026-09-30","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver","TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 candidates: one for City Council and three for School Board, with one person on the ballot twice. Its published platform is built around lower taxes, funded police and recovery-focused drug policy.","odDz0QpNRH95psX90cqatAcQ3ljzSPIwNK0hPZF3ayg",{"id":321,"title":322,"checkedAt":316,"context":323,"corrections":324,"extension":12,"headline":325,"intro":326,"meta":330,"pageCount":331,"party":288,"pillars":332,"questions":677,"slug":699,"sourceId":313,"sourceIds":700,"stem":701,"summary":702,"tagline":703,"updatedAt":29,"url":315,"__hash__":705},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json","2026 Full Election Platform",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform, section by section",[327,328,329],"TrueBlue Vancouver published its 2026 Full Election Platform as a 49-page PDF under the slogan \"Take Back Our Vancouver.\" It opens with the party's priorities, among them lower taxes, strong policing, treatment and recovery, roads and parking, and parental involvement in schools. The policies follow in sections, from climate and housing to schools and transit. The PDF gives no publication date.","Each policy in the PDF has three parts. \"Our commitment\" states what the party would do. \"What this means\" and \"Implementation\" follow with general steps that repeat from policy to policy, such as assessing cost before acting and publishing results. These pages list the \"Our commitment\" text as the party's commitments. We added one thing the PDF does not give: which government would have to act, and why.","Some policies are printed in more than one section with the same words. The zoning policy, for example, appears under climate, housing and public spaces. We list each repeated policy once, in the section where it fits best, and say on the other section's page where it went. The PDF says on page 2 that it takes the party's supplied policy commitments and presents them as a full election platform.",{},"49",[333,365,400,431,462,492,523,554,585,616,646],{"slug":334,"title":335,"race":336,"order":337,"pages":338,"aim":341,"headline":342,"summary":343,"intro":344,"questions":348,"context":364},"climate-change-heat-and-fires","Climate Change, Heat and Fires","City Council",1,{"from":339,"to":340},5,9,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to climate change, heat, & fires is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on climate: building rules, flooding and heat waves","Climate Change, Heat and Fires is the first section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform. The party would repeal municipal green building mandates and gas-stove bans, spend on drainage, dikes and seawalls, and keep pools and community centres open in heat waves.",[345,346,347],"TrueBlue Vancouver opens its 2026 platform with a section on climate change, heat and fires, on pages 5 to 9 of the PDF. The section lists policies on buildings, flooding, green space, cars and parking, urban heat, walking and cycling, and zoning. Several of those are printed again, word for word, in later sections, so this page shows the policies that appear only here, and points to the others.","The party's approach is to remove city climate rules on buildings and to spend on physical protection. TrueBlue would repeal municipal green building mandates, retrofit rules and gas-stove bans, let builders choose their own energy sources, and direct money to drainage, dikes, seawalls and storm sewers. For heat, it would keep pools, rinks and community centres working, without new rules or taxes on private owners. The section names no target, cost or date.","Council controls Vancouver's own building bylaw and the budget for sewers and drainage. The pools, rinks and community centres named in the heat policy belong to the separately elected Park Board. The green space policy is shown in the public spaces section, the cars, parking, walking and cycling policies in the transit section, and the zoning policy in the housing section.",[349,352,355,358,361],{"question":350,"answer":351},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's climate change platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's climate section would repeal municipal green building mandates, complex retrofit rules and gas-stove bans, and focus tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs. It would keep pools, community centres and rinks working in heat waves (platform, pages 6 to 8).",{"question":353,"answer":354},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver have an emissions target?","The climate section gives no emissions target, cost or date. Its policies focus on removing building rules and on spending for drainage, coastal defences and cooling at civic facilities (platform, pages 5 to 9).",{"question":356,"answer":357},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver keep the gas stove ban?","No. TrueBlue would repeal gas-stove bans along with what it calls costly municipal green building mandates and complex retrofits. It would let builders and homeowners choose their own heating, cooling and energy sources (platform, page 6).",{"question":359,"answer":360},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver's climate section say about cars and bike lanes?","The climate section includes the party's policies opposing road pricing and auditing bike lanes. The same text is repeated in the transit section, where this site lists it (platform, pages 7 to 8 and 43 to 44).",{"question":362,"answer":363},"Who would carry out TrueBlue Vancouver's climate policies?","Council controls Vancouver's own building bylaw and the city's drainage and sewer budget. The pools, rinks and community centres in the heat policy are run by the separately elected Park Board (platform, pages 6 to 8).",[],{"slug":366,"title":367,"race":336,"order":368,"pages":369,"aim":372,"headline":373,"summary":374,"intro":375,"questions":379,"context":395},"housing-and-homelessness","Housing and Homelessness",2,{"from":370,"to":371},10,15,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to housing & homelessness is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on housing: faster permits, no Villages Plan, treatment first","TrueBlue Vancouver's housing section would cut fees and permit delays, encourage suites and rentals, oppose the Villages Plan and provincial density mandates, restrain property-tax increases, and pair enforcement against encampments with shelter, treatment and transitional housing.",[376,377,378],"The housing and homelessness section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 10 to page 15. It covers the cost of building, rentals, homes for people with disabilities and seniors, zoning and the Villages Plan, building safety, homelessness, supportive housing and property taxes. We split it into two pages: one on building and zoning, and one on homelessness, building safety and taxes.","The party's housing approach relies on private builders and on local control. TrueBlue would lower city fees, speed up permits that meet existing rules and make legal rental suites easier to create. It strongly opposes the Villages Plan, a City staff proposal to rezone 17 village areas, and would reject provincial blanket-densification mandates. On homelessness, it would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing.","Council sets zoning, permit fees and the property tax rate, and funds shelter sites and outreach. Tenancy law, rent limits, treatment and health services are provincial, and provincial housing laws apply in Vancouver whatever Council decides. The section's policy on Indigenous-led housing is printed again in the reconciliation section, where this site lists it.",[380,383,386,389,392],{"question":381,"answer":382},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's housing platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver would reduce municipal fees, permit delays and regulations on home building, fast-track permits that meet existing rules, and encourage secondary suites and purpose-built rentals. It opposes the Villages Plan and provincial blanket-densification mandates (platform, pages 11 to 15).",{"question":384,"answer":385},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support more density in Vancouver?","The party would protect single-family and low-density neighbourhoods, give locals binding input on development proposals and require infrastructure before density is added. It strongly opposes the Villages Plan (platform, page 15).",{"question":387,"answer":388},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's homelessness policy?","TrueBlue would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing. It would give supportive housing priority to people it calls genuinely in need (platform, pages 12 and 14).",{"question":390,"answer":391},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about property taxes?","The party would restrain property-tax increases, run a citywide spending review, and cut waste and bureaucracy. It names no percentage target (platform, page 13).",{"question":393,"answer":394},"Can Vancouver City Council deliver TrueBlue's housing plan?","Council sets zoning, permit fees and the property tax rate, and decides on City plans such as the Villages Plan. Provincial housing laws, tenancy law and treatment services are set by the Province, so on those the city could only ask (platform, pages 11 to 15).",[396],{"label":397,"url":398,"publisher":399,"checkedAt":316},"City staff propose the Villages plan, a rezoning of 17 village areas, for Council to decide at a public hearing","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fvancouver-villages-plan-neighbourhood-density","Daily Hive",{"slug":401,"title":402,"race":336,"order":403,"pages":404,"aim":407,"headline":408,"summary":409,"intro":410,"questions":414,"context":430},"human-rights","Human Rights",3,{"from":405,"to":406},16,18,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to human rights is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on human rights: access, immigration and single-sex spaces","TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights section would improve accessibility in city spaces, put existing residents first for housing and services, press senior governments to cut immigration, fight trafficking, and keep sports and washrooms separate for men and women.",[411,412,413],"The human rights section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 16 to 18. Its policies cover physical accessibility, recent immigrants, sex work, and what the party titles \"Trans Rights & Access to Public Services\".","The party would improve practical accessibility for people with disabilities in sidewalks, public buildings, parks and transit connections. It would give existing residents priority for housing and public services, and push senior governments to reduce immigration when, in its words, population growth exceeds capacity. It would work with police and community groups against trafficking and exploitation, keep male and female sports separate, and protect sex-based privacy in washrooms, change rooms and shelters.","Council controls city sidewalks, buildings and services, the Park Board runs parks and recreation sites, and the School Board runs school facilities. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police. The party itself names senior governments as the ones to act on immigration.",[415,418,421,424,427],{"question":416,"answer":417},"What is in TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights section covers physical accessibility, recent immigrants, sex work, and trans rights and access to public services. It would improve accessibility, prioritize existing residents, fight trafficking and keep sports and intimate spaces separate by sex (platform, pages 17 to 18).",{"question":419,"answer":420},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want separate sports for men and women?","Yes. TrueBlue would keep male and female sports separate and protect what it calls sex-based privacy in washrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms and shelters (platform, page 18).",{"question":422,"answer":423},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on immigration?","The party would push senior governments to reduce immigration when population growth exceeds housing, healthcare, infrastructure and community capacity. It would prioritize existing residents for housing and public services (platform, page 17).",{"question":425,"answer":426},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about human trafficking?","TrueBlue would work with police and community organizations to combat trafficking, exploitation, coercion and organized crime, and connect vulnerable people with support services (platform, page 18).",{"question":428,"answer":429},"Who would have to act on TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights policies?","Council controls city sidewalks, buildings and services. The Park Board and the School Board run their own facilities, the Police Board directs the police, and the party itself looks to senior governments on immigration (platform, pages 17 to 18).",[],{"slug":432,"title":433,"race":336,"order":434,"pages":435,"aim":438,"headline":439,"summary":440,"intro":441,"questions":445,"context":461},"local-government-and-democracy","Local Government and Democracy",4,{"from":436,"to":437},19,21,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to local government & democracy is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on City Hall: spending audit, transparency and public voice","TrueBlue Vancouver's local government section would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes, publish clear spending information, give residents a stronger voice before major decisions, and open ways for young people to speak to decision makers.",[442,443,444],"The local government and democracy section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 19 to 21. It covers budgeting, good governance, public engagement and youth engagement.","The party would audit city spending, cut what it calls wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus money on core services. It would publish clear spending information and hold elected officials and city departments accountable for results. It would give residents a stronger voice before decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning, and create ways for young people to speak to decision makers. On page 3, the party says programs should have clear goals, transparent costs and public reporting.","Each of these points is within City Council's power. Council approves the budget, decides what the city reports, and sets its own meeting rules and public consultation.",[446,449,452,455,458],{"question":447,"answer":448},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's plan for City Hall?","TrueBlue Vancouver would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus money on core municipal services. It would publish clear spending information and hold officials accountable for results (platform, page 20).",{"question":450,"answer":451},"How does TrueBlue Vancouver say it would govern?","The party says it would put core services first, measure results, respect taxpayers, give residents a local voice and identify what the city can do directly and what needs other governments (platform, page 3).",{"question":453,"answer":454},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver hold more public consultation?","TrueBlue would give residents a stronger voice before major decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning are made (platform, page 21).",{"question":456,"answer":457},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver propose for young voters?","The party would create meaningful opportunities for young Vancouverites to speak directly to decision makers and take part in civic affairs (platform, page 21).",{"question":459,"answer":460},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's City Hall reforms?","Yes. Council approves the budget, decides what spending information the city publishes, and sets its own consultation and meeting rules. Any decision needs a majority of the 11 votes on Council (platform, pages 20 to 21).",[],{"slug":463,"title":464,"race":336,"order":339,"pages":465,"aim":468,"headline":469,"summary":470,"intro":471,"questions":475,"context":491},"mental-health-drugs-and-addiction","Mental Health, Drugs and Addiction",{"from":466,"to":467},22,24,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to mental health, drugs, & addiction is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on drugs and mental health: recovery, detox and crisis care","TrueBlue Vancouver's section on mental health, drugs and addiction opposes the normalization of hard drug use and would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against dealers. It would expand detox and recovery programs and crisis response.",[472,473,474],"The mental health, drugs and addiction section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 22 to 24. It covers crisis response, mental health in schools, overdoses and the contaminated drug supply, and treatment for addiction.","The party's stated goal is to help people become drug free and rebuild independent lives. It opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use, and would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers. It would expand detox, treatment and long-term recovery programs, expand crisis response for people in serious mental health crises, and focus school mental health resources on counselling, with parents kept informed.","Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal, so much of this section depends on the Province. Council directs city spending and outreach and approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police, and the School Board runs school counselling.",[476,479,482,485,488],{"question":477,"answer":478},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's drug policy?","TrueBlue Vancouver opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use. It would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers, and expand detox and long-term recovery programs (platform, page 24).",{"question":480,"answer":481},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support safe supply or harm reduction?","The platform does not use those terms. It opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use and puts prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement first (platform, page 24).",{"question":483,"answer":484},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about mental health crises on the street?","The party would expand crisis response and connect people in serious mental health crises with treatment, care and support (platform, page 23).",{"question":486,"answer":487},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver have a policy on mental health in schools?","Yes. TrueBlue would focus school mental health resources on practical counselling and student wellbeing, and keep parents informed and involved (platform, page 23).",{"question":489,"answer":490},"Who would have to act on TrueBlue Vancouver's addiction policies?","Detox, treatment beds and health services are provincial, so the city could only press the Province to expand them. Council directs city spending and outreach, and the Police Board directs enforcement (platform, pages 23 to 24).",[],{"slug":493,"title":494,"race":336,"order":495,"pages":496,"aim":499,"headline":500,"summary":501,"intro":502,"questions":506,"context":522},"public-safety-and-policing","Public Safety and Policing",6,{"from":497,"to":498},25,28,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to public safety & policing is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on policing: strong funding and consequences for repeat crime","TrueBlue Vancouver's public safety section rejects defunding the police, would keep strong police funding, staffing and training, support independent investigation of serious misconduct, back police liaison officers in schools, and keep consequences for serious and repeat offenders.",[503,504,505],"The public safety and policing section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 25 to 28. It covers community services that work alongside police, police funding, police misconduct, police in schools and what the party calls the upstream causes of crime.","TrueBlue rejects what it calls defund-the-police rhetoric and would maintain strong police funding, staffing, training and resources. It would use community services for non-criminal issues and keep police in charge where there is violence, crime or serious disorder. It would support officers who serve lawfully and have serious misconduct allegations investigated independently. It would address addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment and prevention while keeping consequences for repeat offenders. The police-in-schools policy is repeated in the schools section, where this site lists it.","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. Sentencing is decided by the courts, and treatment services are provincial.",[507,510,513,516,519],{"question":508,"answer":509},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's policing platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver rejects what it calls defund-the-police rhetoric and would maintain strong police funding, staffing, training and resources. It would also keep consequences for serious and repeat offenders (platform, pages 26 and 28).",{"question":511,"answer":512},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver increase the police budget?","The party says it would maintain strong police funding and make sure officers have the staffing, training and resources needed. It gives no dollar figure (platform, page 26).",{"question":514,"answer":515},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support police in schools?","Yes. The party supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools to respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats (platform, pages 27 and 41).",{"question":517,"answer":518},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about the causes of crime?","TrueBlue would address addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment, prevention and intervention, while keeping consequences for serious and repeat offenders (platform, page 28).",{"question":520,"answer":521},"Who decides how Vancouver's police are run under TrueBlue's plan?","Council approves the police budget, so it could keep funding strong. The Vancouver Police Board directs the department (platform, page 26).",[],{"slug":524,"title":525,"race":336,"order":526,"pages":527,"aim":530,"headline":531,"summary":532,"intro":533,"questions":537,"context":553},"public-spaces-and-services","Public Spaces and Services",7,{"from":528,"to":529},29,32,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to public spaces & services is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on public spaces: clean parks, recreation and washrooms","TrueBlue Vancouver's public spaces section would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, clear encampments and open-air drug use from parks, keep park tree canopy, and keep public washrooms separate for men and women.",[534,535,536],"The public spaces and services section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 29 to page 32. It lists policies on sports facilities, green space, public washrooms, sidewalks and bike paths, and zoning. The sidewalks and zoning policies repeat text from other sections, so this site lists them in the transit and housing sections.","The party would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, with priority for core recreation and youth sports. It would enforce public space bylaws in parks, clear what it calls dangerous encampments, keep tree canopy and keep parks free of open-air drug use. It would keep separate male and female public washrooms.","TrueBlue presents these as city business. Parks, community centres, pools and rinks are controlled by the separately elected Park Board, which TrueBlue is not contesting, so its council candidate would need that board to act. Council funds shelter sites and street cleaning.",[538,541,544,547,550],{"question":539,"answer":540},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's plan for public spaces?","TrueBlue Vancouver would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, clear encampments and open-air drug use from parks, and keep separate male and female public washrooms (platform, pages 30 to 31).",{"question":542,"answer":543},"Is TrueBlue Vancouver running for Park Board?","No. TrueBlue Vancouver has candidates for City Council and School Board only, so its park policies would need the separately elected Park Board to act.",{"question":545,"answer":546},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about youth sports?","The party would give priority to core recreation services and youth sports, and keep pools, rinks, fields and gyms safe, clean and affordable (platform, page 30).",{"question":548,"answer":549},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver enforce park bylaws?","Yes. TrueBlue would clean up parks by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing what it calls dangerous encampments (platform, page 30).",{"question":551,"answer":552},"Who controls Vancouver's parks and pools under TrueBlue's plan?","The separately elected Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. Council funds shelter sites and street cleaning, and the Police Board directs the police (platform, pages 30 to 31).",[],{"slug":555,"title":556,"race":336,"order":557,"pages":558,"aim":561,"headline":562,"summary":563,"intro":564,"questions":568,"context":584},"reconciliation-and-indigenous-nations","Reconciliation and Indigenous Nations",8,{"from":559,"to":560},33,37,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to reconciliation & indigenous nations is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on reconciliation: English names, no land transfers by ancestry","TrueBlue Vancouver's reconciliation section would keep English for city signs and place names, oppose renaming streets, end mandatory land acknowledgements, require evidence for burial site claims, oppose city land transfers based on ancestry, and reject what it calls race-based governance.",[565,566,567],"The reconciliation and Indigenous Nations section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 33 to page 37. It covers Indigenous languages, schooling, housing, land title, place names, residential schools and a final \"Additional Policy\". We split it into two pages: one on language, names and history, and one on land, housing and governance.","The party would keep English as the standard language for city services, signs and place names, oppose what it calls ideological renaming, and end mandatory land acknowledgements. It would teach residential school history accurately and require evidence for burial site claims. It opposes voluntary city transfers of land, assets or control based on ancestry or historical claims, would apply the same development rules to every project, and rejects what it calls race-based governance. The Indigenous schooling policy is repeated in the schools section, where this site lists it.","Council controls city signs, street names, city-owned land and its own meeting practices, so it could act on most of this section for the city. School teaching is run by the School Board. Agreements between First Nations and the provincial or federal governments are made by those governments.",[569,572,575,578,581],{"question":570,"answer":571},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on reconciliation?","TrueBlue Vancouver would end mandatory land acknowledgements, keep English for city signs and place names, and oppose city land transfers based on ancestry or historical claims. It rejects what it calls race-based governance and would defend equal citizenship (platform, pages 34 to 37).",{"question":573,"answer":574},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose renaming streets?","Yes. The party opposes what it calls the ideological renaming of established streets and places, and would keep English as the standard language for street and place names (platform, pages 34 and 36).",{"question":576,"answer":577},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver stop land acknowledgements?","TrueBlue would end mandatory land acknowledgements, according to both its reconciliation and schools sections (platform, pages 34, 36 and 39).",{"question":579,"answer":580},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about residential schools?","The party would teach residential school history accurately and require evidence for claims about proposed burial sites, separating suspected or radar-identified sites from confirmed human remains (platform, page 36).",{"question":582,"answer":583},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's reconciliation policies?","Council controls city signs, street names, city-owned land and its own meeting practices, so it could act on most of this section for the city. School teaching is run by the School Board (platform, pages 34 to 37).",[],{"slug":586,"title":587,"race":588,"order":340,"pages":589,"aim":592,"headline":593,"summary":594,"intro":595,"questions":599,"context":615},"schools-and-public-education","Schools and Public Education","School Board",{"from":590,"to":591},38,41,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to schools & public education is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on schools: anti-bullying rules, police liaison, accurate history","TrueBlue Vancouver's schools section would enforce strong anti-bullying rules, support police liaison programs, teach accurate history and critical thinking, end mandatory land acknowledgements, give practical supports to neurodivergent students and keep trustees accountable to parents.",[596,597,598],"The schools and public education section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 38 to 41, and it is aimed at the Vancouver Board of Education, where the party has candidates. It covers bullying, Indigenous schooling, media literacy, support for neurodivergent students, police in schools and student involvement. We split it into two pages: one on safety and student voice, and one on learning and support.","TrueBlue would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, applied equally to every student, and support police liaison programs in schools. It would teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history, end mandatory land acknowledgements, and teach students to question sources and recognize misinformation. It would give neurodivergent students practical classroom supports based on their needs, and give students input on school issues while keeping trustees accountable to parents and voters.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the Province. A police liaison program would also need the Vancouver Police Board, which directs the officers.",[600,603,606,609,612],{"question":601,"answer":602},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver would enforce strong anti-bullying rules, support police liaison programs, teach accurate history and critical thinking, end mandatory land acknowledgements and provide practical supports for neurodivergent students (platform, pages 39 to 41).",{"question":604,"answer":605},"Who is running for Vancouver School Board with TrueBlue?","Blair Coleman and Travers Fenton are TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board candidates. The City's final school trustee list also carries Naomi Chocyk, who is the party's council candidate as well.",{"question":607,"answer":608},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want police back in Vancouver schools?","The party supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools to improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats (platform, page 41).",{"question":610,"answer":611},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about parents and schools?","TrueBlue would keep elected trustees accountable to parents and voters, and keep parents informed and involved in school mental health support (platform, pages 23 and 41).",{"question":613,"answer":614},"What can the Vancouver School Board do under TrueBlue's plan?","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and approves the district budget, so trustees could act on conduct rules and classroom support. The Province sets teacher pay and the funding formula (platform, pages 39 to 41).",[],{"slug":617,"title":618,"race":336,"order":370,"pages":619,"aim":622,"headline":623,"summary":624,"intro":625,"questions":629,"context":645},"transit-and-getting-around","Transit and Getting Around",{"from":620,"to":621},42,45,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to transit & getting around is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on transport: no road pricing, bike lane audit, protect parking","TrueBlue Vancouver's transportation section would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, stop paid parking spreading into residential streets, audit bike lanes and remove those it says worsen traffic, and support transit projects only with transparent costs and proven need.",[626,627,628],"The transit and getting around section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 42 to 45. It covers cars and parking, sidewalks and bike paths, transit projects, walking and cycling, and an \"Additional Policy\" on balancing ways of travel. The cars, parking, walking and cycling policies are also printed in the climate section.","The party would defend driver choice, oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and protect road space and street parking. It would audit bike lanes and redesign or remove those that, in its view, worsen traffic or take needed parking, and stop removing traffic lanes for what it calls underused bike routes on commercial streets. It would support transit improvements based on ridership and need, with transparent costs.","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council could act on most of this section. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.",[630,633,636,639,642],{"question":631,"answer":632},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's transportation platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, protect road capacity and street parking, and audit existing bike lanes. It would support transit based on ridership and measurable need (platform, pages 43 to 44).",{"question":634,"answer":635},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver remove bike lanes on commercial streets?","The party would redesign or remove lanes that it says worsen traffic or remove needed parking, and stop removing traffic lanes or parking for what it calls underused cycling routes on major commercial strips (platform, pages 43 to 44).",{"question":637,"answer":638},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose paid parking?","TrueBlue would eliminate paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods and preserve neighbourhood parking for shoppers and workers (platform, page 43).",{"question":640,"answer":641},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on SkyTrain and transit projects?","The party would support transit improvements based on ridership, affordability and measurable need, and demand transparent costs before supporting major projects. It names no specific project (platform, page 44).",{"question":643,"answer":644},"Who would carry out TrueBlue Vancouver's transport plan?","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes and parking rules, so Council could act on those. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control (platform, pages 43 to 45).",[],{"slug":647,"title":648,"race":336,"order":649,"pages":650,"aim":653,"headline":654,"summary":655,"intro":656,"questions":660,"context":676},"miscellaneous-topics","Miscellaneous Topics",11,{"from":651,"to":652},46,48,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to misc. topics is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on free expression, small business and City Hall priorities","The last section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform would defend lawful speech and peaceful protest in civic spaces, put existing residents first in spending decisions, cut red tape and protect parking for small businesses, and focus City Hall on core services.",[657,658,659],"The last section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform, which the party titles \"Misc. topics\", is on pages 46 to 48. It covers free expression, putting Canadians and Vancouverites first, small business, and what the party calls ideological city politics.","TrueBlue would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in public and civic spaces, and put existing residents first when the city decides on spending, services and infrastructure. It would cut red tape and protect commercial parking for local businesses, and focus City Hall on core services. The platform closes on page 49 by asking voters to judge the party on these commitments and repeating its slogan, \"Take Back Our Vancouver\".","Council could act on each of these points. It sets the rules for civic spaces, approves the budget, issues business licences and sets licence and permit fees.",[661,664,667,670,673],{"question":662,"answer":663},"What else is in TrueBlue Vancouver's platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's last section would defend lawful speech and peaceful protest, put existing residents first in city spending decisions, cut red tape for small businesses and focus City Hall on core services (platform, pages 47 to 48).",{"question":665,"answer":666},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's small business policy?","TrueBlue would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape, protect commercial parking and make Vancouver easier and less expensive for local businesses (platform, page 48).",{"question":668,"answer":669},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support the right to protest?","Yes. The party would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in Vancouver's public and civic spaces (platform, page 47).",{"question":671,"answer":672},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver mean by \"Take Back Our Vancouver\"?","It is the party's slogan, on the cover and the last page of its platform. The closing page asks voters to judge the party on safer public spaces, disciplined spending, lower barriers to housing and business, practical transportation and accountability (platform, pages 1 and 49).",{"question":674,"answer":675},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out these TrueBlue policies?","Yes. Council sets the rules for civic spaces, approves the budget, issues business licences and sets licence and permit fees and parking rules (platform, pages 47 to 48).",[],[678,681,684,687,690,693,696],{"question":679,"answer":680},"What is in TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 Full Election Platform has sections on climate, housing and homelessness, human rights, local government, mental health and drugs, policing, public spaces, reconciliation, schools, transportation, and a last group of other topics. This site has a page for each section and its chapters.",{"question":682,"answer":683},"Who are TrueBlue Vancouver's candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","Naomi Chocyk is TrueBlue Vancouver's candidate for City Council. Blair Coleman and Travers Fenton are running for School Board. The City's final school trustee list also carries Naomi Chocyk as a School Board candidate, so she is on the ballot twice. The official candidate list shows no TrueBlue candidate for mayor or Park Board.",{"question":685,"answer":686},"What are TrueBlue Vancouver's top priorities?","The party lists its priorities as affordable homes and strong neighbourhoods, lower taxes and responsible spending, safe streets and strong policing, treatment, recovery and mental health, better roads, parking and transit, a city where business can thrive, clean and safe public spaces, better schools and parental involvement, an accountable City Hall, and equal treatment for every Vancouverite (platform, page 2).",{"question":688,"answer":689},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver's platform include costs or targets?","The commitments give no dollar figures, percentage targets or deadlines. Each policy says the party would assess cost and operational impact before acting, use measurable objectives where practical and publish outcomes (platform, page 6).",{"question":691,"answer":692},"Where can I read the TrueBlue Vancouver platform PDF?","The party publishes the PDF on its website, truebluevancouver.com, as its 2026 Full Election Platform. On this site, every commitment links to its page in that PDF, so you can read the party's own wording next to our summary.",{"question":694,"answer":695},"Could TrueBlue Vancouver carry out its platform if it wins?","TrueBlue is running one candidate for City Council, where a decision needs a majority of the 11 votes, and candidates for School Board. Many commitments sit with Council, but others need the Park Board, the Police Board, TransLink, the Province or the federal government. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.",{"question":697,"answer":698},"Who wrote these pages about the TrueBlue Vancouver platform?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from the party's own PDF. TrueBlue Vancouver did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do.","2026-platform",[],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver","Every commitment in TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 Full Election Platform, sorted by the party's own sections, with the PDF page for each one and the government that would have to act. 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On bullying and bigotry, the party would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, and apply the same standards to every student in a fair way. The party has two School Board candidates of its own, plus its council candidate, who is also on the trustee ballot.","TrueBlue supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools, in which police officers are assigned to work with schools. The party says these programs improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats. The same text appears in its policing section on page 27. On student voice, the party would give students meaningful chances to give input on school issues, while keeping elected trustees accountable to parents and voters.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools, so trustees decide school conduct rules and whether to take part in a police program. The Vancouver Police Board directs the officers who would be assigned. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the Province. The platform does not say how the board would measure whether bullying or violence goes down.",[722,727,732],{"title":723,"detail":724,"page":716,"authority":725,"authorityNote":726},"Bullying and bigotry","TrueBlue would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, and apply the same standards to every student in a fair way.","school-board","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools and sets their conduct rules.",{"title":728,"detail":729,"page":591,"authority":730,"authorityNote":731},"Police in schools","The party would support police liaison programs in Vancouver schools to improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats.","city-with-others","The School Board decides what programs run in its schools, and the Vancouver Police Board directs the officers who would take part.",{"title":733,"detail":734,"page":591,"authority":725,"authorityNote":735},"Student involvement and engagement","TrueBlue would give students meaningful opportunities to provide input on school issues while keeping elected trustees accountable to parents and voters.","The Board of Education sets its own meeting rules, committees and consultation.",[737,740,743,746,749],{"question":738,"answer":739},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support police officers in schools?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools. The party says they improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats (platform, page 41).",{"question":741,"answer":742},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver trustees do about bullying?","The party would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, and apply the same standards to every student in a fair way (platform, page 39).",{"question":744,"answer":745},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver involve students in school decisions?","TrueBlue would give students meaningful opportunities to give input on school issues, while keeping elected trustees accountable to parents and voters (platform, page 41).",{"question":747,"answer":748},"Who are TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board candidates?","Blair Coleman and Travers Fenton are TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board candidates. The City's final school trustee list also carries Naomi Chocyk, the party's council candidate, as a School Board candidate, so she appears on the ballot twice.",{"question":750,"answer":751},"Can the Vancouver School Board bring back police in schools on its own?","The Board of Education decides what programs run in its schools, so it can choose to take part. The officers are directed by the Vancouver Police Board, so the program would also need the police (platform, page 41).","bullying-police-and-student-involvement","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fschools-and-public-education--bullying-police-and-student-involvement","TrueBlue Vancouver would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, applied the same way to every student, and support police liaison programs in Vancouver schools. 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