[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1472},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-vancouver-liberals":3,"platform-vancouver-liberals-2026-platform":367,"platform-chapter-vancouver-liberals-2026-platform-health-and-environment-clinics-libraries-and-city-services":582,"platform-outline-vancouver-liberals-2026-platform":649,"party-roster-Vancouver Liberals":689},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":17,"history":18,"leadership":28,"logo":34,"meta":35,"money":36,"name":51,"news":52,"overview":58,"palette":63,"platform":68,"questions":280,"record":319,"registeredName":325,"rosterLabel":51,"slug":326,"sources":327,"stem":364,"summary":365,"website":330,"wordmark":34,"__hash__":366},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#d53f31","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[11],"liberals-home","json",{"year":14,"note":15,"cites":16},2025,"Stated on the party website. We have not checked this against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[11],"A party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate",{"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.",[],[29],{"role":30,"name":31,"cites":32},"Mayoral candidate","Kareem Allam",[11,33],"city-candidates",null,{},{"state":37,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":38,"gaps":41,"searchUrl":43,"filings":44,"notes":45},"researched",[39,40],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[42],"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",[],[46,47,48,49,50],"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.","Vancouver Liberals",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":53,"gaps":55,"entries":57},[54],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[56],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[59,60,61,62],"The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates: Kareem Allam for mayor at ballot number 56, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Only ABC is running more.","The party site gives its registered name as the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association and its founding year as 2025, which makes it the newest party running a large slate.","Kareem Allam is described in our candidate records as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.","Its most distinctive commitment is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead, which is the opposite of the Green Party position.",{"accent":64,"onAccent":65,"tint":66,"ink":67},"#D43B2D","#FFFFFF","#F7E5E3","#7A261F",[69,95,120,141,156,200,216,238,251,271],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":71,"proposals":75,"questions":81,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":21,"searched":88,"gaps":90,"headline":93,"summary":94},"housing",[72,73,74],"This is one of the sharpest single splits on the 2026 ballot, and it turns on a power only Vancouver has.","Under the Vancouver Charter, Vancouver writes its own building rules. Every other municipality in British Columbia follows the provincial code. The Liberals would give that power up.","The argument for giving it up is that one code across the province is simpler and cheaper for builders. The argument against, which the Green Party makes, is that the local code is what lets Vancouver set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings.",[76],{"title":77,"detail":78,"cites":79,"authority":80},"Eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code","The party commits to \"eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and just adopt the BC Building Code\".",[11],"Council holds this power under the Vancouver Charter and can choose to align with the provincial code.",[82],{"question":83,"answer":84,"cites":85},"What would change if Vancouver dropped its own building code?","Builders would follow the same rules here as in the rest of British Columbia, which is simpler for anyone building in more than one city. Vancouver would also lose the power to set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, because that power comes from having its own code.",[11,86],"green-housing-x",true,[89],"The Vancouver Liberals home page",[91,92],"No housing supply target is published.","No affordable or rental housing commitment is published.","Abolish the Vancouver Building Code","The Vancouver Liberals would eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code instead.",{"issue":96,"paragraphs":97,"proposals":100,"questions":111,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":6,"searched":112,"gaps":117,"headline":119},"homelessness",[98,99],"The party's homelessness position mirrors a citywide ban it opposes: it would reverse the prohibition on new supportive housing construction.","It ties this to a second, more specific commitment: requiring 24-hour public washrooms and showers in every new supportive housing project.",[101,107],{"title":102,"detail":103,"cites":104,"authority":106},"Reverse the ban on new supportive housing","On its first day, the party would reverse what it calls a ban on all new supportive housing construction in the city, to serve seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.",[105],"vl-issues","Approving supportive housing is a City land use and permitting decision.",{"title":108,"detail":109,"cites":110},"Require public washrooms and showers in new supportive housing","Every new supportive housing project in the city would be required to include 24-hour public washrooms and showers for people who are unhoused.",[105],[],[113,114,115,116],"The party's Issues page at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues","The party's dedicated Parks and Recreation plan PDF, linked from that page","The party website home page","The City of Vancouver official candidate list",[118],"No cost or date is given for either commitment beyond \"day one\" for the ban reversal.","Reverse the ban on new supportive housing, and require public washrooms in it",{"issue":121,"paragraphs":122,"proposals":125,"questions":136,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":21,"searched":137,"gaps":138,"headline":139,"summary":140},"public-safety",[123,124],"The Liberals are the only party on this ballot publishing a commitment on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs.","They would also create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board, which is a new body rather than a change to an existing one.",[126,131],{"title":127,"detail":128,"cites":129,"authority":130},"Crack down on Bitcoin ATMs and money laundering","The party commits to \"crack down on Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering, and other root causes of crime\".",[11],"Money laundering enforcement is largely federal and provincial. The city licenses businesses.",{"title":132,"detail":133,"cites":134,"cost":135},"Increase long-term firefighter funding","The party would increase long-term funding for firefighters and create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board.",[11],"Not published",[],[89],[],"Crack down on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs","The Vancouver Liberals would target Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering and what they call the root causes of crime, and increase long-term funding for firefighters.",{"issue":142,"paragraphs":143,"proposals":145,"questions":150,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":21,"searched":151,"gaps":152,"headline":147,"summary":155},"transport",[144],"The party has published no transit, cycling or street design commitment. Road maintenance appears only inside the front-line hiring commitment.",[146],{"title":147,"detail":148,"cites":149},"Road maintenance through new front-line staff","Road maintenance is named as one of the services the 400 new front-line unionized staff would improve.",[11],[],[89],[153,154],"No transit commitment is published.","No cycling or road safety commitment is published.","Road maintenance appears as one of the services the Vancouver Liberals’ 400 new front-line staff would improve. No transit or cycling commitment is published.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":158,"proposals":161,"questions":194,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":6,"searched":195,"gaps":196,"headline":198,"summary":199},"parks",[159,160],"The party publishes a dedicated Parks and Recreation plan, separate from its main issues page, that commits to keeping the Park Board elected and independent and gives it a bigger, steadier share of the City budget.","It also promises a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools, and specific facility positions: 50-metre pools at the Aquatic Centre, removing parking meters at beaches and community centres, and an auditor general review of the PNE.",[162,168,173,177,182,186,190],{"title":163,"detail":164,"cites":165,"authority":167},"Keep the Park Board elected and reverse the move to abolish it","The party would fight efforts to remove the elected Park Board and repeal Council's motion calling for its abolition.",[166],"vl-parkplan","Only the province can abolish the Park Board by amending the Vancouver Charter. Council can withdraw its own request to the province.",{"title":169,"detail":170,"cites":171,"cost":172},"Create a Joint Budget Advisory Committee and restore funding to 9% of the city budget","A committee of Park Board commissioners, city councillors and both bodies' senior finance staff would guide the annual budget cycle, aiming to restore Park Board funding from 7.9% to 9% of the total city budget within four years, with a three-year rolling budget framework.",[166],"A four-year path from 7.9% to 9% of the city's total budget",{"title":174,"detail":175,"cites":176},"Return facility management authority to the Park Board","The party would repeal the centralized facilities-management structure it says excludes the Park Board, restoring the Board's direct control of maintenance and capital planning for its own facilities.",[166],{"title":178,"detail":179,"cites":180,"cost":181},"A capital renewal plan for community centres","Each capital cycle would aim to build one new community centre and renew three more, following the existing Community Centre Strategy, with a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools.",[105],"$1.35 billion",{"title":183,"detail":184,"cites":185},"50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre","The party opposes replacing the Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool.",[105],{"title":187,"detail":188,"cites":189},"Remove parking meters at beaches and community centres","The party would remove parking meters recently added at beaches and community centres.",[105],{"title":191,"detail":192,"cites":193},"An auditor general investigation into the PNE","The party calls for an investigation into cost overruns and operating deficits at the Pacific National Exhibition.",[105],[],[113,114,115,116],[197],"Most items name no specific dollar figure beyond the $1.35 billion total and the 7.9 to 9 percent target, and no completion date beyond the four-year budget goal.","Keep the elected Park Board, a Joint Budget Committee, and a capital renewal plan","Parks appear in the Vancouver Liberals’ published commitments as one of the services the 400 new front-line staff would improve.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":202,"proposals":205,"questions":211,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":21,"searched":212,"gaps":213,"headline":214,"summary":215},"schools",[203,204],"The School Liaison Officer programme places police officers in schools. It has been ended and restarted in Vancouver in recent years and is one of the clearest dividing lines in the School Board race.","The party is running five School Board candidates.",[206],{"title":207,"detail":208,"cites":209,"authority":210},"Continue and evolve the School Liaison Officer programme","The party commits to supporting \"the continuance and evolution of the School Liaison Officer program\".",[11],"The Board of Education decides whether the programme runs in Vancouver schools.",[],[89],[],"Keep the School Liaison Officer programme","The Vancouver Liberals support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools.",{"issue":217,"paragraphs":218,"proposals":222,"questions":233,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":21,"searched":234,"gaps":235,"headline":236,"summary":237},"taxes-and-budget",[219,220,221],"These two commitments sit together because one is a saving and the other is a cost, and the party has published a figure for the saving but not for the hiring.","The 400 staff would work on garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities. The party has not published what they would cost.","The $800 million figure and the name \"Second City Hall\" are the party’s own description of the project. We have not checked it against the city capital plan.",[223,229],{"title":224,"detail":225,"cites":226,"cost":227,"authority":228},"Cancel the $800 million second city hall","The party commits to cancelling what it calls the \"$800-Million Second City Hall\" project.",[11],"$800 million, as described by the party","Council approves capital projects.",{"title":230,"detail":231,"cites":232,"cost":135},"Hire 400 new front-line unionized staff","The 400 staff would improve garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities.",[11],[],[89],[],"Cancel the $800 million second city hall and hire 400 staff","The Vancouver Liberals would cancel an $800 million project they call the \"Second City Hall\" and hire 400 new front-line unionized staff.",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":240,"proposals":242,"questions":247,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":6,"searched":248,"gaps":249,"headline":244},"climate",[241],"The party's one climate-specific position is about the shrinking tree canopy, stated as a problem with no measure yet attached.",[243],{"title":244,"detail":245,"cites":246},"A tree canopy strategy","The party says Vancouver's tree canopy is shrinking, driving up electricity use and worsening air quality and livability, and commits to a tree canopy strategy, without stating a canopy target or a date.",[105],[],[113,114,115,116],[250],"No target percentage, cost or date is given for the strategy.",{"issue":252,"paragraphs":253,"proposals":256,"questions":266,"state":37,"indexable":87,"checkedAt":6,"searched":267,"gaps":268,"headline":270},"culture",[254,255],"The party's clearest culture commitment is a reserved-land program for artists, cutting their property taxes in half.","It also promises to lower festival organizers' policing fees, tying this to affordability for community events.",[257,262],{"title":258,"detail":259,"cites":260,"cost":261},"An Artist Land Reserve in four locations","The party would establish an Artist Land Reserve in four locations across the city, providing studio space and cutting property taxes in half for artists and creatives there.",[105],"Property tax cut in half for participating artists; no total program cost published",{"title":263,"detail":264,"cites":265},"Lower policing fees for festivals","The party would find a way to make policing more affordable for community events and festivals, after what it says have been rising fees under the current Council.",[105],[],[113,114,115,116],[269],"No dollar figure is given for the tax cut's cost to the city, and no date is set for either commitment.","An Artist Land Reserve, and cheaper festival policing fees",{"issue":272,"paragraphs":273,"proposals":274,"questions":275,"state":276,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":6,"searched":277,"gaps":278},"child-care",[],[],[],"none-published",[113,114,115,116],[279],"No child care commitment appears anywhere on the party's issues page or its linked plan documents.",[281,285,289,293,297,301,305,309,313],{"question":282,"answer":283,"cites":284},"Who leads the Vancouver Liberals?","Kareem Allam is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 56. Our candidate records describe him as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.",[11,33],{"question":286,"answer":287,"cites":288},"How many candidates are they running?","19: Kareem Allam for mayor, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. That is the second-largest slate on the ballot after ABC.",[33],{"question":290,"answer":291,"cites":292},"When was the party founded?","Its website states 2025. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[11],{"question":294,"answer":295,"cites":296},"What is their most distinctive commitment?","Eliminating the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead. Vancouver is the only BC city with its own building code, and the Green Party would keep it. This is one of the sharpest splits on the ballot.",[11,86],{"question":298,"answer":299,"cites":300},"What would the 400 new staff do?","Garbage pickup, road maintenance, and parks and recreation facilities. They would be unionized front-line staff. The party has not published what they would cost.",[11],{"question":302,"answer":303,"cites":304},"What is the \"Second City Hall\" they would cancel?","The party describes an $800 million project by that name and commits to cancelling it. The name and the figure are the party’s own description, and we have not checked them against the city capital plan.",[11],{"question":306,"answer":307,"cites":308},"Where do they stand on police in schools?","They support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools. The Board of Education decides whether it runs.",[11],{"question":310,"answer":311,"cites":312},"Do they have a published housing supply plan?","No. The one published commitment touching housing is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code. We found no supply target, affordability commitment or rental policy on September 22, 2026.",[11],{"question":314,"answer":315,"cites":316},"Where can I see their campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[317,318],"ebc-search","ebc-org",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":320,"gaps":322,"entries":324},[23,321],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[323],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"Vancouver Liberal Electors Association","vancouver-liberals",[328,332,338,343,346,349,353,356,359],{"id":11,"label":329,"url":330,"publisher":51,"kind":331,"checkedAt":21},"Vancouver Liberals home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002F","subject",{"id":86,"label":333,"url":334,"publisher":335,"kind":336,"publishedAt":337,"checkedAt":21},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","Daily Hive","news","2026-09-16",{"id":33,"label":339,"url":340,"publisher":341,"kind":342,"checkedAt":21},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":317,"label":344,"url":43,"publisher":345,"kind":342,"checkedAt":21},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":318,"label":347,"url":348,"publisher":345,"kind":342,"checkedAt":21},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":350,"label":351,"url":352,"publisher":345,"kind":342,"checkedAt":21},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":105,"label":354,"url":355,"publisher":51,"kind":331,"checkedAt":6},"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues",{"id":166,"label":357,"url":358,"publisher":51,"kind":331,"checkedAt":6},"Vancouver Liberals: Our Plan for Parks and Recreation Facilities (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1787255366\u002FVancouver_Liberals_Park_Plan.pdf?1787255366",{"id":360,"label":361,"url":362,"publisher":51,"kind":331,"checkedAt":363},"vl-ipv-policy","Vancouver Liberals: Intimate Partner Violence Policy (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1789599508\u002FVancouver_Liberals_IPV_Policy.pdf?1789599508","2026-09-30","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals","The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include hiring 400 front-line staff and cancelling an $800 million city hall project.","LoE0qDMondKgLHT6NEJ0H2OwzNMRTCFMOYkf5qAkMts",{"id":368,"title":369,"checkedAt":363,"context":370,"corrections":371,"extension":12,"headline":372,"intro":373,"meta":377,"pageCount":34,"party":326,"pillars":378,"questions":552,"slug":574,"sourceId":105,"sourceIds":575,"stem":576,"summary":577,"tagline":578,"updatedAt":580,"url":355,"__hash__":581},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fvancouver-liberals.json","Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver",[],[],"The Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan for Vancouver, topic by topic",[374,375,376],"The Vancouver Liberals publish their 2026 platform as a web page called \"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver,\" named for their mayoral candidate, Kareem Allam. The page says it was last updated on August 19, 2026, and that the party will add to it as it consults residents. It links to two short PDFs: a two-page plan for parks and recreation, and a one-page policy on intimate partner violence. The Vancouver Liberals are a municipal party, separate from the federal Liberal Party of Canada.","These pages follow the party's own topics: affordability and accountability, public safety, jobs and the economy, transit, health and the environment, and parks and recreation. Each topic is split into chapter pages that list every commitment in the party's words, with a link to the page or PDF it comes from. We added one thing the party does not give: which government would have to act for each commitment, and why.","Commitments covered here include hiring 400 unionized front-line city workers, cancelling what the party calls an $800 million second city hall, dropping the Vancouver Building Code, banning Bitcoin ATMs, making the SkyTrain to UBC the top transit priority, and keeping the elected Park Board with a larger share of the city budget.",{},[379,408,435,463,495,523],{"slug":380,"title":381,"race":382,"order":383,"aim":384,"headline":385,"summary":386,"intro":387,"questions":391,"context":407},"affordability-and-accountability","Affordability and Accountability","City Council",1,"The Vancouver Liberals believe Vancouver deserves leadership focused on accountability, affordability, public safety, and delivering results people can actually see in their communities.","Vancouver Liberals on City Hall: 400 workers, cancel a $800m building, ethics reform","Affordability and Accountability is the first topic in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan. It proposes 400 new front-line city workers, cancelling a $800 million second city hall, a yacht tax, dropping the Vancouver Building Code, a lobbyist registry and a citizens' assembly on wards.",[388,389,390],"The Vancouver Liberals open their issues page with Affordability and Accountability. The party says city services are getting worse while property taxes rise, and it blames Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver. It sets out its aim as leadership \"focused on accountability, affordability, public safety, and delivering results people can actually see in their communities.\"","The topic has two parts. The first is about spending and services: 400 unionized front-line workers, cancelling what the party calls an $800 million second city hall, a tax on yachts over 40 feet, a ban on foreign travel for councillors and staff, an audit of the halted Art Gallery project, and faster housing approvals through the provincial building code and a single approvals department. The second is about City Hall ethics: a lobbyist registry, cheaper freedom of information requests, a stronger Integrity Commissioner, cryptocurrency disclosure, and a citizens' assembly on electing councillors by ward.","Almost all of this sits with City Council, which sets the budget, the capital plan, its own rules and Vancouver's own building bylaw. The yacht tax and any change to the voting system touch the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change.",[392,395,398,401,404],{"question":393,"answer":394},"What are the Vancouver Liberals' main promises on city spending?","The Vancouver Liberals would hire 400 unionized front-line workers, cancel what they call Ken Sim's $800 million second city hall, ban foreign travel for councillors and staff, and tax yachts over 40 feet. They also call for an Auditor General investigation of the halted Art Gallery project (party issues page).",{"question":396,"answer":397},"What do the Vancouver Liberals propose for housing?","The Vancouver Liberals would drop the Vancouver Building Code and follow the BC Building Code, and merge the twelve departments they say approve new housing into one. Elsewhere they would reverse what they call a ban on supportive housing and build affordable housing in every part of the city (party issues page).",{"question":399,"answer":400},"What would the Vancouver Liberals change at City Hall?","The party would create a lobbyist registry, reduce freedom of information fees, review and strengthen the Integrity Commissioner's office and the Code of Conduct, and require politicians to disclose cryptocurrency. It would also set up a citizens' assembly on a ward system (party issues page).",{"question":402,"answer":403},"Why do the Vancouver Liberals say Vancouver needs a change?","The Vancouver Liberals say property taxes went up 26% under Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver while library hours were cut, the renters' office closed and services got worse. Those figures and claims are the party's own (party issues page).",{"question":405,"answer":406},"Can City Council deliver the Vancouver Liberals' accountability plan alone?","Most of it, yes. Council sets the budget, the capital plan and its own rules, and controls Vancouver's building bylaw. The Vancouver Charter sets which taxes the city may charge and creates the city's government, and only the Province can change it, which matters for the yacht tax and any move to wards.",[],{"slug":121,"title":409,"race":382,"order":410,"aim":411,"headline":412,"summary":413,"intro":414,"questions":418,"context":434},"Public Safety",2,"Vancouver needs stronger action against the financial networks enabling crime in our communities.","Vancouver Liberals on public safety: money laundering, firefighters and partner violence","Public Safety in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan targets money laundering through a Bitcoin ATM ban and the closing of unchecked currency exchanges. It also backs firefighters, a meth strategy and police liaison officers in schools, and declares intimate partner violence a crisis.",[415,416,417],"Public Safety is the second topic on the Vancouver Liberals' issues page, and its largest theme is money laundering. The party says crime money moves through Bitcoin ATMs, currency exchanges and payday loan shops, and it would ban or replace them. It states its aim as: \"Vancouver needs stronger action against the financial networks enabling crime in our communities.\"","The topic also covers firefighters, for whom the party would support staffing, long-term funding and open deployment planning; a long-term methamphetamine strategy for Vancouver and BC; and keeping the School Liaison Officer Program in schools. A one-page PDF adds the party's intimate partner violence policy, which would declare a public health and public safety crisis and work with the Vancouver Police Board on the police response.","Power over these items is spread out. Council approves the police and fire budgets and controls business licences. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police, the Board of Education runs schools, and criminal law, treatment and drug policy belong to the provincial and federal governments.",[419,422,425,428,431],{"question":420,"answer":421},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' public safety platform?","The Vancouver Liberals focus on money laundering, with a ban on Bitcoin ATMs and the phasing out of unchecked currency exchanges and payday loan shops. They also back firefighters, a meth strategy for BC, police liaison officers in schools, and a crisis declaration on intimate partner violence (party issues page).",{"question":423,"answer":424},"Do the Vancouver Liberals want more police?","The Vancouver Liberals' public safety section focuses on money laundering, firefighter funding, a meth strategy, the School Liaison Officer Program and the police response to intimate partner violence. It contains no commitment to hire more police officers (party issues page).",{"question":426,"answer":427},"Who controls the Vancouver police?","The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department, and Council approves the police budget. That is why the Vancouver Liberals say they would work with the Police Board on intimate partner violence (party intimate partner violence policy).",{"question":429,"answer":430},"What do the Vancouver Liberals say about crypto and crime?","The Vancouver Liberals say Bitcoin is how international drug cartels move money in Vancouver. They would ban Bitcoin ATMs and stop ideas like heating city pools with bitcoin servers (party issues page).",{"question":432,"answer":433},"Do the Vancouver Liberals support police in schools?","Yes. The Vancouver Liberals support keeping the School Liaison Officer Program in place. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, so the program's future in them is a board decision (party issues page).",[],{"slug":436,"title":437,"race":382,"order":438,"aim":439,"headline":440,"summary":441,"intro":442,"questions":446,"context":462},"jobs-and-economy","Jobs and Economy",3,"After years of rising taxes, growing frustration, and a City Hall that has lost its way, Vancouver Liberals are fighting for a new direction focused on affordability, accountability, public safety, jobs, and long-term growth.","Vancouver Liberals on jobs: industrial land, an Artist Land Reserve and CANZUK","Jobs and Economy in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan proposes an Industrial Land Reserve, an Artist Land Reserve in four places with property taxes cut in half, zoning that lets small businesses make and sell in one space, a CANZUK headquarters bid and no AI data centres in the city.",[443,444,445],"The Vancouver Liberals' Jobs and Economy topic starts from the claim that rising costs are pushing young people and creative workers out of Vancouver. The party describes its goal as \"a new direction focused on affordability, accountability, public safety, jobs, and long-term growth.\"","Its main tools are land and zoning. The party would create an Industrial Land Reserve to keep job space in the city, and an Artist Land Reserve in four locations with studios and property taxes cut in half. It would update old bylaws so that small businesses can make and sell goods in one space, and it says AI data centres do not belong on Vancouver's most expensive land. It would also promote Vancouver as home of a future CANZUK headquarters and follow the Province and the BC Teachers' Federation on AI chatbot accounts for students.","Zoning, business licences and the property tax rate belong to City Council. An alliance between countries is a federal matter, and school decisions belong to the Board of Education.",[447,450,453,456,459],{"question":448,"answer":449},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' economic plan?","The Vancouver Liberals would create an Industrial Land Reserve and an Artist Land Reserve, change zoning so small businesses can make and sell goods in one space, and promote Vancouver as home of a CANZUK headquarters. They say these steps would bring young people back (party issues page).",{"question":451,"answer":452},"What do the Vancouver Liberals propose for artists?","The Vancouver Liberals would establish an Artist Land Reserve in four locations across the city, with studios and property taxes cut in half. The party also says money from its yacht tax would fund property tax cuts for the creative sector (party issues page).",{"question":454,"answer":455},"Do the Vancouver Liberals want to protect industrial land?","Yes. The Vancouver Liberals would set up an Industrial Land Reserve, with affordable housing around it. The party says Mayor Ken Sim plans to eliminate the city's remaining industrial land (party issues page).",{"question":457,"answer":458},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' position on AI?","The Vancouver Liberals say Canada needs its own AI data centres, but they would not approve them on Vancouver's expensive land, naming Mount Pleasant. For schools, they would align with the Province and the BC Teachers' Federation on AI chatbot accounts for students (party issues page).",{"question":460,"answer":461},"Can Vancouver City Council create an Industrial Land Reserve?","Council zones commercial and industrial land under the Vancouver Charter, so the Vancouver Liberals' land reserves are city decisions. The CANZUK headquarters bid depends on national governments (party issues page).",[],{"slug":464,"title":465,"race":382,"order":466,"aim":467,"headline":468,"summary":469,"intro":470,"questions":474,"context":490},"transit-and-transportation","Transit and Transportation",4,"Completing the UBC SkyTrain extension will connect Western Canada’s largest research centre with Western Canada’s largest employment hub, improving mobility for students, workers, and families.","Vancouver Liberals on transit: SkyTrain to UBC, construction relief, Terry Fox airport","Transit and Transportation in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan makes finishing the SkyTrain to UBC the party's top transportation priority. It adds a 50% property tax cut for businesses hit by station construction, incentives for landlords to lower rent, and renaming YVR after Terry Fox.",[471,472,473],"The Vancouver Liberals' transit topic centres on the SkyTrain line to UBC. The party says stopping the line at Arbutus is no longer practical, and it would make finishing it to UBC its top transportation priority. The topic opens with the party's case that the line \"will connect Western Canada’s largest research centre with Western Canada’s largest employment hub.\"","The party also wants to protect businesses near new stations. It would cut their property taxes by 50% for as long as construction lasts and offer incentives to commercial landlords who lower their rent. The last item proposes renaming YVR as Terry Fox International Airport.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs SkyTrain, so the city can push for the line and plan its streets around it. Property taxes are set by Council. The airport is owned by the federal government through Transport Canada, so the city can only ask for a new name.",[475,478,481,484,487],{"question":476,"answer":477},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' transit plan?","The Vancouver Liberals would make finishing the SkyTrain to UBC their top transportation priority, cut property taxes 50% for businesses affected by station construction, and offer incentives to landlords who lower their rent. They also propose renaming YVR as Terry Fox International Airport (party issues page).",{"question":479,"answer":480},"Where do the Vancouver Liberals stand on the UBC SkyTrain?","The Vancouver Liberals support finishing the SkyTrain line to UBC and call it their top transportation priority. The party says transit to UBC has been over capacity for years (party issues page).",{"question":482,"answer":483},"Do the Vancouver Liberals have a cycling plan?","The Vancouver Liberals' transit topic has no commitment on bike lanes or street design. It covers the SkyTrain to UBC, support for businesses near construction and renaming YVR (party issues page).",{"question":485,"answer":486},"Who decides whether SkyTrain reaches UBC?","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs SkyTrain. The Vancouver Liberals' priority on the UBC line means the city would press for it and plan its streets around it.",{"question":488,"answer":489},"Why do the Vancouver Liberals want to rename Vancouver's airport?","The Vancouver Liberals propose renaming YVR as Terry Fox International Airport in recognition of Terry Fox's legacy, and say great cities honour their greatest people. Transport Canada owns the airport, so the city can only ask (party issues page).",[491],{"label":492,"url":493,"publisher":494,"checkedAt":363},"List of airports owned by Transport Canada and leased to airport authorities","https:\u002F\u002Ftc.canada.ca\u002Fen\u002Faviation\u002Foperating-airports-aerodromes\u002Flist-airports-owned-transport-canada","Transport Canada",{"slug":496,"title":497,"race":382,"order":498,"aim":499,"headline":500,"summary":501,"intro":502,"questions":506,"context":522},"health-and-environment","Health and Environment",5,"Our city streets and parks are covered with animal and human poop, a clear sign of how City Hall is failing to do its basic job.","Vancouver Liberals on health: washrooms, supportive housing, clinics and rats","Health and Environment in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan proposes new public washrooms, 24-hour bathrooms and showers in new supportive housing, reversing what the party calls a supportive housing ban, half property tax for clinics, Downtown Eastside Wi-Fi, a rat panel and more recycling depots.",[503,504,505],"The Vancouver Liberals' Health and Environment topic opens with the state of the streets. The party says streets and parks are covered with animal and human waste, and that Vancouver has the fewest public bathrooms of any major city in North America. Its answer is new public washrooms across the city, and a rule that every new supportive housing project include public bathrooms and showers open 24 hours a day.","The topic also covers housing and local services. The party would reverse on day one what it calls a ban on new supportive housing, cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics, help bring free public Wi-Fi to the Downtown Eastside, oppose cuts to the public library, form an expert panel on rats and open more recycling depots. It raises noise from loud vehicles and a shrinking tree canopy, but gives no action for either.","Council funds city facilities, sets the property tax rate and decides where supportive housing is approved, so most of these items are city decisions. Health services, treatment and drug policy belong to the Province and the federal government.",[507,510,513,516,519],{"question":508,"answer":509},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' health platform?","The Vancouver Liberals would build new public washrooms, require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in new supportive housing, reverse what they call a supportive housing ban, and cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics (party issues page).",{"question":511,"answer":512},"How would the Vancouver Liberals help people find a family doctor?","The Vancouver Liberals would cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics in Vancouver, which they say would help practices stay open and draw new doctors. Doctor supply and health care funding are provincial and federal (party issues page).",{"question":514,"answer":515},"What do the Vancouver Liberals propose on the environment?","The Vancouver Liberals would open more recycling depots, starting where they are most needed, and say Vancouver recycles only 51% of its beverage containers. They name a tree canopy strategy but give no target or action for it (party issues page).",{"question":517,"answer":518},"What would the Vancouver Liberals do for the Downtown Eastside?","The Vancouver Liberals would work with Downtown Eastside organizations to help deploy free public Wi-Fi. They would also require public bathrooms and showers open 24 hours a day in new supportive housing (party issues page).",{"question":520,"answer":521},"Can City Council build more supportive housing in Vancouver?","Council decides where supportive housing is approved, so it can allow new projects and attach conditions, as the Vancouver Liberals propose. Health services and treatment come from the Province and the federal government (party issues page).",[],{"slug":524,"title":525,"race":526,"order":527,"aim":528,"headline":529,"summary":530,"intro":531,"questions":535,"context":551},"parks-and-recreation","Parks and Recreation","Park Board",6,"The Vancouver Liberals are committed to rebuilding a strong, independent, and well-supported Vancouver Park Board that has the tools, budget stability, and modern facilities needed to serve residents.","Vancouver Liberals on parks: keep the Park Board, 9% of the budget, $1.35B for pools","Parks and Recreation in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan keeps the Park Board elected, raises its funding from 7.9% to 9% of the city budget, returns facility control to it, aims for a new community centre each capital cycle, commits $1.35 billion and removes beach parking meters.",[532,533,534],"Parks and Recreation is the last topic on the Vancouver Liberals' issues page, and the party adds a two-page parks plan in PDF form. It describes its aim as \"rebuilding a strong, independent, and well-supported Vancouver Park Board that has the tools, budget stability, and modern facilities needed to serve residents.\"","The parks plan would keep the Park Board elected, repeal the Mayor's motion to abolish it, create a joint budget committee with Council, raise Park Board funding from 7.9% to 9% of the city budget in four years, and return control of recreation facilities to the board. It would aim to build one new community centre and renew three more in every capital cycle. The issues page adds a $1.35 billion investment in parks, recreation and pools, 50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, the removal of parking meters at beaches and community centres, an auditor general investigation of the PNE and cheaper policing for festivals.","Vancouver is the only major Canadian city with a separately elected park board. Its commissioners control parks, community centres, pools and beaches. Council approves the city budget and capital plan that pay for them, and only the Province can change the Vancouver Charter that creates the board.",[536,539,542,545,548],{"question":537,"answer":538},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' parks plan?","The Vancouver Liberals would keep the Park Board elected, raise its funding from 7.9% to 9% of the city budget in four years, give it back control of its facilities, and aim for one new and three renewed community centres each capital cycle. They also commit $1.35 billion to parks, recreation and pools (party park plan; party issues page).",{"question":540,"answer":541},"Do the Vancouver Liberals support the elected Park Board?","Yes. The Vancouver Liberals say the Park Board must stay elected and independent. They would fight efforts to remove it and repeal the Mayor's motion at City Council that called for its abolition (party park plan).",{"question":543,"answer":544},"What would the Vancouver Liberals do about parking at Vancouver beaches?","The Vancouver Liberals would remove every parking meter in front of beaches and community centres within their first year. The party says Mayor Ken Sim added hundreds of new meters at these sites (party issues page).",{"question":546,"answer":547},"Who are the Vancouver Liberals' Park Board candidates?","The Vancouver Liberals are running Amanda Bains, Amir Bajehkian, Mark Halyk, Scott Jensen, Shayla Bird and Tricia Barker for Park Board in the October 17, 2026 election.",{"question":549,"answer":550},"Can the Park Board raise its own budget?","Council approves the city's budget, which sets the Park Board's share. That is why the Vancouver Liberals propose a joint budget committee of commissioners and councillors and a goal of raising the board's share from 7.9% to 9% (party park plan).",[],[553,556,559,562,565,568,571],{"question":554,"answer":555},"What is in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 platform?","The Vancouver Liberals' platform, \"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver,\" covers affordability and accountability, public safety, jobs and the economy, transit, health and the environment, and parks and recreation. A separate parks plan and an intimate partner violence policy add detail. This site has a page for each part.",{"question":557,"answer":558},"Who are the Vancouver Liberals candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","Kareem Allam is the Vancouver Liberals' candidate for mayor. Armor Valor, Devin Clemens, Jessica Walton, John Coupar, Michael Wu, Moira Stilwell and Victoria Jung are running for City Council. Amanda Bains, Amir Bajehkian, Mark Halyk, Scott Jensen, Shayla Bird and Tricia Barker are running for Park Board, and Darren Boidman, Isabel Ochoa Prieto, Ishi Dinim, Joshua Cameron and Noosha Mehdian for School Board.",{"question":560,"answer":561},"When was the Vancouver Liberals platform last updated?","The party's issues page says it was last updated on August 19, 2026. The page also says the platform will be added to as the party consults Vancouver residents before the October 17, 2026 election.",{"question":563,"answer":564},"Are the Vancouver Liberals part of the federal Liberal Party?","The Vancouver Liberals are a municipal party running candidates for Vancouver's mayor, City Council, Park Board and School Board. The federal Liberal Party of Canada is a separate organization. Their registered name, according to the party's website, is the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association.",{"question":566,"answer":567},"Where can I read the Vancouver Liberals' platform?","The platform is the Issues page on vancouverliberals.com, which links to the party's parks and recreation plan and its intimate partner violence policy as PDFs. Each commitment on these pages links back to the party source it comes from.",{"question":569,"answer":570},"Could the Vancouver Liberals carry out their whole platform if they win?","Some commitments are within the power of City Council, the Park Board or the School Board. Others, such as the SkyTrain to UBC, a meth strategy for BC or renaming YVR, depend on TransLink, the Province or the federal government, and the party could only press them. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.",{"question":572,"answer":573},"Who wrote these pages about the Vancouver Liberals platform?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from the party's own web page and PDFs. The Vancouver Liberals did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do.","2026-platform",[166,360],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fvancouver-liberals","Every commitment in the Vancouver Liberals' 2026 plan, from their issues page, their parks plan and their intimate partner violence policy, sorted by topic, with the government that would have to act on each one. Covers City Council, Park Board and School Board matters.",{"text":579},"Together, we can build a city that works for everyone.","2026-08-19","c-6ZG_4egyEO4M2Xy1nlLP12eAXWelhNsp7y7wNWwA8",{"id":583,"title":584,"checkedAt":363,"context":585,"document":574,"extension":12,"figures":586,"headline":593,"issues":594,"meta":596,"order":597,"pages":34,"paragraphs":598,"party":326,"pillar":496,"proposals":603,"questions":626,"slug":645,"source":34,"stem":646,"summary":647,"__hash__":648},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvancouver-liberals\u002Fhealth-and-environment--clinics-libraries-and-city-services.json","Clinics, Libraries, Wi-Fi, Rats and Recycling",[],[587,590],{"value":588,"label":589},"51%","Share of beverage containers the party says Vancouver recycles, which it calls the lowest rate in the region",{"value":591,"label":592},"second-highest","Vancouver's rank for the number of rats among major Canadian cities, according to the party","Vancouver Liberals: half property tax for clinics, a rat panel, more recycling depots",[239,595,96],"economy",{},"2",[599,600,601,602],"The rest of the Vancouver Liberals' health and environment section is a list of separate local proposals. The first is about doctors. The party says too many young people have no family doctor, and it would cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics in Vancouver, to help existing practices and draw new doctors to the city. Its yacht tax proposal names these clinics among the groups the money would help.","Two items deal with public services. The party would work with Downtown Eastside organizations to help deploy free public Wi-Fi, which it calls essential for safety, health care and essential services. It publishes this item in both French and English. It also says it stands with Vancouver Public Library workers and opposes cuts to library services, calling libraries one of the most important third places, meaning public spaces outside home and work where people meet.","The last two are about the city's environment. The party says Vancouver has the second-highest number of rats of any major city in Canada and is close to passing Toronto, and it would put together a panel of experts, which it calls a blue-ribbon panel, to bring the problem under control. It also says Vancouver recycles only 51% of its beverage containers, the lowest rate in the region, and blames too few Return-It depots. It would open more depots, starting where they are needed most.","The section also raises noise from loud cars and motorcycles at night, and a shrinking tree canopy, which it says is raising electricity use and harming air quality. It names a noise policy and a tree canopy strategy but gives no action for either, so they are not listed as commitments here. Council sets the tax rate, the city budget and business licences, so most of these items are city decisions.",[604,609,614,618,622],{"title":605,"detail":606,"authority":607,"authorityNote":608},"Cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics","The Vancouver Liberals would cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics in the City of Vancouver, to help existing practices and attract new doctors.","city-council","Council sets the property tax rate each year, though the platform does not explain how a lower rate would apply to clinics alone.",{"title":610,"detail":611,"authority":612,"authorityNote":613},"Free public Wi-Fi in the Downtown Eastside","The party would work with Downtown Eastside organizations to help deploy free public Wi-Fi, which it says is essential for safety, health care access and essential services.","city-with-others","The party describes this as work with community organizations, so the city would act with partners.",{"title":615,"detail":616,"authority":607,"authorityNote":617},"Oppose cuts to the Vancouver Public Library","The party says it stands with Vancouver Public Library workers and opposes cuts that weaken library spaces and community services across Vancouver.","Council approves the city's operating budget each year, and the party links library hours to city spending.",{"title":619,"detail":620,"authority":607,"authorityNote":621},"An expert panel on rats","The party would put together a panel of experts, which it calls a blue-ribbon panel, to help gain control of Vancouver's rat problem. It says the city has the second-highest number of rats of any major Canadian city.","Council can set up an advisory panel and fund the city's own response.",{"title":623,"detail":624,"authority":612,"authorityNote":625},"Open more recycling depots","The party would open more recycling depots across the city, starting in the areas that need them most. It says Vancouver recycles 51% of its beverage containers, the lowest rate in the region.","The platform does not say who would run the new depots. The city controls zoning and business licences for depot sites.",[627,630,633,636,639,642],{"question":628,"answer":629},"Would the Vancouver Liberals cut taxes for doctors' offices?","Yes. The Vancouver Liberals would cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics in Vancouver. The party says this would help keep practices open and draw new doctors, since too many young people have no family doctor (party issues page).",{"question":631,"answer":632},"What is the Vancouver Liberals' plan for rats?","The Vancouver Liberals would set up a panel of experts to help get Vancouver's rat problem under control. The party says the city has the second-highest number of rats of any major Canadian city and is close to passing Toronto (party issues page).",{"question":634,"answer":635},"What do the Vancouver Liberals say about recycling?","The Vancouver Liberals say Vancouver recycles only 51% of its beverage containers, the lowest rate in the region, because there are too few Return-It depots. They would open more depots, starting where they are needed most (party issues page).",{"question":637,"answer":638},"Do the Vancouver Liberals support free Wi-Fi in the Downtown Eastside?","Yes. The Vancouver Liberals would work with Downtown Eastside organizations to help deploy free public Wi-Fi, which the party calls essential for safety, health care and essential services (party issues page).",{"question":640,"answer":641},"Where do the Vancouver Liberals stand on library cuts?","The Vancouver Liberals say they stand with Vancouver Public Library workers and oppose cuts to library services. The party also says library hours were cut under Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver (party issues page).",{"question":643,"answer":644},"Do the Vancouver Liberals have a tree canopy plan?","The Vancouver Liberals list a tree canopy strategy as a heading and say the number of trees in Vancouver is going down, raising electricity use and harming air quality. 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