[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":6157},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-vote-vancouver":3,"platform-vote-vancouver-2026-platform":392,"platform-chapters-vote-vancouver-2026-platform-all":631,"party-roster-Vote Vancouver":2034,"parties-all":2816,"platforms-all":6144},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":14,"history":15,"leadership":25,"logo":13,"meta":32,"money":33,"name":48,"news":49,"overview":55,"palette":60,"platform":64,"questions":320,"record":359,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":48,"slug":365,"sources":366,"stem":389,"summary":390,"website":369,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":391},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#7A3D9E","Assigned by voche.me. No brand colour could be read from the party site.",[11],"vv-home","json",null,"A centrist party built around Rebecca Bligh, with a 40-page policy document",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":19,"gaps":22,"entries":24},"unresearched",false,"2026-09-22",[20,21],"The party website","A web search for the party name with past Vancouver election results",[23],"Founding, past results and any name changes have not been checked for this party yet.",[],[26],{"role":27,"name":28,"cites":29},"Mayoral candidate and founder","Rebecca Bligh",[30,31],"vv-policy","city-candidates",{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":35,"gaps":38,"searchUrl":40,"filings":41,"notes":42},"researched",[36,37],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[39],"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",[],[43,44,45,46,47],"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.","Vote Vancouver",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":50,"gaps":52,"entries":54},[51],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[53],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[56,57,58,59],"Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates: Rebecca Bligh for mayor at ballot number 52, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.","Rebecca Bligh is a sitting Vancouver city councillor and a former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The party site describes her as having created Vote Vancouver.","The party describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology.","Its published Policy Priorities document runs to roughly 6,400 words and is organised into four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers.",{"accent":8,"onAccent":61,"tint":62,"ink":63},"#FFFFFF","#EFE5F5","#552B6E",[65,126,156,182,200,215,245,262,281,304],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":67,"proposals":72,"questions":112,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":122,"gaps":124,"headline":74,"summary":125},"housing",[68,69,70,71],"This is the most time-bound commitment any party has published in this election. Five parcels of public land would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall.","The party also publishes an affordability definition rather than leaving the word undefined: new public housing would target no more than 30% of household income.","Its faith-based land policy is unusual. Vote Vancouver would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw giving the city first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, and would help faith organisations that want to redevelop rather than sell.","The party would also reverse what it describes as a ban on new supportive housing, arguing it blocks replacing single room occupancy hotels with better options.",[73,79,83,87,92,96,100,104,108],{"title":74,"detail":75,"cites":76,"authority":77,"deadline":78},"Name five parcels of public land within one month","Five parcels of city-owned land will be chosen, named and announced with an associated timeline within one month of entering City Hall.",[30],"The city owns the land and can direct its use.","One month after taking office",{"title":80,"detail":81,"cites":82},"Target rents at no more than 30% of household income","New public housing will target no more than 30% of household income.",[30],{"title":84,"detail":85,"cites":86},"Reverse the ban on new supportive housing","Vote Vancouver would reverse the ban so single room occupancy hotels can be replaced with safe, dignified, affordable options.",[30],{"title":88,"detail":89,"cites":90,"authority":91},"A right-of-first-refusal bylaw for faith-based land","The city would get the first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, for housing, child care and community services.",[30],"Council can pass such a bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":93,"detail":94,"cites":95},"Use DASH to build faster","The city would use Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing, pre-approved models and sustainable materials, especially for modular housing.",[30],{"title":97,"detail":98,"cites":99},"Non-profits run the developments","Non-profit or community organisations would run the new developments, to reduce strain on City Hall and keep them connected to their communities.",[30],{"title":101,"detail":102,"cites":103},"Replace SROs with self-contained housing","Existing single room occupancy hotels would be replaced with dignified, self-contained, purpose-built housing, while existing facilities keep operating until alternatives are available.",[30],{"title":105,"detail":106,"cites":107},"Hold landlords to maintenance standards","The city would enforce its maintenance standards and act where buildings fall into serious disrepair that threatens residents’ ability to stay housed.",[30],{"title":109,"detail":110,"cites":111},"Work with community land trusts","Vote Vancouver would work with community land trusts and community groups to keep public land in community ownership and build co-operative housing, naming the Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust, the SRO Collaborative, the False Creek South Community Housing Trust and Hogan’s Alley.",[30],[113,117],{"question":114,"answer":115,"cites":116},"What does \"30% of household income\" mean?","It is a definition of affordable. A household earning $60,000 a year would pay no more than $18,000 a year, or $1,500 a month, for a home built under this policy. Most parties use the word affordable without saying what it means; Vote Vancouver puts a number on it.",[30],{"question":118,"answer":119,"cites":120},"What is a right-of-first-refusal bylaw?","It means that when a church, temple or other faith organisation decides to sell its land, the city gets the first chance to buy it before private buyers. The organisation still chooses to sell; the city just gets first offer.",[30],true,[123],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document, dated in its filename September 15, 2026",[],"Vote Vancouver would name five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing within one month of taking office, target rents at no more than 30% of household income, and reverse the ban on new supportive housing.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":128,"proposals":131,"questions":148,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":149,"gaps":153,"headline":155},"homelessness",[129,130],"The document's clearest homelessness position is reversing the City's ban on new supportive housing, which it credits to a motion by Rebecca Bligh.","Its addiction and mental health proposals include continuing to fund a specific existing program, St. Paul's Road to Recovery, and building new Recovery Community Centres.",[132,136,140,144],{"title":84,"detail":133,"cites":134,"authority":135},"The party would reverse a City ban on building new supportive housing, to allow replacing single-room-occupancy hotels with self-contained supportive homes connected to mental health, addiction, social work and job supports.",[30],"Approving supportive housing is a City land use and permitting decision.",{"title":137,"detail":138,"cites":139},"Support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program","The party would keep supporting the Road to Recovery program by building more supportive housing for people exiting it, and continuing to fund Vancouver Coastal Health.",[30],{"title":141,"detail":142,"cites":143},"Build more Recovery Community Centres","The party would build more Recovery Community Centres to connect people with peer support and wellness activities, bridging the gap to detox and treatment.",[30],{"title":145,"detail":146,"cites":147},"Better coordinate police, health and housing responses","The party would improve coordination between police, healthcare providers, housing providers and community organizations so police are not the only response to mental health and addiction crises.",[30],[],[150,151,152],"The party's Policy Priorities PDF, already archived in research\u002Fvancouver-2026-09-22\u002Fparty-sources\u002F","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F","The City of Vancouver official candidate list",[154],"Most items name no cost and no date. The document credits several of these to Rebecca Bligh personally, and those are also recorded on her own candidate record.","Reverse the supportive housing ban, and expand recovery programs",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":158,"proposals":161,"questions":178,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":179,"gaps":180,"headline":181},"public-safety",[159,160],"The document sets out a multi-part public safety plan built around prevention and coordination rather than a police budget figure.","It also states a School Board position on School Liaison Officers, kept out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, which sits on the schools area of this page instead.",[162,166,170,174],{"title":163,"detail":164,"cites":165},"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy","The party would develop this strategy with police, healthcare providers, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups.",[30],{"title":167,"detail":168,"cites":169},"Rework Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs","Community Policing Centres would become hubs for crime prevention, community referrals, youth mentorship and connecting residents to services, prioritizing prevention over criminalization.",[30],{"title":171,"detail":172,"cites":173},"Expand gender-based violence prevention work","The party would expand policies and working groups on gender-based violence, crediting a motion by Rebecca Bligh.",[30],{"title":175,"detail":176,"cites":177},"Become Canada's first Restorative City","The party would build a restorative justice system, training city staff with Peace of the Circle and applying what it calls the Vancouver Test to future policy decisions.",[30],[],[150,151,152],[154],"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, reworked policing centres, and a restorative justice system",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":184,"proposals":188,"questions":193,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":194,"gaps":196,"headline":198,"summary":199},"transport",[185,186,187],"Transportation Choice is the second of four sections in the party’s Policy Priorities document, covering pages 13 to 19.","The section opens by describing Vancouver as a large city with a variety of transport options including walking and biking, framed around more choices and fewer barriers.","We archived the full document on September 22, 2026. The detailed commitments inside this section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[189],{"title":190,"detail":191,"cites":192},"Transportation Choice section of the Policy Priorities document","The party publishes a dedicated transport section under the heading \"More choices. Fewer barriers.\" The individual commitments in it are recorded in our archived copy and have not yet been transcribed here.",[30],[],[195],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document",[197],"The individual commitments in the Transportation Choice section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Transportation Choice: one of four sections of the policy document","Vote Vancouver publishes a Transportation Choice section running from page 13 to page 19 of its Policy Priorities document.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":202,"proposals":204,"questions":209,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":210,"gaps":211,"headline":213,"summary":214},"parks",[203],"Parks and recreation appear in the party’s stated focus and in the Public Services section of its Policy Priorities document, which runs from page 20 to page 32. The individual commitments in that section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[205],{"title":206,"detail":207,"cites":208},"Improve access to parks, pools and recreation","The party names improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on.",[30],[],[195],[212],"The individual commitments in the Public Services section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Improving access to parks, pools and recreation","Vote Vancouver lists improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on. Detailed commitments sit in the Public Services section of its policy document.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":217,"proposals":220,"questions":241,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":242,"gaps":243,"headline":244},"schools",[218,219],"The party's education proposals include a School Board position on School Liaison Officers distinct from its policing proposal: SLOs would stay but out of uniform, rebranded away from police, focused on early intervention.","It also lists school nutrition funding, technology and AI rules for classrooms, and a facilities-condition audit.",[221,225,229,233,237],{"title":222,"detail":223,"cites":224},"Establish School Liaison Officers as regular, rebranded support","SLOs would focus on early intervention and youth protection, work out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, and be paired with counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs, with regular independent equity-centred reviews.",[30],{"title":226,"detail":227,"cites":228},"Support student mental health and neurodivergence","The party would push for more school counsellors, faster neurodivergence assessments, and closing the gap between individual education plans and real classroom support.",[30],{"title":230,"detail":231,"cites":232},"Fund and expand school nutrition programs","Council would work with the school district to expand nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools, developing a cost-sharing plan rather than relying on individual school budgets.",[30],{"title":234,"detail":235,"cites":236},"Set rules for AI tools and cellphones in classrooms","The party would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools, give teachers clear rules on acceptable AI use, and restrict cellphones in younger grades.",[30],{"title":238,"detail":239,"cites":240},"Audit and upgrade school facilities","The party would audit elementary school grounds, keep seismic renewal on pace for the district's high seismic risk, and evaluate the Olympic Village School's development and 3 versus 4 storey options.",[30],[],[150,151,152],[154],"Neurodivergence supports, a rebranded School Liaison Officer role, and facility upgrades",{"issue":246,"paragraphs":247,"proposals":251,"questions":256,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":257,"gaps":258,"headline":260,"summary":261},"taxes-and-budget",[248,249,250],"Rather than publishing a tax number, Vote Vancouver publishes a test. It says that a policy that does not meet all four questions will not be prioritised.","The fourth question, whether residents can measure if it worked, is the one that matters most for holding a council to account, because it commits the party to publishing something measurable.","The party describes its approach as fiscally responsible while expanding public services. It does not publish a property tax rate commitment.",[252],{"title":253,"detail":254,"cites":255},"Apply the Vancouver Test to every policy","Four questions: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen Vancouver’s long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails the test will not be prioritised.",[30],[],[195],[259],"No property tax rate commitment is published.","The Vancouver Test: four questions applied to every policy","Vote Vancouver publishes a decision test it says it applies to every policy: does it improve service, strengthen the long-term future, build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked.",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":264,"proposals":266,"questions":277,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":278,"gaps":279,"headline":280},"climate",[265],"The document's clearest climate positions are both about buildings: restarting a paused emissions-reporting program, and keeping an existing heating rule rather than loosening it.",[267,272],{"title":268,"detail":269,"cites":270,"authority":271},"Restart the Energize Vancouver emissions-reporting program","The party would unpause this City program so it can measure where building emissions come from and track progress.",[30],"The City's own reporting program.",{"title":273,"detail":274,"cites":275,"authority":276},"Keep the electric heating requirement for new buildings","The party would maintain the existing requirement for electric space and hot water heating in new buildings, rather than allowing gas.",[30],"Vancouver's own building bylaw.",[],[150,151,152],[154],"Restart emissions reporting, and keep electric heating rules for new buildings",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":283,"proposals":285,"questions":300,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":301,"gaps":302,"headline":303},"culture",[284],"The document gives arts and culture its most detailed proposal of any issue on this page: a two-step plan to move City arts funding to an independent council.",[286,291,296],{"title":287,"detail":288,"cites":289,"cost":290},"Create an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator within six months","This service would help artists and cultural non-profits navigate permitting, liquor licensing and special-event approvals, and coordinate marketing for Vancouver's arts and culture.",[30],"Not published",{"title":292,"detail":293,"cites":294,"cost":295},"Establish an Independent Arts Council to administer City arts grants","The Council would take over grant decisions from Council votes, administer a dedicated annual City allocation with at least 90 percent going directly to the arts and creative sector, and advocate for the sector.",[30],"A dedicated annual allocation from the City; no figure published",{"title":297,"detail":298,"cites":299},"Work toward a Vancouver Arts Foundation for private funding","The party would work with business, philanthropic and creative communities to create a permanent vehicle for private donations and sponsorships in the arts.",[30],[],[150,151,152],[154],"An Independent Arts Council and a City Navigator for permits",{"issue":305,"paragraphs":306,"proposals":308,"questions":313,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":314,"gaps":315,"headline":318,"summary":319},"child-care",[307],"Child care appears inside the housing section of the policy document rather than on its own. The commitment is that new public housing developments include access to child care, schools and public spaces.",[309],{"title":310,"detail":311,"cites":312},"Child care in every new public housing development","New public housing developments will include access to child care, schools and public spaces. The party calls this building complete communities, not just buildings.",[30],[],[195],[316,317],"No number of new child care spaces is published.","No position on child care fees is published.","Child care built into every new public housing development","Vote Vancouver would include child care, schools and public spaces in new public housing developments, describing this as building complete communities rather than buildings.",[321,325,329,333,337,341,345,349,353],{"question":322,"answer":323,"cites":324},"Who leads Vote Vancouver?","Rebecca Bligh, a sitting Vancouver city councillor, is its mayoral candidate at ballot number 52. The party’s own document says she created Vote Vancouver.",[30,31],{"question":326,"answer":327,"cites":328},"How many candidates is Vote Vancouver running?","12: Rebecca Bligh for mayor, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.",[31],{"question":330,"answer":331,"cites":332},"What is the Vancouver Test?","Four questions the party says it applies to every policy: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen the long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails is not prioritised.",[30],{"question":334,"answer":335,"cites":336},"What is Vote Vancouver’s fastest housing commitment?","Naming five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing, with a timeline, within one month of taking office. That is the tightest deadline any party has published in this election.",[30],{"question":338,"answer":339,"cites":340},"What does the party mean by affordable?","No more than 30% of household income for new public housing built under its policy. Most parties do not put a number on the word.",[30],{"question":342,"answer":343,"cites":344},"Where does Vote Vancouver sit politically?","It describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology or by political polarization.",[30],{"question":346,"answer":347,"cites":348},"Does the party have a position on supportive housing?","Yes. It would reverse what it describes as a ban on building new supportive housing, arguing the ban stops single room occupancy hotels being replaced with better options.",[30],{"question":350,"answer":351,"cites":352},"Does it publish a property tax commitment?","No. It publishes the Vancouver Test and describes itself as fiscally responsible, but we found no property tax rate commitment in the document, checked September 22, 2026.",[30],{"question":354,"answer":355,"cites":356},"Where can I see Vote Vancouver’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[357,358],"ebc-search","ebc-org",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":360,"gaps":362,"entries":364},[20,361],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[363],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"vote-vancouver",[367,371,374,379,382,385],{"id":11,"label":368,"url":369,"publisher":48,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Vote Vancouver home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F","subject",{"id":30,"label":372,"url":373,"publisher":48,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fvotevancouver.ca\u002Fs\u002FVV-PolicyPriorities_260915.pdf",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver","Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates behind mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, a sitting city councillor. It publishes a Policy Priorities document covering housing, transport, public services and the economy.","dMDoyUkuUqP2U_bs_zDBFIUCu2YG5c5Yzh05FyuFibI",{"id":393,"title":394,"checkedAt":395,"context":396,"corrections":397,"extension":12,"headline":398,"intro":399,"meta":403,"pageCount":404,"party":365,"pillars":405,"questions":601,"slug":623,"sourceId":30,"sourceIds":624,"stem":625,"summary":626,"tagline":627,"updatedAt":13,"url":373,"__hash__":630},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fvote-vancouver.json","Policy Priorities","2026-09-30",[],[],"Vote Vancouver's 2026 Policy Priorities, chapter by chapter",[400,401,402],"Vote Vancouver calls its 2026 platform \"Policy Priorities.\" The party published it as one PDF of 37 pages, marked version 1.1 on its last page. After a land acknowledgement, a page of candidates and an introduction about its mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, it has four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers.","These pages split the document into chapters. The Public Services section mixes council, school and park topics, so we gave its education and parks lists their own sections, filed under the School Board and the Park Board. Each chapter page lists every commitment in the party's own order, with the PDF page it comes from, so you can check the wording yourself.","We added one thing the PDF does not give: which government would have to act on each commitment, and why. The introduction also sets out what the party calls The Vancouver Test, four questions it says every policy must pass before Vote Vancouver will make it a priority.",{},"37",[406,438,469,503,539,570],{"slug":407,"title":408,"race":409,"order":410,"pages":411,"aim":414,"headline":415,"summary":416,"intro":417,"questions":421,"context":437},"housing-and-belonging","Housing and Belonging","City Council",1,{"from":412,"to":413},9,12,"Vote Vancouver will use the land, partnerships and resources available to the City to build more affordable housing that includes childcare and create complete communities.","Vote Vancouver on housing: city land, faith land, supportive homes and SROs","Housing and Belonging is the first section of Vote Vancouver's platform. It would name five parcels of city land for affordable housing within one month, target rents at no more than 30% of household income, give the city first right to buy faith-owned land and reverse the ban on supportive housing.",[418,419,420],"Vote Vancouver opens its Policy Priorities with Housing and Belonging, on pages 9 to 12. The party says housing is more than a building, and that a community also needs services, childcare, schools and a sense of belonging. Its chapters cover building on city-owned land, the land held by faith groups, and a list of supportive and community housing steps.","The party's main promises are about land. It would name five parcels of public land with a timeline within one month of taking office, and target new public housing at no more than 30% of household income. It would pass a bylaw giving the city the first chance to buy faith-owned land that comes up for sale. It would also reverse what it calls the ban on new supportive housing, and replace old single room occupancy hotels, known as SROs, with self-contained homes.","City Council controls zoning, permits and city-owned land, so it can act alone on much of this section. Health, addiction and mental health services that the party wants linked to supportive housing are run by the Province. The party also names non-profits, community land trusts and the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations as partners.",[422,425,428,431,434],{"question":423,"answer":424},"What is Vote Vancouver's housing plan?","Vote Vancouver would build affordable housing on unused or underused city-owned land, naming five parcels with a timeline within one month of taking office. New public housing would target no more than 30% of household income, and non-profit or community groups would run the buildings (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":426,"answer":427},"Does Vote Vancouver want to buy church land for housing?","The party would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw, which gives the city the first chance to buy qualifying faith-owned land before private developers when it comes up for sale. The land would be used for housing, childcare and community services. Faith groups that want to keep their land would get city help to redevelop it (Policy Priorities, page 11).",{"question":429,"answer":430},"What does Vote Vancouver mean by affordable housing?","The party says new public housing would target no more than 30% of household income, so that housing costs are affordable for the people who live there (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":432,"answer":433},"What is Vote Vancouver's position on supportive housing?","Vote Vancouver would reverse what it calls the ban on building new supportive housing. It says the ban stops the city from replacing SROs with safe and affordable options, and that Rebecca Bligh has already called for it to be reversed (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":435,"answer":436},"Can Vancouver City Council deliver Vote Vancouver's housing plan alone?","Council controls zoning, permits and city-owned land, and it makes rental bylaws, so it can act on the land, planning and maintenance steps. The party relies on non-profits to run the buildings and on other governments for funding, and the health supports it wants in supportive housing are provincial services (Policy Priorities, pages 10 to 12).",[],{"slug":439,"title":440,"race":409,"order":441,"pages":442,"aim":445,"headline":446,"summary":447,"intro":448,"questions":452,"context":468},"transportation-choice","Transportation Choice",2,{"from":443,"to":444},13,19,"More choices. Fewer barriers.","Vote Vancouver on transport: free transit under 18, bike valet, ferries, parking","Transportation Choice is Vote Vancouver's transport section. It proposes a 2027 pilot of free transit passes for Vancouver residents under 18, a free seasonal bike valet in city parking spaces, an all-electric passenger ferry, a SkyTrain line to UBC, 10 new pedestrian plazas and a parking pass for seniors.",[449,450,451],"Transportation Choice runs from page 13 to page 19 of Vote Vancouver's Policy Priorities. The party says getting around the city is harder than it should be, and that people who walk, bike, drive or take transit should all have safe and affordable choices. Three chapters each cover one program in detail, and a final chapter gathers the party's shorter list on streets, transit and parking.","The largest promise is free transit for young people. A Vote Vancouver majority would partner with TransLink to give every Vancouver resident under 18 a free pass, starting with a pilot for the 2027 calendar year. The party would also run a free bike valet in underused city parking spaces from April 1 to October 31, 2027, and push for an all-electric passenger ferry from downtown to Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast.","The city owns its streets, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council can act alone on bike lanes, curb cuts, plazas and parking. Buses and SkyTrain are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, so the free youth pass and the SkyTrain line to UBC depend on TransLink and its funders.",[453,456,459,462,465],{"question":454,"answer":455},"Does Vote Vancouver want free transit for teenagers?","Yes. Vote Vancouver says a majority on council would partner with TransLink to give every Vancouver resident under 18 a free transit pass. Within its first 100 days it would launch a pilot, with passes valid for the 2027 calendar year and no means testing (Policy Priorities, pages 14 to 15).",{"question":457,"answer":458},"What is Vote Vancouver's bike valet plan?","The party would run a free seasonal bike valet in existing, underused EasyPark spaces, giving people secure, watched bike storage. The pilot would run from April 1 to October 31, 2027, and the city would publish the results at the end of the season (Policy Priorities, pages 16 to 17).",{"question":460,"answer":461},"What does Vote Vancouver promise on SkyTrain and bike lanes?","Vote Vancouver would extend the SkyTrain line to UBC, complete the Broadway bike lane and fix known cycling safety problems such as sightlines, signal timing and turning conflicts (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":463,"answer":464},"What would Vote Vancouver do about parking?","The party would set a two-hour maximum in short-term parking areas, protect short-term and accessible parking near medical and senior-serving places, and introduce a prepaid parking pass so seniors without smartphones can park without an app (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":466,"answer":467},"Can Vancouver make transit free for youth on its own?","No. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs buses and SkyTrain. Vote Vancouver's own plan says the city would partner with TransLink to provide the passes (Policy Priorities, page 14).",[],{"slug":470,"title":471,"race":409,"order":472,"pages":473,"aim":476,"headline":477,"summary":478,"intro":479,"questions":483,"context":502},"public-services","Public Services",3,{"from":474,"to":475},20,32,"Vancouver should serve everyone.","Vote Vancouver on public services: arts, addiction care, childcare and safety","Public Services is Vote Vancouver's section on what City Hall delivers. It proposes an Independent Arts Council, more Recovery Community Centres, non-profit childcare in all new public housing, a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, more public washrooms and a 10-day reply promise for City Hall.",[480,481,482],"Public Services covers pages 20 to 32 of Vote Vancouver's Policy Priorities, the longest part of the document. The party says the city should work for all of its residents, with a City Hall that listens and public services people can rely on. The council chapters here cover the arts, addiction and mental health, childcare, public safety, community spaces and the way City Hall answers residents. The section's lists on schools and parks have their own pages on this site.","The party would move City arts grants to an Independent Arts Council, with at least 90% of its money going directly to the arts. It would build more Recovery Community Centres and support the Road to Recovery program at St. Paul's. On childcare, it would require non-profit childcare in all new public housing. It would also write a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, reply to every City Hall inquiry within 10 days and restart the Energize Vancouver emissions-reporting program.","Council controls city grants, permits, city buildings and the capital plan. Other parts need other bodies. The Province runs health and addiction services and funds childcare operations, and the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department.",[484,487,490,493,496,499],{"question":485,"answer":486},"What is Vote Vancouver's plan for arts funding?","Vote Vancouver would set up an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator at City Hall within six months, then an Independent Arts Council to hand out City arts grants. At least 90% of the council's yearly money would go to the arts sector and no more than 10% to running costs (Policy Priorities, pages 22 to 23).",{"question":488,"answer":489},"What would Vote Vancouver do about addiction and mental health?","The party would press the Province for more mental health services and treatment beds, build more Recovery Community Centres, support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program with more supportive housing, and improve coordination so police are not the only response to a crisis (Policy Priorities, page 24).",{"question":491,"answer":492},"What is Vote Vancouver's childcare plan?","Vote Vancouver would require non-profit childcare in all new public housing, put more childcare money in the city's 2027 to 2030 capital plan, audit underused public land for new spaces and press the Province to fund $10aDay childcare (Policy Priorities, page 25).",{"question":494,"answer":495},"What does Vote Vancouver promise on public safety?","The party would write a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy with police, health providers and community groups, expand work against gender-based violence, set up a restorative justice system and turn Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs (Policy Priorities, page 28).",{"question":497,"answer":498},"What is Vote Vancouver's 10-day response promise?","Vote Vancouver would commit City Hall to answering inquiries within 10 days. The party says this means you hear within 10 days what the city plans to do, and that the problem may not be fixed by then (Policy Priorities, page 32).",{"question":500,"answer":501},"Who would have to act on Vote Vancouver's public services plan?","City Council can act on arts grants, city service desks, permits and the capital plan. The Province runs health and addiction services and sets childcare funding, so on those the party says it would advocate. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police (Policy Priorities, pages 20 to 32).",[],{"slug":504,"title":505,"race":506,"order":507,"pages":508,"aim":511,"headline":512,"summary":513,"intro":514,"questions":518,"context":534},"education","Education","School Board",4,{"from":509,"to":510},26,27,"Vote Vancouver will improve education by:","Vote Vancouver on schools: student support, food, AI rules, liaison officers","Vote Vancouver's education plan, part of its Public Services section, covers student mental health and neurodivergence, school nutrition, arts and sports programs, rules for AI and cellphones, School Liaison Officers, seismic upgrades, the Olympic Village School and student voice on the board.",[515,516,517],"Vote Vancouver's education list sits inside the Public Services section, on pages 26 and 27 of its Policy Priorities. It is the plan the party's School Board candidates run on. The chapters on this site cover student support, food and after-school activities, technology and staffing, and school buildings.","The party would push for more school counsellors and faster neurodivergence assessments, and close the gap between individual education plans and the help students get in class. It would expand school nutrition programs with a shared cost plan, set rules for AI tools and restrict cellphones in younger grades. It would keep School Liaison Officers but have them work out of uniform and with counsellors, and it would audit elementary school grounds and keep seismic upgrades on pace.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and approves the district budget, so it can act on programs, rules and staffing. Teacher pay and the funding formula are set by the Province, and the party itself says it would advocate to the Province for counsellors and assessments. Funding for school buildings is shared between the Province and school boards.",[519,522,525,528,531],{"question":520,"answer":521},"What is Vote Vancouver's plan for Vancouver schools?","Vote Vancouver would increase support for student mental health and neurodivergence, expand school nutrition programs, protect arts, music and physical education from cuts, set rules for AI and cellphones, keep School Liaison Officers in a changed form and improve school buildings (Policy Priorities, pages 26 to 27).",{"question":523,"answer":524},"Does Vote Vancouver support police officers in Vancouver schools?","Vote Vancouver would establish School Liaison Officers as a regular support for students, focused on early intervention and youth protection. The officers would work out of uniform, be rebranded away from police, be paired with counsellors and youth workers, and face regular independent equity-centred reviews (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":526,"answer":527},"Would Vote Vancouver ban cellphones in schools?","The party proposes restrictions on cellphones in elementary and younger grades. It would also require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools are used, and give teachers clear rules on using AI (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":529,"answer":530},"What does Vote Vancouver promise for school lunches?","Vote Vancouver says Council would work with the Vancouver School Board to expand school nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools. It would develop a shared cost plan for food programs and partner with groups such as the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":532,"answer":533},"Can the Vancouver School Board pay for more counsellors on its own?","The school board sets its own budget, but the funding formula is set by the Province. Vote Vancouver's platform says it would advocate for better provincial funding for more school counsellors and faster neurodivergence assessments (Policy Priorities, page 26).",[535],{"label":536,"url":537,"publisher":538,"checkedAt":395},"School capital funding is shared between the provincial government and boards of education","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Feducation-training\u002Fk-12\u002Fadministration\u002Fcapital","Government of British Columbia",{"slug":540,"title":541,"race":542,"order":543,"pages":544,"aim":546,"headline":547,"summary":548,"intro":549,"questions":553,"context":569},"parks-and-recreation","Parks and Recreation","Park Board",5,{"from":545,"to":545},31,"We will deliver city parks alongside recreation facilities and programs by:","Vote Vancouver on parks: a 50-metre pool, Kits Pool, Sunset and Marpole pools","Vote Vancouver's parks plan, part of its Public Services section, would keep the Park Board elected, deliver a 50-metre pool, commit to pools at Sunset and Marpole, restore full public access to Kitsilano Pool, keep the 30% tree canopy target and protect the Champlain Heights forest.",[550,551,552],"Vote Vancouver's parks list is on page 31 of its Policy Priorities, inside the Public Services section. It is the plan the party's Park Board candidates run on. On this site it is split into a chapter on pools and recreation and a chapter on parks, forests and trees.","The party would keep the Park Board independently elected and properly funded. It would deliver a 50-metre pool, commit to pools at the Sunset and Marpole community centres, restore full public access to Kitsilano Pool and keep pools open where possible during the Britannia renewal. On green space, it would keep Vancouver's 30% tree canopy target while measuring mature and new trees apart, protect the Champlain Heights forest and trails, and set clear upkeep standards for parks, beaches and trails.","Vancouver's seven elected park commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches, so most of this list is Park Board work. Whether the board stays elected is set by the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change, and the money for large new pools comes through the city's capital plan, which Council approves.",[554,557,560,563,566],{"question":555,"answer":556},"Does Vote Vancouver want to keep the elected Park Board?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would keep the Park Board independently elected and properly funded, so that it stays responsible and accountable to residents (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":558,"answer":559},"What does Vote Vancouver promise on pools?","The party would deliver a 50-metre pool, commit to pools at Sunset and Marpole community centres, restore full practical public access to Kitsilano Pool, and work to keep pools open during the Britannia Community Services Precinct renewal (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":561,"answer":562},"What is Vote Vancouver's position on Kitsilano Pool?","Vote Vancouver's platform promises to restore full practical public access to Kitsilano Pool. The document does not say what limits access today (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":564,"answer":565},"What would Vote Vancouver do for trees and forests?","The party would keep Vancouver's 30% tree canopy target while measuring mature canopy and newly planted trees apart, invest in the long-term health of the urban forest and protect the Champlain Heights forest and trail network (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":567,"answer":568},"Who decides whether Vancouver keeps an elected Park Board?","The Park Board is created by the Vancouver Charter, a provincial act, and only the Province can change it. Vote Vancouver's platform supports keeping the board independently elected (Policy Priorities, page 31).",[],{"slug":571,"title":572,"race":409,"order":573,"pages":574,"aim":577,"headline":578,"summary":579,"intro":580,"questions":584,"context":600},"economic-drivers","Economic Drivers",6,{"from":575,"to":576},33,36,"Building a sustainable future.","Vote Vancouver on money: end the 0% tax freeze, housing fund, DTES business","Economic Drivers is the section where Vote Vancouver says how it would fund its platform. It would end what it calls the 0% property tax freeze, use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund with city land, offer incentives for new Downtown Eastside businesses and publish the budget in a clear format.",[581,582,583],"Economic Drivers closes Vote Vancouver's Policy Priorities, on pages 33 to 36. The party says developments, services and upkeep all cost money, and asks how it would fund its platform. Its answer is changes that it says would make investment in the city easier and bring more return to residents. The chapters cover underused spaces, housing money and local business, and the city budget and outside funding.","The party's biggest money promise is to end what it calls the current 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable tax increases based on long-term planning. It says the freeze has raised parking costs and cut community services. It would also use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund, together with city land, to build deeply affordable housing, offer incentives such as tax breaks to new Downtown Eastside businesses and publish the city budget online in a clear format.","Council sets the property tax rate, approves the budget, issues business licences and controls city-owned property, so most of this section is within its power. The tax exemption on municipal bonds is a federal decision, and the party says it would ask the federal government for it.",[585,588,591,594,597],{"question":586,"answer":587},"Would Vote Vancouver raise property taxes?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would end what it calls the current 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable, sustainable property tax increases based on long-term financial planning. The party says higher taxes are a more predictable way to fund the city than closing community centres (Policy Priorities, page 36).",{"question":589,"answer":590},"How would Vote Vancouver pay for affordable housing?","The party would use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund together with city land to build deeply affordable housing directly. It would also look at an affordable housing asset class model to raise money, with pilot projects where 30% of homes are deeply affordable (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":592,"answer":593},"What does Vote Vancouver propose for the Downtown Eastside economy?","Vote Vancouver would create incentives, such as tax breaks, for new Downtown Eastside businesses that show a community benefit. It would also run city-owned shops there through a social enterprise operator that picks tenants (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":595,"answer":596},"What would Vote Vancouver do for festivals and live music?","The party would simplify permits for festivals, street events and live music and reduce event fees. It would also study the economic impact of the creative industries and work with the Province on tourism funding (Policy Priorities, pages 35 to 36).",{"question":598,"answer":599},"Can Vancouver City Council set property taxes on its own?","Yes. Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating budget. Vote Vancouver's platform would use that power to end the 0% freeze it describes (Policy Priorities, page 36).",[],[602,605,608,611,614,617,620],{"question":603,"answer":604},"What is in Vote Vancouver's 2026 platform?","Vote Vancouver's platform, titled Policy Priorities, has four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers. Public Services also holds the party's education and parks plans. Each section is split into chapters on this site, and every commitment carries its page in the party's PDF.",{"question":606,"answer":607},"Who are Vote Vancouver's candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","Rebecca Bligh is Vote Vancouver's candidate for mayor. John Boychuk, Rebecca Hasdell, Steve Jedreicich, Keerit Jutla, Bhavna Solecki and Geoff Teoli are running for City Council. Stephen Menon and Summit Wannamaker are running for Park Board, and Amarys Joseph, Mandy Potter and Tasha Doucas for School Board (Policy Priorities, page 5).",{"question":609,"answer":610},"What is the Vancouver Test in Vote Vancouver's platform?","The Vancouver Test is a set of four questions Vote Vancouver says it applies to policy: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen Vancouver's long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. The party says a policy that fails the test will not be a priority for it (Policy Priorities, page 8).",{"question":612,"answer":613},"How does Vote Vancouver say it would pay for its platform?","The Economic Drivers section is the party's answer. It would end what it calls the current 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable property tax increases, use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund with city land, and ask other governments for more money. It also proposes business incentives in the Downtown Eastside (Policy Priorities, pages 33 to 36).",{"question":615,"answer":616},"Where can I read the Vote Vancouver platform PDF?","Vote Vancouver publishes the Policy Priorities PDF on its own website, votevancouver.ca. On this site, every commitment names the page of that PDF it comes from, so you can read the party's own wording next to our summary.",{"question":618,"answer":619},"Could Vote Vancouver carry out its whole platform if it wins?","Some commitments are within the power of City Council, the Park Board or the School Board. Others depend on TransLink, the Province or the federal government, and the platform itself says it would advocate to them. A council decision also needs six of the eleven votes. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.",{"question":621,"answer":622},"Who wrote these pages about the Vote Vancouver platform?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from the party's own PDF. Vote 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\u002Fvote-vancouver","Every commitment in Vote Vancouver's 2026 Policy Priorities document, sorted by chapter, with the PDF page for each one and the government that would have to act. Covers housing, transport, public services, schools, parks and how the party says it would pay.",{"text":628,"page":629},"Vote for a city that works for you.",7,"inW5LYu7o_UE0mBcdcXOb3hiSD_IEfrXkGsGkT_N0-Q",[632,705,775,822,883,943,1008,1061,1142,1200,1274,1330,1397,1450,1524,1597,1656,1728,1780,1826,1889,1957],{"id":633,"title":634,"checkedAt":395,"context":635,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":636,"headline":640,"issues":641,"meta":643,"order":644,"pages":645,"paragraphs":646,"party":365,"pillar":571,"proposals":650,"questions":682,"slug":701,"source":13,"stem":702,"summary":703,"__hash__":704},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feconomic-drivers--budget-tax-and-partnerships.json","Budget, Property Tax and Partnerships",[],[637],{"value":638,"label":639,"page":576},"0%","The current property tax freeze the party says it would end","Vote Vancouver: end the 0% property tax freeze and publish a clear budget",[246,642],"economy",{},"3",{"from":576,"to":576},[647,648,649],"The second half of Vote Vancouver's \"Economic Drivers\" list is about the city's money. Its largest item is property tax. The party would end what it calls the current 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable, sustainable increases based on long-term financial planning. The party gives its reason. It says the freeze has led to higher parking costs and cuts to community services, and that while raising property taxes is not ideal, it is a more predictable way to fund the city than closing community centres and removing lifeguards from beaches. It would also publish the city budget online in a clear, easy format.","Three items look outward. The party would study the economic impact of the creative industries to show the jobs and investment they bring. It would work with partners in the Cascadia region to attract investment and jobs. It would build on tourism, including seasonal and sports tourism, with provincial funding and festival and sports partners. And it would use Rebecca Bligh's ties with other governments to press for money for childcare, supportive housing, mental health and schools, and ask Ottawa to make municipal bonds tax-exempt.","Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating budget, so the tax change and the budget format are its own decisions. Health services, childcare operating money and the school funding formula are provincial, and the bond tax exemption is a federal decision, so on those the party can only ask. A council decision needs six of the eleven votes, so the tax change would need a majority on Council.",[651,656,661,665,669,673,678],{"title":652,"detail":653,"page":576,"authority":654,"authorityNote":655},"Economic impact study of creative industries","Vote Vancouver would conduct an economic impact study of Vancouver's creative industries, to understand and communicate the jobs, investment and economic activity the sector generates.","city-council","Council can fund and order a city study.",{"title":657,"detail":658,"page":576,"authority":659,"authorityNote":660},"Cascadia investment","The party would work with regional partners to attract investment, talent and jobs while strengthening Vancouver's position as a North American centre for innovation within the Cascadia region.","city-with-others","This depends on partners outside the city agreeing to work together.",{"title":662,"detail":663,"page":576,"authority":654,"authorityNote":664},"End the 0% property tax freeze","Vote Vancouver would end what it calls the 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable, sustainable property tax increases based on responsible long-term financial planning. The party says the freeze adds to higher parking costs and cuts to community services, and that tax increases are a more predictable way to fund the city than closing community centres and removing lifeguards from beaches.","Council sets the property tax rate each year.",{"title":666,"detail":667,"page":576,"authority":654,"authorityNote":668},"Publish the budget in a clear format","The party would publish the City's budget publicly online in a clear, understandable format.","Council approves the operating budget and decides how it is presented to the public.",{"title":670,"detail":671,"page":576,"authority":659,"authorityNote":672},"Advocating for funding from other governments","Vote Vancouver would use Rebecca Bligh's existing relationships with all orders of government to advocate for more funding and support for combined projects such as affordable childcare, supportive housing, mental health and addiction supports, and schools.","This is advocacy, so the money would come only if the Province or the federal government agrees.",{"title":674,"detail":675,"page":576,"authority":676,"authorityNote":677},"Tax exemption on municipal bonds","The party would advocate to the federal government for tax exemptions on municipal bonds.","federal","The platform names the federal government as the body that would have to grant this exemption.",{"title":679,"detail":680,"page":576,"authority":659,"authorityNote":681},"Tourism with provincial funding","Vote Vancouver would build on recent successes as a tourism destination, including seasonal and sports tourism, by partnering with the provincial government for funding and using existing relationships with festival organizers and sports leaders.","The platform relies on provincial funding and on outside festival and sports partners.",[683,686,689,692,695,698],{"question":684,"answer":685},"Would Vote Vancouver raise property taxes in Vancouver?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would end what it calls the current 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable, sustainable property tax increases based on long-term financial planning. The platform does not give a rate (Policy Priorities, page 36).",{"question":687,"answer":688},"Why does Vote Vancouver want to end the property tax freeze?","The party says the freeze has added to higher parking costs and cuts to community services. It says tax increases are a more predictable way to fund the city than closing community centres and removing lifeguards from beaches (Policy Priorities, page 36).",{"question":690,"answer":691},"What does Vote Vancouver say about the city budget?","Vote Vancouver would publish the city's budget online in a clear, understandable format (Policy Priorities, page 36).",{"question":693,"answer":694},"What is Vote Vancouver's Cascadia plan?","The party would work with regional partners to attract investment, talent and jobs and strengthen Vancouver's place as a North American centre for innovation in the Cascadia region (Policy Priorities, page 36).",{"question":696,"answer":697},"What would Vote Vancouver ask Ottawa for?","Vote Vancouver would advocate to the federal government for tax exemptions on municipal bonds, and use Rebecca Bligh's ties with other governments to press for money for childcare, supportive housing, mental health and schools (Policy Priorities, page 36).",{"question":699,"answer":700},"Who sets property taxes in Vancouver?","City Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating budget, so Vote Vancouver could end the freeze it describes with a council majority (Policy Priorities, page 36).","budget-tax-and-partnerships","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feconomic-drivers--budget-tax-and-partnerships","Vote Vancouver would end what it calls the current 0% property tax freeze and replace it with predictable property tax increases, publish the city budget online in a clear format, study the creative economy, attract Cascadia investment, and press other governments for money and a tax break on municipal bonds.","LticDKtDrPfbPh0bpKp-P6RyfCLMloow5JWLMwap3IE",{"id":706,"title":707,"checkedAt":395,"context":708,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":709,"headline":714,"issues":715,"meta":716,"order":717,"pages":718,"paragraphs":719,"party":365,"pillar":571,"proposals":723,"questions":752,"slug":771,"source":13,"stem":772,"summary":773,"__hash__":774},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feconomic-drivers--housing-fund-and-local-business.json","Housing Fund and Local Business",[],[710],{"value":711,"label":712,"page":713},"30%","Share of units the party wants delivered as deeply affordable housing in its pilot projects",35,"Vote Vancouver: housing endowment fund, DTES business incentives, event permits",[66,642,282],{},"2",{"from":713,"to":713},[720,721,722],"This page holds the first half of Vote Vancouver's list headed \"Economic Drivers\". It starts with housing money. The party would use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund together with city land, so that the city builds deeply affordable housing directly. The party would also look at an affordable housing asset class model, which it says would raise capital for deeply affordable housing, and run pilot projects where 30% of the homes are deeply affordable. It says building this housing on public land would lower housing costs overall, because the city would stop relying on private developers to deliver homes below market rent.","The rest of the page is about business. Vote Vancouver would offer incentives such as tax breaks to new businesses in the Downtown Eastside that show a real community benefit. City-owned shops in the Downtown Eastside would be run under a head lease, where one social enterprise rents the whole set and chooses the tenants. A Business-to-Storefront program would use suitable city-owned shops to help local entrepreneurs start up. The party would also simplify permits for festivals, street events and live music, and cut event fees and paperwork.","Council controls city-owned land and property, sets city taxes and fees and runs the permit process, so it can act on this page. Any tax break would have to fit the powers the Vancouver Charter gives the city, and only the Province can change that act. The Downtown Eastside items would also depend on the social enterprise operator and the local businesses the party wants to attract.",[724,728,732,736,740,744,748],{"title":725,"detail":726,"page":713,"authority":654,"authorityNote":727},"Affordable Housing Fund with city land","Vote Vancouver would use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund, combined with City land, to build deeply affordable housing directly.","Council controls city land and decides how city reserves and funds are spent.",{"title":729,"detail":730,"page":713,"authority":659,"authorityNote":731},"Affordable housing asset class model","The party would look at an affordable housing asset class model to raise capital for deeply affordable housing, and pilot projects that can deliver 30% of units as deeply affordable housing.","Council can set up the pilots, and the platform does not say who would provide the capital.",{"title":733,"detail":734,"page":713,"authority":654,"authorityNote":735},"Deeply affordable housing on public land","Vote Vancouver would reduce overall housing costs by building deeply affordable housing on public land, which it says would drive down market-rate prices by no longer relying on the private market to deliver below-market housing.","Council decides what is built on city-owned land.",{"title":737,"detail":738,"page":713,"authority":654,"authorityNote":739},"Incentives for new Downtown Eastside businesses","The party would create incentives, such as tax breaks, for new businesses that open in the Downtown Eastside and show a meaningful community benefit.","Council sets city taxes and fees, so any city tax break would come from Council, within the powers the Vancouver Charter gives it.",{"title":741,"detail":742,"page":713,"authority":654,"authorityNote":743},"Head-lease model for city-owned shops","Vote Vancouver would run city-owned commercial retail units in the Downtown Eastside under a head-lease model, partnering with a social enterprise operator to choose tenants instead of direct City management.","The city owns these units, so Council decides how they are leased.",{"title":745,"detail":746,"page":713,"authority":654,"authorityNote":747},"Business-to-Storefront program","The party would develop a Business-to-Storefront program, using suitable City-owned commercial properties to help local entrepreneurs and community-serving businesses get established.","Council controls how city-owned commercial property is used and leased.",{"title":749,"detail":750,"page":713,"authority":654,"authorityNote":751},"Simpler permits for festivals and live music","Vote Vancouver would simplify permits and approvals for festivals, performances, street events and live music, and reduce event-related fees and unnecessary administrative requirements.","The city licenses events and sets its own permit fees, so Council can change them.",[753,756,759,762,765,768],{"question":754,"answer":755},"What is Vote Vancouver's Affordable Housing Fund plan?","Vote Vancouver would use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund together with city land to build deeply affordable housing directly (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":757,"answer":758},"Would Vote Vancouver give tax breaks to Downtown Eastside businesses?","The party would create incentives, such as tax breaks, for new businesses that open in the Downtown Eastside and show a meaningful community benefit (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":760,"answer":761},"What is the Business-to-Storefront program?","It is a Vote Vancouver proposal to use suitable city-owned shops to help local entrepreneurs and community-serving businesses get started (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":763,"answer":764},"What is a head-lease model in Vote Vancouver's platform?","Vote Vancouver would lease city-owned shops in the Downtown Eastside to one social enterprise operator, which would choose the tenants, in place of the city managing each shop directly (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":766,"answer":767},"How would Vote Vancouver lower housing costs?","The party says building deeply affordable housing on public land would lower overall housing costs and push down market prices, because the city would stop relying on private developers for below-market homes. It would pilot projects where 30% of units are deeply affordable (Policy Priorities, page 35).",{"question":769,"answer":770},"Would Vote Vancouver make event permits easier?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would simplify permits for festivals, performances, street events and live music, and reduce event fees and needless paperwork (Policy Priorities, page 35).","housing-fund-and-local-business","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feconomic-drivers--housing-fund-and-local-business","Vote Vancouver would use the Vancouver Affordable Housing Endowment Fund with city land to build deeply affordable housing, offer tax breaks to new Downtown Eastside businesses that show a community benefit, rent city storefronts to local entrepreneurs and simplify permits for festivals and live music.","vRbtQlGvJZE-DSd0jOLIrcOrPT5di49Qmw_x8pSaTLQ",{"id":776,"title":777,"checkedAt":395,"context":778,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":779,"headline":780,"issues":781,"meta":782,"order":783,"pages":784,"paragraphs":786,"party":365,"pillar":571,"proposals":789,"questions":802,"slug":818,"source":13,"stem":819,"summary":820,"__hash__":821},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feconomic-drivers--underused-spaces.json","Underused Spaces",[],[],"Vote Vancouver: vacant buildings for housing, arts spaces and rooftop venues",[282,66,642],{},"1",{"from":785,"to":785},34,[787,788],"Vote Vancouver's page on underused spaces looks at vacant lots, houses and shops. The party says liveable communities need places beyond home and work, such as small businesses, community centres and arts spaces, and that empty buildings could serve these needs. The party's first step is housing. City Council would partner with community land trusts, which are groups that hold land so that what is built on it stays affordable, to turn vacant buildings that suit housing and community use into community-owned homes.","The other two steps are for the arts. Vote Vancouver would expand temporary occupancy permits, which allow a building to be used for a limited time, so that vacant buildings can become creative and cultural spaces more quickly. It would encourage rooftop venues and the use of second floors. It would also support the Cultural Land Trust and help it buy vacant commercial spaces for rehearsal rooms, performance venues and artist workspaces. Council controls the city's permits, so it can expand temporary occupancy permits on its own. The housing and arts purchases depend on the land trusts the party names, which are independent groups the city would support.",[790,794,798],{"title":791,"detail":792,"page":785,"authority":659,"authorityNote":793},"Vacant buildings into community-owned housing","Vote Vancouver says City Council would partner with Community Land Trusts to turn vacant buildings suitable for housing and community spaces into community-owned housing.","The land trusts are independent groups, so the city's part is support through approvals, land or money.",{"title":795,"detail":796,"page":785,"authority":654,"authorityNote":797},"Wider temporary occupancy permits","The party would expand temporary occupancy permits so vacant buildings can be converted into creative and cultural spaces more quickly, with expansions that encourage rooftop venues and second-floor activations.","Council controls the city's own permit process.",{"title":799,"detail":800,"page":785,"authority":659,"authorityNote":801},"Support for the Cultural Land Trust","Vote Vancouver commits to supporting the Cultural Land Trust and efforts to preserve long-term cultural spaces, by supporting the purchase of vacant commercial spaces for rehearsal spaces, performance venues and artist workspaces across the city.","The trust is an independent group, and the city's part would be support for its purchases.",[803,806,809,812,815],{"question":804,"answer":805},"What would Vote Vancouver do with vacant buildings?","Vote Vancouver would partner with community land trusts to turn vacant buildings into community-owned housing, and expand temporary occupancy permits so empty buildings can become creative and cultural spaces faster (Policy Priorities, page 34).",{"question":807,"answer":808},"Does Vote Vancouver support rooftop venues?","Yes. The party would expand temporary occupancy permits in ways that encourage rooftop venues and the use of second floors for creative and cultural spaces (Policy Priorities, page 34).",{"question":810,"answer":811},"What is Vote Vancouver's plan for artist spaces?","Vote Vancouver would support the Cultural Land Trust in buying vacant commercial spaces for rehearsal rooms, performance venues and artist workspaces across the city (Policy Priorities, page 34).",{"question":813,"answer":814},"What is a temporary occupancy permit in Vote Vancouver's platform?","It is a permit to use a building for a limited time. Vote Vancouver would expand these permits so vacant buildings can be turned into creative and cultural spaces more quickly (Policy Priorities, page 34).",{"question":816,"answer":817},"Can Vancouver City Council turn vacant buildings into housing alone?","Council controls permits and zoning, but Vote Vancouver's plan relies on community land trusts, which are independent groups, to own and run the housing (Policy Priorities, page 34).","underused-spaces","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feconomic-drivers--underused-spaces","Vote Vancouver would partner with community land trusts to turn vacant buildings into community-owned housing, expand temporary occupancy permits so empty buildings can become creative spaces faster, and support the Cultural Land Trust in buying vacant shops for rehearsal and performance space.","WIv3PWYoQenOZReaS-Amp5dj7H1ClISzChq0f501ry0",{"id":823,"title":824,"checkedAt":395,"context":825,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":826,"headline":827,"issues":828,"meta":829,"order":717,"pages":830,"paragraphs":831,"party":365,"pillar":504,"proposals":834,"questions":860,"slug":879,"source":13,"stem":880,"summary":881,"__hash__":882},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--nutrition-and-activities.json","School Nutrition, Sports and Arts",[],[],"Vote Vancouver on school food, sports, arts and music programs",[216],{},{"from":509,"to":509},[832,833],"Two items on Vote Vancouver's education list deal with what students eat and do outside core lessons. On food, the party says Council would work with the Vancouver School Board to expand school nutrition programs and narrow the funding gaps between schools. It would add food literacy, cooking classes and school and community gardens as part of one framework for food and nutrition standards in every school. It would set up a shared way to pay for school food programs, so the cost does not land only on the city budget, single schools or non-profits, and it names the Greater Vancouver Food Bank as a partner. It would also review the Nutritional Standards Guide to check that children get the food they need to learn.","The second item is wider access to sports, arts, music and other activities. The party wants children busy with physical, musical, artistic and technical activities instead of time alone on screens, and it would protect core arts, music, physical education and enrichment programs from budget cuts. The Board of Education approves the district budget and runs school programs, so it decides on the activities and on food programs inside schools. The party puts the food plan as a shared effort with Council and outside partners.",[835,839,844,848,852,856],{"title":836,"detail":837,"page":509,"authority":659,"authorityNote":838},"Council and VSB to expand school nutrition","Vote Vancouver says Council would work with the VSB to expand school nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools.","The platform names both Council and the School Board, so the program needs both to agree.",{"title":840,"detail":841,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":843},"Food literacy, cooking and school gardens","The party would include food literacy, culinary education and school and community gardens as one framework for universal food and nutrition standards.","school-board","What schools teach and grow on their grounds is decided by the school district.",{"title":845,"detail":846,"page":509,"authority":659,"authorityNote":847},"Shared costs for school food","Vote Vancouver would develop sustainable cost-sharing for food security funding, instead of passing it straight to city budgets, single schools or non-profit groups, and partner with groups such as the Greater Vancouver Food Bank to support school nutrition programs.","Cost-sharing needs agreement between the School Board, the city and the outside groups the platform names.",{"title":849,"detail":850,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":851},"Review of the Nutritional Standards Guide","The party would review the Nutritional Standards Guide to make sure children get the right nourishment for learning.","The board can review the food standards it applies in its own schools.",{"title":853,"detail":854,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":855},"Activities in place of screen time","Vote Vancouver would expand access to sports, arts, music and extracurricular programs to keep children engaged in physical, musical, artistic and technical skill-building activities instead of unsupervised screen time.","School programs and activities are run by the school district.",{"title":857,"detail":858,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":859},"Protect arts, music and PE from cuts","The party would protect core arts, music, physical education and enrichment programs from budget cuts.","The Board of Education approves the district budget, within the funding the Province provides.",[861,864,867,870,873,876],{"question":862,"answer":863},"Does Vote Vancouver support school lunch programs?","Yes. Vote Vancouver says Council would work with the Vancouver School Board to expand school nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":865,"answer":866},"Who would pay for school food under Vote Vancouver's plan?","The party would set up shared funding for school food programs, so the cost does not fall only on city budgets, single schools or non-profits. It names the Greater Vancouver Food Bank as a partner (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":868,"answer":869},"Would Vote Vancouver protect music and arts in schools?","The party would protect core arts, music, physical education and enrichment programs from budget cuts, and expand access to sports, arts and music programs (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":871,"answer":872},"Does Vote Vancouver want school gardens?","Vote Vancouver would add food literacy, cooking classes and school and community gardens as part of a framework for universal food and nutrition standards (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":874,"answer":875},"What does Vote Vancouver say about kids and screen time?","The party wants to keep children busy with physical, musical, artistic and technical activities instead of unsupervised screen time, by expanding sports, arts, music and extracurricular programs (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":877,"answer":878},"Can the Vancouver School Board fund school food programs alone?","The board approves its own budget, but the funding formula is set by the Province. Vote Vancouver's plan calls for cost-sharing with Council and outside groups such as the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (Policy Priorities, page 26).","nutrition-and-activities","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--nutrition-and-activities","Vote Vancouver would expand school nutrition programs with the Vancouver School Board, add food literacy and school gardens, share the cost of food programs and partner with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. It would also protect arts, music and physical education from budget cuts.","zzmfwwXxvkWy1pU880QM0Tgnx9LTCDMtGj-RA7dannc",{"id":884,"title":885,"checkedAt":395,"context":886,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":889,"headline":893,"issues":894,"meta":895,"order":896,"pages":897,"paragraphs":898,"party":365,"pillar":504,"proposals":901,"questions":923,"slug":939,"source":13,"stem":940,"summary":941,"__hash__":942},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--school-facilities.json","Improving School Facilities",[887],{"label":888,"url":537,"publisher":538,"checkedAt":395},"Funding for public school buildings is shared between the provincial government and boards of education",[890],{"value":891,"label":892,"page":510},"3 or 4 storeys","Building height options the party wants consulted on for the Olympic Village School","Vote Vancouver on school buildings: seismic upgrades and Olympic Village School",[216],{},"4",{"from":510,"to":510},[899,900],"The last item on Vote Vancouver's education list is school buildings and grounds. The party would start with an inventory audit of elementary school grounds, to check the current limits on how they are used and what upgrades they need. It would keep seismic renewal, the work of making schools safe in an earthquake, in step with the requirements for what the party calls Vancouver's high-risk seismic zone. It would weigh the cost of repairing a school against rebuilding it, without selling off public assets to pay for the work.","The party names one project. It would advocate for faster work on the Olympic Village School, with community consultation on whether the building should have 3 or 4 storeys. It would also partner with the city and the Park Board to improve facilities in dense or underserved neighbourhoods. The Board of Education runs school sites and makes the first decisions on its buildings. Funding for school buildings is shared between the Province and boards of education, which is why the party frames the Olympic Village School as something it would advocate for.",[902,906,910,914,919],{"title":903,"detail":904,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":905},"Audit of elementary school grounds","Vote Vancouver would conduct an inventory audit of elementary school grounds to evaluate current restrictions and upgrade needs.","School grounds belong to the school district, so the board can order this audit.",{"title":907,"detail":908,"page":510,"authority":659,"authorityNote":909},"Seismic renewal on pace","The party would make sure seismic renewal keeps pace with the requirements for Vancouver's high-risk seismic zone.","The board plans its seismic projects, but funding for school buildings is shared with the Province.",{"title":911,"detail":912,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":913},"Repair versus rebuild without selling assets","Vote Vancouver would evaluate repair versus rebuild costs without liquidating public assets.","Decisions on whether to repair, rebuild or sell school property start with the Board of Education.",{"title":915,"detail":916,"page":510,"authority":917,"authorityNote":918},"Faster Olympic Village School","The party would advocate for speeding up the Olympic Village School development, alongside community consultation on 3-storey and 4-storey options.","province","The platform frames this as advocacy, and funding for new school buildings is shared with the Province.",{"title":920,"detail":921,"page":510,"authority":659,"authorityNote":922},"Facilities in dense and underserved neighbourhoods","Vote Vancouver would partner with the City and the Park Board to improve facilities in high-density and underserved neighbourhoods.","This needs the School Board, City Council and the Park Board to agree on shared sites.",[924,927,930,933,936],{"question":925,"answer":926},"What does Vote Vancouver say about the Olympic Village School?","Vote Vancouver would advocate for speeding up the Olympic Village School development, with community consultation on whether it should be 3 or 4 storeys (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":928,"answer":929},"What would Vote Vancouver do about earthquake safety in schools?","The party would make sure seismic renewal keeps pace with the requirements for what it calls Vancouver's high-risk seismic zone, and weigh repair against rebuild costs without selling public assets (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":931,"answer":932},"Would Vote Vancouver sell school land?","The platform says the party would evaluate repair against rebuild costs without liquidating public assets (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":934,"answer":935},"What would Vote Vancouver do with school playgrounds?","Vote Vancouver would carry out an inventory audit of elementary school grounds to check current restrictions and upgrade needs (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":937,"answer":938},"Who pays for new school buildings in Vancouver?","The BC government says funding for public school buildings is shared between the provincial government and boards of education. That is why Vote Vancouver frames the Olympic Village School as something it would advocate for (Policy Priorities, page 27).","school-facilities","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--school-facilities","Vote Vancouver would audit elementary school grounds, keep seismic upgrades in step with Vancouver's high earthquake risk, weigh repair against rebuild without selling public assets, push to speed up the Olympic Village School, and work with the city and Park Board on facilities.","OkI5CMM8PYrP2U481J-q00W5sWzF5tyi1D-Hs9Ses0w",{"id":944,"title":945,"checkedAt":395,"context":946,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":947,"headline":948,"issues":949,"meta":950,"order":783,"pages":951,"paragraphs":952,"party":365,"pillar":504,"proposals":956,"questions":985,"slug":1004,"source":13,"stem":1005,"summary":1006,"__hash__":1007},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--student-support.json","Student Mental Health, Neurodivergence and School Liaison Officers",[],[],"Vote Vancouver on student support: counsellors, IEPs and liaison officers",[216],{},{"from":509,"to":510},[953,954,955],"Vote Vancouver's education list opens with student mental health and neurodivergence. Neurodivergence means a brain that works in a different way from most, as with autism or ADHD. The party would push the Province for more school counsellors and for early childhood supports such as faster assessments. In class, the party wants to close the gap between individual education plans, or IEPs, which are the written plans for students with extra needs, and the help those students get. It names practical supports: coaching on organizing work, breaking assignments into smaller parts, help with sensory needs, flexible ways to show learning, and quiet places to write tests. It would also help parents apply for the Disability Tax Credit and related funding.","The second half of this page is about School Liaison Officers, or SLOs, police officers assigned to work with schools. Vote Vancouver would make them a regular support focused on early help and protecting young people from drugs and violence, while avoiding needless criminal charges. They would work out of uniform, be rebranded away from police, face regular independent reviews with a focus on fairness, and be paired with more counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and decides which programs and staff work in them, so it can act on classroom supports and on the liaison program. The officers themselves are police, directed by the Vancouver Police Board, so changes to the liaison program also need the police to agree. The school funding formula is set by the Province, which is why the party describes counsellors and assessments as items it would advocate for.",[957,961,965,969,973,977,981],{"title":958,"detail":959,"page":509,"authority":917,"authorityNote":960},"Provincial funding for counsellors and assessments","Vote Vancouver would advocate for better provincial funding for more school counsellors and early childhood supports, such as faster access to neurodivergence assessments.","The Province sets the school funding formula, so the board can only ask for more.",{"title":962,"detail":963,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":964},"Closing the gap between IEPs and classroom support","The party would eliminate the gap between individual education plans (IEPs) and real classroom support for students with neurodiverse needs.","The Board of Education decides how its staff and budget are used to support students in class.",{"title":966,"detail":967,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":968},"Practical classroom supports","Vote Vancouver would put in place practical supports such as executive function coaching, chunking assignments, sensory regulation, flexible learning demonstrations and quiet testing environments.","Classroom practice and support staff are managed by the school district.",{"title":970,"detail":971,"page":509,"authority":842,"authorityNote":972},"Help with the Disability Tax Credit","The party would support parents in accessing the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and related funding.","Helping families with applications is work the school district can take on, while the tax credit itself is set by another government.",{"title":974,"detail":975,"page":510,"authority":659,"authorityNote":976},"School Liaison Officers focused on early intervention","Vote Vancouver would establish School Liaison Officers (SLOs) as a regular support for students, focused on early intervention and youth protection from drugs, violence and similar harms, while avoiding unnecessary criminalization.","The Board of Education decides whether officers work in its schools, and the Vancouver Police Board directs the officers.",{"title":978,"detail":979,"page":510,"authority":659,"authorityNote":980},"Liaison officers out of uniform, with independent reviews","SLOs would work out of uniform and be rebranded away from police, with regular independent equity-centred reviews.","These conditions would need agreement between the School Board and the police, who are directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":982,"detail":983,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":984},"Counsellors and youth workers alongside liaison officers","The party would pair SLOs with expanded access to counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs.","The board hires school counsellors and runs school programs, within the money the Province provides.",[986,989,992,995,998,1001],{"question":987,"answer":988},"What would Vote Vancouver do for neurodivergent students?","Vote Vancouver would push for faster neurodivergence assessments, close the gap between individual education plans and classroom help, and add supports such as executive function coaching, quiet testing spaces and flexible ways to show learning (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":990,"answer":991},"Does Vote Vancouver want police in Vancouver schools?","Vote Vancouver would establish School Liaison Officers as a regular support for students, focused on early intervention and youth protection. The officers would work out of uniform, be rebranded away from police and face regular independent equity-centred reviews (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":993,"answer":994},"What does Vote Vancouver say about school counsellors?","The party would advocate for better provincial funding for more school counsellors, and pair School Liaison Officers with more access to counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs (Policy Priorities, pages 26 to 27).",{"question":996,"answer":997},"What is an IEP in Vote Vancouver's education plan?","An IEP is an individual education plan, the written plan for a student with extra needs. Vote Vancouver says it would close the gap between these plans and the real support students with neurodiverse needs get in class (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":999,"answer":1000},"Would Vote Vancouver help parents with the Disability Tax Credit?","Yes. The party lists supporting parents in accessing the Disability Tax Credit and related funding among its student support commitments (Policy Priorities, page 26).",{"question":1002,"answer":1003},"Can the Vancouver School Board bring back School Liaison Officers on its own?","The Board of Education decides which programs run in its schools, but the officers are police, directed by the Vancouver Police Board. Vote Vancouver's conditions, such as working out of uniform, would need both bodies to agree (Policy Priorities, page 27).","student-support","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--student-support","Vote Vancouver would press the Province for more school counsellors and faster neurodivergence assessments, close the gap between IEPs and classroom help, and keep School Liaison Officers as a regular support who work out of uniform, alongside counsellors and youth workers.","X9pxUuRBjyLDuCo31cyMDa44B-3MCVJ2ZdO7SNWiLWk",{"id":1009,"title":1010,"checkedAt":395,"context":1011,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1012,"headline":1013,"issues":1014,"meta":1015,"order":644,"pages":1016,"paragraphs":1017,"party":365,"pillar":504,"proposals":1020,"questions":1041,"slug":1057,"source":13,"stem":1058,"summary":1059,"__hash__":1060},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--technology-staffing-and-student-voice.json","Technology, Staffing and Student Voice",[],[],"Vote Vancouver on schools: AI rules, cellphone limits, staffing and student voice",[216],{},{"from":510,"to":510},[1018,1019],"This page gathers three items from Vote Vancouver's education list. The first is new rules for technology in classrooms. Before any new AI tool is used, the party would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff. Teachers would get clear guidance on using AI for marking, feedback and lesson planning. The party says AI should not deliver lessons directly. It would also restrict cellphones in elementary and younger grades.","The second item is staffing. The party would fill gaps where money for staff exists but help from resource teachers, the specialist teachers who work with students who need extra support, falls short. The third item is student voice: Vote Vancouver wants the Vancouver School Board to give every student a fair chance to be represented through student council work, with attention to students who are often left out. The Board of Education sets school rules, hires staff and approves the district budget, so these items are within its power. Teacher pay and the funding formula are set by the Province.",[1021,1025,1029,1033,1037],{"title":1022,"detail":1023,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1024},"Consultation before new AI tools","Vote Vancouver would require mandatory consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools are put into use in classrooms.","The Board of Education decides which tools and technology its schools use.",{"title":1026,"detail":1027,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1028},"Clear AI guidance for teachers","The party would give teachers clear guidance on acceptable use of AI for assessments, feedback and lesson planning, with no direct instructional delivery by AI.","Guidance to teachers on classroom practice is set by the school district.",{"title":1030,"detail":1031,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1032},"Cellphone limits in younger grades","Vote Vancouver would restrict cellphones in elementary and younger grades.","Rules on student devices in Vancouver schools are set by the school district.",{"title":1034,"detail":1035,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1036},"Filling resource teacher gaps","The party would address staffing gaps where funding exists but dedicated resource teacher assistance is not enough.","The board hires and assigns its teachers within the money the Province provides.",{"title":1038,"detail":1039,"page":510,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1040},"Student representation through student councils","Vote Vancouver would make sure the VSB gives equity-lensed opportunities for all students to be represented through student council initiatives, as part of fostering youth advocacy at the school board.","The Board of Education sets how students take part in its decisions.",[1042,1045,1048,1051,1054],{"question":1043,"answer":1044},"What is Vote Vancouver's position on AI in Vancouver classrooms?","Vote Vancouver would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools are used, and give teachers clear rules for using AI in marking, feedback and lesson planning, with no direct teaching by AI (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":1046,"answer":1047},"Would Vote Vancouver ban cellphones in elementary schools?","The party proposes restrictions on cellphones in elementary and younger grades. The platform does not say how far the limits would go (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":1049,"answer":1050},"What would Vote Vancouver do about teacher shortages?","Vote Vancouver would address staffing gaps where funding exists but help from dedicated resource teachers is not enough (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":1052,"answer":1053},"How would Vote Vancouver give students a voice at the school board?","The party wants the Vancouver School Board to give every student fair opportunities to be represented through student council initiatives, with attention to fairness (Policy Priorities, page 27).",{"question":1055,"answer":1056},"Can Vancouver School Board trustees set cellphone and AI rules?","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and sets rules for them, so Vote Vancouver's trustees would bring these proposals to the board, where they would need a majority (Policy Priorities, page 27).","technology-staffing-and-student-voice","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Feducation--technology-staffing-and-student-voice","Vote Vancouver would require consultation with students, parents and teachers before new AI tools are used in class, give teachers clear rules on AI, restrict cellphones in younger grades, fill gaps in resource teacher help, and make sure every student can be represented on student councils.","jXttfX5LvhLL0EtEZ-mhFWADhD9g9Lf6GYm3Fs08cDg",{"id":1062,"title":1063,"checkedAt":395,"context":1064,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1065,"headline":1075,"issues":1076,"meta":1077,"order":783,"pages":1078,"paragraphs":1079,"party":365,"pillar":407,"proposals":1083,"questions":1116,"slug":1138,"source":13,"stem":1139,"summary":1140,"__hash__":1141},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-belonging--affordable-housing-on-public-land.json","Build Affordable Housing on Public Land",[],[1066,1070,1073],{"value":1067,"label":1068,"page":1069},"5 parcels","Parcels of public land the party would name, with a timeline, for affordable housing",10,{"value":1071,"label":1072,"page":1069},"1 month","Time after entering City Hall by which the party says the five parcels would be announced",{"value":711,"label":1074,"page":1069},"Largest share of household income the party says new public housing would cost","Vote Vancouver: five city land parcels in a month, rents at 30% of income",[66],{},{"from":1069,"to":1069},[1080,1081,1082],"Vote Vancouver starts its housing plan with the land the city already owns. The party says the city cannot fix the price of materials, labour or land, but it can remove the cost of land by building on sites it holds. It would find underused or unused city-owned sites and use them for affordable housing, working with other governments, non-profit housing providers and community partners.","The party sets a deadline and a price target. Five parcels of public land would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall. New public housing would aim to cost no more than 30% of a household's income. Projects would mix towers, mid-rise and low-rise buildings, townhomes and prefabricated modular housing, depending on the site.","To build faster, the platform names DASH, which stands for Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing: a program of pre-approved building designs and sustainable materials. Non-profit or community groups would run the finished buildings. The party also wants to change how the city plans neighbourhoods. It would take the city's Communications Group out of community planning and give that work back to the Planning Department. City Council controls city-owned land, zoning and the permit process, and it directs city staff, so it can act alone on the land, the designs and the planning changes. Building and running the homes depends on non-profit partners, and the party says it would work with all orders of government.",[1084,1088,1092,1096,1100,1104,1108,1112],{"title":1085,"detail":1086,"page":1069,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1087},"Affordable housing on underused city-owned sites","Vote Vancouver would identify underused or unused City-owned sites and use them to build affordable housing, working with all orders of government, non-profit housing providers and community partners so new communities have the infrastructure they need.","The city owns this land, so Council decides what is built on it and on what terms.",{"title":1089,"detail":1090,"page":1069,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1091},"Five parcels named within one month","The party says five parcels of public land would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall.","Choosing which city-owned parcels to offer for housing is a decision Council can make on its own.",{"title":1093,"detail":1094,"page":1069,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1095},"Rents at no more than 30% of household income","New public housing would target no more than 30% of household income, because the party says housing costs should be affordable for the people who live there.","Council can set this target for homes on its land, but the platform relies on non-profit operators and other governments to build and run them.",{"title":1097,"detail":1098,"page":1069,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1099},"A mix of building types","New projects would include a mix of towers, mid-rise and low-rise buildings, townhomes and prefabricated modular housing, depending on the neighbourhood and the site. The party says this would add homes without sacrificing the neighbourhood.","Council sets zoning, which decides the size and type of buildings allowed on each site.",{"title":1101,"detail":1102,"page":1069,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1103},"DASH for faster building","The city would use programs such as DASH (Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing) to build homes faster with pre-approved models and sustainable materials, in particular for modular housing.","Council controls the city's own permit process and can approve standard designs in advance.",{"title":1105,"detail":1106,"page":1069,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1107},"Non-profit and community operators","Non-profit or community organizations would run the new developments, which the party says would reduce the strain on City Hall and keep the buildings connected to the communities they serve.","The city can choose operators for buildings on its land, but the work depends on non-profit groups agreeing to run them.",{"title":1109,"detail":1110,"page":1069,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1111},"Community-based neighbourhood planning","The party would re-establish what it calls meaningful, genuine and transparent community-based neighbourhood planning, working with each community to decide what it needs.","Council sets how the city consults residents on neighbourhood plans.",{"title":1113,"detail":1114,"page":1069,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1115},"Planning returned to the Planning Department","Vote Vancouver would remove the city's Communications Group from community-based planning processes and give that work back to the Planning Department, as the party says it used to be done.","How city departments share work is set through Council's direction to staff and its budget.",[1117,1120,1123,1126,1129,1132,1135],{"question":1118,"answer":1119},"What would Vote Vancouver do with city-owned land?","Vote Vancouver would find underused or unused city-owned sites and build affordable housing on them. The party says five parcels would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":1121,"answer":1122},"How affordable would Vote Vancouver's public housing be?","The party says new public housing would target no more than 30% of household income, because housing costs should be affordable for the people who live there (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":1124,"answer":1125},"What is DASH in Vote Vancouver's housing plan?","DASH stands for Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing. Vote Vancouver says the city would use programs like it to build homes faster, with pre-approved designs and sustainable materials, in particular for modular housing (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":1127,"answer":1128},"Who would run Vote Vancouver's new public housing?","Non-profit or community organizations would run the developments. The party says this would reduce the strain on City Hall and keep the buildings connected to the communities they serve (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":1130,"answer":1131},"Would Vote Vancouver build towers on public land?","The platform says new projects would mix towers, mid-rise and low-rise buildings, townhomes and prefabricated modular housing, depending on the neighbourhood and the site (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":1133,"answer":1134},"What does Vote Vancouver want to change about neighbourhood planning?","Vote Vancouver would bring back community-based neighbourhood planning. It would take the city's Communications Group out of those planning processes and give the work back to the Planning Department (Policy Priorities, page 10).",{"question":1136,"answer":1137},"Can Vancouver City Council build housing on city land without the Province?","Council controls city-owned land, zoning and permits, so it can choose the sites and approve the buildings. Vote Vancouver's plan still relies on non-profit operators and says it would work with all orders of government on the housing (Policy Priorities, page 10).","affordable-housing-on-public-land","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-belonging--affordable-housing-on-public-land","Vote Vancouver would build affordable housing on unused city-owned land, naming five parcels with a timeline within one month of taking office. New public housing would target no more than 30% of household income, use the DASH program for faster building and be run by non-profits.","HBfdQ7W3H1LmTl8XOMm69_DdQsOcUYSko1WqLssVeUo",{"id":1143,"title":1144,"checkedAt":395,"context":1145,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1146,"headline":1147,"issues":1148,"meta":1149,"order":717,"pages":1150,"paragraphs":1152,"party":365,"pillar":407,"proposals":1156,"questions":1177,"slug":1196,"source":13,"stem":1197,"summary":1198,"__hash__":1199},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-belonging--faith-based-land-redevelopment.json","Faith-Based Land Redevelopment",[],[],"Vote Vancouver on faith land: first right to buy, and help to redevelop",[66,305],{},{"from":1151,"to":1151},11,[1153,1154,1155],"Vote Vancouver says faith-based organizations are among the largest landholders in Canada and often hold land they do not fully use. The party describes two cases: groups that want to sell their land, and groups that want to build on it to serve their local community. It offers a plan for each. For land that is sold, the party would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw. A right of first refusal means the city gets the first chance to buy a qualifying faith-owned property before private developers when it comes on the market. The land would then hold housing, childcare and community services, built with non-profit partners and with the Musqueam Indian Band, the Squamish Nation and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.","For groups that keep their land, the city would partner with them to redevelop it for housing, community services and childcare, with the land staying in the group's ownership. The party describes faith groups as community services that need help with city rules, so it would set up a city team to speed up their rezoning applications. It says it already has commitments from major faith-based landholders, and ties this work to a motion Rebecca Bligh brought as a councillor.","A city bylaw is passed by City Council, and Council also controls rezoning and the permit process. Buying land would draw on city money that Council approves through its budget and capital plan. The housing and services built on the land would depend on the non-profit and First Nations partners the platform names. Each purchase would also depend on a faith group first deciding to sell.",[1157,1161,1165,1169,1173],{"title":1158,"detail":1159,"page":1151,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1160},"Right-of-first-refusal bylaw for faith-owned land","Vote Vancouver would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw giving the City the first opportunity to purchase qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, before private developers.","The platform presents this as a city bylaw, and city bylaws are passed by Council.",{"title":1162,"detail":1163,"page":1151,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1164},"Purchased land used for housing, childcare and services","Land the city buys this way would be used for housing, childcare and community services, developed in partnership with non-profit organizations and the Musqueam Indian Band, the Squamish Nation and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.","The city would own the land, but the platform names non-profits and the three First Nations as development partners.",{"title":1166,"detail":1167,"page":1151,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1168},"City partnership to redevelop without selling","When a faith organization wants to redevelop instead of selling, the City would partner with it to redevelop its land for housing, community services, childcare and more, while the land stays in the organization's ownership.","The land stays with the faith group, so the city can only offer help and approvals while the owner decides.",{"title":1170,"detail":1171,"page":1151,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1172},"A team to streamline faith-group rezonings","The party would establish a team to streamline rezoning applications and help faith organizations work through the city's development guidelines.","Council controls rezoning and decides how city staff are organized to handle applications.",{"title":1174,"detail":1175,"page":1151,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1176},"Turning faith-group relationships into homes","The party says it already has commitments to work with major faith-based landholders and would turn those relationships into projects for more affordable homes, in line with Rebecca Bligh's motion from her time on City Council.","Each project depends on the faith group that owns the land agreeing to it.",[1178,1181,1184,1187,1190,1193],{"question":1179,"answer":1180},"What is Vote Vancouver's right-of-first-refusal bylaw?","Vote Vancouver would pass a bylaw giving the city the first chance to buy qualifying faith-owned properties when they come up for sale, before private developers. The land would be used for housing, childcare and community services (Policy Priorities, page 11).",{"question":1182,"answer":1183},"Would Vote Vancouver force churches to sell their land?","The platform describes a right to buy first when a faith group decides to sell. For groups that want to keep their land, the city would instead partner with them to redevelop it while the land stays in their ownership (Policy Priorities, page 11).",{"question":1185,"answer":1186},"How would Vote Vancouver help faith groups build housing?","The party would set up a city team to streamline rezoning applications and guide faith organizations through the city's development rules. It describes faith groups as community services that need help with city rules (Policy Priorities, page 11).",{"question":1188,"answer":1189},"Who would Vote Vancouver partner with on faith land?","Vote Vancouver names non-profit organizations and the Musqueam Indian Band, the Squamish Nation and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation as partners for developing land the city buys from faith groups (Policy Priorities, page 11).",{"question":1191,"answer":1192},"What is Rebecca Bligh's motion on faith-based land?","The platform says Vote Vancouver would turn its relationships with major faith-based landholders into affordable homes in line with a motion Rebecca Bligh brought on City Council. The document does not give the motion's name or date (Policy Priorities, page 11).",{"question":1194,"answer":1195},"Can Vancouver City Council pass a right-of-first-refusal bylaw?","Bylaws are passed by City Council, which also controls rezoning and city land purchases through its budget. Vote Vancouver presents the right of first refusal as a city bylaw it would introduce (Policy Priorities, page 11).","faith-based-land-redevelopment","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-belonging--faith-based-land-redevelopment","Vote Vancouver would pass a right-of-first-refusal bylaw giving the city the first chance to buy faith-owned land that comes up for sale, for housing, childcare and community services. Faith groups that keep their land would get a city team to help them rezone and redevelop.","wiE2BEyDsRcKoICn1LrhbAkQRhqDeP4w3vKXYtlHWaY",{"id":1201,"title":1202,"checkedAt":395,"context":1203,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1204,"headline":1205,"issues":1206,"meta":1207,"order":644,"pages":1208,"paragraphs":1209,"party":365,"pillar":407,"proposals":1213,"questions":1248,"slug":1270,"source":13,"stem":1271,"summary":1272,"__hash__":1273},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-belonging--supportive-and-community-housing.json","Supportive and Community Housing",[],[],"Vote Vancouver: reverse the supportive housing ban, replace SROs, land trusts",[66,127],{},{"from":413,"to":413},[1210,1211,1212],"This list closes Vote Vancouver's housing section under the heading \"Vote Vancouver will...\". It starts with what the party calls complete communities: new public housing that comes with access to childcare, schools and public spaces. The rest deals with people at risk of losing a safe home, and with groups that hold land for the community. The party ties two of the steps to Rebecca Bligh's work on council: her call to reverse the supportive housing ban and her Uplift the DTES motion.","The party's central promise here is to reverse what it calls the city's ban on building new supportive housing. Supportive housing is housing linked to on-site help such as mental health care, addiction support and job training. The party says the ban blocks work to replace single room occupancy hotels, or SROs, which are buildings of single rented rooms. It would replace SROs with self-contained homes, while letting the old buildings stay open until other homes are ready.","Vote Vancouver would also work with community land trusts, which are groups that hold land so the housing on it stays affordable. It names the Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust, the SRO Collaborative, the False Creek South Community Housing Trust and Hogan's Alley, and adds Indigenous housing with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Finally, it would hold landlords to the city's maintenance standards when buildings fall into serious disrepair. Council decides where supportive housing is approved and makes the city's rental and maintenance bylaws, so it can act on the ban and on landlord enforcement. The health and addiction services that supportive housing connects to are run by the Province, and the party says it would work with all levels of government on funding.",[1214,1218,1222,1225,1229,1233,1237,1241,1245],{"title":1215,"detail":1216,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1217},"Complete communities with childcare and schools","New public housing developments would include access to childcare, schools and public spaces.","Council plans city land and can require childcare space, but schools are run by the School Board and childcare operating money comes from the Province.",{"title":1219,"detail":1220,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1221},"Reverse the ban on supportive housing","Vote Vancouver would reverse what it calls the ban on supportive housing, to create homes where people can be connected with mental health services, addiction supports, social work, employment and training. The party says the ban stops work to replace SROs with safe, dignified and affordable options, that Rebecca Bligh has already called for it to be reversed, and that funding and programs from other governments are already in place.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while the health and addiction services in it are provincial.",{"title":101,"detail":1223,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1224},"The party would replace existing SROs with dignified, self-contained, purpose-built housing, while allowing existing buildings to keep operating until reasonable alternatives are available.","Council approves what is built, but replacing SROs at scale depends on housing funding from other governments and non-profit operators.",{"title":1226,"detail":1227,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1228},"Community land trusts and co-operative housing","Vote Vancouver would work with community land trusts and community groups to keep public land in community ownership, build co-operative housing and keep housing affordable.","Council decides how city land is leased, while the land trusts and co-ops are independent groups the city would work with.",{"title":1230,"detail":1231,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1232},"Indigenous housing communities","The party would work to build more Indigenous housing communities in collaboration with the Musqueam Indian Band, the Squamish Nation and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.","The city can offer land and approvals, but these projects depend on agreement with the three First Nations.",{"title":1234,"detail":1235,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1236},"Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust and SRO Collaborative","Vote Vancouver would support the Downtown Eastside through its Community Land Trust and the SRO Collaborative, in line with Rebecca Bligh's Uplift the DTES motion, to keep housing affordable.","These are independent groups, so the city's part is support through land, grants and approvals.",{"title":1238,"detail":1239,"page":413,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1240},"False Creek South leases","The party would work with the False Creek South Community Housing Trust to review City leases and develop a solution to keep community and co-operative housing there over the long term.","The platform describes these as City leases, so the city is the landlord and Council sets the lease terms.",{"title":1242,"detail":1243,"page":413,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1244},"Hogan's Alley community housing","Vote Vancouver would continue to support societies such as Hogan's Alley in establishing affordable community housing with integrated services and community centres through land trusts.","The city can support this work through land and approvals, while the society leads the project.",{"title":105,"detail":1246,"page":413,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1247},"The party would hold landlords to the City's maintenance standards and take action when buildings fall into serious disrepair, in particular where life-safety risks threaten residents' ability to stay safely housed and can lead to displacement.","Council makes the city's rental and maintenance bylaws and decides how they are enforced.",[1249,1252,1255,1258,1261,1264,1267],{"question":1250,"answer":1251},"Does Vote Vancouver support supportive housing?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would reverse what it calls the ban on supportive housing, to create homes linked to mental health services, addiction supports, social work and job training. The party says Rebecca Bligh has already called for the ban to be reversed (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":1253,"answer":1254},"What would Vote Vancouver do with SRO hotels?","The party would replace existing single room occupancy hotels with dignified, self-contained, purpose-built housing. Existing SROs would keep operating until reasonable alternatives are available (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":1256,"answer":1257},"What is Vote Vancouver's plan for False Creek South co-ops?","Vote Vancouver would work with the False Creek South Community Housing Trust to review City leases and find a way to keep the community and co-operative housing there over the long term (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":1259,"answer":1260},"Does Vote Vancouver support Hogan's Alley?","The platform says the party would continue to support societies such as Hogan's Alley in creating affordable community housing with services and community centres through land trusts (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":1262,"answer":1263},"What would Vote Vancouver do about landlords who let buildings decay?","The party would hold landlords to the City's maintenance standards and act when buildings fall into serious disrepair, in particular where safety risks could force residents out of their homes (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":1265,"answer":1266},"What does Vote Vancouver mean by complete communities?","Vote Vancouver says new public housing developments would include access to childcare, schools and public spaces. The party calls this building complete communities (Policy Priorities, page 12).",{"question":1268,"answer":1269},"Who decides whether Vancouver allows new supportive housing?","City Council decides where supportive housing is approved. The health, addiction and mental health services that go with it are run by the Province, and Vote Vancouver says it would work with all levels of government on funding (Policy Priorities, page 12).","supportive-and-community-housing","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-belonging--supportive-and-community-housing","Vote Vancouver would reverse what it calls the ban on new supportive housing, replace SROs with self-contained homes, include childcare and schools in new public housing, work with community land trusts and Hogan's Alley, and hold landlords to the city's maintenance standards.","K9UC9kzPRy1Hd6cFSxWKXyWM5fYooaDcInmRRsdxV6o",{"id":1275,"title":1276,"checkedAt":395,"context":1277,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1278,"headline":1281,"issues":1282,"meta":1283,"order":717,"pages":1284,"paragraphs":1285,"party":365,"pillar":540,"proposals":1288,"questions":1310,"slug":1326,"source":13,"stem":1327,"summary":1328,"__hash__":1329},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fparks-and-recreation--parks-forests-and-trees.json","Parks, Forests and Trees",[],[1279],{"value":711,"label":1280,"page":545},"Tree canopy target the party says Vancouver has and would keep","Vote Vancouver on green space: Champlain Heights forest and a 30% tree canopy",[201,263],{},{"from":545,"to":545},[1286,1287],"The second half of Vote Vancouver's parks list is about green space and upkeep. It names one place: the Champlain Heights forest and trail network, which the party would protect. The party would give dedicated city funding to the care of local green spaces, which it calls environmental stewardship. It would keep what it describes as Vancouver's 30% tree canopy target. Tree canopy is the share of the city's land covered by tree tops when seen from above. The party would measure mature canopy and newly planted trees separately, so that new young trees are counted on their own.","It would also invest in the long-term health of the urban forest, meaning all the trees across the city. Its last item would set clear standards for maintaining parks, beaches, trails and recreation facilities. The Park Board controls parks and beaches, so it would carry out most of these steps. Dedicated city funding for green space would need money in the budget that Council approves.",[1289,1294,1298,1302,1306],{"title":1290,"detail":1291,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1293},"Protect the Champlain Heights forest and trails","Vote Vancouver would protect the Champlain Heights forest and trail network.","park-board","The Park Board controls Vancouver's parks and the trails in them.",{"title":1295,"detail":1296,"page":545,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1297},"Funding for green space stewardship","The party would provide dedicated municipal funding for environmental stewardship of local green spaces.","Council approves the city budget that would hold this money, and the Park Board would spend it on parks.",{"title":1299,"detail":1300,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1301},"Keep the 30% tree canopy target","Vote Vancouver would maintain Vancouver's 30% tree-canopy target while separately measuring mature canopy and newly planted trees.","The platform places this target in its parks plan, which the Park Board would carry out.",{"title":1303,"detail":1304,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1305},"Long-term health of the urban forest","The party would invest in the long-term health of Vancouver's urban forest.","Tree care in parks is Park Board work, funded through the city budget.",{"title":1307,"detail":1308,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1309},"Upkeep standards for parks, beaches and trails","Vote Vancouver would set clear standards for maintaining parks, beaches, trails and recreation facilities.","The Park Board runs parks, beaches and recreation facilities and sets how they are kept.",[1311,1314,1317,1320,1323],{"question":1312,"answer":1313},"What would Vote Vancouver do for the Champlain Heights forest?","Vote Vancouver would protect the Champlain Heights forest and trail network (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1315,"answer":1316},"What is Vote Vancouver's tree canopy target?","The party would keep what it calls Vancouver's 30% tree canopy target, and measure mature canopy and newly planted trees separately (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1318,"answer":1319},"Would Vote Vancouver spend more on parks upkeep?","Vote Vancouver would give dedicated city funding to the care of local green spaces and set clear standards for maintaining parks, beaches, trails and recreation facilities (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1321,"answer":1322},"What does Vote Vancouver promise for Vancouver's urban forest?","The party would invest in the long-term health of the urban forest and keep the 30% tree canopy target it says the city has (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1324,"answer":1325},"Who looks after Vancouver's parks and beaches?","The separately elected Park Board controls parks and beaches, so it would carry out Vote Vancouver's green space plan. Council approves the city budget that would hold any new dedicated funding (Policy Priorities, page 31).","parks-forests-and-trees","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fparks-and-recreation--parks-forests-and-trees","Vote Vancouver would protect the Champlain Heights forest and trails, fund care of local green spaces, keep Vancouver's 30% tree canopy target while measuring mature and new trees apart, invest in the urban forest, and set clear upkeep standards for parks, beaches, trails and recreation sites.","o7UqhlMi3srWI9LuIE7dX0ZTOHF5O9Da6yGEsbLyEwc",{"id":1331,"title":1332,"checkedAt":395,"context":1333,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1334,"headline":1338,"issues":1339,"meta":1340,"order":783,"pages":1341,"paragraphs":1342,"party":365,"pillar":540,"proposals":1345,"questions":1374,"slug":1393,"source":13,"stem":1394,"summary":1395,"__hash__":1396},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fparks-and-recreation--pools-and-recreation.json","Park Board, Pools and Recreation",[],[1335],{"value":1336,"label":1337,"page":545},"50 metres","Length of the pool the party would deliver","Vote Vancouver on pools: a 50-metre pool, Sunset, Marpole and Kitsilano Pool",[201],{},{"from":545,"to":545},[1343,1344],"Vote Vancouver's parks list begins with the Park Board itself. The party would keep the board independently elected and properly funded, so that it stays responsible and accountable to residents. Most of the rest of this page is about pools. The party would deliver a 50-metre pool and commit to pools at the Sunset and Marpole community centres. It would move forward with the renewal of the Britannia Community Services Precinct and work to keep pools open during that work wherever possible. It would also restore full practical public access to Kitsilano Pool. The platform does not say what limits access there today.","Two items are about cost and health. Vote Vancouver would make recreation more affordable for families and young people, and deliver a Community Health in Our Parks Plan with outdoor fitness and calisthenics equipment, which is equipment for body-weight exercise such as pull-up bars. Vancouver's seven elected park commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches, so the Park Board would act on most of this page. New pools are buildings, paid for through the city's capital plan, which Council approves. Whether the board stays elected is set by the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change.",[1346,1350,1354,1358,1362,1366,1370],{"title":1347,"detail":1348,"page":545,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1349},"Keep the Park Board elected and funded","Vote Vancouver would keep the Park Board independently elected and properly funded, so that it can be independently responsible and accountable to residents.","The Vancouver Charter creates the elected Park Board and only the Province can change it, while Council approves the city's budget.",{"title":1351,"detail":1352,"page":545,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1353},"A 50-metre pool","The party would deliver a 50-metre pool. The platform does not name a site.","The Park Board runs pools, but a new pool is a building paid for through the capital plan that Council approves.",{"title":1355,"detail":1356,"page":545,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1357},"Pools at Sunset and Marpole","Vote Vancouver commits to pools at the Sunset and Marpole Community Centres.","The Park Board runs community centres and pools, while the money for new buildings comes through Council's capital plan.",{"title":1359,"detail":1360,"page":545,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1361},"Britannia renewal with pools kept open","The party would advance the Britannia Community Services Precinct renewal and work to keep pools open wherever possible during the renewal.","The Park Board runs pools, while a renewal of this size depends on money in the city's capital plan.",{"title":1363,"detail":1364,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1365},"Full public access to Kitsilano Pool","Vote Vancouver would restore full practical public access to Kitsilano Pool.","The Park Board controls Vancouver's pools and beaches and sets how they are run.",{"title":1367,"detail":1368,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1369},"More affordable recreation","The party would make recreation more affordable for families and youth.","The Park Board runs community centres and the recreation programs in them.",{"title":1371,"detail":1372,"page":545,"authority":1292,"authorityNote":1373},"Community Health in Our Parks Plan","Vote Vancouver would deliver a Community Health in Our Parks Plan with outdoor fitness and calisthenics equipment.","Equipment in parks is a Park Board decision.",[1375,1378,1381,1384,1387,1390],{"question":1376,"answer":1377},"Does Vote Vancouver promise a 50-metre pool?","Yes. Vote Vancouver lists delivering a 50-metre pool among its parks commitments. The platform does not name a site or a date (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1379,"answer":1380},"What would Vote Vancouver do about Kitsilano Pool?","The party would restore full practical public access to Kitsilano Pool (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1382,"answer":1383},"Would Vote Vancouver build pools at Sunset and Marpole?","Vote Vancouver commits to pools at the Sunset and Marpole community centres (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1385,"answer":1386},"What is Vote Vancouver's plan for Britannia?","The party would advance the renewal of the Britannia Community Services Precinct and work to keep pools open wherever possible while the renewal happens (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1388,"answer":1389},"Does Vote Vancouver want to keep an elected Park Board?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would keep the Park Board independently elected and properly funded, so it can stay responsible and accountable to residents (Policy Priorities, page 31).",{"question":1391,"answer":1392},"Can the Vancouver Park Board build a new pool on its own?","The Park Board runs pools and community centres, but large new buildings are paid for through the city's capital plan, which Council approves. Vote Vancouver's pool promises would need both bodies (Policy Priorities, page 31).","pools-and-recreation","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fparks-and-recreation--pools-and-recreation","Vote Vancouver would keep the Park Board elected and funded, deliver a 50-metre pool, commit to pools at Sunset and Marpole community centres, keep pools open during the Britannia renewal, restore full access to Kitsilano Pool, make recreation cheaper and add outdoor fitness equipment.","KgaQEa8rdMnYqIaRdprhNn0-AxRhF8pvS0cfsJR2sCM",{"id":1398,"title":1399,"checkedAt":395,"context":1400,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1401,"headline":1402,"issues":1403,"meta":1404,"order":717,"pages":1405,"paragraphs":1407,"party":365,"pillar":470,"proposals":1410,"questions":1427,"slug":1446,"source":13,"stem":1447,"summary":1448,"__hash__":1449},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--addiction-and-mental-health.json","Addiction and Mental Health Supports",[],[],"Vote Vancouver on addiction: Recovery Community Centres and Road to Recovery",[127,157],{},{"from":1406,"to":1406},24,[1408,1409],"Vote Vancouver's page on addiction and mental health opens with the Province. The party would advocate for more provincial support: more mental health services for young people, more counsellors in schools, more psychiatric beds and treatment spaces, and more recovery programs. In the city, the party would support the Road to Recovery program at St. Paul's, which it calls an example of modern addiction treatment. The city's part would be to build more supportive housing for people leaving the program and to continue funding Vancouver Coastal Health. It would also build more Recovery Community Centres, places that connect people with peer support and wellness activities while they wait for detox and treatment. The party says Rebecca Bligh brought a motion to build such a centre.","The last item is about crisis calls. The party would improve coordination between police, health care providers, housing providers and community groups, so that police are less often the only response to a mental health or addiction crisis. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are run by the Province and the federal government, so much of this page is advocacy. Council can approve supportive housing, decide where it goes and fund city programs. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department.",[1411,1415,1419,1423],{"title":1412,"detail":1413,"page":1406,"authority":917,"authorityNote":1414},"Advocating for more provincial support","Vote Vancouver would advocate for more provincial support, including more mental health services for young people, more counsellors in schools, more psychiatric beds and treatment capacity, and more recovery programs.","Health services and treatment beds are run by the Province, so the city can only ask for them.",{"title":1416,"detail":1417,"page":1406,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1418},"Supporting St. Paul's Road to Recovery program","The party says the city would support the Road to Recovery (R2R) program as an example of modern addiction treatment, by building more supportive housing for people after they leave the program and continuing to fund Vancouver Coastal Health.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while the treatment program itself is a provincial health service.",{"title":1420,"detail":1421,"page":1406,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1422},"More Recovery Community Centres","Vote Vancouver would build more Recovery Community Centres around the city that connect people with peer support and wellness activities, to bridge the gap between starting recovery and getting into detox and treatment. The party says this continues Rebecca Bligh's motion to build such a centre.","The city can provide space and approvals, but recovery services sit within the provincial health system.",{"title":1424,"detail":1425,"page":1406,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1426},"Coordinating police, health and housing responses","The party would improve coordination between police, healthcare providers, housing providers and community organizations, to reduce the number of situations where police are the only available response to mental health and addiction crises.","The Vancouver Police Board directs the police and the Province runs health care, so the city can only bring these bodies together.",[1428,1431,1434,1437,1440,1443],{"question":1429,"answer":1430},"What would Vote Vancouver do about addiction in Vancouver?","Vote Vancouver would build more Recovery Community Centres, support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program with more supportive housing for people leaving it, and press the Province for more treatment beds and recovery programs (Policy Priorities, page 24).",{"question":1432,"answer":1433},"What is a Recovery Community Centre in Vote Vancouver's plan?","The party describes Recovery Community Centres as places that connect people with peer support and wellness activities, to bridge the gap between starting recovery and getting into detox and treatment. It would build more of them around the city (Policy Priorities, page 24).",{"question":1435,"answer":1436},"Does Vote Vancouver support the Road to Recovery program?","Yes. Vote Vancouver says the city would support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program by building more supportive housing for people after they leave it and continuing to fund Vancouver Coastal Health (Policy Priorities, page 24).",{"question":1438,"answer":1439},"What does Vote Vancouver say about police and mental health calls?","The party would improve coordination between police, health care providers, housing providers and community groups so that police are less often the only response to mental health and addiction crises (Policy Priorities, page 24).",{"question":1441,"answer":1442},"What would Vote Vancouver ask the Province for on mental health?","Vote Vancouver would advocate for more mental health services for young people, more counsellors in schools, more psychiatric beds and treatment capacity, and more recovery programs (Policy Priorities, page 24).",{"question":1444,"answer":1445},"Can Vancouver City Council open treatment beds?","Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal. Vote Vancouver's platform says it would advocate to the Province for more beds, while the city's own part is supportive housing and recovery centres (Policy Priorities, page 24).","addiction-and-mental-health","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--addiction-and-mental-health","Vote Vancouver would press the Province for more mental health services, psychiatric beds and recovery programs, build more Recovery Community Centres, support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program with supportive housing, and improve coordination so police are not the only crisis response.","-uZ9gwYWtdbkkzJBZ8zVj-vWGo-5fPGivI9rM8vmjI0",{"id":1451,"title":1452,"checkedAt":395,"context":1453,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1454,"headline":1465,"issues":1466,"meta":1467,"order":644,"pages":1468,"paragraphs":1469,"party":365,"pillar":470,"proposals":1472,"questions":1501,"slug":1520,"source":13,"stem":1521,"summary":1522,"__hash__":1523},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--childcare.json","Affordable Childcare",[],[1455,1459,1462],{"value":1456,"label":1457,"page":1458},"2027 to 2030","Capital plan in which the party would make a bigger childcare commitment",25,{"value":1460,"label":1461,"page":1458},"2023 to 2026","Earlier capital plan in which, the party says, childcare money was pledged and left unused",{"value":1463,"label":1464,"page":1458},"$10aDay","Name of the childcare program the party wants the Province to fund fully","Vote Vancouver on childcare: capital plan money, public housing, school sites",[305,246],{},{"from":1458,"to":1458},[1470,1471],"Vote Vancouver's childcare page is a list of ways to add affordable spaces. The first is money: the party would make a bigger childcare commitment in the city's 2027 to 2030 capital plan, the multi-year plan for buildings and infrastructure, to match what it says was pledged and left unused in the 2023 to 2026 plan. The party would require non-profit childcare in all new public housing. It would audit underused public buildings and land for more childcare spaces, including care with longer hours for parents who work unusual schedules, and modular childcare buildings on empty land. It would also give non-profit providers priority when the city leases its own spaces.","Schools feature in three items. The party would use school grounds when classes are out to offer affordable childcare run by the Vancouver School Board, add before- and after-school spaces where the rules can be met, and add pre-kindergarten childcare during school days in school board buildings. It would also press the Province to fund $10aDay childcare fully, a provincial program. Council approves the capital plan and controls zoning and city buildings, so it can act on money, space and housing rules. Licensing, fee subsidies and operating money for childcare are provincial, and school buildings belong to the School Board, so several items need others to agree.",[1473,1477,1481,1485,1489,1493,1497],{"title":1474,"detail":1475,"page":1458,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1476},"More childcare money in the 2027 to 2030 capital plan","Vote Vancouver would recommit to a bigger capital commitment for childcare in the 2027 to 2030 Capital Plan, to match the amount it says was pledged and left unused in the 2023 to 2026 Capital Plan.","Council approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for city buildings.",{"title":1478,"detail":1479,"page":1458,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1480},"Non-profit childcare in all new public housing","The party would require non-profit childcare in all new public housing developments.","Council sets the rules for housing built on city land and through city approvals.",{"title":1482,"detail":1483,"page":1458,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1484},"Advocating for $10aDay childcare funding","Vote Vancouver would advocate for adequate provincial funding of $10aDay childcare to reach the universal coverage goal, including expanding the program to serve more organizations, helping non-profits apply for funding, and giving non-profit providers priority when the city leases its own spaces.","The Province funds $10aDay childcare, so the city can only ask, while the city's own leases are a Council decision.",{"title":1486,"detail":1487,"page":1458,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1488},"Audit of underused public buildings and land","The party would audit underused public buildings and land to find room for more childcare spaces, including options with extended hours for families with non-traditional work schedules and modular childcare facilities on underused land.","Council controls city buildings and land and can direct staff to carry out this audit.",{"title":1490,"detail":1491,"page":1458,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1492},"Childcare on school grounds when school is out","Vote Vancouver would use school grounds when schools are not in session to provide affordable childcare run by the VSB (Vancouver School Board).","School grounds belong to the school district, so the Board of Education would have to agree and run the care.",{"title":1494,"detail":1495,"page":1458,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1496},"More before- and after-school spaces","The party would increase the number of spaces in before- and after-school programs where regulatory requirements can be met, to match the number of children in Vancouver.","The city can help with space and approvals, but childcare licensing and operating money are provincial.",{"title":1498,"detail":1499,"page":1458,"authority":842,"authorityNote":1500},"Pre-kindergarten childcare in school buildings","Vote Vancouver would expand school programs to include pre-kindergarten childcare during school days in VSB facilities.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver school buildings and decides which programs use them.",[1502,1505,1508,1511,1514,1517],{"question":1503,"answer":1504},"What is Vote Vancouver's plan for childcare?","Vote Vancouver would put more childcare money in the 2027 to 2030 capital plan, require non-profit childcare in all new public housing, audit underused public land for new spaces and use school grounds for childcare run by the Vancouver School Board (Policy Priorities, page 25).",{"question":1506,"answer":1507},"Does Vote Vancouver support $10aDay childcare?","Yes. The party would advocate for adequate provincial funding of $10aDay childcare to reach universal coverage, help non-profits apply for funding and give non-profit providers priority in city leases (Policy Priorities, page 25).",{"question":1509,"answer":1510},"Would Vote Vancouver put childcare in new housing?","Vote Vancouver would require non-profit childcare in all new public housing developments (Policy Priorities, page 25).",{"question":1512,"answer":1513},"Does Vote Vancouver offer childcare for parents who work evenings?","The party would audit underused public buildings and land for childcare spaces, including options with extended hours for families with non-traditional work schedules (Policy Priorities, page 25).",{"question":1515,"answer":1516},"What does Vote Vancouver say about the city's childcare budget?","The party says money pledged for childcare in the 2023 to 2026 Capital Plan went unused, and it would make a bigger childcare commitment in the 2027 to 2030 plan to match it (Policy Priorities, page 25).",{"question":1518,"answer":1519},"Who pays for childcare in Vancouver?","The city creates childcare space through zoning, city buildings and its capital plan. Licensing, subsidies and operating money are provincial, which is why Vote Vancouver says it would advocate to the Province on $10aDay funding (Policy Priorities, page 25).","childcare","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--childcare","Vote Vancouver would put more childcare money in the 2027 to 2030 capital plan, require non-profit childcare in all new public housing, press the Province on $10aDay childcare, audit underused public land for new spaces, and use school sites for childcare run by the Vancouver School Board.","vQhf-3R9BCOVi7O0bTuzLCYYCb6v3JTPVOr_FtanO24",{"id":1525,"title":1526,"checkedAt":395,"context":1527,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1528,"headline":1532,"issues":1533,"meta":1535,"order":1536,"pages":1537,"paragraphs":1538,"party":365,"pillar":470,"proposals":1541,"questions":1574,"slug":1593,"source":13,"stem":1594,"summary":1595,"__hash__":1596},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--city-hall.json","Effectiveness of City Hall",[],[1529],{"value":1530,"label":1531,"page":475},"10 days","Time within which the party says City Hall would reply to an inquiry with its plan","Vote Vancouver on City Hall: 10-day replies, concierge desks, faster services",[1534,263],"governance",{},"6",{"from":475,"to":475},[1539,1540],"Vote Vancouver's page on City Hall is about how residents and businesses deal with the city. The party would commit City Hall to a 10-day response on inquiries. It says this means you hear within 10 days what the city plans to do, even if the problem takes longer to fix. The party would open single-point-of-contact service desks, which it calls concierge desks, where staff guide businesses, event organizers and community groups through city departments. A separate Seniors' Concierge Desk would let seniors reach a real person by phone or in person. It would also work toward automatic business registration at natural transition points, cutting repeated paperwork, and improve response times for street cleaning, snow and ice removal and broken streetlights.","Two items deal with buildings and climate. The party would unpause Energize Vancouver, a city program for reporting building emissions, so the city can see where emissions come from and measure progress. It would keep the current rule that new buildings use electric space and hot-water heating. The page also opens with a promise of fair relationships with the Coast Salish Nations for housing, health care and food services. Council directs city staff, sets service levels through the budget and controls Vancouver's own building bylaw, so it can act alone on most of this page. Work with the Coast Salish Nations depends on agreement with those Nations, and health care is provincial.",[1542,1546,1550,1554,1558,1562,1566,1570],{"title":1543,"detail":1544,"page":475,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1545},"Relationships with the Coast Salish Nations","Vote Vancouver would build equitable relationships with the Coast Salish Nations to deliver more informed and accessible public services, including housing, healthcare and food services.","This work depends on agreement with the Coast Salish Nations, and health care is provincial.",{"title":1547,"detail":1548,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1549},"10-day response commitment","The party would set a 10-day response commitment for City Hall inquiries. It says the promise is that you hear within 10 days what the city plans to do about the issue, and the fix itself may take longer.","Council can set service standards for city staff.",{"title":1551,"detail":1552,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1553},"Concierge desks for businesses, events and community groups","Vote Vancouver would create single-point-of-contact service desks for businesses, events and community organizations, a concierge desk that helps applicants move between departments so they do not have to do it themselves.","How City Hall organizes its front-line services is set by Council and city staff.",{"title":1555,"detail":1556,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1557},"Automatic business registration","The party would work toward automatic business registration triggered at natural transition points, reducing repeated paperwork while keeping safety and regulatory requirements.","Council issues business licences and sets how people apply for them.",{"title":1559,"detail":1560,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1561},"Seniors' Concierge Desk","Vote Vancouver would create a Seniors' Concierge Desk at City Hall where seniors can talk to a real person on the phone or at a physical desk for help with city departments.","Council decides which services City Hall offers and funds them in the budget.",{"title":1563,"detail":1564,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1565},"Faster essential public services","The party would improve response times for essential public services, including street cleaning and sanitation, snow and ice removal, and broken streetlights.","Street cleaning, snow removal and streetlights are city services funded through Council's budget.",{"title":1567,"detail":1568,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1569},"Unpause Energize Vancouver","Vote Vancouver would unpause the Energize Vancouver emissions-reporting program so the city can understand where building emissions come from and measure progress.","The platform describes this as a city program, which Council can restart.",{"title":1571,"detail":1572,"page":475,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1573},"Keep electric heating rules for new buildings","The party would maintain the existing requirement for electric space and hot-water heating in new buildings.","Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council sets energy rules for new buildings.",[1575,1578,1581,1584,1587,1590],{"question":1576,"answer":1577},"What is Vote Vancouver's 10-day promise for City Hall?","Vote Vancouver would commit City Hall to responding to inquiries within 10 days. The party says this means you hear what the city plans to do within 10 days, even if the problem takes longer to fix (Policy Priorities, page 32).",{"question":1579,"answer":1580},"What is the Seniors' Concierge Desk in Vote Vancouver's platform?","It is a desk at City Hall where seniors could talk to a real person, by phone or in person, for help finding their way through city departments (Policy Priorities, page 32).",{"question":1582,"answer":1583},"Would Vote Vancouver allow gas heating in new buildings?","Vote Vancouver would keep the existing requirement for electric space and hot-water heating in new buildings (Policy Priorities, page 32).",{"question":1585,"answer":1586},"What is Energize Vancouver?","Vote Vancouver describes Energize Vancouver as the city's building emissions-reporting program, which it says is paused. The party would unpause it so the city can see where building emissions come from and measure progress (Policy Priorities, page 32).",{"question":1588,"answer":1589},"How would Vote Vancouver make City Hall easier for businesses?","The party would open concierge desks that guide businesses, events and community groups through city departments, and work toward automatic business registration to cut repeated paperwork (Policy Priorities, page 32).",{"question":1591,"answer":1592},"Can Vancouver City Council set its own building heating rules?","Yes. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot. Vote Vancouver would keep the current electric heating rule (Policy Priorities, page 32).","city-hall","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--city-hall","Vote Vancouver would commit City Hall to replying to inquiries within 10 days, open concierge desks for businesses and seniors, work toward automatic business registration, speed up street cleaning and snow removal, restart Energize Vancouver and keep electric heating rules for new buildings.","qCDZBis7QJ3AIB5bL4iFgUCpAzRThrztwy75eAVvbk4",{"id":1598,"title":1599,"checkedAt":395,"context":1600,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1601,"headline":1602,"issues":1603,"meta":1604,"order":1605,"pages":1606,"paragraphs":1609,"party":365,"pillar":470,"proposals":1612,"questions":1633,"slug":1652,"source":13,"stem":1653,"summary":1654,"__hash__":1655},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--community-spaces-and-festivals.json","Community Spaces, Arts and Festivals",[],[],"Vote Vancouver: public washrooms, dog-friendly spaces and a Festivals Vancouver Fund",[282,201],{},"5",{"from":1607,"to":1608},29,30,[1610,1611],"This page joins two short lists from Vote Vancouver's Public Services section: one on community spaces and one on arts and culture. The first starts with public washrooms. The party would build more of them in and near shopping districts, parks, the Downtown Eastside, community centres, pedestrian plazas and other busy public areas. The party would also create more small outdoor spaces for music and performance. It would push for more dog-friendly patios across the city and more areas in parks where dogs are allowed.","On arts and culture, Vote Vancouver would raise the funding cap for arts and culture events, with more money for event security so that security inside an event's fence is funded at the same rate as security outside it. It would create a Festivals Vancouver Fund to help deliver neighbourhood festivals, and keep supporting large festivals, naming the Vancouver Film Festival, the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Khatsilano. Council funds cultural grants, licenses events and builds city facilities, so it can act on washrooms, event funding and the festivals fund. Spaces inside parks are run by the Park Board, and the party describes the patio item as advocacy.",[1613,1617,1621,1625,1629],{"title":1614,"detail":1615,"page":1607,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1616},"More public washrooms","Vote Vancouver would build more public washrooms in and near commercial districts, parks, the Downtown Eastside, community centres, pedestrian plazas and other high-use public areas.","Council funds washrooms on streets and plazas, while those in parks and community centres would need the Park Board.",{"title":1618,"detail":1619,"page":1607,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1620},"Small outdoor music and performance spaces","The party would create more small outdoor music and performance spaces.","The city sets the rules for public spaces, noise and events, and funds cultural spaces.",{"title":1622,"detail":1623,"page":1607,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1624},"Dog-friendly patios and park spaces","Vote Vancouver would advocate for more dog-friendly patios across the city and increase the number of designated dog-friendly spaces in Vancouver's parks.","The platform calls the patio item advocacy, and dog areas in parks are decided by the Park Board.",{"title":1626,"detail":1627,"page":1608,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1628},"Higher funding cap for arts events and security","The party would increase the funding cap for arts and culture events, with more event security funding so that inside-perimeter security is funded at the same rate as outside-perimeter security.","Event grants and their limits are city money, set by Council in the budget.",{"title":1630,"detail":1631,"page":1608,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1632},"Festivals Vancouver Fund","Vote Vancouver would create a Festivals Vancouver Fund to support neighbourhood festivals throughout Vancouver, and continue to support large festivals such as the Vancouver Film Festival, the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Khatsilano.","Council funds cultural grants and can create a new city fund in its budget.",[1634,1637,1640,1643,1646,1649],{"question":1635,"answer":1636},"Does Vote Vancouver promise more public washrooms?","Yes. Vote Vancouver would build more public washrooms in and near commercial districts, parks, the Downtown Eastside, community centres, pedestrian plazas and other busy public areas (Policy Priorities, page 29).",{"question":1638,"answer":1639},"What is Vote Vancouver's Festivals Vancouver Fund?","It is a fund the party would create to support neighbourhood festivals across the city. Vote Vancouver says it would also keep supporting large festivals such as the Vancouver Film Festival, the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Khatsilano (Policy Priorities, page 30).",{"question":1641,"answer":1642},"What does Vote Vancouver propose for dog owners?","Vote Vancouver would advocate for more dog-friendly patios across the city and add more designated dog-friendly spaces in Vancouver's parks (Policy Priorities, page 29).",{"question":1644,"answer":1645},"What would Vote Vancouver change about event security funding?","The party would raise the funding cap for arts and culture events and add security funding, so that security inside an event's perimeter is funded at the same rate as security outside it (Policy Priorities, page 30).",{"question":1647,"answer":1648},"Does Vote Vancouver support live music spaces?","The party would create more small outdoor music and performance spaces in the city (Policy Priorities, page 29).",{"question":1650,"answer":1651},"Who would build Vote Vancouver's washrooms and dog areas in parks?","Council can fund washrooms on city streets and plazas. Washrooms and dog areas inside parks and community centres are run by the separately elected Park Board, so those parts of Vote Vancouver's list would need it to act (Policy Priorities, page 29).","community-spaces-and-festivals","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--community-spaces-and-festivals","Vote Vancouver would build more public washrooms, create small outdoor music and performance spaces, push for dog-friendly patios and park areas, raise the funding cap for arts events with matching security money, and create a Festivals Vancouver Fund for neighbourhood festivals.","yM_1HdOp4SNa9ewdms5b9JWOix5dl-VKKHB1cUXg1ek",{"id":1657,"title":1658,"checkedAt":395,"context":1659,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1660,"headline":1672,"issues":1673,"meta":1674,"order":783,"pages":1675,"paragraphs":1676,"party":365,"pillar":470,"proposals":1680,"questions":1705,"slug":1724,"source":13,"stem":1725,"summary":1726,"__hash__":1727},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--independent-arts-council.json","Create an Independent Arts Council",[],[1661,1665,1669],{"value":1662,"label":1663,"page":1664},"6 months","Time by which the party would set up the Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator",22,{"value":1666,"label":1667,"page":1668},"At least 90%","Share of the Arts Council's city money the party says would go directly to the arts sector",23,{"value":1670,"label":1671,"page":1668},"No more than 10%","Share of the Arts Council's money the party would allow for administration and operations","Vote Vancouver: an arts navigator in six months, then an Independent Arts Council",[282],{},{"from":1664,"to":1668},[1677,1678,1679],"Vote Vancouver says arts groups that ask the city for money face slow processes, including having single grants debated and voted on by Council. The party says this delays funding and makes it harder for artists to plan festivals and events. Its plan moves arts grants away from Council votes in two steps. The party says Vancouver already has an extraordinary creative community and that the city's job is to make it easier for that community to succeed.","Step one, within six months, is an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator at City Hall: a service that helps artists and cultural non-profits get permits, liquor licences and special-event approvals, and that runs shared marketing for the city's arts. Step two is an Independent Arts Council, set up with artists and cultural groups, which would hand out City arts grants and press City Hall to remove needless barriers to permits for events and festivals.","Before the Arts Council is created, the party says it would consult the creative sector, and city staff would report in public on its structure, benefits, costs and whether it would work. The council would get a yearly sum from the city, with at least 90% going to the arts and no more than 10% to running costs. Separately, the party would work with business, donors and artists to set up a Vancouver Arts Foundation for private gifts and sponsorships. The city funds cultural grants and licenses events, so Council can set up the navigator, the staff report and the Arts Council's yearly money. Liquor licensing is shared with the Province. The Arts Foundation would depend on private donors and partners agreeing to take part.",[1681,1685,1689,1693,1697,1701],{"title":1682,"detail":1683,"page":1664,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1684},"Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator within six months","Within six months, Vote Vancouver would set up a Navigator at City Hall to help artists and cultural non-profits with permitting, liquor licensing and special-event approvals, and to coordinate shared marketing that promotes Vancouver's arts and culture and supports tourism.","Council decides how city staff are organized and what services City Hall offers.",{"title":1686,"detail":1687,"page":1664,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1688},"Independent Arts Council to run City arts grants","The party would work with artists and cultural organizations to establish an Independent Arts Council to administer City arts grants and funding.","City arts grants are city money, so Council decides who hands them out.",{"title":1690,"detail":1691,"page":1664,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1692},"Arts Council to advocate and remove barriers","The Arts Council would also advocate for the creative sector and work with City Hall to find and remove unnecessary barriers to permits and approvals for arts events and festivals.","The permits and approvals in question are city rules that Council can change.",{"title":1694,"detail":1695,"page":1668,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1696},"Consultation and a public staff report first","The process would begin with consultation with local artists, cultural organizations and the wider creative sector. City staff would report publicly on the proposed structure, benefits, costs and viability of the Arts Council before it is set up.","Council can direct city staff to consult and to report in public.",{"title":1698,"detail":1699,"page":1668,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1700},"Yearly city allocation with at least 90% to the arts","The Arts Council would receive a dedicated annual allocation from the City to give out as arts grants. At least 90% of the money would go directly to Vancouver's arts and creative sector, with no more than 10% for administration and operations.","Council approves the city's operating budget each year, which would set the size of this allocation.",{"title":1702,"detail":1703,"page":1668,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1704},"Vancouver Arts Foundation","Vote Vancouver would work with business, philanthropic and creative communities to establish a Vancouver Arts Foundation, a permanent vehicle for private donations, sponsorships and philanthropic investment in the arts.","A private foundation depends on donors and partners outside City Hall, so the city can only help set it up.",[1706,1709,1712,1715,1718,1721],{"question":1707,"answer":1708},"What is Vote Vancouver's Independent Arts Council?","Vote Vancouver would create an Independent Arts Council to hand out City arts grants instead of having Council debate single grants. It would get a yearly city sum, with at least 90% going to the arts and no more than 10% to running costs (Policy Priorities, pages 22 to 23).",{"question":1710,"answer":1711},"What is the Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator?","It is a service Vote Vancouver would set up at City Hall within six months. It would help artists and cultural non-profits with permits, liquor licences and special-event approvals, and run shared marketing for the city's arts (Policy Priorities, page 22).",{"question":1713,"answer":1714},"Why does Vote Vancouver want to change arts funding?","The party says arts groups seeking city money face long processes, including having grants debated and voted on by Council, which it says delays funding and makes festivals and events harder to plan (Policy Priorities, page 22).",{"question":1716,"answer":1717},"Would Vote Vancouver set up the Arts Council right away?","The navigator would come first, within six months. The Arts Council would follow after consultation with the creative sector and a public staff report on its structure, benefits, costs and viability (Policy Priorities, pages 22 to 23).",{"question":1719,"answer":1720},"What is the Vancouver Arts Foundation in Vote Vancouver's platform?","Vote Vancouver would work with business, philanthropic and creative communities to set up a Vancouver Arts Foundation, a permanent way to collect private donations and sponsorships for the arts (Policy Priorities, page 23).",{"question":1722,"answer":1723},"Can Vancouver City Council hand arts grants to an independent body?","Council approves the city's budget and funds cultural grants, so it decides how that money is given out. Vote Vancouver's plan would have city staff report on the Arts Council's costs and viability first (Policy Priorities, page 23).","independent-arts-council","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--independent-arts-council","Vote Vancouver would set up an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator at City Hall within six months, then an Independent Arts Council to hand out City arts grants, with at least 90% of its money going to the arts. It would also work toward a Vancouver Arts Foundation for private donations.","Gdf5hArTKanq9dtNypMsHFKBQ7RLptkh2dJ6jdQzGd0",{"id":1729,"title":1730,"checkedAt":395,"context":1731,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1732,"headline":1733,"issues":1734,"meta":1735,"order":896,"pages":1736,"paragraphs":1738,"party":365,"pillar":470,"proposals":1741,"questions":1758,"slug":157,"source":13,"stem":1777,"summary":1778,"__hash__":1779},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--public-safety.json","Public Safety",[],[],"Vote Vancouver on safety: a wellbeing strategy, restorative justice, policing hubs",[157],{},{"from":1737,"to":1737},28,[1739,1740],"Vote Vancouver's public safety page has a plan built around prevention and partners. Its first item is a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, written with police, health care providers, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups. The page gives no police budget figure. The party would expand the city's existing policies and working groups on gender-based violence, which it credits to a motion by Rebecca Bligh on a prevention strategy. It would also set up a restorative justice system. Restorative justice is an approach where people who cause harm meet with those affected and the community to repair it. The party ties this to what it calls Vancouver's commitment to become the first Restorative City in Canada.","For that system, the party would partner with Peace of the Circle to train city staff, work with Indigenous communities and leaders, and apply its Vancouver Test to future policies. Its last item would rework Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs for crime prevention, referrals, youth mentoring and links to local services, putting prevention, education and support ahead of criminal charges. Council approves the police budget and funds city programs and staff training. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department, so police work on the strategy and the policing centres would need the board's agreement.",[1742,1746,1750,1754],{"title":1743,"detail":1744,"page":1737,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1745},"Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy","Vote Vancouver would develop a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy in collaboration with police, healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups, to build a framework that best serves Vancouver residents.","Council can lead a city strategy, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police, and health care is provincial.",{"title":1747,"detail":1748,"page":1737,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1749},"Ending gender-based violence","The party would reinforce commitments to end gender-based violence in Vancouver by expanding existing policies and working groups, building on Rebecca Bligh's motion to advance a gender-based violence prevention strategy.","City policies and working groups are set up and funded by Council.",{"title":1751,"detail":1752,"page":1737,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1753},"A Restorative Justice System","Vote Vancouver would establish a Restorative Justice System in line with what it calls Vancouver's commitment to become the first Restorative City in Canada. This would include partnering with the Peace of the Circle to train city staff, working with Indigenous communities and leaders on restorative frameworks, and applying The Vancouver Test to all future policies.","Council can train city staff and set city policy, and the platform names Peace of the Circle and Indigenous communities as partners.",{"title":1755,"detail":1756,"page":1737,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1757},"Community Policing Centres as neighbourhood hubs","The party would rework Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs for crime prevention, community referrals, youth mentorship programs, neighbourhood engagement and connecting residents with local services, putting prevention, education and support ahead of criminalization.","Council can fund the centres, but police involvement in them is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",[1759,1762,1765,1768,1771,1774],{"question":1760,"answer":1761},"What is Vote Vancouver's public safety plan?","Vote Vancouver would write a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy with police, health providers and community groups, expand work to end gender-based violence, set up a restorative justice system and turn Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs (Policy Priorities, page 28).",{"question":1763,"answer":1764},"What does Vote Vancouver mean by a Restorative City?","The party would set up a restorative justice system in line with what it calls Vancouver's commitment to become the first Restorative City in Canada. It would partner with Peace of the Circle to train city staff and work with Indigenous communities and leaders (Policy Priorities, page 28).",{"question":1766,"answer":1767},"What would Vote Vancouver do with Community Policing Centres?","Vote Vancouver would rework them into neighbourhood hubs for crime prevention, community referrals, youth mentorship, neighbourhood engagement and links to local services, putting prevention and support ahead of criminalization (Policy Priorities, page 28).",{"question":1769,"answer":1770},"Does Vote Vancouver have a plan on gender-based violence?","Yes. The party would expand the city's existing policies and working groups to end gender-based violence, building on Rebecca Bligh's motion for a prevention strategy (Policy Priorities, page 28).",{"question":1772,"answer":1773},"Would Vote Vancouver increase the police budget?","Vote Vancouver's public safety page gives no police budget figure. Its plan centres on a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy built with police, health providers and community groups (Policy Priorities, page 28).",{"question":1775,"answer":1776},"Who controls the Vancouver police?","Council approves the police budget, and the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. Vote Vancouver's plans for policing centres and a safety strategy would need the board's cooperation (Policy Priorities, page 28).","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Fpublic-services--public-safety","Vote Vancouver would write a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy with police, health providers and community groups, expand work to end gender-based violence, set up a restorative justice system, and turn Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs focused on prevention.","ppw1gOXPrpQNAn4iUTkRQsQ6na-dyzdnBeK7SXRmhzw",{"id":1781,"title":1782,"checkedAt":395,"context":1783,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1784,"headline":1785,"issues":1786,"meta":1787,"order":644,"pages":1788,"paragraphs":1790,"party":365,"pillar":439,"proposals":1793,"questions":1806,"slug":1822,"source":13,"stem":1823,"summary":1824,"__hash__":1825},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--expanded-marine-transportation.json","Expanded Marine Transportation",[],[],"Vote Vancouver: an electric passenger ferry to Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast",[183,263],{},{"from":1789,"to":1789},18,[1791,1792],"Vote Vancouver's ferry chapter is about using the water to move people. The party says boats take pressure off roads and bridges while keeping downtown open to commuters and visitors. It calls Vancouver a port city and wants the city to make more of that. The main promise is an all-electric passenger ferry between Downtown Vancouver, Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast. The platform says Rebecca Bligh has supported this ferry from the start. Beyond that one route, the party describes a longer plan to add more green marine transport, working with all orders of government, BC Tourism and Destination Vancouver.","The page gives no route schedule, cost or start date. A ferry to Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast would leave the city's borders. The party itself names other governments and tourism groups as the partners it would need. Council's part would be to back the service and press for it. The boats, the route and the money would need agreement from the governments and groups the party names, so the city could not deliver this chapter alone.",[1794,1798,1802],{"title":1795,"detail":1796,"page":1789,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1797},"All-electric passenger ferry","Vote Vancouver says it is committed to delivering an all-electric passenger ferry service connecting Downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast.","The route runs beyond Vancouver's borders, so the city would need the partners and other governments the platform names.",{"title":1799,"detail":1800,"page":1789,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1801},"Better use of Vancouver's waterways","The party says Rebecca Bligh would continue to advocate for better use of Vancouver's waterways for green and accessible transportation.","This is advocacy, so the city would be asking other bodies to act.",{"title":1803,"detail":1804,"page":1789,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1805},"More green marine transportation with partners","Vote Vancouver describes a plan to expand Vancouver's green marine transportation in the future by partnering with all orders of government, BC Tourism and Destination Vancouver.","The platform itself says this would be done with other governments and tourism groups.",[1807,1810,1813,1816,1819],{"question":1808,"answer":1809},"Does Vote Vancouver support an electric ferry to Bowen Island?","Yes. Vote Vancouver says it is committed to an all-electric passenger ferry connecting Downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast, and that Rebecca Bligh has supported it from the start (Policy Priorities, page 18).",{"question":1811,"answer":1812},"Why does Vote Vancouver want more ferries?","The party says water transport takes pressure off Vancouver's roads and bridges while keeping downtown open to commuters and visitors. It describes Vancouver as a port city that should use that identity (Policy Priorities, page 18).",{"question":1814,"answer":1815},"Who would Vote Vancouver work with on marine transport?","The platform names all orders of government, BC Tourism and Destination Vancouver as partners for expanding green marine transport (Policy Priorities, page 18).",{"question":1817,"answer":1818},"When would Vote Vancouver's electric ferry start?","The platform gives no start date, route schedule or cost for the ferry. It describes the service as a commitment and a wider expansion as a plan for the future (Policy Priorities, page 18).",{"question":1820,"answer":1821},"Can Vancouver City Council launch a ferry to the Sunshine Coast alone?","The route would run beyond the city's borders. Vote Vancouver's own plan relies on other orders of government, BC Tourism and Destination Vancouver as partners (Policy Priorities, page 18).","expanded-marine-transportation","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--expanded-marine-transportation","Vote Vancouver says it would deliver an all-electric passenger ferry linking Downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast. It would push for more use of the city's waters for transport and expand green marine transport with other governments, BC Tourism and Destination Vancouver.","gfDzv24sOg0taq-9seIbKAZIV036OfKX-yxDLAjKfMI",{"id":1827,"title":1828,"checkedAt":395,"context":1829,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1830,"headline":1841,"issues":1842,"meta":1843,"order":717,"pages":1844,"paragraphs":1846,"party":365,"pillar":439,"proposals":1849,"questions":1866,"slug":1885,"source":13,"stem":1886,"summary":1887,"__hash__":1888},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--free-seasonal-bike-valet.json","Free Seasonal Bike Valet Program",[],[1831,1835,1838],{"value":1832,"label":1833,"page":1834},"More than 2,000","Bicycles reported stolen in Vancouver every year, a figure the party credits to the Vancouver Police Department",16,{"value":1836,"label":1837,"page":1834},"April 1, 2027","Start date of the party's bike valet pilot",{"value":1839,"label":1840,"page":1834},"October 31, 2027","End date of the party's bike valet pilot","Vote Vancouver: free watched bike parking in city parking spaces in 2027",[183],{},{"from":1834,"to":1845},17,[1847,1848],"Vote Vancouver says the fear of bike theft keeps people from riding to work. It quotes the Vancouver Police Department as saying more than 2,000 bicycles are reported stolen in Vancouver every year, and says many people will not leave a bike locked up all day even where there are bike lanes. The party's answer is a bike valet: a supervised place where people leave their bike and pick it up later. It would use existing, underused EasyPark spaces, which the platform describes as city-owned parking, so the city would not need to build anything new. A free pilot would run from April 1 to October 31, 2027.","The city would track how many people use the valet, what it costs to run, how each station performs, how satisfied users are, the effect on nearby businesses, and whether it adds bike trips and cuts car trips. The results would be published at the end of the season so Council and residents can decide where to expand, change or end the program. The platform describes the spaces as city-owned, and the city owns and designs its streets and parking rules, so Council can approve this pilot without another government. The party presents it as a way to get more use from the city's past spending on bike routes.",[1850,1854,1858,1862],{"title":1851,"detail":1852,"page":1834,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1853},"Free seasonal bike valet in EasyPark spaces","Vote Vancouver would create a free seasonal bike valet program, using existing, underused EasyPark spaces to provide secure, monitored bicycle storage.","The platform describes these as city-owned parking spaces, so Council decides how they are used.",{"title":1855,"detail":1856,"page":1834,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1857},"Pilot from April 1 to October 31, 2027","Starting April 1, 2027, the party would run a seasonal pilot through October 31, 2027, offering free, monitored bike parking in underused city-owned parking spaces.","Council can fund and run a pilot on city property through the city budget.",{"title":1859,"detail":1860,"page":1845,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1861},"Tracking what the valet does","The City would track usage and demand, operating costs, location and station performance, user satisfaction, effects on local businesses and neighbourhood activity, and whether the program increases cycling and reduces vehicle trips.","Council can direct city staff to collect these measures for a city program.",{"title":1863,"detail":1864,"page":1845,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1865},"Public report at the end of the season","Results would be reported publicly at the end of the season so Council and residents can decide where the program should be expanded, adjusted or discontinued.","Council decides what city staff report in public and whether a pilot continues.",[1867,1870,1873,1876,1879,1882],{"question":1868,"answer":1869},"What is Vote Vancouver's bike valet program?","Vote Vancouver would create a free seasonal bike valet that gives people secure, monitored storage for their bikes in existing, underused EasyPark parking spaces (Policy Priorities, page 16).",{"question":1871,"answer":1872},"When would Vote Vancouver's free bike valet run?","The party says the pilot would run from April 1, 2027, to October 31, 2027, in underused city-owned parking spaces (Policy Priorities, page 16).",{"question":1874,"answer":1875},"Why does Vote Vancouver want a bike valet?","The party says theft keeps people from cycling, and cites the Vancouver Police Department for the figure that more than 2,000 bicycles are reported stolen in Vancouver each year. It presents a supervised valet as a way to make riding to work safer for the bike (Policy Priorities, page 16).",{"question":1877,"answer":1878},"How would Vote Vancouver judge whether the bike valet worked?","The city would track use, operating costs, station performance, user satisfaction, effects on local businesses, and whether cycling rises and car trips fall. Vote Vancouver says the results would be published at the end of the season (Policy Priorities, page 17).",{"question":1880,"answer":1881},"Does Vote Vancouver's bike valet need new buildings?","The platform says it would reuse existing, underused city-owned parking spaces, which the party presents as a way to avoid expensive new infrastructure (Policy Priorities, pages 16 to 17).",{"question":1883,"answer":1884},"Can Vancouver City Council set up a bike valet by itself?","Yes. The platform describes the spaces as city-owned parking, and the city controls its own parking and streets, so Council can approve and fund the pilot (Policy Priorities, page 16).","free-seasonal-bike-valet","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--free-seasonal-bike-valet","Vote Vancouver would create a free seasonal bike valet in underused EasyPark spaces, giving cyclists secure, watched bike storage. A pilot would run from April 1 to October 31, 2027, and the city would track use, costs and effects, then publish the results at the end of the season.","MTDovnftcz9DmiNzXsiJbYkFBTto4DbwiMTeY4RYW5I",{"id":1890,"title":1891,"checkedAt":395,"context":1892,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1893,"headline":1907,"issues":1908,"meta":1909,"order":783,"pages":1910,"paragraphs":1912,"party":365,"pillar":439,"proposals":1916,"questions":1934,"slug":1953,"source":13,"stem":1954,"summary":1955,"__hash__":1956},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--free-transit-for-youth.json","Expand Free Transit to Youth Under 18",[],[1894,1898,1901,1904],{"value":1895,"label":1896,"page":1897},"13","Age at which, the party says, children in Vancouver start paying transit fares",14,{"value":1899,"label":1900,"page":1897},"Under 18","Age group that would get a free pass under the party's plan",{"value":1902,"label":1903,"page":1897},"100 days","Time after taking office by which the party would launch the pilot",{"value":1905,"label":1906,"page":1897},"2027","Calendar year the pilot passes would be valid for","Vote Vancouver: a free transit pass for every resident under 18, from 2027",[183],{},{"from":1897,"to":1911},15,[1913,1914,1915],"Vote Vancouver says children in Vancouver ride transit for free until they turn 13, and then pay for every trip. The party says a pass is a real cost for many families, and that a teenager who cannot pay or forgets a Compass Card is stuck. It argues that parents then either pay or drive, which adds cars to the streets.","The party's answer is a free transit pass for every Vancouver resident under 18. It says a Vote Vancouver majority on council would partner with TransLink to provide it. Within the first 100 days in office, it would launch a pilot program for 2027, with passes valid for the 2027 calendar year. There would be no means testing, which means no check of family income.","Young people would apply through an online portal, sending proof that they live in Vancouver and proof of age, and the pass would arrive by mail. Residents could also apply in person at City Hall. After the first year, the party says the city would review the pilot, looking at youth ridership, the views of young people and parents, their part in community and recreation activities, their part in the local economy, and traffic. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus, so this pass depends on an agreement with TransLink. Council would decide how much city money goes to the program and how the city runs the applications.",[1917,1922,1926,1930],{"title":1918,"detail":1919,"page":1897,"authority":1920,"authorityNote":1921},"Free transit pass for residents under 18","A Vote Vancouver majority on council would partner with TransLink to provide a free transit pass for all Vancouver residents under 18, with no means testing.","regional","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs transit, so the city can only offer this pass through an agreement with it.",{"title":1923,"detail":1924,"page":1897,"authority":659,"authorityNote":1925},"Pilot launched within 100 days for 2027","Within the first 100 days of taking office, the party would launch a pilot program running through 2027, letting Vancouver residents under 18 apply for a free pass valid for the 2027 calendar year. The program would build on other free youth transit programs in Canada.","Council can fund and launch a city program, but the passes themselves need TransLink's agreement.",{"title":1927,"detail":1928,"page":1911,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1929},"Online and in-person applications","An online portal would let residents apply with proof of residency and age, with approved passes delivered by mail. Residents who prefer could apply in person at City Hall.","How the city takes applications and checks residency is up to Council and city staff.",{"title":1931,"detail":1932,"page":1911,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1933},"Review after the first year","After the first year the program would be reviewed for youth transit ridership and usage, youth and parent experiences, participation in community, recreation and extracurricular activities, youth participation in the local economy, and the effect on transportation patterns and congestion. The results would decide how the program is improved and expanded.","Council can direct city staff to measure and publish the results of a city program.",[1935,1938,1941,1944,1947,1950],{"question":1936,"answer":1937},"Does Vote Vancouver promise free transit for kids under 18?","Yes. Vote Vancouver says a majority on council would partner with TransLink to provide a free transit pass for all Vancouver residents under 18, with no means testing (Policy Priorities, page 14).",{"question":1939,"answer":1940},"When would Vote Vancouver's free youth transit pass start?","The party would launch a pilot within its first 100 days in office. Vancouver residents under 18 could apply for a free pass valid for the 2027 calendar year (Policy Priorities, page 14).",{"question":1942,"answer":1943},"How would teenagers apply for Vote Vancouver's free transit pass?","Through an online portal, with proof of residency and age, and the pass would be sent by mail. Vote Vancouver says residents could also apply in person at City Hall (Policy Priorities, page 15).",{"question":1945,"answer":1946},"Would the Vote Vancouver youth transit pass depend on family income?","No. The platform says there would be no means testing and no complicated application process for Vancouver residents under 18 (Policy Priorities, page 15).",{"question":1948,"answer":1949},"How would Vote Vancouver measure the free youth transit pilot?","After the first year, the party says the program would be reviewed for youth ridership, the views of young people and parents, participation in activities and the local economy, and the effect on traffic. The results would guide changes and expansion (Policy Priorities, page 15).",{"question":1951,"answer":1952},"Can Vancouver City Council give free transit passes on its own?","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus. Vote Vancouver's plan says the city would partner with TransLink to provide the passes, so the program depends on that agreement (Policy Priorities, page 14).","free-transit-for-youth","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--free-transit-for-youth","Vote Vancouver would partner with TransLink to give every Vancouver resident under 18 a free transit pass. Within its first 100 days it would launch a pilot with passes valid for 2027, with no means testing, online or in-person applications, and a public review after the first year.","3mkKD7iULzmtvGYikGwZXZ0sH9mjFwzW3C80TexaJrc",{"id":1958,"title":1959,"checkedAt":395,"context":1960,"document":623,"extension":12,"figures":1961,"headline":1971,"issues":1972,"meta":1973,"order":896,"pages":1974,"paragraphs":1975,"party":365,"pillar":439,"proposals":1978,"questions":2011,"slug":2030,"source":13,"stem":2031,"summary":2032,"__hash__":2033},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--streets-transit-and-parking.json","Streets, Transit and Parking",[],[1962,1965,1968],{"value":1963,"label":1964,"page":444},"2 hours","Maximum stay the party would set in short-term parking areas",{"value":1966,"label":1967,"page":444},"10","New pedestrian plazas the party would create",{"value":1969,"label":1970,"page":444},"4 years","Period over which the party would create the new pedestrian plazas","Vote Vancouver: SkyTrain to UBC, Broadway bike lane, 10 plazas, seniors' parking",[183],{},{"from":444,"to":444},[1976,1977],"The last page of Vote Vancouver's transport section is a list headed \"Vote Vancouver will...\". It mixes transit, cycling, walking and parking. The biggest item is extending the SkyTrain line to UBC for the people who live, work and study there. For cyclists, the party would complete the Broadway bike lane and fix known safety problems, naming sightlines, signal timing, turning conflicts, accessibility and links to existing bike routes. For people on foot and in wheelchairs, it would build and repair curb cuts, the sloped ramps where a sidewalk meets the street. It would also create 10 new pedestrian plazas over the next four years.","Three items deal with parking. The party would set a two-hour maximum in short-term parking areas, which it says would free up spaces and lower costs. It would protect short-term, affordable and accessible parking near medical facilities and places that serve seniors. And it would offer a prepaid parking pass for seniors, so people who do not use smartphones can park without an app. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council can act alone on everything here except SkyTrain. SkyTrain is run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, so the line to UBC depends on TransLink and the governments that fund it.",[1979,1983,1987,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007],{"title":1980,"detail":1981,"page":444,"authority":1920,"authorityNote":1982},"Extend SkyTrain to UBC","Vote Vancouver would extend the SkyTrain line to UBC to support those who live, work and study in the area.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs SkyTrain, so the city can push for the line but cannot build it alone.",{"title":1984,"detail":1985,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1986},"Safer biking","The party would address known safety problems around cycling, including sightlines, signal timing, turning conflicts, accessibility concerns and connections to existing bike routes.","The city owns and designs its streets, signals and bike lanes.",{"title":1988,"detail":1989,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1990},"Complete the Broadway bike lane","Vote Vancouver would complete the Broadway Bike Lane.","Bike lanes on city streets are designed and built by the city.",{"title":1992,"detail":1993,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1994},"Accessible curb cuts","The party would make sidewalks more accessible by building curb cuts where they do not exist and fixing those that are not accessible enough.","Sidewalks and curbs are city property, built and repaired through the city budget.",{"title":1996,"detail":1997,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":1998},"Two-hour maximum in short-term parking","Vote Vancouver would set a two-hour maximum in short-term parking areas, which it says would improve turnover and reduce parking costs while managing demand.","Council sets the city's parking rules.",{"title":2000,"detail":2001,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":2002},"Parking near medical and senior-serving places","The party would protect short-term, affordable and accessible parking near medical facilities and senior-serving destinations.","Street parking rules and prices near these sites are set by the city.",{"title":2004,"detail":2005,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":2006},"Prepaid parking pass for seniors","Vote Vancouver would introduce a prepaid parking pass for seniors, so people who do not use smartphones can park without needing a parking app.","Council sets how people pay for city parking.",{"title":2008,"detail":2009,"page":444,"authority":654,"authorityNote":2010},"10 new pedestrian plazas","The party would create 10 new pedestrian plazas over the next four years.","The city owns and designs its streets, so Council can decide where plazas go.",[2012,2015,2018,2021,2024,2027],{"question":2013,"answer":2014},"Does Vote Vancouver support SkyTrain to UBC?","Yes. Vote Vancouver lists extending the SkyTrain line to UBC to serve people who live, work and study there among its transport commitments (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":2016,"answer":2017},"What is Vote Vancouver's position on the Broadway bike lane?","The party would complete the Broadway Bike Lane. It would also fix known cycling safety problems such as sightlines, signal timing and turning conflicts (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":2019,"answer":2020},"What would Vote Vancouver do for seniors who drive?","Vote Vancouver would introduce a prepaid parking pass so seniors who do not use smartphones can park without an app. It would also protect short-term, affordable and accessible parking near medical facilities and places that serve seniors (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":2022,"answer":2023},"Does Vote Vancouver want time limits on parking?","The party would set a two-hour maximum in short-term parking areas. It says this would improve turnover and reduce parking costs while managing demand (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":2025,"answer":2026},"How many pedestrian plazas would Vote Vancouver create?","Vote Vancouver would create 10 new pedestrian plazas over the next four years (Policy Priorities, page 19).",{"question":2028,"answer":2029},"Can Vancouver City Council build SkyTrain to UBC?","SkyTrain is run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, so Council can push for the UBC line but cannot build it alone. The bike, sidewalk, plaza and parking items in Vote Vancouver's list are city decisions (Policy Priorities, page 19).","streets-transit-and-parking","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fvote-vancouver\u002Ftransportation-choice--streets-transit-and-parking","Vote Vancouver would extend SkyTrain to UBC, complete the Broadway bike lane, fix cycling safety problems and curb cuts, set a two-hour limit in short-term parking, protect parking near medical sites, add a prepaid parking pass for seniors and create 10 pedestrian plazas in four years.","y0GHpXGSM3NZmELZd-1nQR6KepSQmaQrJzdgSgV3FbQ",[2035,2043,2052,2060,2066,2074,2080,2086,2093,2099,2107,2113,2119,2125,2131,2137,2145,2151,2157,2165,2173,2179,2185,2191,2197,2205,2211,2217,2221,2227,2234,2240,2246,2252,2258,2264,2270,2278,2284,2290,2295,2301,2307,2313,2319,2325,2331,2337,2344,2350,2356,2361,2367,2373,2379,2384,2390,2396,2402,2408,2414,2420,2426,2433,2439,2445,2451,2458,2464,2471,2477,2483,2488,2494,2499,2505,2511,2517,2523,2529,2535,2541,2547,2553,2558,2564,2570,2577,2583,2589,2594,2600,2605,2611,2617,2622,2627,2633,2637,2643,2649,2654,2660,2666,2671,2676,2681,2686,2692,2698,2704,2710,2716,2722,2728,2734,2740,2746,2752,2757,2763,2769,2775,2780,2786,2792,2798,2804,2810],{"slug":2036,"name":2037,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2038,"currentRole":13,"headline":2039,"sample":17,"party":2040},"alex-tkach","Alex Tkach","225","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 225.",{"name":2041,"url":2042},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002F",{"slug":2044,"name":2045,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2046,"currentRole":2047,"headline":2048,"sample":17,"party":2049},"alfred-chien","Alfred Chien (錢育廷)","305","Vancouver School Board trustee","Seeking re-election as Vancouver School Board trustee.",{"name":2050,"url":2051},"ABC Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2053,"name":2054,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2055,"currentRole":13,"headline":2056,"sample":17,"party":2057},"alisha-masongsong","Alisha Masongsong","303","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 303.",{"name":2058,"url":2059},"Green Party of Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F",{"slug":2061,"name":2062,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2063,"currentRole":13,"headline":2064,"sample":17,"party":2065},"allan-fawley","Allan Fawley","201","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 201.",{"name":2041,"url":2042},{"slug":2067,"name":2068,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2069,"currentRole":13,"headline":2070,"sample":17,"party":2071},"amanda-bains","Amanda Bains","221","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 221.",{"name":2072,"url":2073},"Vancouver Liberals","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002F",{"slug":2075,"name":2076,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2077,"currentRole":13,"headline":2078,"sample":17,"party":2079},"amanda-boggan","Amanda Boggan","110","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 110.",{"name":2041,"url":2042},{"slug":2081,"name":2082,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2083,"currentRole":13,"headline":2084,"sample":17,"party":2085},"amarys-joseph","Amarys Joseph","319","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 319.",{"name":48,"url":369},{"slug":2087,"name":2088,"office":2089,"ballotNumber":2090,"currentRole":2091,"headline":2092,"sample":17,"party":13},"amauri-caliman","Amauri Caliman","Mayor","55","Independent mayoral candidate","Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 55.",{"slug":2094,"name":2095,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2096,"currentRole":13,"headline":2097,"sample":17,"party":2098},"amir-bajehkian","Amir Bajehkian","223","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 223.",{"name":2072,"url":2073},{"slug":2100,"name":2101,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2102,"currentRole":13,"headline":2103,"sample":17,"party":2104},"andy-lin","Andy Lin","140","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 140.",{"name":2105,"url":2106},"Bright Future Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2108,"name":2109,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2110,"currentRole":13,"headline":2111,"sample":17,"party":2112},"annette-reilly","Annette Reilly","102","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 102.",{"name":2058,"url":2059},{"slug":2114,"name":2115,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2116,"currentRole":13,"headline":2117,"sample":17,"party":2118},"arezo-zarrabian","Arezo Zarrabian","126","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 126.",{"name":2050,"url":2051},{"slug":2120,"name":2121,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2122,"currentRole":13,"headline":2123,"sample":17,"party":2124},"armor-valor","Armor Valor","125","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 125.",{"name":2072,"url":2073},{"slug":2126,"name":2127,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2128,"currentRole":13,"headline":2129,"sample":17,"party":2130},"bhavna-solecki","Bhavna Solecki","115","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 115.",{"name":48,"url":369},{"slug":2132,"name":2133,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2134,"currentRole":13,"headline":2135,"sample":17,"party":2136},"bilal-khan","Bilal Khan","122","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 122.",{"name":2105,"url":2106},{"slug":2138,"name":2139,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2140,"currentRole":13,"headline":2141,"sample":17,"party":2142},"blair-coleman","Blair Coleman","309","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 309.",{"name":2143,"url":2144},"TrueBlue Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",{"slug":2146,"name":2147,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2148,"currentRole":13,"headline":2149,"sample":17,"party":2150},"breanne-smart","Breanne Smart","216","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 216.",{"name":2058,"url":2059},{"slug":2152,"name":2153,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2154,"currentRole":13,"headline":2155,"sample":17,"party":2156},"bridget-burns","Bridget Burns","141","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 141.",{"name":2058,"url":2059},{"slug":2158,"name":2159,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2160,"currentRole":13,"headline":2161,"sample":17,"party":2162},"brynja-marshall","Brynja Marshall","224","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 224.",{"name":2163,"url":2164},"Independent Parks Party","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",{"slug":2166,"name":2167,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2168,"currentRole":13,"headline":2169,"sample":17,"party":2170},"caitlin-stockwell","Caitlin Stockwell","149","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 149.",{"name":2171,"url":2172},"OneCity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2174,"name":2175,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2176,"currentRole":13,"headline":2177,"sample":17,"party":2178},"cam-rothery","Cam Rothery","213","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 213.",{"name":2163,"url":2164},{"slug":2180,"name":2181,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2182,"currentRole":13,"headline":2183,"sample":17,"party":2184},"camil-dumont","Camil Dumont","119","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 119.",{"name":2058,"url":2059},{"slug":2186,"name":2187,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2188,"currentRole":13,"headline":2189,"sample":17,"party":2190},"charles-kelly","Charles Kelly","117","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 117.",{"name":2041,"url":2042},{"slug":2192,"name":2193,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2194,"currentRole":13,"headline":2195,"sample":17,"party":2196},"cheryl-grant","Cheryl Grant","232","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 232.",{"name":2050,"url":2051},{"slug":2198,"name":2199,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2200,"currentRole":13,"headline":2201,"sample":17,"party":2202},"chloe-leslie","Chloe Leslie","124","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 124.",{"name":2203,"url":2204},"COPE","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",{"slug":2206,"name":2207,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2208,"currentRole":13,"headline":2209,"sample":17,"party":2210},"chris-qiu","Chris Qiu (仇云霞)","227","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 227.",{"name":2050,"url":2051},{"slug":2212,"name":2213,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2214,"currentRole":13,"headline":2215,"sample":17,"party":2216},"christian-kyle","Christian Kyle","218","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 218.",{"name":2050,"url":2051},{"slug":2218,"name":2219,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2220,"currentRole":2047,"headline":2048,"sample":17,"party":13},"christopher-jk-richardson","Christopher JK Richardson","317",{"slug":2222,"name":2223,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2224,"currentRole":13,"headline":2225,"sample":17,"party":2226},"christopher-lee","Christopher Lee (李基鵬)","325","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 325.",{"name":2171,"url":2172},{"slug":2228,"name":2229,"office":2089,"ballotNumber":2230,"currentRole":2231,"headline":2232,"sample":17,"party":2233},"colleen-hardwick","Colleen Hardwick","50","Former Vancouver city councillor","Former Vancouver city councillor running for mayor.",{"name":2041,"url":2042},{"slug":2235,"name":2236,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2237,"currentRole":13,"headline":2238,"sample":17,"party":2239},"darren-boidman","Darren Boidman","300","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 300.",{"name":2072,"url":2073},{"slug":2241,"name":2242,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2243,"currentRole":13,"headline":2244,"sample":17,"party":2245},"david-grewal","David Grewal","138","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 138.",{"name":2050,"url":2051},{"slug":2247,"name":2248,"office":506,"ballotNumber":2249,"currentRole":13,"headline":2250,"sample":17,"party":2251},"derrick-o-keefe","Derrick O'Keefe","323","COPE candidate for the School Board, ballot number 323.",{"name":2203,"url":2204},{"slug":2253,"name":2254,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2255,"currentRole":13,"headline":2256,"sample":17,"party":2257},"devin-clemens","Devin Clemens","128","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 128.",{"name":2072,"url":2073},{"slug":2259,"name":2260,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2261,"currentRole":13,"headline":2262,"sample":17,"party":2263},"devyani-singh","Devyani Singh","121","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 121.",{"name":2203,"url":2204},{"slug":2265,"name":2266,"office":542,"ballotNumber":2267,"currentRole":13,"headline":2268,"sample":17,"party":2269},"dominic-denofrio","Dominic Denofrio","230","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 230.",{"name":2171,"url":2172},{"slug":2271,"name":2272,"office":409,"ballotNumber":2273,"currentRole":13,"headline":2274,"sample":17,"party":2275},"eric-redmond","Eric Redmond","136","Affordable Housing candidate for city council, ballot number 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Ken Sim has been mayor since 2022 and is running again at ballot number 54.","ABC is running 24 candidates, more than any other party: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board. It is one of only two parties running a full or near-full slate in all four races.","Its published platform is organised into five headings: public safety and street disorder, affordability and accountability at City Hall, jobs and economy, restoring Vancouver, and raising Vancouver. Several of its commitments carry a number attached, which is unusual on this ballot and makes them easier to check later.",{"accent":2821,"onAccent":61,"tint":2848,"ink":2849},"#E3F5F7","#1F727A",[2851,2874,2896,2941,2960,3004,3026,3066,3075,3094],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":2852,"proposals":2856,"questions":2863,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2864,"gaps":2868,"headline":2872,"summary":2873},[2853,2854,2855],"Housing does not have its own heading in ABC’s published platform. The one commitment that bears on it directly is a promise to make permitting faster and easier, which sits under \"Restoring Vancouver\".","We looked for a housing target, an affordable housing commitment and a rental protection policy on the party website on September 22, 2026 and found none published.","This is a finding about the published platform on that date, and it is not a statement about what ABC would do in office.",[2857],{"title":2858,"detail":2859,"cites":2860,"authority":2862},"Make City Hall permitting faster and easier","The platform commits to making permitting faster and easier and to continuing to streamline City Hall operations.",[2861],"abc-platform","Council and city staff control the permit process.",[],[2865,2866,2867],"The ABC Vancouver platform page","The ABC Vancouver home page","A web search for ABC Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[2869,2870,2871],"No housing supply target is published.","No affordable or non-market housing commitment is published.","No rental or tenant protection policy is published.","Faster permits, and no published housing target","ABC’s published platform commits to making City Hall permitting faster and easier. It does not publish a housing supply target, an affordability target or a rental policy.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":2875,"proposals":2878,"questions":2888,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2889,"gaps":2890,"headline":2894,"summary":2895},[2876,2877],"ABC does not publish a separate homelessness section. Its commitments that touch the subject are the same ones that appear under public safety: more than 100 involuntary care beds, moving drug consumption sites away from schools and parks, and good neighbour agreements for public housing where there is street disorder.","We found no published commitment on shelter spaces, encampments or supportive housing supply on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2879,2884],{"title":2880,"detail":2881,"cites":2882,"authority":2883},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds","The same commitment that appears under public safety. ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds.",[2861,2823],"Provincial.",{"title":2885,"detail":2886,"cites":2887},"Non-profit oversight for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[2861],[],[2865,2866],[2891,2892,2893],"No shelter space commitment is published.","No supportive housing supply commitment is published.","No encampment policy is published.","Treatment beds and drug sites, handled as a safety question","ABC addresses homelessness and drugs inside its public safety heading, through involuntary care beds, drug site locations and oversight of public housing.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":2897,"proposals":2901,"questions":2927,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2936,"gaps":2938,"headline":2939,"summary":2940},[2898,2899,2900],"Public safety is the first heading on ABC’s published platform, and it is the area where the party has put the most specific commitments in writing.","Two of these reach beyond what a city council can do on its own. Involuntary care beds and drug consumption site rules are provincial decisions. ABC’s own wording is that it will \"fight for\" the beds, which is a request to the province rather than a promise the city can keep by itself.","ABC also placed two questions on the October 17 ballot alongside the candidate races. One asks whether the city should strengthen its laws against open-air hard drug use. The other asks whether the city should formally request that the province convert part of the old St Paul’s Hospital, or a similar site, into a secure facility with voluntary and involuntary care beds.",[2902,2908,2913,2918,2923],{"title":2903,"detail":2904,"cites":2905,"authority":2907},"Ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces","ABC would change city bylaws to forbid using hard drugs in public. A plebiscite question on the same subject appears on the October 17 ballot.",[2861,2906],"plebiscite","City Council sets bylaws. Drug possession law is federal and provincial.",{"title":2909,"detail":2910,"cites":2911,"authority":2912},"Give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs","The platform commits to \"give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs\". The wording of the tool is not published.",[2861],"The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. Council approves its budget.",{"title":2914,"detail":2915,"cites":2916,"cost":290,"authority":2917},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds in Vancouver","ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds for people with severe substance use and mental health disorders.",[2861,2823],"Health care, including involuntary care, is a provincial responsibility.",{"title":2919,"detail":2920,"cites":2921,"authority":2922},"Move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks","The platform commits to \"mandate provincial drug consumption sites away from schools & parks\".",[2861],"These sites are approved and funded provincially.",{"title":2924,"detail":2925,"cites":2926},"Good neighbour agreements for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and require a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[2861],[2928,2932],{"question":2929,"answer":2930,"cites":2931},"Can a city council ban drug use in public by itself?","A council can pass a bylaw about behaviour in public space, and it can direct city staff to enforce it. It cannot change the criminal law, and it cannot order the police, because the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. ABC also put the question to voters as a plebiscite on October 17, which does not by itself change any law.",[2861,2906],{"question":2933,"answer":2934,"cites":2935},"What are involuntary care beds?","These are hospital or facility beds where a person can be kept and treated without agreeing to it, under provincial mental health law. Vancouver city council does not run them, fund them or decide who goes into one. A city can ask the province for more of them, which is what ABC has committed to do.",[2861],[2865,2866,2937],"The City of Vancouver notice on the plebiscite questions",[],"Ban open-air hard drug use and give police a seizure tool","ABC would ban hard drug use in public spaces, push the province for more than 100 involuntary care beds, and move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks.",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":2942,"proposals":2944,"questions":2953,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2954,"gaps":2955,"headline":2958,"summary":2959},[2943],"ABC’s published transport commitments come from the affordability and infrastructure parts of its platform rather than a transport section.",[2945,2949],{"title":2946,"detail":2947,"cites":2948},"Prioritise road and sidewalk repair","The platform commits to prioritising investments in roads and sidewalk repairs and renewal.",[2861],{"title":2950,"detail":2951,"cites":2952},"A city-wide universal parking app","ABC would mandate a single city-wide parking app alongside removing pay parking at beaches and community centres.",[2861],[],[2865],[2956,2957],"No transit commitment is published.","No cycling or road safety commitment is published.","Parking fees removed, roads and sidewalks repaired","ABC’s transport commitments are about parking and road repair. It publishes no transit, cycling or road safety commitment.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":2961,"proposals":2965,"questions":2989,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2999,"gaps":3001,"headline":3002,"summary":3003},[2962,2963,2964],"ABC’s parks and recreation commitments sit under two platform headings, \"Jobs & Economy\" and \"Restoring Vancouver\", rather than under a parks heading.","This is the largest dollar figure any party has attached to a single commitment on this ballot. The platform does not say which five community centres, or over how many years the $400 million would be spent.","ABC also asked the province to abolish the elected Park Board during the last term. The mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate the board if re-elected. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates for them.",[2966,2972,2977,2981,2985],{"title":2967,"detail":2968,"cites":2969,"cost":2970,"authority":2971},"Rebuild or revamp 5 community centres","The platform commits to rebuilding or revamping five community centres for $400 million, and to starting a second phase of another five in the next capital plan.",[2861],"$400 million","Capital spending is approved by Council through the capital plan.",{"title":2973,"detail":2974,"cites":2975,"cost":2976},"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool","The commitment is worded \"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50M pool, at cost\".",[2861],"Stated as \"at cost\"",{"title":2978,"detail":2979,"cites":2980},"Deliver the River District Community Centre","The platform commits to delivering the River District Community Centre.",[2861],{"title":2982,"detail":2983,"cites":2984,"cost":290},"Create a playground improvement fund","ABC would create a fund for playground improvements. No amount is published.",[2861],{"title":2986,"detail":2987,"cites":2988},"More pools, rinks and ice time","The platform commits to revamping and investing in recreational facilities, naming more pools, rinks and ice time.",[2861],[2990,2994],{"question":2991,"answer":2992,"cites":2993},"Which five community centres would be rebuilt?","The platform does not name them. It commits $400 million to five, and a second group of five in the next capital plan. We checked the platform page on September 22, 2026 and no list was published.",[2861],{"question":2995,"answer":2996,"cites":2997},"Does ABC still want to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to change the Vancouver Charter to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. The board still exists and seven commissioners are being elected on October 17.",[2998],"cbc-parkboard",[2865,3000],"News coverage of the Park Board governance question",[],"$400 million to rebuild five community centres","ABC commits $400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with another five in the next capital plan, plus a rebuilt Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3005,"proposals":3008,"questions":3022,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3023,"gaps":3024,"headline":3010,"summary":3025},[3006,3007],"ABC is running seven School Board candidates. Its school commitments appear under the \"Restoring Vancouver\" and \"Raising Vancouver\" headings of its platform rather than a schools heading.","The school tax commitment is a request to the province. School tax is collected on Vancouver properties and goes into provincial general revenue. A school board can ask for that to change; it cannot change it.",[3009,3014,3018],{"title":3010,"detail":3011,"cites":3012,"authority":3013},"Keep Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","The platform commits to \"fight to ensure provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools\".",[2861],"School tax and the funding formula are set by the province.",{"title":3015,"detail":3016,"cites":3017,"cost":290},"Increase teaching assistance in classrooms","ABC commits to \"increase teaching assistance by investing in our classrooms\".",[2861],{"title":3019,"detail":3020,"cites":3021},"A performance based action committee for families","The platform commits to creating \"a strict performance based action committee to set better metrics for families\".",[2861],[],[2865],[],"ABC would fight to keep provincial school tax collected in Vancouver in Vancouver schools, increase classroom teaching assistance, and bring swimming lessons into the school day.",{"issue":246,"paragraphs":3027,"proposals":3031,"questions":3053,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3062,"gaps":3063,"headline":3064,"summary":3065},[3028,3029,3030],"ABC has published a number here rather than a direction, which makes it one of the few commitments on this ballot that can be checked against a council vote later.","The two pages do not agree on the year. The platform page says \"0% property tax increase in 2027 for buyers & renters\". The party home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We have recorded the platform page wording, checked on September 22, 2026.","A property tax freeze holds the rate, not the bill. A household’s bill can still move if the assessed value of its property changes relative to other properties in the city.",[3032,3037,3041,3045,3049],{"title":3033,"detail":3034,"cites":3035,"cost":290,"authority":664,"deadline":3036},"0% property tax increase in 2027","The platform commits to a zero percent property tax increase in 2027 for buyers and renters.",[2861],"2027 budget",{"title":3038,"detail":3039,"cites":3040},"Remove pay parking at beaches and community centres","ABC would end pay parking at beaches and community centres and require a single city-wide parking app.",[2861],{"title":3042,"detail":3043,"cites":3044},"End residential parking permit fees","The platform commits to ending the fee for a residential parking permit.",[2861],{"title":3046,"detail":3047,"cites":3048},"Expand VANSTAT to weekly check-ins","ABC would expand its department head meetings, which it calls VANSTAT, to a weekly check-in.",[2861],{"title":3050,"detail":3051,"cites":3052},"Spend only on municipal responsibilities","The platform commits to ensuring \"taxpayer dollars only go to municipal responsibilities\".",[2861],[3054,3058],{"question":3055,"answer":3056,"cites":3057},"Does a tax freeze mean my bill will not go up?","No. A freeze holds the overall rate the city collects. Your own bill depends on how your property is assessed compared with everyone else’s. If your assessment rises faster than the city average, your bill can rise in a year when the rate is frozen.",[2861],{"question":3059,"answer":3060,"cites":3061},"Which year does the freeze apply to?","ABC’s platform page says 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as 2026. Both were checked on September 22, 2026. We have not asked the party which is correct.",[2861,2823],[2865,2866],[],"A zero percent property tax increase, and parking fees removed","ABC’s published platform commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027, removing pay parking at beaches and community centres, and ending residential parking permit fees.",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":3067,"proposals":3068,"questions":3069,"state":3070,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3071,"gaps":3073},[],[],[],"none-published",[2865,2866,3072],"A web search for ABC Vancouver climate policy, September 2026",[3074],"No climate or building emissions commitment appears in the published platform.",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":3076,"proposals":3078,"questions":3087,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3088,"gaps":3089,"headline":3092,"summary":3093},[3077],"ABC’s culture commitments sit under its \"Jobs & Economy\" heading and are framed around the street and the events calendar rather than around artists or venues.",[3079,3083],{"title":3080,"detail":3081,"cites":3082},"Revitalise Granville Street and its pedestrian zone","The platform commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone.",[2861],{"title":3084,"detail":3085,"cites":3086,"cost":290},"A new funding model for major events","ABC commits to \"a new era of cooperation between the City & major events, along with a new funding model\".",[2861],[],[2865],[3090,3091],"No commitment on affordable artist or rehearsal space is published.","No arts grant commitment is published.","Revitalise Granville Street and back major events","ABC commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone, and to a new funding model for major events.",{"issue":305,"paragraphs":3095,"proposals":3099,"questions":3114,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3115,"gaps":3116,"headline":3101,"summary":3117},[3096,3097,3098],"The platform wording is \"Doubling down on childcare (double our 2000 new spaces)\". Read plainly that is a commitment to a further 2,000 spaces.","The claim that 2,000 spaces were created in the last term is ABC’s own account of its record. We have not checked it against city records.","A city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and money collected from developers. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding come from the province, so a city can build a room but cannot on its own decide what a parent pays.",[3100,3105,3109],{"title":3101,"detail":3102,"cites":3103,"cost":290,"authority":3104},"Double the 2,000 new child care spaces","The platform commits to doubling what it describes as 2,000 new spaces created in the last term.",[2861],"The city creates spaces. The province licenses them and sets funding.",{"title":3106,"detail":3107,"cites":3108},"Expand after-school programming","ABC commits to expanding after-school programming and keeping extracurricular activities in Vancouver.",[2861],{"title":3110,"detail":3111,"cites":3112,"authority":3113},"Bring swimming lessons into the school day","The platform commits to bringing swimming lessons into the school day.",[2861],"Delivered with the Board of Education and the Park Board.",[],[2865],[],"ABC commits to \"doubling down on childcare\", which its platform defines as doubling the 2,000 new spaces it says it created.",[3119,3123,3127,3131,3135,3139,3143,3147,3151],{"question":3120,"answer":3121,"cites":3122},"Who leads ABC Vancouver?","Ken Sim is the mayor of Vancouver and ABC’s mayoral candidate. He appears at ballot number 54. Whether he is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[2823,31],{"question":3124,"answer":3125,"cites":3126},"How many candidates is ABC running?","24, the largest slate on the ballot: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board.",[31],{"question":3128,"answer":3129,"cites":3130},"What is ABC’s biggest single spending commitment?","$400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with a second group of five in the next capital plan. The platform does not name the five centres or give a timeline.",[2861],{"question":3132,"answer":3133,"cites":3134},"Does ABC promise to freeze property taxes?","Its platform page commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We recorded the platform page wording on September 22, 2026.",[2861,2823],{"question":3136,"answer":3137,"cites":3138},"What does ABC say about drugs in public?","It would ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces, give police a tool to seize hard drugs, and move provincial drug consumption sites away from schools and parks. A plebiscite question on the same subject is on the October 17 ballot.",[2861,2906],{"question":3140,"answer":3141,"cites":3142},"Does ABC have a published housing plan?","Not as a section of its platform. The one published commitment that bears on housing is to make permitting faster and easier. We found no supply target, affordability target or rental policy on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2861],{"question":3144,"answer":3145,"cites":3146},"Does ABC have a published climate policy?","We found none on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2823,2861],{"question":3148,"answer":3149,"cites":3150},"Is ABC still trying to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates.",[2998],{"question":3152,"answer":3153,"cites":3154},"Where can I see ABC’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is not due until about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[357,358],{"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":3156,"searched":3157,"gaps":3161,"entries":3164},"2026-09-23",[3158,3159,3160],"The party website and platform pages","City of Vancouver council decision and budget-approval records","Independent news coverage of council votes (CBC, Daily Hive)",[3162,3163],"Police-hiring and mental-health-worker hiring figures were checked against multiple sources that disagreed on the exact current count; they are not included here until a single primary source (VPD Board or Vancouver Coastal Health reporting) can be confirmed directly.","Co-op housing and childcare-space completion figures from third-party coverage were not independently confirmed against a City or BC Housing primary source and are not included here.",[3165,3171,3177,3183,3189,3196],{"date":3166,"title":3167,"body":3168,"cites":3169},"2023-03-01","2023 property tax increase: 10.7%, the largest in over a decade","ABC Vancouver's council majority approved a 10.7% property tax increase for 2023, up from the 9.7% in the original draft budget after an amendment moved by Mayor Ken Sim. It was the largest single-year increase in more than ten years, following a mayoral campaign that had not proposed a tax increase of this size.",[3170],"cov-2023-budget",{"date":3172,"title":3173,"body":3174,"cites":3175},"2023-12-14","2024 property tax increase: 7.5%, passed 8 to 3","Council approved a 7.5% property tax increase for the 2024 operating budget, made up of 1% for infrastructure renewal, 3% for Vancouver Police Department funding and 3.5% for general City services. The budget motion passed 8 to 3, with Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC Vancouver council majority voting in favour.",[3176],"cov-2024-budget",{"date":3178,"title":3179,"body":3180,"cites":3181},"2024-12-10","2025 property tax increase: 3.9%","Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase for the 2025 budget, a smaller increase than either of the two prior years, made up of 2.9% for City services and 1% for infrastructure renewal.",[3182],"cov-2025-budget",{"date":3184,"title":3185,"body":3186,"cites":3187},"2025-11-25","2026 property tax increase: 0%, after three straight increases","Council approved a 0% property tax increase for 2026, following Mayor Ken Sim's 'zero means zero' motion passed in October 2025. The vote on the final budget was 7 to 4, with councillors Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney voting against. Over the full term, the combined increase across 2023 through 2025 was 10.7%, 7.5% and 3.9%, before the 2026 freeze.",[3188],"cov-2026-budget",{"date":3190,"title":3191,"body":3192,"cites":3193},"2025-02-10","Permit processing times improved but most targets remain unmet","The council-adopted 3-3-3-1 permitting targets set goals of 3 days for simple renovation permits, 3 weeks for single-family and townhouse permits, 3 months for mid-rise buildings on land already zoned, and 1 year for high-rises. By 2025, the City reported 92% of simple renovation permits issued within 3 days, meeting that target. Single-family home permits improved from 250 days in 2022 to 160 days in 2025, a 36% reduction, but remained well above the 21-day (3-week) target.",[3194,3195],"cov-permit-update","dh-93-promises",{"date":3197,"title":3198,"body":3199,"cites":3200},"2026-06-01","Multiplex permit approvals reported 50% faster","The City reported that multiplex permit approval times had improved by 50% as of June 2026, part of the same permitting-speed push behind the 3-3-3-1 targets adopted under the ABC-majority council.",[3201],"cov-multiplex-permits","abc-vancouver",[3204,3206,3209,3212,3217,3218,3219,3220,3221,3224,3227,3230,3233,3236,3240],{"id":2823,"label":3205,"url":2051,"publisher":2050,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"ABC Vancouver home page",{"id":2861,"label":3207,"url":3208,"publisher":2050,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"ABC Vancouver platform","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002Fplatform",{"id":2906,"label":3210,"url":3211,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"Council adds plebiscite question to Vancouver election ballot","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-adds-plebiscite-question-to-vancouver-election-ballot-august-2026.aspx",{"id":2998,"label":3213,"url":3214,"publisher":3215,"kind":3216,"checkedAt":18},"Vancouver mayor says he will not try to eliminate the park board if re-elected","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fken-sim-park-board-stays-9.7268871","CBC News","news",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":3170,"label":3222,"url":3223,"publisher":3215,"kind":3216,"publishedAt":3166,"checkedAt":3156},"Vancouver passes new budget with 10.7% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fvancouver-budget-property-tax-increase-1.6763926",{"id":3176,"label":3225,"url":3226,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"publishedAt":3172,"checkedAt":3156},"Vancouver City Council approves 2024 Operating Budget","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2024-operating-budget-dec-2023.aspx",{"id":3182,"label":3228,"url":3229,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"publishedAt":3178,"checkedAt":3156},"Vancouver City Council approves 2025 operating and capital budget with 3.9% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2025-operating-and-capital-budget-dec-2024.aspx",{"id":3188,"label":3231,"url":3232,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"publishedAt":3184,"checkedAt":3156},"Vancouver City Council approves 2026 Budget with 0% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-0-property-tax-nov-2025.aspx",{"id":3194,"label":3234,"url":3235,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"publishedAt":3190,"checkedAt":3156},"3-3-3-1 permitting program update, council memo","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Ffiles\u002Fcov\u002F2025-02-10-council-memo-3-3-3-1-permitting-program-update.pdf",{"id":3195,"label":3237,"url":3238,"publisher":3239,"kind":3216,"checkedAt":3156},"Ken Sim made 93 campaign promises in 2022. How did he do?","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fken-sim-2022-campaign-promises","Daily Hive",{"id":3201,"label":3241,"url":3242,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"publishedAt":3197,"checkedAt":3156},"Permitting is getting easier in Vancouver with multiplex approvals now 50% faster","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fpermitting-easier-multiplex-approvals-faster-june-2026.aspx","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver","ABC Vancouver holds the mayor’s chair and is running 24 candidates in 2026, the largest slate on the ballot. Its published platform leads with a property tax freeze, a ban on open-air hard drug use, and $400 million for community centres.","e2_gb8RavKbZYTZ7c-cYUTGATk2dB7AENvR_ZN4syGc",{"id":3247,"aliases":3248,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":3249,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3254,"history":3255,"leadership":3259,"logo":13,"meta":3260,"money":3261,"name":2276,"news":3266,"overview":3270,"palette":3274,"platform":3278,"questions":3345,"record":3377,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2276,"slug":3381,"sources":3382,"stem":3389,"summary":3390,"website":2277,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3391},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing.json",[],{"hex":3250,"note":3251,"cites":3252},"#3361a1","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[3253],"ah-home","One candidate, for City Council",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3256,"gaps":3257,"entries":3258},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3262,"gaps":3263,"searchUrl":40,"filings":3264,"notes":3265},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3267,"gaps":3268,"entries":3269},[51],[53],[],[3271,3272,3273],"The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate, for City Council. It is the smallest party on this ballot.","We checked the party website on September 22, 2026. The page held a heading and no policy content. The name of the party is the clearest statement of its subject.","Every issue page for this party records what we searched and when. None of them asserts a position, because none has been published.",{"accent":3275,"onAccent":61,"tint":3276,"ink":3277},"#3361A1","#E4ECF6","#254674",[3279,3288,3297,3303,3309,3315,3321,3327,3333,3339],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":3280,"proposals":3281,"questions":3282,"state":3070,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3283,"gaps":3286},[],[],[],[3284,3285],"The party website at affordablehousingvancouver.ca","A web search for the party name with Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[3287],"No housing policy is published on the party website, which is the subject the party is named after.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":3289,"proposals":3290,"questions":3291,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3292,"gaps":3295},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.affordablehousingvancouver.ca\u002F","A web search for the party name with the issue name, September 2026",[3296],"This issue has not yet been researched for this party.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":3298,"proposals":3299,"questions":3300,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3301,"gaps":3302},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":183,"paragraphs":3304,"proposals":3305,"questions":3306,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3307,"gaps":3308},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":201,"paragraphs":3310,"proposals":3311,"questions":3312,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3313,"gaps":3314},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3316,"proposals":3317,"questions":3318,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3319,"gaps":3320},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":246,"paragraphs":3322,"proposals":3323,"questions":3324,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3325,"gaps":3326},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":263,"paragraphs":3328,"proposals":3329,"questions":3330,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3331,"gaps":3332},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":282,"paragraphs":3334,"proposals":3335,"questions":3336,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3337,"gaps":3338},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":305,"paragraphs":3340,"proposals":3341,"questions":3342,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3343,"gaps":3344},[],[],[],[3293,152,3294],[3296],[3346,3350,3354,3358,3362,3366,3370,3373],{"question":3347,"answer":3348,"cites":3349},"How many candidates does this party have?","One, for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 Vancouver ballot.",[31],{"question":3351,"answer":3352,"cites":3353},"What is its platform?","We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held a heading with no policy content.",[3253],{"question":3355,"answer":3356,"cites":3357},"Does the party name tell me its position?","It tells you the subject, not the policy. A party named Affordable Housing has said what it cares about. What it would actually do about it has not been published.",[3253],{"question":3359,"answer":3360,"cites":3361},"Who leads the party?","No leader is named on the website, checked September 22, 2026.",[3253],{"question":3363,"answer":3364,"cites":3365},"Can one councillor change anything?","Council has ten councillors and a mayor, and decisions need six votes. One councillor can put motions forward, speak in debates and vote, but cannot pass anything alone.",[31],{"question":3367,"answer":3368,"cites":3369},"Why does this party have the same pages as ABC?","Every party on this site gets the same page structure, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more. What differs is how much each party has published. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results.",[3253],{"question":3371,"answer":355,"cites":3372},"Where can I see its campaign finances?",[357,358],{"question":3374,"answer":3375,"cites":3376},"How do I find out more before voting?","Read the candidate profile linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[3253,31],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3378,"gaps":3379,"entries":3380},[20,361],[363],[],"affordable-housing",[3383,3385,3386,3387,3388],{"id":3253,"label":3384,"url":2277,"publisher":2276,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Affordable Housing party website",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing","The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 ballot. We found no published platform on its website.","BsoEy_-nId6kt0MWiTUydQQHTtBi7RuMgf1CqC8VSBc",{"id":3393,"aliases":3394,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":3395,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3399,"history":3400,"leadership":3404,"logo":13,"meta":3408,"money":3409,"name":2105,"news":3414,"overview":3418,"palette":3423,"platform":3427,"questions":3563,"record":3598,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2105,"slug":3602,"sources":3603,"stem":3614,"summary":3615,"website":2106,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3616},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3396,"note":3251,"cites":3397},"#12a5db",[3398],"bf-home","Free transit, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit rule",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3401,"gaps":3402,"entries":3403},[20,21],[23],[],[3405],{"role":3406,"name":2572,"cites":3407},"Mayoral candidate",[3398,31],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3410,"gaps":3411,"searchUrl":40,"filings":3412,"notes":3413},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3415,"gaps":3416,"entries":3417},[51],[53],[],[3419,3420,3421,3422],"Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor at ballot number 53, and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.","It is one of only two parties on this ballot running for mayor and council but neither of the two boards.","Its published commitments are unusually specific for a smaller party. Several carry a number: 20% rent-to-own equity, 100% free resident transit, a 24 hour child care vision, a 21 day permit rule and a 2% fair share surcharge.","The party calls its platform the Blueprint.",{"accent":3424,"onAccent":61,"tint":3425,"ink":3426},"#0E7EA7","#E3F2F7","#1F627A",[3428,3447,3461,3468,3492,3498,3504,3528,3541,3547],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":3429,"proposals":3432,"questions":3441,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3442,"gaps":3444,"headline":3434,"summary":3446},[3430,3431],"Rent-to-own means part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home, so that renting moves someone toward owning rather than only covering a landlord’s costs.","The party publishes the figure 20% but has not published how the scheme would be funded, who would run it or which homes it would apply to.",[3433,3437],{"title":3434,"detail":3435,"cites":3436,"cost":290},"20% rent-to-own equity","The party commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%.",[3398],{"title":3438,"detail":3439,"cites":3440},"Secure affordable rentals and local-first housing protections","The party commits to secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",[3398],[],[3443],"The Bright Future Vancouver home page",[3445],"No detail is published on how rent-to-own would be funded or administered.","Bright Future commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%, secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":3448,"proposals":3450,"questions":3456,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3457,"gaps":3458,"headline":3452,"summary":3460},[3449],"The party publishes the phrase \"treatment-first crisis response\" without further detail. Treatment services are provincial, so a city would be pressing the province rather than delivering this itself.",[3451],{"title":3452,"detail":3453,"cites":3454,"authority":3455},"Treatment-first crisis response","The party commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",[3398],"Treatment services are provincial.",[],[3443],[3459],"No detail is published on what a treatment-first response would involve.","Bright Future commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":3462,"proposals":3463,"questions":3464,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3465,"gaps":3467},[],[],[],[3466,152,3294],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",[3296],{"issue":183,"paragraphs":3469,"proposals":3473,"questions":3484,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3489,"gaps":3490,"headline":3475,"summary":3491},[3470,3471,3472],"Free transit for every resident is the largest transport commitment published by any party in this election. COPE goes as far as free transit for under-18s; Bright Future publishes 100%.","Fares are set by TransLink, a regional body that Vancouver does not control. A city can contribute money toward a fare programme and can advocate through the Mayors’ Council, but it cannot make transit free by a council vote.","The party has not published what free transit would cost or who would pay for it.",[3474,3479],{"title":3475,"detail":3476,"cites":3477,"cost":290,"authority":3478},"100% free transit for residents","The party commits to free transit for Vancouver residents, alongside fare relief, safer stations and faster buses.",[3398],"TransLink sets fares. The city can contribute funding and advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":3480,"detail":3481,"cites":3482,"authority":3483},"A ready path for SkyTrain to UBC","The party commits to a ready path for the SkyTrain extension to UBC.",[3398],"TransLink and the province decide on rapid transit expansion.",[3485],{"question":3486,"answer":3487,"cites":3488},"Can a city make transit free?","Not on its own. TransLink sets fares across the region and Vancouver is one voice on its Mayors’ Council. A city can put its own money toward covering fares, which is how free-transit programmes usually work. Bright Future has not published a cost or a funding source.",[3398],[3443],[],"Bright Future commits to free transit for residents, safer stations, faster buses and a path for SkyTrain to UBC.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":3493,"proposals":3494,"questions":3495,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3496,"gaps":3497},[],[],[],[3466,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3499,"proposals":3500,"questions":3501,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3502,"gaps":3503},[],[],[],[3466,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":246,"paragraphs":3505,"proposals":3508,"questions":3523,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3524,"gaps":3525,"headline":3526,"summary":3527},[3506,3507],"Bright Future is one of the few parties that names both a spending programme and a tax to pay for it. The surcharge is published as 2%, though the party has not published what it applies to.","The 21 day permit rule is a deadline commitment: a decision within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties commit to faster permitting without saying how fast.",[3509,3514,3519],{"title":3510,"detail":3511,"cites":3512,"cost":3513},"A 2% fair share surcharge","The party commits to a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as a 2% fair share surcharge. What it applies to is not published.",[3398],"2%",{"title":3515,"detail":3516,"cites":3517,"authority":2862,"deadline":3518},"A 21 day permit rule","The party commits to a 21 day permit rule.",[3398],"21 days",{"title":3520,"detail":3521,"cites":3522},"Faster permits and lower building costs","Alongside the 21 day rule the party commits to affordable food access and modern worker training.",[3398],[],[3443],[],"A 2% fair share surcharge and a 21 day permit rule","Bright Future commits to a 2% fair share surcharge to fund its programme, and a 21 day deadline for permits.",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":3529,"proposals":3531,"questions":3536,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3537,"gaps":3538,"headline":3533,"summary":3540},[3530],"The party’s published environment commitment is clean water and lead-free schools. It is not contesting the School Board race.",[3532],{"title":3533,"detail":3534,"cites":3535,"cost":290},"Clean water and lead-free schools","The party commits to clean water and lead free schools.",[3398],[],[3443],[3539],"No emissions or building energy commitment is published.","Bright Future commits to clean water and lead-free schools under its environment heading.",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":3542,"proposals":3543,"questions":3544,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3545,"gaps":3546},[],[],[],[3466,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":305,"paragraphs":3548,"proposals":3552,"questions":3558,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3559,"gaps":3560,"headline":3561,"summary":3562},[3549,3550,3551],"No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on child care outside standard daytime hours.","It matters for shift workers: nurses, transit operators, hospitality and warehouse staff, who cannot use care that closes at six.","Licensing and operating funding for child care are provincial. A city can create the space and press for the licence.",[3553],{"title":3554,"detail":3555,"cites":3556,"cost":290,"authority":3557},"24 hour child care including night shifts","The party commits to night-shift child care and accessible care services, described as a 24 hour child care vision.",[3398],"The city creates spaces. Licensing and funding are provincial.",[],[3443],[],"A 24 hour child care vision, including night shifts","Bright Future commits to night-shift child care and a 24 hour child care vision.",[3564,3568,3572,3576,3580,3584,3588,3592,3596],{"question":3565,"answer":3566,"cites":3567},"Who leads Bright Future Vancouver?","Muhammad Ahmad is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 53.",[3398,31],{"question":3569,"answer":3570,"cites":3571},"How many candidates is it running?","7: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.",[31],{"question":3573,"answer":3574,"cites":3575},"What is the 21 day permit rule?","A commitment that a permit decision comes within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties promise faster permitting without saying how fast.",[3398],{"question":3577,"answer":3578,"cites":3579},"Would transit really be free?","The party commits to 100% free resident transit. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city, so a council would have to fund it and negotiate rather than vote it in. No cost or funding source is published.",[3398],{"question":3581,"answer":3582,"cites":3583},"What is 20% rent-to-own equity?","Part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home. The party publishes the figure 20% but not how the scheme would be funded or who would run it.",[3398],{"question":3585,"answer":3586,"cites":3587},"What is the 2% fair share surcharge?","A tax the party describes as a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as 2%. What it applies to is not published.",[3398],{"question":3589,"answer":3590,"cites":3591},"What is the 24 hour child care vision?","Child care available outside standard daytime hours, including night shifts. No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on care outside daytime hours.",[3398],{"question":3593,"answer":3594,"cites":3595},"Why does it publish nothing on parks or schools?","It is not running candidates for Park Board or School Board. Its slate covers mayor and council only.",[31],{"question":3371,"answer":355,"cites":3597},[357,358],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3599,"gaps":3600,"entries":3601},[20,361],[363],[],"bright-future-vancouver",[3604,3606,3610,3611,3612,3613],{"id":3398,"label":3605,"url":2106,"publisher":2105,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Bright Future Vancouver home page",{"id":3607,"label":3608,"url":3609,"publisher":2105,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"bf-blueprint","Bright Future Vancouver Blueprint","https:\u002F\u002Fbrightfuturevancouver.ca\u002Fblueprint",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver","Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates behind mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad, all for mayor and council. Its published commitments include free transit for residents, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit deadline.","Gs_MTO5N4kOCAnoVj44tof6Gd4ircGm7TpZLQzG9o6I",{"id":3618,"aliases":3619,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":3620,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3625,"history":3626,"leadership":3630,"logo":13,"meta":3631,"money":3632,"name":2203,"news":3637,"overview":3641,"palette":3646,"platform":3650,"questions":3899,"record":3935,"registeredName":3939,"rosterLabel":2203,"slug":3940,"sources":3941,"stem":3956,"summary":3957,"website":2204,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3958},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope.json",[],{"hex":3621,"note":3622,"cites":3623},"#f23d3d","Read from the party stylesheet on September 22, 2026.",[3624],"cope-home","The left slate, running no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3627,"gaps":3628,"entries":3629},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3633,"gaps":3634,"searchUrl":40,"filings":3635,"notes":3636},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3638,"gaps":3639,"entries":3640},[51],[53],[],[3642,3643,3644,3645],"COPE stands for the Coalition of Progressive Electors. It is running 12 candidates: 4 for City Council, 4 for Park Board and 4 for School Board. It is not running a mayoral candidate.","It is one of two parties on this ballot contesting three races but not the mayoralty; OneCity is the other.","The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform, not a 2026 platform. We have recorded it as such throughout, with its date attached, because the commitments in it were written for a different election.","COPE states that it rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and says it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022.",{"accent":3647,"onAccent":61,"tint":3648,"ink":3649},"#E71010","#F7E3E3","#7A1F1F",[3651,3706,3729,3752,3776,3797,3815,3841,3877,3884],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":3652,"proposals":3657,"questions":3691,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3700,"gaps":3703,"headline":3704,"summary":3705},[3653,3654,3655,3656],"These commitments come from COPE’s April 2025 by-election platform, which was still the platform published on its website on September 22, 2026.","The mansion tax is the most specific number on it: 1% on property values above $5 million, to pay for ending homelessness.","COPE would also have the city buy existing apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, naming Montreal as the model.","The vacancy loophole it names is the rule that lets a landlord raise rent without limit between tenants. Rent control between tenancies is provincial law, so a city cannot close that gap on its own.",[3658,3665,3669,3674,3678,3683,3687],{"title":3659,"detail":3660,"cites":3661,"cost":3663,"authority":3664},"A 1% tax on property values above $5 million","COPE would end homelessness with a tax on what it calls the mansions of the super-rich: a progressive property tax of 1% on values exceeding $5 million.",[3662],"cope-platform","1% above $5 million","Council sets property tax. A new tax class may need provincial approval.",{"title":3666,"detail":3667,"cites":3668},"Buy apartments and convert them to public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and turn them into permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, following Montreal’s municipal approach.",[3662],{"title":3670,"detail":3671,"cites":3672,"authority":3673},"Close the vacancy loophole","COPE would close the loophole that lets landlords raise rents without limit between tenants.",[3662],"Rent control between tenancies is set by provincial tenancy law.",{"title":3675,"detail":3676,"cites":3677},"Stop demovictions","COPE would stop demovictions and address city-owned vacant land and what it calls exclusionary mansion districts.",[3662],{"title":3679,"detail":3680,"cites":3681,"authority":3682},"Increase and tighten the Empty Homes Tax","COPE would keep increasing the tax, apply a partial vacancy tax to exempt new builds, increase enforcement and close loopholes.",[3662],"The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver tax.",{"title":3684,"detail":3685,"cites":3686},"Create a landlord registry","A registry would track rents and allow enforcement against landlords with patterns of violations.",[3662],{"title":3688,"detail":3689,"cites":3690},"Bring back the renters office with enforcement powers","COPE would restore the renters office and give it new enforcement powers.",[3662],[3692,3696],{"question":3693,"answer":3694,"cites":3695},"Is this COPE’s 2026 platform?","No. The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept its date attached to every commitment because it was written for a different election.",[3662],{"question":3697,"answer":3698,"cites":3699},"Can the city close the vacancy loophole?","No. The rule that lets a landlord raise the rent without limit when one tenant leaves and another arrives is provincial tenancy law. A city can ask the province to change it, and can act on the taxes and registries it does control.",[3662],[3701,3702],"The COPE platform page","The COPE home page",[],"A 1% tax on homes worth more than $5 million","COPE’s published platform would tax properties above $5 million at 1% to fund ending homelessness, buy apartments as permanent public housing, close the vacancy loophole and stop demovictions.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":3707,"proposals":3710,"questions":3724,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3725,"gaps":3726,"headline":3727,"summary":3728},[3708,3709],"COPE is the only party on this ballot that names both an end to homelessness and the tax that would pay for it in the same commitment.","On the drug crisis, COPE maintains support for safe supply and harm reduction, which is the opposite position to ABC’s ban on open-air use and TrueBlue’s recovery-first framing.",[3711,3715,3720],{"title":3712,"detail":3713,"cites":3714,"cost":3663},"End homelessness, paid for by a mansion tax","A 1% property tax on values above $5 million would fund ending homelessness.",[3662],{"title":3716,"detail":3717,"cites":3718,"authority":3719},"Maintain safe supply and harm reduction","COPE commits to maintaining support for safe supply and harm reduction programs.",[3662],"These are provincial and federal health programmes.",{"title":3721,"detail":3722,"cites":3723},"Buy apartments as permanent public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.",[3662],[],[3701],[],"End homelessness, funded by the mansion tax","COPE ties its homelessness commitment directly to a funding source: a 1% tax on property values above $5 million.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":3730,"proposals":3734,"questions":3747,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3748,"gaps":3749,"headline":3750,"summary":3751},[3731,3732,3733],"COPE is the clearest counter-position to ABC and TEAM on this issue. Where they commit to more police tools and enforcement, COPE commits to funding other services instead.","Its platform states the Vancouver police budget increased by about $100 million under the current administration. That is COPE’s own figure and we have not checked it against city budget documents.","Peer-assisted care teams, which COPE calls PACTs, send trained peers rather than police to a mental health crisis.",[3735,3740,3744],{"title":3736,"detail":3737,"cites":3738,"authority":3739},"Fund public services rather than policing","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation facilities and social infrastructure over policing.",[3662],"Council approves the police budget but the Police Board directs the department.",{"title":3741,"detail":3742,"cites":3743},"Support peer-assisted care teams","COPE would support peer-assisted care teams to respond to mental health crises without involving police.",[3662],{"title":3716,"detail":3717,"cites":3745,"authority":3746},[3662],"Safe supply is a provincial and federal health programme.",[],[3701],[],"Fund peer crisis teams rather than police","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and support peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":3753,"proposals":3755,"questions":3771,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3772,"gaps":3773,"headline":3774,"summary":3775},[3754],"COPE publishes its transport commitments inside its climate section rather than separately.",[3756,3761,3766],{"title":3757,"detail":3758,"cites":3759,"authority":3760},"Work toward free public transit","COPE would expand free transit to under-18s and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system.",[3662],"TransLink sets fares.",{"title":3762,"detail":3763,"cites":3764,"authority":3765},"Restore bus routes 17 and 25","COPE would restore both routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[3662],"TransLink runs bus routes.",{"title":3767,"detail":3768,"cites":3769,"authority":3770},"Support protected bike lanes","COPE would support protected bike lanes and cycling safety initiatives.",[3662],"The city designs its own streets.",[],[3701],[],"Free transit, restored bus routes and protected bike lanes","COPE would work toward fully funded free public transit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and support protected bike lanes.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":3777,"proposals":3779,"questions":3792,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3793,"gaps":3794,"headline":3795,"summary":3796},[3778],"COPE and TEAM both commit to keeping and strengthening the elected Park Board, and both would make temporary parks permanent. COPE publishes a number: more than 100.",[3780,3784,3788],{"title":3781,"detail":3782,"cites":3783},"Strengthen the elected Park Board","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected park board.",[3662],{"title":3785,"detail":3786,"cites":3787},"Make 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[3662],{"title":3789,"detail":3790,"cites":3791},"Expand community gardens and food growing","COPE would expand community gardens, seed sharing and community kitchens and establish food sovereignty networks.",[3662],[],[3701],[],"Make the 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected Park Board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent ones.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3798,"proposals":3800,"questions":3809,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3810,"gaps":3811,"headline":3813,"summary":3814},[3799],"COPE’s published platform addresses public education in general terms and does not set out school-specific commitments. Its related commitments are on libraries and food security.",[3801,3805],{"title":3802,"detail":3803,"cites":3804},"Increase library funding, hours and wages","COPE would increase funding, hours and wages and add worker representation to the Vancouver Public Library board.",[3662],{"title":3806,"detail":3807,"cites":3808},"Defend public education","COPE campaigns on fighting for public education.",[3624],[],[3701,3702],[3812],"No school capacity, catchment or budget commitment is published.","Public education, libraries and food programmes","COPE is running four School Board candidates and campaigns on defending public education, with library funding and food programmes alongside.",{"issue":246,"paragraphs":3816,"proposals":3819,"questions":3836,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3837,"gaps":3838,"headline":3839,"summary":3840},[3817,3818],"COPE and TEAM both commit to a lobbyist registry, from opposite ends of the political range. That makes it one of the few commitments with support across this ballot.","COPE’s donation position is a claim about its own conduct: it says it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are the place to check it.",[3820,3824,3828,3832],{"title":3821,"detail":3822,"cites":3823},"Establish a lobbyist registry","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry and push fossil fuel and big business lobbyists out.",[3662],{"title":3825,"detail":3826,"cites":3827},"Defend the Integrity Commissioner","COPE would defend and restore the independence and authority of the Integrity Commissioner.",[3662],{"title":3829,"detail":3830,"cites":3831},"Refuse developer and big business donations","COPE states it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. This is the party’s own account of its conduct.",[3662],{"title":3833,"detail":3834,"cites":3835},"Expand public participation at council","COPE would increase council comment time and follow-up questions and hold town halls throughout the city.",[3662],[],[3701],[],"A lobbyist registry, and no developer donations","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry, defend the Integrity Commissioner’s independence, and states it rejects donations from developers and big business.",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":3842,"proposals":3846,"questions":3872,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3873,"gaps":3874,"headline":3875,"summary":3876},[3843,3844,3845],"COPE’s climate section is the longest part of its published platform and folds transport into it.","It refers to the 2021 heat dome, stating 99 people died in Vancouver, and frames its climate adaptation commitments around protecting people from extreme weather.","Rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit would have the city join other local governments suing fossil fuel companies for climate costs.",[3847,3852,3856,3859,3864,3868],{"title":3848,"detail":3849,"cites":3850,"authority":3851},"Free transit for everyone under 18","COPE would expand free public transit to youth under the age of 18, working toward fully funded free-to-ride public transit.",[3662],"TransLink sets fares. A city can advocate and can contribute funding.",{"title":3853,"detail":3854,"cites":3855},"Rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","The city would rejoin the lawsuit requiring polluters to fund climate crisis remediation.",[3662],{"title":3762,"detail":3857,"cites":3858,"authority":3765},"COPE would restore the two routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[3662],{"title":3860,"detail":3861,"cites":3862,"authority":3863},"Block gas in new buildings","COPE would block what it describes as the next attempt to enable burning methane gas in new builds, and support electric heat pump retrofitting.",[3662],"Vancouver sets its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":3865,"detail":3866,"cites":3867},"Exceed IPCC emissions targets","COPE commits to exceeding IPCC greenhouse gas reduction targets and timelines.",[3662],{"title":3869,"detail":3870,"cites":3871},"A climate defence strategy for extreme weather","COPE would develop adaptation infrastructure for extreme weather, citing the 99 deaths in Vancouver during the 2021 heat dome.",[3662],[],[3701],[],"Free transit for under-18s and rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","COPE’s published platform would expand free transit to everyone under 18, rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and exceed IPCC emissions targets.",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":3878,"proposals":3879,"questions":3880,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3881,"gaps":3883},[],[],[],[3882,152,3294],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",[3296],{"issue":305,"paragraphs":3885,"proposals":3887,"questions":3894,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3895,"gaps":3896,"headline":3897,"summary":3898},[3886],"The $10 a day programme is a provincial scheme. A city can create the rooms and press for more spaces to be funded, but it does not set the fee.",[3888],{"title":3889,"detail":3890,"cites":3891,"cost":3892,"authority":3893},"Expand $10 a day child care spaces in Vancouver","COPE would expand affordable child care, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[3662],"$10 per day per space","The $10 a day programme is funded and set by the province.",[],[3701],[],"Expand $10-a-day child care spaces","COPE would expand affordable child care in Vancouver, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[3900,3904,3908,3912,3916,3920,3924,3928,3932],{"question":3901,"answer":3902,"cites":3903},"Is COPE running a candidate for mayor?","No. COPE is running 12 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[31],{"question":3905,"answer":3906,"cites":3907},"What does COPE stand for?","The Coalition of Progressive Electors.",[3624],{"question":3909,"answer":3910,"cites":3911},"Is the platform on COPE’s website its 2026 platform?","No. On September 22, 2026 the platform page held its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept that date attached to every commitment taken from it.",[3662],{"question":3913,"answer":3914,"cites":3915},"What is COPE’s mansion tax?","A property tax of 1% on the value of a home above $5 million, which COPE says would fund ending homelessness. A home assessed at $6 million would be taxed 1% on the $1 million above the threshold.",[3662],{"question":3917,"answer":3918,"cites":3919},"Where does COPE stand on policing?","It would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and fund peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",[3662],{"question":3921,"answer":3922,"cites":3923},"Does COPE take developer donations?","It states that it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are where to check it.",[3662,357],{"question":3925,"answer":3926,"cites":3927},"What does COPE say about the Park Board?","It would strengthen the independence of the elected board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[3662],{"question":3929,"answer":3930,"cites":3931},"Does COPE support free transit?","Yes. It would expand free transit to everyone under 18 and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city.",[3662],{"question":3933,"answer":355,"cites":3934},"Where can I see COPE’s campaign finances?",[357,358],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3936,"gaps":3937,"entries":3938},[20,361],[363],[],"The Coalition of Progressive Electors","cope",[3942,3944,3948,3949,3950,3951,3952],{"id":3624,"label":3943,"url":2204,"publisher":2203,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"COPE home page",{"id":3662,"label":3945,"url":3946,"publisher":2203,"kind":370,"publishedAt":3947,"checkedAt":18},"COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fplatform","2025-04-05",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":3953,"label":3954,"url":3955,"publisher":2203,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"cope-platform-2026","Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fs\u002FFight-For-Vancouver-COPE-2026-Platform-t7yf.pdf","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope","COPE, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, is running 12 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and no mayoral candidate. Its published platform commits to a mansion tax, buying apartments as public housing, and free transit.","OHl8B5Jgx9XJP0Ej9FnoyIVCJp-rs_ulMHPTEKXYQx4",{"id":3960,"aliases":3961,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3962,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3966,"history":3967,"leadership":3971,"logo":13,"meta":3974,"money":3975,"name":2058,"news":3980,"overview":3984,"palette":3989,"platform":3993,"questions":4228,"record":4260,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":4264,"slug":4265,"sources":4266,"stem":4296,"summary":4297,"website":2059,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4298},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3963,"note":3251,"cites":3964},"#a9c94f",[3965],"green-home","Pete Fry for mayor, with a housing plan built on faster approvals",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3968,"gaps":3969,"entries":3970},[20,21],[23],[],[3972],{"role":3406,"name":2613,"cites":3973},[3965,31],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3976,"gaps":3977,"searchUrl":40,"filings":3978,"notes":3979},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3981,"gaps":3982,"entries":3983},[51],[53],[],[3985,3986,3987,3988],"The Green Party of Vancouver is running 10 candidates: Pete Fry for mayor at ballot number 51, 4 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 2 for School Board.","Pete Fry is a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor.","The party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026. It had not published a full platform document on its website when we checked on September 22, 2026.","Its housing position is notably close to parties on the other side of this ballot on approvals and prefabrication, and splits from them on keeping Vancouver’s own building bylaw.",{"accent":3990,"onAccent":61,"tint":3991,"ink":3992},"#667D26","#F2F7E4","#607524",[3994,4049,4064,4086,4105,4134,4163,4175,4201,4213],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":3995,"proposals":4000,"questions":4033,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4043,"gaps":4046,"headline":4047,"summary":4048},[3996,3997,3998,3999],"Pete Fry released this plan on September 16, 2026. Its shape is faster approvals and cheaper construction methods rather than a supply target or a spending number.","Pre-approved designs mean the city approves a set of building plans in advance, so a builder using one skips much of the permit process.","The clearest difference from other parties is on the Vancouver Building By-law. Vancouver is the only city in British Columbia with its own building bylaw, under the Vancouver Charter. The Greens would keep it, arguing it allows climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber. The Vancouver Liberals would abolish it and adopt the provincial code instead.","No dollar figures, numerical targets or deadlines were stated in the plan as reported.",[4001,4007,4012,4016,4021,4025,4029],{"title":4002,"detail":4003,"cites":4004,"authority":4006},"Launch pre-approved housing designs","The party would launch pre-approved housing designs including prefabricated options, so qualifying projects skip much of the permit process.",[4005],"green-housing","The city controls its own permit process.",{"title":4008,"detail":4009,"cites":4010,"authority":4011},"Partner with Build Canada Homes","The Greens would partner with Build Canada Homes to attract investment and fast-track qualifying projects.",[4005],"Build Canada Homes is a federal programme.",{"title":4013,"detail":4014,"cites":4015},"Streamline permitting for low-rise construction","Permitting would be streamlined for low-rise apartments, row homes, townhomes, infill and wood-frame construction.",[4005],{"title":4017,"detail":4018,"cites":4019,"authority":4020},"Keep the Vancouver Building By-law","The Greens would support Vancouver’s own building bylaw and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.",[4005],"Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":4022,"detail":4023,"cites":4024},"Champion Canadian procurement on major developments","The party would champion Canadian procurement and employment requirements for major developments.",[4005],{"title":4026,"detail":4027,"cites":4028},"Secure rental and non-market homes from new value","The Greens commit to ensuring some of the value created by new development comes back as secured rental and non-market homes.",[4005],{"title":4030,"detail":4031,"cites":4032},"Fund retrofits through federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator to fund climate-smart retrofits.",[4005],[4034,4039],{"question":4035,"answer":4036,"cites":4037},"What is the Vancouver Building By-law, and why does it matter?","Vancouver is the only city in British Columbia allowed to write its own building rules, under the Vancouver Charter. Every other city follows the provincial code. The Greens would keep this power. The Vancouver Liberals would give it up and adopt the provincial code instead. It is one of the sharpest splits on this ballot.",[4005,4038],"liberals-home",{"question":4040,"answer":4041,"cites":4042},"What are pre-approved housing designs?","The city approves a set of building plans in advance. A builder who uses one of those plans skips most of the design review, which makes the project faster and cheaper. It works best for repeatable buildings such as townhomes and small apartment blocks.",[4005],[4044,4045],"The Green Party of Vancouver home page","News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan release",[],"Pre-approved designs, mass timber and Build Canada Homes","The Green housing plan would launch pre-approved and prefabricated housing designs, partner with Build Canada Homes, streamline permitting for low-rise construction, and keep the Vancouver Building By-law.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":4050,"proposals":4052,"questions":4058,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4059,"gaps":4061,"headline":4054,"summary":4063},[4051],"The party published a call for rapid shelters on its own website. We have recorded the call itself; the detail of how many shelters, where and at what cost has not been transcribed onto this page.",[4053],{"title":4054,"detail":4055,"cites":4056,"cost":290},"Rapid shelters ahead of the World Cup","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",[4057],"green-shelters",[],[4060],"The Green Party of Vancouver news page",[4062],"The number, locations and cost of the proposed shelters have not been transcribed onto this page.","Pete Fry has called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":4065,"proposals":4068,"questions":4079,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4080,"gaps":4083,"headline":4085},[4066,4067],"The party's clearest public-safety position is at the School Board: it opposed reinstating police liaison officers in Vancouver schools and calls for civilian oversight, training and clear rules for the program the Board did approve.","Its City Council priorities describe safety in terms of harm reduction for addiction and mental health, without naming a police budget position or a specific bylaw.",[4069,4074],{"title":4070,"detail":4071,"cites":4072},"Civilian oversight of the School Liaison Officer program","The party says it voted against reinstating School Liaison Officers, which the ABC-led Board approved, and calls for comprehensive SLO training and clear, enforced rules for the program, with civilian oversight as recommended by a provincial all-party police reform report.",[4073],"green-school-board",{"title":4075,"detail":4076,"cites":4077},"Harm reduction for addiction and mental health","The party commits to harm reduction strategies for addiction and mental health so community members feel safe and supported.",[4078],"green-city-council",[],[4081,4082,152],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F","The party's Priorities page and its three linked sub-pages: city_council_priorities, park_board_priorities, school_board_priorities",[4084],"The priorities page states party positions with no candidate named as their author, and no dollar figure or date for any of them.","Civilian oversight of school liaison officers, and safe, supported neighbourhoods",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":4087,"proposals":4090,"questions":4101,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4102,"gaps":4103,"headline":4104},[4088,4089],"The party's clearest transport commitment is restoring the protected bike lane on Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.","For the city at large, it backs a mix of slower streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian infrastructure, without a route, a budget or a completion date.",[4091,4097],{"title":4092,"detail":4093,"cites":4094,"authority":4096},"Bring back the Stanley Park bike lane","The party would restore a protected active transportation lane on Stanley Park Drive and across the city's parks.",[4095],"green-park-board","The Park Board decides the roads and paths inside its own parks, including Stanley Park Drive.",{"title":4098,"detail":4099,"cites":4100},"A multimodal city transportation approach","The party backs slower, safer streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure across the city.",[4078],[],[4081,4082,152],[4084],"A rebuilt Stanley Park bike lane, and a multimodal city",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":4106,"proposals":4109,"questions":4130,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4131,"gaps":4132,"headline":4133},[4107,4108],"The party's Park Board priorities cover coastal flooding, pollinator habitat, and keeping parks and community centres affordable and useful for children, families and seniors.","None of the six priorities on this page states a dollar figure or a date.",[4110,4114,4118,4122,4126],{"title":4111,"detail":4112,"cites":4113},"A 100-year plan for Vancouver's coastal parks","The party would develop a 100-year plan for the city's 28 kilometres of coastal parks to address sea-level rise and biodiversity loss, rather than repeatedly rebuilding the seawall after storms.",[4095],{"title":4115,"detail":4116,"cites":4117},"Protect pollinator corridors and bird migration pathways","The party would strengthen the urban tree canopy, community gardens and rainwater capture zones to protect pollinator corridors and migratory bird pathways.",[4095],{"title":4119,"detail":4120,"cites":4121},"Disclose the carbon cost of Park Board budgets","The party would require every Park Board operating and capital budget to disclose the carbon dioxide cost of city operations and construction, with new staff tools to make the analysis and reporting simpler.",[4095],{"title":4123,"detail":4124,"cites":4125},"Expand community food gardens and Indigenous healing gardens","The party would expand community food gardens and forests and Indigenous healing gardens on Park Board land.",[4095],{"title":4127,"detail":4128,"cites":4129},"Keep parks and community centres affordable and accessible","Parks, facilities and services would stay available, accessible, affordable and welcoming, with programs prioritized for children, families and seniors.",[4095],[],[4081,4082,152],[4084],"A 100-year coastal plan, pollinator corridors, and parks that meet daily needs",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":4135,"proposals":4138,"questions":4159,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4160,"gaps":4161,"headline":4162},[4136,4137],"The party's School Board priorities track the Board's own Education Plan, push to expand child care on school property, and look for funding the province has not provided.","It repeats its opposition to reinstating police liaison officers here as a School Board matter, in addition to the public-safety area above.",[4139,4143,4147,4151,4155],{"title":4140,"detail":4141,"cites":4142},"Monitor the Education Plan and student achievement gaps","Green trustees would track the Education Plan using both system data and qualitative feedback, to assess student success and identify and close achievement gaps.",[4073],{"title":4144,"detail":4145,"cites":4146},"Expand child care on school sites","The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5, and monitor the district's Seamless Day child care pilot.",[4073],{"title":4148,"detail":4149,"cites":4150},"Find alternative funding for capital projects and operations","Facing what it calls inadequate provincial funding, the party would look for other ways to fund capital projects and school operations.",[4073],{"title":4152,"detail":4153,"cites":4154},"Expand Universal Design for Learning","The party would further develop Universal Design for Learning practices in every school and press the province for more support and funding for students with diverse learning needs.",[4073],{"title":4156,"detail":4157,"cites":4158},"Build a universal school food program","Green trustees would build on the district's Food Framework Vision and look for ways to bring food systems, and food and nutrition education, into every Vancouver school.",[4073],[],[4081,4082,152],[4084],"Monitor the Education Plan, expand child care on school sites, and creative capital funding",{"issue":246,"paragraphs":4164,"proposals":4166,"questions":4171,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4172,"gaps":4173,"headline":4174},[4165],"The party's one specific city-wide budget position is a disclosure rule, not a tax or spending figure.",[4167],{"title":4168,"detail":4169,"cites":4170},"Disclose the carbon cost of every city budget","The party would require every city operating and capital budget to disclose the carbon dioxide cost of city operations and construction projects, with new staff tools to make the reporting simpler.",[4078],[],[4081,4082,152],[4084],"Disclose the carbon cost of city budgets",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":4176,"proposals":4180,"questions":4193,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4194,"gaps":4196,"headline":4199,"summary":4200},[4177,4178,4179],"The Green climate position published so far runs through buildings rather than through a separate climate plan.","Keeping the Vancouver Building By-law is the mechanism: it is what lets the city set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, which no other BC city can do.","The party had not published a full climate platform when we checked on September 22, 2026.",[4181,4185,4189],{"title":4182,"detail":4183,"cites":4184,"authority":4020},"Keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw for climate rules","The Greens would support the Vancouver Building By-law and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.",[4005],{"title":4186,"detail":4187,"cites":4188},"Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator.",[4005],{"title":4190,"detail":4191,"cites":4192},"Use mass timber and wood-frame construction","The party describes mass timber and wood-frame construction as faster and more cost-effective, and would use them.",[4005],[],[4044,4195],"News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan",[4197,4198],"No emissions target is published.","No transport emissions commitment is published.","Keep the building bylaw, and fund retrofits","The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building retrofits.",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":4202,"proposals":4204,"questions":4209,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4210,"gaps":4211,"headline":4212},[4203],"The party's culture-adjacent position sits inside a broader \"complete communities\" priority about urban design, rather than a dedicated arts or nightlife policy.",[4205],{"title":4206,"detail":4207,"cites":4208},"Public amenities in every neighbourhood","The party backs urban design that includes green space and community-oriented streets, and wants public amenities such as parklets, plazas and libraries accessible in every neighbourhood, alongside active transportation infrastructure.",[4078],[],[4081,4082,152],[4084],"Public amenities as part of complete, livable communities",{"issue":305,"paragraphs":4214,"proposals":4216,"questions":4224,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4225,"gaps":4226,"headline":4227},[4215],"The party's child care position for the city appears inside its \"complete communities\" priority. Its clearer, more specific commitment is at the School Board, on child care sited at schools.",[4217,4221],{"title":4218,"detail":4219,"cites":4220},"Child care as a public amenity in every neighbourhood","The party lists childcare facilities among the public amenities it wants accessible in every neighbourhood.",[4078],{"title":4144,"detail":4222,"cites":4223},"The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5.",[4073],[],[4081,4082,152],[4084],"Child care as part of complete communities, and on school sites",[4229,4233,4237,4241,4245,4249,4253,4257],{"question":4230,"answer":4231,"cites":4232},"Who is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate?","Pete Fry, a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor, at ballot number 51.",[3965,31],{"question":4234,"answer":4235,"cites":4236},"How many candidates are the Greens running?","10: Pete Fry for mayor, 4 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 2 for School Board.",[31],{"question":4238,"answer":4239,"cites":4240},"What is in the Green housing plan?","Pre-approved and prefabricated designs, a partnership with the federal Build Canada Homes programme, streamlined permitting for low-rise buildings, mass timber construction, and keeping Vancouver’s own building bylaw. It was released on September 16, 2026.",[4005],{"question":4242,"answer":4243,"cites":4244},"Do the Greens publish a housing target?","No. The plan is about how homes get approved and built rather than how many. No dollar figures, targets or deadlines were stated.",[4005],{"question":4246,"answer":4247,"cites":4248},"What is the split over the Vancouver Building By-law?","Vancouver is the only BC city that writes its own building rules. The Greens would keep that power, arguing it allows mass timber and decarbonisation. The Vancouver Liberals would give it up and adopt the provincial code.",[4005,4038],{"question":4250,"answer":4251,"cites":4252},"Have the Greens published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. A housing plan had been released on September 16 and a call for rapid shelters was published on the party site.",[3965],{"question":4254,"answer":4255,"cites":4256},"What have the Greens said about homelessness?","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of the World Cup. The number, locations and cost were not published.",[4057],{"question":4258,"answer":355,"cites":4259},"Where can I see the Green Party’s campaign finances?",[357,358],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4261,"gaps":4262,"entries":4263},[20,361],[363],[],"Green","green-party-of-vancouver",[4267,4269,4272,4276,4278,4279,4280,4281,4282,4285,4288,4291],{"id":3965,"label":4268,"url":2059,"publisher":2058,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Green Party of Vancouver home page",{"id":4057,"label":4270,"url":4271,"publisher":2058,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Pete Fry calls for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of World Cup","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpete_fry_calls_for_rapid_shelters_to_address_rising_homelessness_in_vancouver_ahead_of_world_cup",{"id":4005,"label":4273,"url":4274,"publisher":3239,"kind":3216,"publishedAt":4275,"checkedAt":18},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","2026-09-16",{"id":4038,"label":4277,"url":2073,"publisher":2072,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Vancouver Liberals home page",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":4078,"label":4283,"url":4284,"publisher":2058,"kind":370,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: City Council Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fcity_council_priorities",{"id":4095,"label":4286,"url":4287,"publisher":2058,"kind":370,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: Park Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpark_board_priorities",{"id":4073,"label":4289,"url":4290,"publisher":2058,"kind":370,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: School Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fschool_board_priorities",{"id":4292,"label":4293,"url":4294,"publisher":2058,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4295,"checkedAt":395},"green-platform-2026","Platform 2026, Green Party of Vancouver (72-page PDF, last updated September 29, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvangreens\u002Fpages\u002F6122\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1790718545\u002FPlatform_2026_-_Green_Party_of_Vancouver_%281%29.pdf?1790718545","2026-09-29","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver","The Green Party of Vancouver is running 10 candidates behind mayoral candidate Pete Fry, a sitting city councillor. Its published housing plan centres on faster approvals, prefabricated designs and Canadian-built construction.","23mzjAQTDXDak-5_dBNbVtM5j5UO08kexqHfz6FLHhw",{"id":4300,"aliases":4301,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":4302,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4306,"history":4307,"leadership":4311,"logo":13,"meta":4312,"money":4313,"name":2163,"news":4318,"overview":4322,"palette":4327,"platform":4331,"questions":4504,"record":4533,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2163,"slug":4537,"sources":4538,"stem":4548,"summary":4549,"website":2164,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4550},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party.json",[],{"hex":4303,"note":3251,"cites":4304},"#0b6a0b",[4305],"ipp-home","Five candidates, all for Park Board, running on one 33-point platform",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4308,"gaps":4309,"entries":4310},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4314,"gaps":4315,"searchUrl":40,"filings":4316,"notes":4317},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4319,"gaps":4320,"entries":4321},[51],[53],[],[4323,4324,4325,4326],"The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for the Board of Parks and Recreation. It is not contesting mayor, council or school board.","It is the only party on this ballot focused on one race. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17, so a full slate of five means the party could take a majority of the board if all five won.","Its website identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit.","The party's home page carries no policy content, only navigation and a login prompt. A platform page at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions. voche.me found this page on September 26, 2026 and reads it below.",{"accent":4328,"onAccent":61,"tint":4329,"ink":4330},"#0B6A0B","#E3F7E3","#1F7A1F",[4332,4339,4345,4361,4377,4423,4429,4455,4492,4498],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":4333,"proposals":4334,"questions":4335,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4336,"gaps":4338},[],[],[],[4337,152,3294],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",[3296],{"issue":127,"paragraphs":4340,"proposals":4341,"questions":4342,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4343,"gaps":4344},[],[],[],[4337,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":157,"paragraphs":4346,"proposals":4348,"questions":4355,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4356,"gaps":4358,"headline":4360},[4347],"The platform's one position that fits this office's public-safety power, rather than its parks power more broadly, is a noise bylaw.",[4349],{"title":4350,"detail":4351,"cites":4352,"authority":4354},"Restrict late-night noise near Jericho Beach and other parks","The party would move to prohibit excessive late-night noise that it says affects residents near Jericho Beach and other parks.",[4353],"ipp-platform","The Park Board makes bylaws for parks and beaches.",[],[4337,4357,152],"The party's platform page at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform, not linked from the home page but reachable directly",[4359],"The platform names no individual candidate as its author, so no page below credits one of the five personally.","One bylaw position, on late-night noise near parks",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":4362,"proposals":4364,"questions":4373,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4374,"gaps":4375,"headline":4376},[4363],"The platform's transport positions are both about Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.",[4365,4369],{"title":4366,"detail":4367,"cites":4368,"authority":4096},"Reinstate a protected lane on Stanley Park Drive","The party would reinstate a protected lane for active transportation and recreation along Stanley Park Drive, and carry out a transportation safety review of other parks.",[4353],{"title":4370,"detail":4371,"cites":4372},"Commit to car-free days in Stanley Park","The party commits to holding car-free days in Stanley Park.",[4353],[],[4337,4357,152],[4359],"A protected lane on Stanley Park Drive and car-free days",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":4378,"proposals":4382,"questions":4419,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4420,"gaps":4421,"headline":4422},[4379,4380,4381],"The platform's largest group of positions concerns who runs parks and how. It opposes selling park names or transferring parks to the private sector, and it would reverse the outsourcing of park maintenance.","Several positions ask for a pause: on the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation, on Britannia Pool renovations, and on new commercial development inside parks, each until a review is done.","The platform names no cost or completion date for any of these.",[4383,4387,4391,4395,4399,4403,4407,4411,4415],{"title":4384,"detail":4385,"cites":4386},"Keep parks in public ownership","Parks would remain fully in the public domain, not transferred in whole or part to the private sector, and their names would not be sold to private corporations.",[4353],{"title":4388,"detail":4389,"cites":4390},"Reverse outsourcing of park maintenance","Park maintenance now outsourced to private companies would be brought back in-house.",[4353],{"title":4392,"detail":4393,"cites":4394},"Make temporary parks permanent","Every park now classified as temporary would be reclassified as permanent.",[4353],{"title":4396,"detail":4397,"cites":4398},"Freeze the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation pending a 50-metre pool review","Work on the Aquatic Centre renovation would stop until a full analysis of ways to keep the 50-metre pool is done.",[4353],{"title":4400,"detail":4401,"cites":4402},"Hold Britannia Pool renovations while the Aquatic Centre is out of service","Britannia Pool renovations would be paused while the Vancouver Aquatic Centre is unavailable, so the city keeps a working pool.",[4353],{"title":4404,"detail":4405,"cites":4406},"Decline new commercial development inside parks","The party would not approve new commercial developments in Stanley Park or other parks that reduce green space, encroach on forest, or degrade the visitor experience.",[4353],{"title":4408,"detail":4409,"cites":4410},"Overhaul Kitsilano Pool's booking system and hold a town hall on its future","Booking restrictions at Kitsilano Pool would be removed so the pool can be used at its historical capacity, with a town hall before any renovation or replacement.",[4353],{"title":4412,"detail":4413,"cites":4414},"Repair the David Lam Park playground and fix its reseeding downtime","The party would address underfunding at the David Lam Park playground and convene an expert panel on its long seasonal closures for grass reseeding.",[4353],{"title":4416,"detail":4417,"cites":4418},"Assess restoring the Stanley Park miniature train","An expert panel would advise on recovering from logging damage near the Stanley Park train, aiming to restore it.",[4353],[],[4337,4357,152],[4359],"Keep parks public, reverse outsourcing, and hold off major projects pending review",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":4424,"proposals":4425,"questions":4426,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4427,"gaps":4428},[],[],[],[4337,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":246,"paragraphs":4430,"proposals":4433,"questions":4451,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4452,"gaps":4453,"headline":4454},[4431,4432],"Two positions are about money the Park Board itself controls: a parking fee increase it would reverse, and a delegated authority to approve outsourcing contracts, which the platform says rose from $750,000 to $2 million and should be repealed.","A third position names a strategy, the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\", that it says has led to inappropriate commercialization, and would rescind it.",[4434,4438,4443,4447],{"title":4435,"detail":4436,"cites":4437},"Reverse the parking fee increases at Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre","The party would rescind what it calls exponential parking fee hikes on Park Board land, naming Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre.",[4353],{"title":4439,"detail":4440,"cites":4441,"authority":4442},"Repeal the increase in delegated outsourcing authority","The party would repeal a Park Board Procurement Policy amendment that it says raised the threshold for staff to approve outsourcing contracts without a Board vote from $750,000 to $2 million.",[4353],"This is the Board's own procurement policy, which the Board can amend by its own vote.",{"title":4444,"detail":4445,"cites":4446},"Rescind the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\"","The party would rescind a named revenue strategy that it says has resulted in inappropriate commercialization of parks.",[4353],{"title":4448,"detail":4449,"cites":4450},"Reduce fees for farmers markets on Park Board land","Fees on farmers and shoppers who park at farmers markets on Park Board land, including Riley Park, would be reduced or removed.",[4353],[],[4337,4357,152],[4359],"Roll back a fee increase and a delegated spending authority, and drop a revenue-first approach",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":4456,"proposals":4459,"questions":4488,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4489,"gaps":4490,"headline":4491},[4457,4458,4381],"Most of the platform's environmental positions concern trees on Park Board land: a moratorium on removals except imminently hazardous trees, a ban on glyphosate and similar herbicides, and a review of artificial turf fields.","Several positions are specific to Stanley Park's forest, including a dispute over how the Board is replanting it after storm damage and logging, and a demand to follow the terms of the federal lease and a historic-site designation that the platform says require keeping the native forest.",[4460,4464,4468,4472,4476,4480,4484],{"title":4461,"detail":4462,"cites":4463},"A moratorium on tree removals except imminently hazardous trees","The party would halt further tree removals on Park Board land, apart from trees judged imminently hazardous, until a full review of the reasons for removals is done.",[4353],{"title":4465,"detail":4466,"cites":4467},"Ban glyphosate and similar herbicides and pesticides","Glyphosate and other herbicides and pesticides judged environmentally hazardous would be banned on Park Board land, alongside a scientific inquiry into other ways to manage invasive species.",[4353],{"title":4469,"detail":4470,"cites":4471},"Halt replanting in Stanley Park pending a scientific inquiry","The party would stop replanting farmed, selectively bred trees in Stanley Park until an inquiry assesses the consequences.",[4353],{"title":4473,"detail":4474,"cites":4475},"Follow the Stanley Park federal lease and historic-site terms on the native forest","The party says the Stanley Park lease with the federal government, and the park's Commemorative Integrity Statement as a National Historic Site, both require preserving the native coastal western hemlock forest rather than replanting it as a different mix of trees.",[4353],{"title":4477,"detail":4478,"cites":4479},"Rescind the current tree inspection policy","The party would rescind and replace a recently passed tree inspection policy that it says does not require inspections by provincially certified arborists, which it says conflicts with provincial standards.",[4353],{"title":4481,"detail":4482,"cites":4483},"Review artificial turf sports fields for environmental harm","The party would commission a scientific and environmental review of every artificial turf sports field on Park Board land.",[4353],{"title":4485,"detail":4486,"cites":4487},"Stop Charleson Park and Memorial South Park ponds from drying up","The party would stop allowing these two ponds to dry out, which it says kills the animals that depend on them.",[4353],[],[4337,4357,152],[4359],"A moratorium on tree removals, a pesticide ban, and disputes over Stanley Park's forest",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":4493,"proposals":4494,"questions":4495,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4496,"gaps":4497},[],[],[],[4337,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":305,"paragraphs":4499,"proposals":4500,"questions":4501,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4502,"gaps":4503},[],[],[],[4337,152,3294],[3296],[4505,4509,4513,4516,4520,4524,4528,4530],{"question":4506,"answer":4507,"cites":4508},"What office is the Independent Parks Party contesting?","Park Board only. It is running 5 candidates for the Board of Parks and Recreation and none for mayor, council or school board.",[31],{"question":4510,"answer":4511,"cites":4512},"Could it win control of the Park Board?","Seven commissioners are elected on October 17. The party is running five candidates, so if all five won it would hold a majority of the board.",[31],{"question":3351,"answer":4514,"cites":4515},"We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held navigation and a login prompt with no policy positions.",[4305],{"question":4517,"answer":4518,"cites":4519},"Who runs the party?","No leader is named on the website. The site identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit. We have not checked that organisation’s registration.",[4305],{"question":4521,"answer":4522,"cites":4523},"Why does this page have so little on it?","Because the party has published little. We record what we searched and when, rather than filling the space. If the party publishes a platform we will add it with its date.",[4305],{"question":4525,"answer":4526,"cites":4527},"What does the Park Board actually control?","Parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board, and it has seven commissioners.",[31],{"question":3371,"answer":355,"cites":4529},[357,358],{"question":3374,"answer":4531,"cites":4532},"Read the five candidate profiles linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[4305,31],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4534,"gaps":4535,"entries":4536},[20,361],[363],[],"independent-parks-party",[4539,4541,4542,4543,4544,4545],{"id":4305,"label":4540,"url":2164,"publisher":2163,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"Independent Parks Party website",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":4353,"label":4546,"url":4547,"publisher":2163,"kind":370,"checkedAt":6},"Independent Parks Party platform, 33 numbered positions","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party","The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for Park Board. It is the only party on this ballot contesting a single race. Its home page shows no policy content, but a platform page reachable at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions, all about parks.","xjDKcn2RXTa9jFOnwx-wi-mEN-23tpyXhgMwc7o4TeU",{"id":4552,"aliases":4553,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":4554,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4558,"history":4559,"leadership":4563,"logo":13,"meta":4564,"money":4565,"name":2171,"news":4570,"overview":4574,"palette":4578,"platform":4582,"questions":4778,"record":4810,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2171,"slug":4814,"sources":4815,"stem":4860,"summary":4861,"website":2172,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4862},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity.json",[],{"hex":4555,"note":3251,"cites":4556},"#e24853",[4557],"onecity-home","4,000 homes on city land, and no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4560,"gaps":4561,"entries":4562},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4566,"gaps":4567,"searchUrl":40,"filings":4568,"notes":4569},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4571,"gaps":4572,"entries":4573},[51],[53],[],[4575,4576,4577],"OneCity is running 13 candidates: 5 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Like COPE, it is not running a mayoral candidate.","Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\" when we checked on September 22, 2026, so what is recorded here comes from the commitments published on its home page.","The party publishes two figures about its own funding that are unusual to disclose: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. These are the party’s own figures.",{"accent":4579,"onAccent":61,"tint":4580,"ink":4581},"#DE2E3A","#F7E3E5","#7A1F25",[4583,4611,4640,4688,4707,4719,4726,4753,4759,4765],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":4584,"proposals":4588,"questions":4597,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4602,"gaps":4605,"headline":4609,"summary":4610},[4585,4586,4587],"This is the largest published housing number on the 2026 ballot. OneCity commits to 4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns.","Building on city land is the lever a council actually controls directly, because the city does not have to buy the land first.","OneCity’s site said a full platform was coming when we checked on September 22, 2026, so no timeline, cost or site list has been published alongside the 4,000 figure.",[4589,4593],{"title":4590,"detail":4591,"cites":4592,"cost":290,"authority":77},"Build 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.",[4557],{"title":4594,"detail":4595,"cites":4596},"Strengthen protections for low-income seniors and renters","OneCity commits to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",[4557],[4598],{"question":4599,"answer":4600,"cites":4601},"Is 4,000 homes a lot?","It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election. OneCity has not published a timeline, a cost or a list of sites alongside it, so there is no way yet to check whether it is achievable in one four-year term.",[4557],[4603,4604],"The OneCity home page","A web search for the OneCity 2026 platform, September 2026",[4606,4607,4608],"No timeline is published for the 4,000 homes.","No cost is published.","No list of city-owned sites is published.","4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns, and to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":4612,"proposals":4615,"questions":4633,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4634,"gaps":4637,"headline":4639},[4613,4614],"The party's housing release, The Way Home & Housing for All, includes a section on homelessness and supportive housing alongside its wider housing plan.","It pairs ending a City ban on new supportive housing with a new public engagement process and a standard for city-funded shelters.",[4616,4621,4625,4629],{"title":4617,"detail":4618,"cites":4619,"authority":135},"End the ban on new supportive housing","The party would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.",[4620],"onecity-housingforall",{"title":4622,"detail":4623,"cites":4624},"A new public engagement process for supportive housing projects","A new Office of Community Engagement would run public engagement on supportive housing proposals, aimed at helping more of them succeed.",[4620],{"title":4626,"detail":4627,"cites":4628},"A Vancouver Shelter Standard","The party would create a standard for every city-funded shelter, so they are safe and welcoming.",[4620],{"title":4630,"detail":4631,"cites":4632},"A Community Land Trust Support Strategy","Non-profits would get the first right to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale.",[4620],[],[4635,4636,152],"The party's News page at https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews","The party website home page",[4638],"No cost or date is published for the shelter standard or the community land trust strategy.","End the ban on new supportive housing, and add a shelter standard",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":4641,"proposals":4644,"questions":4683,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4684,"gaps":4685,"headline":4687},[4642,4643],"OneCity published a 10-point plan on September 25, 2026, grouped under three headings: a coordinated crisis response that does not always involve police, safer physical spaces, and public accountability for the Vancouver Police Department.","The plan quotes Councillor Lucy Maloney and Council candidates Caitlin Stockwell and Iona Bonamis, each also quoted on their own candidate records where they restate these points in their own words.",[4645,4650,4654,4658,4662,4666,4670,4674,4678],{"title":4646,"detail":4647,"cites":4648},"A coordinated crisis response, so police are not the only response","Trained mental health professionals and peer responders would take calls that do not need police, freeing police for organized and major crime and first responders for fire and medical emergencies.",[4649],"onecity-safety",{"title":4651,"detail":4652,"cites":4653},"Community violence intervention","Trusted community messengers, similar to Community Response and Crisis teams, would step in before conflict escalates.",[4649],{"title":4655,"detail":4656,"cites":4657},"Expand restorative justice","The party would build on the Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce repeat offending.",[4649],{"title":4659,"detail":4660,"cites":4661},"A Survivor Safety Fund and a Community Safety Table","Fast, low-barrier emergency money for survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, delivered by frontline organizations, alongside a table to coordinate neighbourhood response.",[4649],{"title":4663,"detail":4664,"cites":4665},"ReLight Vancouver","Better-lit streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood, and a ban on hostile architecture (design meant to stop people using it, such as spiked benches) on city-owned benches and shelters.",[4649],{"title":4667,"detail":4668,"cites":4669},"Restore public garbage bins and expand recycling","The party would restore reliable public garbage bins, expand recycling beyond downtown, and publish a public map of bin locations.",[4649],{"title":4671,"detail":4672,"cites":4673},"Ban wearable recording devices in city facilities","Devices such as smart glasses that can record video would be banned in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces.",[4649],{"title":4675,"detail":4676,"cites":4677},"Regulate e-bike and e-scooter batteries","The city would regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the province on a battery trade-in program, and set safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters.",[4649],{"title":4679,"detail":4680,"cites":4681,"authority":4682},"An independent, published review of the Vancouver Police Department","A public organizational review of the VPD, on the same standard as other public services, to find where to invest, find efficiencies, and identify calls other responders could handle.",[4649],"Council approves the police budget and can direct such a review.",[],[4635,4636,152],[4686],"Most items name no dollar figure or completion date. The plan does not say how many crisis-response workers would be hired or what the review would cost.","A 10-point plan built around non-police crisis response and public accountability for the VPD",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":4689,"proposals":4692,"questions":4702,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4703,"gaps":4704,"headline":4705,"summary":4706},[4690,4691],"Transit signal priority means traffic lights hold green or turn green early for an approaching bus. The city owns and controls its traffic signals, so this is squarely within council’s power even though TransLink runs the buses.","OneCity publishes a target of about a 20% reduction in travel times. It is one of the few measurable transport targets on this ballot.",[4693,4698],{"title":4694,"detail":4695,"cites":4696,"cost":290,"authority":4697},"City-wide transit signal priority","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, targeting around a 20% reduction in travel times.",[4557],"The city owns and controls its traffic signals.",{"title":4699,"detail":4700,"cites":4701},"Reduce pedestrian and vehicle conflicts at crossings","OneCity commits to reducing pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at crossings.",[4557],[],[4603],[],"City-wide transit signal priority, targeting 20% faster trips","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, publishing a target of roughly 20% shorter travel times.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":4708,"proposals":4710,"questions":4715,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4716,"gaps":4717,"headline":4712,"summary":4713},[4709],"OneCity is running three Park Board candidates. Its published parks commitment is to renew community centres, pools and ice rinks. No cost or list of facilities is published.",[4711],{"title":4712,"detail":4713,"cites":4714,"cost":290},"Renew community centres, pools and ice rinks","OneCity commits to renewing community centres, pools and ice rinks.",[4557],[],[4603],[4718,4607],"No list of facilities is published.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":4720,"proposals":4721,"questions":4722,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4723,"gaps":4725},[],[],[],[4724,152,3294],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",[3296],{"issue":246,"paragraphs":4727,"proposals":4729,"questions":4747,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4748,"gaps":4749,"headline":4751,"summary":4752},[4728],"OneCity’s published economic commitments centre on small business and on what the city requires of the people it pays.",[4730,4735,4739,4743],{"title":4731,"detail":4732,"cites":4733,"authority":4734},"Ensure public dollars fund fair wages","OneCity commits to ensuring public dollars fund fair wages.",[4557],"Council sets its own procurement rules.",{"title":4736,"detail":4737,"cites":4738,"cost":290},"Launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office","OneCity would launch an office to help entrepreneurs deal with the city.",[4557],{"title":4740,"detail":4741,"cites":4742,"cost":290},"Small-business micro-grants","OneCity commits to providing small-business micro-grants.",[4557],{"title":4744,"detail":4745,"cites":4746},"Modernise home-based business rules","OneCity would modernise the rules for running a business from home.",[4557],[],[4603],[4750],"No property tax commitment is published.","Fair wages on public contracts, and small business support","OneCity would ensure public dollars fund fair wages, modernise home-based business rules, launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office and provide small-business micro-grants.",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":4754,"proposals":4755,"questions":4756,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4757,"gaps":4758},[],[],[],[4724,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":282,"paragraphs":4760,"proposals":4761,"questions":4762,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4763,"gaps":4764},[],[],[],[4724,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":305,"paragraphs":4766,"proposals":4768,"questions":4773,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4774,"gaps":4775,"headline":4770,"summary":4777},[4767],"OneCity names child care among its published commitments but has not published a number of spaces, a cost or a timeline.",[4769],{"title":4770,"detail":4771,"cites":4772,"cost":290},"Create child care spaces across the city","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city.",[4557],[],[4603],[4776],"No number of spaces is published.","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city. No number is published.",[4779,4783,4787,4791,4795,4799,4803,4807],{"question":4780,"answer":4781,"cites":4782},"Is OneCity running a candidate for mayor?","No. It is running 13 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[31],{"question":4784,"answer":4785,"cites":4786},"What is OneCity’s main commitment?","4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns. It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election.",[4557],{"question":4788,"answer":4789,"cites":4790},"Has OneCity published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\". Everything recorded here comes from commitments on its home page.",[4557],{"question":4792,"answer":4793,"cites":4794},"What is transit signal priority?","Traffic lights hold green, or turn green early, when a bus is coming. The city owns its traffic signals, so it can do this without TransLink. OneCity publishes a target of about 20% shorter travel times.",[4557],{"question":4796,"answer":4797,"cites":4798},"How is OneCity funded?","The party publishes its own figures: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. Those are the party’s own numbers. Elections BC filings are where to check them.",[4557,357],{"question":4800,"answer":4801,"cites":4802},"How many School Board candidates is OneCity running?","Five, tied with ABC for the largest school slate on this ballot.",[31],{"question":4804,"answer":4805,"cites":4806},"Does OneCity have a published climate policy?","We found none on its website on September 22, 2026. Its full platform had not been published.",[4557],{"question":4808,"answer":355,"cites":4809},"Where can I see OneCity’s campaign finances?",[357,358],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4811,"gaps":4812,"entries":4813},[20,361],[363],[],"onecity",[4816,4818,4819,4820,4821,4822,4826,4830,4834,4839,4844,4848,4852,4856],{"id":4557,"label":4817,"url":2172,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"OneCity home page",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":4649,"label":4823,"url":4824,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4825,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan: Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fprogressivepublicsafety","2026-09-25",{"id":4620,"label":4827,"url":4828,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4829,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity Announces their Plans to show Vancouverites the Way Home with Housing for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fhousingforall","2026-09-24",{"id":4831,"label":4832,"url":4833,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-our-plans","Our Plans","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Four-plans",{"id":4835,"label":4836,"url":4837,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4838,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-leap","OneCity Announces the second part of our Local Economic Action Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fleap","2026-08-17",{"id":4840,"label":4841,"url":4842,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4843,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-builttolast","OneCity Vancouver Announces Built to Last, a Climate Crisis Building, Adaptation, and Retrofit Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilttolast","2026-08-07",{"id":4845,"label":4846,"url":4847,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4295,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-hot-fun-cool","OneCity Announces its Plan for a Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fvibrant-city",{"id":4849,"label":4850,"url":4851,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4295,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-parks-pipes-pools","OneCity's Park Board Team Announces Parks, Pipes, & Pools: Three New Community Centres, More Lifeguards, and a Plan to Fund the Park Board","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fparks-pipes-pools",{"id":4853,"label":4854,"url":4855,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4295,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-better-schools","OneCity's School Board Team Announces Better Schools: A Plan to Harness the Power of the VSB to Build More Childcare, Community Centres, and Homes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbetter-schools",{"id":4857,"label":4858,"url":4859,"publisher":2171,"kind":370,"publishedAt":4295,"checkedAt":395},"onecity-budget-and-ballot","OneCity Announces its Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-and-ballot","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity","OneCity is running 13 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor. Its headline commitment is 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land.","fzkgCdmMl1ao0FNnqVlBAKob25ZtjqytsGzF8xYxnnQ",{"id":4864,"aliases":4865,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":4866,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4870,"history":4871,"leadership":4875,"logo":13,"meta":4883,"money":4884,"name":2041,"news":4889,"overview":4893,"palette":4898,"platform":4902,"questions":5289,"record":5327,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":5331,"slug":5332,"sources":5333,"stem":5416,"summary":5417,"website":2042,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5418},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":4867,"note":3251,"cites":4868},"#162b6f",[4869],"team-home","The most detailed published platform on the 2026 ballot",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4872,"gaps":4873,"entries":4874},[20,21],[23],[],[4876,4878],{"role":3406,"name":2229,"cites":4877},[4869,31],{"role":4879,"name":4880,"cites":4881},"Financial agent","Douglas Johnstone",[4882],"team-safety",{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4885,"gaps":4886,"searchUrl":40,"filings":4887,"notes":4888},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4890,"gaps":4891,"entries":4892},[51],[53],[],[4894,4895,4896,4897],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver is running 14 candidates: Colleen Hardwick for mayor at ballot number 50, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.","TEAM publishes more policy detail than any other party on this ballot. Its positions site is organised into ten areas, most with a separate long \"learn more\" page listing dozens of numbered action items.","The platform is built around a single argument: that the city has approved growth faster than the infrastructure and consultation processes can carry, and that recent provincial housing legislation has taken planning decisions away from neighbourhoods. Most of its commitments follow from that.","Its financial agent is listed as Douglas Johnstone, and its mailing address is published on the site.",{"accent":4899,"onAccent":61,"tint":4900,"ink":4901},"#162B6F","#E3E8F7","#1F347A",[4903,4965,4990,5017,5050,5108,5160,5192,5236,5272],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":4904,"proposals":4909,"questions":4950,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4959,"gaps":4962,"headline":4963,"summary":4964},[4905,4906,4907,4908],"This is the longest single policy document any party has published in this election, and housing is where most of it sits.","TEAM’s starting argument is that supply alone has not produced affordability. Its page states that since the 1970s the city has tripled its number of housing units, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing. We have not checked that claim against census data; it is the party’s own reading.","The most consequential commitment is repealing the Official Development Plan. TEAM notes that eliminating public hearings for rezonings consistent with an Official Development Plan removes a step where the public can speak, and that repealing it is what would stop the Villages plan coming back after the election.","TEAM also commits to reconsidering the city’s support for the UBC SkyTrain extension and the related development planning around it.",[4910,4916,4920,4925,4929,4933,4937,4941,4945],{"title":4911,"detail":4912,"cites":4913,"authority":4915},"Repeal the Official Development Plan","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the related plans for Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages, so that neighbourhood-based participatory planning can replace it.",[4914],"team-planning","Council adopts and can repeal an Official Development Plan.",{"title":4917,"detail":4918,"cites":4919},"Restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning","New development would be planned with local residents and businesses, within the scale and context of each neighbourhood, alongside the infrastructure and amenities needed to support it.",[4914],{"title":4921,"detail":4922,"cites":4923,"authority":4924},"Challenge provincial housing legislation","TEAM would work with other municipalities to change what it calls provincial overreach into municipal planning, naming BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47 of 2023, Bill 18 of 2024 and M216 of 2025.",[4914],"These are provincial statutes. A city can lobby but cannot repeal them.",{"title":4926,"detail":4927,"cites":4928},"Stop demovictions and protect older rental buildings","TEAM would protect older rental buildings from demolition, improve renter supports and protections, and retain and increase co-op housing.",[4914],{"title":4930,"detail":4931,"cites":4932},"Withdraw rental programs that do not create real affordability","TEAM would withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program and the Secured Rental Policy, arguing they do not create meaningful affordability and inflate surrounding land values.",[4914],{"title":4934,"detail":4935,"cites":4936},"Reinstate third-party appeals to the Board of Variance","TEAM would restore third-party appeals it says were in place for 50 years, as a check on the discretionary powers of the Director of Planning.",[4914],{"title":4938,"detail":4939,"cites":4940},"Re-establish the One Stop Renovation Centre","TEAM would restore a single service for approving small construction projects, to make laneway housing, secondary suites, duplexes and small infill easier to build.",[4914],{"title":4942,"detail":4943,"cites":4944},"Protect and reinstate public view cones","TEAM would protect all public view cone corridors and reinstate the view cones amended or eliminated over the last term.",[4914],{"title":4946,"detail":4947,"cites":4948},"Retain on-site parking minimums","TEAM would keep minimum on-site parking requirements in the Parking Bylaw for new construction, arguing this is needed for future electric vehicle charging.",[4914,4949],"team-environment",[4951,4955],{"question":4952,"answer":4953,"cites":4954},"What is an Official Development Plan, and why does repealing it matter?","It is a city-wide plan that sets in advance what can be built where. Once it is adopted, a rezoning that matches it can be approved without a public hearing. TEAM would repeal it, which would bring back the hearing step and, TEAM says, stop the Villages plan returning after the election.",[4914],{"question":4956,"answer":4957,"cites":4958},"Can a city undo the provincial housing bills?","No. Bills 44, 46, 47, 18 and M216 are provincial law and only the province can change them. TEAM commits to working with other municipalities to push for changes, which is lobbying rather than a power the city holds.",[4914],[4960,4961],"The TEAM positions site","The TEAM planning learn-more page",[],"Repeal the Official Development Plan and restore neighbourhood planning","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew and Villages plans, restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning, and challenge provincial housing legislation.",{"issue":127,"paragraphs":4966,"proposals":4969,"questions":4983,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4984,"gaps":4986,"headline":4988,"summary":4989},[4967,4968],"TEAM does not publish a standalone homelessness plan. Its argument connects homelessness to demolition of older affordable rental buildings, which its planning page says displaces residents and forces some into homelessness.","On the street-level response, its safety page commits to working with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds and transition services.",[4970,4974,4979],{"title":4971,"detail":4972,"cites":4973},"Stop demolition of older affordable rental buildings","TEAM argues demolition of cheaper older stock displaces residents into homelessness, and would reverse policies that target those buildings for redevelopment.",[4914],{"title":4975,"detail":4976,"cites":4977,"authority":4978},"Work with senior governments on non-market and supportive housing","TEAM would work with provincial and federal housing agencies so they provide the non-market, supportive and social housing and services the city needs.",[4914],"Supportive housing is funded provincially and federally.",{"title":4980,"detail":4981,"cites":4982},"A Downtown Eastside audit","The same audit commitment that appears under public safety.",[4882],[],[4961,4985],"The TEAM safety for all page",[4987,2893],"No shelter space target is published.","Handled through planning and safety, not a separate plan","TEAM addresses homelessness inside its planning and safety pages: protecting older rental stock from demolition, and working with the province on care beds and complex needs.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":4991,"proposals":4995,"questions":5012,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5013,"gaps":5014,"headline":5015,"summary":5016},[4992,4993,4994],"TEAM’s safety page is shorter than its planning and parks pages and does not carry a separate long \"learn more\" version.","The Downtown Eastside audit is its most specific commitment: a review to check that resources reach the people who need them.","Like ABC, TEAM commits to working with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds. That is a request to another level of government rather than something a council decides.",[4996,4999,5003,5007],{"title":4980,"detail":4997,"cites":4998},"TEAM would establish an audit to ensure the social issues affecting the community are addressed and resources reach those who need them.",[4882],{"title":5000,"detail":5001,"cites":5002},"Enforce bylaws against public disorder","TEAM would enforce bylaws to crack down on public disorder and keep parks accessible and family-friendly.",[4882],{"title":5004,"detail":5005,"cites":5006,"cost":290},"Support community policing such as Block Watch","TEAM would increase support for community policing initiatives, naming Block Watch.",[4882],{"title":5008,"detail":5009,"cites":5010,"authority":5011},"Work with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds","TEAM would work with the province so people with complex needs get care, including voluntary and involuntary beds, transition services and long-term support.",[4882],"Health care is provincial.",[],[4985],[],"Restoring Order to Our City, with a Downtown Eastside audit","TEAM’s public safety plan is called Restoring Order to Our City. It would enforce bylaws against public disorder, establish a Downtown Eastside audit, and back a recovery-oriented approach to addiction.",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":5018,"proposals":5021,"questions":5044,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5045,"gaps":5047,"headline":5048,"summary":5049},[5019,5020],"TEAM argues that Vancouver’s transport infrastructure has not kept pace with population growth and that successive councils have treated personal vehicles as a problem while much of the city is hard to reach by transit.","It is one of the few parties publishing a clear position against road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",[5022,5027,5032,5036,5040],{"title":5023,"detail":5024,"cites":5025},"An all-of-the-above transportation strategy","TEAM would invest in road network improvement and maintenance so people can get around by car, transit, bicycle or on foot.",[5026],"team-transport",{"title":5028,"detail":5029,"cites":5030,"authority":5031},"Expand bus service and add stops in under-served neighbourhoods","TEAM would expand the bus service and add new stops to build a citywide network, and stop the elimination of bus stops.",[5026],"TransLink runs bus service. The city can advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":5033,"detail":5034,"cites":5035},"Restore off-street parking minimums","TEAM would reverse council’s decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction.",[5026],{"title":5037,"detail":5038,"cites":5039},"Oppose road pricing","TEAM states it will not adopt punitive city-wide parking permits as previously proposed by council.",[5026],{"title":5041,"detail":5042,"cites":5043},"Repair sidewalks and improve pedestrian lighting","TEAM would repair broken or lifted sidewalk sections, add sidewalks in underserved areas, and upgrade street and pedestrian lighting.",[5026],[],[5046],"The TEAM transportation page",[],"An all-of-the-above strategy, with parking minimums restored","TEAM would invest in road maintenance, expand bus service and stops, restore off-street parking minimums for new construction, and oppose road pricing.",{"issue":201,"paragraphs":5051,"proposals":5055,"questions":5093,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5103,"gaps":5105,"headline":5106,"summary":5107},[5052,5053,5054],"TEAM publishes more on parks than any other party, and it is the clearest dividing line between TEAM and the governing party.","The current council asked the province to amend the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board. TEAM commits to withdrawing that request and to transferring finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from the city’s planning, real estate and facilities departments.","TEAM publishes a measurable target, which is rare: a ratio of 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people, which it describes as consistent with previous City and Park Board policy.",[5056,5062,5066,5070,5074,5077,5081,5085,5089],{"title":5057,"detail":5058,"cites":5059,"authority":5061},"Withdraw the request to abolish the elected Park Board","TEAM would withdraw the city’s request to the province to change the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board.",[5060],"team-parks","Only the province can amend the Vancouver Charter. The city can withdraw its request.",{"title":5063,"detail":5064,"cites":5065},"Restore Park Board control of its own budget and operations","Finance, operations and facilities would move back under Park Board jurisdiction from the city’s planning, real estate and facilities departments, with line-by-line budget oversight.",[5060],{"title":5067,"detail":5068,"cites":5069,"cost":290},"Target 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people","TEAM would advocate and plan for new parks and recreation facilities as population grows, striving for a ratio of 1.1 hectares per 1,000 people.",[5060],{"title":5071,"detail":5072,"cites":5073},"Halt Stanley Park logging pending independent review","TEAM would halt current logging operations until a full scientific review and independent risk assessments are done, with only trees judged imminently dangerous by a certified assessor felled.",[5060],{"title":4392,"detail":5075,"cites":5076},"Existing temporary and de-facto parks would be designated as permanent parks.",[5060],{"title":5078,"detail":5079,"cites":5080},"Secure ongoing Park Board funding from the tax base","TEAM would advocate for ongoing funding for the Park Board as a specified portion of the City of Vancouver tax base.",[5060],{"title":5082,"detail":5083,"cites":5084},"Restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue","Access would be restored while providing new separate infrastructure for cycling and walking.",[5060],{"title":5086,"detail":5087,"cites":5088},"No selling of park naming rights","TEAM states that public park land should not be used as a revenue stream such as selling naming rights.",[5060],{"title":5090,"detail":5091,"cites":5092,"cost":290},"More park rangers and lifeguards","TEAM would expand maintenance and garbage pickup, actively enforce bylaws, and increase the number of park rangers and lifeguards.",[5060],[5094,5099],{"question":5095,"answer":5096,"cites":5097},"Is the Park Board being abolished?","No. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17, 2026. The current council asked the province to amend the Vancouver Charter to remove the board. TEAM would withdraw that request, and the mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected.",[5060,5098],"cbc-parkboard-team",{"question":5100,"answer":5101,"cites":5102},"What does 1.1 hectares per 1,000 people mean?","It is a target for how much park land the city should have compared with how many people live here. One hectare is about the size of a rugby pitch and a half. TEAM says the figure matches earlier City and Park Board policy.",[5060],[5104],"The TEAM parks and recreation learn-more page",[],"Keep the elected Park Board and halt Stanley Park logging","TEAM would withdraw the request to abolish the elected Park Board, restore its control over its own budget and operations, halt current Stanley Park logging pending independent review, and target 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":5109,"proposals":5114,"questions":5154,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5155,"gaps":5157,"headline":5158,"summary":5159},[5110,5111,5112,5113],"TEAM is running one School Board candidate, the smallest school slate of the parties contesting that race, but it publishes a detailed schools platform.","Its argument is that schools are not being planned where students actually live, and that the board should stop selling land it will need when those neighbourhoods fill up.","TEAM publishes a specific and checkable claim about swimming: that 50% of Vancouver children cannot swim, and that it would provide training so all of them can. We have not checked that figure.","It also names buildings: reversing the proposed sale of the Queen Elizabeth Annex, the leasing of Fleming’s field, and the closure of Carleton.",[5115,5120,5124,5128,5132,5136,5140,5145,5150],{"title":5116,"detail":5117,"cites":5118},"End school enrolment lotteries","Long-range planning with the city would put schools where students need them, when they need them.",[5119],"team-schools",{"title":5121,"detail":5122,"cites":5123},"Stop disposing of school land","TEAM commits to retaining ownership of school buildings and property, and using space in underused buildings for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[5119],{"title":5125,"detail":5126,"cites":5127},"Reverse the Queen Elizabeth Annex sale, Fleming’s field lease and Carleton closure","TEAM would take action by any means possible to reverse all three.",[5119],{"title":5129,"detail":5130,"cites":5131},"Pause the Microsoft Copilot rollout in secondary schools","The rollout of Microsoft Copilot 13+ would pause until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks and students, families and educators have been consulted.",[5119],{"title":5133,"detail":5134,"cites":5135,"cost":290},"Bring back elementary band and strings","Music programming would be included at every elementary school, restoring the Elementary Band and Strings programs.",[5119],{"title":5137,"detail":5138,"cites":5139},"Swimming training so every child can swim","TEAM states 50% of Vancouver children cannot swim and commits to an integrated swimming and lifeguard training program so 100% can.",[5119],{"title":5141,"detail":5142,"cites":5143,"authority":5144},"Keep more Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","TEAM would negotiate with the province to keep more of the school tax collected in Vancouver for local schools.",[5119],"The school tax formula is provincial.",{"title":5146,"detail":5147,"cites":5148,"authority":5149},"Protect schools at seismic risk","TEAM would demand the province protect the four annexes, twenty-eight elementary schools and eleven secondary schools it says remain at high risk in an earthquake.",[5119],"Seismic upgrade funding is provincial.",{"title":5151,"detail":5152,"cites":5153},"Child care on school sites","Child care would be built into school sites, with a long-range view toward an early education preschool program for all 3 and 4 year olds.",[5119],[],[5156],"The TEAM schools learn-more page",[],"End enrolment lotteries and stop selling school land","TEAM would end school enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the city, stop disposing of school land, pause the Microsoft Copilot rollout in secondary schools, and bring back elementary band and strings.",{"issue":246,"paragraphs":5161,"proposals":5165,"questions":5186,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5187,"gaps":5189,"headline":5190,"summary":5191},[5162,5163,5164],"TEAM’s finance argument is that the city has taken on work outside its core mandate and funded it through property tax and fee increases.","Its page states that over the last decade the city has almost doubled its operating budget, with new spending funded through property tax increases beyond promised inflationary levels. This is TEAM’s own reading of the budget and we have not checked it against city financial statements.","The proposed budget review would sort services into essential and supplementary, develop benchmarks for each, and give council and the public the ability to review and approve departmental budgets and service plans.",[5166,5171,5175,5178,5182],{"title":5167,"detail":5168,"cites":5169},"Limit tax increases to what core services need","TEAM would limit tax increases to what is necessary to maintain municipal services at levels agreed with the community.",[5170],"team-finance",{"title":5172,"detail":5173,"cites":5174},"Review the operating and capital budgets service by service","The review would document where costs rose over the last decade and why, sort services into essential and supplementary, and build benchmarks to measure cost and value.",[5170],{"title":3821,"detail":5176,"cites":5177},"A registry consistent with federal and provincial ones would let residents see who is trying to influence city decisions.",[5170],{"title":5179,"detail":5180,"cites":5181},"Stop spending city money on provincial and federal responsibilities","TEAM would stop spending city funds on what it considers clearly provincial or federal responsibilities while holding senior governments to account for funding them.",[5170],{"title":5183,"detail":5184,"cites":5185},"Departmental service plans with performance benchmarks","Departments would develop annual service plans with benchmarks, and management would be held accountable for meeting them.",[5170],[],[5188],"The TEAM finance and administration learn-more page",[],"Limit tax rises to core services and establish a lobbyist registry","TEAM would limit tax increases to what is needed for municipal services, review the operating and capital budgets service by service, and set up a lobbyist registry.",{"issue":263,"paragraphs":5193,"proposals":5198,"questions":5230,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5231,"gaps":5233,"headline":5234,"summary":5235},[5194,5195,5196,5197],"TEAM frames climate policy around what it calls practical, measurable local outcomes, and says it will avoid what it calls green-washing.","The clearest split with other parties is on how building emissions rules should work. TEAM would incentivise voluntary upgrades to existing buildings rather than requiring them, arguing mandatory rules may be beyond people’s means.","TEAM is the only party we found publishing a position on AI data centres: a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting them until local rules exist to handle their water and power use.","It also argues the greenest building is the one that already exists, and would prioritise reusing and renovating buildings over demolition.",[5199,5204,5208,5212,5216,5220,5225],{"title":5200,"detail":5201,"cites":5202,"authority":5203},"Moratorium on AI data centre approvals","TEAM would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres while local planning and regulatory frameworks are developed.",[4949],"The city controls permitting and land use.",{"title":5205,"detail":5206,"cites":5207},"Incentives rather than mandates for building retrofits","TEAM would incentivise voluntary upgrades of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and move to zero emissions, rather than the mandatory regulation it says is currently proposed.",[4949],{"title":5209,"detail":5210,"cites":5211},"No road pricing and no city-wide parking permits","TEAM states it will not implement road pricing, which it says unfairly affects affordability and tracks people’s movements, and will not adopt city-wide parking permits.",[4949,5026],{"title":5213,"detail":5214,"cites":5215},"Prioritise adaptive reuse over demolition","TEAM would prioritise retaining and renovating existing buildings rather than what it calls a wasteful bias toward demolition and new construction.",[4949],{"title":5217,"detail":5218,"cites":5219},"Expand tree planting and protect mature trees","TEAM would expand tree planting, protect mature trees, retain and enhance green space, and consider heat island effects when planning growth.",[4949],{"title":5221,"detail":5222,"cites":5223,"authority":5224},"Electrify the bus fleet with TransLink","TEAM would work with TransLink to convert the existing bus system to an electric fleet and expand frequent service on all arterials.",[4949],"TransLink runs the buses. The city sits on the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":5226,"detail":5227,"cites":5228,"authority":5229},"Work with BC Hydro on step energy rates","TEAM would work with BC Hydro to adjust step energy charges so electricity use is encouraged rather than penalised, noting rates increase by 50% from Step 1 to Step 2.",[4949],"BC Hydro rates are provincially regulated.",[],[5232],"The TEAM environment learn-more page",[],"Incentives instead of mandates, and a moratorium on AI data centres","TEAM would use incentives rather than mandatory rules for building retrofits, enact a moratorium on AI data centre approvals, and rejects road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",{"issue":282,"paragraphs":5237,"proposals":5240,"questions":5266,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5267,"gaps":5269,"headline":5270,"summary":5271},[5238,5239],"TEAM’s argument is that artists have left the city because affordable studio space and public venues, mostly in older buildings, have been lost.","Two of its commitments are unusually concrete for an arts platform: a one-for-one replacement and retention policy for city-owned creative space, and publishing an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca.",[5241,5246,5250,5254,5258,5262],{"title":5242,"detail":5243,"cites":5244},"One-for-one replacement of city-owned creative space","TEAM would pursue a one-for-one replacement and retention policy for city-owned creative space, and repurpose unused or underused properties including Park Board and School Board facilities.",[5245],"team-arts",{"title":5247,"detail":5248,"cites":5249},"Publish an inventory of arts spaces","TEAM would create and publish an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca, and build an arts and culture page there listing all events.",[5245],{"title":5251,"detail":5252,"cites":5253},"Incentives to retain creative space","TEAM would provide incentives for retaining and upgrading creative spaces and disincentives for demolishing them.",[5245],{"title":5255,"detail":5256,"cites":5257},"Support street festivals","TEAM would encourage and facilitate street festivals, naming Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano.",[5245],{"title":5259,"detail":5260,"cites":5261},"Keep community centres affordable for the arts community","Community centres and other Park Board facilities would be kept affordable for arts use.",[5245],{"title":5263,"detail":5264,"cites":5265},"Review the civic theatres","TEAM would examine how Vancouver’s civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community.",[5245],[],[5268],"The TEAM arts and culture learn-more page",[],"Protect affordable artist space and publish an inventory of it","TEAM would protect and expand affordable rehearsal and performance space, require one-for-one replacement of city-owned creative space, and publish an inventory of arts spaces on the city website.",{"issue":305,"paragraphs":5273,"proposals":5275,"questions":5284,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5285,"gaps":5286,"headline":5287,"summary":5288},[5274],"TEAM does not publish a separate child care section. Its commitments appear inside the schools and planning pages.",[5276,5280],{"title":5151,"detail":5277,"cites":5278,"authority":5279},"TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites, with a long-range view toward an early education preschool program for all 3 and 4 year olds, in keeping with Ministry of Education plans.",[5119],"Licensing and operating funding are provincial.",{"title":5281,"detail":5282,"cites":5283},"Use underused school buildings for child care","Space in underused school buildings would be used for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[5119],[],[5156,4961],[316,317],"Child care built into school sites and new housing","TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites, aiming toward preschool for all 3 and 4 year olds, and include child care in new housing developments.",[5290,5294,5298,5302,5306,5310,5314,5318,5323],{"question":5291,"answer":5292,"cites":5293},"Who leads TEAM for a Livable Vancouver?","Colleen Hardwick is its mayoral candidate, at ballot number 50. She is a former Vancouver city councillor. Whether she is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[4869,31],{"question":5295,"answer":5296,"cites":5297},"How many candidates is TEAM running?","14: Colleen Hardwick for mayor, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.",[31],{"question":5299,"answer":5300,"cites":5301},"What is the single biggest thing TEAM would change?","Repeal the Official Development Plan, including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans. That would bring back public hearings for rezonings those plans currently allow without one.",[4914],{"question":5303,"answer":5304,"cites":5305},"Where does TEAM stand on the Park Board?","It would withdraw the city’s request to the province to abolish the elected board, and move finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from city departments.",[5060],{"question":5307,"answer":5308,"cites":5309},"Does TEAM support the UBC SkyTrain extension?","Its planning page commits to reconsidering the city’s support for it, and to ensuring the business case for its viability and for alternatives includes all the facts.",[4914],{"question":5311,"answer":5312,"cites":5313},"What does TEAM say about climate rules for buildings?","It would use incentives for voluntary upgrades rather than mandatory rules, arguing mandatory retrofits may be beyond people’s resources. It also argues the greenest building is the one that already exists.",[4949],{"question":5315,"answer":5316,"cites":5317},"Does TEAM have a position on AI data centres?","Yes. It is the only party we found with one. TEAM would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres until local rules exist to handle their water and power use.",[4949],{"question":5319,"answer":5320,"cites":5321},"How much detail does TEAM publish compared with other parties?","More than any other party on this ballot. Its positions site has ten areas, and most carry a separate long page of numbered action items. We counted 13,801 words across the eight pages we archived on September 22, 2026.",[5322],"team-positions",{"question":5324,"answer":5325,"cites":5326},"Where can I see TEAM’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[357,358],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5328,"gaps":5329,"entries":5330},[20,361],[363],[],"TEAM","team-for-a-livable-vancouver",[5334,5336,5339,5342,5345,5348,5351,5354,5357,5360,5363,5364,5365,5366,5367,5368,5372,5376,5380,5384,5388,5392,5396,5400,5404,5408,5412],{"id":4869,"label":5335,"url":2042,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver home page",{"id":5322,"label":5337,"url":5338,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM our positions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026",{"id":4914,"label":5340,"url":5341,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM planning for livability and affordability, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability\u002Fplanning-learn-more",{"id":5060,"label":5343,"url":5344,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM parks and recreation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026\u002Fparks-learn-more",{"id":5119,"label":5346,"url":5347,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM schools, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026\u002Fschools-learn-more",{"id":5170,"label":5349,"url":5350,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM finance and administration, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026\u002Ffinance-learn-more",{"id":4949,"label":5352,"url":5353,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM our environment, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026\u002Fenvironment-learn-more",{"id":5245,"label":5355,"url":5356,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM arts and culture, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026\u002Farts-learn-more",{"id":4882,"label":5358,"url":5359,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM safety for all","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026",{"id":5026,"label":5361,"url":5362,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM transportation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026",{"id":5098,"label":3213,"url":3214,"publisher":3215,"kind":3216,"checkedAt":18},{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":5369,"label":5370,"url":5371,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-community-page","TEAM community representation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026",{"id":5373,"label":5374,"url":5375,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-community","TEAM community representation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026\u002Fcommunity-learn-more",{"id":5377,"label":5378,"url":5379,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-planning-page","TEAM planning for livability and affordability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability",{"id":5381,"label":5382,"url":5383,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-environment-page","TEAM our environment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026",{"id":5385,"label":5386,"url":5387,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-finance-page","TEAM finance and administration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026",{"id":5389,"label":5390,"url":5391,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-safety-more","TEAM safety for all, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026\u002Fsafety-learn-more",{"id":5393,"label":5394,"url":5395,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-transport-more","TEAM transportation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026\u002Ftransportation-learn-more",{"id":5397,"label":5398,"url":5399,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-economy-page","TEAM economic development","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026",{"id":5401,"label":5402,"url":5403,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-economy","TEAM economic development, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026\u002Flearn-more",{"id":5405,"label":5406,"url":5407,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-arts-page","TEAM arts and culture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026",{"id":5409,"label":5410,"url":5411,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-parks-page","TEAM parks and recreation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026",{"id":5413,"label":5414,"url":5415,"publisher":2041,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"team-schools-page","TEAM schools","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver is running 14 candidates behind mayoral candidate Colleen Hardwick. It publishes the longest and most detailed platform of any party in this election, organised into ten policy areas.","dHhspTfFv81Tmq5jCqhTBoIdnIynv8L-WkTnXKXRFYM",{"id":5420,"aliases":5421,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":5422,"extension":12,"founded":5426,"headline":5430,"history":5431,"leadership":5435,"logo":13,"meta":5436,"money":5437,"name":2143,"news":5442,"overview":5446,"palette":5451,"platform":5454,"questions":5620,"record":5651,"registeredName":5655,"rosterLabel":2143,"slug":5656,"sources":5657,"stem":5671,"summary":5672,"website":2144,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5673},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":5423,"note":3251,"cites":5424},"#1d4ed8",[5425],"tb-home",{"year":5427,"note":5428,"cites":5429},2023,"Stated on the party website. We have not checked this against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[5425],"A small conservative slate, mostly contesting the School Board",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5432,"gaps":5433,"entries":5434},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5438,"gaps":5439,"searchUrl":40,"filings":5440,"notes":5441},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5443,"gaps":5444,"entries":5445},[51],[53],[],[5447,5448,5449,5450],"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":5452,"onAccent":61,"tint":4900,"ink":5453},"#1D4ED8","#1F377A",[5455,5470,5488,5502,5528,5541,5557,5575,5608,5614],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":5456,"proposals":5458,"questions":5463,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5464,"gaps":5466,"headline":5468,"summary":5469},[5457],"The party publishes a direction with no supply target, cost or timeline attached.",[5459],{"title":5460,"detail":5461,"cites":5462,"cost":290},"Make housing easier and less expensive to build","The party would reduce fees, red tape and permit delays while protecting neighbourhood character.",[5425],[],[5465],"The TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform page",[2869,5467],"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":127,"paragraphs":5471,"proposals":5474,"questions":5484,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5485,"gaps":5486,"headline":5476,"summary":5487},[5472,5473],"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.",[5475,5480],{"title":5476,"detail":5477,"cites":5478,"authority":5479},"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.",[5425],"Detox and treatment services are provincial.",{"title":5481,"detail":5482,"cites":5483},"Address encampments","The party would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks.",[5425],[],[5465],[],"TrueBlue focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",{"issue":157,"paragraphs":5489,"proposals":5491,"questions":5497,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5498,"gaps":5499,"headline":5500,"summary":5501},[5490],"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.",[5492],{"title":5493,"detail":5494,"cites":5495,"cost":290,"authority":5496},"Properly funded police","The party supports properly funded police and addressing repeat crime and public disorder. No budget figure is published.",[5425],"Council approves the police budget. The Police Board directs the department.",[],[5465],[],"Properly funded police and action on repeat crime","TrueBlue supports properly funded police and would address repeat crime and public disorder.",{"issue":183,"paragraphs":5503,"proposals":5505,"questions":5523,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5524,"gaps":5525,"headline":5526,"summary":5527},[5504],"TrueBlue and TEAM are the two parties publishing a position against road pricing. TrueBlue adds a bike lane audit, which no other party publishes.",[5506,5510,5514,5519],{"title":5507,"detail":5508,"cites":5509},"Oppose congestion pricing","The party opposes congestion pricing.",[5425],{"title":5511,"detail":5512,"cites":5513},"Audit bike lanes","The party would audit bike lanes.",[5425],{"title":5515,"detail":5516,"cites":5517,"authority":5518},"Support transit based on ridership and need","The party would support transit based on ridership and need.",[5425],"TransLink runs transit service.",{"title":5520,"detail":5521,"cites":5522},"Protect commercial parking access","The party would cut red tape and protect commercial parking access.",[5425],[],[5465],[],"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":201,"paragraphs":5529,"proposals":5531,"questions":5535,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5536,"gaps":5537,"headline":5539,"summary":5540},[5530],"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.",[5532],{"title":5533,"detail":5482,"cites":5534},"Maintain parks and sidewalks",[5425],[],[5465],[5538],"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":216,"paragraphs":5542,"proposals":5545,"questions":5550,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5551,"gaps":5552,"headline":5555,"summary":5556},[5543,5544],"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.",[5546],{"title":5547,"detail":5548,"cites":5549},"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.",[5425],[],[5465],[5553,5554],"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":246,"paragraphs":5558,"proposals":5560,"questions":5569,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5570,"gaps":5571,"headline":5573,"summary":5574},[5559],"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.",[5561,5565],{"title":5562,"detail":5563,"cites":5564,"cost":290},"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.",[5425],{"title":5566,"detail":5567,"cites":5568},"Publish spending information","The party commits to publishing spending information and holding officials accountable.",[5425],[],[5465],[5572],"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":263,"paragraphs":5576,"proposals":5579,"questions":5601,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5602,"gaps":5605,"headline":5607},[5577,5578],"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.\"",[5580,5585,5589,5593,5597],{"title":5581,"detail":5582,"cites":5583},"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.",[5584],"tb-platform-pdf",{"title":5586,"detail":5587,"cites":5588},"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.",[5584],{"title":5590,"detail":5591,"cites":5592},"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.",[5584],{"title":5594,"detail":5595,"cites":5596},"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.",[5584],{"title":5598,"detail":5599,"cites":5600},"Oppose road pricing and paid-parking expansion","The party would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and end paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods.",[5584],[],[5603,5604,152],"The party's 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",[5606],"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":282,"paragraphs":5609,"proposals":5610,"questions":5611,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5612,"gaps":5613},[],[],[],[5604,152,3294],[3296],{"issue":305,"paragraphs":5615,"proposals":5616,"questions":5617,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5618,"gaps":5619},[],[],[],[5604,152,3294],[3296],[5621,5625,5629,5633,5637,5641,5645,5649],{"question":5622,"answer":5623,"cites":5624},"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.",[31],{"question":5626,"answer":5627,"cites":5628},"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.",[31],{"question":5630,"answer":5631,"cites":5632},"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.",[31,5425],{"question":5634,"answer":5635,"cites":5636},"When was TrueBlue founded?","Its website states 2023. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[5425],{"question":5638,"answer":5639,"cites":5640},"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.",[5425],{"question":5642,"answer":5643,"cites":5644},"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.",[5425],{"question":5646,"answer":5647,"cites":5648},"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.",[5425],{"question":3371,"answer":355,"cites":5650},[357,358],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5652,"gaps":5653,"entries":5654},[20,361],[363],[],"True Blue Vancouver","trueblue-vancouver",[5658,5660,5661,5662,5663,5664,5667],{"id":5425,"label":5659,"url":2144,"publisher":2143,"kind":370,"checkedAt":18},"TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform",{"id":31,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":377,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":357,"label":380,"url":40,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":358,"label":383,"url":384,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":386,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":381,"kind":378,"checkedAt":18},{"id":5584,"label":5665,"url":5666,"publisher":2143,"kind":370,"checkedAt":6},"TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fplatform",{"id":5668,"label":5669,"url":5670,"publisher":2143,"kind":370,"checkedAt":395},"tb-platform-2026","TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver-2026-full-platform.pdf","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":5675,"aliases":5676,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":5677,"extension":12,"founded":5680,"headline":5683,"history":5684,"leadership":5688,"logo":13,"meta":5691,"money":5692,"name":2072,"news":5697,"overview":5701,"palette":5706,"platform":5710,"questions":5902,"record":5938,"registeredName":5942,"rosterLabel":2072,"slug":5943,"sources":5944,"stem":5961,"summary":5962,"website":2073,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5963},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals.json",[],{"hex":5678,"note":3251,"cites":5679},"#d53f31",[4038],{"year":5681,"note":5428,"cites":5682},2025,[4038],"A party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5685,"gaps":5686,"entries":5687},[20,21],[23],[],[5689],{"role":3406,"name":2428,"cites":5690},[4038,31],{},{"state":34,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5693,"gaps":5694,"searchUrl":40,"filings":5695,"notes":5696},[36,37],[39],[],[43,44,45,46,47],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5698,"gaps":5699,"entries":5700},[51],[53],[],[5702,5703,5704,5705],"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":5707,"onAccent":61,"tint":5708,"ink":5709},"#D43B2D","#F7E5E3","#7A261F",[5711,5734,5754,5773,5785,5828,5843,5864,5876,5895],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":5712,"proposals":5716,"questions":5722,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5728,"gaps":5730,"headline":5732,"summary":5733},[5713,5714,5715],"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.",[5717],{"title":5718,"detail":5719,"cites":5720,"authority":5721},"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\".",[4038],"Council holds this power under the Vancouver Charter and can choose to align with the provincial code.",[5723],{"question":5724,"answer":5725,"cites":5726},"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.",[4038,5727],"green-housing-x",[5729],"The Vancouver Liberals home page",[2869,5731],"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":127,"paragraphs":5735,"proposals":5738,"questions":5747,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5748,"gaps":5751,"headline":5753},[5736,5737],"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.",[5739,5743],{"title":84,"detail":5740,"cites":5741,"authority":135},"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.",[5742],"vl-issues",{"title":5744,"detail":5745,"cites":5746},"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.",[5742],[],[5749,5750,4636,152],"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",[5752],"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":157,"paragraphs":5755,"proposals":5758,"questions":5768,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5769,"gaps":5770,"headline":5771,"summary":5772},[5756,5757],"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.",[5759,5764],{"title":5760,"detail":5761,"cites":5762,"authority":5763},"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\".",[4038],"Money laundering enforcement is largely federal and provincial. The city licenses businesses.",{"title":5765,"detail":5766,"cites":5767,"cost":290},"Increase long-term firefighter funding","The party would increase long-term funding for firefighters and create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board.",[4038],[],[5729],[],"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":183,"paragraphs":5774,"proposals":5776,"questions":5781,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5782,"gaps":5783,"headline":5778,"summary":5784},[5775],"The party has published no transit, cycling or street design commitment. Road maintenance appears only inside the front-line hiring commitment.",[5777],{"title":5778,"detail":5779,"cites":5780},"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.",[4038],[],[5729],[2956,2957],"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":201,"paragraphs":5786,"proposals":5789,"questions":5822,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5823,"gaps":5824,"headline":5826,"summary":5827},[5787,5788],"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.",[5790,5796,5801,5805,5810,5814,5818],{"title":5791,"detail":5792,"cites":5793,"authority":5795},"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.",[5794],"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":5797,"detail":5798,"cites":5799,"cost":5800},"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.",[5794],"A four-year path from 7.9% to 9% of the city's total budget",{"title":5802,"detail":5803,"cites":5804},"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.",[5794],{"title":5806,"detail":5807,"cites":5808,"cost":5809},"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.",[5742],"$1.35 billion",{"title":5811,"detail":5812,"cites":5813},"50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre","The party opposes replacing the Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool.",[5742],{"title":5815,"detail":5816,"cites":5817},"Remove parking meters at beaches and community centres","The party would remove parking meters recently added at beaches and community centres.",[5742],{"title":5819,"detail":5820,"cites":5821},"An auditor general investigation into the PNE","The party calls for an investigation into cost overruns and operating deficits at the Pacific National Exhibition.",[5742],[],[5749,5750,4636,152],[5825],"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":216,"paragraphs":5829,"proposals":5832,"questions":5838,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5839,"gaps":5840,"headline":5841,"summary":5842},[5830,5831],"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.",[5833],{"title":5834,"detail":5835,"cites":5836,"authority":5837},"Continue and evolve the School Liaison Officer programme","The party commits to supporting \"the continuance and evolution of the School Liaison Officer program\".",[4038],"The Board of Education decides whether the programme runs in Vancouver schools.",[],[5729],[],"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":246,"paragraphs":5844,"proposals":5848,"questions":5859,"state":34,"indexable":121,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5860,"gaps":5861,"headline":5862,"summary":5863},[5845,5846,5847],"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. 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