[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1593},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-vote-vancouver":3,"platform-vote-vancouver-2026-platform":392,"platform-chapter-vote-vancouver-2026-platform-public-services-independent-arts-council":631,"platform-outline-vote-vancouver-2026-platform":706,"party-roster-Vote Vancouver":811},{"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. 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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.",[657,662,666,670,674,678],{"title":658,"detail":659,"page":639,"authority":660,"authorityNote":661},"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.","city-council","Council decides how city staff are organized and what services City Hall offers.",{"title":663,"detail":664,"page":639,"authority":660,"authorityNote":665},"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":667,"detail":668,"page":639,"authority":660,"authorityNote":669},"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":671,"detail":672,"page":643,"authority":660,"authorityNote":673},"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":675,"detail":676,"page":643,"authority":660,"authorityNote":677},"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":679,"detail":680,"page":643,"authority":681,"authorityNote":682},"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.","city-with-others","A private foundation depends on donors and partners outside City Hall, so the city can only help set it up.",[684,687,690,693,696,699],{"question":685,"answer":686},"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":688,"answer":689},"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":691,"answer":692},"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":694,"answer":695},"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":697,"answer":698},"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":700,"answer":701},"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. 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