Election Digest Vancouver 2026
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Brynja Marshall

Candidate for Park Board ยท Independent Parks Party

No commitment or stance published by Brynja Marshall personally was found in the sources reviewed. Most candidates campaign on their party's shared platform, which appears below as the party record.

Positions published by Independent Parks Party that apply to this slate โ€” shown as party positions, not Brynja Marshall's own statements. Candidate and party authorship are never blended.

Commitments ยท 10

Parks, recreation, and natural spaces 8

  • Rescind the recent parking fee increase at Spanish Banks and return the rate to $1/hour.โ†—
  • Rescind authorization for the BC Hydro substation at Nelson Park and formally request that the BC Utilities Commission deny the permit.โ†—
  • Halt Britannia Pool renovations while the Vancouver Aquatic Centre is out of commission.โ†—
  • Direct staff to cancel the planned rebuild of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre until a 50-metre pool is restored to the plan.โ†—
  • Deny approval of additional artificial turf playing fields and direct staff to produce a plan for safe removal of existing artificial turf and replacement with natural grass.โ†—
  • Prohibit further logging in Stanley Park and limit tree removal to individual trees determined to be imminently dangerous using provincially certified methods.โ†—
  • Rescind the recently enacted tree inspection policy that allows trees in forested areas to be declared dangerous and removed without a provincially certified inspection.โ†—
  • Establish the Green Canopy Protection Committee, a panel of experts from which City staff must receive permission before removing trees.โ†—

Governance, consultation, and accountability 2

  • Rescind the Park Board Procurement Policy amendment that allows City employees to outsource up to $2 million without approval of the elected Park Board commissioners.โ†—
  • Convene monthly town halls to engage with citizens and their concerns.โ†—

Coverage โ€” registry: the City of Vancouver's official candidate list. Party policy: extracted and shown above. Candidate-level policy: extracted where a candidate publishes their own; most candidates run on the party's shared record.