Michael Robert Caditz
Candidate for Park Board · Independent Parks Party Not elected
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Candidate commitments & stances
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The party's shared record appears below.
Shared party record · 35
Positions published by Independent Parks Party that apply to this slate — shown as party positions, not Michael Robert Caditz's own statements. Candidate and party authorship are never blended.
Commitments · 35
Parks, recreation, and natural spaces 33
- Direct staff to cancel the planned rebuild of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre until a 50-metre pool is restored to the plan.↗↗
- 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.↗
- Prohibit further logging in Stanley Park and limit tree removal to individual trees determined to be imminently dangerous using provincially certified methods.↗↗
- Establish the Green Canopy Protection Committee, a panel of experts whose permission City staff must obtain before removing trees.↗
- Rescind exponential parking fee hikes on Park Board jurisdictions, including at Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre.↗↗
- Ban the use of glyphosate and other environmentally hazardous herbicides and pesticides on Park Board jurisdictions and initiate a scientific inquiry into alternative methods of managing invasive species.↗
- Reduce or eliminate fees imposed on farmers markets and customers who park at farmers markets on Park Board jurisdictions, including Riley Park.↗
- Undertake a scientific and environmental review of all artificial turf sports fields in light of recent evidence of harmful environmental effects.↗
- Reinstate a protected active transportation and recreation lane along Stanley Park Drive and undertake a full transportation safety review of other parks.↗
- Explore strategies for reducing the presence of ultra-processed and health-hazardous foods at Park Board snack bars and cafes in favour of safer alternatives.↗
- Decline to approve any new commercial developments in Stanley Park or other parks that encroach on forest, reduce green space, or degrade park visitor experience.↗
- Commit to car-free days in Stanley Park.↗
- Halt replanting of farmed, selectively bred trees in Stanley Park until a thorough scientific inquiry into the consequences is conducted.↗
- Comply with all provisions of the Stanley Park lease with the federal government, including not engineering the native coastal western hemlock forest into a plantation.↗
- Comply with directives and goals in the Stanley Park National Historic Site Commemorative Integrity Statement requiring that the native forest be preserved.↗
- Resolve that parks remain fully in the public domain and not sell park names to private corporations.↗
- Accelerate construction of the planned community centre in the River District.↗
- Prevent Charleson Park and Memorial South Park ponds from drying up and causing ecosystem harm.↗
- Convene a monthly citizen-driven town hall at the Park Board office with adequate notice and speaking time.↗
- Direct staff to fund expanded job and volunteer opportunities for young people at parks and recreational facilities.↗
- Move to prohibit excessive late-night noise affecting residents near Jericho Beach and other parks.↗
- Convene a panel of experts to guide recovery from damage to the Stanley Park train caused by nearby logging, with the intention of restoring the train for families.↗
- Rescind the Park Board's land use agreements authorising BC Hydro to build a substation at Nelson Park and ask the British Columbia Utilities Commission not to approve the substation.↗↗
- Remove burdensome restrictions and privatisation at Kits Pool, overhaul the booking system to restore full historical capacity, and hold a town hall before any renovation or replacement of the pool.↗
- Set policy for parks only after meaningful engagement with all stakeholders including the public, and not passively await or tolerate overreach by City staff.↗
- Work to change the status of all temporary parks to permanent parks.↗
- Immediately address underfunding and disrepair of the David Lam Park playground and convene an expert panel to solve excessive downtime caused by seasonal grass reseeding.↗
- Put a hold on Britannia Pool renovations while the Vancouver Aquatic Centre is out of commission.↗↗
- Reverse the trend of outsourcing park maintenance to private companies while in-house labour is being laid off.↗
- Declare that the purposes of parks include recreation, education, nature preservation, city beautification, and personal benefit to citizens, and that parks are not to be managed as revenue streams.↗
- Repeal the Park Board Procurement Policy amendment that raised the City's delegated outsourcing authority from $750,000 to $2 million.↗
- Rescind and replace the recently passed tree inspection policy on the grounds that it fails to require provincially certified inspectors and contravenes provincial laws and guidelines.↗↗
- Rescind the "Think Big Revenue Strategy."↗
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