Election Digest Vancouver 2026
| Est. 12,026 HE | |

Green Party of Vancouver

Leader Pete Fry · 10 candidates across 4 contests · Official site ↗

Commitments · 41

Parks, recreation, and natural spaces 14

  • Introduce a motion directing City staff to create a dedicated Community Environmental Stewardship Grant program providing flexible, small-scale, accessible, and equity-focused funding to grassroots and volunteer-led groups for activities including habitat restoration, education, and community science in eco-corridors and neighbourhood greenspaces.↗↗
  • Continue advocating for the Park Board's unanimously adopted recreation facility renewal priorities in the 2027–2030 Capital Plan process.↗
  • Expand the current pilot project for alcohol consumption in parks to include all eligible parklands and beaches.↗
  • Work to implement the People, Parks and Dogs Strategy, including advancing new dog parks in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano and creating multi-access drinking fountains at dog parks.↗
  • Prioritize completing and implementing the Sports Fields Strategy, develop new fields, and accelerate construction of a synthetic turf field at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary.↗
  • Actively collaborate with federal and provincial governments to seek funding to rebuild Jericho Pier into a modern waterfront hub for community building, outdoor recreation, and harbour safety.↗
  • Initiate a pilot project for an electric trolley loop service within Stanley Park.↗
  • Finalize planning for a new outdoor swimming pool in Oak Park (Marpole).↗
  • Renew and update the Vancouver Park Board's biodiversity strategy and goals in view of the new Vancouver Plan, blue-green infrastructure plans, and shoreline resilience strategy.↗
  • Invest in aging community facilities.↗
  • Improve access to swimming and recreation programs.↗
  • Increase public washrooms and water fountains in parks.↗
  • Improve food options at Park Board facilities.↗
  • Propose restoring lifeguard services at key Vancouver beaches.↗

Housing and land use 8

  • Bring forward a motion at the July 15, 2026 Council meeting directing staff to report back on re-establishing a dedicated Renter's Office.↗↗↗
  • Focus on lowering everyday costs, delivering more affordable homes, and protecting renters.↗
  • Introduce a motion at City Council to track the pace of demovictions, renovictions, and renter displacement in the Broadway Plan area by monitoring building permits, demolition permits, and vacancy rates.↗
  • Call on Council to commit to protecting Vancouver's existing affordable rental stock.↗
  • Continue to fight for tenants' rights and homes in Vancouver.↗
  • Protect renters and ensure sufficient affordable housing in the city.↗
  • End renovictions.↗
  • Create more housing options including shared housing, cohousing, rental homes, and family-oriented affordable apartments.↗

Governance, consultation, and accountability 5

  • Stand with advisory committee members to defend their continued participation at the table.↗
  • Pursue cross-cutting priorities spanning climate and environment, child care, housing, and food security across all levels of government.↗
  • Introduce a motion directing staff to explore open-source and free micro-blogging alternatives that can be embedded on the City's official website, designate the City's website as the primary source for all real-time Council meeting updates, and develop a public education campaign to support the transition.↗
  • Call for stronger human rights protections for Vancouver's 2026 World Cup.↗
  • Each party may field its own mayoral candidate, with a good-faith commitment among the three parties to determine which progressive mayoral candidate is best suited to compete.↗

Climate, environment, and resilience 4

  • Direct staff to produce detailed carbon budgets and annual reporting on the costs and benefits of the city's climate actions, through an amendment to the Climate Emergency Action Plan.↗
  • Bring a motion to Council on July 15, 2026 directing staff to examine how to safely permit small-scale plug-in solar systems, coordinate with BC Hydro and Technical Safety BC, and ensure equitable access.↗↗
  • Introduce a council motion directing City staff to explore zoning and bylaw changes to support better recycling infrastructure, require improved recycling access in new multi-unit buildings, pilot shared neighbourhood-scale recycling hubs in dense areas, and identify locations for compact recycling systems.↗↗
  • Expand Vancouver's urban tree canopy and heat resilience.↗

Transportation, streets, and public space 3

  • Bring a motion to the July 15, 2026 Council meeting to expand existing licensing for small neighbourhood zero-emission vehicles to allow passenger shuttles and guided tours at destinations including Stanley Park, Gastown, and the downtown waterfront.↗↗
  • Make it safer and easier to reach major parks by bicycle.↗
  • Bring forward a motion to limit micromobility devices and cars to 30 km/h on local roads also used by non-motorized transportation.↗

Social policy, health, and community services 3

  • Bring a motion to Council on July 15, 2026 directing staff to develop a policy framework and operating standards for overdose prevention and harm reduction services, using the City's zoning, permitting, and licensing tools.↗↗
  • Develop proactive, comprehensive strategies to prevent, reduce, and ultimately eliminate homelessness.↗
  • Call for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.↗

Indigenous relations and reconciliation 1

  • Work in partnership with Indigenous nations to address the legacy of colonialism and promote healing and reconciliation.↗

Economic development and local business 1

  • Support small businesses and cut unnecessary red tape.↗

City finances, taxation, and service delivery 1

  • Propose a City Comptroller by-law for transparent budget efficiency and asset management.↗

Schools, students, facilities, and education governance 1

  • Call for reinvestment of school tax revenue into Vancouver schools.↗
Stances · 14
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Source coverage

200 sources discovered from www.vangreens.ca — 12 platform, 6 release, 48 candidate.

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