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Leader Rebecca Bligh · 12 candidates across 4 contests · Official site ↗

Commitments · 39

Make every timed crosswalk accessible within 12 months.↗↗
Work with TransLink and the Province to make transit free for Vancouver youth under 18.↗↗
Deliver an all-electric passenger ferry program as an additional transportation option.↗
Review parking meter rates and locations.↗
Protect short-term and accessible parking around medical facilities and places seniors rely on.↗
Introduce a prepaid parking pass for people who do not use parking apps.↗
Improve turnover in short-term parking spaces so more people can find parking.↗
Repair broken streetlights within 72 hours of reporting.↗↗
Fix known cycling trouble spots.↗
Introduce clear safety rules for e-scooters.↗
Complete the Broadway bike lane and improve connections to routes around it.↗
Push to extend SkyTrain beyond Arbutus to UBC.↗
Convert underused Downtown EasyPark space into free seasonal bike valets.↗↗
Create 10 new pedestrian plazas over four years across Vancouver neighbourhoods.↗

Work with community land trusts and community organizations to build more co-op and community housing while keeping public land in community ownership.↗
Support housing that connects residents with mental health and addiction services, case management, and employment and training services.↗
Simplify and speed up the development approval process so housing can be built sooner.↗
Use public land to build permanently affordable homes for middle-income earners, with not-for-profit childcare included in new developments.↗
Make it easier to redevelop qualifying faith-based community sites into mixed-use communities with new homes.↗
Better leverage the Affordable Housing Endowment Fund and pair it with City land to build affordable homes.↗
Support new approaches to seniors housing, including Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, to help people age in their communities.↗
Ensure new public housing is planned alongside childcare, schools, public spaces, healthcare, and community services.↗
Work to replace unsafe SROs with affordable supportive housing.↗

Create a Small Business Concierge — a single point of contact for help with permits, regulations, and City processes.↗
Work to establish Vancouver as the western headquarters for growing sectors including natural resources and technology.↗
Use better technology and simpler processes to cut permit delays and speed up decisions.↗
Compete to bring more major events to Vancouver and retain teams and events already in the city.↗
Open vacant City-owned commercial spaces to businesses, artists, and community organizations.↗

Make childcare part of Vancouver's economic strategy by creating new childcare facilities on underused City land.↗
Create a Seniors Desk at City Hall to provide older Vancouver residents with direct, personal assistance accessing City services.↗
Invest in community centres, libraries, and pools so residents of all ages have accessible places to learn, play, exercise, and gather.↗

Open the north doors to City Hall within 10 days of taking office.↗
Create Neighbourhood Hubs that connect residents with City services, community resources, and support closer to home.↗

Maintain Vancouver's 30% tree-canopy target while separately tracking mature canopy and new plantings.↗
Reinstate Energize Vancouver, focusing on reducing building emissions, improving energy performance, and strengthening climate resilience.↗

Work to create more opportunities for school spaces to serve their communities outside school hours.↗

Stances · 1

PositionCity spending and priorities should meet four criteria: improving service or meeting urgent need, strengthening Vancouver's long-term future, building public trust, and allowing residents to measure results.↗

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