"Hold Big Land Users Accountable – OneCity will require resource-intensive land and energy users to disclose and mitigate their impacts to public infrastructure, including data centres, surface parking lots, and large luxury homes."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Changing 'Change of Use' – We'll reform the City’s existing Change of Use rules to ensure that low-risk businesses can occupy existing spaces faster, saving small businesses money, and ensuring that enforcement focuses on safety – not just more paperwork. These reforms will address licensing, upgrades, occupancy, zoning, and new development all in one place."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Restore the Business & Investment Office – Under Ken Sim, Vancouver has lost its economic leadership, as well as its dedicated office to engage, support, and scale the businesses that provide Vancouver with its comparative advantage. OneCity will build a new Business & Investment Office, funded at $3 million, while working to reform, fund, and stabilize the regional Invest Vancouver so that Vancouver’s BIO will have a partner they can count on."

— Onecity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"A New Business & Investment Office – We'll build a new Business & Investment Office (BIO) while working to reform, fund, and stabilize the regional Invest Vancouver so that Vancouver’s new BIO will have a partner they can count on."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"An Entrepreneur Liaison Office – Right now, Vancouverites who want to start or grow their business too often feel like the City is tying their shoelaces before they even leave the starting blocks. Entrepreneurs need a straightforward way to meet reasonable regulatory requirements and access programs, so they can build their dreams. OneCity will establish an Entrepreneur Liaison Office with dedicated staff who actively help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses looking to start, relocate, or expand in Vancouver to navigate permits, licensing, and funding across every level of government – not just City Hall."

— Onecity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Buy Vancouver, Build Resilience – In a time of economic uncertainty and trade disruption, Vancouver needs to build resiliency, and resiliency starts at home. OneCity will establish a three year procurement pilot - Buy Vancouver - which will ensure that City tax dollars prioritize buying goods and services in Vancouver, and supporting business and good jobs across British Columbia and Canada. Buy Vancouver will drive local business growth, and build resiliency by integrating the Canadian supply chain and redirecting away from dependence on foreign multinationals."

— Onecity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Buy Vancouver First – We'll establish a procurement pilot which will ensure that City tax dollars prioritize supporting Vancouver businesses first, and Canadian businesses next."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Bringing Storefronts Back to Life – We'll match chronically vacant storefronts with short-term renters (like artists and entrepreneurs) to foster community activity while identifying structural barriers and developing durable solutions."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Bringing Back the Industry Commissioner – We'll appoint a dedicated Industry Commissioner empowered to attract, engage, and deliver investment on Industrial Lands in support of businesses impacted by the US Trade War to achieve shared prosperity."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Housing Near Services – OneCity will allow mid-size apartments close to services and high-streets like Main and 4th Ave, so businesses have more customers and more people have easy access to the shops, restaurants, and services they need."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"A Good Jobs Procurement Standard – Vancouver tax dollars are currently going to whoever bids lowest: contractors cutting corners on wages, safety, and training, with the costs landing on residents relying on hollowed out services. Cheap contracts often hide expensive problems: contract-management costs, lost institutional knowledge, and weaker accountability. OneCity will reward fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, safety, and local and inclusive hiring – not just the lowest upfront price."

— OneCity's Local Economic Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Fair Contracts for Community Good – We'll ensure City contracts reward fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, safety, and local jobs – not just the lowest upfront price."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Buy Vancouver, Build Resilience – In a time of economic uncertainty and trade disruption, Vancouver needs to build resiliency, and resiliency starts at home. OneCity will establish a three year procurement pilot - Buy Vancouver - which will ensure that City tax dollars prioritize buying goods and services in Vancouver, and supporting business and good jobs across British Columbia and Canada. Buy Vancouver will drive local business growth, and build resiliency by integrating the Canadian supply chain and redirecting away from dependence on foreign multinationals."

— Onecity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Buy Vancouver First – We'll establish a procurement pilot which will ensure that City tax dollars prioritize supporting Vancouver businesses first, and Canadian businesses next."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Creating First Good Jobs for Vancouverites. Youth unemployment in Canada is at 14.3%, and Vancouver is among the most expensive cities to start a career. OneCity will launch Youth Jobs Vancouver, creating up to 375 youth-only positions a year at a living wage and give young people a chance to have a first good job that will give them the foundation for dignified future work."

— OneCity's Labour Day Manifesto, 2026-09-07

"Give Young People Their First Good Job – OneCity will create a good-paying youth-only job program so young people can get their foot in the door, get meaningful experience, and launch careers that will allow them to stay in Vancouver long-term."

— OneCity's A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, and Cool, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Modernized home-based business rules – legal pathways for residents to run low-impact businesses from home, supporting caregivers, newcomers, disabled residents, artists, and freelancers who can't afford expensive commercial rent."

— OneCity Good Business Starts at Home Plan, 2026-08-12

"An Entrepreneur Liaison Office – Right now, Vancouverites who want to start or grow their business too often feel like the City is tying their shoelaces before they even leave the starting blocks. Entrepreneurs need a straightforward way to meet reasonable regulatory requirements and access programs, so they can build their dreams. OneCity will establish an Entrepreneur Liaison Office with dedicated staff who actively help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses looking to start, relocate, or expand in Vancouver to navigate permits, licensing, and funding across every level of government – not just City Hall."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"A New One-Stop Small Business Shop – We'll build a one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs to meet regulatory requirements and access programs, so they can follow their dreams."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Small Business & Community Micro Grants – Vancouverites have dreams, drive and ambition. Too often, what they lack is the seed capital to get started. Vancouver currently lacks any citywide direct-to-business micro-grant system that would close that gap. OneCity will create a tiered micro-grant system that will help start, scale, and secure built-in-Vancouver businesses, administered by a non-partisan committee of business, labour, and community representatives so that the impact supports real opportunities for Vancouverites."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Seed Capital for Your Dreams – We'll create a tiered micro-grant system that will provide the necessary capital for average people to start, scale, and sustain built-in-Vancouver businesses."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Corner store Cats – OneCity will propose a certified “Working Cat program” and work with Vancouver Coastal Health to model proven approaches to having vaccinated bodega cats in small shops across the city to provide chemical-free pest control and a genuine piece of neighbourhood life across the city. "

— OneCity's A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool Plan, 2026-09-29

"Hold Big Land Users Accountable – OneCity will require resource-intensive land and energy users to disclose and mitigate their impacts to public infrastructure, including data centres, surface parking lots, and large luxury homes."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Under the City's current 2026 fee schedule, replacing a gas appliance with another gas appliance costs as little as $67 in permit fees, while switching to a low-carbon, efficient heat pump costs roughly $767 once mechanical and electrical permits are combined. OneCity will introduce a flat, low-cost, and streamlined heat pump permitting pathway for homeowners so choosing clean energy never costs more than sticking with gas."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"The City will directly install cooling, air filtration, and heat pumps in the homes of Vancouver's highest-risk residents, rather than relying on cooling centres and onerous rebate paperwork. A OneCity progressive government will address the roughly 500 high-risk homes at an estimated gross cost of $4 to $7.5 million, with net City costs reduced by stacking BC Hydro, provincial, federal, and non-profit funding."

— OneCity's Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"Cool Homes, Directly Delivered – OneCity will directly install cooling, air filtration, and heat pumps in the homes of Vancouver's highest-risk residents, so extreme heat events don’t become fatal for our most vulnerable."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"OneCity will reverse ABC's slashing of the green retrofit bylaw’s enforcement and their repeal of the ban on gas-powered hot water systems, including Ken Sim’s move to allow gas for space and water heating back into new buildings. OneCity will also restore the zero-emissions heating requirement for new low-rise buildings that was in place from January 2022 until ABC's rollback."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"OneCity will reverse ABC's slashing of the green retrofit bylaw’s enforcement and their repeal of the ban on gas-powered hot water systems, including Ken Sim’s move to allow gas for space and water heating back into new buildings. OneCity will also restore the zero-emissions heating requirement for new low-rise buildings that was in place from January 2022 until ABC's rollback."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"Undo ABC’s Climate Policy Disasters – OneCity will restore Vancouver’s climate leadership by identifying and reversing ABC’s rollbacks to our world-class climate policies so we can reduce carbon emissions citywide and make progress toward the goals laid out in the Climate Action Emergency Plan. This includes eliminating gas in new buildings so everyone has access to sustainable energy."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"OneCity will action this comprehensive five-part program including topped-up BC Hydro solar and battery incentives, restored replacement requirements for aging gas equipment, a low-income retrofit program modelled on the success of Edmonton’s, and expanded thermal energy networks like the City's own False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"OneCity will action this comprehensive five-part program including topped-up BC Hydro solar and battery incentives, restored replacement requirements for aging gas equipment, a low-income retrofit program modelled on the success of Edmonton’s, and expanded thermal energy networks like the City's own False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"A Solar-Powered City – OneCity will institute a Public Rooftop Solar and Community Energy Program putting solar panels on schools, libraries, and community centres, so renters, co-ops, and non-profits without a roof of their own can access clean energy."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Cleaner, Greener Buildings – OneCity will initiate a comprehensive program including topped-up solar and battery incentives, restored replacement requirements for aging gas equipment, a low-income retrofit program, and expanded thermal energy networks so everyone has access to cheaper, greener energy. We’ll also make our buildings more future-proof and energy-efficient by adopting the highest levels of the Zero Carbon Step Code."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"If elected in October 2026, a OneCity Mayor and Council would reverse any and all cuts made to the city’s climate and sustainability programs as a consequence of the current budget process[...]

'A OneCity Mayor and Council would restore Vancouver’s position as a global urban climate leader by reversing any cuts made by Ken Sim’s ABC to the city’s climate and sustainability policies and programs,' Maloney said."

— OneCity News Release, Nov 12, 2025

"OneCity will action this comprehensive five-part program including topped-up BC Hydro solar and battery incentives, restored replacement requirements for aging gas equipment, a low-income retrofit program modelled on the success of Edmonton’s, and expanded thermal energy networks like the City's own False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"Under the City's current 2026 fee schedule, replacing a gas appliance with another gas appliance costs as little as $67 in permit fees, while switching to a low-carbon, efficient heat pump costs roughly $767 once mechanical and electrical permits are combined. OneCity will introduce a flat, low-cost, and streamlined heat pump permitting pathway for homeowners so choosing clean energy never costs more than sticking with gas."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"Clean, Cool Air & Safe Spaces – OneCity will initiate a plan to bring every City, Park Board, and school facility in Vancouver up to one shared standard for air quality and temperature control to protect residents from wildfire smoke and seasonal illness."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"The City will directly install cooling, air filtration, and heat pumps in the homes of Vancouver's highest-risk residents, rather than relying on cooling centres and onerous rebate paperwork. A OneCity progressive government will address the roughly 500 high-risk homes at an estimated gross cost of $4 to $7.5 million, with net City costs reduced by stacking BC Hydro, provincial, federal, and non-profit funding."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"Build a genuinely connected, all-ages-and-abilities walking and cycling network instead of isolated projects"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Work with TransLink on transit-priority streets so buses run faster and more reliably;

Build a genuinely connected, all-ages-and-abilities walking and cycling network instead of isolated projects;

Prioritize safe routes to schools, parks, and daily needs"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Explore public ownership of Mobi, Vancouver's bike share system, to protect it from the financial instability currently threatening its future

Mobi is currently under real financial strain, facing an aging fleet, mounting competition, and end-of-life equipment costs it may not be able to cover. OneCity believes a system that so many Vancouverites rely on for getting to work, school, and transit shouldn't be left to fail or be quietly sold off – it should be protected as public infrastructure."

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Saving Mobi – Mobi’s future is precarious. We’ll look at options to save Mobi and have it belong to Vancouverites, so we can expand it to more neighbourhoods – like South Vancouver – and make it accessible for more riders."

— OneCity's A Thriving Local Economy Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Charge Safe / Ride Safe, e-bikes and scooters batteries are a leading cause of increased fire risk across North America. We’ll regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes & batteries. And work with the Province on a battery trade-in program to manage major fire risks, while creating safe operating standards for e-bikes & e-scooters."

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Charge and Ride Safe – We'll expand access to secure charging facilities for active transport, and eliminate the sale and rental of uncertified or modified e-bike batteries that cause preventable fires and injuries."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Charge and Ride Safe – We'll expand access to secure charging facilities for active transport, and eliminate the sale and rental of uncertified or modified e-bike batteries that cause preventable fires and injuries."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Introducing water meters – We can’t manage what we can’t measure. Meters will tell us what areas need more infrastructure and what users are using more than others."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Making Waterhogs Pay – Introduce water meters to lower utility costs for average Vancouverites and make big users of water, like mansion owners, pay their fair share."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Introducing changes to storm water fees – Right now, property taxes pay for storm and sewer infrastructure. That’s unfair. We will introduce a fair storm sewer fee based on the size of your lot, so condo owners and renters will pay less, not more. Property taxes that used to go to storm infrastructure will go to our parks and community centres instead."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Introducing the Vancouver Special Guarantee – For a typical home, on a typical lot, after this policy is enacted, you’ll pay less."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Invest in water system upgrades – Introducing a fair, progressive water metering system will help us invest in the next generation of water infrastructure, saving us all money over time."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Repairing Pipes & Potholes Before They Break – Save money by fixing and replacing old critical infrastructure early through preventative maintenance and transparent timelines so we borrow money cheaper and spend less down the road."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"More corner stores and small neighbourhood shops – grocers, bakeries, cafés, florists, barbers, bike repair, and pharmacies permitted in residential areas, prioritized near schools, parks, transit, and seniors' housing."

— OneCity's Good Business Starts at Home, 2026-08-12

"Legalizing Corner Stores – We'll make it possible to have these shops across the city, because we believe community members will create the next great generation of beloved local businesses if we give them the chance."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Housing Choice – OneCity will end Vancouver's apartment ban and allow 4 floors and corner stores in every neighbourhood, and 6 floors near city centres and where local neighbourhood conditions support it – so that you get a real choice in where you live."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Clear, Simple Rules – OneCity will fix the outdated rules so it’s cheaper and easier to build good housing. That means legalizing apartments on small lots, removing unnecessary setback requirements, legalizing courtyards, and expanding single-stair allowances citywide."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Small Lots & Strong Blocks

OneCity is the only party that will fix and finish the Vancouver Plan. We’ll legalize 25-foot lots (down from 33ft), reduce setbacks to five feet, and let you build a courtyard between four-storey buildings. We’ll legalize single-stair buildings across Vancouver so small homebuilders can build more house, on smaller lots, for less money. OneCity will allow four-floor buildings with corner stores everywhere and six-floor buildings with services near city centres. All these changes will make new housing of all kinds permitted – not required. No more heavy-handed planning. We’ll empower neighbours to build their communities up, at the time and scale that works for them."

"Small Lots & Strong Blocks: 25-foot lots, five-foot setbacks, four-storey courtyard homes, corner stores citywide"

— OneCity's Housing for All Plan, 2026-09-24

"Housing Near Services – OneCity will allow mid-size apartments close to services and high-streets like Main and 4th Ave, so businesses have more customers and more people have easy access to the shops, restaurants, and services they need."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub – Kingsgate Mall is on some of the most valuable land in the province. But it has sat aging and underutilized for years as homes, good jobs, and transit are built around it. We can dream big and re-imagine how Kingsgate can be the heart of the city.

The OneCity School Board Team will keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and transform the site into a bustling Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and the OneCity Park Board and Council teams to create:

1. A New Public School – We will build a badly-needed new school with a vertical flex space for the growing neighbourhood.
2. [...]Complete Services – Co-locate a complete set of public services so Kingsgate can be a community hub for a new community centre, licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous childcare, including before- and after-school care. "

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Introducing changes to storm water fees – Right now, property taxes pay for storm and sewer infrastructure. That’s unfair. We will introduce a fair storm sewer fee based on the size of your lot, so condo owners and renters will pay less, not more. Property taxes that used to go to storm infrastructure will go to our parks and community centres instead."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Introducing the Vancouver Special Guarantee – For a typical home, on a typical lot, after this policy is enacted, you’ll pay less."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub – Kingsgate Mall is on some of the most valuable land in the province. But it has sat aging and underutilized for years as homes, good jobs, and transit are built around it. We can dream big and re-imagine how Kingsgate can be the heart of the city.

The OneCity School Board Team will keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and transform the site into a bustling Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and the OneCity Park Board and Council teams to create:

1. A New Public School – We will build a badly-needed new school with a vertical flex space for the growing neighbourhood.
2. A New Community Centre – We will include community spaces where all generations of neighbours can learn and play.
3. Complete Services – Co-locate a complete set of public services so Kingsgate can be a community hub for a new community centre, licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous childcare, including before- and after-school care.
4. Affordable Rental Homes – Utilize Kingsgate’s vertical space to build more affordable and subsidized rental housing in a neighbourhood that needs it.
5. A New Pool – We will make good on the City’s promise to build a pool in Mount Pleasant. We won’t kick the can down the road any more."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"One Britannia – We will enact a plan with City Council, Park Board, and other public and community partners to rebuild the entire 18 acre Britannia site as one integrated public campus with:

1. [...]A New Community Centre & Ice Rink – We will deliver more ice time and a renewed community centre complete with ample fitness and recreation spaces for everyone to enjoy and recreate."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Ready for the ‘Big One’ – OneCity will prioritize creating a building risk inventory, as well as seismic retrofits of community centres, and consider upgrading the seismic standards for post-disaster infrastructure."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Accessed 2026-10-03

"Vancouver Library Card Plus+ – OneCity will propose Vancouver Library Card Plus+, a reimagination of the former Vancouver Inspiration Pass, so you can access free or low-cost cultural events, recreation opportunities, public programs, digital tools, and community spaces with your VPL library card, preloaded."

— OneCity's Plan for A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool, 2026-09-29

"Eyes Off would establish notification requirements for sensitive business licence classes, create the City's first legal definition of a "wearable recording device," launch a voluntary "Privacy-First Vancouver" certification for businesses committing to no covert recording, and update Parks, Recreation, and Library rules to explicitly ban wearable recording devices in pools, change rooms, washrooms, and other municipal spaces."

— OneCity's Eyes Off Plan, 2026-09-28

"Ban Smart Glasses in Public Spaces – OneCity will establish notification requirements for sensitive business classes, launch a voluntary “privacy first” certification, and update bylaws to ban wearable recording devices in pools, washrooms, and other public spaces."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub – Kingsgate Mall is on some of the most valuable land in the province. But it has sat aging and underutilized for years as homes, good jobs, and transit are built around it. We can dream big and re-imagine how Kingsgate can be the heart of the city.

The OneCity School Board Team will keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and transform the site into a bustling Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and the OneCity Park Board and Council teams to create:

1. A New Public School – We will build a badly-needed new school with a vertical flex space for the growing neighbourhood.
2. A New Community Centre – We will include community spaces where all generations of neighbours can learn and play.
3. Complete Services – Co-locate a complete set of public services so Kingsgate can be a community hub for a new community centre, licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous childcare, including before- and after-school care.
4. Affordable Rental Homes – Utilize Kingsgate’s vertical space to build more affordable and subsidized rental housing in a neighbourhood that needs it.
5. A New Pool – We will make good on the City’s promise to build a pool in Mount Pleasant. We won’t kick the can down the road any more."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"One Britannia – We will enact a plan with City Council, Park Board, and other public and community partners to rebuild the entire 18 acre Britannia site as one integrated public campus with:

1. [...]A New Community Centre & Ice Rink – We will deliver more ice time and a renewed community centre complete with ample fitness and recreation spaces for everyone to enjoy and recreate."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Every Beach Guarded and Every Pool Opened – OneCity will ensure public pools are kept open, staffed with qualified lifeguards through city-run, equity-focused certification, and funded long-term so that communities aren’t left in a lurch because of poor planning."

— OneCity's A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools Plan, 2026-0929

"Three New Pools – OneCity will solve the 50M pool problem through new pools in Mount Pleasant (through Kingsgate redevelopment), Hastings Community Centre, and Marpole as locations for new pools."

— OneCity's A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools Plan, 2026-0929

"An Evergreen Funding Model for our Independent Park Board - OneCity will build Park Board revenue through no-and low-cost tools with a long-term strategy to increase the independence and resiliency of the Park Board, so that the board can do what it was elected to do: protect our parks. We’ll make sure the Park Board keeps the revenue it earns, instead of losing it to the general city coffers and we’ll launch a low-cost, low-risk gift shop program in some parks that give Vancouverites a way to support the parks they love without a single fee going up."

— OneCity's A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools Platform, 2026-09-29

"ReWild Vancouver – OneCity will increase park land, grow urban meadows, and resurface buried creek systems for greater access to green, wild spaces in the city. We will also increase the tree canopy target to 40%, grow park land from 11% to 12% of total city land, and daylight up to three creek systems buried under our streets."

— OneCity's A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools Platform, 2026-09-29

"ReWild Vancouver – OneCity will increase park land, grow urban meadows, and resurface buried creek systems for greater access to green, wild spaces in the city. We will also increase the tree canopy target to 40%, grow park land from 11% to 12% of total city land, and daylight up to three creek systems buried under our streets."

— OneCity's A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools Platform, 2026-09-29

"ReWild Vancouver – OneCity will increase park land, grow urban meadows, and resurface buried creek systems for greater access to green, wild spaces in the city. We will also increase the tree canopy target to 40%, grow park land from 11% to 12% of total city land, and daylight up to three creek systems buried under our streets."

— OneCity's A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools Platform, 2026-09-29

"Increase the Tree Canopy Target to 40% – OneCity will update the Urban Forest Strategy to expand access to leafy streets and the accompanying ecological resiliency."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Accessed 2026-10-03

"Create a Vibrant West End Waterfront – OneCity will establish a practical path to deliver a comprehensive West End waterfront plan so we don’t have to choose between better parks and safe, sustainable transportation downtown."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Sustain the Park Board – OneCity will build Park Board revenue through no-and low-cost tools with a long-term strategy to increase the independence and resiliency of the Park Board, so that the board can do what it was elected to do: protect our parks."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Accessed 2026-10-03

"A structured safety audit, focused on prioritizing well lit sightlines, adding mirrors on corners, and eliminating obstructed pathways so you can feel safe, seen, and sure of your surroundings.

An emphasis in auditing lighting coverage in parks, pathways, and streets, so that any way you get home is well-lit and easy-to-navigate."

— OneCity's ReLight Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-16

"Connect Vancouver - We'll build a truly connected and protected active transport network citywide, so that you never need a car to get where you’re going in the city."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Build a Connected Walking and Cycling Network – OneCity will ensure that you can make your whole trip safely without a car, regardless of where you start and end. That means protected and connected paths, better signalling, and more choice for how you get from A to B."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"More corner stores and small neighbourhood shops – grocers, bakeries, cafés, florists, barbers, bike repair, and pharmacies permitted in residential areas, prioritized near schools, parks, transit, and seniors' housing."

— OneCity's Good Business Starts at Home, 2026-08-12

"Legalizing Corner Stores – We'll make it possible to have these shops across the city, because we believe community members will create the next great generation of beloved local businesses if we give them the chance."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Housing Choice – OneCity will end Vancouver's apartment ban and allow 4 floors and corner stores in every neighbourhood, and 6 floors near city centres and where local neighbourhood conditions support it – so that you get a real choice in where you live."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Clear, Simple Rules – OneCity will fix the outdated rules so it’s cheaper and easier to build good housing. That means legalizing apartments on small lots, removing unnecessary setback requirements, legalizing courtyards, and expanding single-stair allowances citywide."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Small Lots & Strong Blocks

OneCity is the only party that will fix and finish the Vancouver Plan. We’ll legalize 25-foot lots (down from 33ft), reduce setbacks to five feet, and let you build a courtyard between four-storey buildings. We’ll legalize single-stair buildings across Vancouver so small homebuilders can build more house, on smaller lots, for less money. OneCity will allow four-floor buildings with corner stores everywhere and six-floor buildings with services near city centres. All these changes will make new housing of all kinds permitted – not required. No more heavy-handed planning. We’ll empower neighbours to build their communities up, at the time and scale that works for them."

"Small Lots & Strong Blocks: 25-foot lots, five-foot setbacks, four-storey courtyard homes, corner stores citywide"

— OneCity's Housing for All Plan, 2026-09-24

"Housing Near Services – OneCity will allow mid-size apartments close to services and high-streets like Main and 4th Ave, so businesses have more customers and more people have easy access to the shops, restaurants, and services they need."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Give the City's existing Chinatown Advisory Committee a funded and measurable mandate to lead the Plaza's renewal, reactivating the space with a year round plan"

— OneCity's Revitalize Chinatown Plaza Plan, 2026-09-26

"Bring the Plaza back to life with meaningful cultural programming shaped by Chinatown residents, cultural organizations, and small businesses"

— OneCity's Revitalize Chinatown Plaza Plan, 2026-09-26

"Guarantee baseline dignity and safety for neighbours who live in, work in, and visit the neighbourhood, by re-scoping the Uplifting Chinatown Action Plan to include cleaning, sanitation, accessible washrooms, and other accessibility requirements in the Plaza’s interior"

— OneCity's Revitalize Chinatown Plaza Plan, 2026-09-26

"Create a direct link between the Plaza's empty storefronts and Council’s storefront activation pilot, alongside the City's broader commercial vacancy work"

— OneCity's Revitalize Chinatown Plaza Plan, 2026-09-26

"Publish a public annual report with real numbers on occupancy, programming, and outcomes, so Chinatown residents and small businesses can hold City Hall accountable"

— OneCity's Revitalize Chinatown Plaza Plan, 2026-09-26

"Connect the Chinatown Plaza investment to the City’s broader neighbourhood plans and economic revitalization strategy, so that supporting and activating the Plaza reinforces, rather than duplicating work already underway."

— OneCity's Revitalize Chinatown Plaza Plan, 2026-09-26

"Simpler approval for small cultural and community venues – rehearsal rooms, art studios, galleries, community kitchens, and maker spaces treated as core parts of a healthy neighbourhood."

— OneCity's Good Business Starts at Home Plan, 2026-08-12

"Arts and Culture Everywhere – Opening a small cultural venue or community space can take years, even when your community would be better off with it open right now. We want to save you from the seemingly endless permit queue and give you a path to approval that takes mere weeks or months."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Vancouver currently has no real regulatory category for the small, ongoing venues where much of the city's grassroots culture happens — artist-run dance floors, drag venues, comedy joints, and rehearsal spaces that don't fit neatly into rules built for bars, expensive nightclubs, or big theatres. The result is a "missing middle" for how the City licenses the venues that make Vancouver fun. Too many venues are forced to operate extra-legally, or shut down entirely, disproportionately impacting younger, queer, racialized, and working-class artists least able to afford hefty fines or gain access to established venues.

The Legal Pathway for DIY Arts and Culture Venues will create a new small cultural venue licence category with risk-based safety requirements, a compliance-first approach that helps operators collaboratively fix problems instead of being forced to shut down, a dedicated Venue Navigator who will guide small operators through fire, building, and zoning requirements, and a code-compliance grant stream to fund the critical fire and building safety standards that working-class artists can't afford on their own."

— OneCity's Vancouver Backstage Pass Plan, 2026-09-03

"Vancouver has already set a target of 800,000 square feet of new or protected affordable cultural space over ten years. However, rising rents, short leases, and redevelopment pressure continues to push out artist studios, rehearsal rooms, and galleries, hitting Indigenous, racialized, queer and trans, disabled, and youth-led cultural organizations hardest.

The Cultural Space Security Program will create an annual cultural space inventory to track what's being lost, a no-net-loss test requiring replacement or relocation support when redevelopment displaces cultural space, expanded grants for accessibility and safety upgrades, and a requirement that major rezonings and public land projects actively consider cultural production space."

— OneCity's Vancouver Backstage Pass Plan, 2026-09-03

"Cultural Space Security Program – OneCity will create an annual cultural space inventory to track what's being lost, replacement or relocation requirements, expanded accessibility grants, and a goal to increase arts and culture spaces overall."

— OneCity's A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, and Cool, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Right now, every civic arts grant in Vancouver ultimately runs through City Hall and Council approval, leaving public funding for artists and cultural organizations vulnerable to political priorities, budget instability, and the perception that grants depend on who's in office rather than the quality of the work. Toronto, Calgary, and Edmonton have all already moved to independent, arms-length arts councils to solve exactly this problem.

OneCity will create a Vancouver Arts and Culture Council — an independent, sector-led agency governed by a board with arts, culture, equity, and Indigenous expertise, responsible for adjudicating civic arts grants through peer assessment. Council will continue to set the overall funding envelope and policy direction, but individual grant decisions will be made by the sector, not by politicians. As William Azaroff puts it: politicians should fund the arts — they shouldn't be the ones picking the artists."

— OneCity's Vancouver Backstage Pass Plan, 2026-09-03

"Independent Vancouver Arts and Culture Council – OneCity will form an independent, sector-led agency governed by a board responsible for adjudicating arts grants through peer assessment. Council will set the overall funding, not the projects that get funded."

— OneCity's A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, and Cool, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Vancouver Library Card Plus+ – OneCity will propose Vancouver Library Card Plus+, a reimagination of the former Vancouver Inspiration Pass, so you can access free or low-cost cultural events, recreation opportunities, public programs, digital tools, and community spaces with your VPL library card, preloaded."

— OneCity's Plan for A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool, 2026-09-29

"Streamlined permitting for pop-ups and temporary uses – vacant storefronts, plazas, libraries, and underused civic space opened up for markets, food vendors, and local business testing."

— OneCity's Good Business Starts at Home Plan, 2026-08-12

"Making Pop-Ups, Poppin' – We think the City should be in the business of letting you try something new, even if it's only for a few hours. We'll create a straightforward, easy-to-get pop-up permit so vendors, artists, and cultural and community organizations can set up temporary markets and events with less hassle and in more places."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Community Choice Funds – OneCity will create a Community Choice Fund that gives residents, neighbourhoods, and community organizations direct access to funding for local projects they want to implement and city staff expertise to make it happen."

— OneCity's Plan for A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool, 2026-09-29

"Block Party in a Box & Play Streets – OneCity will make it easier, cheaper, and faster to throw a block party or celebration with your neighbours, and create an easy way to block off your street so your kids can safely play street hockey for an hour or two."

— OneCity's Plan for A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool, 2026-09-29

"Right now, every civic arts grant in Vancouver ultimately runs through City Hall and Council approval, leaving public funding for artists and cultural organizations vulnerable to political priorities, budget instability, and the perception that grants depend on who's in office rather than the quality of the work. Toronto, Calgary, and Edmonton have all already moved to independent, arms-length arts councils to solve exactly this problem.

OneCity will create a Vancouver Arts and Culture Council — an independent, sector-led agency governed by a board with arts, culture, equity, and Indigenous expertise, responsible for adjudicating civic arts grants through peer assessment. Council will continue to set the overall funding envelope and policy direction, but individual grant decisions will be made by the sector, not by politicians. As William Azaroff puts it: politicians should fund the arts — they shouldn't be the ones picking the artists."

— OneCity's Vancouver Backstage Pass Plan, 2026-09-03

"One Britannia – We will enact a plan with City Council, Park Board, and other public and community partners to rebuild the entire 18 acre Britannia site as one integrated public campus with:

1. [...]Affordable Housing – We will always prioritize building non-profit housing on public lands. One Britannia is no exception. Our plan will include plans to build new non-profit, permanently affordable homes for workers and families."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Protect Existing Affordability – OneCity will create a fund to acquire and protect affordable housing from unnecessary redevelopment to market rents."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"The City will directly install cooling, air filtration, and heat pumps in the homes of Vancouver's highest-risk residents, rather than relying on cooling centres and onerous rebate paperwork. A OneCity progressive government will address the roughly 500 high-risk homes at an estimated gross cost of $4 to $7.5 million, with net City costs reduced by stacking BC Hydro, provincial, federal, and non-profit funding."

— OneCity Built to Last Plan, 2026-08-07

"We will also create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for all city-funded shelters so they are safe and welcoming."

— OneCity's Housing for All Plan, 2026-09-24

"Create Safe Shelter Options – OneCity will create a Vancouver Shelter Standard to encourage new and existing shelters to meet the cultural and community needs of Indigenous, Two Spirit, and gender diverse people who too often don’t feel safe in shelters or on the street."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"4,000 Affordable Homes Built by the City

A city-run People's Builder will build 4,000 family homes on land the city already owns: housing by Vancouver for Vancouverites. The City will guarantee loans, draw in federal funding, and put in capital to build faster and cheaper on city land. When a project returns money, that money goes straight into the next project, so every home helps build more.

In October 2025, Ken Sim and ABC asked council to create a new public corporation to build roughly 4,000 market rental homes on six city sites and extract expensive market rents from Vancouverites. OneCity Councillor Lucy Maloney voted against it, and it failed. We’ll bring it back, but this time, affordable homes for and by Vancouverites."

"People's Builder: 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land, with revenue recycled into new projects"

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, 2026-09-24

"The Peoples’ Builder – OneCity will construct 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land, leveraging federal funding, innovative construction methods, and reinvestment for ongoing benefit."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub – Kingsgate Mall is on some of the most valuable land in the province. But it has sat aging and underutilized for years as homes, good jobs, and transit are built around it. We can dream big and re-imagine how Kingsgate can be the heart of the city.

The OneCity School Board Team will keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and transform the site into a bustling Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and the OneCity Park Board and Council teams to create:

1. [...]Affordable Rental Homes – Utilize Kingsgate’s vertical space to build more affordable and subsidized rental housing in a neighbourhood that needs it."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Fighting Austerity – Protect the services that keep our city running through fair property annual tax rates that make it possible to build new critical infrastructure like pipes, parks, and pools."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Balancing Revenues – We’ll explore a progressive property tax in Vancouver, so the wealthiest land owners who can afford it, contribute more."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"OneCity will end the ban on pets in city-owned housing and push the Province to finally end blanket no-pet clauses – because we think you should be able to both have a pet and live in a home. Wild, we know."

— OneCity's Housing For All Policy, 2026-09-24

"Welcome Neighbours Home

There’s no reason why our neighbours should be unhoused in a city this wealthy. OneCity will end ABC’s ban on net-new supportive housing. We will pair this with a new public engagement process, bolstered by OneCity’s new Office of Community Engagement, so more projects succeed."

"Ending ABC’s Ban on Supporting House: lifting the freeze on new supportive housing, paired with early community engagement"

— OneCity's Housing For All Policy, 2026-09-24

"End the Supportive Housing Ban – OneCity will expand the kinds of housing and supports that will actually get people off the streets and into a stable place heal and thrive."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Finally, OneCity will enact a Community Land Trust Support Strategy so non-profits get the first shot to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale."

— OneCity's Housing For All Policy, 2026-09-24

"Put Land Into Community Trusts – We need to use the land we’ve got left for the most public good possible. Vancouver already has Community Land Trusts like the False Creek Community Housing Trust. We’ll take what we know works and create a new city-wide Community Land Trust Support strategy so the community is first in line to buy land when it comes up for sale and can get the funding necessary to build non-market and affordable homes speculators can’t touch."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Bring Back the Renters’ Office – We'll instate a bigger, better, badder office to support renters: we’ll actually fund it, hire staff to defend renters, work with legal advocates, and proactively monitor landlords and developers to make sure they’re following the rules."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"OneCity will bring back the Renters’ Office – this time, bigger, better, and badder than before. OneCity will protect neighbours across the city by expanding the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP), and cut the time to qualify for protections down to six months from a year. We will also make developers pay you if delayed construction pushes back your move-in date."

"A Bigger, Better, Badder Renters' Office: New citywide tenant protections after six months instead of a year, and if delayed construction pushes back your move-in date, get paid with our new Tenant Delay Guarantee."

— OneCity's Housing For All Policy, 2026-09-24

"Make Developers Pay for Delays – OneCity will ensure that replacement housing isn’t delayed by decades by enforcing timelines and extending rent-top ups."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"More corner stores and small neighbourhood shops – grocers, bakeries, cafés, florists, barbers, bike repair, and pharmacies permitted in residential areas, prioritized near schools, parks, transit, and seniors' housing."

— OneCity's Good Business Starts at Home, 2026-08-12

"Legalizing Corner Stores – We'll make it possible to have these shops across the city, because we believe community members will create the next great generation of beloved local businesses if we give them the chance."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Housing Choice – OneCity will end Vancouver's apartment ban and allow 4 floors and corner stores in every neighbourhood, and 6 floors near city centres and where local neighbourhood conditions support it – so that you get a real choice in where you live."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Clear, Simple Rules – OneCity will fix the outdated rules so it’s cheaper and easier to build good housing. That means legalizing apartments on small lots, removing unnecessary setback requirements, legalizing courtyards, and expanding single-stair allowances citywide."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Small Lots & Strong Blocks

OneCity is the only party that will fix and finish the Vancouver Plan. We’ll legalize 25-foot lots (down from 33ft), reduce setbacks to five feet, and let you build a courtyard between four-storey buildings. We’ll legalize single-stair buildings across Vancouver so small homebuilders can build more house, on smaller lots, for less money. OneCity will allow four-floor buildings with corner stores everywhere and six-floor buildings with services near city centres. All these changes will make new housing of all kinds permitted – not required. No more heavy-handed planning. We’ll empower neighbours to build their communities up, at the time and scale that works for them."

"Small Lots & Strong Blocks: 25-foot lots, five-foot setbacks, four-storey courtyard homes, corner stores citywide"

— OneCity's Housing for All Plan, 2026-09-24

"Housing Near Services – OneCity will allow mid-size apartments close to services and high-streets like Main and 4th Ave, so businesses have more customers and more people have easy access to the shops, restaurants, and services they need."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"OneCity's values are simple: safety, equity, and opportunity for everyone. In 2024, our party spoke publicly about the attacks in Israel and the war in Gaza. As candidates, we think Vancouverites deserve to know where we stand now.

Candidates in this election have been asked to sign the Vote Palestine pledge. It has four parts, and we want to answer each of them plainly.

1. Condemn the genocide

We do. OneCity's candidates and campaign team unequivocally and unanimously condemn the genocide in Gaza, as we condemn the genocides everywhere, including in the Darfur region of Sudan and against the Rohingya in Myanmar. We condemn the regimes that carry them out, and we commit to consistent, vocal solidarity with people living under oppression.

2. Sign the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge

This pledge, convened by an American non-profit, asks signatories to commit to three things encompassed in an ‘apartheid-free community’: freedom, justice, and equality for Palestinians and all people; opposition to racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression; and working to end all support for Israel's apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation.

When we sat down together to talk it through, the first two came easily. They are already our values. The third is where we stopped.

We stopped for two reasons. First, we want to act within the limits of our authority. Second, we heard from people in this city who told us this language would make them feel targeted rather than heard. We take that seriously.

To this end, we recognize there is a role the city can play in where it puts its procurement dollars, as we have set out below. It is an honest statement of what a municipal government can do, and a commitment to the safety of everyone who calls Vancouver home.

3. Cut ties with Israeli institutions

OneCity has already committed to procurement policies that put local and ethical purchasing first. In practice, that means we must ensure, to the extent possible, city dollars will not flow to regimes states complicit in genocide, either in Israel or anywhere in the world.

We will work with City staff to see that contracts are awarded to local businesses or Canadian companies. Where we have room to act, we will.

4. Recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association's framework on anti-Palestinian racism

Anti-Palestinian racism is real. The silencing of people who speak out against the genocide is a growing problem around the world, and it is happening here. We will defend the right of Vancouverites to protest, and we will never silence advocacy for rights, freedoms, and justice, at home or abroad.

We condemn racism in all forms, including anti-Palestinian racism. We reiterate our alarm and outrage at the surge of anti-Palestinian, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate and stand in solidarity with all of those affected. Every Vancouverite, regardless of race, religion, gender, age, ability, sexual orientation, or place of origin, deserves to have their rights protected and to feel safe and included within their community.

Our job, if we are elected, is to make every person in this city feel safe and welcome. We are not confident that adopting an external framework gets us there. We would rather do that work here, in Vancouver, with Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Jewish Vancouverites all at the table to establish policies to combat anti-Palestinian, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic racism.

We share these commitments as a team, and most of them line up with the Vote Palestine pledge. Where we differ, we have tried to say why. We also acknowledge the people who disagree with us, and the limits of what a city can control. Our goal is to build a Vancouver where everyone is welcome and feels safe."

— OneCity's Statement on the Vote Palestine Pledge, 2026-09-27

"We will also create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for all city-funded shelters so they are safe and welcoming."

— OneCity's Housing for All Plan, 2026-09-24

"Create Safe Shelter Options – OneCity will create a Vancouver Shelter Standard to encourage new and existing shelters to meet the cultural and community needs of Indigenous, Two Spirit, and gender diverse people who too often don’t feel safe in shelters or on the street."

— OneCity's Housing For All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Hold Big Land Users Accountable – OneCity will require resource-intensive land and energy users to disclose and mitigate their impacts to public infrastructure, including data centres, surface parking lots, and large luxury homes."

— OneCity's A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Participatory Budgeting – We’ll scale participatory budgeting citywide, giving residents real spending power and key information for the first time ever."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"A Readable Budget – We’re going to communicate the City’s budget in plain language and line by line accountability, so Vancouverites know what they’re getting from their government."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Balancing Revenues – We’ll explore a progressive property tax in Vancouver, so the wealthiest land owners who can afford it, contribute more."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Cracking Down on Tax Dodgers – We’re going to end the tax write-offs for owners with building permits who don’t build badly needed housing and infrastructure."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Fighting Austerity – Protect the services that keep our city running through fair property annual tax rates that make it possible to build new critical infrastructure like pipes, parks, and pools."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"A Good Jobs Procurement Standard – Vancouver tax dollars are currently going to whoever bids lowest: contractors cutting corners on wages, safety, and training, with the costs landing on residents relying on hollowed out services. Cheap contracts often hide expensive problems: contract-management costs, lost institutional knowledge, and weaker accountability. OneCity will reward fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, safety, and local and inclusive hiring – not just the lowest upfront price."

— OneCity's Local Economic Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Fair Contracts for Community Good – We'll ensure City contracts reward fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, safety, and local jobs – not just the lowest upfront price."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Buy Vancouver, Build Resilience – In a time of economic uncertainty and trade disruption, Vancouver needs to build resiliency, and resiliency starts at home. OneCity will establish a three year procurement pilot - Buy Vancouver - which will ensure that City tax dollars prioritize buying goods and services in Vancouver, and supporting business and good jobs across British Columbia and Canada. Buy Vancouver will drive local business growth, and build resiliency by integrating the Canadian supply chain and redirecting away from dependence on foreign multinationals."

— Onecity's Local Economy Action Plan, 2026-08-17

"Buy Vancouver First – We'll establish a procurement pilot which will ensure that City tax dollars prioritize supporting Vancouver businesses first, and Canadian businesses next."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Office of Direct Community Engagement – OneCity will create a new Office of Direct Community Engagement that deploys city staff directly into communities for policy, planning, and resourcing decisions. This means neighbours will be part of the discussion from the start, so that everyone is brought along."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"City Hall on Wheels – We will launch a pilot for mobile 3-1-1 Service Vans meant to bridge the gap between City Hall and folks who for too long have been disconnected from basic city services."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"One coordinated crisis response system, where trained mental health professionals and peer responders respond to calls when police aren't needed. That way, police can focus on organized and major crime, and talented first responders can focus on the fire and medical emergencies they’re better trained to handle"

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Send the Right Kinds of Help – Crisis Response, Community-Led (CRCL) teams, made up of social workers, community intervention staff, and support hubs, will handle the problems where police aren't required. That frees police to focus their resources on organized and major crimes and meets our neighbours where they’re at when they need help most."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Better Life-Saving Support – We will follow an evidence-based, Four Pillars response to our drug poisoning emergency by expanding voluntary treatment and recovery programs, crisis response, and public education about substance use. We will support an increase of harm reduction services where they are needed, including overdose prevention sites and the connections to care they facilitate, through close collaboration with the regional health authority and community organizations; zoning, permitting, and facility approvals; and lease agreements of public property on favourable terms. We promise to ensure that neighbours and businesses are meaningfully engaged in the implementation of care, so that we can find new and creative solutions that will save lives without harming the neighbourhoods around them."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Better Life-Saving Support – We will follow an evidence-based, Four Pillars response to our drug poisoning emergency by expanding voluntary treatment and recovery programs, crisis response, and public education about substance use. We will support an increase of harm reduction services where they are needed, including overdose prevention sites and the connections to care they facilitate, through close collaboration with the regional health authority and community organizations; zoning, permitting, and facility approvals; and lease agreements of public property on favourable terms. We promise to ensure that neighbours and businesses are meaningfully engaged in the implementation of care, so that we can find new and creative solutions that will save lives without harming the neighbourhoods around them."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Reduce Drug-Related Harms – We will provide additional grants to community organizations engaged in naloxone distribution, drug-checking services, and community outreach. We will advocate to other levels of government for additional mental health services, detox and patient-centred voluntary treatment, and prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives to the toxic street supply."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Reduce Drug-Related Harms – We will provide additional grants to community organizations engaged in naloxone distribution, drug-checking services, and community outreach. We will advocate to other levels of government for additional mental health services, detox and patient-centred voluntary treatment, and prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives to the toxic street supply."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Better Life-Saving Support – We will follow an evidence-based, Four Pillars response to our drug poisoning emergency by expanding voluntary treatment and recovery programs, crisis response, and public education about substance use. We will support an increase of harm reduction services where they are needed, including overdose prevention sites and the connections to care they facilitate, through close collaboration with the regional health authority and community organizations; zoning, permitting, and facility approvals; and lease agreements of public property on favourable terms. We promise to ensure that neighbours and businesses are meaningfully engaged in the implementation of care, so that we can find new and creative solutions that will save lives without harming the neighbourhoods around them."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Better Life-Saving Support – We will follow an evidence-based, Four Pillars response to our drug poisoning emergency by expanding voluntary treatment and recovery programs, crisis response, and public education about substance use. We will support an increase of harm reduction services where they are needed, including overdose prevention sites and the connections to care they facilitate, through close collaboration with the regional health authority and community organizations; zoning, permitting, and facility approvals; and lease agreements of public property on favourable terms. We promise to ensure that neighbours and businesses are meaningfully engaged in the implementation of care, so that we can find new and creative solutions that will save lives without harming the neighbourhoods around them."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Tackle Drug Harm – OneCity will expand treatment centres, low-barrier non-profit recovery houses, and evidence-informed harm reduction education so that addiction doesn’t prevent folks from finding secure housing and employment."

— OneCity's Housing for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-03

"Eyes Off would establish notification requirements for sensitive business licence classes, create the City's first legal definition of a "wearable recording device," launch a voluntary "Privacy-First Vancouver" certification for businesses committing to no covert recording, and update Parks, Recreation, and Library rules to explicitly ban wearable recording devices in pools, change rooms, washrooms, and other municipal spaces."

— OneCity's Eyes Off Plan, 2026-09-28

"Ban Smart Glasses in Public Spaces – OneCity will establish notification requirements for sensitive business classes, launch a voluntary “privacy first” certification, and update bylaws to ban wearable recording devices in pools, washrooms, and other public spaces."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"One coordinated crisis response system, where trained mental health professionals and peer responders respond to calls when police aren't needed. That way, police can focus on organized and major crime, and talented first responders can focus on the fire and medical emergencies they’re better trained to handle"

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Send the Right Kinds of Help – Crisis Response, Community-Led (CRCL) teams, made up of social workers, community intervention staff, and support hubs, will handle the problems where police aren't required. That frees police to focus their resources on organized and major crimes and meets our neighbours where they’re at when they need help most."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Send the Right Kinds of Help – Crisis Response, Community-Led (CRCL) teams, made up of social workers, community intervention staff, and support hubs, will handle the problems where police aren't required. That frees police to focus their resources on organized and major crimes and meets our neighbours where they’re at when they need help most."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Community violence intervention, using trusted community messengers, like CRCL teams, to step in before conflict escalates"

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Housing First – OneCity will support people to get off the streets and into safe and appropriate housing so they can get jobs and re-integrate with their communities. Housing costs less than hospitals, jails, or shelters, and improves outcomes more than any other solution."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"An independent, publicly reported organizational review of the VPD, which holds them to the same standard as any other public service: so we can see where to invest, where to find efficiencies, and which calls could be handled by other responses and supports. Because there has been no public accountability of this kind in this century."

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"An Honest Look at Policing – OneCity will hold the Vancouver Police Department to the same standard as every other public service by ensuring that funding is transparently reviewed, accounted for, and effectively allocated."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Better Life-Saving Support – We will follow an evidence-based, Four Pillars response to our drug poisoning emergency by expanding voluntary treatment and recovery programs, crisis response, and public education about substance use. We will support an increase of harm reduction services where they are needed, including overdose prevention sites and the connections to care they facilitate, through close collaboration with the regional health authority and community organizations; zoning, permitting, and facility approvals; and lease agreements of public property on favourable terms. We promise to ensure that neighbours and businesses are meaningfully engaged in the implementation of care, so that we can find new and creative solutions that will save lives without harming the neighbourhoods around them."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Better Life-Saving Support – We will follow an evidence-based, Four Pillars response to our drug poisoning emergency by expanding voluntary treatment and recovery programs, crisis response, and public education about substance use. We will support an increase of harm reduction services where they are needed, including overdose prevention sites and the connections to care they facilitate, through close collaboration with the regional health authority and community organizations; zoning, permitting, and facility approvals; and lease agreements of public property on favourable terms. We promise to ensure that neighbours and businesses are meaningfully engaged in the implementation of care, so that we can find new and creative solutions that will save lives without harming the neighbourhoods around them."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Restorative justice that reduces reoffences, building on the successes of Vancouver's Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce the harmful catch-and-release cycle that costs more and leads to worse outcomes for community"

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Integrate Restorative Justice – OneCity would support community-led restorative justice initiatives, including in partnership with other levels of government, which help communities heal when conflict or crime occurs and helps break the cycle of poverty and reduce re-offending."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Housing First, as the fundamental pillar in responding to the contributing factors of crime, because we know that when you have a safe home, you’re safer, and so are your neighbours."

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"A Survivor Safety Fund, alongside support for survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, with fast and low-barrier emergency money delivered by frontline organizations, plus a Community Safety Table to coordinate neighbourhood response and supporters so survivors aren't left navigating scattered services in a crisis"

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Survivor Safety Is Public Safety – OneCity will create a Survivor Safety Program to protect survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) with low-barrier frontline services, and community-led roundtables to identify gaps and improve outcomes so no one falls through the cracks."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub – Kingsgate Mall is on some of the most valuable land in the province. But it has sat aging and underutilized for years as homes, good jobs, and transit are built around it. We can dream big and re-imagine how Kingsgate can be the heart of the city.

The OneCity School Board Team will keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and transform the site into a bustling Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and the OneCity Park Board and Council teams to create:

1. A New Public School – We will build a badly-needed new school with a vertical flex space for the growing neighbourhood.
2. [...]Complete Services – Co-locate a complete set of public services so Kingsgate can be a community hub for a new community centre, licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous childcare, including before- and after-school care. "

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub – Kingsgate Mall is on some of the most valuable land in the province. But it has sat aging and underutilized for years as homes, good jobs, and transit are built around it. We can dream big and re-imagine how Kingsgate can be the heart of the city.

The OneCity School Board Team will keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and transform the site into a bustling Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and the OneCity Park Board and Council teams to create:

1. A New Public School – We will build a badly-needed new school with a vertical flex space for the growing neighbourhood.
2. A New Community Centre – We will include community spaces where all generations of neighbours can learn and play.
3. Complete Services – Co-locate a complete set of public services so Kingsgate can be a community hub for a new community centre, licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous childcare, including before- and after-school care.
4. Affordable Rental Homes – Utilize Kingsgate’s vertical space to build more affordable and subsidized rental housing in a neighbourhood that needs it.
5. A New Pool – We will make good on the City’s promise to build a pool in Mount Pleasant. We won’t kick the can down the road any more."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"One Britannia – We will enact a plan with City Council, Park Board, and other public and community partners to rebuild the entire 18 acre Britannia site as one integrated public campus with:

1. Rebuilt Elementary & Secondary Schools – We will build the new schools East Van needs so generations of young people for the next 50 years can learn and play in the safe, welcoming, and beautiful schools they deserve.
2. Childcare for Working Families – Our plan will include public childcare spaces that are low-cost and accessible to regular families and at more times to fit your busy schedules."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Childcare for All – OneCity will place neighbourhood schools at the centre of a coordinated public and non-profit childcare system, with VSB-led pilots and planning."

— OneCity's Better Schools Plan, 2026-09-29

"Clean Streets, restoring reliable public garbage bins, expanding recycling beyond downtown, and publishing a public bin map"

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Less Trash – OneCity will deliver reliable public garbage access, expand public recycling beyond downtown, and set a clear service standard so that you can easily dispose of trash and enjoy clean, accessible spaces citywide."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Introducing water meters – We can’t manage what we can’t measure. Meters will tell us what areas need more infrastructure and what users are using more than others."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Making Waterhogs Pay – Introduce water meters to lower utility costs for average Vancouverites and make big users of water, like mansion owners, pay their fair share."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Introducing changes to storm water fees – Right now, property taxes pay for storm and sewer infrastructure. That’s unfair. We will introduce a fair storm sewer fee based on the size of your lot, so condo owners and renters will pay less, not more. Property taxes that used to go to storm infrastructure will go to our parks and community centres instead."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Introducing the Vancouver Special Guarantee – For a typical home, on a typical lot, after this policy is enacted, you’ll pay less."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Invest in water system upgrades – Introducing a fair, progressive water metering system will help us invest in the next generation of water infrastructure, saving us all money over time."

— OneCity's Make Waterhogs Pay Plan, 2026-08-28

"Repairing Pipes & Potholes Before They Break – Save money by fixing and replacing old critical infrastructure early through preventative maintenance and transparent timelines so we borrow money cheaper and spend less down the road."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"Repairing Pipes & Potholes Before They Break – Save money by fixing and replacing old critical infrastructure early through preventative maintenance and transparent timelines so we borrow money cheaper and spend less down the road."

— OneCity's A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter, 2026-09-29

"A structured safety audit, focused on prioritizing well lit sightlines, adding mirrors on corners, and eliminating obstructed pathways so you can feel safe, seen, and sure of your surroundings.

An emphasis in auditing lighting coverage in parks, pathways, and streets, so that any way you get home is well-lit and easy-to-navigate."

— OneCity's ReLight Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-16

"Connect Vancouver - We'll build a truly connected and protected active transport network citywide, so that you never need a car to get where you’re going in the city."

— OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Build a Connected Walking and Cycling Network – OneCity will ensure that you can make your whole trip safely without a car, regardless of where you start and end. That means protected and connected paths, better signalling, and more choice for how you get from A to B."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Safe Speeds Plan – We'll reduce speed limits on busy shopping streets, school and park frontages, and high-injury corridors so that cars can stop before they hurt someone."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Work with TransLink on transit-priority streets so buses run faster and more reliably"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Making the Bus Go Fast – We'll adopt a citywide Transit Signal Priority System so buses get the VIP Pass at stoplights they deserve, which can save you up to two weeks per year on your commute. And, work with Translink to ensure that every part of Vancouver has access to fast, frequent, affordable transit through bus priority corridors."

— OneCity's A Thriving Local Economy Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Work with TransLink on transit-priority streets so buses run faster and more reliably;

Build a genuinely connected, all-ages-and-abilities walking and cycling network instead of isolated projects;

Prioritize safe routes to schools, parks, and daily needs"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Direct new active transportation investment first to the neighbourhoods furthest behind, rather than wherever is politically easiest"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Publish a public, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood mobility report card so Vancouverites can see exactly where investment is going and where it isn't"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Prioritize Mobility for All – OneCity will direct initial investments to the areas furthest behind, and publish mobility data by neighbourhood so Vancouverites can see exactly where investment is going and where it isn't."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Prohibiting 'hostile' architecture in City owned benches and bus shelters – so Vancouverites can seek refuge when they need it most."

— OneCity's ReLight Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-16

"Dignified Design – OneCity will prohibit hostile architecture in public spaces and ensure bus stops don’t leave people out in the rain."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"A Built for Everyone Standard, that ensures that if you’re anywhere from downtown to Kits to South Van or Boundary Rd., you get the same access to well lit spaces and bus shelters.

New, well-lit bus stops, so waiting for the bus doesn’t mean standing in the dark."

— OneCity's ReLight Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-16

"Allow Well Behaved Dogs on Transit – OneCity will champion an off-peak, leashed dog pilot on Skytrains and Seabuses, with clear behavior rules, designated boarding areas, and retained operator discretion. If it works, we’ll work to expand it. "

— OneCity's A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool Plan, 2026-09-29

"Expanding Low Income & Under 19 Transit Passes – Advocate for the expansion of the Get on Board! Program for youth and expand it to Low Income Transit Riders."

— OneCity's A Thriving Local Economy Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"(Finally) Building the SkyTrain to UBC – Work with the Provincial and Federal governments to secure the funding necessary to connect the Broadway line to UBC."

— OneCity's A Thriving Local Economy Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Engaging Vancouver-based community and advocacy organizations in developing actual bus shelter standards that meet the needs of our neighbours – not the current cookie cutter versions that leaves Vancouverites out in the cold."

— OneCity's ReLight Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-16

"Build a genuinely connected, all-ages-and-abilities walking and cycling network instead of isolated projects"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Work with TransLink on transit-priority streets so buses run faster and more reliably;

Build a genuinely connected, all-ages-and-abilities walking and cycling network instead of isolated projects;

Prioritize safe routes to schools, parks, and daily needs"

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Explore public ownership of Mobi, Vancouver's bike share system, to protect it from the financial instability currently threatening its future

Mobi is currently under real financial strain, facing an aging fleet, mounting competition, and end-of-life equipment costs it may not be able to cover. OneCity believes a system that so many Vancouverites rely on for getting to work, school, and transit shouldn't be left to fail or be quietly sold off – it should be protected as public infrastructure."

— OneCity's Connect Vancouver Plan, 2026-09-13

"Saving Mobi – Mobi’s future is precarious. We’ll look at options to save Mobi and have it belong to Vancouverites, so we can expand it to more neighbourhoods – like South Vancouver – and make it accessible for more riders."

— OneCity's A Thriving Local Economy Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Charge Safe / Ride Safe, e-bikes and scooters batteries are a leading cause of increased fire risk across North America. We’ll regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes & batteries. And work with the Province on a battery trade-in program to manage major fire risks, while creating safe operating standards for e-bikes & e-scooters."

— OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, 2026-09-25

"Charge and Ride Safe – We'll expand access to secure charging facilities for active transport, and eliminate the sale and rental of uncertified or modified e-bike batteries that cause preventable fires and injuries."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Charge and Ride Safe – We'll expand access to secure charging facilities for active transport, and eliminate the sale and rental of uncertified or modified e-bike batteries that cause preventable fires and injuries."

— OneCity's Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All Plan, Retrieved 2026-10-02