Vancouver Voters’ Guide vancouver.ca/vote

Advance voting October 10 to 17, 2018, 8am-8pm

Election day October 20, 2018, 8am-8pm

Randomized Candidate Where to Capital Ballot 14 profiles16 vote 12 plan 51 Get to know the Learn about Vote at ANY voting Find out the funding random-order candidate who’s running place in Vancouver questions on the ballot list on the 2018 ballot New for you in 2018

ÌÌNames listed in random order on the ballot An audio version is also available Candidates are listed in random order, NOT at vancouver.ca/vote, reading alphabetical order on the ballot this year. all voter information except the candidate statements. »»How you can get ready ÌÌKids can vote! ––Plan your vote in advance. Our online Plan Your Vote tool is at On October 13 and 14, kids can vote vancouver.ca/plan-your-vote or use our too – in the City’s special Kids Vote worksheet on page 14. program to encourage kids to vote in the future. See page 56 for full ––Get to know the random order list, details. so you can mark your ballot correctly. The random order list can be found ÌÌVote at shelters, drop-in centres and at vancouver.ca/vote and on the small care facilities worksheet on page 14 of this guide. This year, we’re expanding mobile ––Leave plenty of time to vote. Consider voting beyond hospitals and large voting in advance from October 10 to 17, care facilities to increase voting as wait times will be shorter. access for those with socioeconomic or other barriers. ÌÌVoter information cards are bundled by last name this year. ÌÌSelfie backdrops will be at all voting locations! Everyone at the same address with the same last name will get their voter Snap a selfie with your voting information cards sent in one envelope sticker and share it to encourage this year. others to vote! ÌÌPick up your printed voters’ guide at ÌÌSpecial election promotions community centres and libraries. Free Mobi bike day-passes can Copies can also be mailed to your help you get to your voting place. address if you call 3-1-1 or fill out a form at Plus, try a Vancouver-inspired coffee vancouver.ca/voters-guide. in our election promotion! Full The voters’ guide information is also details on page 54. available at vancouver.ca/vote. ÌÌGet election updates in your inbox ÌÌTranslated, large print, and audio versions Sign up for our e-mail newsletter at of the voters’ guide are available. vancouver.ca/election-updates and Versions of this guide are available in get election updates as they happen. Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Punjabi, French and large print. Find them at selected community centres and libraries, or have a copy mailed to you by visiting vancouver.ca/voters-guide or calling 3-1-1. Vancouver Voters’ Guide This guide contains information about the City of Vancouver’s 2018 municipal election. Vote in advance from October 10 to 17, 2018, or on election day, October 20, 2018. Table of Contents

Why should I vote? 2

What am I voting for? 3

Who does what? 3

Who can vote? 4

Am I registered to vote? 4

When and where can I vote? 6

What if I can’t vote in person? 7

How do I vote? 8

Can I get help to vote? 10

What if English is my second language? 11

Voting places in Vancouver 12

Plan Your Vote Worksheet with Random-Order Candidate List 14

Parties 16

Candidate Profiles – Mayor, Councillor, Park Board Commissioner, School Trustee 16

Capital Plan 2019–2022 51

Capital Plan Borrowing Questions 52

Special election promotions 54

Special Kids Vote program 56

Promote the vote 57

Can’t find the info you need in this guide? Visit vancouver.ca/vote or call 3-1-1.

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 1 Why should I vote? The people you elect for your local government make decisions that directly affect your everyday life. They make decisions about: ÌÌthe types of buildings and homes in your community ÌÌthe roads you drive on ÌÌthe services at your libraries and community centres ÌÌthe police and fire departments that protect you ÌÌthe parks where you play ÌÌthe water and sewers that serve your home, and ÌÌmany other important aspects of city life. You have the power to influence these decisions with your vote.

2 / VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 3 What am I voting for? The City of Vancouver is holding an Each position is elected at large, meaning election in October 2018 for: each position represents the entire city. Positions are held for a four-year term. 1 mayor Voters will also vote on three questions 10 city councillors asking whether the City should borrow funds 7 Park Board commissioners for some of the major projects outlined in the 9 school trustees 2019-2022 Capital Plan. Who does what? Mayor and council The Park Board is responsible for managing City parks and community centres and Vancouver City Council is made up of one provides a wide range of recreation services. mayor and 10 councillors. The Park Board operates: City Council has the authority to pass by-laws that control many things in Vancouver. ÌÌ240 parks - including Stanley Park, one of the top urban parks in the world Through its decisions, Council provides: ÌÌDestination gardens ÌÌpolice and fire services ÌÌ24 community centres with swimming ÌÌlibraries pools, arenas, and playing fields ÌÌgarbage collection and recycling ÌÌThree championship golf courses ÌÌwater and sewer services School trustees ÌÌcity streets, sidewalks and street lights The Vancouver School Board (School District ÌÌand more. No. 39) is made up of nine school trustees. The Council can also makes decisions about: School Board is independent of City Council. ÌÌhow Vancouver’s land is used The School Board provides elementary, ÌÌproperty taxes secondary, community and specialized education services in the city, the UBC Lands, ÌÌwhether to buy and sell property and University Endowment Lands. ÌÌspending City money The district is among the most diverse public ÌÌtaking on debts school systems in Canada, with an annual ÌÌproviding grants enrollment of about 50,000 students in ÌÌand more. Kindergarten to grade 12. The provincial government, in consultation Park Board commissioners with the Board, determines how much money Vancouver is one of two places in B.C. with is allocated for the school district’s operational an elected park board. The Vancouver and capital expenses. Board of Parks and Recreation is made up of seven commissioners.

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 3 Who can vote? To vote in the City of Vancouver, you must: ÌÌBe 18 years of age or older on election day (October 20, 2018) ÌÌBe a Canadian citizen ÌÌHave lived in BC for at least 6 months immediately before the day you register to vote ÌÌHave lived in Vancouver or owned real property registered in your name in Vancouver for at least 30 days immediately before registering to vote ÌÌNot be disqualified by law from voting You must meet all the above qualifications to be eligible to vote. Permanent residents who have not yet become Canadian citizens cannot vote. If you live in the UBC Lands or University Endowment Lands, and you do not own property in Vancouver, you can only vote for school trustees in the election.

Am I registered to vote? Before you can vote, you must be registered. If you are registered as a Vancouver resident on the most current Provincial list of voters, you are automatically on the voters’ list. How to register to vote 2. Bring your completed, unsigned form to the voting place, plus two (2) identification If you are not on the Vancouver voters’ list, documents that show who you are you can register to vote in person on October and where you live. One of these two 10 to 17 (advance voting days) or on election identification documents must include day, October 20. your signature. 1. Before you come to vote, you can A list of common identification complete a Provisional registration documents is on page 5. form (available online) in advance. After completing the form, print a copy (but do To register as a Non-Resident Property not sign it) and bring it to any voting place Elector (a property owner in Vancouver), on the day you vote. The form must be you will need to provide additional signed at the voting place and witnessed documentation. Visit vancouver.ca/vote by an election official. or call 3-1-1 for more information. The Provisional registration form can be found at vancouver.ca/vote.

4 / VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 5 Identification you will need If you have only one acceptable You may be asked to show identification when identifying document you check in at the voting place. You can swear a Declaration of Elector Common forms of ID include: identity and Place of Residence in front of a Presiding Election Official, the person in ÌÌBC CareCard or BC ÌÌ“Monthly Report” charge of the voting place. Gold CareCard Form (HR0081) from The statutory declaration becomes your ÌÌBC driver’s licence the Ministry of Social Development and second identifying document. Only one ÌÌBC identification card Poverty Reduction statutory declaration will be accepted. (BCID) from ICBC (formerly Ministry of If you have no fixed address Driver Licencing Social Development ÌÌBC Services Card and Social Innovation) If you are eligible to vote in Vancouver but have no fixed address or ordinary postal ÌÌBirth certificate ÌÌNEXUS card address, you can register to vote using the ÌÌCanadian passport ÌÌProperty tax notice address of a shelter or social agency you go ÌÌCertificate fo ÌÌSocial Insurance to. For example: Indian Status Number card ÌÌLookout Shelter ÌÌCitizenship card ÌÌStatutory declaration ÌÌSalvation Army or sworn affidavit ÌÌCredit card ÌÌCovenant House or debit card (from a notary public, lawyer, or ÌÌCarnegie Centre ÌÌICBC owner’s commissioner for You will need to provide identification or certificate of taking affidavits) make a sworn declaration. insurance and vehicle licence ÌÌStudent card Ì Income tax ÌÌUtility bill for assessment electricity, natural gas, water, telephone, or cable services Ì Vancouver Public Library card

The combined BC Driver’s Licence and CareCard is considered one piece of ID. The combination of documents must prove both who you are and where you live, and at least one of them must be signed.

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 5 When and where can I vote? Vote in advance Vote on election day From October 10 to 17, you can vote at any On October 20, you may vote at any of 112 of the following 12 locations from 8am-8pm. voting places in Vancouver from 8am to 8pm. Choose the one most convenient for you. Take a look at the map of voting places on If you are registered as a Vancouver resident page 13 and choose the one most convenient for you. on the most current Provincial list of voters, you are automatically on the voters’ list. You can also go to vancouver.ca/vote to see the map online and find the voting places ÌÌBritannia Community Services Centre, near your registered address. 1661 Napier Street

John Sample If you are already 12345 – 678 Name of Street *9571959* ÌÌHastings Community Centre, E847235376 advance voting days Britannia Community Services Centre, 1661 Napier Street hastings Community Centre, 3096 East Hastings Street • October 10-17, 2018, 8am-8pm registered to vote, • Vote at any of the 12 locations Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard 3096 East Hastings Street listed to the right Killarney Community Centre, 6260 Killarney Street Kitsilano War memorial Community Centre, 2690 Larch Street marpole - oakridge Community Centre, 990 West 59th Avenue you should receive Renfrew park Community Centre, 2929 East 22nd Avenue Roundhouse Community arts and Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street ÌÌKerrisdale Community Centre, Trout lake Community Centre, 3360 Victoria Drive West end Community Centre, 870 Denman Street a Voter Information Vancouver City hall, 453 West 12th Avenue 5851 West Boulevard election day These are suggested locations near your registered address. • October 20, 2018, 8am-8pm Britannia Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street Card in the mail at the • Vote at any of 100+ locations hastings Community Centre, 3096 East Hastings Street • Full location list at vancouver.ca/vote Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard

ÌÌKillarney Community Centre, Voter Information Card end of September. 6260 Killarney Street For your convenience, this card will show three suggested locations ÌÌKitsilano War Memorial Community Centre, near your registered address, as well as a list of 2690 Larch Street the 12 advance voting places. Don’t forget that ÌÌMarpole - Oakridge Community Centre, you can vote at any location! 990 West 59th Avenue Please note: everyone at the same address ÌÌRenfrew Park Community Centre, with the same last name will get their voter 2929 East 22nd Avenue information cards sent in one envelope this year. ÌÌRoundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews

ÌÌSunset Community Centre, Live in the UBC Lands and University 6810 Main Street Endowment Lands? ÌÌTrout Lake Community Centre, If you live in the UBC Lands and University 3360 Victoria Drive Endowment Lands, you can vote at: ÌÌWest End Community Centre, ÌÌany location during advance voting, or 870 Denman Street ÌÌtwo specified locations on election day: ÌÌVancouver City Hall, »»University Hill Secondary, 453 West 12th Avenue 3228 Ross Drive, and »»UBC AMS Student Nest, 6133 University Blvd.

Remember, if you live in the UBC Lands or University Endowment Lands, and do not own property in Vancouver, you can only vote for school trustees.

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Vote by mail Special voting at care facilities, You may vote by mail if you: social service centres and others ÌÌhave a physical disability, illness or injury Advance mobile voting will be available at many that affects your ability to vote in person, or acute care hospitals, residential care facilities, shelters, and social service drop-in centres in ÌÌexpect to be absent from the city for advance Vancouver from October 9-19, 2018. voting and election day. If you are an eligible voter in one of these care If you would like to request a vote by mail facilities, check with your facility administrator package, visit vancouver.ca/vote or call 3-1-1. or phone 3-1-1 to see if voting will be offered in Mail ballot packages will be mailed out your facility. The list of locations is also available starting October 2. They must be returned to at vancouver.ca/vote City Hall no later than 8pm on October 20, 2018, to be counted. If you prefer, you can arrange to have someone pick up your mail ballot package and return it for you. The person picking up your package will need to bring a photo ID. Packages can be picked up at the Election Office, 450 West Broadway, during regular office hours.

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 7 How do I vote? When you arrive at the voting place: 1. Staff will check if your name is on the voters’ list. Bring your Voter Information Card to speed up this process. If you are not on the voters’ list, you can register on the spot. See page 4 to learn how to register in person. 2. Once your name is confirmed to be on the voters’ list, you will be asked to sign a declaration that you are entitled to vote and that you have not voted before in this election. You will then be given a ballot. 3. Take the ballot behind a privacy screen at the voting place to mark it. 4. On the ballot, you will see an oval similar to this to the left of the name of each candidate or question. Using the special pen provided, fill in the oval like this: . Demonstration Ballot 5. Vote for the number of candidates you want, up to the maximum number for each position. You can also vote on the capital plan borrowing questions on the back. If you mark your ballot incorrectly, or otherwise spoil your ballot, return your ballot to the election staff and get a replacement ballot. 6. After you have finished marking both sides of your ballot, bring it to the voting machine. The ballot box attendant will assist you in feeding your ballot into the machine. 7. The machine reads the marks you have made and stores the information electronically on the machine’s memory card, which will be counted after the close of voting.

This is a demonstration ballot for educational purposes only. The final ballot will contain the list of 2018 candidates from page 14 and the 2019-2022 Capital Plan questions on page 52.

8 / VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 9 Names in random order on ballot Unlike previous years, the names on the ballot will be in random order, NOT alphabetical order. The random order list can be found on the worksheet on page 14 of this guide and at vancouver.ca/vote. How you can get ready ÌÌPlan your vote in advance. Our online Plan Your Vote tool is at vancouver.ca/plan-your-vote or use our worksheet on page 14. ÌÌGet to know the random order list, so you can mark your ballot correctly. The online tool and worksheet show the exact order of the candidates’ names on the ballot, so you are prepared to make your selections when you vote. ÌÌLeave plenty of time to vote. Consider voting in advance from October 10-17, as wait times will likely be shorter.

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 9 Can I get help to vote? Help with marking your ballot If you need help to mark your ballot, ask for the Presiding Election Official (PEO) in charge at the voting place. You can choose to: ÌÌHave the PEO help you. All election officials must take an oath to keep ballots secret, so they can help you if needed. ÌÌBring someone you know to the voting place to help you. This person will have to take an oath of secrecy that will be given by the PEO.

Assistive ballot marking device available during advance voting If you need help to mark your ballot and want to use an assistive ballot marking device, please go to Roundhouse Community Centre or Killarney Community Centre during advance voting, October 10 to 17, 8am-8pm. The device can help mark your ballot with: ÌÌSip-and-puff-, paddle- or other accessibility devices ÌÌAudio instructions and braille markings on paddles and buttons ÌÌLarge print or high colour contrast ÌÌAudio and written ballot marking instructions in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Punjabi Ask for the PEO in charge at the voting place and they will take you to use the device.

Help with accessing the voting place All voting places are wheelchair accessible. However, if you can’t enter the voting place, you may have someone ask the PEO to assist you to vote near the voting place, such as in your car.

10 / VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 11 What if English is my second language? If you have difficulty speaking, reading, or understanding English, ask for help at the voting place. You can: ÌÌAsk for staff who speak your language. Election staff who speak another language will be wearing a button indicating the language they speak. ÌÌBring your own translator. They will need to take an oath of secrecy. Staff also have access to a service that can interpret ballot marking instructions in over 180 languages.

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 11 Voting places in Vancouver City of Vancouver and School District No. 39 Map of locations: 29 Carnegie Community Centre 57 Waverley Elementary School 86 Eric Hamber Secondary School 401 Main Street 6111 Elliott Street 5025 Willow Street 1 Vancouver City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue 30 Strathcona Community Centre 58 David Oppenheimer 87 Emily Carr Elementary School 601 Keefer Street Elementary School 4070 Oak Street 2 Simon Fraser Elementary School 2421 Scarboro Avenue 100 West 15th Avenue 31 Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre 88 Douglas Park Community Centre 920 E Hastings Street 59 David Thompson 801 West 22nd Avenue

3 St. Patrick Regional Secondary School Secondary School 32 Vancouver Aboriginal 1755 East 55th Avenue 89 Fairview Baptist Church 115 East 11th Avenue Friendship Centre 1708 West 16th Avenue 1607 E Hastings Street 60 Gladstone Secondary School 4 Mount Pleasant 4105 Gladstone Street 90 Sh aughnessy Elementary School Community Centre 33 Britannia Community 4250 Marguerite Street 1 Kingsway Services Centre 61 Trout Lake Community Centre 1661 Napier Street 3360 Victoria Drive 91 Point Grey Secondary School 5 Kivan Club 5350 East Boulevard 2875 St. George Street 34 Grandview/¿uuqinak’uuh 62 Laura Secord Elementary School Elementary School 2500 Lakewood Drive 92 Kerrisdale Community Centre 6 Mount Pleasant 2055 Woodland Drive 5851 West Boulevard Neighbourhood House 63 Queen Alexandra 800 East Broadway 35 Queen Victoria Secord Annex Elementary School 93 Maple Grove Elementary School 1850 East 3rd Avenue 1300 East Broadway 6199 Cypress Street 7 Creekside Community Recreation Centre 36 Lord Nelson Elementary School 64 Lord Selkirk Elementary School 94 Dr. R. E. McKechnie 1 Athletes Way 2235 Kitchener Street 1750 East 22nd Avenue Elementary School 7455 Maple Street 8 St. Mary’s Ukrainian 37 Templeton Secondary School 65 Selkirk Elementary Annex Catholic Centre 727 Templeton Drive 4444 Dumfries Street 95 Kerrisdale Elementary Annex 3150 Ash Street 3250 West 43rd Avenue 38 Tillicum Elementary 66 Kensington Community Centre 9 Park Inn & Suites by Radisson Annex (Hastings) 5175 Dumfries Street 96 Prince of Wales Secondary School 898 West Broadway 2450 Cambridge Street 2250 Eddington Drive 67 McBride Elementary Annex 10 False Creek Elementary School 39 Hastings Elementary School 4750 St. Catherines Street 97 Trafalgar Elementary School 4170 Trafalgar Street 900 School Green 2625 Franklin Street 68 Ch arles Dickens 11 L’Ecole Bilingue 40 Hastings Community Centre Elementary Annex 98 Carnarvon Elementary School Elementary School 3096 East Hastings Street 3877 Glen Drive 3400 Balaclava Street 1166 West 14th Avenue 41 Si r John Franklin 69 David Livingstone 99 Kitsilano War Memorial 12 Holy Trinity Anglican Church Elementary School Elementary School Community Centre 1440 West 12th Avenue 250 Skeena Street 315 East 23rd Avenue 2690 Larch Street

13 Grace Vancouver Church 42 Garibaldi Elementary Annex 70 General Wolfe 100 Lord Tennyson Elementary School 1696 West 7th Avenue 1025 Slocan Street Elementary School 1936 West 10th Avenue 4251 Ontario Street 14 False Creek Community Centre 43 Chief Maquinna 101 Henry Hudson Elementary School 1318 Cartwright Street Elementary School 71 Hill crest Centre 1551 Cypress Street 2684 East 2nd Avenue 4575 Clancy Loranger Way 15 Vancouver Aquatic Centre 102 Kitsilano Neighbourhood House 1050 Beach Avenue 44 Thunderbird Elementary School 72 General Brock 2305 West 7th Avenue 2325 Cassiar Street Elementary School 16 Best Western Plus Sands Hotel 103 General Gordon Elementary School 4860 Main Street 1755 Davie Street 45 Broadway Church 2268 Bayswater Street 2700 East Broadway 73 John Oliver Secondary School 17 Lord Roberts Elementary School 104 Redemption Church 530 East 41st Avenue 1100 Bidwell Street 46 Renfrew Park 3512 West 7th Avenue Community Centre 74 Culloden Court Community Hall 18 King George Secondary School 105 West Point Grey Community Centre 2929 East 22nd Avenue 1375 East 47th Avenue 1755 Barclay Street 4397 West 2nd Avenue 47 Renfrew Elementary School 75 Sunset Community Centre 19 Gordon Neighbourhood House 106 St. Helen’s Anglican Church 3315 East 22nd Avenue 6810 Main Street 1019 Broughton Street 4405 West 8th Avenue 48 Windermere Secondary School 76 Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre 20 Roberts Elementary Annex 107 Lord Byng Secondary School 3155 East 27th Avenue 7646 Prince Albert Street 1150 Nelson Street 3939 West 16th Avenue 49 John Norquay Elementary School 77 Khalsa Diwan Society 21 St. Andrew’s 108 Queen Elizabeth Elementary School 4710 Slocan Street 8000 Ross Street - Wesley United Church 4102 West 16th Avenue 1018 Nelson Street 50 Ge orge T. Cunningham 78 Westside Baptist Church 109 Lord Kitchener Elementary School Elementary School 8506 Ash Street 22 The Listel Hotel 3455 West King Edward Avenue 2330 East 37th Avenue 1300 Robson Street 79 Scottish Cultural Centre 110 Dunbar Community Centre 51 Colli ngwood 8886 Hudson Street 4747 Dunbar Street 23 Coal Harbour Community Centre Neighbourhood House 480 Broughton Street 80 Marpole United Church 5288 Joyce Street 111 Sout hlands Elementary School 1296 West 67th Avenue 5351 Camosun Street 24 Vancouver Art Gallery 52 Dr. H. N. MacCorkindale 750 Hornby Street 81 Marpole - Oakridge Elementary School 112 Musqueam Community Centre Community Centre 25 Gathering Place 6100 Battison Street 6777 Salish Drive 990 West 59th Avenue Community Centre 53 Champlain Heights 201 West End Community Centre 609 Helmcken Street 82 Trinity Baptist Church Community Centre 870 Denman Street 1460 West 49th Avenue 26 Roundhouse Community 3350 Maquinna Drive (Advance voting only) Arts and Recreation Centre 83 La ngara College 54 Captain James Cook 400 Un iversity Hill 181 Roundhouse Mews 100 West 49th Avenue Elementary School Secondary School 27 Vancouver Public Library 3340 East 54th Avenue 84 Sir William Van Horne 3228 Ross Drive - Centre Branch Elementary School 55 Éc ole Anne-Hébert Elementary 401 UBC AMS Student Nest 350 West Georgia Street 7051 Killarney Street 5855 Ontario Street

6133 Student Union Boulevard 28 Crosstown Elementary School 56 Killarney Community Centre 85 Oakridge Centre 55 Expo Boulevard 6260 Killarney Street 650 West 41st Avenue

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NOVA, Melissa (NPA) K, Adrian ET, Françoise E, Christine (OneCity) Christine E, LE, Penny TALIANOS, Anastasia TALIANOS, DWICK, Colleen (NPA) DWELL, Justin DWELL, HANAN, Barbara (Burnaby) Barbara HANAN, RA, Nycki (VANCOUVER 1st) RK, John , Pete (GREEN) LOR, Elizabeth (VANCOUVER 1st) (VANCOUVER Elizabeth LOR, random order, NOT alphabeticalrandom NOT order, Candidateorder. profilesthis in guide, alphabetically. organized are however, PORTER, Elke LI, Morning (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Morning LI, O’KEEFE, Derrick (COPE) RAMDEEN, Katherine CHERNEN, Glen (Coalition Vancouver) CARDONA, Diego (Vision Vancouver) CARDONA, (Vision Diego MCDOWELL, Rob MCDOWELL, BLYTH, Sarah BLYTH, COPELAND, Cord “Ted” MOLLINEAUX, Michelle (VANCOUVER 1st) KENNEDY, Gordon T FU, Hsin-Chen FU, BHANDAL, Taqdir Kaur Taqdir BHANDAL, FALLS, Larry FALLS, PEROSA, Elishia (VANCOUVER 1st) SPIKE SWANSON, Jean (COPE) Jean SWANSON, JOHL, Jesse (VANCOUVER 1st) GRANT, Wade GRANT, CHARKO, Ken (Coalition Vancouver) GREWAL, David (NPA) KIRBY-YUNG, Sarah (NPA) TANG, Phyllis (YES Vancouver) MALUSA, John (VANCOUVER 1st) (VANCOUVER John MALUSA, BAINS, Brinder (YES Vancouver) (YES Brinder BAINS, PAZ, Tanya (Vision Vancouver) (Vision Tanya PAZ, LIN, James (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition James LIN, QUIMPO, Jojo (NPA) EL-RAYES, Hamdy EL-RAYES, GOODRICH, Justin P (NPA) HUGHES, Ashley MIEDZYGORSKI, Herschel MIEDZYGORSKI, MUSSIO, Penny (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Penny MUSSIO, VIRDI, Jaspreet (YES Vancouver) COOK, Graham COOK, SHUM, Erin SHUM, XIE, Jason (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Jason XIE, KRISTIANSEN, Lisa (ProVancouver) Lisa KRISTIANSEN, BLIGH, Rebecca (NPA) DOMINATO, Lisa (NPA) MIRZA, Raza (ProVancouver) EVANS, Catherine (Vision Vancouver) (Vision Catherine EVANS, ALM, Kelly PETA, Franco (Coalition Vancouver) CRELLIN, Breton (ProVancouver) (Pitt Meadows) ROBERTS, Anne (COPE) Anne ROBERTS, FRANSON, Marlo BOYL BAS DE GE TAY CROO FRY SPA CAU RAUN BUC KOU HAR NOB Ken (VANCOUVERLOW, 1st) ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Where and when I will vote Find the list of voting places on page 12 Location: Date: Time: ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Candidates councillor for statements candidate Councillor start on page 21

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ZARUDINA, Olga (Coalition Vancouver) (GREEN) DEMERS, Dave (NPA) BARKER, Tricia Vancouver) (IDEA Lee Jamie HAMILTON, ROSSETTI, Massimo (VANCOUVER 1st) NEMETZ, Steven L 1st) (VANCOUVER Chris FUOCO, Vancouver) (Coalition Carlos Juan MALDONADO, Vancouver) (Coalition Jason GALLOWAY, Vancouver) (Coalition Kaur SANGHA, Taran COUPAR, John (NPA) MCGARRIGLE, Kathy (NPA) HEBA, Leo (YES Vancouver) RELPH, Cliff SIU, Winnie (Coalition Vancouver) BEESLA, Pall (NPA) CRAWFORD, Casey (NPA) SHIVJI, Shamim (Vision Vancouver) GOLDENCHILD, (VANCOUVER Ray 1st) YEUNG, Jennifer (VANCOUVER 1st) COPPING, Ann-Marie (NPA) KAGIS, Mathew (Work Less Party) (ProVancouver) Rick HURLBUT, CUEVAS, Victor ZUBKO, Cameron (Vision Vancouver) GIESBRECHT, Gwen (COPE) JOHL, (VANCOUVER Yogi 1st) (COPE) John IRWIN, Camil (GREEN) DUMONT, (ProVancouver) Greg EDGELOW, Vancouver) (IDEA Margaret HAUGEN, MACKINNON, Stuart (GREEN) CHANG, En-Jui Ray (Coalition Vancouver) YANO, John YANO, LAMARCHE, Jason Mike HANSEN, CHEN, David (ProVancouver) Shauna SYLVESTER, Maynard AUBICHON, Gölök Z BUDAY, Kennedy STEWART, Sean CASSIDY, 1st) (VANCOUVER Fred HARDING, BREMNER, Hector (YES Vancouver) Vancouver) (IDEA Connie FOGAL, YOUNG, (Coalition Wai Vancouver) ROUGETEL,LE Katy KAISER, Sophia Cherryes Kaur LY, Tim MASSEY, Lawrence SIM, Ken (NPA) ROLLERGIRL CHAN, Ping SHOTTHA, Satie ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Use this worksheet tool to plan your vote. Review the candidateUse Review this worksheet profiles, plan vote. to your tool theplaces,voting mapof andthe Capital Plan questionsthe in pages after this worksheet, and mark preferences your below. Plan Your Vote Worksheet Vote Your Plan List Random-Order Candidate online? plan vote to your Want vancouver.ca/plan-your-vote. Visit this sheet? of print a copy to Want Get a printable PDF vancouver.ca/vote. at and selectReview candidatesyour This section is the official listof candidates, electoralorganized by race, and listed in the order that will be shown on the ballot. residenceof unless is Vancouver otherwise (in bracketsshown and italic). mayor for Candidates statements candidate Mayoral start on page 17 Candidates for Park Board commissioner – Choose 7 up to Park Board commissioner candidate statements start on page 36

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NE, Nadine C (Coalition Vancouver) Vancouver) (Coalition C Nadine NE, ID, Tiffiny (ProVancouver) Tiffiny ID, ALEZ, Estrellita (GREEN) Estrellita ALEZ, , Morgane , , Sophia (Coalition Vancouver) Vancouver) (Coalition Sophia , G, Allan (Vision Vancouver) G, Tony (VANCOUVERG, Tony 1st) ERSON, BK Barbara (IDEA Vancouver) (IDEA Barbara BK ERSON, SON, Oliver (NPA) , Carmen (NPA) OLD, Erin (Vision Vancouver) U, Ying (Coalition Vancouver) (Electoral Area , Kelly N-PEDLEY, Lois (GREEN) Lois N-PEDLEY, IKE, Ken (Coalition Vancouver) ONET, Bruno (VANCOUVER 1st) DOUBTFIRE NEDY, GordonNEDY, T SER, (GREEN) Janet DY, Jennifer (OneCity) Jennifer DY, F, EricaF, (OneCity) ROTT, Barb (COPE) Barb ROTT, LANTYNE, Fraser (NPA) CIC, Carrie (OneCity) ROKHI, Fairnia , Diana (COPE) NG, Aaron (Vision Vancouver) , Marco (VANCOUVER 1st) , Chris (NPA) HARDSON, Christopher JK (NPA) L, Pratpal Kaur (VANCOUVER 1st) ETO, Julian (YES Vancouver) A - Metro Vancouver) Metro - A DESCÔTEAUX, Stéphanie (VANCOUVER 1st) RED KINDR PRI GOODI FRA BER RIC ALM HAN GIL GONZ MRS KEN JAA QIU CHO BAR AND PAR LEE WOO LEU ZHO DEN WON DON CHA BAL DAY ARN OGER FAR ZHANG, Qiao Wei (Vision Vancouver) WONG, David HT (GREEN) KHAN, Abubakar 甄念本 Brandon YAN, CARR, Adriane (GREEN) OSTLER, Stephanie (YES Vancouver) WIEBE, Michael (GREEN) CHAN, Glynnis (YES Vancouver) (Burnaby) (ProVancouver) Rohana REZEL, DEAL, Heather (Vision Vancouver) ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Capital Plan Questions Plan Capital Please see Capital Plan information and the exact ballot questions on page 51. – Choose 9 up to statements candidate School trustee Candidates for councillor for Candidates – Continued ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Candidates trustee school for start on page 43 ❍

- Choose 10 up to Erin , Brinder (YES Vancouver) (YES Brinder , , Graham , ONA, Diego (Vision Vancouver) (Vision ONA, Diego RTS, Anne (COPE) Anne RTS, IO, Penny (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Penny IO, ZYGORSKI, Herschel ZYGORSKI, INATO, Lisa (NPA) INATO, DRICH, Justin P (NPA) NSON, Jean (COPE) Jean NSON, DEEN, Katherine OWELL, Rob OWELL, TIANSEN, Lisa (ProVancouver) Lisa TIANSEN, LINEAUX, Michelle (VANCOUVER 1st) Tanya (Vision Vancouver) (Vision Tanya HES, Ashley NT, Wade NT, , Kelly RKO, Ken (Coalition Vancouver) NDAL, Taqdir Kaur Taqdir NDAL, USA, John (VANCOUVER 1st) (VANCOUVER USA, John ELAND, Cord “Ted” TER, Elke WAL, David (NPA) NEDY, GordonNEDY, T L, Jesse (VANCOUVER 1st) RNEN, Glen (Coalition Vancouver) NS, Catherine (Vision Vancouver) (Vision NS, Catherine G, Phyllis (YES Vancouver) LLIN, Breton (ProVancouver) (Pitt Meadows) OSA, Elishia (VANCOUVER 1st) LS, Larry TH, Sarah TH, MPO, Jojo (NPA) A, Franco (Coalition Vancouver) ZA, Raza (ProVancouver) EEFE, Derrick (COPE) DI, Jaspreet (YES Vancouver) BY-YUNG, SarahBY-YUNG, (NPA) , James (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition James , , Jason (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Jason , GH, Rebecca (NPA) Hsin-Chen RAYES, Hamdy RAYES, Morning (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Morning NOBLE, Penny HARDWICK, Colleen (NPA) KOUTALIANOS, Anastasia KOUTALIANOS, BUCHANAN, Barbara (Burnaby) BUCHANAN, Barbara RAUNET, Françoise CAUDWELL, Justin CAUDWELL, SPARK, John SPARK, FRY, Pete (GREEN)FRY, CROOK, Adrian TAYLOR, Elizabeth (VANCOUVER 1st) (VANCOUVER Elizabeth TAYLOR, DE GENOVA, Melissa (NPA) BASRA, Nycki (VANCOUVER 1st) BOYLE, Christine (OneCity) Christine BOYLE, FRANSON, Marlo Ken (VANCOUVERLOW, 1st) ROBE CRE PET ALM EVA MIR DOM BLI KRIS XIE SHUM, COOK VIR MUSS MIED HUG GOO EL- QUI LIN PAZ, BAINS MAL TAN KIR GRE CHA GRA JOH SWA SPIKE PER FAL BHA FU, KEN MOL COP BLY MCD CARD CHE RAM O’K LI, POR ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Candidates councillor for statements candidate Councillor start on page 21

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N, Ping LAMARCHE, Jason Mike HANSEN, John YANO, CHEN, David (ProVancouver) Shauna SYLVESTER, Maynard AUBICHON, Gölök Z BUDAY, Kennedy STEWART, Sean CASSIDY, 1st) (VANCOUVER Fred HARDING, BREMNER, Hector (YES Vancouver) Vancouver) (IDEA Connie FOGAL, YOUNG, (Coalition Wai Vancouver) ROUGETEL,LE Katy LY, Tim ROLLERGIRL CHA RELPH, Cliff KAISER, Sophia Cherryes Kaur MASSEY, Lawrence SIM, Ken (NPA) SHOTTHA, Satie ZARUDINA, Olga (Coalition Vancouver) (GREEN) DEMERS, Dave (NPA) BARKER, Tricia Vancouver) (IDEA Lee Jamie HAMILTON, ROSSETTI, Massimo (VANCOUVER 1st) NEMETZ, Steven L 1st) (VANCOUVER Chris FUOCO, Vancouver) (Coalition Carlos Juan MALDONADO, Vancouver) (Coalition Jason GALLOWAY, Vancouver) (Coalition Kaur SANGHA, Taran COUPAR, John (NPA) MCGARRIGLE, Kathy (NPA) HEBA, Leo (YES Vancouver) SIU, Winnie (Coalition Vancouver) BEESLA, Pall (NPA) CRAWFORD, Casey (NPA) SHIVJI, Shamim (Vision Vancouver) GOLDENCHILD, (VANCOUVER Ray 1st) YEUNG, Jennifer (VANCOUVER 1st) COPPING, Ann-Marie (NPA) KAGIS, Mathew (Work Less Party) (ProVancouver) Rick HURLBUT, CUEVAS, Victor ZUBKO, Cameron (Vision Vancouver) GIESBRECHT, Gwen (COPE) JOHL, (VANCOUVER Yogi 1st) (COPE) John IRWIN, Camil (GREEN) DUMONT, (ProVancouver) Greg EDGELOW, Vancouver) (IDEA Margaret HAUGEN, MACKINNON, Stuart (GREEN) CHANG, En-Jui Ray (Coalition Vancouver) ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Candidates for mayor for Candidates statements candidate Mayoral start on page 17 Candidates for Park Board commissioner – Choose 7 up to Park Board commissioner candidate statements start on page 36

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ÌÌCoalition Vancouver ÌÌNPA ÌÌVision Vancouver ÌÌCOPE ÌÌOneCity ÌÌWork Less Party ÌÌGREEN ÌÌProVancouver ÌÌYES Vancouver ÌÌIDEA Vancouver ÌÌVANCOUVER 1st

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AUBICHON, can continue to live and thrive in Property Rights activist, due CHAN, Ping Maynard Vancouver. Our platform is the process and anti-police brutality most substantive document to be activist who himself felt that cold Priority 1: INSITES I called put before the electorate in more hand (no criminal record) himself Priority 1: Community safety Janet P than 50 years. We urge you to read (2001/2002). and life it and tell us what you think. Priority 2: Men Ill COP COOP Contact Priority 2: Social housing Housing Biography: Hector Bremner is the Twitter https:// solutions only candidate with Vancouver twitter.com/hashtag/ Priority 3: Legal Mariquana Shops Priority 3: New St Paul Hospital City council experience running for buday4vancouver?src=hash NOW fast Mayor. Councillor Bremner’s life Facebook: https://www.facebook. Platform: Im independant were Platform: Ensure Communities and career have been marked by com/buday4thecity/ called the weed party. If elected emergency, safety and recognizing good ideas, getting YouTube: https://www.youtube. Ill train bus drivers to drive development; Expropriate things done, and bringing people com/user/dubya3cdotcom properly. Use Mariquana profits all vacant lots for more together. He feels honoured to Phone: 604-374-6307 to feed poor kids and house social housing; Fast track the be able to serve all communities Email: buday4vancouver@ mentally ill persons and VPD construction of new St. Paul across our great city and promises bcindividualist.org Officers WEll build insites all Hospital; Beautify and purify to citizens that he will get the job over vancouver Ive applied for Website: http://buday4vancouver. Vancouver; Aggressively done. bcindividualist.org/ VPD Board Membership with my promote tourism in Vancouver, Contact Certificate in Criminology from filming industries partnering Native Ed Coll Ive taken four Poli Twitter: twitter.com/ with International film makers, LetsFixHousing Sci Courses at Douglas 07 and and microbreweries for gourmet CASSIDY, Sean Langara 09 Langara I paid for my Facebook: www.facebook.com/ beers export for increasing GDP HectorForVancouver/ courses. Im a Liscenced Stock and values; Market Vancouver as

Broker Instagram: www.instagram.com/ pharmaceutical manufacturing hector4mayor/ Priority 1: Housing Biography: Maynard Aubichon I start-ups to produce generic managed a Moving Company for YouTube: www.yesvancouver.ca Priority 2: Affordability medicine; Sponsor youth twelve years. I have a Certificate Phone: 604-999-6717 Priority 3: Protecting Vancouver sporting events and job In Criminology Native Ed Coll creations; and Advertise all City’s Email: [email protected] Platform: My intentions if elected Im educated in law criminology jobs in newspapers. Website: www.yesvancouver.ca is to address the city’s housing accounting plus I know all the crisis, one that was very avoidable Biography: Ping Chan, 64, is citys djs well theyre my phone yet now significant! As the former a broad-based, professional buddies. CMHC Senior Debt Manager/ engineer with diverse experience Im hosted on BNN once twice a in Northern B.C. & Alberta, and BUDAY, Gölök Z Acting Deputy Treasurer in week. Business News Netwerk is fully committed to Social Ottawa I was involved in housing Andy Bell Paul Bagnall Jaime Housing, Volunteerism, Sports, nationally. As well, I have worked Ross know me. Seniors Safety Arts & Culture. Priority 1: Affordable Government in construction and mortgage Society. financing. I am born and raised He holds a degree in Civil Priority 2: Better Police Focus Contact in Vancouver and have watched Engineering from University of Twitter: @AubichonMaynard Priority 3: Cutting Mayoral Pay the zen focus on sustainability Calgary and further upgrading in Facebook: [email protected] Platform: We need less vice and vs affordability. I have been very University of Alberta. Car 87 focus from police, and more active at city hall fighting issues YouTube: Meynard Aubichon He was Senior Manager leading for you. on Rape, Murder, Theft and Fraud. Public Works Department in City Other: soundcloud.com/spotspot A Mayor Paid Less, separately Biography: Born/raised in of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Phone: 6045612945 a council as well. Government Vancouver, high school Vancouver Contact Email: [email protected] needs to be affordable without College, UBC (Political science/ civil service unions and Inflation/ Twitter: @drpingchan Website: soundcloud.com/ Econ), MBA, Fordham University Phone: 604-652-3470 spotspot Deflation linked pay to all elected NYC, visiting MBA University of and non-elected officials. We Washington. I am an FMP GE’s Email: [email protected] need to audit the Government renowned finance program. Website: pingchan.ca Transparently and apply Sunset Worked on Bay St. doing BREMNER, Hector Clauses. We need less over government and municipal reaching Government and more finance across Canada with fun, less taxes, and housing...more (YES Vancouver) RBC DS. Represented Canada on site. on Wall St with CMHC, Acting Priority 1: Fix Housing Biography: Born in 1978, came Trade Commissioner S America Priority 2: Clean up permitting to Vancouver 30 Years ago. in Vancouver, Venture Capital Priority 3: Family-friendly city Comedian, Artist, Entertainer advisor. Platform: YES Vancouver’s and Managing Caretaker at my Contact Building. Disabled. Magyar. candidates are a mix of small Twitter: https://twitter.com/ business owners and community A libertarian, MindFreedom votecassidy Advocate and Vancouver, BC leaders who are dedicated to Email: info@seancassidyformayor. solving the present housing Affiliate, Free Speech nut, a com Individual (no collective like crisis and ensuring that young Website: seancassidyformayor.com people and middle class families Developer companies, et al)

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CHEN, David FOGAL, Connie construction most of my life, truck KAISER, Sophia (ProVancouver) (IDEA Vancouver) driver, stock promoter and various Cherryes Kaur other business. Founded the (Ancient of Beings

Canadian Hemp Growers Assoc. Telestai This Universe ExistenceElle Priority 1: Pro affordable housing Priority 1: build affordable housing in 1996. 2005 on record at Senate twin-flame love X-girl X-genes Priority 2: Pro community Priority 2: end money laundering Committee on national defence Ground of Beingness: Sophia- businesses Priority 3: eradicate drug cartels saying, “terrorists” are smuggling Thelete Sharrisen/Cherryes mother aerth / mother sun-sunShine Priority 3: Pro city for families Platform: I’m Connie Fogal and I’m guns/drugs into Canada. 2005 MacroCosm/microcosm Party) Platform: LYour ProVancouver endorsed by IDEA Vancouver. My Harm Reduction Pilot Project/ team and I will bring regular campaign is focused on providing monopolizing heroin to save lives, town hall meetings to all 23 low income housing for those in Men On Down Town East Society Priority 1: Negotiate $432BillionGift sub-districts of Vancouver so dire need. I plan to lobby strongly and Two Ravens Opioid Project. Priority 2: Collapse Corporate that community consultation for the eradication of drug cartels Contact Greed means something again. Your and money laundering in our city. Twitter: Vancitycrime Priority 3: needs will form the backbone These cartels are directly tied to Facebook: Men On Down Town endDisEaseViolencePoverty of the policies to create the opioid crises and development East Society Platform: Imagine aWorld- affordable housing, a strong industry and I will put a stop to Phone: 604 700 1652 where-allWealth is shared, not local economy, and a city you this. I also favour keeping single- hoarded-owned-privatized! Van- can enjoy spending time in to family residences and gardens and Email: [email protected] couverFirstCityOnEarthToPerma- raise your family. Let’s make our will fight for their survival. Website: https:// nentlyEndAllPoverty CanYouCom- communities strong again so vancouvercitycrime.ca/ Biography: Connie Fogal, a retired prehend theExtent you can be residents with roots. lawyer and widow to Harry Rankin, Corporate-Greed-Hoarding IS We are #ProStrongCommunites Vancouver’s outspoken alderman, aDesparateInnerSchizophrenicIn- and the #SmartChoice, so has served as Vancouver Park HARDING, Fred sanityImpoverishment PleaseVora- #LetsDoThis Board Commissioner, leader (VANCOUVER 1st) tiouslyResearch: Biography: I offer a tremendous of the Canadian Action Party, amount of relevant and technical spokesperson for Citizens Against 1. JohnLambLash:NotInHisImage- experience as a father of 3 (two Gambling Expansion, elected Priority 1: Affordable Housing metaHistory.org Woke MeUp with permanent disabilities), representative to Kitsilano’s Priority 2: Taxes Home & Business ReadsLikeMyBiography:Gaia/ a certified financial planner® and Vancouver’s Resources Sophia 2.AndrewMLobaczewski: Priority 3: Transportation with 13 years experience, small Boards, and plaintiff in lawsuits PoliticalPonorology, 3.MichaelTs business owner, and 25 years against globalization and the Platform: Big Tent, libertarian- arion:IrishOriginsofCivilizationB experience working with my militarization of Nanoose Bay. minded party for law and order, k2:AckhenatonIII/akaMosesNew- putting residents and taxpayers WorldOrder, 4.KenPerkins:NeCo community as a strata president, Contact a Strathcona PAC chair, a of Vancouver 1st nfessionsofanEconomicHitMan, YouTube: Connie Fogal Vancouver Foundation granting Biography: Fred served in 5.LloydDemause:PsychoHistory. Phone: 804 872-2128 DSEF committee member, VP/ policing in New Scotland com, 6.GeorgeKavassilas:OurUniver- Treasurer of Beauty Night Email: [email protected] Yard and the lower-mainland salJourney-TheSupremeCosmicDe- Society and more. Website: www.voteidea.ca between 1984-2017. A visionary, ception:Pineal-Chakra- KundaliniM- indMatrix] 7.BlackSpotMutiny.com Contact motivational leader. Recipient 8.Montalk.net 9.WarInHeaven-TheI Twitter: @DavidChenTweets of commendations and British Columbia’s highest award for nvisibleCollegeBookII:THEOCRATS Facebook: @DavidChenTweets HANSEN, Mike valor. ...Implodeing-Impoverishing- Instagram: davidchentweets In 2017, Fred started his own Stealing-Lieing EveryOnesWealth/ Phone: 778-848-2365 international consulting company, Health/Wellness/Sanity/Gener- Email: [email protected] Priority 1: Accountability traveling extensively. osity, InsanelyThrowing”good- moneyintoBad, Reduceing-us- Website: https://www. Priority 2: Housing Fred is a father, husband, and a provancouver.ca/david_chen into-aBrainwashed-Politically- Priority 3: Accountability proud Vancouverite. CorrectZombeeMonoculture”. Platform: Veteran mayoral Contact myGoals/Platform/Bio emminate candidate and the personification Twitter: @Realfredharding MacroCosm/microcosm fractelles of change says, if you don’t know Facebook: https://www.facebook. ofeachother. GeniusIQ:36/36, Pre- what’s wrong how can you fix it? com/Van1st2018/ cotiousUltraSensativeEmpath”Ca- Housing, drug addiction, ODs and Other: www.vancouver1st.ca nary”: mental health issues are all on the FeelingEverything 13Depths... Phone: 604-710-9535 rise. Seniors and families are being *allChildrenDyingStarvationMal- displaced. Insecurity has hired Email: [email protected] nutrition more private security services. Website: www.vancouver1st.ca *allChildrenSexuallyAbusedBy- Bigger crisis, bigger budget Courts *allAutisticChildren- increases. All caused by the same Screaming ones that have laundered billions *allAlcholicTormentedSouls of drug $$$ into billions of real *allHeroinMethadoneCrackJibAd- estate $$$, in the last 40 years! dicts Biography: Been in housing ...areExperienceingIntensiveCare- PalativeCareHealing

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GeniusIQ:36/36, Ultra- selfFree from my153ArchonGe- for 21 years. Jason was born in LY, Tim SensativeEmpathCanary: neticAncestoralEnslavement, so Ottawa, Ontario. FeelingEverything 13Depths can you. Jason attended Langara and UBC WITH-Your-Wild-Child- i know noOne MoreQualified to with eight years experience at Priority 1: Be a True People Animal-You Implode TheNewWorldOrder: TD Bank, HSBC, CIBC. Jason was Leader! iAm implodeing(fromWithin) MilitaryIndustrialComplex allReli- an executive for Canada’s largest Priority 2: Engage People to CORPORATE-GREED PARASITES: gions allDiseases Corporationso- retail Cannabis distributor. Govern’t 1.BCHydro-UtilityCommission- fRome/London/WashingtonDC Jason has ten years experience Priority 3: Together We Can Liberals-HumanRightsTribunal *El *40yearsVoratiousResearch/3D in Municipal, Provincial, Federal Anything! iminatedSafetyChecks&Balances egrees:BA.Psychology,BEd-pdp politics; earning 37,286 votes in Platform: During Vietnam War, *FORCED ToxicDigitalElec- ,MastersofTheologyinChristianE 2011 Vancouver Council election. I witnessed people suffered trosmogTechnology 80%Inde- ducation Contact immensely. Lacking even bare pendantElectricalEngineers c *Am-i-the-OnlyOne-to-Discover- necessities but weapons were allSmartMeter DANGEROUS/ Email: mayorlamarche@ How-to- BreatheWithMy- protonmail.com plentiful for killing. I asked why? BIO-ABUSIVE BreastNipples 5Billion/sec? Whom benefitted from the war? toOurBrainHertzVibrations Website: JasonLamarche.com “We’reAllJoinedAtTheNip”-- Coming here, I pondered: What *STOLE EveryOnesMonthly- ”We’reAllJoinedAtTheClit” makes young Canada, US rose ServiceReadings *EXTORTED up so quickly? For Vancouver, $40monthly justToReadMeter YouWillWantTo Oxygenate/Mas- I searched for the ROOT of its Chargeing$60for$22-30Actu- sage/Fondle YourNipplesOfLife- LE ROUGETEL, problems? Either Vietnam Syria alElectricityUse PertAlert 13hours/EveryDay Katy or any war, Vancouver Toronto OUT-OF-MY-LifeSupport-DIS- Especially-in- Front-of-Children- or New York, it boils down to ABILITY-PENSION-CHEQUE Ending-Child-Abuse-Forever Priority 1: Casino strike solidarity 2 factors: the LEADERS & the 2. EnoughWealth-END-ALL- WhenYourNipplesGlowInTheDark Priority 2: Union control of safety PEOPLE. POVERTY-HealPrenatalGenet- WhenYour3rdEyeNONSEXUAL- Priority 3: Canada out of Iraq/ icDisease inSpiritofMaryJane Biography: Learned from PussyBrain Explodes 80- Latvia CANNABIS-ACT DrugTzar- 88times/minute 9-10-11hours/ Life & truly great leaders like Platform: The heart of the CRIMINALIZES&STEALS- day Washington, Gandhi, Mandela ... Communist League campaign: IndigineousMedicine I formulated the True Leadership Am-i-FromTheFuture-Time- knocking on workers’ doors InsteadReplaceDRUGSwithSa- for Vancouver. What Vancouver Line2525? to discuss the burning need credMedicineAlternatives really needs is NOT another for independent working-class 3. End-FISHFARM-DiseaseingVan- Call-Candace(myInnerSightSham politician but True People Leader political action. Unions must couverWaters 4.GrowOrganic- enPsychic):604-929-9892 who stands with them AFTER lead a movement demanding FoodsOnAllRoofTops elected as said in the manifesto. massive, government-funded Together with highly democratic, Biography: Born1955May21- projects to build affordable educated PEOPLE, Vancouver 10:44pm(forSeriousA strolo- housing, daycare centers. Fight LAMARCHE, Jason can solve its problems & leads gers), GeminiTaurusCusp, for amnesty for all immigrants, others toward a Full Democracy VulcanHospital-BibleBeltAl- Priority 1: RENT end deportations. Guarantee berta. BeautyFull-PowerFull- Contact CONTROL 1 BR $500 farmers their cost of production. Parents: Twin-Flame-Love- Through revolutionary struggle, Twitter: Vancouver True StableHome-SecureChildhood Priority 2: ILLEGAL MIGRANT Leadership workers can discover how to bothMommy&iAlmostDied CONTROL do as in Cuba in 1959—working Facebook: Vancouver True BecameMommysChildSoul- Leadership Priority 3: PRO SMALL CANADA people overturned capitalist rule, mate: Bonding-withUltraStrict BUSINESS brought workers and farmers to Instagram: Vancouver True DutchCalvinistTotallyDepraved- Leadership Platform: If Jason Lamarche is power. BornAgainChristian youEverMet: YouTube: Vancouver True elected Mayor of Vancouver he Biography: A cashier at Walmart, AbsoluteObediencetoAbso- Leadership will use his Democratic support 60, I recently walked picket luteANATHEMAObedience: Phone: 7787103020 and Executive Powers to impose lines in solidarity with BC casino 153ArchonDemon-Indoctrinations strict Rent Control with select 1 strikers. Defender of women’s Email: PossessingMe/ OwningMe- bedroom rents capped at $500 right to choose abortion, I’ve trueleadershipforvancouver@ WindagoSoulEaterSpirits. Intens gmail.com per month. participated in union struggles elyDrivenType”A”personality Jason will launch new Illegal for jobs for women in rail and WhereItGets “Interesting”: Immigration Control Enforcement other industries. I’ve been on InterNationalEuropean- teams managed by Vancouver work brigades to Cuba, and RoyaltyPolitics: German- Police Department. actions against the US blockade. RussianHouseofKaiser/ And I speak out against acts of Jason will help Canadian Dutch-SpanishRoyalCourt, Patri- Jew-hatred in Canada. citizens start, run, and expand archalIlluminati/FemalePatriAr- small businesses and other Contact chonalIlluminati, Controllers/ development projects. Phone: 604-322-4223 ControllersoftheControllers Jason is a true independent and Email: [email protected] When-i-realized-just-how- will not accept donations from TOXICLY=INDOCTRINATEDiWas, Website: www.themilitant.com voters or businesses. it-SCARED-THE-HELL-OUT-OF- Biography: Jason Lamarche loves ME:iGotOut SO IF i can SetMy- Vancouver and has lived here

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MASSEY, Lawrence Facebook: https://www. SIM, Ken with a focus on affordable rentals facebook.com/pages/category/ (NPA) for households making less than Priority 1: Community Community/Roller-Girl- $80,000/year. And I’ll make it Vancouver-1871402709752469/ consideration Priority 1: Attainable housing easier for first-time homebuyers to find a place to own. Priority 2: Vacant homes rented Instagram: https://www. Priority 2: Support local instagram.com/roller_girl_ businesses My bold and achievable plan Priority 3: Nature, gardens vancouver/?hl=en would also support small Platform: I would like to create Priority 3: Support our seniors YouTube: https://www.youtube. businesses by keeping workers in more support for communities Platform: Our city is at a com/watch?v=4hmVkdD-U1A Vancouver. marginalized by vancouver’s tipping point. Vancouverites Other: http://dailyhive.com/ Let’s build a Vancouver that works inflated real estate market. are frustrated by affordability vancouver/vancouver-roller-girl- for everyone. Read more at http:// I would like to see vacant homes running-mayor-2018 challenges, by the decline kennedystewart.ca/platform of core services, and by the returned to the rental market. Phone: 604-500-1773 lack of accountability at City Biography: I’ve lived in Vancouver I would like to continue creating Email: angleadawson2014@ Hall. Our NPA Team has the since 1989. I moved from Nova community garden space and gmail.com experience and ability to deliver Scotia with only $100 and went bring more nature back into our the change Vancouver needs. on to serve as an MP (2011-2018), city. Our commitments to you will elected with Jack Layton’s NDP. Biography: I am a longstanding be achievable, affordable, and I am an SFU policy professor, gardener. I spend most of my time SHOTTHA, Satie realistic. We’re focused not on specializing in cities and housing working on community housing. left-wing or right-wing ideology, and have a Ph.D. from the London Contact but on delivering solutions that School of Economics. Priority 1: stop harassment @ work. Email: lawrencemassey29@gmail. I’m a renter and live downtown Cityhall com Biography: Ken is a local with my wife Jeanette. Priority 2: Reduce permit fee & businessman and community Contact time leader. With the NPA team, Ken Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Priority 3: Transparency will bring a practical, results- kennedystewart ROLLERGIRL focused, non-partisan approach Platform: Employing best to City Hall. Ken is the co-founder Facebook: http://www.facebook. practices will not only save the of two prominent Vancouver- com/kennedy.stewart/ city money, but it will reduce Priority 1: safety based businesses: Nurse Next taxes. It will also reduce bullying Phone: 604-423-3549 Priority 2: hate crimes Door, and Rosemary Rocksalt and harassment. In empowering Email: [email protected] Bagels, and is a Chartered Priority 3: affordable housing city staff with the use of high- Professional Accountant Website: http://kennedystewart.ca Platform: Creating jobs, creating involvement management (CPA,CA). Ken and his wife Teena safe housing for women and strategies, city staff will be able live in Vancouver with their four children, free day care for women to implement better systems sons. and children, redesign the police that benefit the ‘city as a whole’, Contact SYLVESTER, force to be more caring and keep transparency, blow the Shauna loving, more art development, whistle, take care of the citizens. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ kensimformayor?lang=en Stand up, Ask questions, Demand traffic violators, air care, green Priority 1: Housing and answers, Organize rallies, Bring Facebook: https://www.facebook. houses, fair treatment when Affordability com/npavancouver/ you go somewhere and buy change. Instagram: https:// Priority 2: Transit and Mobility something at a store - addressed Biography: Hello, my name is as who you are. Business owners www.instagram.com/ Priority 3: Resilient Economy Satwant (Satie) Shottha,. I never kensimformayor/?hl=en being accountable. Cars should dreamt of becoming a politician, Platform: The people deserve a be accountable for obstructing, city that supports their needs. I but I realized, change can’t be Phone: 604-360-6113 speeding, going through red brought sitting on the sideline. I will build affordable, purpose- Email: [email protected] lights. Accepting all sports. More am seeking nominations to bring built housing by leveraging city green space. awareness and empower those Website: https://npavancouver. assets and cutting down red ca/ Biography: I’ve lived in Vancouver who have been bullied, harassed tape. I will build the Broadway for 17 years, I’m loving, caring and pushed out of jobs at city of Subway to UBC. I will address and helpful. People look at me Vancouver, because they took a isolation for seniors, newcomers as inspiring, helpful and a hero. stand. and people suffering from health STEWART, Some people come up to me and issues and tackle homelessness Contact Kennedy thank me for saving their lives. and the opioid poisoning crisis Twitter: @sshottha I like when people are happy, with empathy and urgency. I will Facebook: https:// Priority 1: Build Affordable and Vancouver should be more support entrepreneurs and local www.facebook.com/ Housing entertaining and more sporty. I businesses and ensure young SatwantformayorofVancouver/ Priority 2: Support Small Business love to give people my warmth. people have a place in our city. Instagram: satieshottha Priority 3: End the Opioid Crisis Sponsor me. Biography: With 30 years of Phone: 6047834244 Contact Platform: We need a Vancouver leadership experience and Email: [email protected] that’s affordable for everyone. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ numerous awards, Shauna stands My plan is to build 85,000 units rollergirl2014?lang=en as an independent, principled of housing over the next 10 years, and pragmatic Mayoral candidate.

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She has served on the boards of Contact ALM, Kelly BAINS, Brinder Vancity, MEC and BC Assessment Twitter: twitter.com/johnmyano/ (YES Vancouver) and has worked with cities on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ housing, transportation, finance, JohnYanoVBC/ Priority 1: Leadership for Priority 1: Supporting Small climate change and innovation. Solutions Business Instagram: instagram.com/ Shauna understands Vancouver johnyano/ Priority 2: City Rent to Own Priority 2: Housing For Middle needs a bridge builder who can Email: john4mayorvbc@gmail. Housing Class deliver affordable housing and com Priority 3: East Approach Route Priority 3: Reduce Build Permit financial accountability. Website: changebc.home.blog Plan Time Contact Platform: Honestly: You should Platform: Please see our detailed Twitter: https://twitter.com/ ShaunaSylvester read all of my 300+ proposals platform at www.yesvancouver.ca to see I am worthy of your vote. Facebook: https://www.facebook. YOUNG, Wai Biography: I am a small business com/shaunaformayor/ Proposals are at kellyalm.ca. I owner with three Cobs Bread (Coalition will push new ideas and pioneer Instagram: https://www.instagram. franchises in the City of Vancouver. Vancouver) solutions for the problems the com/shaunavancouver/?hl=en I live in the West End with my city is now saddled with. I am YouTube: https://www. partner and two children. Priority 1: Lower Your Taxes not into party politics. Just youtube.com/channel/ Having owned businesses for UCgMzI2y5l5pMmLkJpGqQqpA Priority 2: No New Bike Lanes problem solving and planning for the past 11 years, I am concerned the future. A force of good and Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Priority 3: Clean Up Our City about our ability to retain and in/shaunasylvester/ fairness in council. My leadership Platform: Wai Young and sustain small businesses when the is what Vancouver needs. Find Phone: 604-230-7762 Coalition Vancouver are 100% for city continues to download costs and select Alm first. Email: [email protected] the People. With over 35 years and expectations on them. of policy experience working Biography: Fourth time running Website: www.shaunaformayor.ca Contact with community, governments for council, born in Vancouver, Twitter: brinderforyes & business she is ready to lead. 50 years old. Double major Facebook: brinderforyes She is proven, experienced, UBC Urban Land Economics and inclusive. As a former MP graduate. VPD Certificate of Instagram: brinderforyes YANO, John Merit recipient, ICBC roadstar who brought many important Phone: 604-761-8356

infrastructure projects to level 20 drivers advocate. Email: [email protected] the city, she understands the Technology pioneer and inventor. Priority 1: Rent Rollback comprehensive issues facing Finalized 300+ Vancouver safety Website: www.yesvancouver.ca Priority 2: Sustainable City Vancouver. She will bring back and economic proposals in 2014. Extensive property management Priority 3: Safe Accessible City mutual respect on the streets and clean up our city. background, born leader and Platform: Independent Candidate, problem solver. Resume and BASRA, Nycki will work hard together with Biography: Wai has lived in proposal list at kellyalm.ca (VANCOUVER 1st) all elected of every level of Vancouver for over 50 years

and is a community advocate, Contact government to build Vancouver Priority 1: Affordable housing YouTube: http://www.kellyalm. into an Affordable, Sustainable, business owner, and past ca/16eastapproach.html Priority 2: Enhance transportation Accessible and Safe City where Member of Parliament with over All Residents can Thrive. Mandate three decades of civic and policy Other: http://www.kellyalm.ca/ Priority 3: Reduce permit wait time ALMproposals14e.pdf meaningful dialogue with leadership. She is a birth mother Platform: VANCOUVER 1st a Neighbourhoods and Stakeholders, of twins and a foster parent Phone: 604-732-5867 big tent libertarian minded to make Vancouver the Best to seven children. She holds a Email: [email protected] party believing in rule of law, City for its Residents, Workers degree in Sociology with post putting residents and taxpayers Website: kellyalm.ca and Future Generations. Oppose graduate work in Urban Planning of Vancouver first. We are Blanket Rezoning, but Actively and Mass Communications. home to the free enterprise and Engage with Neighbourhoods, to Contact entrepreneurs’ movement who develop plans to increase density, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ believe in lower taxes, and small diversity and sustainability that are WaiYoung government. Our goal is to create sensitive to their unique character. Facebook: https://www.facebook. an environment of certainty where Biography: Born in Niagara Falls, com/waiyoungvancouver/ people, neighborhoods, and all communities can thrive, grow to parents who were born in Instagram: https:// Vancouver, whose parents were www.instagram.com/ and prosper. Vancouver 1st, is led waiyoung4mayor/ born in Japan. Studied organic by Fred Harding, who believes in chemistry, is a journeyman chef. YouTube: https://www. consultation, transparency and Environmental and Social Justice youtube.com/channel/ most importantly accountability. UCgRLp9iADxjgRrTzWbzCgkg/ Advocate, former HEU shop featured Biography: Nycki has policed steward, member of local executive in the Downtown Eastside but Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ and 2 provincial union committees. is presently an articling student in/waiyoung/ Member of federal and provincial completing her requirements Phone: 604-675-8422 NDP riding executives and former to become a lawyer. She has BCNDP Provincial Executive Email: [email protected] degrees in Communication and Member. Out, Proud, Gay man. Website: https://votewaiyoung.ca Law and has extensive experience

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working on large projects at the Website: https://www. BLYTH, Sarah BOYLE, Christine local, national and international taqforcouncil.ca (OneCity) level. She volunteers for various organizations and is a community Priority 1: Housing & Affordability Priority 1: Solutions for housing activist therefore is well versed in Priority 2: Poverty & Addiction Priority 2: Affordable, vibrant city Vancouver’s issues. BLIGH, Rebecca (NPA) Priority 3: Arts/Culture/Public Priority 3: Climate justice Contact Space Platform: Christine will work Twitter: https://twitter.com/ van1st2018 Priority 1: Secure rental housing Platform: Protect current for a more equitable, vibrant coop housing, advocate for city where we can all live and Facebook: https://www.facebook. Priority 2: Meaningful com/Van1st2018/ engagement new coops and create more belong. Christine is committed diverse sustainable housing to OneCity policies that focus on Instagram: https://www. Priority 3: Thriving small projects. Defend renters’ rights affordability, cultural diversity instagram.com/vancouver1st/ businesses and work for more affordable and sustainability. Christine’s YouTube: https://www.youtube. Platform: City Hall must preserve housing. Create more public strong record of tackling com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ PQyZOSasDKfSQ the charm of Vancouver’s small- spaces. Transform our alleys. inequality, contributing to town character while embracing Clean up these spaces so they climate solutions, and deepening Phone: 604.710.9535 change; building a stronger are more friendly and safer for democratic engagement will Email: [email protected] future for all Vancouverites people while they are occupied. help City Council to focus on the Website: http://www. through infrastructure that Increase support for frontline priorities of all Vancouverites. vancouver1st.ca enables livability, accessibility, workers. Increase access to Christine is running with OneCity. and equity. My top priority is a wide range of treatment Biography: Christine Boyle is a attainable housing options to for those seeking it. Create United Church Minister, climate rent and buy. In partnership with opportunity for employment and activist, organizer, parent of two BHANDAL, a Small Business Protection Task social development programs. children and a lifelong resident Taqdir Kaur Force, the NPA will complete Biography: Sarah Blyth is the of Vancouver. She has a BSc a comprehensive review of our founder and executive director in Urban Agriculture and First Priority 1: Diverse, affordable property tax model to ensure of the Overdose Prevention Nations Studies from UBC and an homes businesses are treated fairly, Society in Vancouver, BC. She has MA in Religious Leadership for providing middle-income Priority 2: Equity and social championed for solutions to the Social Change. Since 2016, she employment opportunities for safety opioid crisis and has continued has been Minister of Community our residents. Priority 3: Holistic child care to be a strong leader in the Life at Canadian Memorial United space Biography: Rebecca has spent community on this issue. As the Church and Centre for Peace. 20 years working with Vancouver Platform: If elected, I plan to mother of a young son, Sarah Contact startups & NGOs. Rebecca makes good use of Vancouver’s work as a team to drastically Twitter: https://twitter.com/ is a passionate supporter of increase access and supply parks and community gardens. christineeboyle education and the environment of diverse housing options, Facebook: https://www.facebook. and has championed global introduce child care spaces in Contact com/ChristineBoyleVancouver/ leadership development public libraries, and address Twitter: sarahblyth Instagram: https://www. programs. Rebecca, skilled in intersectional equity and social instagram.com/christineeboyle/ building trust, is a community Facebook: https://www.facebook. safety. I will also promote the YouTube: https://www. activator and volunteers with the com/blyth2018/ health of the Earth through youtube.com/channel/ Dr. Peter Centre. Rebecca rents Instagram: sarahblyth2018 accessible zero-waste strategies UC3OIMt0qiFlPxH67-xsPsog in East Vancouver with her wife, and sustainable transportation. Phone: 778-952-2015 Phone: 236-818-5558 Laura, and her two teenagers To find out more about my Email: sarahblyth2018@gmail. Holly and Jackson. Email: christine@ policies and positions visit com onecityvancouver.ca taqforcouncil.ca Contact Website: sarahblyth.ca Website: www.onecityvancouver. Biography: I hope to be the first Twitter: https://twitter.com/ ca rebeccaleebligh South Asian women elected to city council. I’m a PhD candidate Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/rebeccabligh at UBC’s Social Justice Institute, public educator, and women’s Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/blighrebecca/ health advocate running as in Independent. I have been Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ in/rebecca-bligh-8b10202b/ working in Canadian health research for the last 7 years. To Phone: 604-360-6113 find out more about my work Email: rebecca.bligh@ visit taqbhandal.com npavancouver.ca

Contact Website: www.rebeccabligh.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ taqforcouncil Facebook: https://facebook.com/ taqforcouncil Email: [email protected]

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BUCHANAN, CARDONA, Diego interest first. CHAN, Glynnis Barbara (Vision Vancouver) Biography: A two-term City (YES Vancouver)

Councillor, I have an MA in Urban Priority 1: Council working Priority 1: Affordable housing Geography (UBC), ARCT in piano, Priority 1: Affordable Housing together Priority 2: Protection for renters taught at Langara, helped save Priority 2: Supporting Chinatown Priority 2: Review planning regs. B.C. wilderness, co-founded the Priority 3: Better Transit Priority 3: Encouraging Tourism Priority 3: Climate change action B.C. and Vancouver Green Parties, Platform: Vision Vancouver will Platform: If elected as your YES Platform: As an Independent was B.C. Greens’ Leader and move Vancouver forward. We Vancouver City Councillor, I will Council Member, I will use my federal Greens’ Deputy Leader will stand up for everyone and be a strong voice for representing experience and skills to work and led B.C.’s Citizen’s Initiative make things better. We’ll create Chinatown and the community constructively with the Mayor and for Mixed Member Proportional affordable housing by tripling the at City Hall. I believe in ensuring other Councillors on common Representation. Born in Vancouver, empty homes tax and building Chinatown’s continued success goals. I will support city, provincial I live with my husband in the West 88,000 homes. We’ll build the into the future by encouraging and federal budget initiatives to End. Broadway Subway to UBC and investment and building improve city transportation, the Contact improve commutes. We’ll keep affordable housing for the Arts and to protect our ocean Vancouver the greenest city, Twitter: @Adriane Carr residents who have lived there and shores and river environments. prioritizing green jobs, not oil Facebook: AdrianeCarrVancouver call it home. We need to support We need to review city planning spills. And we’ll keep Vancouver a Phone: 604-689-9200 the tourism industry in our city regulations, with the goal of caring and fairer city by focusing and encourage its growth to bring ensuring long-term, sustainable, Email: [email protected] on reconciliation, poverty prosperity to our community. and mixed-use neighbourhoods to reduction and the opioid crisis. No Website: votegreens.ca keep Vancouver a supernaturally Biography: I’m a small business matter who’s mayor. beautiful city. owner and community leader Biography: A social justice in Chinatown where I’ve run my Biography: Civic Experience advocate, Diego is active in a Happy Time Travel since 1980. I Vancouver School Board CAUDWELL, Justin variety of organizations including try to better my community by Chairperson for 3 terms Trustee Fresh Voices, which aims to being involved with charities in for 6 years Priority 1: Affordable make BC and Canada a better the community like the Canadian Vancouver Symphony Board rental units place for immigrant and refugee Cancer Society, Alzheimer Member for 6 years youth; most recently he was Priority 2: Rezoning to add supply Society, Chinatown Merchant Vancouver Board of Trade Programs Coordinator for Kiwassa Priority 3: Jobs for our homeless Tenants Association, Vancouver member experience Neighbourhood House. Guangzhou Friendship Society, BC Vancouver Art Gallery active Platform: I’m running as an & Guangdong Business Council, member Work Experience Contact independent because I only want Chin Wing Chun Tong Society of Industrial Safety Consultant Twitter: https://twitter.com/ to be beholden to our citizens. VancityDiego Canada. UN International Canadian Some of the issues I hope to Contact Election Observer Facebook: https://www.facebook. work on are building affordable com/VoteDiego/ Academic Qualifications rental units on city owned land, Facebook: https://www.facebook. Brock University Chemistry Email: diego.cardona@votevision. liquidating certain city owned com/GlynnisforYES degree, BCIT OHS diploma, ca assets, rezoning dilapidated Instagram: https://www.instagram. Certificates: Sauder School Website: www.votevision.ca commercial buildings into com/glynnis.chan of Business, Justice Institute skyscrapers, as well as creating Phone: 604-202-3933 Emergency Management. a jobs program for our homeless Email: [email protected] population. Contact CARR, Adriane Biography: Born in Vancouver in Twitter: https://twitter.com/ (GREEN) 1988 . I’m one of the millennial bbuchanan2018 Vancouverites who Government Facebook: http://facebook.com/ Priority 1: Locally affordable homes has forgotten. I come from a bbuchanan2018 Priority 2: Cleaner, greener city strong financial background, Other: contactme@ having 10 years experience as Priority 3: Fair, honest government barbarabuchanan.com a retail day trader. I also turned Platform: I will listen to people, Phone: 604-264-4493 around a failing car dealership, work collaboratively with others, and brought it to profitability. This Email: [email protected] and ground decisions in good entrepreneurial mindset is missing Website: http://barbarabuchanan. evidence. I’ll focus on bolder on council, and will fix some of our com actions for housing affordability, economic issues. genuine public engagement and Contact tackling congestion, especially through a new city-wide plan. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ My goal is a cleaner, greener city jacecaudwell that’s retains it’s social vibrancy YouTube: https://www.youtube. and liveability. I’m endorsed by the com/user/nanofan44 Green Party which is committed Phone: 604-813-8751 to sustainability, environmental Email: [email protected] protection, a more respectful Website: www.votecaudwell.com style of politics and putting public

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CHARKO, Ken accountable financial practices. Representation and Ranked CRELLIN, Breton (Coalition He will spearhead a mission Ballots at the municipal level (ProVancouver) Vancouver) to improve Vancouver’s asset -Extend municipal voting rights management operations to to Permanent Residents. Priority 1: Affordable family homes generate more money internally, Priority 1: Fair housing initiatives Biography: My name is Graham Priority 2: Upgrading infrastructure reduce fees charged to residents, Cook and I’m running as an Priority 2: Arts & Culture Priority 3: Stopping government while allowing the City to improve Independent. I am a Project investment waste its services to the public. Glen will Manager at a local tech company, Priority 3: Full budget review Platform: 1. Build purpose restore integrity and accountability a volunteer board member Platform: I’m guided by common built affordable rentals for to our City by employing a with the Huntington Society sense, not ideology. I fight for our workforce and families to Common-Sense approach that is of Canada, and hold a BBA in what’s right with my results- shorten commutes and stop 100% for the People. Finance from SFU. As a young oriented approach, which makes family migration out of the city Biography: Glen Chernen was person and renter, I’m running me different from everyone else. 2. Return Vancouver’s housing born and raised in Vancouver to make it easier to live an If elected, I will: -Champion market to people who work, live where he lives with his amazing affordable and enjoyable life in arts &culture initiatives and and pay taxes in Vancouver by Wife and children. Glen has Vancouver. institutions across Vancouver using land covenants 3. Take spent the last 19 years in finance, Contact to make them accessible to average community wages and managing a successfully growing everyone, like Elizabeth Ball. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ infrastructure capacity into investment portfolio where he is -Review the City’s budget line- kgrahamcook account when approving new responsible for the examination by-line to cut wasteful spending developments 4. Redefine housing of financial statements and the Instagram: https://www. and streamline service delivery. affordability to better represent selection and disposal of securities instagram.com/cook4council/ -Support fair housing initiatives. local wages 5. Consult with such as equities, derivatives, Phone: 778-835-0404 -Keep regulations and bylaws contractors and tenants to weed debt instruments and mortgage fair for hard-working people and Email: [email protected] out problem developers. investments. small businesses. Website: https://www. Biography: I’m a 3rd generation Contact Biography: For 20 years I’ve votegrahamcook.ca/ tradesman. I was born in Twitter: https://twitter.com/ owned and operated the Dunbar Vancouver but my parents, like so glenchernen Theatre, one of Vancouver’s last many families are these days, had independent movie theaters. Facebook: https://www.facebook. to leave Vancouver. As a young I’ve received the: Chamber com/chernenforcouncil/ COPELAND, man i choose to come back. I spent Cord “Ted” of Commerce Business of Other: https://coalitionvancouver. the last ten years in Vancouver’s the Year; a nomination by ca/glen-chernen/ construction industry on the front Priority 1: give control back to the City of Vancouver for Email: glenchernen@ lines of this housing crisis. I will not you Environmental Innovator; and coalitionvancouver.ca leave like my parents had to. the title “Champion of the Arts” Priority 2: let your voice be heard Website: https:// Contact by the Jewish Independent. coalitionvancouver.ca/glen- Priority 3: clean this city up Twitter: https://twitter.com/ I’m President of the Hillcrest chernen/ Platform: Hi, I am running as bretoncrellin Community Centre, and Motion an Independent to give control Facebook: https://www.facebook. Picture Association Director. back to the people that foot the com/breton.crellin Contact bills in this city by paying steep Phone: 7788880213 Twitter: @KenCharko COOK, Graham property taxes. You have been Email: [email protected] Facebook: Ken Charko ignored and treated like an ATM Website: provancouver.ca by the previous government. This Instagram: KenCharko Priority 1: Affordable Housing is wrong. For too long you have YouTube: KenCharko Priority 2: Public + Active been ignored and lied to, this Phone: 604 684 7546 Transport must end. It is OUR CITY! I may Email: [email protected] Priority 3: Opioid Epidemic not be able to change anything but I may be able to change Website: KenCharko.CA Platform: Affordable Housing: everything. -Incentivize and legalize Purpose Built Rentals across the city Biography: Born and raised in -Make Social/Supportive Housing Vancouver, lifelong resident, CHERNEN, Glen an immediate priority at City Hall struggling homeowner. I have (Coalition Transportation: -Expand public worked in many differing jobs in Vancouver) transportation offerings, including this city and in these jobs I have the Broadway Skytrain to UBC been up every street, down every Priority 1: Transparent & -Continue investment into world- alley and all points in between. I Accountable class active transportation and love the LIVE MUSIC scene, I love Priority 2: More Rental Housing bike lane network what Vancouver once was. I live my life with DIGNITY, HONOR & Priority 3: Lower Fees & Costs Opioid Epidemic: -Support harm reduction strategies and allocate RESPECT. PLEASE VOTE Platform: Glen aims to make necessary resources to solving the Contact our City more affordable for overdose crisis everyone by dramatically Phone: 6049995932 Electoral Reform: improving the finances of -Introduce Proportional Email: [email protected] Vancouver with sustainable and 24 / Vancouver Voters’ Guide | Vancouver Election 2018 Candidates for councillor

CROOK, Adrian DE GENOVA, affordable housing by tripling the Board Trustee, Lisa is a strategic Melissa empty homes tax and building leader with 20 years experience (NPA) 88,000 homes. We’ll build the in government administration Priority 1: Purpose Built Homes Broadway Subway to UBC and and public policy. She is Past Priority 2: Purpose Built Mobility Priority 1: Child Care improve commutes. We’ll keep Chair of Vancouver’s Kettle Vancouver the greenest city, Society and a Board Director of Priority 3: Purpose Built Priority 2: Affordable Housing prioritizing green jobs, not oil FamilySmart™. Lisa is passionate Communities Priority 3: Public Consultation spills. And we’ll keep Vancouver a about public service and a Platform: I will work to deliver Platform: Vancouver is facing caring and fairer city by focusing respected mental health and a Purpose Built Vancouver. We an affordability crisis. Together, on reconciliation, poverty housing advocate. She lives in need a Vancouver that serves all we need to make Vancouver a reduction and the opioid crisis. East Vancouver with her husband our different communities. family friendly city. Affordability No matter who’s mayor. and two young daughters. As my top priorities, I will work is pushing families and seniors out Biography: A four-term Contact to get rid of speculation, build of Vancouver. We need to explore Vancouver City Councillor, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ abundant homes, and make new ideas to create affordable Heather focuses on Vancouver’s lisadominato our city safe for everyone. We family housing and increase the livability – bringing her must increase transportation supply of child care spaces in our Facebook: https://www.facebook. passions for arts and culture, com/lisadominato accessibility and restore vitality city. As a City Councillor running animated public spaces, active to our neighbourhoods and for re-election, I bring professional Instagram: https://www. transportation and heritage instagram.com/lisadominato/ businesses. experience, a fresh perspective and to City Hall. A biologist, she innovative solutions to move our Phone: 778-980-4422 Vancouver needs policy with has represented Vancouver city forward in a positive direction. Email: lisadominatocampaign@ purpose. It’s time to focus on regionally and nationally to gmail.com evidence-based policy, building Biography: Councillor Melissa work for better environmental Website: www.lisadominato.ca on what works. De Genova brings professional protection, infrastructure, transit leadership to non-market housing. Biography: I’m a single father of and women’s participation in A voice for Millennials, Melissa is 5 young kids, living in downtown politics. committed to delivering affordable Vancouver. Contact EL-RAYES, Hamdy child care and family housing. I have founded two non-profit Previously elected to Park Board, Email: heather.deal@votevision. associations: Abundant Housing ca Priority 1: Affordable she strongly advocates for seniors, housing Vancouver and Abundant Transit green space, arts & culture. Melissa Website: www.votevision.ca BC, to advocate for more choices Priority 2: Eliminate drug lives in East Vancouver with her in how we live and get around addiction husband, who works as a police our city. Priority 3: Election reforms officer, and their one-year old I blog at 5 Kids 1 Condo, where daughter. DOMINATO, Lisa Platform: Dr. El-Rayes is (NPA) I write about the opportunities Contact campaigning for an affordable, and challenges of urban family livable, drug-addiction free Twitter: https://twitter.com/ life in Vancouver. Priority 1: Housing & city. This requires integrating: MelissaDeGenova?ref_src=twsrc%5 Transportation •Affordable rental & housing Contact Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ct Priority 2: Public Spaces/ ownership for working Twitter: https://twitter.com/ wgr%5Eauthor Facilities people, •Convenient low-cost adriancrook Facebook: https://www.facebook. Priority 3: Civic Pride transportation, •Eliminate Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/degenova4vancouver/ Platform: Enabling affordable, drug addictions. If elected, I com/voteadriancrook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram. supportive and rental housing will donate 50% of my salary com/degenova4vancouver/ Instagram: https://www. options for families and to a drug-addiction prevention instagram.com/adriancrook/ Other: https://www.linkedin. vulnerable citizens through program, •Lowering cost of municipal and permit taxes YouTube: https://www.youtube. com/in/melissa-de-genova- partnerships, incentives and com/watch?v=zngaYyYJiTQ a7515944/?originalSubdomain=ca expedited processes. for federal taxpayers only, •Reforming election law to Other: http://www.5kids1condo. Email: melissa@ Improving citizens quality of prevent corruption of elected com degenovaforvancouver.com life of through investments politicians and to encourage the Website: degenovaforvancouver. in community centres, public Phone: 604-449-4563 best among us to run for political com spaces, child care, public Email: adrian@voteadriancrook. office. transportation and walkable com neighbourhoods. Biography: Dr. El-Rayes is Website: www.voteadriancrook. •Experienced in municipal Prioritizing core services to help com engineering issues, business DEAL, Heather restore civic pride in Vancouver. (Vision Vancouver) management, mental health and Working with government addictions. •Got his doctorate partners to improve local mental Priority 1: Embrace creativity degree in USA & moved to health and addiction services. Vancouver in 1990. •Dedicated Priority 2: Focus on reconciliation Supporting arts and culture, past 13 years to serve mental Priority 3: Poverty reduction including more support for illness and addiction patients, Platform: Vision Vancouver will LGBTQ events and gathering through his charity (H.R. Mental move Vancouver forward. We spaces. Wellness Centre) •Pioneered pollution prevention and will stand up for everyone and Biography: An elected School make things better. We’ll create Vancouver Voters’ Guide | Vancouver Election 2018 / 25 Candidates for councillor

sustainability in Canada and FALLS, Larry cultural communities. I am an Twitter: https://twitter.com/ptfry USA •Taught Environmental Independent. Facebook: https://www.facebook. engineering in USA & Canada. Biography: Hello, I am Marlo com/PeteFryForVancouver/ Contact Priority 1: Homelessness Franson, born and raised in Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/ptfry Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Priority 2: Affordable living Regina, Saskatchewan. Moved to Vancouver after graduating DrHRayes Priority 3: Transportation Other: http://votegreens.ca with a BA in 1994. Pursued more Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook. Platform: As an independent education throughout the years, com/hamdyelrayes I would encourage new ideas Website: https://petefry.ca worked numerous employment and alternatives for community Other: https://www.facebook. fields including my own business. com/hamdyelrayes improvement. To look at our I love to bike around Stanley Park environment and how we can Phone: 778-714-7692 and Vancouver. I am motivated, make it an increasingly better FU, Hsin-Chen a quick learner and problem Email: [email protected] place for our families and future solver. I understand easily and generations. I want to break Website: hamdyel-rayes.ca smile a lot. through the debates and self- Priority 1: Contact serving solutions that don’t work GlobalViewAdoptedPolicies in politics and avoid having a lack Twitter: marlofranson Priority 2: Market Mechanism EVANS, Catherine of direction and principals. We Facebook: marlofranson Accordance need public policies that provide (Vision Vancouver) Instagram: marlofranson Priority 3: Reduce Bias us with better choices in life. Manipulation YouTube: marlofranson Priority 1: social housing Biography: I am a scientist and Platform: How do we evacuate Phone: 778-829-3215 Priority 2: public spaces published author with over 20 people in planned to be denser years experience helping people Email: [email protected] downtown after big earthquake Priority 3: walkable with addiction and mental health Website: www.marlofranson.com hit while all bridges are closed neighbourhoods problems. Have volunteered work for safety inspection and Platform: Vision Vancouver will with youth organizations and firetrucks are running through move Vancouver forward. We presently work with homeless sole exit on east side. will stand up for everyone and men. FRY, Pete Place residents’ high buildings make things better. We’ll create Contact (GREEN) at noisy intersections and air- affordable housing by tripling the polluted big streets instead of empty homes tax and building Twitter: larryfalls@wayward 4 Priority 1: Homes for clean quiet interior is unhealthy 88,000 homes. We’ll build the Facebook: larry falls facebook Vancouverites and causing traffic congestion. Broadway Subway to UBC and YouTube: larry falls on youtube improve commutes. We’ll keep Priority 2: Affordability/livability National income must balance Phone: 604-377-4867 Vancouver the greenest city, Priority 3: Serve public interest expenditure. Is it really Email: [email protected] worthwhile to block unique prioritizing green jobs, not oil Platform: I believe that precious Vancouver mountain spills. And we’ll keep Vancouver a Website: www.larryjfalls.com Vancouver can be a fairer, view which benefits tourism/ caring and fairer city by focusing greener, and more affordable national revenue? on reconciliation, poverty city for all. I’m committed to reduction and the opioid crisis. serving our city with honesty Biography: I’m Space Physics No matter who’s mayor. FRANSON, Marlo and integrity. I’m committed to PhD candidate. Before finished Biography: A current Park Board transparency and good process thesis, immigrated to Vancouver Commissioner and community that sees citizens meaningfully westside from Taiwan twenty advocate, Catherine has been a Priority 1: Housing 4 Families + engaged in the decisions that years ago. Tutored university past Vancouver Library Board More effect their lives, including math, physics, chemistry related chair, business owner, and lawyer, Priority 2: Environmental planning and city budgeting. courses, Travelled to seventeen and is passionate about equality, Sustainable I’m committed to climate countries. Took Economics and the environment, and inclusive, leadership, sustainability and a Finance courses, so realize how Priority 3: Transportation/ accessible public spaces. strong inclusive local economy. Quantitative Easing from US and Tunnelling China boost inflation around Contact I’m committed to a city hall that Platform: In this Vancouver City works well and prioritizes local the world. Comprehend big Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Election, I intend to become countries’s strategies and status catherineevans interests. one of the best accessible quo is significant when drafting Biography: I immigrated to Facebook: https://www.facebook. Councillors working for the housing policies. com/catherine.evans.vancouver/ Canada as a child and grew needs of the people. We up here in Vancouver. I live in Contact Email: catherine.evans@ must ensure the development Strathcona with my wife, a dog votevision.ca of Vancouver has a strategic Twitter: https://twitter.com/ and two cats. I’ve been self- FuHsinChen Website: www.votevision.ca plan for our future needs by employed my entire adult life, creating a clean, self-sufficient, Facebook: https://www.facebook. and have worked with hundreds renewable, energy independent com/mrfuclass.fu of local small businesses, arts and city working with new emerging Instagram: https://www. non-profits. I’m most proud of technology partnerships we all instagram.com/mrfuclass/ my volunteer work in community can embrace. I plan to support development and as an advocate. Phone: 604-805-0709 family and individual housing issues, businesses, and our Contact Email: [email protected]

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GOODRICH, Justin GRANT, Wade to ensure current and future is a veteran business executive, P generations are able to live, academic, and community leader (NPA) work, and play in our city. We experienced in industries and Priority 1: Social/Affordable Priority 1: Better Land Use & need to create vibrant, unique policy sectors that are critical Housing Housing communities and reduce to the well-being of the City of regulatory barriers to ensure that Vancouver. A born and raised Priority 2: Accountability/ Priority 2: Embrace diversity small businesses can thrive, and Vancouverite with deep roots in Integrity Priority 3: Help the Marginalized implement a comprehensive, the City, Colleen loves Vancouver Priority 3: Public Safety Platform: I am committed to long term plan for investment and is dedicated to helping Platform: When I launched my being a strong independent voice in Vancouver’s transportation ensure that future generations campaign in January of this year in city council that looks past system. can continue to live in an party politics and brings people I ran on a platform focused on Biography: An engineer and affordable, inclusive Vancouver. together around solutions. In balancing economic prosperity lifelong Vancouverite, David Contact Vancouver we need leaders and social responsibility. As a co-founded Absolute Energy Twitter: https://twitter.com/ that view diversity as a strength candidate with today’s NPA, I Inc., BC’s largest natural gas ColleenHardwick that can create real change and am proud to be running with brokerage firm and served as Facebook: https://www.facebook. empower our communities, a team dedicated to being Chair of a community association com/colleenhardwick4council/ fiscally responsible and socially especially marginalized ones. where he advocated for greater Instagram: https://www. Leadership that embraces progressive. Additionally, having transparency and engagement instagram.com/hardwickcolleen/ been involved in the creation diversity means listening with with citizens. He is committed to Phone: 6042297500 humility to people from all walks of several affordable housing making Vancouver a fiscal, social, of life and working to build a Email: [email protected] developments (generating 250 and innovation leader where consensus. new units within the region), working families and seniors can Website: https://www. colleenhardwick.com/ I have a proven track-record Biography: I was raised in the live and small businesses can dealing with this crucial issue. Musqueam community and am thrive. Biography: Justin P. Goodrich proud to call Vancouver home. I Contact is a public affairs executive hope to become the first elected Twitter: https://twitter.com/ HUGHES, Ashley who works predominately with indigenous candidate from the davidgrewal2018 non-profit and First Nations local First Nations. I was an Facebook: https://www.facebook. organizations. His areas of elected councillor for Musqueam, com/david.grewal.129 Priority 1: Environmental expertise include: strategic worked as special advisor to the Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Development premier, was a member of the communications, stakeholder in/david-grewal-19354a1/ engagement and governance. Vancouver Police Board, and Priority 2: Sustainable Housing Phone: 604-360-6113 Justin is also Vice-Chair of received the Queen’s Diamond Priority 3: Cannabis/Hemp the UFV Board of Governors Jubilee medal for community Email: david.grewal@ Commodity npavancouver.ca and holds a Master of Laws in leadership. Platform: I stand for greener diplomacy and international law. Website: www.DavidGrewal.ca Contact economic measures, the Justin is a renter in the West-End Twitter: www.twitter.com/ promotion of green commodities, with his partner, Dylan. wadegrant enrichment of greener Contact Facebook: https://www.facebook. communities, fiscally responsible HARDWICK, com/wadegrantvancouver/ government, and environment Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Colleen justinpgoodrich Instagram: https:// conservation. The policies I (NPA) www.instagram.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. stand for have been developed wadegrantvancouver/ com/justinpgoodrich Priority 1: Public Consultation democratically, by people Phone: 604-908-1494 Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Priority 2: Balanced Budget from all walks of Canadian in/justinpgoodrich/ Email: [email protected] Priority 3: City-wide Plan life - from every province, territory, and traditional land. Phone: 604.656.6304 Website: www.wadegrant.ca Platform: As a member of the I have been described as a Email: [email protected] NPA TEAM, Colleen Hardwick guardian, protector, sentinel and is running to help tackle the Website: www.justinpgoodrich.ca peacekeeper. These leadership livability and affordability crisis qualities prompted my prior MLA GREWAL, David and to get City Hall focused campaign and now propel me to (NPA) back on core services. She is run for City Of Vancouver. doing so by prioritizing the City’s Priority 1: Housing Supply financial health, transparency Biography: As a proud Canadian, Ashley calls Vancouver home. Priority 2: Fiscal Responsibility and accountability, restoring meaningful public consultation, Her previous work experience Priority 3: Transportation developing a renewed city-wide in public markets, commodities Platform: I’m running to plan, achieving livable, vibrant, and raising capital, as well as restore government that works inclusive neighbourhoods with her entrepreneurial aspirations for all Vancouver residents attainable housing options, - have created a force to reckon by improving community and ensuring distributed with. A marketing maven, consultation, transparency, and transportation strategies with international experience fiscal responsibility. I’m focused throughout the body of the City. and perspective, Ashley is on tackling the housing crisis determined to help Vancouver Biography: Colleen Hardwick

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reach its goal of being the KENNEDY, Gordon opened his family mosque to com/in/sarah-kirby-yung-mba- greenest city in the world by T hundreds in need, and contacted 1a180412/ 2020. a Sikh Gurudwara to supply Phone: 604-788-1352 Priority 1: no weekend garbage Contact meals. He’s organized rallies and Email: [email protected] p/u charities. He’s collaborated with Facebook: https://www.facebook. Website: http://sarahkirbyyung.ca/ com/AshleyHughes Priority 2: Protection of renters government on outreach. And he started a podcast to discuss Phone: 604-671-8111 Priority 3: efficient use of mental health, addiction and revenue Email: [email protected] racism with Vancouverites. Platform: -no garbage trucks KOUTALIANOS, Contact Anastasia in residential areas after 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ weekdays nor on weekends. khan4council Priority 1: Diverse affordable JOHL, Jesse -4.5% rent increase is too high Facebook: https://www.facebook. homes (VANCOUVER 1st) for the average worker. Need com/khanforcouncil/ minimum wage at the poverty Priority 2: More art in the city Instagram: https:// Priority 1: Affordable Housing/ level at least. -City government www.instagram.com/ Priority 3: Zero waste, no single- Rental must live with in tax rates and khanforcouncil/?hl=en use Priority 2: Taxes (home & not keep raising taxes. Tax limits Phone: 7788653435 Platform: I’m not a politician. business) need to be imposed. Email: [email protected] I’m a community builder who Priority 3: Transportation Biography: Moved to the West thrives on understanding, end of Vancouver in 1989. Website: khanforcouncil.ca Platform: VANCOUVER 1st a big connection and strategy. While Volunteered in badminton club, tent libertarian minded party I’m passionate about housing, the adopt a granny, volleyball group, believing in rule of law, putting arts and zero waste, I understand and Scouts. Worked 23 years these are my pursuits. As an residents and taxpayers of KIRBY-YUNG, as Federal Government Officer independent, I want to bring Vancouver 1st! Sarah and 10 years in Hospitality more thoughtful engagement, We are home to the free (NPA) industry as a manager. Taught enterprise and entrepreneurs authentic partnership, creative at BCIT and Langara. Graduate Priority 1: Support a liveable city movement who believe in lower problem-solving and outside-the- Ryerson University in Hospitality taxes, and small government. Priority 2: Improve affordability box thinking to council. I’m not and Secondary School Honour Our goal is to create an Priority 3: Advocate for seniors working towards my Vancouver, Graduation Diploma. Speak environment of certainty where I’m looking to build a more English, French and German. Platform: I have a track record people, neighborhoods, and all dynamic and diverse ours. in listening to communities and communities can thrive, grow Contact getting things done. Our NPA Biography: I’m a communications and prosper. platform is will tackle housing strategist, project manager Vancouver 1st, is led by Fred affordability, alleviate congestion and writer/editor. Previously, Harding, who believes in and improve livability. For I was a research consultant consultation, transparency and KHAN, Abubakar housing that includes fast- in the settlement of Indian most importantly accountability. tracking housing for low-income Residential School abuse claims.

Biography: A strong voice of Vancouverites and vulnerable I’m a graduate of SPEC’s Master Priority 1: Housing Affordability change not an echo of political seniors, renewing outstanding Recycler program, a project apathy Will work tirelessly Priority 2: Technological co-op leases and purpose built manager with Small Housing BC, so that children, families and Innovation rental on City lands. As our co-founder of the BC Tiny House Collective and a career mentor for seniors are 1st again. Will make Priority 3: The Mental Health city densifies, quality amenities newcomers with MOSAIC. sure businesses/builders, small Crisis are critical, so I will advocate and large are not held ransom for funding for renewal of Contact Platform: I want to help to endless permit wait times… aging infrastructure including Vancouverites feel less Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ Vancouver 1st will bring back community centres, rinks, nadatodo alone and more appreciated. certainty stability so a clear plan libraries, and firehalls. Seniors and young people; Phone: 604-992-9024 for the future can be built for-all. families, entrepreneurs, and Biography: Sarah was elected to Email: [email protected] People Prosperity Principles professionals—I want to tie them Park Board in 2014 and served Website: https:// Contact together for a closer-knit, more as Chair. As a Commissioner, she anastasiaforcitycouncil.home.blog/ Twitter: @Van1st2018 nurturing Vancouver. I want has been a strong advocate for to change zoning and digitize the protection and expansion of Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/Van1st2018/ the permitting process to get parks, green space, recreational affordable homes built, and keep facilities and amenities to Instagram: @vancouver1st our communities alive. I want support livability in Vancouver. Other: www.Vancouver1st.ca more city-wide events. And I Sarah has worked with small Phone: +1.604.710.9535 want every Vancouverite to know business, BIA’s, arts & culture Email: [email protected] that this is their home—because and the tourism sector, and is a we’re better together. strong advocate for seniors. Website: www.Vancouver1st.ca Biography: Khan’s family came Contact to Vancouver in 1912—they Twitter: https://twitter.com/ taught him that this community sarahkirby_yung matters. So in winter 2016, Khan Other: https://www.linkedin.

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KRISTIANSEN, LI, Morning LIN, James work is to include City Senior Lisa (Coalition Vancouver) (Coalition Vancouver) Staff participation and public (ProVancouver) consultation to achieve maximum Priority 1: Housing and Priority 1: Affordable Housing Priority 1: 2way communication transparency and effectiveness. Liveabililty Priority 2: Public Safety bridge Other work is to include but not limited to, the review of all Priority 2: Ethical Decision Priority 3: Lower Your Taxes Priority 2: Accessible city finance property and business taxes, Making Priority 3: Fair use of tax dollars Platform: Coalition Vancouver security and crime reduction, Priority 3: Sustainability Planning team will focus on strengthening Platform: James believes an garbage pick-up and parking. Community involvement in open, transparent two-way Platform: If elected I will Biography: Ken has been living Community Centres by valuing communication bridge needs to advocate for effective, in Vancouver for over 40 years. volunteerism. Implement a Clean be built between the communities sustainable, and ethical solutions A graduate of UBC, Ken worked Parks Plan and will double cleaning and city hall. This includes the for addressing the top issues of as the Chief Engineer for the City crews to address needles and need for the city’s finances to this election. To that end I will of White Rock and Civil Engineer garbage. Increase accessibility by be accessible for public reviews push for open and transparent for the City of Vancouver for 25+ decreasing prices. Restore free and discussions to ensure that government to create a years. Ken promoted sport and parking and lower facility fees. there is more accountability pathway to effective dialogue fitness, and served in the Board Restore financial accountability and a fair use of resources. The and collaboration between the of Directors for many non-profit to the Parks Board. Take a taxpayer’s contributions should public, administration, elected organizations. Ken’s passion is to Common-Sense approach that not be wasted on projects that officials, external partners and serve the community. is 100% for the People. We will stakeholders. Finally, I will only benefit a minority without listen to people. Increase city’s Contact promote that transparency discussion, including but not transparency and efficiency. Twitter: twitter.com/kenlowsifu pathway as the means to limited to additional bike lanes. developing the objective, Biography: In 2004, I immigrated Biography: James has lived Facebook: facebook.com/ kenlowsifu systematic and formalized to Vancouver, graduated with in Vancouver for 35 years. methods necessary to enable computer major, worked as IT Graduating from UBC Economics, Instagram: instagram.com/ kenlowsifu truly meaningful and democratic engineer, salesperson, later opened James has extensive retail and decisions. my computer company. wholesale business experience. YouTube: youtube.com/channel/ With $2000, I worked as truck UCni6GFvDZiwDyiUK7ZAmqnw Biography: I have a Masters He’s a member of Lions driver, cleaner, mover, computer Degree in statistics from SFU International for over 20 years, Phone: 604-710-9535 engineer, etc. and raised my family in the a committee member at BC Email: [email protected] I tried many small businesses Children’s Hospital Foundation Commercial Drive area. I Website: vancouver1st.ca including moving, cleaning, IT, am fortunate to have carried for 5 years and a Marine Search shipping, courier, trading, income out 25 years of continuous and Rescue volunteer crew for tax, furniture, Realtor. improvement and decision 4 years. He’s committed and I concern homelessness problem, support projects across an dedicated to many community housing market, affordable housing MALUSA, John intriguing and wide range of services. crisis, public safety. (VANCOUVER 1st) industries, clients, projects and Contact Contact organizational levels. Recently Facebook: https://www.facebook. Priority 1: Affordability for all I have been supporting local Twitter: https://twitter.com/ com/james.lin.58152 Priority 2: Revive the Drive governments to better manage MorningLiVan Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ their municipal infrastructure. Priority 3: Build 3 Public Markets Facebook: https://www.facebook. in/james-lin-a8215928/ Platform: We are the team which Contact com/MorningLiVan Phone: 604-649-1001 will provide transparency in Other: Please call or email to Instagram: https://www.instagram. Email: [email protected] obtain my social media info. managing the municipal taxpayer com/morninglivan/ Website: https:// dollar to enable large scale Phone: 778-223-5229 YouTube: https://www. coalitionvancouver.ca infrastructure projects. Build Email: [email protected] youtube.com/channel/ permanent Public Food Markets, Website: www.provancouver.ca UCHPgLqNMrZM_1W1FxPv5cIg?vi East Van & Marpole Market. ew_as=subscriber Concept “Mega-Haus-Projekt” Phone: 604-727-1629 LOW, Ken to house those in need Build a (VANCOUVER 1st) Email: [email protected] 25,000 capacity Amphitheatre for live Music. Build “Piazza Website: https:// Priority 1: Viable Affordable Vancouver” to meet with friends. coalitionvancouver.ca/morning-li/ Housing Reduce the ‘Franchise Factor’ Priority 2: Enhance Transportation to help small business. Revive Commercial Drive. Enable Priority 3: Reduce Permit Wait individuals and families to grow Time and prospers in this City. Platform: If elected, I will Biography: John has worked immediately work with Mayor and relentlessly for the past 22 years Council to find innovative options in the Lower Mainland in the to help increase affordable capacity of Project Estimator housing, enhance transportation, and Project Manager. Building and reduce permit wait time. All

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and upgrading 6 Public Schools, Advisory Committee. He lives in MIRZA, Raza MOLLINEAUX, the Commercial Drive Skytrain Yaletown with his partner. (ProVancouver) Michelle Station, the Kay Meek Center Contact (VANCOUVER 1st) for Performing Arts and multi- Priority 1: Affordable Family Priority 1: Housing, Affordability Twitter: @R_McDowell residential low-income housing. Housing Priority 2: Business, Growth, John is a proud resident of Facebook: @voterobmcdowell Permits Priority 2: Safe Parks for Children EastVan for over 22 years, loves Phone: 604-618-0972 Priority 3: Safety, Addiction, Priority 3: Help Local Music and the Arts. Email: [email protected] Youth Entrepreneur Contact Website: www.robertmcdowell.ca Platform: Improving the housing Platform: 75% of new households Twitter: https://twitter.com/ issue for young professionals, rent, yet we keep building van1st2018 working families, seniors and luxury condos for speculators. the marginalized. This includes Facebook: https://www.facebook. Developer control at City Hall MIEDZYGORSKI, dramatically increasing rental com/Van1st2018/ must end. We must work with Herschel units that is affordable for all Instagram: https://www. neighbourhoods, create a levels of income. We need to instagram.com/vancouver1st/ city-wide plan and build more Priority 1: Clean and safe streets grow our economic development affordable rental housing. We YouTube: https://www.youtube. by supporting businesses Priority 2: Extended night transit need parks and recreational com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ and entrepreneurs, including facilities, because families cannot PQyZOSasDKfSQ Priority 3: Fair property taxes reducing tax and encouragement afford backyards. And only by Phone: 604.710.9535 Platform: Transit – Extend transit of investment. By expanding addressing housing, can we help hours and implement ride sharing. afterschool and youth at risk Email: [email protected] small businesses. My children Housing – Accessible housing and programs, drug rehabilitation were born in Vancouver and I’ll Website: http://www. shelter. Strengthening measures to care and support for our do everything to raise them in a vancouver1st.ca deter speculation while expediting emergency responders we can stable and thriving community. processes associated to building put a significant dent into the middle class homes. Biography: Raza, an R&D safety issues in Vancouver. manager (formerly with Clean, Safe Streets - Adequate Biography: Entrepreneur, Soccer MCDOWELL, Rob Microsoft, EA, Amazon and support to the homeless and Mum and Advocate for Youth at Change.org), helps governments business owners in areas of need. Risk: Michelle’s corporate career to prevent fraud and corruption Incentives for landlords to keep spans 20 years in the high-tech Priority 1: Housing Affordability using technology. The 33-year- buildings and sidewalks clean. sector. She also worked in old father of two sits on the Priority 2: Transportation Arts, Entertainment, Cultural education and non-profit where Prince of Wales Secondary Network Heritage – More funding for the at Science World, she created arts and to keep cultural heritage PAC, and was the Director of Priority 3: Supporting Arts & the award winning “Opening the of buildings and neighborhoods. Government Relations with Culture Door”. Housing Action for Local Biography: Born and raised She was also past Public Platform: Rob McDowell’s Taxpayers. Raza understands in Vancouver, Herschel is Appointed Board Member for the background in international housing, and its impact on the an entrepreneur, successful College of Registered Nurses, BC diplomacy and his current role younger generation, families, and businessman and actively involved and the College of Registered as an adjudicator make him small businesses. in our community. Herschel has Psychiatric Nurses. the perfect candidate to work invested and operated numerous Contact effectively as a City Councillor, Contact successful businesses including bridging party divides and Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/ Whistler’s celebrated Southside razamirza van1st2018 getting things done properly Deli. Herschel is involved in the and effectively as a result. Rob’s Facebook: https://www.facebook. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ community coaching kids in both com/ElectRazaMirza understanding of Vancouver’s van1st2018 soccer and football. He believes Instagram: https://www. political scene, its cultural Instagram: www.instagram.com/ that we need a champion to instagram.com/razammirza makeup, his work with the Vancouver1st bring more transparency and LGBTQ community and his Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ accountability to city hall. Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ multiple language skills, including in/mirzaraza in/michellemollineaux Mandarin and Vietnamese, will Contact Phone: 604-417-4994 Phone: 604.760.7445 enable him to represent all Twitter: www.twitter.com/ Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] neighbourhoods, all groups and voteherschel Website: http://www.razamirza. ALL citizens. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ ca Website: www.vancouver1st.ca voteherschel Biography: Rob has served as a diplomat in Asia, and currently Other: www.voteherschel.ca works as a mediator/adjudicator. Email: [email protected] He has managed health projects Website: www.voteherschel.ca in Vietnam, and is now working on another in Ethiopia. As well as serving on arts boards including the Dance Centre and Comedy Festival, Rob has twice been appointed to Vancouver’s LGBTQ

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MUSSIO, Penny NOBLE, Penny and housing renters Working that’s helping families. I work (Coalition toward free transit starting with with companies launching their Vancouver) children and low-income people ideas and educate youth on Priority 1: Liveable Establishing a municipal living entrepreneurship to give them Priority 1: No new bike lanes neighbourhoods wage for all Vancouver residents a head start on changing the Fighting corruption and real world. Priority 2: Lower PropertyTaxes Priority 2: Transportation/traffic estate speculation Ending the Contact Priority 3: Keep the Viaducts Priority 3: Transparent rule of developers in Vancouver. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Platform: Vision has changed government Biography: Derrick O’Keefe is stephanieforyes Vancouver, a once inviting, fun Platform: The most affordable an author, editor, and long- Facebook: https://www.facebook. and family orientated city, into home is the one already built-I time community organizer. He com/stephanieForYES a limiting, unfriendly, non- will work to preserve character is a founding member of the Instagram: https://www. family orientated, congested homes and unique, liveable Vancouver Tenants Union and instagram.com/stephanieforyes city. Vision has pushed through neighborhoods, including local has been a prominent advocate projects they deem mandatory businesses and the walk up, Other: www.stephanieostler.com of peace and social justice in with little public input. This affordable apartments above Phone: 604-836-4526 Vancouver for the past two agenda has hurt businesses and them, in areas such as Broadway, decades. Derrick is a renter who Email: stephanieforyes@gmail. families. While the majority of Commercial and Chinatown. com lives in Fairview with his wife people in Vancouver drive motor Consideration for 2 rental Andrea and their two young Website: www.yesvancouver.ca vehicles over bicycles, Vision’s secondary suites per house. children. focus on bikes has punished Ending the “war” between Contact motor vehicle commuters with drivers and cyclists is a priority, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ longer driving times. I will help as is improving traffic and PAZ, Tanya derrickokeefe refocus the City back to the transportation options. I will aim (Vision Vancouver) Facebook: https://www.facebook. people. to listen to citizens, and attain com/OKeefeForCityCouncil/ Biography: I was born and open, transparent government. Priority 1: Affordable housing Instagram: https://www. raised in Burnaby. After high Biography: Elected as instagram.com/derrickokeefe/ Priority 2: Greenest city, green school graduation, I attended VSB School Trustee in jobs UBC and received a Bachelor 2014-experienced with Phone: 604-255-0400 Priority 3: Broadway Subway to in Education followed by a government and governance. Email: [email protected] UBC Master’s in Education specializing Executive Director Go By Website: www.votecope2018.ca in School Administration and Bike Society (formerly Bike Platform: Vision Vancouver will Adult Education. I worked in the to Work BC) Active on not move Vancouver forward. We school system for 15 years as for profit boards such as will stand up for everyone and a Business Education Teacher Heritage Vancouver Society, OSTLER, make things better. We’ll create and Counsellor. Recently, I Kits Neighborhood House Stephanie affordable housing by tripling the has focused on opening and Founded and organised annual (YES Vancouver) empty homes tax and building operating many successfully Heritage Vancouver Garden 88,000 homes. We’ll build the Priority 1: Increase housing businesses. Tour-over $100,000 raised to Broadway Subway to UBC and supply improve commutes. We’ll keep Contact support heritage. VSB liaison to Vancouver Heritage Commission Priority 2: Fix permitting Vancouver the greenest city, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ department penny_mussio and Civic Asset Naming prioritizing green jobs, not oil Committee. Priority 3: Fair property tax spills. And we’ll keep Vancouver a Facebook: https://www.facebook. caring and fairer city by focusing com/vote.penny.mussio Contact Platform: I will be a voice for on reconciliation, poverty Phone: 2368389888 Email: [email protected] citizens. I support building reduction and the opioid crisis. homes for people who live, Email: pennymussio@ Website: www.pennynoble.com No matter who’s mayor. coalitionvancouver.ca work, and raise families here with middle class housing. I will Biography: Tanya is a leader in Website: https:// active transportation, car sharing, coalitionvancouver.ca Increase density while working with neighborhoods, and build sustainability, and community O’KEEFE, Derrick rental homes to get our vacancy planning — she’s also a proud (COPE) above 3%. Work with businesses, downtown resident and advocate

encourage economic growth, for safer streets, better transit, Priority 1: Rent Freeze fair tax on property, work with and building our green economy. Priority 2: Tax mansions over $5M builders to create units for small Contact business. I will fix the permit Priority 3: Better transit for all Twitter: https://twitter.com/ dept., implement smart tech. and Platform: COPE candidates tanyapazzy cut red tape. yesvancouver.ca/ will work to make Vancouver Facebook: https://www.facebook. letsfixhousing-action-plan/ affordable for people who aren’t com/VoteTanyaPaz/ millionaires by: Using city powers Biography: I am a life long Email: [email protected] to freeze rents for tenants Vancouverite. I started my Website: www.votevision.ca and small businesses Taxing business in high school and mansions over $5M and $10M now have stores on Granville to fund ending homelessness Isl. and Main St. I am the Vice President of a health care startup

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PEROSA, Elishia PETA, Franco PORTER, Elke QUIMPO, Jojo (VANCOUVER 1st) (Coalition (NPA) Vancouver) Priority 1: Affordable housing Priority 1: Housing Affordability Priority 1: Public consultation

Priority 2: Enhance transportation Priority 1: Advocate 4 Small Priority 2: Homelessness & Priority 2: Accountability Business Priority 3: Reduce permit wait Poverty Priority 3: Diversity & Inclusiveness time Priority 2: Fair Business Priority 3: Small Business & Platform: Our City is at a pivotal Platform: VANCOUVER 1st a PropertyTax Transit point in its history and is in great big tent libertarian minded Priority 3: Business Hotline at Platform: My motto is that I need of renewal. party believing in rule of law, City would like to see Vancouver putting residents and taxpayers As an immigrant, legal professional, Platform: My Mission Statement clean, green, with an accessible of Vancouver first. We are and a proud Vancouverite, I want to is “To make Vancouver the scene. Increase waste home to the free enterprise and serve, and bring a new voice – your most Business Friendly City management, move towards entrepreneurs’ movement who voice – to City Council. in Canada” Small Business in renewable energy, build believe in lower taxes, and small I want to bring about change that general employs 80% of the affordable housing, look after government. Our goal is to create will benefit all Vancouverites, that population, pays 5x the property small businesses, increase transit an environment of certainty will make Vancouver a better place tax residents pay. We need a during peak hours, build more where people, neighborhoods, for all. thriving business community. If bikes lanes, as well as proper and all communities can thrive, elected I propose to immediately connections, ensure that more Biography: As a Queen’s Diamond grow and prosper. Vancouver implement a Entrepreneur Centre housing co-ops & purpose-built Jubilee awardee, Pinoy Fiesta 1st, is led by Fred Harding, that will aid people who want to rentals can be built, work with organizer for nearly a decade, who believes in consultation, open a business in Vancouver. faith-based groups to make each community volunteer, and a transparency and most Bureaucracy will be streamlined church or synagogue a shelter paralegal by profession, Jojo importantly accountability. to get new businesses up and downtown. Offer short-term & Quimpo will bring a unique mix Biography: From working on the running ASAP in order to employ long-term solutions to housing. of immigrant life experience and Downtown Eastside to building a caring heart to Vancouver City people. Biography: After graduating, a Provincial Centre, Elishia dives Council. Biography: Born and Raised in I became an Special Needs in hard with an unwavering East Vancouver. Entrepreneur Early Childhood Educator. I also Contact devotion to the lives of those since I was 10 taking the bus from studied web design, desktop Twitter: https://twitter.com/ within the community. She works Commercial Drive to Robson publishing, public relations, as jojo_quimpo in the art industry of Vancouver Street to work in my Uncle’s well as a few courses in event Facebook: https://www.facebook. and coaches girls soccer. With Restaurant. Built and opened my planning, journalism, & public com/jojo.quimpo honest governance, Elishia will first restaurant at age 18.Built, speaking. I moved to Vancouver Instagram: https://www.instagram. represent a passionate voice for Owned & operated 5 Businesses during Expo ‘86 and got to know com/jojo_quimpo/ those searching for true change in Vancouver for 42 years. I the city as friendly, vibrant, Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ and the innovation of our city. know the frustrations people multicultural and fun. My goal as in/francisco-quimpo-30879380/ Contact experience with bureaucracy and Councillor is a return to this. Phone: 604-360-6113 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ inefficient approval systems at Contact Email: jojo.quimpo@npavancouver. van1st2018 City Hall. ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Contact Facebook: https://www.facebook. ElkePorter Website: https://npavancouver.ca/ com/Van1st2018/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ jojo-quimpo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. EntrepreneurOne Instagram: https://www. com/Voteforelkeporter- instagram.com/vancouver1st/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. 995333887338052/?modal=adm com/EntrepreneurForResponsibl in_todo_tour YouTube: https://www.youtube. eCivicGovernment/?ref=py_c RAMDEEN, com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/elkepr/ Katherine PQyZOSasDKfSQ Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ in/franco-peta-57bb4312 Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Phone: 604.710.9535 Phone: 778-233-5920 in/elkeporter/ Priority 1: Housing & Debt Crisis Email: [email protected] Email: francopeta@ Phone: 604 828 8788 Priority 2: Opioid Crisis coalitionvancouver.ca Website: http://www. Email: porterprvancouver@gmail. Priority 3: Peer-to-peer ride sharing vancouver1st.ca Website: https:// com Platform: The first priority is an coalitionvancouver.ca/ Website: http://www.elkeporter. education on personal finances com/ & debt reduction. Creating community “think tanks” to tackle what city spending will help EVERYONE, not just the rich, poor, or middle-class. Scientific research details how Cannabinoids can help those addicted to opioids into recovery- this combined with free drug- testing, more treatment beds & social development is a start. Working with the PTB & Minister

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of Transportation, bringing Vancouver in the eighties, I was ROBERTS, Anne SHUM, Erin transparency & advocating for raised in the peace, labour, and (COPE) Peer-to-peer ridesharing before environmental activist movements. 2019. Now a mom trying to raise two Priority 1: Rent Freeze Priority 1: Vancouver for Families kids in an increasingly unaffordable Biography: Ramdeen moved Priority 2: Tax mansions over $5M Priority 2: Child Care & Seniors to Vancouver in 2008 to study city, my frustration with decades of Priority 3: Better transit for all Care Theatre & acting at Langara government inaction has driven me Platform: COPE candidates Priority 3: Safe Streets & College. She’s spent the past 8 into politics. will work to make Vancouver Communities years working in the film & TV Contact affordable for people who aren’t Platform: Now more than industry, which has nurtured her Twitter: @FrancoiseRaunet millionaires by: Using city powers ever, families need a strong, skills in teamwork & community YouTube: Francoise Raunet to freeze rents for tenants and experienced, Independent voice building. As an actor, Ramdeen’s small businesses Taxing mansions at the Council table. We need main job is LISTENING. Ramdeen Phone: 778-316-2801 over $5M and $10M to fund ending to listen to neighbourhoods and is prepared to listen to all sides Email: [email protected] homelessness and housing renters work together to build complete and find COMMON GROUND with Website: www.votefrancoise.com Working toward free transit starting communities where kids can play, actionable SOLUTIONS. with children and low-income local businesses can flourish, and Contact people Establishing a municipal families can thrive. That means Twitter: https://twitter.com/ living wage for all Vancouver more “missing middle” housing ramdeen4vancity REZEL, Rohana residents Fighting corruption and like townhouses and duplexes. It Facebook: https://www.facebook. (ProVancouver) real estate speculation Ending the means vibrant neighbourhoods, com/KatRamdeen rule of developers in Vancouver. not empty homes. It means Instagram: https://www.instagram. Priority 1: End housing speculation Biography: Anne Roberts is a looking after seniors while also com/katramdee making sure young people can Priority 2: Crackdown on Airbnb former COPE city councillor and YouTube: https://www.youtube. school board trustee. She taught build their lives in Vancouver. com/user/katherineramdeen Priority 3: Protect local workers journalism at Langara College Biography: Erin Shum Other: https://www.patreon.com/ Platform: 1) End global speculation after a career as a reporter and was elected in 2014 to the katramdeen which is pricing locals out of radio producer. A long-time Vancouver Park Board, where Vancouver 2) Crackdown on Phone: 7787096864 community activist and feminist, she previously served as Airbnb 3) Establish a VPD crime Email: ramdeenforcouncil2018@ Anne worked to improve schools, Vice Chair. Having served as squad to take dirty money out of gmail.com parks, pedestrian safety and Vancouver’s only Independent our housing market. 4) Provide Website: https://www.patreon. neighbourhood shopping in elected official since 2016, affordable housing through rental com/katramdeen Kensington-Cedar Cottage, where Erin has a proven track record only zoning, local only presales she and her family have lived for the of working across party lines and community owned housing past 40 years. and levels of government to 5) Prioritize local workers over Contact deliver meaningful results temporary foreign workers 6) RAUNET, Françoise for Vancouverites. Erin is a Twitter: https://twitter.com/anne_ Promote local businesses, protect roberts_bc small business owner, special them from rising costs and set up Priority 1: put local education assistant, and mom. businesses 1st an incubator 7) End privatization Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/AnneRoberts4Council/ Contact Priority 2: infrastructure resilience of city services Phone: 604-255-0400 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Biography: A technology Priority 3: cheaper housing & ErinYVR transit entrepreneur who began fighting Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook. for right to safe housing when he Platform: - expanded zero-waste Website: www.votecope2018.ca com/erinshumforcouncil/ had to protect his community from centres Instagram: https://www. being evicted by a Vancouver- - commercial kitchens & industrial instagram.com/erinyvr/ based developer following the sewing machines at community Calgary floods of 2013. Later Other: http://www.erinshum.ca/ centres attracted national attention Phone: 604-729-4828 - more B-lines & north/south bus standing up for workers rights routes for SE Van Email: [email protected] using my programming skills to - artisan cart vending permit Website: www.erinshum.ca uncover how Temporary Foreign program (like food trucks) Worker Program was exploiting - use city land for non-market & both Canadian and migrant subsidized housing workers. - incentives for single-family homeowners to build rental suites Contact - impose levy on profitable Twitter: https://twitter.com/ multinationals, not on local rohanarezel independent business Facebook: https://www.facebook. - require developers of family- com/RohanaDRezel/ sized units to build classroom Other: https://github.com/rrezel space at local schools. Phone: 6046796660 Biography: I am a public school Email: [email protected] teacher and life-long advocate Website: https://rezel.ca/ for social change. Growing up in

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SPARK, John their neighborhoods. Discuss Planning Commission and local instagram.com/phyllis_tang/ how we use Police/Emergency area planning committees YouTube: https://www. services. Make transit accessible Pledges to accept only the youtube.com/channel/ Priority 1: Affordable safe for impoverished. average worker’s wage. UCUN4WafXzUu1uru1XbZBSdA ?view_as=subscriber housing Biography: 53 year old male that Contact Other: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ Priority 2: Overdose Crisis began being an activist after mva Twitter: https://twitter.com/ phyllis-tang/ threw me into poverty. I began swanson4council Priority 3: Development for Phone: 604.999.6717 speaking for those unable to find People Facebook: https://www.facebook. voice. Went through process com/swanson4council/ Email: [email protected] Platform: The City of Vancouver of returning from poverty. Now Instagram: https:// Website: yesvancouver.ca/people has failed to eradicate employed by Nurses and Nurse www.instagram.com/ homelessness, and further, there Practitioners of B.C. fighting jeanswanson2018/ is a shortage of safe, affordable stigma within health services. Phone: 604-255-0400 housing for those of us on the Also by Brave Coop as an TAYLOR, Elizabeth lower end of the income scale. Email: [email protected] outreach specialist. Started an (VANCOUVER 1st) I feel the City has a great deal Website: www.votecope2018.ca Anti-Stigma Sticker campaign of power, and could negotiate promoting equality. with the Province of B.C. to Priority 1: Address opioid crisis Contact ensure that no lower-income Priority 2: Community centers Vancouverite should be forced to Twitter: https://twitter.com/ TANG, Phyllis spikesarts Priority 3: Affordable housing pay more than 1/3 of their limited (YES Vancouver) Facebook: https://www.facebook. income on Rent. This is long, long Platform: VANCOUVER 1st a big tent overdue! Other: https://www.facebook. Priority 1: Streamline permit libertarian minded party believing com/Spikepad/?modal=admin_ process in rule of law, putting residents and Biography: John Spark has been todo_tour taxpayers of Vancouver first. We a Vancouver resident for 30 Priority 2: Core review of tax Phone: 778-558-9838 are home to the free enterprise years, and has been involved in system Email: [email protected] and entrepreneurs’ movement who numerous political campaigns, Priority 3: City as Arts&Cultural believe in lower taxes, and small including a run for the Provincial Website: www.votespike2018.com Hub government. Our goal is to create Legislature with the Progressive Platform: Phyllis believes an environment of certainty where Democratic Alliance in 1996. strongly in creating vibrant arts, people, neighborhoods, and all John currently works for Costco music and cultural communities. communities can thrive, grow and Canada as a Service Associate SWANSON, Jean We now have an opportunity to prosper. Vancouver 1st, is led by Fred (Parking Lot Attendant), and has (COPE) showcase the amazing talent Harding, who believes in consultation, worked there for 6 years. Also, that exists in our city. The arts transparency and most importantly BAH (Political Science) from Priority 1: Rent Freeze have not been respected or accountability. Queen’s University, 1989. Priority 2: Tax mansions over $5M promoted over the past decade, Biography: Elizabeth’s professional, Contact Priority 3: Build social housing and she wants to be the guiding business and leadership skills have Phone: 604-440-5959 Platform: COPE candidates force to make this change a been honed through National Email: [email protected] will work to make Vancouver reality. Having fundraised and experience over 16 years as Senior affordable for people who aren’t performed for musical groups Financial Analyst in the corporate millionaires by: Using city powers all over Vancouver, Phyllis hopes world. She works with people to freeze rents for tenants and to leverage her Business&Music struggling with financial stress and SPIKE small businesses Taxing mansions expertise to help artists thrive in helps them find solutions. With over $5M to fund ending Vancouver. experience as a public speaker and homelessness and housing Biography: Born & raised in responsible for field leadership, Priority 1: Housing, Homelessness renters Working toward free Vancouver, Phyllis has won coaching and mentoring, Elizabeth Priority 2: OD crisis, Opioid transit starting with children and many awards, including a York is deeply invested in the personal Poison low-income people Establishing University Graduate Scholarship. success of others. Priority 3: Public Safety a municipal living wage for all She works as Listserv Manager of Contact Vancouver residents Fighting the Society for Ethnomusicology, Platform: Housing, Set minimum Twitter: https://twitter.com/ corruption and real estate is an Advisor of the Golden Key standard. Streamline application van1st2018 speculation Ending the rule of International Honour Society’s process for new affordable Facebook: https://www.facebook. developers in Vancouver. UBC Chapter, teaches Piano options. Rent freeze. Issue com/Van1st2018/ & Music Theory and conducts directive-all builds require Biography: Received Order Instagram: https://www.instagram. research for UBC’s Access & percentage of social housing. of Canada for “long-standing com/vancouver1st/ Diversity Department. She is Tax penalty/empty dwellings. OD devotion to social justice” YouTube: https://www.youtube. fluent in English, Cantonese & Crisis, bold moves like increasing Recent organizer with the com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ Mandarin. PQyZOSasDKfSQ opiate assisted treatment a well Carnegie Community Action as traditional treatment, Safe Project and Raise the Rates BC Contact Phone: 604.710.9535 drug supply to users, Advocate Author of Poor-Bashing: The Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Email: [email protected] for decriminalization. As many Politics of Exclusion Phyllis_MH_Tang Website: http://www.vancouver1st.ca different options as possible. Former president of the National Facebook: https://www.facebook. Public Safety, Hire people to Anti-Poverty Organization com/phyllis.mh.tang clean alleyways and clutter in Former member of the City Instagram: https://www.

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VIRDI, Jaspreet WIEBE, Michael WONG, David HT XIE, Jason (YES Vancouver) (GREEN) (GREEN) (Coalition Vancouver)

Priority 1: Build affordable Priority 1: COMPLETE Priority 1: Affordable local Priority 1: Lower Your Taxes COMMUNITIES Housing housing Priority 2: No New Bike Lanes Priority 2: Address the opioid Priority 2: GOOD HOMES FOR Priority 2: Lower taxes ALL Priority 3: Clean Up Our City crisis Priority 3: Safer clean parks & Priority 3: A RESILIENT Platform: As your city councillor, Priority 3: Cap permit times roads ECONOMY I want to make sure the city hall Platform: We plan to legalize Platform: I’m a no nonsense will finally listen to its people! I will Platform: Vancouver can be and build more affordable guy. Not interested in partisan lower your taxes and oppose the healthy, affordable, inclusive housing; target speculators, ideology nor wasteful vanity “school tax”; improve community and resilient. Let’s co-create not homeowners; clean up the projects. Council is here to safety; promote Mutual Respect evidence-based strategies that development and permitting work for you. Greens advocate among all who share the road; make Vancouver a better place process; and build thriving, a collaborative governance, increase city hall’s transparency to live, play and do business. I am inclusive neighbourhoods for to deliver a functional and and efficiency; reduce congestion/ a strong supporter of rich cultural families. We will implement a respectful leadership, based pollution and revamp the bike lane spaces, accessibility, social city wide plan that will prezone on facts guided by a city- policies; clean up the city; and inclusion, reconciliation, multi- for the next 50 years of growth, wide engaged plan. Fiscally make Vancouver, once again, the mode transportation, climate while creating sufficient housing responsible decisions based on most livable city in the world! change mitigation, and efficient abundance to create structural public interest first. Together, local governance. I want to Biography: Having extensive affordability in the Vancouver we are committed to a job preserve and create new places experiences in operating housing market. We will also done right and will push for real and experiences that honor restaurants in the city, I implement a 3 year rental market transparency and accountability. our past, foster our creativity, understand fully the needs of correction plan. strengthen our identity and bring Biography: Proud 5th generation small business owners. I want to Biography: Jaspreet has a BSc people together as a GREEN City Vancouverite. I’m an author, help local businesses to grow and in Biology and Pharmacy. He Councillor. architect, and urban ecologist. create local jobs for Vancouverites. has worked as a pharmacist for I’ve decades of experience on My experience working as a Biography: I continue to gain 6 years and recently opened his affordable housing, working in real estate professional will be extensive leadership experience own pharmacy. He was on the cities around the world. Currently instrumental in helping the city as a public servant and business Canadian Junior National team continuing meaningful work with finding the best solution on the leader with the Vancouver for Field Hockey. He volunteers First Nations— mentoring youth issue of housing affordability. Park Board(Past Chair), Art with GNFK, which is an in the design and construction House Society(Saved the RIO), Contact organization that provides meals of their homes. Acquired a good eight 1/2 restaurant lounge, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ to the homeless. He is passionate working knowledge of civic Office of the Premier, Mount jasonxievancity about preventing antibiotic systems and governance in early Pleasant BIA(President), Persons Facebook: https://www.facebook. resistance and addressing the career at City’s Engineering and with Disabilities Advisory com/jasxie opioid crisis. Planning departments. Committee, Indigenous Peoples Phone: 604-763-5528 Contact Advisory Committee, LGBT2+/ Contact Email: jasonxie@ Facebook: https://www.facebook. TGV2S, Food Policy Council, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ coalitionvancouver.ca com/jvirdi10 Implementation Committee DavidHTWong Website: https:// Instagram: https://www. and other community groups to Facebook: https://www.facebook. coalitionvancouver.ca/jason-xie/ instagram.com/jasforyes/ better serve this city. com/DavidHTWong Phone: 778-885-6464 Contact Phone: 604-689-9200

Email: [email protected] Twitter: www.twitter.com/ Email: [email protected] Website: https://yesvancouver.ca parkboardwiebe Website: https://www.vangreens. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ ca becascadian Instagram: www.instagram.com/ parkboardwiebe Other: www.linkedin.com/in/ michael-wiebe Phone: 604-616-1220 Email: [email protected] Website: www.michaelwiebe.ca

Vancouver Voters’ Guide | Vancouver Election 2018 / 35 Candidates for councillor Candidates for Park Board commissioner YAN, Brandon ZHANG, Wei Qiao 甄念本 (Vision Vancouver) BARKER, Tricia BEESLA, Pall (OneCity) (NPA) (NPA) Priority 1: Empty homes tax

Priority 1: Solutions for housing Priority 2: Sustainable economy Priority 1: Be a voice for seniors Priority 1: Park safety &

Priority 2: Affordable, vibrant city Priority 3: Improved transit Priority 2: Park safety cleanliness

Priority 3: Protect arts spaces Platform: Vision Vancouver will Priority 3: Save soft walk/run Priority 2: More outdoor pools Platform: Brandon is committed move Vancouver forward. We paths Priority 3: More turf fields will stand up for everyone and to improving transit and Platform: My work with the older Platform: Parks play an important make things better. We’ll create accessible transportation. adult and senior community role in the development and affordable housing by tripling the Brandon and OneCity will is close to my heart. I believe growth of families and children. empty homes tax and building encourage active transportation this vibrant group needs a My priorities as a Park Board 88,000 homes. We’ll build the by making the safety of strong voice speaking on their Commissioner will be to improve Broadway Subway to UBC and pedestrians, cyclists and transit- behalf. I hope to be an advocate park safety and cleanliness, improve commutes. We’ll keep users a priority. He will act to for those who have become advocate for more outdoor Vancouver the greenest city, protect the cultural organizations invisible and whose voices have swimming pools, and more turf prioritizing green jobs, not oil and creative hubs that connect been diminished. We should fields. us to each other and our city. spills. And we’ll keep Vancouver a be listening to their needs and Biography: Pall Beesla is a All his work at City Council will caring and fairer city by focusing concerns and then acting on community advocate, city bus prioritize reconciliation as well as on reconciliation, poverty those issues. I want to ensure driver, and past Union Job recognize and honour Indigenous reduction and the opioid crisis. we make our beautiful parks Steward who lives in South peoples and their territories, No matter who’s mayor. welcoming and safe for their Vancouver with his wife and 2 languages and histories. Biography: A former athlete, talk enjoyment. small children. Born and raised Brandon is running with OneCity. show host, community leader, Biography: Born and raised in in Vancouver, Pall understands and assistant to Vancouver Biography: Brandon Yan is a Vancouver, Tricia is a certified the important role parks play in Member of Parliament, Wei has community activist and advocate personal trainer specializing in the development and growth of the skills and track record to for LGBTQ2+ youth. Brandon seniors who wish to live a healthy families and children. shape the future and improve the has lived and worked in the and more productive life. Tricia lives of Vancouverites. Contact Vancouver area all of his life has a deep connection with the Twitter: https://twitter.com/ and currently is a renter and Contact local Scottish community and sits pallbeesla pet owner in Kitsilano. Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/ on various boards. She’s involved Facebook: https://www.facebook. has completed a Masters in zhangweiqiao with various walking and running com/pall.beesla Urban Studies at SFU in public Facebook: https://www.facebook. groups. Tricia treasures the vital Instagram: https://www. engagement and civic education com/votewei/ role parks play in our everyday life. instagram.com/pallbeesla/ and is currently the Education Email: [email protected] Contact Director for Out On Screen. Phone: 604-360-6113 Website: www.votevision.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Email: pall.beesla@npavancouver. Contact triciabarker49 ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. Website: https://npavancouver. CitizenYan com/tricia.barker.12 ca/pall-beesla/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. Instagram: https://www. com/yan4van/ instagram.com/triciabarkermep/ Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/yan4van/ Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ YouTube: Youtube https:// in/tricia-barker-0a9a9829/ www.youtube.com/channel/ Phone: 604-360-6113 UC3OIMt0qiFlPxH67-xsPsog Email: tricia.barker@ Phone: 236-818-5558 npavancouver.ca Email: brandon@ onecityvancouver.ca Website: https://triciabarker.com/ Website: www.onecityvancouver. ca

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CHANG, Ray En-Jui COPPING, Ann- COUPAR, John CRAWFORD, (Coalition Vancouver) Marie (NPA) Casey (NPA) (NPA) Priority 1: Lower facility fees Priority 1: Horticultural excellence Priority 1: Reinvest in parks & rec Priority 1: Funding facility Priority 2: Upgrade Public Priority 2: Clean safe Parks for all Priority 2: Safe enjoyment in parks renewal Facilities Priority 3: Park Board Priority 2: Accessible/Welcome Priority 3: Giving Community a Priority 3: Improve city liveability independence parks Voice Platform: One of the greatest Platform: Parks and recreation Priority 3: Genuine consultation Platform: Ray and his Coalition attributes of Vancouver is our deliver our cherished Vancouver Vancouver team will save network of parks, beaches and lifestyle. I will work to increase Platform: As a father of sport- our community centres by recreational services. With park maintenance standards, enthusiastic sons, I’ve enjoyed preserving and strengthening densification and people living in park safety, and increase public our family’s experience of our community’s involvement. smaller spaces, I want to ensure all park infrastructure, such as Vancouver’s parks and facilities, He will renovate and upgrade residents have access to safe, clean pools, seniors centres, and particularly for team sport. aging facilities to that of modern and relevant parks and community recreation facilities. I believe in Facility upkeep, maintenance and sustainable standards. centres. With the NPA team, we responsible management, smart asset renewal is vital as the city will focus on safe, vibrant, beautiful grows and densifies. Ray will also reduce the current sustainability, and creating a and fun parks and engaging and costly fees to our city facilities healthy and enjoyable way of It’s also important that we accessible recreational services and programs to allow for greater life for all Vancouver residents. I engage our neighbourhoods in throughout the city. accessibility for everyone. Ray am passionate about our city, its park and recreation planning, will implement a Clean Parks Biography: Ann-Marie balances parks and public gardens, and ensuring they have a voice that Plan which will double cleaning sustainability and leadership. ensuring the well-being of all is acknowledged and heard. crews to address the needles and A former manager of Ocean residents and visitors. Fiscal oversight that manages garbage at our beautiful parks. Wise Seafood, with 25 years Biography: Coupar is seeking his the budget responsibly and is business expertise in supply respectful of our taxpayers will Biography: Ray grew up swimming 3rd Term as a Park Commissioner chain management, she creates bring this all together. at the bustling Riley Park pool with and is well known for his strong partnerships and is a true his family. He is a UBC pre-med successful effort to keep the Biography: Seeking re-election collaborator. An advocate for student. Ray is an active volunteer. Bloedel Conservatory open in QE as Park Board Commissioner, children’s causes through her He has led adaptive aquatics and Park. He was a founding director Casey Crawford is a lifelong volunteer roles with Kids Help physiotherapy classes for seniors of the Friends of the Bloedel, resident of Greater Vancouver. Phone, Ann-Marie is committed with disabilities. and since his election in 2011 has Casey has served on the boards to great parks and recreational been responsible for continuing of numerous community Ray is currently the Vice-President facilities throughout our City. efforts to restore and promote organizations including Stroke of Hillcrest Community Centre Contact the iconic Bloedel Conservatory. Recovery, VanUFC, Little and helped shape it into one of Contact Mountain Baseball & Canadian the finest community centres in Twitter: https://twitter.com/ amcopping Diabetes. He also served as the city. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. johnccoupar chair of the Quilchena Parent Contact com/annmarie.copping.1 Advisory Council. Professionally, Facebook: https://www.facebook. Facebook: https://www.facebook. Instagram: https://www.instagram. com/john.coupar.5: Casey has worked in retail, com/Rayc64 com/annmariecopping/ telecommunications, and media Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Other: https://www.linkedin. in/johncoupar/ and publishing. in/ray-chang-778276112/ com/in/ann-marie-copping- Phone: 604-360-6113 Contact Phone: 604-675-8422 8305468/?originalSubdomain=ca Email: john.coupar@ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Phone: 604-360-6113 Email: raychang@ npavancouver.ca caseycrawfordpb coalitionvancouver.ca Email: ann-marie.copping@ Website: https://www. Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ npavancouver.ca Website: https:// johncoupar.com/ in/casey-crawford-b8bb0b103/ coalitionvancouver.ca/ray-chang/ Website: https://npavancouver.ca/ Phone: 604-360-6113 ann-marie-copping/ Email: casey.crawford@ npavancouver.ca Website: https://npavancouver. ca/casey-crawford/

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CUEVAS, Victor company. EDGELOW, Greg FUOCO, Chris Contact (ProVancouver) (VANCOUVER 1st)

Priority 1: Affordable housing Twitter: @daveforparks Priority 1: Invest in Parks & Rec Priority 1: Revitalize Facilities Priority 2: Traffic safety Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/dave.demers.3110 Priority 2: Reduce User Costs Priority 2: Partnership rebuilding Priority 3: Support for businesses Instagram: https://www. Priority 3: Clean, Safe & Priority 3: Financial Platform: Working with the instagram.com/demersdave/ Accessible Accountability community to establish betters Phone: 604-992-5955 support networks that will lead Platform: As an Olympian Platform: When elected, this to more affordable Housing, safer Email: dave.demers@vangreens. and a long-time volunteer, I Park Board will re-invigorate the ca traffic flow and support for the have represented Vancouver Capital Plan process so as to local business that keep our city Website: davedemers.ca and Canadians alike. Now, I revitalize aging facilities. Improve vibrant and colorful. will work tirelessly to ensure the 80+ year old collaborative your voice is heard in how our relationships with community Biography: My background Parks & Recreation Facilities association, while strengthening as a local business owner and DUMONT, Camil are utilized, programmed and partnerships with field user hairstylist had given me the (GREEN) managed. You stated you groups. Seek to reduce pay open mind and skills needed to want our parks, beaches, trails parking at public parks and bring the city to a clearer path Priority 1: sustainable systems & recreation facilities to be fields. to vibrancy. I understand how to accessible, affordable, relevant, work within a budget and how Priority 2: safe, clean Parks Biography: Chris is a leader, clean and safe. I will ensure Parks not to overspend on frivolous mentor and innovator with Priority 3: just, honest policy & Rec is deemed an important ventures. My years of hard work a masters from Royal Roads Platform: Greens will prioritize investment, not an expense. has taught me that everyone has University and over twenty years ecological, social and economic Invest now or pay dearly. a chance to succeed. of experience within community sustainability for Park Board Biography: I am an Olympian, recreation, local sport system Contact projects. We will prioritize a Commonwealth Games Gold development, health and Instagram: @vicstar73 collaboration and listening medalist and a certified coach. wellness programming, and Phone: 6043516902 as team principles. Greens I have adjudicated millions of social program delivery. He has will promote reconciliation, Email: [email protected] dollars to sport & recreation vast professional experience healthy recreation, and active facilities across Canada. I in managing and coordinating transportation. We will help am an avid daily user of our community services through to provide a welcoming and Parks & Recreation services, leadership, organizational and inclusive standard at every DEMERS, Dave a responsible dog owner, a policy development, partnership Park Board facility, for all (GREEN) past, part time employee of building and high-level innovative ages, genders, abilities and the Hastings, Britannia and service delivery. backgrounds. We will look to the Priority 1: Foster Sustainability Templeton Community Centre Contact lessons of the past and the status Associations. You are my priority! Priority 2: Improve Accessibility quo to plan and build a brighter Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Contact van1st2018 Priority 3: Promote Healthy future. Recreation Twitter: @edgelow_greg Facebook: https://www.facebook. Biography: Camil Dumont is a com/Van1st2018/ Facebook: Greg Edgelow Platform: As a Green Party Park life-long Vancouverite. He and Instagram: https://www. his young family live in the Cedar Instagram: Edgelowgreg Board Commissioner, I intend instagram.com/vancouver1st/ to champion true sustainability, Cottage neighbourhood, in East YouTube: Greg Edgelow YouTube: https://www.youtube. improved accessibility and Vancouver. Camil is the Head Other: https://en.wikipedia.org/ com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ community partnerships in all Farmer and Executive Director of wiki/Gregory_Edgelow PQyZOSasDKfSQ our parks and facilities. I am Inner City Farms (ICF) Society. Phone: 778-989-0287 Phone: 604.710.9535 committed to healthy recreation He was employed as a seasonal Email: chrisfuoco@vancouver1st. and active transportation. I will worker with Vancouver Parks for Email: [email protected] ca prioritize measures to increase a decade, prior to founding ICF. Website: https://en.wikipedia. biodiversity in our cities and He completed his B.A. and MSc. org/wiki/Gregory_Edgelow Website: http://www. vancouver1st.ca continue the important work at UBC. towards reconciliation. Contact Biography: Dave Demers is a Twitter: https://twitter.com/ horticulturist, builder and small inner_cityfarms business owner. Instagram: https://www. Born on a farm outside Quebec instagram.com/innercityfarms/ City, Dave was the founding Email: camil.dumont@vangreens. president of the local garden ca club at 15 and now has 25 years’ Website: https://www.vangreens. experience. He studied, traveled ca and worked in over a dozen countries. Long established in Vancouver, Dave is the Principal of his own design-build-maintain landscape

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GALLOWAY, Jason GIESBRECHT, Gwen Biography: Coming to Canada Association and Gay/Lesbian Centre. (Coalition (COPE) as young boy, Ray Goldenchild Jamie Lee has lobbied for cultural Vancouver) used sports to integrate into events, ensured that Park services Priority 1: Barrier-Free Parks & Rec a new place and culture. He remain affordable and fought against has dedicated his life to giving further loss of green space. Priority 1: Safe & Clean Parks Plan Priority 2: Neighbourhood Pools back to Canada and the city Contact Priority 2: Free Parking & Lower Priority 3: Indigenous Programming of Vancouver through activism Fees Twitter: QueenoftheParks Platform: Barrier-free Parks and within youth soccer and Priority 3: No Sunset Clause Recreation: Reduce fees and basketball associations. Ray runs Facebook: Jamie Lee Hamilton Platform: I with my Coalition eliminate fees for children. Increase a sports management consulting Phone: 604 446-2489 Vancouver team will focus access, restore pools, and create company and is currently Email: [email protected] on strengthening Community parks across the city. president of the Vancouver Youth Website: www.voteidea.ca involvement in Community More Parks and Facilities: Build Soccer Association. Centres by valuing volunteerism. more pocket parks and protect Contact Implement a Clean Parks park land from other uses, such as Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Plan and will double cleaning development, commercialization, van1st2018 HAUGEN, Margaret crews to address needles and traffic routes, Hydro substations. Facebook: https://www.facebook. (IDEA Vancouver) garbage. Increase accessibility by Reconciliation and Democracy: com/Van1st2018/ decreasing prices. Restore free Consult and partner with First Instagram: https://www. No profile or photo submitted. parking and lower facility fees. Nations and urban indigenous instagram.com/vancouver1st/ Restore financial accountability communities to fund and to the Parks Board. Take a YouTube: https://www.youtube. create new indigenous-centred com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ Common-Sense approach that is PQyZOSasDKfSQ infrastructure and programming. HEBA, Leo 100% for the People. Treat Community Centre Phone: 604.710.9535 (YES Vancouver) Biography: I was born in BC Associations as equal partners. Email: [email protected] and have called Vancouver Priority 1: Inc park safety Biography: Gwen is an active home since 2004. My career Website: http://www. volunteer in her community as vancouver1st.ca Priority 2: Adding dog parks has been in public service for member and past president of the over 15 years. I have a policing Priority 3: Working w/ Comm board at Britannia Community background in general duty Centres Centre. She has advocated for policing, school liaison, National Platform: Working with all officials families, students, and communities HAMILTON, Jamie Security Enforcement as well and community groups to improve as past chair of the Vancouver Lee as Federal government. I am park maintenance, and helping District Parent Advisory Council. (IDEA Vancouver) an action-oriented person who families to feel safe again. Gwen lives in Grandview-Woodland, prefers to take a direct approach owns a small business, and is the Priority 1: Save Nelson Park We must re-establish trust between to facilitating and motivating proud single parent of her son. the Park Board and Community positive change. Priority 2: Creating more Parks Centre Associations. Athletics and Contact Contact Priority 3: Indigenous arts programs are key to a healthy Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Reconciliation city, and accessibility for all must be Twitter: https://twitter.com/ gwengiesbrecht Jason_BC Platform: IDEA Vancouver is our guiding principle. 50,000 dogs Facebook: https://www.facebook. endorsing my campaign for in the city need room to roam, and Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ com/GwenGiesbrecht4Parks/ in/jason-galloway-106403ba/ Vancouver Park Commissioner. parks to play in and socialize. Phone: 604-255-0400 Phone: 604-675-8422 I’m lobbying to save Nelson Biography: Leo is a Program Email: [email protected] Park from the proposed Hydro Email: jasongalloway@ Assistant at SFU and a competitive coalitionvancouver.ca Website: www.votecope2018.ca Substation beneath it which will cheer coach at Vancouver All Stars, destroy the only neighborhood Website: https:// where he trains kids of all ages to coalitionvancouver.ca Park in the West End and be the best athlete and individual produce dangerous electro they can be. As a brand new dog GOLDENCHILD, Ray magnetic fields (EMF) putting owner, one of Leo’s priorities will (VANCOUVER 1st) neighborhood kids, those with be to foster and create a more dog- health challenges and seniors friendly environment in Vancouver, Priority 1: Revitalize Facilities at serious health risks. Creating including more dog parks. more neighborhood Parks Priority 2: Partnership rebuilding Contact and implementing Indigenous Priority 3: Financial Accountability Reconciliation policies are other Twitter: leo_heba Platform: When elected, this Park important platform goals of Facebook: Leo Heba for Vancouver Park Board Board will re-invigorate the Capital mine. Plan process so as to revitalize Biography: A Vancouver native, Instagram: leoforyes aging facilities. Improve the 80+ Jamie Lee Hamilton has fought Phone: 778-994-5364 year old collaborative relationships for the rights of at-risk youth, Email: [email protected] with community association, while LGBTQ minorities, Indigenous Website: yesvancouver.ca strengthening partnerships with people and sex-trade workers. field user groups. Seek to reduce She has served on the boards pay parking at public parks and of the Vancouver Pride Society, fields. Downtown Eastside Residents

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HURLBUT, Rick IRWIN, John JOHL, Yogi One Cards should be less (ProVancouver) (COPE) (VANCOUVER 1st) expensive, the bar for a subsidized card should be higher & people Priority 1: Innovative Park Design Priority 1: Affordable Facilities Priority 1: Revitalize Facilities should have easier access to community centers. Priority 2: Sustainable Funding Priority 2: Accessible Public Priority 2: Partnership rebuilding Sustainable practices and using Priority 3: Community Space Priority 3: Financial Accountability parks to sequester atmospheric Engagement Priority 3: More Public Parks Platform: When elected, this carbon. A truly “Greenest City”. Platform: I’ve been attending Platform: Barrier-free Parks Park Board will re-invigorate the Biography: LI’m a longtime Park Board meetings and and Recreation: Reduce fees Capital Plan process so as to social and environmental justice community engagement and eliminate fees for children. revitalize aging facilities. Improve activist. I’m an expert gardener, sessions for the past 22 months. Increase access, restore pools, the 80+ year old collaborative great cook & a Sommelier. I love Park Board is a complex and and create parks across the city. relationships with community our green spaces & want to be demanding position, requiring More Parks and Facilities: association, while strengthening a part of managing them for the knowledge of the issues, Build more pocket parks and partnerships with field user betterment of people’s lives and open dialogue with residents protect park land from other groups. Seek to reduce pay for the environment. I live in East and stakeholders, and an uses, such as development, parking at public parks and fields. Vancouver with roommates a large understanding of how the commercialization, traffic routes, Biography: Vancouver born garden and 3 cats. City functions. I’ve made that Hydro substations and raised, university educated investment. Contact Reconciliation and Democracy: with athletic scholarships. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Together with my recreation, Consult and partner with First Continued to compete at national less_vote volunteer and tourism Nations and urban indigenous international, and world levels Facebook: https://www.facebook. experience, I have the needed communities to fund and representing Canada at the com/VoteWorkLess/ skills. create new indigenous-centred Olympic games. Running for Instagram: https://www.instagram. ProVancouver understands infrastructure and programming. Parks Board because I believe I com/occupy.medic/ that parks become increasingly Treat Community Centre can do a better job of promoting important as housing Associations as equal partners. kids getting into, and continuing Phone: 7788409357 in sports, to promote a better Email: [email protected] densification means fewer people Biography: As coordinator of the awareness of the benefits of have a backyard. Southeast False Creek Working Website: http://worklessparty.org/ having a healthy active lifestyle. Biography: Like most Vancouver Group, John has advanced Contact residents, I first lived in other social and ecological justice in places. Grew up in Toronto and the developing Southeast False Twitter: https://twitter.com/ spent the 80s in Edmonton. Creek Village. van1st2018 MACKINNON, Facebook: https://www.facebook. Stuart I’ve lived here since 1991, From 1997 to 1999: on City of com/Van1st2018/ (GREEN) appreciating how the diversity of Vancouver’s advisory group its people makes the city great. for the sustainability process in Instagram: https://www.instagram. com/vancouver1st/ Priority 1: Sustainable Parks BA degree in Recreation Southeast False Creek (SeFC), Administration; Travel Consulting and on SeFC stewardship group YouTube: https://www.youtube. Priority 2: Affordable Recreation com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ diploma. 27 years of travel & (2000-2010). PQyZOSasDKfSQ Priority 3: Reconciliation tourism employment. Multiple PhD (UBC, sustainable urban Phone: 604.710.9535 Platform: The Green Party will: volunteer business, community development) and lecturer (SFU/ Honour Vancouver’s rich, natural & arts organization board Email: [email protected] UBC geography and Labour beauty by prioritizing ecological, experience. Website: http://www.vancouver1st. Studies). social, and economic sustainability ca Contact Contact for projects undertaken by the Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. Park Board. We take a proactive RickHurlbut com/JohnIrwin4Parks/ stance toward increasing Facebook: https://www.facebook. biodiversity, protecting wildlife, Phone: 604-255-0400 KAGIS, Mathew com/ElectRickHurlbut/ and preserving habitat. Greens will Email: johnirwin@votecope2018. (Work Less Party) Phone: 604-789-8226 work in close collaboration with ca our partners and staff to provide a Email: [email protected] Website: www.votecope2018.ca Priority 1: More Community welcoming and inclusive standard Website: https://www. Gardens at every Park Board facility, for provancouver.ca/rick_hurlbut Priority 2: Less Expensive One all ages, genders, abilities, and Cards backgrounds. We will promote Priority 3: Carbon Sequestering reconciliation, healthy recreation, and active transportation. Platform: Creating more community gardens in city Biography: Stuart Mackinnon is parks. Giving tax breaks to currently the Chair of the Park developers for temporary gardens Board. Stuart was first elected a & expecting outside groups to Park Board Commissioner with create gardens is not working. the Green Party from 2008-2011. Every person who wants garden He teaches and is currently the space should have it. Special Education Department

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Head and School Based Resource Biography: Kathy McGarrigle is RELPH, Cliff Biography: Massimo has been Teacher at Killarney Secondary in a proud resident of Vancouver, volunteering for 30 years, serving Vancouver. Stuart lives, works, and respected for her longtime on a number of community shops in the Champlain/Fraserlands commitment to serving others. Priority 1: Improve Community association boards in various neighbourhood of Vancouver. She brings her deep knowledge Centres executive positions and of the city and extensive business participating in countless number Contact Priority 2: Expand Community experience and is a voice for of committees. During this Twitter: @betterparks Gyms positive change. She has a passion time, he most notably worked Priority 3: Involve Community Phone: 604-689-9200 for making a difference in the on two successful capital plan groups Email: [email protected] community and lends her time to campaigns, and collaborated on Website: www.stuart4parks.ca issues related to poverty, women, Platform: Cliff wants to put the Vancouver Parks Boards Joint children, and seniors. more focus on our Community Operating Agreement Task Force Contact Centers during his term to better and its risk management and use their spaces, and make membership sub committees. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ them a hub for communities. MALDONADO, Juan KathyMcgarrigle Contact Carlos Cliff also wants to improve our Facebook: https://www.facebook. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ community gyms and make them (Coalition Vancouver) com/kathy.mcgarrigle.9 van1st2018 more competitive and more Priority 1: Clean Parks Plan Instagram: https://www.instagram. Facebook: https://www.facebook. affordable. With the high cost of com/Kathymcgarrigle/ com/Van1st2018/ Priority 2: Increase Accessibility living in Vancouver, Cliff wants to Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Instagram: https://www. Priority 3: Restore Financial make our parks and Community in/kathy-mcgarrigle/ instagram.com/vancouver1st/ Centers more accessible to make Platform: Coalition Vancouver is Phone: 604-360-6113 up a gap most are facing due to YouTube: https://www.youtube. a society of community-minded com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ Email: kathy.mcarrigle@ growing unaffordability. PQyZOSasDKfSQ Vancouver residents, business npavancouver.ca operators or owners, workers, and Biography: Cliff grew up on a Phone: 604.710.9535 Website: https://npavancouver.ca/ farm in the wonderful Okanagan other people and organizations Email: [email protected] who wish to contribute to the and moved to Vancouver to Website: http://www. improvement of the quality of life continue his education. Cliff is vancouver1st.ca and towards building stronger best known for his 100 Days of NEMETZ, Steven L communities in the City of Knight project, where he cleaned

Vancouver. Vancouver Streets for 100 Days. He works in the Technology Biography: Juan Carlos Maldonado SANGHA, Taran Priority 1: Keep it Green! Industry, designs games, is was born in Latin America, and Kaur Priority 2: Keep it Clean! involved in environmental raised in the heart of Cambie Village, (Coalition and community groups, Vancouver. He has a strong passion Priority 3: Grow our Dream! Vancouver) and volunteers in the Local for the dynamic growth of his Platform: Having grown up in Interactive Theater community. neighborhood, and the importance Vancouver, the City is the source Priority 1: Safe & Clean Parks Plan of Green space and parks in the City Contact of my pride and passion. Central Priority 2: Free Parking & Lower of Vancouver. Email: cliffparksboard@gmail. to my love of Vancouver, are its Fees com Contact parks, beaches, and other places Priority 3: No Sunset Clause Twitter: clifflovesparks Website: www.coalitionvancouver.ca that nature has uniquely gifted this city. My mission is to keep Platform: Taran and her Coalition our Parks green, clean, accessible, Vancouver team will focus on usable, and beautiful for all the lowering facility costs for young ROSSETTI, adults and those with disabilities. MCGARRIGLE, Kathy citizens of Vancouver. This is our Massimo We will double the cleaning (NPA) natural heritage to enjoy and to (VANCOUVER 1st) crews in parks and increase care for, and our sacred trust to accessibility by decreasing Priority 1: Green space for families protect for those that follow. Priority 1: Revitalize Facilities prices. We will also restore free Biography: Steven’s roots in Priority 2: Safe parks and beaches parking. the city of Vancouver are deep. Priority 2: Partnership rebuilding Priority 3: Recreation facilities Biography: Taran was born Steven is the fourth generation Priority 3: Financial and raised in Vancouver. She Platform: I care deeply about the of his family to live in Vancouver. Accountability issues facing our city. I have a (See nemetzfamily.ca) All his grew up attending programs at Platform: When elected, this passion for making a difference schooling, up through UBC, took various community centers and Park Board will re-invigorate the in the community and I will bring place in Vancouver. Steven has a enjoys exploring the city on her Capital Plan process so as to strong leadership to the Park Board. J. D. and an LL.M from Osgoode bike. She also makes and serves revitalize aging facilities. Improve I will work toward increased green Hall Law School, and an MBA food at shelters and for large the 80+ year old collaborative space for young families and seniors from Schulich School of Business. community events. Her actions relationships with community with a greater focus on safety Steven is a father and grandfather. are community driven to ensure association, while strengthening and cleanliness. I will also work to accessibility for everyone. Contact partnerships with field user support future investment in our Contact Phone: 604-638-7200 groups. Seek to reduce pay community centres and recreation parking at public parks and Other: https://coalitionvancouver. facilities. Email: info.campaign@ ca/ stevennemetz.com fields. Email: taransangha@ Website: www.stevennemetz.com coalitionvancouver.ca

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SHIVJI, Shamim 100% for the People. com/Van1st2018/ Other: a-leveltranslations.com (Vision Vancouver) Biography: I am a Professional Instagram: https://www. Email: olgazarudina@coalitionvan Civil Engineer with a MBA that instagram.com/vancouver1st/ couver.ca Priority 1: community has a background in engineering, YouTube: https://www.youtube. Website: coalitionvancouver.ca engagement business strategy and financial com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ PQyZOSasDKfSQ Priority 2: equity in city amenities consulting. Further, I have sat on various boards, including Phone: 604.710.9535 Priority 3: invest in public spaces 2 community theatre boards Email: [email protected] ZUBKO, Cameron Platform: Vision Vancouver will providing strategy consultation. (Vision Vancouver) move Vancouver forward. We Website: http://www. I appreciate the many parks vancouver1st.ca will stand up for everyone and around Vancouver since as a Priority 1: Improve field access make things better. We’ll create child and am currently passionate affordable housing by tripling the Priority 2: Invest in & expand about increasing the number of empty homes tax and building parks dog friendly parks in Vancouver. ZARUDINA, Olga 88,000 homes. We’ll build the Priority 3: Safe clean parks Contact (Coalition Broadway Subway to UBC and Platform: Vision Vancouver will Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Vancouver) improve commutes. We’ll keep move Vancouver forward. We winniesiu_covan Vancouver the greenest city, Priority 1: Keeping community are proud to be the party that Facebook: https://www.facebook. prioritizing green jobs, not oil made Vancouver North America’s com/winnie.siu.7370 centres spills. And we’ll keep Vancouver a greenest city and we’ll work Other: https://coalitionvancouver. Priority 2: Transparency of funds caring and fairer city by focusing together with residents to build ca on reconciliation, poverty Priority 3: Supporting local artists on this success. We’ll build more reduction and the opioid crisis. Email: winniesiu@ Platform: Olga belongs to the parks and improve the ones No matter who’s mayor. coalitionvancouver.ca senior layer of the millennials we have. This will create more Website: https:// Biography: Lawyer, mediator and generation and recognizes opportunities for you to enjoy coalitionvancouver.ca former president of West Point the issues that young families our city, no matter who you are Grey Community Association with children face in big cities: or how much money you make. who is dedicated to meaningful accessible usage of pools, And we’ll keep Vancouver green community engagement. cleanliness of parks, and limited by prioritizing green jobs, not YEUNG, Jennifer availability of sports grounds. oil spills. Contact (VANCOUVER 1st) Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Olga wishes to bring Vancouver Biography: Cameron is a business shamimshivji18 Priority 1: Revitalize Facilities vibrant arts and music culture leader, technology pioneer and Facebook: https://www.facebook. to the next level. She will focus outdoor enthusiast. He is running Priority 2: Partnership rebuilding com/shamim.shivji.vancouver/ on supporting local artists, for Park Board because he wants Email: shamim.shivji@votevision. Priority 3: Financial sculptors, musicians and all to make positive change in his ca Accountability Vancouverites in their artistic community. Cameron is Metis and Website: www.votevision.ca Platform: When elected, this self-expression to make the city brings an Indigenous perspective Park Board will re-invigorate the esthetically bloom with new to the Vision team. Cameron Capital Plan process so as to colours. believes that our parks and recreation facilities serve as the revitalize aging facilities. Improve Biography: Olga Zarudina is shared community spaces that SIU, Winnie the 80+ year old collaborative a licensed REALTOR® and a hold us together as a city. (Coalition relationships with community certified translator. Vancouver) association, while strengthening Contact Olga holds Bachelor’s and partnerships with field user Master’s Degrees in Linguistics Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Priority 1: Community groups. Seek to reduce pay CamZubko and Translation/Interpretation. parking at public parks and Involvement Facebook: https://www.facebook. fields. She has served as a Director-at- Priority 2: Safe & Clean Parks com/camzubko/ Large on the Board of Directors Plan Biography: Jennifer is a Email: cameron.zubko@ of the Society of Translators and connector, mentor, and caring votevision.ca Priority 3: Free Parking & Lower Interpreters of British Columbia, individual who works hard to Website: www.votevision.ca Fees and is a current Director of the create a vibrant community. She Riley Park Hillcrest Community Platform: I with my Coalition has worked in administration and Centre Association. Vancouver team will focus as an educator within both public on strengthening Community and independent school systems. Contact involvement in Community Her goals as a newly elected Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Centres by valuing volunteerism. Parks Board Commissioner is olgazarudina Implement a Clean Parks to continue community and Facebook: https://www.facebook. Plan and will double cleaning child welfare development, com/olga.zarudina crews to address needles and while revitalizing parks and Instagram: https://www. garbage. Increase accessibility by playgrounds. instagram.com/o.zarudina/?hl=en decreasing prices. Restore free Contact YouTube: https://www. parking and lower facility fees. youtube.com/channel/ Restore financial accountability Twitter: https://twitter.com/ UChb4PTFVpDERVcNQHy36AO van1st2018 to the Parks Board. Take a g? 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ALM, Kelly Elementary Band and Strings public education. frasergb programs and to ensure there Contact Facebook: https://www.facebook. is no lead in school drinking com/fraser.ballantyne.98 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Priority 1: Leadership for fountains. CUPE 15 staff, our erinarnolddream Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Solutions Special Needs Aides, need a in/fraser-ballantyne-14755165/ Facebook: https://www. higher pay grid to live in the city. Priority 2: VSB Land Daycare facebook.com/Erin-Arnold- Phone: 604-319-2520 for-Vancouver-School- Solution Biography: I recently retired Email: fraser.ballantyne@ Board-878520508976394/ from working for the VSB as Priority 3: New Study Method npavancouver.ca an Education Coordinator and Email: [email protected] Course Website: https://npavancouver. parent-district Liaison for 17 Website: www.votevision.ca ca/fraser-ballantyne/ Platform: Honestly: You should years. I was a film-maker and read all of my 300+ proposals small business owner before that to see I am worthy of your vote. and have taught in Vancouver Proposals are at kellyalm.ca. I and Nairobi. I have a BEd and BALLANTYNE, BARONET, Bruno graduated from Eric Hamber MA and I am running as an Fraser (VANCOUVER 1st) Secondary in 1986. Every student Independent because I want to (NPA) needs to take a study method listen to parents not political Priority 1: Safe Schools class to learn how to study. I have parties. Priority 1: Excellence in education a property management plan for Priority 2: More funding for Contact VSB properties. My leadership Priority 2: Seismically safe schools schools is what the Vancouver School Twitter: #bkanderson1976 Priority 3: After School Programs Board needs. Find and select Facebook: http://www.facebook/ Priority 3: Revenue generation Platform: As trustees we will Alm first. moreclassrooms Platform: Prioritize good work with the province, city Biography: Vancouver born, YouTube: voteidea.ca governance and ensure that council and park board to bring Eric Hamber Secondary, Service Phone: 604-880-0485 funding is allocated and world class education to children. Award Graduate 1986. 50 years Email: [email protected] managed wisely. We will increase funding by old. Double major UBC Urban seeking partners to expand after- Website: voteidea.ca It is essential that we offer Land Economics graduate. and fund early identification, school programs like financial Technology pioneer and inventor. designation and personalized literacy, entrepreneurship, VPD Certificate of Merit recipient. programming for learners with technology/coding, French, Finalized 300+ Vancouver Mandarin and other languages. ARNOLD, Erin special needs. safety, fun, educational and Cooperate with other school (Vision Vancouver) Focus on educational excellence economic proposals in 2014. boards and districts. Re-purpose by expanding Reading Recovery Extensive property management unused school infrastructure to Priority 1: Seismically safe and literacy programs. background, born leader and support the community, the arts schools problem solver. Resume and Enhance programs that enrich and other extracurricular and proposal list at kellyalm.ca Priority 2: Diverse learning needs student education and meet the educational initiatives. Work with Contact Priority 3: Childcare, early unique needs of students and the city to create daycare spaces. families. YouTube: http://www.kellyalm. learning Biography: Bruno is a small ca/16eastapproach.html Platform: Vision Vancouver will Expedite capital construction business owner living in Other: http://www.kellyalm.ca/ move Vancouver forward. We and seismic upgrades of school Champlain Heights. An advocate ALMproposals14e.pdf will be champions for public facilities to ensure the safety of of technology, entrepreneurship students. Phone: 604-732-5867 education for children. We will and fitness. He speaks French and English and is a voice in Email: [email protected] seismically upgrade schools Biography: First elected in to make sure students and 2011, Ballantyne has served as a the Vancouver Francophone Website: kellyalm.ca educators are safe. We’ll make VSB School Trustee and Board community. He works with local sure every child has the support Chair. He is a 40-year veteran small businesses to help them do they need to reach their potential in education. His experience more with technology. Bruno is by investing in ESL, special needs has given him a strong insight a life long learner who wishes to ANDERSON, BK students, and other diverse into the issues and concerns of impart his passion for learning to Barbara learning needs. We’ll maintain students, parents, and teachers children. (IDEA Vancouver) positive relationships with in the Vancouver public school Contact Priority 1: Restore band & strings parents, students and educators. system. Generating new funding Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Priority 2: Safe water in all And we’ill make childcare, early for the most vulnerable students van1st2018 learning and adequate provincial is a top priority for Ballantyne. schools Facebook: https://www.facebook. funding top priorities. Priority 3: Children at local Contact com/Van1st2018/ school Biography: Erin is a parent and Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Instagram: https://www. an experienced professional in instagram.com/vancouver1st/ Platform: I will push to have counselling, victim services, and the city provide more land and YouTube: https://www.youtube. facilitation. She is familiar with com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ money from developer fees to government policy and process PQyZOSasDKfSQ build more classrooms in high after working within multiple Phone: 604.710.9535 density areas. I will work to provincial government ministries make schools safe for all students Email: [email protected] and will be a strong voice for including LGBTQ and minority Website: http://www. students. I want to restore vancouver1st.ca Vancouver Voters’ Guide | Vancouver Election 2018 / 43 Candidates for school trustee

BERCIC, Carrie CHAN-PEDLEY, CHO, Carmen DAY, Diana (OneCity) Lois (NPA) (COPE) (GREEN) Priority 1: No school closures Priority 1: Educational enrichment Priority 1: Food program for all Priority 1: Equity Priority 2: Hire enough teachers Priority 2: Improve student kids Priority 2: Diversity Priority 3: Increase childcare support Priority 2: Culturally safe schools spaces Priority 3: Music, Arts & Culture Priority 3: Attract & retain Priority 3: Housing for teachers

Platform: Carrie is running with Platform: If elected, I will push teachers Platform: Ensure all Vancouver OneCity for re-election in order the district to better address the Platform: Prioritize good school children are provided with to continue the work that she has diverse needs of our children governance and ensure that a free and nutritious breakfast already started. She is committed and families, with an emphasis funding is allocated and and lunch Create an indigenous to making bold, politically brave on our most vulnerable young managed wisely. It is essential secondary school people. I would continue to moves that put students first. that we offer and fund early Develop an action plan to critically examine the impacts of She brought forward a motion to identification, designation and eliminate the achievement gap the school board’s colonial past, remove public funding from elite personalized programming for for vulnerable students private schools in the Vancouver and shift the system to be more learners with special needs. inclusive of First Nations students Implement the VSB in order to ensure public money Focus on educational excellence and knowledge. Also, programs Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism was available within schools that by expanding Reading Recovery like music and arts must return Policy can be accessed by all students. and literacy programs. Enhance from the margins, to better Work with local government to She has fought against budget programs that enrich student nurture our children’s creativity make Vancouver a pilot city for cuts at the School Board. education and meet the unique and problem-solving skills. $10/day child care Implement an Biography: Carrie Bercic needs of students and families. Biography: By day, I make equitable funding formula across was elected OneCity’s first Expedite capital construction websites for nonprofits, advocacy the district School Board Trustee in the and seismic upgrades of school groups, and social enterprises. Eliminate public funding for 2017 Vancouver by-election. facilities to ensure the safety of By night, I’m raising two young private schools Carrie has spent 20 years students. advocating for public education, children, together with my Develop an even more Biography: Carmen was born volunteering at local schools and husband and dog in Kensington- environmentally-friendly school and raised in Vancouver. She fighting for all students. She Cedar Cottage. I have served system. attended Sir Winston Churchill was actively involved in Parent on community boards and the Secondary and completed her Biography: Diana Day, an Advocacy Network for Public Parent Advisory Council at my BSc in Biopsychology at UBC Indigenous woman and Lead Education, Families Against Cuts children’s school. Also a renter, in 1993. She has been an active Matriarch for the Pacific to Education, and Friends of the a cohousing developer, and a member of the Queen Elizabeth Association of First Nations School Library. Carrie is running lifelong student. Elementary PAC. Carmen will Women, was executive member with OneCity. Contact bring a practical perspective to of the VSB District PAC for 3 Contact Twitter: https://twitter.com/ the School Board drawing on her years. She has an honours degree fishtron Twitter: https://twitter.com/ own experience as well as that of in Psychology, and has worked CarrieBercic Facebook: https://www.facebook. other parents in her community. in program development and Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/loiscp4vsb/ management at local, regional, Contact com/CarrieBercicOneCity/ Phone: 604-808-5244 provincial and national levels. Phone: 604-360-6113 Instagram: https:// Email: lois.chan-pedley@ She has two young adult www.instagram.com/ vangreens.ca Email: carmen.cho@ children, both in post-secondary onecityvancouver/ npavancouver.ca Website: http://www.loiscp.ca studies. YouTube: https://www. Website: https://npavancouver. Contact youtube.com/channel/ ca/ UC3OIMt0qiFlPxH67-xsPsog Twitter: https://twitter.com/ DianaDaydream Phone: 236-818-5558 Facebook: https://www. Email: carrie@onecityvancouver. facebook.com/Diana- ca Day-COPE-School-Board- Website: www.onecityvancouver. Candidate-718639904858583/ ca Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/dianadaydream/ Other: #Vote4Day Phone: 604-255-0400 Email: [email protected] Website: www.votecope2018.ca

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DENIKE, Ken DESCÔTEAUX, DONG, Tony FARROKHI, Fairnia (Coalition Stéphanie (VANCOUVER 1st) Vancouver) (VANCOUVER 1st) Priority 1: Audit finances & Priority 1: Improve school Priority 1: Teach Kids Coding & Tech Priority 1: Oversee excellent budget security Priority 2: Teach Tech to Teachers system Priority 2: Financial Skills Priority 2: Raise fiscal efficiency Priority 3: Build Smart Classrooms Priority 2: Address declining Program Priority 3: Repurpose Platform: Technology will continue enrol Priority 3: Anti-bullying & infrastructure to change the world, it is our job to Priority 3: Return sch tax to Wellness Platform: Tony intendeds to prepare Vancouver’s students for schools Platform: As trustees we will leverage his extensive corporate these changes. If Fairnia Farrokhi Platform: “I see my role – oversee work with the province, city security, coaching, hospitality, is elected, she will ensure students a system that motivates students council and park board to bring legal, and statistical experience are taught crucial skills that will like music and sports, reflects the world class education to children. to bring evidence-based decision provide them with a competitive aspiration of parents as well as We will increase funding by making to the VSB. He intends to advantage when applying to the wider society.” seeking partners to expand after- repurpose school infrastructure universities, colleges, internships, Denike’s goal - guide the Board school programs like financial and programs to support the and most importantly jobs— and to answer “students are heading literacy, entrepreneurship, genesis of pro-social educational that is coding. She will support back to class but is the B.C. technology/coding, French, and extracurricular initiatives teachers in learning the foundations school system ready for them?” Mandarin and other languages. designed to keep our students of coding and incorporating fun We must “solve the shortage Cooperate with other school safe and secure without turning ways to introduce coding concepts of language and special needs boards and districts. Re-purpose schools into fortresses. He aims into their classrooms. teachers. Declining enrollment unused school infrastructure to to work closely in collaboration Biography: Fairnia Farrokhi is a in the public schools creates support the community, the arts with the key stakeholders - web developer, passionate about budget shortfall, lobby for return and other extracurricular and parents, teachers, and students technology, who is running to of school tax.” educational initiatives. Work with themselves, for improvement and ensure Vancouver’s students the city to create daycare spaces. further growth. Biography: stay current with technological Biography: Since coming to Biography: Tony Dong, advancements. In her spare time, “Denike has depth of skills, Vancouver in 1998 Stephanie CSSM, CSSYB is a 22 year old she mentors at Canada Learning experience, dedication: Descôteaux has created a Criminology undergraduate Code events because she believes Taught @Wharton School successful technology-driven student currently employed everyone can benefit from learning of Business, University of bookkeeping company. She was as a Security Manager with to code. She believes coding Pennsylvania, UBC, Visiting the Treasurer of a DTES charity, Parq Vancouver, overseeing will one day be one of the most Scholar Stanford. Working Gear Clothing Society, a daily operational team of important forms of expression and First elected 1984 – chaired VSB where she implemented an 30+ employees out of a 100+ communication. 5 terms - key role in building accounting system and policies. direct reports. He is also self- Contact employed as the Principal of AEX current system. Her passion for fraud prevention, Twitter: https://twitter.com/fairnia Security Consultants, providing Life member of BC School financial literacy, and education companies with management, Email: [email protected] Trustees Association. bring her to deliver finance & business acumen workshops risk, and asset protection Website: www.fairnia.com Director on inaugural board of throughout Canada and remote advisory services. Vancouver Coastal Health. communities in Kenya. Contact Lobbied Federal Gov’t Contact Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ successfully to get Social in/tzld96/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Workers for Integrating Students. van1st2018 Phone: 6046187081 “ Facebook: https://www.facebook. Email: tdong@aexconsultinginc. Contact com/Van1st2018/ com Twitter: @ubcken Instagram: https://www. Website: https://www. Facebook: Ken Denike instagram.com/vancouver1st/ aexconsultinginc.com/ Phone: 6048890564 YouTube: https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ Email: [email protected] PQyZOSasDKfSQ Website: kendenike.ca Phone: 604.710.9535 Email: stephanie@vancouver1st. ca Website: http://www. vancouver1st.ca

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FRASER, Janet GILL, Pratpal Kaur GONZALEZ, GOODINE, (GREEN) (VANCOUVER 1st) Estrellita Nadine C (GREEN) (Coalition Priority 1: Safe & inclusive schools Priority 1: Financial Literacy Skills Vancouver) Priority 1: More childcare spaces Priority 2: Fully funded classrooms Priority 2: More funding for schools Priority 2: Quality food in schools Priority 1: Safe school Initiative Priority 3: Community & childcare Priority 3: Anti-bullying/Wellness Priority 3: Speedup Seismic Priority 2: Parent Consultation Platform: Students must be the Platform: As trustees we will work schedule Priority 3: School Board center of our schools, and our with the province, city council Transparency schools are the hearts of our and park board to bring world Platform: I believe in the Green communities. Green trustees will class education to children. We way of a collaborative non- Platform: Nadine will bring a work for safe and inclusive schools will increase funding by seeking partisan approach to politics. fresh new voice to the Board with a renewed focus on the VSB’s partners to expand after-school I have demonstrated this on and alongside the Coalition reconciliation journey. We need programs like financial literacy, the VSB in the last year after Vancouver team, she will focus to ensure our students have the entrepreneurship, technology/ being elected in the by-election. on ensuring that children learn seismically safe, well maintained coding, French, Mandarin and The current Board has worked in a safe environment and that buildings and fully resourced other languages. Cooperate well together in a respectful & they are provided with the skills classrooms needed to support their with other school boards and effective manner. There is still needed to do their best. success. With community partners districts. Re-purpose unused much to do which is why I am She is committed to exploring we will seek to expand the VSB’s school infrastructure to support running again. My skills in HR the learning opportunities collaborations, including out-of- the community, the arts and other & leadership will help to make offered by new technologies and hours facilities use and childcare. extracurricular and educational SD39 the best in BC. providing additional support spaces. initiatives. Work with the city to Biography: I have a BBA & 15+ for teachers as they prepare our Biography: I’m a trustee and the create daycare spaces. years of experience in corporate youth for the challenges ahead. Board Chair and am committed Biography: Pratpal is an advocate HR & marketing, in Canada & Biography: Nadine is a former to the success of Vancouver’s for empowering children and Asia. For the last 10 years I have PAC Chair, and has a desire to students. I work with integrity and innovative programming ideas. been in the wellness industry contribute more deeply to the build strong relationships. She spearheaded the first ever owning & operating a medispa & continued development of the wellness centre. I have authored I’ve been a scientist, project Vancouver Kids Camp Expo, public school system in which 2 books & speak on wellness. manager, at home parent and piloted an after-school leadership her three sons are enrolled. As I am a parent to a grade 10 program administrator. I have three program, and sat on the board one who is not shy to walk away student at Eric Hamber. teenage children, we’ve lived in at UBC Sauder Alumni Club from tough conversations, she Marpole for 17 years and I was on Vancouver where she helped Contact believes in focusing on increased my school PAC executives for 10 oversee the programming pieces Twitter: @estiemgonzalez collaboration and tolerance. for the thousands of alumni they years. Facebook: estrellita4schools Contact serve. She holds a B.Com, MHA Contact and certificate in Values-Based Instagram: @dermabright Twitter: https://twitter.com/ nadineCgoodine Twitter: @janetrfraser Leadership. Phone: 6043067718 Facebook: https:// Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Contact Email: estrellita.gonzalez@ vangreens www.facebook.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ vangreens.ca nadineCgoodine4SchoolBoard/ Phone: 6043621826 van1st2018 Website: www.vangreens.ca Instagram: https:// Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook. www.instagram.com/ com/Van1st2018/ Goodine4SchoolBoard/ Website: www.vangreens.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram. Other: www.coalitionvancouver. com/vancouver1st/ ca YouTube: https://www.youtube. Phone: 778-788-9476 com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ Email: nadinegoodine@ PQyZOSasDKfSQ coalitionvancouver.ca Phone: 604.710.9535 Website: www. Email: [email protected] coalitionvancouver.ca Website: http://www.vancouver1st. ca

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HANSON, Oliver JAAF, Erica and assets. If a balanced budget KindridTiffiny (NPA) (OneCity) is not achieved then the salaries Phone: 604-831-3284 of the trustees should be the first Priority 1: Educational excellence Email: [email protected] Priority 1: No school closures thing cut. Priority 2: Fund arts/music Website: www.provancouver.ca Priority 2: Fully staff our schools Biography: Living in the West programs End of Vancouver since 1989. Priority 3: Increase childcare Priority 3: Seismically safe 23 years as experience as a spaces schools Federal Government Officer and Platform: Erica will be guided LEE, Marco Platform: Expedite capital 10 years as management in the by her values of supporting all (VANCOUVER 1st) construction and seismic Hospitality Industry. Graduated students according to need, upgrades of school facilities to Ryerson University in 1981. Have valuing the work of all school staff Priority 1: Safe Schools ensure the safety of students. been involved in volunteer work and nurturing healthy communities. my entire life. Since 2003 I have Priority 2: More funding for Focus on educational excellence She will work for adequate been a contract Professor at schools by expanding Reading Recovery supports for students with all type the British Columbia Institute of Priority 3: Financial skills and literacy programs. Enhance of learning needs and support Technology and recently Langara program programs that enrich student indigenous-focused programming College. education and meet the unique and the implementation of Platform: As trustees we will Contact needs of students and families. the Truth and Reconciliation work with the province, city council and park board to bring Prioritize good governance and Commission recommendations. world class education to children. ensure that funding is allocated Erica will speak up for every We will increase funding by and managed wisely. student. Erica is running with OneCity. seeking partners to expand after- It is essential that we offer KINDRID, Tiffiny school programs like financial and fund early identification, Biography: Erica Jaaf is an (ProVancouver) literacy, entrepreneurship, designation and personalized advocate for public education, technology/coding, French, programming for learners with organizer, former Parent Advisory Priority 1: Childcare space Mandarin and other languages. special needs. Committee (PAC) and District Cooperate with other school Parent Advisory Committee Priority 2: Updating curriculum Biography: Oliver is an advocate boards and districts. Re-purpose (DPAC) member, data manager, for children and their families. Priority 3: Lead free water unused school infrastructure to and parent of two. She is Born and raised on the North Platform: Devise efficient support the community, the arts committed to fighting for all Shore, Oliver currently resides catchment areas to allow and other extracurricular and students to access schools that in Vancouver’s Fraserhood with students to attend the most educational initiatives. Work with are vibrant and inclusive. Erica is his wife and three children. accessible school the city to create daycare spaces. running with OneCity. As a dedicated father, lawyer All families should have access to Biography: Born and raised in and business person, Oliver is Contact out-of-school care to let parents South Vancouver, Marco has been personally invested in the quality Twitter: https://twitter.com/ work and upgrade skills involved in the development of of our children’s education, as ericajaaf local youths in Vancouver for well as the safety and security of Update curriculum to prepare Facebook: www.facebook.com/ the past 7 years. Marco is a firm our students and teachers. EricaJaafOneCitySchoolBoard children for 21st century believer in the empowerment Candidate/ technology Contact of youths. “I believe in creating Instagram: www.instagram.com/ Emphasize science and math Twitter: https://twitter.com/ solid systems that helps youth onecityvancouver/ OliverHanson education Teach democratic develop a strong foundation for YouTube: www.youtube.com/ values and critical thinking Instagram: https://www. adulthood” Marco hold an A&S channel/UC3OIMt0qiFlPxH67- instagram.com/oliverchanson/ xsPsog Ensure clean, lead-free drinking insurance license. Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ water in all schools Phone: 236-818-5558 Contact in/oliver-hanson-a2a37353/ All schools should have equal Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Phone: 604-360-6113 outcomes and opportunities, van1st2018 Website: www.onecityvancouver.ca Email: oliver.hanson@ regardless of the socio-economic Facebook: https://www.facebook. npavancouver.ca status of children. com/Van1st2018/ Website: https://npavancouver. Biography: Tiffiny Kindrid is a Instagram: https://www. ca/oliver-hanson/ third generation Vancouverite, instagram.com/vancouver1st/ KENNEDY, Gordon T now bringing up a fourth YouTube: https://www.youtube. generation of her family in the com/channel/UCHUoEHBMQ_ PQyZOSasDKfSQ city. Tiffiny balances a family of

two children, one in elementary Phone: 604.710.9535 Priority 1: Effective use of Assets school and one a recent high Email: [email protected] Priority 2: Prudent Expenditures school graduate, with working in Website: http://www. Priority 3: Efficient use of Revenue the role of Income Equality and vancouver1st.ca Platform: Education is the most Co-Treasurer for her children’s important asset for our future. It school PAC (Parent Advisory should be effective and valuable. Committee), and volunteering for Every person should have access. school activities. As a trustee we should make Contact efficient use of all Board resources Twitter: https;//twitter.com/

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LEUNG, Aaron OGER, Morgane PARROTT, Barb PRIETO, Julian (Vision Vancouver) (COPE) (YES Vancouver)

Priority 1: Mental health services Priority 1: High quality education Priority 1: End child poverty Priority 1: More Choice

Priority 2: District sustainability Priority 2: Safe, inclusive schools Priority 2: Equitable & safe Priority 2: Teach useful money schools Priority 3: Seismically safe Priority 3: Accountability skills Priority 3: Better budget process schools Platform: Morgane Oger will Priority 3: End bullying Platform: Vision Vancouver will support initiatives prioritizing Platform: Ensure all Vancouver Platform: Everyone learns move Vancouver forward. We spending inside the classroom. school children are provided with differently and should be equally will be champions for public She will advocate for safe and a free and nutritious breakfast supported. I am running to education for children. We will inclusive neighbourhood schools and lunch help schools teach financial seismically upgrade schools so learners can receive an Create an indigenous secondary literacy and useful life skills, to make sure students and excellent, equitable education. school provide a compassionate, bully-

educators are safe. We’ll make Morgane commits to engage Develop an action plan to free environment, and pursue sure every child has the support with all stakeholders to ensure eliminate the achievement gap excellence. I believe in more they need to reach their potential our schools are seismically for vulnerable students choice for parents, innovation by investing in ESL, special needs from teachers and opportunities remediated and to work to re- Implement the VSB students, and other diverse for kids. We can learn from the invigorate language and music Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism learning needs. We’ll maintain best systems around the world. programs that were recent cuts. Policy positive relationships with I would like to support the arts, Morgane will work with parents, students and educators. Work with local government to special needs, encourage healthy stakeholders to ensure And we’ill make childcare, early make Vancouver a pilot city for food, gifted scholarships, address the district lives up to its learning and adequate provincial $10/day child care care shortages, and prioritize reconciliation responsibilities and funding top priorities. Implement an equitable funding earthquake protection. will support indigenous language formula across the district Biography: Aaron is a public programs. Biography: As an educator, I education advocate, an engaged Eliminate public funding for hope to bring my passion for Biography: Raised in Vancouver, resident of Champlain Heights private schools Develop an even teaching to the school board. I Morgane Oger is an acclaimed and a locally and nationally more environmentally-friendly was born in Colombia, graduated education advocate who has recognized leader for his school system. from Lord Byng (not too long served as Chair of Vancouver work supporting students on ago!) and earned my Msc from District Parent Advisory Council Biography: Life-long learner sustainability-related issues at Oxford in mathematics. I speak and on other not-for-profit the Vancouver School Board, Reading Recovery teacher, Chinese and wish to expand boards. which included co-founding the Resource teacher, Classroom bilingual programs. My hope is VSB Sustainability Conference. Oger holds a BASc from UBC teacher – retired to be an accessible trustee, and and runs an IT company. Working Contact Honourary Life Member – offer more parental choice in with affected communities, she education. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Vancouver Elementary School founded the Morgane Oger HiAaronLeung Teachers’ Association (VESTA) Contact Foundation to improve Canadian Facebook: https://www.facebook. and British Columbia Twitter: https://twitter.com/ human rights laws. com/HiAaronLeung/ prietojo Teachers’ Association (BCTF) Her two children attend Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook. Vancouver public schools. GA Fergusson Memorial Award com/jorgejulianprieto/ Website: www.votevision.ca recipient Contact Instagram: https://www. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ B. Ed, M. Ed, UBC instagram.com/jjulianprieto/ MorganeOgerBC Parliamentarian YouTube: https:// www.youtube.com/ MRS DOUBTFIRE Facebook: http://facebook.com/ Past member, Living Wage MorganeOgerBC watch?v=sdJyxJxrFTw&t=46s Committee Instagram: http://Instagram.com/ Phone: 6049996716 Aunt, great aunt, reader knitter, No profile or photo submitted MorganeOgerBC Email: [email protected] kayaker, dog owner Electric car YouTube: https://www. Website: www.voteprieto.com youtube.com/channel/ owner. UC86ov1hP7YRNgdIg2LY7j1w Contact

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QIU, Chris REDDY, Jennifer RICHARDSON, WONG, Allan (NPA) (OneCity) Christopher JK (Vision Vancouver) (NPA) Priority 1: Educational Excellence Priority 1: No school closures Priority 1: Funding Special Needs Priority 1: Adequate education funds Priority 2: Special Needs Funding Priority 2: Fully staff our schools Priority 2: Seismic Safe Rebuilds Priority 2: Seismic Upgrades Priority 3: Community Priority 3: Increase childcare Priority 3: Teacher Hiring & Partnership spaces Retain Priority 3: Relationship building

Platform: Strengthen education Platform: Students across Platform: It is essential that Platform: Vision Vancouver will by expanding math, language, art Vancouver do not currently have we offer and fund early move Vancouver forward. We and Reading Recovery literacy access to all of the resources identification, designation and will be champions for public programs. they need: learning materials, personalized programming for education for children. We will Provide a safe campus by specialists, or even safe drinking learners with special needs. seismically upgrade schools expediting capital construction water. They are also impacted by Ensure full teacher staff to make sure students and and seismic safety upgrades. issues outside of the classroom: compliment. educators are safe. We’ll make the struggle of evictions, Prioritize good governance and sure every child has the support Provide early identification of unstable housing, and parents ensure that funding is allocated they need to reach their potential and continued assistance to juggling multiple jobs. Jennifer and managed wisely. by investing in ESL, special needs learners with special needs. is understands these challenges Expedite capital construction students, and other diverse Community support for before and will work to solve them. She and seismic upgrades of learning needs. We’ll maintain and after-school care and will help build safer and more neighbourhood school facilities positive relationships with enrichment programs. inclusive spaces for students. to ensure the safety of all. parents, students and educators. Good governance and a balanced Jennifer is running with OneCity. Focus on educational excellence And we’ill make childcare, early budget to ensure that education Biography: Jennifer Reddy by expanding literacy programs learning and adequate provincial funding is allocated and spent is a educator and immigrant Enhance programs that enrich funding top priorities. wisely. support worker for some of student education and meet the Biography: Allan has served on unique needs of students and Biography: With over 15 years of the most vulnerable students School Board since 1999, where professional experience as a legal in Vancouver’s schools. She families. he has earned a reputation for analyst, accountant and claims holds a Masters in Social Policy Biography: A Chartered being a fierce advocate for assistant at the world’s largest and Development from the Professional Accountant, seismic school upgrades and insurance brokerage firm, Chris, London School of Economics community volunteer and gift student safety. He is a long- vice-chair of Churchill PAC, is and is a founder of EdMeCo, an planner. Richardson was a time public education advocate also a dedicated mother of three organization using mentorship Vancouver School Trustee ‘14-’16, committed to supports for ESL and passionately volunteers at programs to support students in Chair in 2015. He served 3 terms and special needs students and various community and charity their educational goals. as a Park Commissioner. For 45 improving aboriginal graduation organizations. She holds a Contact years, he has served as a Traffic rates, earning him the trust of parents, teachers and students Bachelor of Laws from Tsinghua Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Authority Constable. Awarded University and a Master of Laws reddyforchange a Diamond Jubilee Medal by MP alike. from McGill University. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Libby Davies. Married with 2 Contact Contact RUReddyforChange/ sons, is a half marathon walker Twitter: https://twitter.com/ and is learning Mandarin. awong39 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Instagram: www. chrisqiu11 onecityvancouver.ca/ Contact Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/Allan-Wong- Facebook: https://www.facebook. YouTube: https://www. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Vancouver-School-Board- com/chrisyunxia.qiu youtube.com/channel/ richardsonyvr UC3OIMt0qiFlPxH67-xsPsog trustee-1728919207403193/ Phone: 604-360-6113 Facebook: https://www.facebook. Email: [email protected] Phone: 236-818-5558 com/LiJifu Email: [email protected] Website: www.votevision.ca Email: jennifer@ Other: https://www.linkedin.com/ Website: https://npavancouver. onecityvancouver.ca in/christopher-jk-richardson- ca/chris-qiu/ Website: www.onecityvancouver. fcpa-fca-a43a2411/ ca Phone: 606-218-0981 Email: [email protected] Website: https://npavancouver. ca/christopher-richardson/

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WOO, Sophia ZHOU, Ying (Coalition (Coalition Vancouver) Vancouver)

Priority 1: Increase transparency Priority 1: Student Safety

Priority 2: Connect parent to Priority 2: Pro Parents school Priority 3: Board Transparency

Priority 3: Mental health, drug Platform: Ying and her Coalition use Vancouver team will focus 100% Platform: Elected in 2011, on the people, including all Woo raises issues of student students, parents and teachers. safety, opportunity for parent Ying will advocate for school participation, and human safety and work on plans that resources. In 2014, named one will assist with drug and suicide of two Chinese Heroes in Politics prevention. She will ensure that in ten top newsmakers. “School parents have a voice and will need provide education and bring board transparency back to prevention for youth.” Without the school district. her, the drug prevention program Biography: Ying holds a degree would have been seriously cut in Engineering and has more in 2012, again in 2013. “Some than a decade of experience argue mental health programs in finance. For 5 years, she has be funded, operated through been the Resident Director of MoH. Wrong - Health mandate the University Neighbourhoods emphasizes a clinical rather than Association. Besides speaking education focus. both official languages, she also Biography: Sophia came to speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. Vancouver from Hong Kong in Her multi-cultural profile makes 1978 attended secondary school. her an ideal catalyst for bridging She is educated both here, a the gap between long-time graduate of SFU, Calgary and residents and newcomers.

HKU with a Master Degree in Contact Social Work. Recognized by Other: We-chat: zhouyinguna her peers for selfless devotion Phone: 778-318-5788 to fair play, lucid explanation, integrity. She is active volunteer Email: yingzhou@ (Paul Harris Fellow), past Chief coalitionvancouver.ca Steward, Community Mental Health, HSA at VCH.

Contact Twitter: @woo_sophia Facebook: Sophia Woo Phone: 6048626870 Email: sophiawoo.woo123@gmail. com Website: sophiawoo.ca

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The capital plan is the City’s four-year financial plan for investments in our city’s infrastructure At the municipal election and amenities–things like water and sewer pipes, on Saturday, October 20, sidewalks, community centres and parks. 2018, voters will be asked When City Council sets priorities for capital to vote on whether the investment, it takes a strategic, long-term approach to enhance the livability, sustainability and resilience City can borrow $300 of our city. Council also strives to keep taxes, fees million for a range of and debt at a manageable level while still meeting projects including residents’ needs. ÌÌRenewal of transportation Earlier this year, the public provided input on their infrastructure including streets, priorities for the 2019-2022 Capital Plan. Based on sidewalks, traffic signals, street this feedback and the City’s own assessment, Council lights, and bridges including the approved a plan to invest $1.5 billion to renew existing Granville Street Bridge infrastructure and amenities, and $1.3 billion for new ÌÌRenewal and enhancement infrastructure and amenities, for a total of $2.8 billion. of the City’s information Funding for the capital plan comes from a mix of technology systems such financing tools. For the 2019-2022 plan, $495 million as data centres, servers and is proposed to be financed with debt (less than 20 applications that support City per cent of the $2.8 billion total). Council can approve services and programs borrowing for water, sewer and district energy ÌÌMaintenance and renovation of systems ($195 million). Voter approval is required for existing community facilities, Council to borrow for all other projects ($300 million). civic facilities and parks Capital plans match the term of Council, and a vote ÌÌReplacement of existing on borrowing is held at the same time as the civic community facilities including election. The exact wording of the questions on the Marpole-Oakridge Community ballot appears on the next page. Centre, Marpole Library, the More information: City Archives and other projects Website: vancouver.ca/capitalplan in planning or design E-mail: [email protected] ÌÌReplacement of existing civic facilities including the Sunset Service Yard, the seismic upgrade of the Kitsilano firehall and other projects in planning or design

VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 51 Capital Plan Borrowing Questions

During the general local election on October 20, EXPLANATORY NOTE FOR QUESTIONS 2 AND 3: 2018, voters will be asked to give Council the • Community facilities include buildings such authority to borrow $300 million to fund a portion as community centres, pools, rinks, libraries, of the 2019-2022 Capital Plan. Eligible voters may childcare centres, cultural facilities, social facilities vote “yes” or “no” to the three questions. and affordable housing. 1. TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY • Civic facilities include buildings such as fire halls, Are you in favour of Council having the authority, police buildings, administrative facilities and without further assent of the electors, to pass by- service yards. laws between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2022 to borrow an aggregate $100,353,000 for the 2. CAPITAL MAINTENANCE AND following purposes? RENOVATION PROGRAMS FOR EXISTING A. Street and Bridge Infrastructure COMMUNITY FACILITIES, CIVIC FACILITIES To provide for major maintenance, reconstruction AND PARKS and enhancement of the arterial and neighbourhood transportation networks, Are you in favour of Council having the authority, sidewalks, greenways and cycle routes and to without further assent of the electors, to pass by- undertake major maintenance of bridges and laws between January 1, 2019 and December 31, other structures, including repairs and structural 2022 to borrow an aggregate $99,557,000 for the work on Granville Bridge. following purposes? $47,429,000 A. Maintenance of Community and Civic Facilities To provide for ongoing capital maintenance such as B. Traffic Signals and Street Lighting replacement of roofs, windows, elevators, heating/ To provide for major maintenance, replacement and ventilation, electrical and plumbing systems. enhancement of traffic signals and street lighting $59,175,000 that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements. B. Renovations of Community and Civic Facilities $42,924,000 To provide for renovations or other upgrades such as renovations to community spaces, wheelchair C. Technology Projects access improvements, energy conservation To provide for the renewal and enhancement of upgrades and removal of hazardous materials. the City’s information technology systems such as $23,975,000 data centres, servers and applications that support the delivery of and access to City services and C. Maintenance and Renovations of Parks programs. To provide for ongoing capital maintenance, $10,000,000 renovations or other upgrades of existing parks, park buildings and features within parks such as Total $100,353,000 the seawall, pathways, playgrounds, playfields and If this question receives the assent of the electors, sport courts. Council has the power, without further assent of $16,407,000 the electors, to pass by-laws, as and when Council considers appropriate, to borrow money for the Total $99,557,000 projects described up to $100,353,000.

52 / VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 VANCOUVER VOTERS’ GUIDE | VANCOUVER ELECTION 2018 / 53 If this question receives the assent of the electors, Council has the power, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws, as and when Council considers appropriate, to borrow money for the projects described up to $99,557,000.

3. REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND CIVIC FACILITIES

Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by- laws between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2022 to borrow an aggregate $100,090,000 for the following purposes? A. Community Facilities To provide for replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of existing community facilities, including Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre, Marpole Library, the City Archives, and other projects such as Britannia Community Centre, Ray- Cam Community Centre or West End Community Centre that are at the planning or design stage $62,840,000

B. Civic Facilities To provide for replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of existing civic facilities, including the first phase at Sunset Service Yard, seismic upgrade of the Kitsilano Fire Hall, and other projects such as Manitoba Service Yard or one of the downtown fire halls that are at the planning or design stage $37,250,000

Total $100,090,000 If this question receives the assent of the electors, Council has the power, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws, as and when Council considers appropriate, to borrow money for the projects described up to $100,090,000.

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Instructions To vote, fill in the CIRCLE to the left of your choice like this Question 2 Fill in one circle for each question. Which elected role would you like to have in Vancouver?

Question 1 Mayor In Vancouver, what is most important to you? City Councillor Recreation Parks, pools, community centres, playgrounds Park Board Commissioner

Safety School Board Trustee Fire and rescue services, police Question 3 Waste, Water & Streets What is one way you are active in your city? Garbage, recycling, water pipes, sidewalks, roads

Arts & Community Life I have gone to classes or events Libraries, theatres, local festivals, events at a community centre

Nature I go to the library City gardens, greenery, wildlife conservation I play in the playgrounds, parks and pools

I have friends in my neighbourhood Special Kids Vote program In 2018, kids can try out voting through the City’s special Kids Vote program! On Saturday October 13 and Sunday October 14, children under 18 can go to any advance voting location and vote on three questions printed on special pink Kids Vote ballots. The City hopes to encourage kids to vote in the future by giving young voters the chance to experience the election process at an actual voting place. The Kids Vote ballot and questions are on this page. Just like grown-ups, we encourage kids to read the questions, think about their answers, and plan their votes before they arrive!

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