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Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council.

Municipal party

COPE⁠

4 current members on record

Members over time

From dated membership records, alphabetical within each group.

Party promises

  1. “Adopt recommendations from the BC Human Rights Commission to respond to and fight racism in schools.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Childcare and families
    Status: No linked votes yet
  2. “Allow pets in all rentals.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  3. Status: No linked votes yet
  4. “Ban rent-price collusion by any means including algorithmic software, collaboration, or third party intermediaries.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  5. “Ban the revolving door between industry and government.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Economy and business
    Status: No linked votes yet
  6. “Ban “hostile architecture” in public space, including transit hubs and community centres.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Transportation
    Status: No linked votes yet
  7. “Bring back Vancouver’s slashed climate programs.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Climate and environment
    Status: No linked votes yet
  8. “Bring back the Renters Office - with teeth - and give tenants an advocate who is empowered to fight for them.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  9. “Bring in a municipal lobbying registry.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: City hall and governance
    Status: No linked votes yet
  10. “Build more public pools across the city and respect the 2022 plebiscite and build a new 50 meter pool in Vancouver.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Parks and recreation
    Status: No linked votes yet
  11. “Buy apartments and turn them into permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  12. “COPE will enforce the empty homes tax properly, close the loopholes, and phase in increases to 9%.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  13. “COPE will implement mandatory cooling off periods between appointments in city government, and work in private sector industries that lobby the city.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: City hall and governance
    Status: No linked votes yet
  14. “Create a Multi‑Unit Residential Acquisition Fund to help land trusts, co‑ops, and non‑profits acquire rental housing and prevent displacement.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  15. “Create a right-of-first refusal policy that gives tenants, and then the city, first priority in purchasing existing apartments that go up for sale to turn into affordable housing.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  16. “Cut the Sex Worker Safety Planning Position created following the 2012 Pickton Commission”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Public safety
    Status: No linked votes yet
  17. “End Ken Sim’s cruel freeze on supportivehousing, and get serious about fighting homelessness.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  18. “End tent cities by providing affordable housing.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  19. “End the crackdown on DIY arts venues, and encourage and support independent artist-run nightlife as part of Vancouver’s cultural scene.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Arts and culture
    Status: No linked votes yet
  20. “End the developer tax break that creates gravel pit dogparks and shoddy community gardens.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  21. “Establish a public grocery pilot project to provide affordable groceries in neighbourhoods with the most need.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Homelessness and social services
    Status: No linked votes yet
  22. Status: No linked votes yet
  23. “Establish community safety programs to steward protests and community events with public safety captains, without inflating VPD budgets with overtime and overpolicing.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Public safety
    Status: No linked votes yet
  24. “Establish drop-in spaces at community centres and schools so parents can access affordable, safe, and reliable childcare in public spaces.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Childcare and families
    Status: No linked votes yet
  25. “Expand library hours to be open 7 days a week, and give libraries the support they’re asking for, including funding for mental health workers, and better working conditions.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Arts and culture
    Status: No linked votes yet
  26. Status: No linked votes yet
  27. “Identify and crack down on violations of public trust.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: City hall and governance
    Status: No linked votes yet
  28. “Identify and report on what happened and why under Ken Sim’s tenure, and who bore the consequences for the decisions made.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Other
    Status: No linked votes yet
  29. “Identify why progress towards city goals of affordability, families, renters, and climate has stalled or reversed under Ken Sim, and get back on course.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  30. “Implement the Auditor General’s 10 Recommendations in their 2026 Land Sales Audit to prevent botched land deals that cost the city millions.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Budget and taxes
    Status: No linked votes yet
  31. “Increase 24/7 accessible public washrooms with permanent infrastructure and sanitation stations across the city.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Reconciliation and equity
    Status: No linked votes yet
  32. “Open, moderated live-streamed, meetings which allow for public questions.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: City hall and governance
    Status: No linked votes yet
  33. Status: No linked votes yet
  34. “Remove mental health calls from VPD priorities, and distribute funding toward community safety programs for acute mental health crises like peer-assisted care teams (PACTs).”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Public safety
    Status: No linked votes yet
  35. “Restore the DEOD (Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District) and end the developer windfall for condos in the DTES.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  36. “Restore the Renters Office and give it the power to crack down on bad landlords.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  37. Status: No linked votes yet
  38. “Retrofit existing affordable housing for seismic safety and climate preparedness, and work to transfer ownership to tenants, non-profits, or the city.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  39. “Stop demovictions with a city-wide anti-displacement policy that protects tenants rights, converts rentals into coops, and prioritizes development without displacement.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  40. “Stop food waste with an edible food recovery law targeting big box stores and chain restaurants.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Homelessness and social services
    Status: No linked votes yet
  41. “Stop public land sell-offs that rip us off.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Other
    Status: No linked votes yet
  42. “Tax mansions to end homelessness.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Homelessness and social services
    Status: No linked votes yet
  43. “Tax non-resident investors to fund affordable housing for people who live here.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  44. “Triple the empty homes tax to put more rental homes on the market and use the revenues to produce affordable housing.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet
  45. “Upgrade playgrounds and parks where children play with a focus on neighbourhoods that are being left behind.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. From their 2026 Vancouver election platform (copy saved )Topic: Parks and recreation
    Status: No linked votes yet
  46. “Triple the Empty Homes Tax and close the loopholes that landlords and developers use to keep homes empty.”⁠
    Jurisdiction: Vancouver City Council. Topic: Housing
    Status: No linked votes yet

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