5 IMMEDIATE STEPS to respect taxpayers
- Order a full, independent review of City finances to ensure
tax dollars being spent responsibly and identify areas for
improvement. - Review City policies and programs introduced in the past
10 years to evaluate whether they are making Vancouver
more liveable and affordable. - Relieve tax pressure with a target of capping increases in
municipal taxes to no more than the rate of inflation. - Restore long-term fiscal stability with a plan to reduce
Vancouver’s debt. - Create a multi-partisan Team Vancouver. Bring together
Vancouver’s MPs and MLAs in a cross-partisan Team
Vancouver that can secure our fair share of investment and
support from other levels of government.
RETURN TRANSPARENCY TO CITY HALL
- Make transparency and disclosure the default. Exemptions will be
made only when necessary, rather than at every possible turn. - Separate politics from the public service and empower City staff to
do their jobs without political interference, so they can innovate,
and develop creative solutions to Vancouver’s challenges. - Create a registry for lobbyists, bringing Vancouver into compliance
with best practices established at the Provincial and Federal levels. - Improve protections for whistleblowers to ensure the integrity of
our local government. - Determine any future increases to Councillor salaries through
recommendations from an independent committee.
AND ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS
- Launch a Municipal election financing integrity review.
Commission an independent third-party review of the current
election finance and advertising rules including the role of
anonymous groups, with the goal of taking anonymous advertising
our of Vancouver politics. Deliver a report to Elections BC and
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing of recommendations. - Create a Privacy and information taskforce. To ensure that
personal privacy is protected throughout the municipal election
process.