In a change municipal election year of great consequence and generational import, it is the responsibility of every voter and every citizen to make ourselves as aware as possible of who the candidates are who have offered themselves for civic office who best represent our core values, candidates with a history of community activism and achievement who will be best positioned to enact the civic change that we — individually and collectively — believe must be accomplished over the course of the next four years, in the best interests of all of those of us who reside in the city of Vancouver.
The City of Vancouver has a partial list of many of the upcoming Mayoral, Council and Park Board all-candidates debates. Worth checking out.
Mayoral candidates, independents Shauna Sylvester and Kennedy Stewart, and NPA Vancouver’s Ken Sim will be present, as will OneCity Vancouver’s Christine Boyle and COPE’s Anne Roberts (the latter two persons, members of the Holy Trinity of must-elect Council candidates — the trinity completed by wondrous, must-elect NPA Council candidate, Sarah Kirby-Yung — as warmly identified by VanRamblings in our expansive May 29th post).
Are you curious about the relationship between science and public policy? Want to give your ideas and have a respectful conversation with candidates from across party lines? This event below is just for you! Everyone is welcome, however space is limited, so this will a ticketed event($10). Light refreshments will be available at this event.
Arts + culture in Vancouver is just not being given its due in the 2018 Vancouver civic election. Thankfully, the folks involved in the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture have come to our collective rescue, by hosting an invaluable Arts + Culture forum, on Monday, October 15th.
Thus far, Yes Vancouver’s Hector Bremner, Pro Vancouver’s David Chen, Vancouver First’s Fred Harding, independent Mayoral candidates Kennedy Stewart and Shauna Sylvester, Coalition Vancouver’s Wai Young, and the Green Party’s extraordinary, must-elect candidate Pete Fry will be present for the forum. At this time, the NPA have confirmed their participation, but have not provided the name of their party’s representative to the forum.
Vancouver Mayoral Forums & Townhalls
Eleven days before the election, there’s this Mayoral forum …
And has long proved to be the case, and generally the best-attended of the Mayoral debates (seating capacity at Christ Church Cathedral, which is generally packed to the rafters, is 600 but they packed in 850 eager voters in 2014). Come on, come all to the can’t miss Cathedral Mayoral Debate …
Vancouver City Council All-Candidates Forums
And on a very busy night when the definitive School Board and Park Board meetings are set to take place, among a raft of other all candidate meetings, there’s this Mayoral and City Council meeting planned …
If you’re aware of other all-candidates debates for those running for a position on Vancouver City Council, please write to us at … 
Vancouver Park Board All-Candidates Forums
On Wednesday, October 3, from 6 – 10pm, truck on over to The Hall at Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street, to meet the candidates who want your vote to become one of the seven commissioners for the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation.
Or, as above, Wednesday, October 3rd, from 7:30 to 9:30pm, visit the Trout Lake Community Centre, 3360 Victoria Drive, to meet the candidates running for Park Board, who will be present with Council candidates. Hear their views and / or ask them questions at this All Candidates Meeting.
