Seeking Office

A History of Vision Vancouver

It’s 2018—election year. For the past decade, centre-left party Vision Vancouver has held a majority on council and the mayor’s seat. This term, Vision is running a new slate of young and diverse candidates, with few incumbents.

It’s clear that Vision is changing. But aside from becoming more diverse, what are they changing from? Where did Vision begin and how did it come to rule Vancouver for the past ten years?

In advance of Vancouver's municipal election, a motion passed in council to randomize the order of candidates listed on voting ballots. This episode features political scientist and University of Calgary professor Jack Lucas who argues that rather than making voting fairer, Vancouver's newly randomized ballot actually creates a new set of advantages. This episode was originally broadcast as part of CiTR's Democracy Watch on June 28th, 2018.

This is an original report from Vancouver's Green Party election nomination meeting on June 27th. It includes an interview with incumbent Green city councillor, and potential de-facto mayor, Adriane Carr. This segment was originally broadcast on June 28th as part of CiTR's Democracy Watch.

Kennedy Stewart is Burnaby-South's NDP Member of Parliament. He's also running to be Vancouver's next mayor. Although Stewart is leading in the polls, he has received repeated criticism for his failure to speak out against mass demovictions happening in his own federal riding. CiTR's Alex de Boer speaks with Burnaby affordable housing activist Murray Martin and Kennedy Stewart himself, about these demovictions.