In 2018 Mayor Kennedy Stewart ran on a platform to help make Vancouver work for everyone. Track our progress below as he works to make housing more affordable, address homelessness, take action on climate change and save lives from overdoses.
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In January of 2021, Mayor Kennedy Stewart updated our Code of Conduct to strengthen rules for Council members and bring them in line with provincial financial disclosure and conflict of interest guidelines. Our new Integrity Commissioner is due to report back on this soon. Kennedy Stewart continue to work to bring in rules around conflict of interest for senior staff.
While Council passed a motion to move ahead with a Lobbyist Registry in December of 2018, Mayor Kennedy Stewart needs the Province of BC to help implement it. Kennedy Stewart continues to work with his partners in the Government of BC to make our new registry a reality.
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In January of 2021, Mayor Kennedy Stewart updated the city's Code of Conduct to strengthen rules for Council members and bring them in line with provincial financial disclosure and conflict of interest guidelines. The new Integrity Commissioner is due to report back on this soon. Mayor Kennedy Stewart continues to work to bring in rules around conflict of interest for senior staff.
In January of 2021, Mayor Kennedy Stewart updated the Council Code of Conduct to strengthen rules for Council members and bring them in line with provincial financial disclosure and conflict of interest guidelines. The new Integrity Commissioner is due to report back on this soon. Mayor Kennedy Stewart continues to work to bring in rules around conflict of interest for senior staff.
Mayor Kennedy Stewart advanced this work in December of 2018, and received a staff report outlining options in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to resourcing pressures brought on by the pandemic, this work is currently on pause.
This election will be the last Vancouver civic election where we elect our local representatives using the out-dated at-large voting system. If city residents vote in the November provincial referendum to change to a proportional representation system, then future local elections will be conducted using this system.
If proportional representation is rejected in the fall referendum, then future local elections will be conducted using neighbourhood constituencies, similar to those used at the federal and provincial level.
Since the Provincial referendum did not lead to proportional representation, Mayor Kennedy Stewart has turned his attention to neighbourhood constituencies. However, Council didn't support this idea and instead chose to begin consultation on a local form of proportional representation. Kennedy Stewart will continue to work to bring wards to Vancouver.
