Compassionate & Inclusive City

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Vancouver! 🏳️‍🌈

Sunday, July 31st was the 2022 Pride Parade in Vancouver -our first time back since 2020 and I'm so excited to be #TogetherAgain! The past two years have been incredibly...Read More

Brennagh Bailey
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July 31, 2022
New videos: saving lives from overdoses

Recently I sat down with my good friend and former colleague MP Jagmeet Singh to discuss taking action to save lives from overdoses. In Ottawa, Jagmeet and his team are...Read More

Mark Hosak
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May 30, 2022
Mayor's call for Police Act review results in historic suite of reforms

Special Committee recommends new “Community Safety and Policing Act” rooted in decolonization, anti-racism, community, and accountability

Mark Hosak
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April 28, 2022
Listen: Kennedy responds to Pierre Poilievre and talks affordable housing on Vancolour

Mayor Kennedy Stewart returns to chat with Host Mo Amir about housing affordability, the overdose crisis and why the next election is our opportunity to move Vancouver forward, together. BroadcastFull...Read More

Mark Hosak
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April 26, 2022
Mayor aims to ramp up and further strengthen Empty Homes Tax

Vancouver, BC; April 12, 2022 — Mayor Stewart announced a plan to boost the Empty Homes Tax rate to 5 percent and increase compliance audits to continue fighting housing speculators...Read More

Brennagh Bailey
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April 14, 2022
Kennedy Stewart unveils “Forward Together”

Today, Kennedy Stewart unveiled his new electoral organization, Forward Together, which will carry the Mayor and a thoughtful, hard-working new team of candidates into Vancouver’s 2022 municipal elections this fall....Read More

Mark Hosak
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April 07, 2022
Everyone deserves to feel safe in Vancouver. Period.

Conversations about public safety in our city have intensified in recent months. I have heard from residents, businesses, and frontline workers with their concerns about street disorder. I have heard...Read More

Kennedy Stewart
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February 16, 2022
Interview: Mayor Kennedy Stewart on the Overdose Crisis

Show: The Current CBC Segment: The push to save lives by decriminalizing small amounts of illicit drugs The interview begins at 47:01 Listen Here Transcript below MG: Hi, I'm Matt Galloway, you're...Read More

Mark Hosak
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December 08, 2021
Mayor Stewart puts climate action, public safety at centre of 2022 Budget

Mayor Kennedy Stewart has put climate action and public safety at the heart of Vancouver’s 2022 Budget, following another challenging year marked by the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and the...Read More

December 07, 2021
Mayor Stewart proposes new Progressive Climate Emergency Action Levy for 2022 Budget to keep Vancouver moving forward

Vancouver - Today, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced he will introduce a progressive climate emergency action levy for the 2022 municipal budget to invest in necessary and climate change-related infrastructure...Read More

November 24, 2021