Yes Vancouver


Yes Vancouver is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, created in June 2018 to support the candidacy of Hector Bremner for mayor. Yes Vancouver is the first municipal political party in British Columbia explicitly dedicated to YIMBY principles. The party's platform includes increasing the supply of housing, capping permit wait times, and establishing a citywide housing plan, among others proposals.

History

was first elected as an NPA councillor in the 2017 Vancouver by-election, but his bid to run for the party's mayoral nomination in the city's 2018 election was blocked by the party executive. The president of the NPA did not reveal the reasons for rejecting Bremner's bid for nomination. This resulted in a divide between Bremner and his supporters and the NPA leadership, prompting Bremner to split from the NPA and create Yes Vancouver on June 28, 2018.

Ideology

The platform of Yes Vancouver is mainly focused on the city's housing shortage. The party promises to increase the supply of rental housing in Vancouver to reduce the cost of rent by establishing citywide pre-zoning, using incentives on city-owned land to add affordable housing, and capping permit times. The party also supports the specific targeting of speculation over the current homeowners of Vancouver.
Yes Vancouver's education platform includes expanding basic financial education in schools and offering more diverse language options while proposing to pass a balanced budget.

Electoral history

Party leader Hector Bremner ran as Yes Vancouver's mayoral candidate for the Vancouver municipal election, held on October 20, 2018. Five candidates from Yes Vancouver ran for city council: entrepreneurs Brinder Bains, Glynnis Chan, Stephanie Ostler, Phyllis Chan and Jaspreet Virdi, none of whom were elected to city council. Educator and former NPA School Board candidate Julian Prieto unsuccessfully ran for the Vancouver School Board for the second time, last running with the NPA during the 2017 by-election, and coach Leo Heba also unsuccessfully ran for the Vancouver Park Board.
Election yearCandidateVotes%PositionResult
2018Hector Bremner9,9405.735th

Election yearVotes%Seats+/–
201864,7924.63