COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors
@copevancouver.bsky.social
In the by-election, we served notice to Ken Sim and ABC. In 2026, we finish the job.
Fighting for housing, public services, climate action, and integrity at City Hall.
Honour MST 進步選民聯盟
https://www.votecope.ca/
Fighting for housing, public services, climate action, and integrity at City Hall.
Honour MST 進步選民聯盟
https://www.votecope.ca/
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It's our last chance to stop Ken Sim's plan to slash city services to give a hand-out to the super-rich.
Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
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After listening to this, I’m even more outraged, Mayor Sim doesn’t have a good explanation to anything. The budget is worse than what I already thought. The elections can’t come soon enough
#Vancouver
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#Vancouver
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Mayor Ken Sim on Vancouver’s 'zero-means-zero' budget
Podcast Episode · This is Vancouver · 2025-11-26 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
After listening to this, I’m even more outraged, Mayor Sim doesn’t have a good explanation to anything. The budget is worse than what I already thought. The elections can’t come soon enough
#Vancouver
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#Vancouver
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Next year, we’ll do this too 👇
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s newly elected mayor, has embraced a city-owned startup designed to emulate Vienna’s social housing model, which involves a public developer building housing designed to be permanently affordable.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Next year, we’ll do this too 👇
We're fighting to protect all the things we love about Vancouver - and for a city where people have time for joy.
So we're throwing a party TONIGHT at The Cobalt
Doors 7:30pm
feat DJ Stickykeys & DJ TOTHEMUSIC
www.copevancouver.ca/dance_dance_...
Come thru!
Proceeds to Evict Ken Sim Fund.
So we're throwing a party TONIGHT at The Cobalt
Doors 7:30pm
feat DJ Stickykeys & DJ TOTHEMUSIC
www.copevancouver.ca/dance_dance_...
Come thru!
Proceeds to Evict Ken Sim Fund.
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We're fighting to protect all the things we love about Vancouver - and for a city where people have time for joy.
So we're throwing a party TONIGHT at The Cobalt
Doors 7:30pm
feat DJ Stickykeys & DJ TOTHEMUSIC
www.copevancouver.ca/dance_dance_...
Come thru!
Proceeds to Evict Ken Sim Fund.
So we're throwing a party TONIGHT at The Cobalt
Doors 7:30pm
feat DJ Stickykeys & DJ TOTHEMUSIC
www.copevancouver.ca/dance_dance_...
Come thru!
Proceeds to Evict Ken Sim Fund.
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For someone who hates socialism he sure loves being publicly owned
Hey all. If you would like to see this morning's interview with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, I have attached a YouTube link below.
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Vancouver mayor stands by city's budget
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For someone who hates socialism he sure loves being publicly owned
"The tax freeze benefits investors and the super-rich the most — more than regular homeowners, and does nothing for renters, middle income and the poor." www.biv.com/news/quotabl...
Quotable: What Vancouver council said at Tuesday's budget debate
The 7-4 decision led by ABC Vancouver means a zero per cent property tax increase for 2026
www.biv.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"The tax freeze benefits investors and the super-rich the most — more than regular homeowners, and does nothing for renters, middle income and the poor." www.biv.com/news/quotabl...
Disgraceful. We should be expanding Community Repair Cafes, not closing them down.
RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Disgraceful. We should be expanding Community Repair Cafes, not closing them down.
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Full story from @kehyslop.bsky.social detailing yesterday's Vancouver city budget vote, which will give a tax break to homeowners but likely lead to still-unknown budget cuts.
#vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget Passes | The Tyee
Mayor Ken Sim’s tax break for homeowners will come at an unknown cost, opposition councillors warn.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Full story from @kehyslop.bsky.social detailing yesterday's Vancouver city budget vote, which will give a tax break to homeowners but likely lead to still-unknown budget cuts.
#vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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this is going to harm so many people. vancouver is going to be recovering from this harmful budget for years.
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this is going to harm so many people. vancouver is going to be recovering from this harmful budget for years.
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The next Vancouver municipal election will be held Oct. 17, 2026.
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The next Vancouver municipal election will be held Oct. 17, 2026.
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Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely | CBC News
Organizers of a public fireworks festival, which has brought millions of people to Vancouver's English Bay over the past three decades, says it can’t go ahead without long-term government and private-...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things
Despite promising line-by-line budgeting, "...ABC councillors defeated an amendment from COPE’s Orr that would've seen staff redo the public budget survey with a 0% tax increase as its basis and provide a new line-item breakdown of the proposed 2026 budget." thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget Passes | The Tyee
Mayor Ken Sim’s tax break for homeowners will come at an unknown cost, opposition councillors warn.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Despite promising line-by-line budgeting, "...ABC councillors defeated an amendment from COPE’s Orr that would've seen staff redo the public budget survey with a 0% tax increase as its basis and provide a new line-item breakdown of the proposed 2026 budget." thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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I’m so frustrated and heartbroken on behalf of the over 600 Vancouver residents who took the time to give their heartfelt opposition to this budget and they were ignored. So wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m so frustrated and heartbroken on behalf of the over 600 Vancouver residents who took the time to give their heartfelt opposition to this budget and they were ignored. So wrong.
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WHAT
Price tag for new PNE amphitheatre surges to almost $184M
Price tag for new PNE amphitheatre surges to almost $184M
The City of Vancouver confirmed the cost of the PNE’s new amphitheatre has climbed to $183.7 million, well above the original $64.8 million estimate.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
WHAT
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A big #vanpoli thanks to @seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social and @lucymaloney.bsky.social for your efforts to fight back against the disgraceful Ken Sim/ABC budget.
Will be remembered next October, esp when people see the cuts that were hiding inside the "envelopes"
Will be remembered next October, esp when people see the cuts that were hiding inside the "envelopes"
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A big #vanpoli thanks to @seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social and @lucymaloney.bsky.social for your efforts to fight back against the disgraceful Ken Sim/ABC budget.
Will be remembered next October, esp when people see the cuts that were hiding inside the "envelopes"
Will be remembered next October, esp when people see the cuts that were hiding inside the "envelopes"
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
NOW: Budget debate continues at City Council.
During today's session Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social has made repeated amendments to try and reduce the harm from this Budget. Ken Sim and ABC voted down common sense amendment after common sense amendment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_p...
During today's session Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social has made repeated amendments to try and reduce the harm from this Budget. Ken Sim and ABC voted down common sense amendment after common sense amendment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_p...
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NOW: Budget debate continues at City Council.
During today's session Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social has made repeated amendments to try and reduce the harm from this Budget. Ken Sim and ABC voted down common sense amendment after common sense amendment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_p...
During today's session Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social has made repeated amendments to try and reduce the harm from this Budget. Ken Sim and ABC voted down common sense amendment after common sense amendment.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_p...
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This budget debate is painful.
The mayor sets an arbitrary budget target (so he can say he raised taxes less than the last mayor) then he shovels money at the police ….
and then every other city budget item has to justify its existence vs “filling potholes”.
The mayor sets an arbitrary budget target (so he can say he raised taxes less than the last mayor) then he shovels money at the police ….
and then every other city budget item has to justify its existence vs “filling potholes”.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This budget debate is painful.
The mayor sets an arbitrary budget target (so he can say he raised taxes less than the last mayor) then he shovels money at the police ….
and then every other city budget item has to justify its existence vs “filling potholes”.
The mayor sets an arbitrary budget target (so he can say he raised taxes less than the last mayor) then he shovels money at the police ….
and then every other city budget item has to justify its existence vs “filling potholes”.
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Vancouverites can’t afford Ken Sim’s budget.
Look who's gonna pay for Ken Sim's tax break for the super-rich:
"most park board program and service fees will rise next year by an average of about 5%...swimming lessons, skate rentals and admissions to public golf courses, attractions and parks, among other things."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"most park board program and service fees will rise next year by an average of about 5%...swimming lessons, skate rentals and admissions to public golf courses, attractions and parks, among other things."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vancouver Park Board hikes fees amid divisions over 0% property increase plan | CBC News
The Vancouver Park Board has approved a series of fee increases in its 2026 budgets following a tense meeting Monday night, with commissioners split over how the mayor’s push for a zero per cent prope...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Vancouverites can’t afford Ken Sim’s budget.
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Swagger "proposed" #Vancouver 2026 budget
“People who pay for this expect the money is going to go back into the park systems, making our community centres, our arenas better. But the city is taking that money out of the park board and putting it into other priorities of the city.”
#VanPoli
“People who pay for this expect the money is going to go back into the park systems, making our community centres, our arenas better. But the city is taking that money out of the park board and putting it into other priorities of the city.”
#VanPoli
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Swagger "proposed" #Vancouver 2026 budget
“People who pay for this expect the money is going to go back into the park systems, making our community centres, our arenas better. But the city is taking that money out of the park board and putting it into other priorities of the city.”
#VanPoli
“People who pay for this expect the money is going to go back into the park systems, making our community centres, our arenas better. But the city is taking that money out of the park board and putting it into other priorities of the city.”
#VanPoli
Look who's gonna pay for Ken Sim's tax break for the super-rich:
"most park board program and service fees will rise next year by an average of about 5%...swimming lessons, skate rentals and admissions to public golf courses, attractions and parks, among other things."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"most park board program and service fees will rise next year by an average of about 5%...swimming lessons, skate rentals and admissions to public golf courses, attractions and parks, among other things."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vancouver Park Board hikes fees amid divisions over 0% property increase plan | CBC News
The Vancouver Park Board has approved a series of fee increases in its 2026 budgets following a tense meeting Monday night, with commissioners split over how the mayor’s push for a zero per cent prope...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Look who's gonna pay for Ken Sim's tax break for the super-rich:
"most park board program and service fees will rise next year by an average of about 5%...swimming lessons, skate rentals and admissions to public golf courses, attractions and parks, among other things."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"most park board program and service fees will rise next year by an average of about 5%...swimming lessons, skate rentals and admissions to public golf courses, attractions and parks, among other things."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
NOW: Budget debate is happening at City Hall.
Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social has just moved an amendment to exempt car-share companies from permit fee increases.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social has just moved an amendment to exempt car-share companies from permit fee increases.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
NOW: Budget debate is happening at City Hall.
Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social has just moved an amendment to exempt car-share companies from permit fee increases.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social has just moved an amendment to exempt car-share companies from permit fee increases.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
NOW: It's Budget debate and voting day at City Hall.
YouTube livestream is not working.
But you can watch here: csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
#vanpoli
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But you can watch here: csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
#vanpoli
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November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
NOW: It's Budget debate and voting day at City Hall.
YouTube livestream is not working.
But you can watch here: csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
#vanpoli
YouTube livestream is not working.
But you can watch here: csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
#vanpoli
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About a dozen parents and children here at Vancouver city hall this morning for a change-in protest in response to the city looking at removing change tables and hygiene stations. Today, council votes on the 2026 budget that would see a zero percent property tax increase.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
About a dozen parents and children here at Vancouver city hall this morning for a change-in protest in response to the city looking at removing change tables and hygiene stations. Today, council votes on the 2026 budget that would see a zero percent property tax increase.
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Last day to add your voice to the most opposed city budget in Vancouver history!
ABC's slash-and-burn budget harms the whole city, including:
-the Equity Office
-Climate and Sustainability Department
-Britannia Community Centre
-Vancouver Public Library
-Parks Board.
All to help the filthy rich.
ABC's slash-and-burn budget harms the whole city, including:
-the Equity Office
-Climate and Sustainability Department
-Britannia Community Centre
-Vancouver Public Library
-Parks Board.
All to help the filthy rich.
It's our last chance to stop Ken Sim's plan to slash city services to give a hand-out to the super-rich.
Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last day to add your voice to the most opposed city budget in Vancouver history!
ABC's slash-and-burn budget harms the whole city, including:
-the Equity Office
-Climate and Sustainability Department
-Britannia Community Centre
-Vancouver Public Library
-Parks Board.
All to help the filthy rich.
ABC's slash-and-burn budget harms the whole city, including:
-the Equity Office
-Climate and Sustainability Department
-Britannia Community Centre
-Vancouver Public Library
-Parks Board.
All to help the filthy rich.
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🚨 Alert for #Cascadia Bluesky friends in Vancouver. Now is not the time for austerity.
It's our last chance to stop Ken Sim's plan to slash city services to give a hand-out to the super-rich.
Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🚨 Alert for #Cascadia Bluesky friends in Vancouver. Now is not the time for austerity.