OneCity Vancouver

OneCity Vancouver
Active municipal party
Co-chairs Alison Atkinson
Anna Chudnovsky
Founded 2014
Split from Coalition of Progressive Electors[1]
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
Colours Teal
Seats on City Council
0 / 11
Seats on Park Board
0 / 7
Seats on School Board
1 / 9
Website
onecityvancouver.ca

OneCity Vancouver is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 2014 by David Chudnovsky and Rafael Joseph Aquino, former members of the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE).[1][2]

The party's first elected candidate was Carrie Bercic, who placed eighth in a race for all nine open seats on the Vancouver School Board in the 2017 Vancouver by-election.[3]

Political positions

The party's platform deals with social inequality, inclusive communities, improving public schools, the opioid epidemic, and affordable housing.[4] OneCity supports the introduction of a land value tax to both generate revenue for public housing projects and curb real estate speculation.[5]

OneCity, together with four other progressive municipal parties (including COPE, Vision Vancouver, and the Green Party), agreed to a deal brokered by the Vancouver District Labour Council to avoid vote splitting in the 2018 municipal election by limiting each party's number of candidates.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Lee, Jeff (May 11, 2014). "Vancouver's fractured left cracks again". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ Pablo, Carlito (December 13, 2017). "Vancouver civic party OneCity open to collaboration with 'progressive forces' in 2018 election". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ Pablo, Carlito (October 17, 2017). "OneCity seeks to build on momentum of breakthrough win for 2018 Vancouver municipal election". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Platform". OneCity Vancouver. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ St. Denis, Jen (July 26, 2018). "Real estate 'windfall' tax would curb speculation and gentrification in Vancouver, OneCity says". StarMetro Vancouver. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ McElroy, Justin (May 4, 2018). "Vancouver's progressive political parties face weekend of reckoning". CBC News. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ Oen, Carlos (July 31, 2018). "Can Union-Brokered Deal Prevent Vote-Splitting in Vancouver Election?". The Tyee. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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