TEAM for a Livable Vancouver explained

TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Subheader:Active municipal party
President:Cleta Brown
Ideology:Localism[1]
Fiscal conservatism[2]
Position:Centre[3] to centre-right[4]
Seats1 Title:City council
Seats2 Title:Park board
Seats3 Title:School board
Country:Canada
State:Vancouver
Parties Dab1:Municipal political parties in Vancouver
Elections Dab1:Municipal elections in Vancouver

TEAM for a Livable Vancouver (TEAM) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by Vancouver city councillor Colleen Hardwick, first elected in 2018 with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), and a group of citizens from across the political spectrum who shared Hardwick's concerns about the nature and direction of city policies regarding budget priorities, property development, and engagement with residents and neighbourhoods.[5]

History

The party derives its name from former mayor Art Phillips' The Electors' Action Movement (TEAM). The new party held a conference in 2021 to develop policy directions, which were later ratified by the membership.[6]

Hardwick was acclaimed as TEAM's 2022 mayoral candidate in March 2022.[7] At a general meeting on June 11, TEAM members nominated six candidates for city council: Cleta Brown, Sean Nardi, Param Nijjar, Grace Quan, Stephen Roberts and Bill Tieleman.[8] Brown made a previous run for council in 2014 as a Green Party candidate,[9] and Roberts ran provincially with the BC Liberals.[10] Longtime NDP strategist Tieleman told The Georgia Straight that TEAM "will make affordable housing, public safety and city services and livability the priority".[11]

TEAM's platform favoured vacancy control[12] use of city land to build affordable housing,[13] and refusing to accept personal election contributions from major corporate property developers.[14]

Electoral results

Mayoral! Election! Candidate! Votes! %! Position! Result
2022Colleen Hardwick16,7699.973rd
Vancouver City Council! Election! Seats! +/–! Votes! %! Change! Position
2022 1104,6137.77

Notes and References

  1. News: Pablo . Carlito . Jak King explains how Colleen Hardwick as mayor will try and keep Vancouver as "city of villages" . January 25, 2022 . The Georgia Straight . January 9, 2022 . en . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125121257/https://www.straight.com/news/jak-king-explains-how-colleen-hardwick-as-mayor-will-try-and-keep-vancouver-as-city-of-villages . live .
  2. News: Fumano . Dan . January 26, 2022 . Dan Fumano: What's in a name? Vancouver mayor looks 'forward,' rival pitches return to better days . en-CA . Vancouver Sun . PostMedia Inc. . live . January 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127014106/https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/dan-fumano-whats-in-a-name-stewart-looks-forward-rival-pitches-return-to-better-days . January 27, 2022.
  3. Howell, Mike."Election 2022: Why Colleen Hardwick wants to be mayor of Vancouver" https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2022-civic-election/election-2022-why-colleen-hardwick-wants-to-be-mayor-of-vancouver-kennedy-stewart-ken-sim-5783978, accessed October 12, 2022
  4. News: Bula. Frances . Vancouver mayoral race becoming even more crowded. July 15, 2022 . The Globe and Mail . March 15, 2022 . en .
  5. News: Smith . Charlie . Vancouver councillor Colleen Hardwick joins new party called TEAM for a Livable Vancouver . 14 July 2022 . The Georgia Straight . September 29, 2021.
  6. News: Chan . Kenneth . Vancouver city councillor Colleen Hardwick joins rebooted TEAM part . 16 July 2022 . The Daily Hive . September 29, 2021.
  7. News: Colleen Hardwick acclaimed as Vancouver mayoral candidate representing TEAM . 14 July 2022 . The Vancouver Sun . March 15, 2022.
  8. News: Chan . Kenneth . TEAM party nominates six candidates to run for Vancouver City Council . 14 July 2022 . The Daily Hive . June 13, 2022.
  9. News: Bula . Frances . Green Party backs vacant-home tax proposal in Vancouver . 15 July 2022 . The Globe & Mail . September 18, 2014.
  10. News: Depner . Wolf . Stephen Roberts returns for a third run for BC Liberals in Saanich North and the Islands . 15 July 2022 . Victoria News . September 24, 2020.
  11. News: Smith . Charlie . Consultant and lobbyist Bill Tieleman seeks council nomination with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver . 14 July 2022 . The Georgia Straight . June 4, 2022.
  12. Carigg, David. "TEAM Vancouver to revive efforts to introduce vacancy control in the city" The Province, October 12, 2022
  13. "How do Vancouver's mayoral candidates compare on these election issues?"https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2022/vancouver-election-platforms/#housing
  14. Smith, Charlie. "TEAM for a Livable Vancouver asks Elections B.C. to investigate fundraising list found by Stanley Q. Woodvine" The Georgia Straight, September 14, 2022

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