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Moira Stilwell

Liberal for Vancouver Council

Businesses & Jobs

Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres

Liberal promises

Keep AI data centres off Vancouver's scarce and expensive land needed for housing, while supporting Canadian AI capacity elsewhere.

Business Permitting

Liberal promises

Modernize outdated industrial-era zoning and business rules so small businesses can make and sell products in the same space.

Economic Growth

Liberal promises

Establish an Industrial Land Reserve to keep good-paying jobs in Vancouver, surrounded by affordable housing.
Champion Vancouver as the headquarters of a future CANZUK alliance, bringing more jobs, trade, and talent to our city.

Tourism

Liberal promises

Rename YVR as Terry Fox International Airport, in honour of Terry Fox's legacy.

Climate Change, Heat, Fires, & the Environment

Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres

Liberal promises

Keep AI data centres off Vancouver's scarce and expensive land needed for housing, while supporting Canadian AI capacity elsewhere.

Green Space

Liberal promises

Keep the elected Park Board and properly fund it, so our parks are protected from being chopped up and sold off.

Private Vehicles & Parking

Liberal promises

Remove every parking meter in front of beaches and community centres within our first year.

Culture & Events

Festivals & Events

Liberal promises

Find a fair way to make policing costs affordable for community festivals and events, and end Vancouver's 'no fun city' reputation.

Public Art

Liberal promises

Create North America's first Artist Land Reserve in four locations across the city, with studio space and property taxes cut in half.

Tourism

Liberal promises

Rename YVR as Terry Fox International Airport, in honour of Terry Fox's legacy.

Housing & Homelessness

Affordability

Liberal promises

Replace the Vancouver Building Code with the BC Building Code, cutting the costs, wait times, and complexity that make housing slower and more expensive to build.

Every other city in BC uses the BC Building Code, yet Vancouver has its own special code, adding costs, wait times, and complexity to everything from a simple home renovation to a new multi-unit building. This is a big part of why Vancouver's housing costs are so high. We will adopt the BC Building Code, in line with Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, and our other neighbouring cities.

Consolidate the twelve City departments that approve new housing into one, making applications and approvals faster and simpler.

Homelessness

Liberal promises

Require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers for people who are unhoused in every new supportive housing project.

Property Taxes

Liberal promises

Tax luxury yachts over 40 feet to fund property tax cuts for family doctors, walk-in clinics, food banks, and Vancouver's creative sector.

Public & Assistive Housing

Liberal promises

Reverse the ban on new supportive housing on day one, so seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities get the supports they need.

Local Government, Planning, & Democracy

Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres

Liberal promises

Keep AI data centres off Vancouver's scarce and expensive land needed for housing, while supporting Canadian AI capacity elsewhere.

Budgeting

Liberal promises

Cancel Ken Sim's $800-million Second City Hall and reinvest the money in services that matter, like pools and parks.
Shift spending from managers to front-line services by hiring 400 new unionized workers for garbage pickup, roads, parks, and libraries.
Ban foreign travel for councillors and City staff.
Call for an independent Auditor General investigation into the failed $600-million Art Gallery project and all related spending.

Good Governance

Liberal promises

Create a City of Vancouver Lobbyist Registry, like the ones our federal and provincial governments already have.
Reduce Freedom of Information fees so the public can see what City Hall is doing with their tax dollars.
Launch an independent external review of the Integrity Commissioner's office and strengthen the Code of Conduct for elected officials.
Require politicians to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings and accounts along with their other financial interests.

Public Engagement

Liberal promises

Convene a citizens' assembly to study a ward system for Vancouver, with its recommendations going to a public referendum.

Mental Health, Drugs, & Addiction

Treatment for Addiction

Liberal promises

Push for a long-term methamphetamine strategy for Vancouver and BC focused on safety, treatment, and recovery.

Public Safety & Policing

Non-Police-Based Public Safety

Liberal promises

Declare intimate partner violence a public health and public safety crisis, and support a victim-survivor led action plan to address it.
Support proper staffing, long-term funding, and transparent deployment planning so Vancouver firefighters have the resources they need.

Upstream Causes of Crime

Liberal promises

Crack down on the Bitcoin ATMs and money laundering that fuel the toxic drug trade, organized crime, and street-level disorder.

Ken Sim's approach to safety amounts to "give the police whatever they ask for." While we support our men and women in uniform, this approach isn't working. Crime thrives when there is money to be made, and the spread of Bitcoin ATMs across our city is enabling the toxic drug trade and the violence that comes with it. Ken Sim has promoted Bitcoin at every opportunity, calling it his "hill to die on," while organized crime thrives here. We will go after the root causes of crime through smart, well-considered policy that actually makes our streets safer.

Phase out unregulated currency exchanges and replace payday loan shops with trusted institutions like Pigeon Park Savings.

Public Spaces & Services

Fitness & Sports Facilities

Liberal promises

Make a historic $1.35-billion investment in parks, recreation, and pools.
Build 50-metre pools, not 25-metre pools, at the new Vancouver Aquatic Centre.

Green Space

Liberal promises

Keep the elected Park Board and properly fund it, so our parks are protected from being chopped up and sold off.

Health Infrastructure

Liberal promises

Cut property taxes in half for family doctors and walk-in clinics to attract and keep physicians in Vancouver.

Public Washrooms

Liberal promises

Build new public washrooms across the city, and mobilize new front-line workers to clean up our streets and parks.

Transit & Getting Around

Private Vehicles & Parking

Liberal promises

Remove every parking meter in front of beaches and community centres within our first year.

Transit Projects

Liberal promises

Make finishing the SkyTrain to UBC our top transportation priority.
Cut property taxes by 50% for local businesses during SkyTrain construction, with incentives for landlords to lower rent for affected tenants.

Biography

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Dr. Moira Stilwell is running for Vancouver City Council with the Vancouver Liberal team. A physician and former provincial cabinet minister, she brings more than 30 years of experience serving Vancouver, both in healthcare and in government.

Moira practices nuclear medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital and has spent her career working closely with patients and families across the city. Through that work, she has seen firsthand the pressures people are facing, from rising costs to declining services, and she believes City Hall must do a better job at delivering results.

From 2009 to 2017, Moira served as the MLA for Vancouver-Langara and held senior cabinet roles, including Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, and Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation. In these roles, she helped drive investment into British Columbia’s knowledge economy and worked to improve support for vulnerable populations, while advocating for policies that strengthen opportunity and economic participation.

In addition to her clinical and public service work, Moira has been a long-time community advocate, including serving as Chair of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC & Yukon Chapter, where she worked to improve access to care and support for women and families. Moira believes Vancouver needs a renewed focus on competence, accountability, and practical solutions. Drawing from her experience in medicine, she believes it’s time to reassess what isn’t working and course correct to deliver better outcomes.

Moira is focused on building a stronger economic future for Vancouver – one that attracts talent, supports innovation, and creates well-paying jobs. To do that, she knows we need to connect UBC with downtown Vancouver in order to ensure the city remains a place where young people can build their futures.

See Moira Stilwell's election promises

Reason for running

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Moira is running to help get Vancouver back on track. As part of the Vancouver Liberals team, she is committed to working collaboratively, listening to residents, and delivering practical solutions that improve everyday life in our city.

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