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Rebecca Bligh

Climate Change, Heat, Fires, & the Environment

Green Space

Vote Vancouver promises

Maintaining Vancouver’s 30% tree-canopy target while separately measuring mature canopy and newly planted trees.
Protecting the Champlain Heights forest and trail network.

Private Vehicles & Parking

Vote Vancouver promises

Introduce a prepaid parking pass for seniors, so people who don’t use smartphones can park without needing a parking app.
Protect short-term, affordable, and accessible parking near medical facilities and senior-serving destinations.
Set a two-hour maximum in short-term parking areas to improve turnover and reduce parking costs while managing demand.

Walking & Cycling

Vote Vancouver promises

Vote Vancouver will create a free seasonal bike valet program, using existing, underused EasyPark spaces to provide secure, monitored bicycle storage.
Address known safety problems around cycling in the city including sightlines, signal timing, turning conflicts, accessibility concerns, and connections to existing bike routes.

Zoning

Vote Vancouver promise

Streamline zoning processes to reduce unnecessary delays.

Housing & Homelessness

Zoning

Vote Vancouver promise

Streamline zoning processes to reduce unnecessary delays.

Mental Health, Drugs, & Addiction

Mental Health Crisis Response

Vote Vancouver promise

Advocating for more provincial support, including more mental health services for young people, more counsellors in schools, expanded psychiatric beds and treatment capacity, and more recovery programs.

Treatment for Addiction

Vote Vancouver promises

Building more Recovery Community Centres that connect people with immediate resources.
Supporting St. Paul’s Road to Recovery program.

Public Safety & Policing

Non-Police-Based Public Safety

Vote Vancouver promises

Developing a Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy in collaboration with police, healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups.
Establishing a Restorative Justice System in line with Vancouver’s commitment to become the first Restorative City in Canada.

Upstream Causes of Crime

Vote Vancouver promises

Supporting St. Paul’s Road to Recovery program.
Building more Recovery Community Centres that connect people with immediate resources.

Public Spaces & Services

Fitness & Sports Facilities

Vote Vancouver promises

Deliver a 50-metre pool.
Commit to pools at Sunset and Marpole Community Centres.
Advancing the Britannia Community Services Precinct renewal and working to keep pools open wherever possible during renewal.
Restoring full practical public access to Kitsilano Pool.
Delivering a Community Health in Our Parks Plan with outdoor fitness and calisthenics equipment.

Green Space

Vote Vancouver promises

Maintaining Vancouver’s 30% tree-canopy target while separately measuring mature canopy and newly planted trees.
Protecting the Champlain Heights forest and trail network.

Public Washrooms

Vote Vancouver promise

Building more public washrooms in and near: commercial districts, parks, the Downtown Eastside, community centres, pedestrian plazas, and other high use public areas.

Sidewalks & Bike Paths

Vote Vancouver promises

Complete the Broadway Bike Lane.
Enforce more accessible sidewalks through constructing and fixing curb cuts where they do not exist or are not sufficiently accessible.

Zoning

Vote Vancouver promise

Streamline zoning processes to reduce unnecessary delays.

Transit & Getting Around

Private Vehicles & Parking

Vote Vancouver promises

Introduce a prepaid parking pass for seniors, so people who don’t use smartphones can park without needing a parking app.
Protect short-term, affordable, and accessible parking near medical facilities and senior-serving destinations.
Set a two-hour maximum in short-term parking areas to improve turnover and reduce parking costs while managing demand.

Sidewalks & Bike Paths

Vote Vancouver promises

Complete the Broadway Bike Lane.
Enforce more accessible sidewalks through constructing and fixing curb cuts where they do not exist or are not sufficiently accessible.

Transit Projects

Vote Vancouver promises

Work with TransLink and the Province to make transit free for Vancouver youth under 18.
Deliver an all-electric passenger ferry service that connects Downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast.

Walking & Cycling

Vote Vancouver promises

Vote Vancouver will create a free seasonal bike valet program, using existing, underused EasyPark spaces to provide secure, monitored bicycle storage.
Address known safety problems around cycling in the city including sightlines, signal timing, turning conflicts, accessibility concerns, and connections to existing bike routes.

Biography

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Rebecca Bligh is a community leader, two-term Vancouver City Councillor, Metro Vancouver Director, and former President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Her simple belief: meaningful leadership begins with service and grows through responsibility.

Rebecca Bligh is a community leader, two-term Vancouver City Councillor, Metro Vancouver Director, and former President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Throughout her career, she has been guided by a simple belief: meaningful leadership begins with service and grows through responsibility.

A young mother at 21, entrepreneur, volunteer, and advocate, Rebecca's path to public life was shaped long before she held elected office. Her experiences building a business, raising a family, and leading community initiatives taught her the value of resilience, practical problem-solving, and bringing people together around a shared purpose.

Today, Rebecca is recognized for her principled and independent approach to leadership. Whether advocating for housing affordability, public safety, economic opportunity, or stronger communities, she is guided by a commitment to integrity, collaboration, and delivering results that improve people's daily lives.

As a candidate for Mayor of Vancouver, Rebecca believes leadership is less about power and more about service. She is passionate about building a city where people can afford to live, businesses can thrive, neighbourhoods remain strong, and residents can once again feel confident that City Hall is focused on the issues that matter most.

Above all, Rebecca believes that leadership is rooted in service, guided by values, and strengthened by bringing people together to solve problems and build a better future.

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