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Josh Gordon
Businesses & Jobs
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
TEAM promise
TEAM supports a municipal moratorium on AI data centres in the City of Vancouver while local planning and regulation are established.
Business Permitting
TEAM promises
Streamline the permitting process for business establishment or expansion
Economic Growth
TEAM promises
TEAM will establish the Vancouver Economic Development Agency (VEDA)
$4-million Neighbourhood Shopping Streets Revitalization Fund to restore historic storefronts, support independent businesses, improve public spaces and strengthen local commercial districts.
TEAM will prioritize economic diversification away from a real-estate reliant economy.
Small Businesses
TEAM promise
TEAM will invest $4 million into a Neighbourhood Shopping Street Revitalization Fund
Tourism
TEAM promises
Grow Vancouver's visitor economy
Climate Change, Heat, Fires, & the Environment
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
TEAM promise
TEAM supports a municipal moratorium on AI data centres in the City of Vancouver while local planning and regulation are established.
Flooding
TEAM promise
Upgrade City infrastructure to withstand flooding, storms, extreme heat, drought
Green Space
TEAM promises
Protect mature trees and strengthen tree-retention requirements
Increase Vancouver's neighbourhood park space by at least 20%
Private Vehicles & Parking
TEAM promise
Restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction
Walking & Cycling
TEAM promise
Making walking safer for pedestrians by repairing and widening sidewalks in all neighbourhoods
Zoning
TEAM promises
Repeal the Official Development Plan, Vancouver Plan, Broadway Plan, Jericho Lands ODP, and Rupert & Renfrew Plan.
Restore community-based planning.
Community Centres, Libraries, Parks, and Other Public Spaces
Green Space
TEAM promises
Protect mature trees and strengthen tree-retention requirements
Increase Vancouver's neighbourhood park space by at least 20%
Zoning
TEAM promises
Repeal the Official Development Plan, Vancouver Plan, Broadway Plan, Jericho Lands ODP, and Rupert & Renfrew Plan.
Restore community-based planning.
Culture & Events
Housing & Homelessness
Local Government, Planning, & Democracy
Roads, Transit, & Getting Around
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
Josh Gordon was born and raised in Vancouver. He has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto and was an Assistant Professor at SFU’s School of Public Policy for seven years. In 2021, he joined Statistics Canada.
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