I am not sure if I am allowed to post my list here or if the moderators would not like that.setsunafseiei wrote: ↑ Who do you recommend?
I have been spending a lot of time following the candidates, attending mayoral and candidate debates, etc. and am in the midst of compiling my list but so far I have on my list candidates from a new political party that is technology oriented and is focusing on helping locals. The mayoral and council candidates from this particular party seem highly intelligent and their platform seems well thought out. They don't seem the least bit connected to special interests nor developers and have been investing their own personal time in working with City Hall to fix the things that are broken particularly as related to rentals and housing. Unfortunately, City Hall doesn't seem to listen to them (no surprise as they don't listen to anyone but developers) so I am hoping that if they win they will make the changes Vancouver needs to start taking care of the locals instead of the developers, tourists and foreigners. I have also reached out to some independent candidates with specific questions to get more information before finalizing my decision.
For those that want to get a flavour of what is going on, it is helpful to use Twitter to follow CITYHALLWATCH and INTEGRITYBC. You can get an idea of what people are saying about the candidates there and what kind of shenanigans some of the candidates leading in the polls (who even knows how reliable the polls are) have in their past. A lot of isn't pretty but I am not sure if the general voting public knows what they should know.
All I can say is that it is dangerous to vote without doing your homework on this one. If you don't know, do your homework first. Don't just vote based on name or party recognition. For example, the minority party in Council today seems just as tied to developers as the majority one if you take a look at their donations list as published on Twitter. People should not vote for them if they think they will be different. They are beholden to the same people our current ruling party is and WE DON'T WANT A REPEAT OF THE LAST 4 YEARS.