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parkboardscott.bsky.social @parkboardscott.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

On the same day the Auditor General reports a $33M infrastructure deficit for recreation facilities and the VPD projects it will be $8M over budget the Mayor presents an April Fool’s joke to the public as fact dailyhive.com/vancouver/wo...

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World's largest Ferris wheel proposed for Stanley Park | News

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found Mayor Ken Sim and ABC councillors broke the code of conduct on multiple occasions for coordinating amendments to controversial motions in separate private online conversations ahead of public council meetings

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Truly disappointed to see the Park Board indefinitely shelving the Trout Lake Dog Park Renewal and Jonathan Rogers Park Renewal in favour of renewing a VSB turf field that has 5+ years of life left.

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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Vancouver mayor can’t answer how $5M for ‘Task Force Barrage’ was approved

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved.

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Elections BC has released their 2024 financial reports for political parties. Let's review in light of the by-election results... elections.bc.ca/news/2024-an... 1. COPE ran the most efficient campaign, spending $1.97/vote #vanpoli ... 1/

Chart showing total campaign contributions in 2024, votes for lead candidate, and $/vote for parties:

ABC Vancouver $442,097 9,267 $47.71
COPE $67,985 34,448 $1.97
GREEN $42,108 15,045 $2.80
NPA $2,120 n/a -
OneCity $136,833 33,732 $4.06
TEAM $69,908 17,352 $4.03
Vision Vancouver $70.92 n/a -

Chart of total campaign contributions raised in 2024

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Vancouverites have overwhelmingly rejected the direction of ABC. Both successful candidates campaigned against abolishing the elected Park Board. @davidebybc.bsky.social @jervaler.bsky.social, no democratically elected body should be suspended without a clear mandate from voters. #vanpoli #bcpoli 1/

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Getting our vote on today! She voted for team Whale! Advanced polling is open today at City Hall till 8 PM. Can't make it? General election day is April 5th!

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parkboardscott.bsky.social @parkboardscott.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If by-election candidates can’t attend debates because they can’t “fit them into” their calendars, how can they expect to meet the challenges and time expectations of being a City Councillor? Is Ken Sim’s 33% attendance record even too much for them?? @vote4abc.bsky.social 🤔

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If ABC cared about integrity they would have already moved to implement the recommended changes in this report (and those the IC herself recommended in her annual reports). Instead it is clear that this review was a guise to halt the IC and the investigation into the Mayor/Mayor's office. #vanpoli

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Rebecca Bligh @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Shoutout to ABC for giving my parents a surprise lawn makeover—because who needs consent when you have a sign, right?

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parkboardscott.bsky.social @parkboardscott.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Unfortunately, it’s a sign of our times that residents must contact @vote4abc.bsky.social to have elections signs removed from our property. If you want your sign removed, contact Tara at tara.foslien@abcvancouver.ca

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

2023 was the most stressful year of my life. The immense pressure from the party to break rules and vote against my values, or "face discipline", nearly broke me. Oh and I was pregnant. I'll never forgive Ken or ABC for how they treated me.

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Rebecca Bligh @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Given all we face as a city, we need to come together, not block out the voices we don’t want to hear. Today, Mayor Ken Sim has abandoned the core principles that brought me to ABC. Afforadbility has not improved, property taxes are up, and Vancouverites have had enough.

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I applaud @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social for standing up for what's right and speaking out, even when it's difficult. The priority of the City and it's people are above that of your party. #vanpoli

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Comm Bastyovanszky and I are bringing a related motion to Park Board to work with the City and other partners/stakeholders to explore upgrading Harbour Green Dock for commercial ferry operations. Excited to collaborate with @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social on this green initiative! ⛴️💚 #vanpoli

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This is how you go about making changes if you aren't happy with the governance. Not boycotting the meetings and blaming everyone else. #leadership #vanpoli

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Pete Fry @ptfry.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Plot twist: Since elected two years ago, Mayor Sim has barely attended Metro meetings in the first place - despite campaigning on Kennedy Stewart’s absenteeism, Sim’s attendance record has been far worse. Newfound concern for accountability seems opportunistic at best. @jarmstrongbc.bsky.social

Screenshot of tweet by Global TV reporter Jordan Armstrong shows picture of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and is captioned:
“BREAKING: @GlobalBC has learned @KenSimCity is boycotting @MetroVancouver:

“Metro Vancouver’s governance is broken. Moving forward, I will not be attending Metro meetings and supporting a system that lacks accountability.”

#bcpoli
#vanpoli
@CUrquhartGlobal”

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“No consultation with the non-profit housing sector that delivers more than 30,000 non-profit homes…, incl 5,400 homes with supports for people with disabilities, seniors, veterans, youth, those experiencing gender-based violence, people with mental illness & those affected by substance use.”

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Jill Atkey: Mayor Sim's call for a pause on new supportive housing leaves Vancouverites with more questions than answers

Ken Sim's call for a pause on new supportive housing creates questions and panic — an announcement without a plan puts lives at risk

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Thrilled to see some ABC clrs voting their conscience and not as they are told to by the party. And of course excellent work by Fry and Carr for standing up for what's right.

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Laura Christensen @laura-christensen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Seems fitting for my first post to be a copy over from the old place. Ken Sim and ABC have raised taxes 26% over 3 years...more than any other mayor in Vancouver history. And he is supposed to be a fiscal conservative? #vanpoli

Twitter thread:
Jeremy Allingham @jerallingham 4h
Ken Sim is the mayor of SKYROCKETING property taxes.

2023: +10.7%
2024: +7.5%
2025: +5.5%

Kareem Mahmoud Abbas Allam @42kareemallam 3h
It’s a bigger number— because it’s compounded.

Jeremy Allingham @jerallingham
If your property taxes were $10,000 (nice round number) before Simflation, they are going to be $12,555 after this next hike.

He has increased property taxes by 25.6%. 😱

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