Deep gratitude for the activists and political leaders advancing a Vision Zero agenda. Traffic violence is not inevitable. Stopping it is possible and necessary.

“We’ve seen throughout the decades that when we push for austerity measures like this, we pay for it down the road.” - @seanorr.bsky.social vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #StopTheCuts #vanpoli #FightForVancouver

“In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze and $50 million more for police, & major cuts to arts, culture, community services & sustainability.” Brutal austerity for everything else, but $50 million more for over-budget cops.

TAX ME. It would be financially advantageous for my family to take a tax deferral. But I don’t and I won’t and neither does any of my family. Because we care about funding our city services. We want to see improvement. Stop cutting. tax more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The vast majority of budget survey respondents says they’d payback moderate property tax increase to protect services. Remember this is all to save the average condo owner 8 bucks a month.

What a night. What a campaign.

PRESS RELEASE: Will Ken Sim condemn his ABC Park Commissioner’s interruption of Indigenous land acknowledgment? www.votecope.ca/news/will-ke... #vanpoli #Reconciliation #Vancouver

If #Mamdani wins in New York, especially if he wins BIG, it would be the most powerful indication we’ve seen that big money, big media & big politics CAN be beat in today’s USA. That might be the most hopeful & inspiring thing to come out of a depressed & broken United States this year. #VOTEMamdani

Ken Sim and ABC are bringing ~$120m in cuts to community centres, parks, and public services. On Thursday, City Council is voting on a $17m retroactive boost to the 2025 police budget. Now the Police Board is asking for another extra $50 million in 2026. #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictABC

Who doesn’t love trains? #westcoastexpress

@christineboyle.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social would council please direct police and fire to start enforcing this ban? I think people have had more than enough time to adjust to the five year old law.

Who ya gonna call?

By sea, land, and air we wish you a happy Halloween! @ptfry.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social

These are the people slashing funding to our parks, libraries, and pools. ✂️ 👎 Check out Councillor Montague’s eloquent response when asked about how he has never lived in Vancouver:

Everything is totally normal on Twitter. Yup, this is totally fine:

Their silence on why they voted no on this is very confusing.

Frustrated that my colleagues referred this motion.

Halloween is scary. But it shouldn’t be for kids on our streets!

New Orr Report is out!

Great news

Turns out, “trust me bro” isn’t a plan.

COPE is building a movement to Evict Ken Sim and ABC next October. And we're having fun while doing it. Join the party this Friday! Music by DJ 21 Kay, DJ Stickykeys, and more. Come thru! Tickets: www.copevancouver.ca/evict_sim_pa... @seanorr.bsky.social

"Public land should be used for the public good. Using city owned land to extract maximum allowable rents is fraught with problems. We should prioritize shelter rate, co-op, HILS, and other non market housing on these sites." - @seanorr.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... #vanpoli

NEW: Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to build for-profit housing on our public land was struck a major blow today, largely as a result of his failure to keep his party together and secure a 2/3 majority vote. www.votecope.ca/news/mayor-k... #vanpoli

At this family friendly event, a lady in an SUV tried to drive through the crowd because her daughter had to get to a soccer game and refused to do a u-turn. This is exactly what we mean when say drivers are entitled in this city. Unreal.

Are you on strike and struggling to pay your rent on your strike pay? Please consider applying to the BC Rent Bank, which exists to support renters through short-term crisis. More information here: communitycouncil.ca/rentbank/

Was an honour to meet the winner of Canada's Drag Race season 4 Venus last night. An even bigger honour for her to say “we’re on your team”.

"Ignoring all that public input and pushing through $100 million of cuts sight unseen is just wildly irresponsible." - Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social Check out the latest Orr Report for a rundown of last week's debate on Ken Sim's Zero Sense tax gimmick. www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr... #vanpoli

> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders: thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

This was a pretty wild moment

world cup of garbage strikes is gonna be awesome

Ken Sim promised to keep the elected park board, then tried to axe it after getting elected. We're encouraged by Premier Eby & Minister @christineboyle.bsky.social standing up for democratic values & our public parks. We look forward to a robust public debate. #vanpoli #bcpoli #ProtectOurParks

"A reckless and harmful election gimmick." - @seanorr.bsky.social The ABC majority has passed a motion that throws out months of staff work, overrides Budget consultations with thousands of Vancouver residents, and will lead to massive uncosted cuts. www.votecope.ca/news/ken-sim... #vanpoli

📻Good morning! Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social will be on CKNW just after 9am. Topic: Ken Sim and ABC's reckless election gimmick that will mean $100M of unspecified cuts. Listen here: globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/p... #EvictABC #vanpoli

"Hey we're sorry... we're doing it anyways because it's gonna make lots of money... but we're sorry" cancel it!! Refund the tickets!! Apologizing but still doing it is less than an empty gesture! it is actively being complicit while pretending you're not!! Bear the consequences of cancelling it!!

This is why it’s a problem to have right-wing governments at the local government level. If passed, this budget would not only devastate services, it would pass debt to future councils. Interest and inflation don’t magically disappear. It’s “electoral math,” not fiscal prudence or good governance.

"COPE Coun. Sean Orr said the cuts could hurt public services that vulnerable people rely on, while only working out to nominal savings for residential taxpayers." vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli

what were the results of the budget survey? cc @seanorr.bsky.social @copevancouver.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @onecityvan.bsky.social

RED ALERT: Ken Sim Plans to Drop HUGE CUTS on Vancouver's Public Services THIS WEDNESDAY That could mean cuts to: ❌ Libraries ❌ Community Grants ❌ Road Safety ❌ Homelessness supports ❌ Arts & Culture ❌ Reconciliation ❌ Climate change programs Write to council now: www.votecope.ca/stopsim

Public safety accounts for half of every property tax dollar. The mayor wants a 0% property tax increase. The police budget can’t be cut. What services will be cut? How many staff will be let go? How much will fees and parking increase? The math isn’t mathing.

Vancouver City Councillors @seanorr.bsky.social and @lucymaloney.bsky.social are calling to prioritize a SkyTrain extension to UBC, which I wholeheartedly support. To voice your opinion Wed at the council meeting: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli #cdnpoli @davidebybc.bsky.social

ICYMI on X, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is trying to smear COPE councillor Sean Orr for speaking at a rally against genocide. Sim tweeted straight misinformation (disinformation is harder to prove) re: who organized the event (not Samidoun). It was generally inflammatory. He has now blocked me. #vanpoli

Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial. Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar... #vanpoli

Today the mayor of Vancouver called me an antisemitic terrorist supporter. Here is my speech: This isn’t controversial Being against what the UN calls a genocide is not controversial Being against apartheid is not controversial

Labour Power Rising Join us Oct. 12th for a special event featuring: - City Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social - VP CUPE4094 Air Canada Workers, Henly Larden - Author/organizer @jonathan4212.bsky.social from Seattle RSVP: www.copevancouver.ca/_book_launch #vanpoli #canlab #Solidarity #organizing

Quite a day yesterday! Met with Vision Zero, attended the Fund the Frontlines rally, spoke at the UBCx rally, and attended the people’s open house in Chinatown (then checked out a friends pop up at Funk)

📢 INVEST IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social on the megaphone earlier today at UBC supporting students who are organizing to push governments to fund and build the Skytrain to campus. #FightForVancouver #PublicTransit #vanpoli

Vancouver has a motion by @seanorr.bsky.social on Oct 8 to lower barriers to accessibility for public participation at City Council. Fill in this form to support this motion! council.vancouver.ca/20251008/doc... 1/2

Fund the frontlines! Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social & Trustee Suzie Mah along with COPE volunteers joined a big crowd of BCGEU members and other labour representatives who marched and rallied today for a fair deal for public service workers. #FightForWorkers #canlab #vanpoli

literally just last week our mayor and his party voted down a motion presented by our very good councillor @seanorr.bsky.social that would have closed a loophole allowing these units to enter the market empty with no consequence lol