Two months from today, British Columbians will go to the polls to elect civic governments in their municipalities to four year terms of office.
As is always the case in a democracy, voting is crucial to our future — look what happened down south when not enough Democrats and independents got out to the polls in 2016 to cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton.
Commencing on Tuesday, August 21st, VanRamblings will take a look at where we are election-wise in Vancouver nine weeks out from election day, Saturday, October 20th, each day taking an in-depth, non-partisan look at each of the civic parties offering candidates for office.
On the right, there’s the Vancouver Non-Partisan Association, Wai Young’s Coalition Party, YES Vancouver and Vancouver First, and on the left, you’ll find a renewed Coalition of Progressive Electors, OneCity Vancouver (star candidate, Christine Boyle), Vision Vancouver, and Pro Vancouver.
All but one of the civic parties running candidates in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election have announced their candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, including eight serious-minded, well-funded charismatic candidates who have announced for Mayor, each of whom will be seeking your vote when the advance polls open on Wednesday, October 10th, through until 8pm ten days later when the polls close.
