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Vancouver's political candidates make expensive campaign promises. Here's how they say they'll pay for them

We asked Vancouver's seven major civic parties to explain how much they expect certain pledges could cost — and how they intend to pay for them.

Candidates running in Vancouver’s municipal election are promising to deliver all kinds of goodies if they’re elected, such as new public facilities and free parking.

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We asked Vancouver’s seven major civic parties to explain how much they expect pledges to cost — and how they intend to pay for them.

Vancouver's political candidates make expensive campaign promises. Here's how they say they'll pay for them Back to video

Their responses included a mix of reallocating spending away from non-priority areas, increasing taxes on things such as empty homes, and attempting to get money from senior governments.

ABC Vancouver’s campaign for a second council majority includes promises to:

• Renovate or rebuild five community centres at a cost of $400 million.

• Build a new community centre in the River District at an estimated cost of $80 million.

• Deliver a new Aquatic Centre with a 50-metre pool, instead of the 25-metre option approved by the current council and park board, expected to cost $175 million.

• Provide free basic swimming lessons for residents, estimated to cost about $450,000 in lost revenue annually. There is no estimate for the cost of additional instructors.

• Remove paid parking, introduced by the current council, at some community centres and Spanish Banks, and end fees for residential parking permits. These measures are expected to result in about $3.75 million in lost revenue for the city.

ABC says it expects to pay for these, in part, by redirecting funds away from areas outside of core municipal responsibilities.

For 2026, the final municipal budget of the ABC-majority council’s current term, the city froze property taxes by........

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