British Columbians head to the polls on or before Saturday, October 19 for the 2024 Provincial Election.
Vancouver has 12 Electoral Districts, and in each area, locals will cast ballots to determine the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) who will represent their constituencies in the legislature.
To help voters learn more about their options in each of Vancouver's 12 Electoral Districts, V.I.A. sent every candidate an identical questionnaire featuring a series of yes or no questions. Each candidate had the option to provide brief written responses to three of the questions.
Candidates were given a deadline to return the questionnaires to V.I.A.; any responses received after the deadline are not/will not be included. We have noted which candidates did not respond.
V.I.A. is presenting the responses as provided, making edits only when necessary for typographical and grammatical errors.
Meet the candidates for Vancouver-Point Grey
David Eby (NDP)
- Occupation: Premier
- Where do you live? Vancouver–Point Grey
Top priorities for Vancouver (50 words)
Our plan is focused on helping people in Vancouver get ahead. Putting $1,000 back into people’s pockets to help with the high cost of groceries. Taking on speculators and delivering more homes, faster. Strengthening health care, not cutting it. And building rapid transit, like the Broadway subway.
Past achievement(s) (100 words)
People have faced some complex challenges and those rarely have black and white solutions with yes or no answers. We’ve been fighting to help people through these difficult times. We’re reducing car insurance rates $500 a year, making it work for drivers, not trial lawyers. We’re freezing hydro bills after they increased by 80% under John Rustad’s old government. By cracking down on those looking to make a quick buck in the housing market, we’ve started to see rents come down by 7% in Vancouver. John Rustad would cancel all these actions and give tax breaks to those at the top.
YES/NO QUESTIONS
- Do you support a provincial carbon tax? Left blank
- Do you support Bill 44/47 to increase density in residential areas and near rapid transit? Yes.
- Are you committed to keeping SOGI policies in the B.C.’s education system? Yes.
- Do you support Truth and Reconciliation with B.C.’s Indigenous population? Yes.
- Do you support lower taxes for B.C. businesses? Yes.
- Should the provincial government do more to protect businesses from vandalism and other crimes? Yes.
- Do you support privatization of health care in B.C.? No.
- Should health-care workers who lost their jobs for not being vaccinated be compensated? No.
- Do you support safe supply of drugs for people with a severe substance-use disorder?
- Should we have more supportive housing in Vancouver? Yes.
- Do you think the province should lobby the federal government for bail reform? Yes.
- Do you believe in mandatory (involuntary) care for people with a severe substance-use disorder? Yes.
- Should the province be building more subsidized housing to combat the housing crisis? Yes.
- Should the market be allowed to determine rents? No.
- Do you think climate change is human-caused? Yes.
Paul Ratchford (Conservative)
Questionnaire: Not returned by deadline
Devyani Singh (Green)
Questionnaire: Not returned by deadline
