A by-election is being held in the city on April 5, 2025, and two seats at the Council table are up for grabs!

For the past several elections, the Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN) has worked to help voters better understand the perspectives of candidates running for office. For the upcoming by-election, we’ve prepared a short candidate survey focused on public space matters. The questions cover a variety of topics, some more general in nature, some more closely related to current issues. We’ve shared the survey with all the candidates, sharing news via email, social media channels or both.

We invited each candidate to share their responses so that public space enthusiasts and other Vancouverites can get to know them better.

Questions are intentionally open-ended. We told candidates that their answers could be as long or as short as they like, and that they can include examples or precedents if they wish. We’ll publish the answers in their entirety on our website within 48 hours of receiving them. Let’s see what they have to say about public space in the city!

We’ve now posted answers from Karin Litzcke, Jeanifer Decena, Guy Dubé, Sean Orr, Colleen Hardwick, and Theodore Abbott.

• Follow this link to our survey page and read what the candidates have to say about public space!