Every day, frontline workers keep this city running by delivering safe streets and parks, maintaining our shared public spaces, staffing community centres and libraries, and providing supports to families, residents, visitors, and some of our most vulnerable community members.
But right now, the services that make our neighbourhoods liveable are on the chopping block. Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC-majority council pushed through Vancouver’s 2026 operating budget with a 0% property tax increase, and they’re planning to do the same in 2027.
This forces most city departments to find a combined $120 million in "savings" by slashing operations. You cannot carve $120 million out of a single year’s budget without breaking things.
The City openly admits that finding this money requires cutting full-time jobs. These aren't administrative efficiencies - they have direct impacts on our quality of life.
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Reduced access to recreation programs, with shorter hours, higher fees and longer wait lists.Fewer supports for kids, seniors, renters, and newcomers.Slower repairs and maintenance, meaning more potholes, broken sidewalks, and neglected public spaces.Fewer frontline outreach and support workers helping connect people with care and services.To balance their “zero means zero” budget, Ken Sim and his ABC-majority council are making workers and families pay for it. They are raising fees and forcing city departments to find “efficiencies” that mean service reductions and staff shortages. This is short-sighted austerity.
We do not have to accept a city that asks residents to absorb the loss of core services and assume more risk.
A Better Vancouver calls for a better plan:
Protect Core Services: Guarantee zero cuts to frontline services, including community centres, libraries, parks, maintenance, and sanitation.Stop the Job Cuts: Reject any budget approach that relies on cutting the jobs that deliver our core services.Build a Fair Revenue Plan: Ask high-value property owners to pay their share so we can properly fund the needs of a world-class city.Ken Sim wants his legacy to be about freezing property taxes, and he’s even committed to another 0% property tax increase in 2027 if re-elected.
Let's make sure he’s remembered as the mayor who cut jobs and gutted city services to pay for it… unless he changes course.
Public pressure works. It starts when residents refuse to sit back and accept the decline of our city. Sign the petition here today and send a message directly to Mayor Sim and the ABC-majority Councillors.
Why I'm supporting...
tessa m
vancouver, BC
I believe in sustainable, accessible, and high-quality public services.
tara g
vancouver, BC
I'm supporting because the economic and social strength of our city depends on having quality services for its residents.
connie k
vancouver, BC
I’m supporting because I am a resident of Vancouver and I want the place where I live to have public services that are well funded rather then slashed to the point where services, resources, parks and city infrastructure are going to be impacted in ways that will be detrimental to people and the natural habitat we live in.
elektra t
vancouver, BC
I am tired of Vancouver being used as a playground for the rich, when the majority of its residents struggle to afford basic essentials.
josi s
vancouver, BC
I'm supporting as a low-income individual working in front-line support services struggling to pay rent and student loans entering a crashing job market at the end of their degree while burning out from the systemic oppression frontline support workers work against daily.
kate v
vancouver, BC
Because the ABC party has shown without a doubt that they govern only with the interests of the very rich in mind.
jo t
vancouver, BC
Public services are paid for by the PUBLIC. Many of them are vital to people's lives. We need programs and services for ALL, not just those who have more money.
SIGN THE PETITION
Public pressure works. It starts when residents refuse to sit back and accept the decline of our city. Sign the petition here today and send a message directly to Mayor Sim and the ABC-majority Councillors.
SIGN NOWloraie n
vancouver, BC
I don't want a vancouver that only the one percent can live in.
rita d
vancouver, BC
The growing gap between the haves and the have nots. I’m saddened to see people continually turn blind eyes to the realities of those who live without. We were counting on you to make a difference, in this area, Ken Sim.
denise w
vancouver, BC
I am a decades long citizen of this gorgeous city. Your policies are recklessly destroying our communities and heritage buildings and trees. View corridors and natural beauty is essential for healthy living. NO to your high rises in the oldest and best heritage homes in Vancouver like mount pleasant west. I pay property taxes in Vancouver and want more arts and culture. Trees and parks must be maintained and protected. We live in paradise value that!
nicole h
vancouver, BC
I’m supporting because I care about the future of this city as a home that is sustainable and affordable for my children.
hudson d
vancouver, BC
I want to keep living in Vancouver with my family, instead of watching it become unliveable while public services are destroyed.
sho w
vancouver, BC
The population is growing, cutbacks to staff and services make this city less functional and livable for everyone.
janka t
surrey, BC
I am a cupe member and cutting hours and jobs for our hard working city employees is not the way and it should not have happen to ppl who work many years for city of Vancouver.
DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP
We do not have to accept a city that asks residents to absorb the loss of core services and assume more risk. We can have a better Vancouver.
Sign the petitionkirsten e
vancouver, BC
Vancouver deserves better than what the Sim regime is giving it.
alireza n
vancouver, BC
Claiming there is no budget for community centres while freezing taxes for the wealthy is wrong in every respect and sends the wrong message about priorities.
lisa l
vancouver, BC
I support a fair agreement for our City workers. Their services are what makes our city accessible to all.
denise r
vancouver, BC
Tired of higher fees and job cuts it is never-ending and just empty promises. For once do something for the people instead of taking away from them!
trisha h
vancouver, BC
I’m supporting this because we need these services for all residents in the City, be they be programs for children, adults or senior citizens as well as maintenance of buildings and roads etc.
ingrid g
vancouver, BC
Lived in Vancouver for 22 years , don’t want my city getting worse