Better Vancouver CUPE BC
Mayor Ken Sim promised affordability, but he’s delivered service cuts and job losses.
Vancouver works when public services work.
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.
What Cuts Mean in Real Life:
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 Know What Better Looks Like
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.
Your Voice Matters
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.
Go HERE to sign petition