Vancouver Election 2018 Primer – Part 7 – Slates

Election Day is in 2 days (October 20) and you’re scrambling to figure out who to vote for.

I have 3 options for you:

Vote for the internet consensus picks.
Vote for my recommended candidates.
Or vote for one of these prebuilt slates. The first 3 are from Allen Pike’s excellent election guide.

Stop the NPA	West-Side Protectors
The best chance to defeat the NPA (minus Carr and Swanson because they should win anyway)	Defending the shrinking populations in Shaughnessy, Dunbar, and Point Grey from renters
STEWART, Kennedy BOYLE, Christine (OneCity) CROOK, Adrian FRY, Pete (GREEN) ROBERTS, Anne (COPE) PAZ, Tanya (Vision) BLYTH, Sarah O’KEEFE, Derrick (COPE) YAN, Brandon (OneCity) WIEBE, Michael (GREEN) DEAL, Heather (Vision)	SIM, Ken (NPA) TAYLOR, Elizabeth (Vancouver 1st) LOW, Ken (Vancouver 1st) DOMINATO, Lisa (NPA) BLIGH, Rebecca (NPA) MUSSIO, Penny (Coalition) KIRBY-YUNG, Sarah (NPA) GREWAL, David (NPA) CHARKO, Ken (Coalition) JOHL, Jesse (Vancouver 1st) CHERNEN, Glen (Coalition)
I Want to Ride My Bicycle	Save a Viaduct, Rip Out a Bike Lane
Cycling infrastructure for ages 8-80	Driving is a right, cycling is a luxury
SYLVESTER, Shauna BOYLE, Christine (OneCity) CROOK, Adrian FRY, Pete (GREEN) EVANS, Catherine (Vision) COOK, Graham PAZ, Tanya (Vision) BLYTH, Sarah PORTER, Elke YAN, Brandon (OneCity) DEAL, Heather (Vision)	YOUNG, Wai (Coalition) DE GENOVA, Melissa (NPA) HARDWICK, Colleen (NPA) PETA, Franco (Coalition) MIRZA, Raza (ProVancouver) XIE, Jason (Coalition) MUSSIO, Penny (Coalition) LIN, James (Coalition) CHARKO, Ken (Coalition) JOHL, Jesse (Vancouver 1st) CHERNEN, Glen (Coalition)
Build, Baby, Build	Developers Are Evil
Pro-density Thomas Falcone (Abundant Housing)	Anti-development Justin Fung (HALT)
BREMNER, Hector (YES) BOYLE, Christine (OneCity) CROOK, Adrian SHUM, Erin VIRDI, Jaspreet (YES) PAZ, Tanya (Vision) BAINS, Brinder (YES) TANG, Phyllis (YES) YAN, Brandon (OneCity) OSTLER, Stephanie (YES) CHAN, Glynnis (YES)	CASSIDY, Sean FRY, Pete (GREEN) ROBERTS, Anne (COPE) CRELLIN, Breton (ProVancouver) MIRZA, Raza (ProVancouver) SWANSON, Jean (COPE) BLYTH, Sarah O’KEEFE, Derrick (COPE) WONG, David HT (GREEN) CARR, Adriane (GREEN) REZEL, Rohana (ProVancouver)
Independents Day	No City for White Men
Full of indie street cred	Gender-balanced, diversity slate
STEWART, Kennedy CROOK, Adrian SHUM, Erin COOK, Graham GRANT, Wade SPIKE BHANDAL, Taqdir Kaur BLYTH, Sarah MCDOWELL, Rob RAMDEEN, Katherine PORTER, Elke	SYLVESTER, Shauna BOYLE, Christine (OneCity) FRY, Pete (GREEN) PAZ, Tanya (Vision) GRANT, Wade SWANSON, Jean (COPE) BHANDAL, Taqdir Kaur BLYTH, Sarah CARDONA, Diego (Vision) WONG, David (GREEN) YAN, Brandon (OneCity)
Rainbow Coalition
Full spectrum of collaborative candidates
SYLVESTER, Shauna BOYLE, Christine (OneCity) CROOK, Adrian SHUM, Erin GOODRICH, Justin (NPA) GRANT, Wade BLYTH, Sarah MCDOWELL, Rob O’KEEFE, Derrick (COPE) OSTLER, Stephanie (YES) WIEBE, Michael (GREEN) DEAL, Heather (Vision)

It was surprisingly hard to narrow these lists down to 10 candidates, which is a testament to the quality of candidates we have running this year. Some honourable mentions go to: