Vancouver Mayoral Candidate Spent the Night in a Homeless Encampment
Residents of an encampment at Vancouver's CRAB Park have invited every candidate running in the municipal election to spend a night there. So far, only one has taken them up on...
Mark Marissen: “Having fun is a serious business.”
Marissen: "Having fun is a serious business." https://twitter.com/marissenmark/status/1578414596289097731?s=20&t=1ztjk1bKl9tC2NK6aNTdGQ
Progress Vancouver Grassroots Fundraising Gala – Fraserview Hall
Progress Vancouver’s grassroots fundraiser last week at Fraserview Hall was the biggest event in the election campaign so far. Here’s a video produced by students from UBC showcasing the event and our wonderful team of candidates.
UBC Sauder School of Business Mayoral Candidate’s Housing Debate
The high cost of housing continues to dominate headlines in the lead-up to municipal elections throughout Greater Vancouver. How do the candidates running for Mayor of Vancouver plan to address housing affordability, high commercial taxes, and a regulatory process in need of streamlining?
Opinion: Why a well-known activist joined Mark Marissen’s Progress Vancouver team
“How could you be working with that person?” This question keeps coming up from progressive friends wondering about why I am at Mark Marissen’s side, running for Council with...
How your Vancouver mayoral candidates plan to help the Downtown Eastside (VIDEOS)
We recently sat down with all the major Vancouver mayoral candidates and asked how they plan on helping the Downtown Eastside. The Vancouver civic election is less than two weeks...
Mark Marissen Wants to Be Mayor of Vancouver
The Tyee sat down with the candidate to talk about zoning, the problem with SROs and why Vancouver doesn’t need more police. Tracing Mark Marissen’s path through Canadian...
Mayor Kennedy Stewart on Mark Marissen – Mayoral Debate 2022
https://twitter.com/marissenmark/status/1575200050644676608?s=20&t=VNUn7yBo1qxsy8141RsmLA Read more here.
Have YIMBYs won the development debate?
Canadians keep having to earn more to rent or buy a place to live. Nowhere is that issue more prominent in Canada than Vancouver or Toronto, two of the world’s most expensive...
The Vancouver Parties Pushing for Rentals Everywhere
As the election approaches, three parties take aim at single-family zoning. Three of the 10 parties vying to win seats in Vancouver’s civic election are promising to densify...
Election 2022: Why Mark Marissen wants to be mayor of Vancouver
Marissen on his top priorities: ‘Housing, housing and housing’ If Mark Marissen has learned anything about election campaigns, it’s not to trust public opinion polls or what...
Mark Marissen, Vancouver Mayor Candidate, Talks “Urgency and Scale” of Housing Challenges
Vancouver’s local elections are just a bit over a month away, and Mark Marissen, the mayoral candidate for Progress Vancouver, revealed this week how he is planning on tackling...
