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
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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...
Vancouver Board of Trade CEO Bridgitte Anderson interviews Mark Marissen
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade President and CEO Bridgitte Anderson speaks with Vancouver Mayoral Candidate and Burrard Strategy founder Mark Marissen about his vision for the city.
Progress Vancouver party promises new safe and secure public bike parking
Vancouver’s rampant bike theft problem is one of the greatest deterrents to getting more people to consider cycling for getting around. The very real concern over whether a bike...
Vancouver mayoral candidate promises to double the number of food truck permits to 200
Just over a decade ago, the City of Vancouver overhauled its food truck policy to enable a wider quality and quantity of food trucks and carts — beyond the average hot dog...
Mayoral candidate Mark Marissen aims to double food truck count in Vancouver
Food trucks have changed the way we think about fast food – For many people, it’s a convenient way of grabbing a tasty meal on the go. But does the City of Vancouver have enough...
