Scott Gilbert
Scott Gilbert is running for Mayor of Vancouver as an independent candidate. Their campaign website presents a campaign focused on Housing. The published positions supports simplify and speed up approvals for new housing; opposes New housing should only be approved where it fits the existing scale and character of the neighbourhood.
Verified positions
Positions supported by public campaign material or another attributable source. These enter the questionnaire comparison without an inference label.
I favour accountable permitting and more homes with tenant, accessibility and servicing safeguards; "existing character" should not be a blanket veto on needed housing.
I favour accountable permitting and more homes with tenant, accessibility and servicing safeguards; "existing character" should not be a blanket veto on needed housing.
Supportive homes should be evaluated on sound design, staffing and community outcomes.
I do not endorse an arbitrary tax freeze or automatic annual increases detached from service needs, nor a guaranteed inflation ceiling regardless of costs.
I do not endorse an arbitrary tax freeze or automatic annual increases detached from service needs, nor a guaranteed inflation ceiling regardless of costs.
Public safety requires prevention, housing, treatment, infrastructure and accountable policing together.
Transit extensions and major recreation projects require credible costs, funding, alternatives and operating plans.
Parking reductions need a transparent funding and access assessment.
Strengthen the tree-canopy strategy: 4.
Simplify City business permitting and regulation: 5.
Keep an independently elected Park Board: 4.
Transit extensions and major recreation projects require credible costs, funding, alternatives and operating plans.
Build more public washrooms: 5.
Funding increases for Indigenous organizations require meaningful partnership, transparent need and fair accountability, not a predetermined amount.
Land-development proposals must respect Indigenous rights and be assessed on their actual current details, not given a blanket approval.