I'm Dr. Devyani Singh, and like you, a Vancouverite who's had enough.
I'm a renter. An immigrant. A climate scientist. A dog owner. And a proud member of the 99% who has frustratingly been watching Ken Sim and ABC hand our city to their billionaire friends - one tax break at a time. This October, we will evict Ken Sim, and every single ABC Councillor who went along with it.
Let's be honest about what's happening. In Vancouver, just like in the U.S., we’ve seen what happens when greedy, unscrupulous, and unserious people are installed in office by the super rich. While working people are crushed by rising costs, Ken Sim slashed Vancouver's world renowned climate programs, closed the renters office and installed a private gym, gutted community services, and rolled out the red carpet for Big Oil lobbyists at City Hall. Every cut hurts real people. This isn't bad luck. It's a choice, and it's a choice made for the rich, not for us.
As a climate scientist, it hurts me to see the cuts to climate resilience in this city under Ken Sim. Vancouver does not have to be this way. We can build a solidarity city - one that is actually on your side - one that is equitable, affordable, and ecological. A city where people flourish and thrive. Cooling standards, improved SROs, accessible and affordable transit, AAA bike lanes, funding for our libraries, limiting fees for access to public parks and community centers, implementing the mansion tax and vacancy control, strengthening the empty homes tax, and so much more.
This is what climate justice looks like. This is what affordability looks like.
They're the same fight.
In my work as a climate scientist and as an advocate, I have continuously held the super-rich - who are destroying our planet for profit - accountable every day. For instance, I was lead researcher on a recent groundbreaking report that exposed the role of global banks in financing the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - and consequently stopped billions of funding to it. I created and helped implement climate action plans for 8 municipalities across the US. In BC, I helped expose the logging of our precious Old Growth forests to be turned into pellets for biomass burning in the UK. I have also helped write multiple motions that have been brought forward and passed in City Hall.
Now, I want to put my expertise and experience to work FIGHTING FOR VANCOUVER and work across party lines to undo the damage done by ABC. I have the scientific background, the grassroots connections, years of experience running campaigns, and the fire to help COPE lead the fight for an affordable, equitable, and ecological city. Politicians have repeatedly ignored the 99% and supported their billionaire buddies. It is time that changed, and I would like the honour to represent you as the COPE candidate on City Council in 2026.
Let us evict big corporate interests from our local democracy and invest in affordable housing and the public services we all need and deserve. As a scientist, I embrace facts, not political ideology, and listen to voices that matter. Your voice matters! Not the developers', not the lobbyists', Yours! Together we can build a Vancouver for everyone and protect our planet for generations to come.
This is COPE’s year to bring back hope to City Hall. Together with grassroots movements and progressive allies, we’re going to win this October and then get to work funding our libraries, limiting fees for access to public parks and community centers, implementing the mansion tax and vacancy control, strengthening the empty homes tax, and so much more.
We have recently seen other cities, like Seattle and New York, use their choice at the ballot box to defeat the Right and to reflect their ecological values and their commitment to social justice. When we unite and fight for what we believe in, we win. Not only does COPE have a clear message and clear values, but we’re making politics fun and bringing all kinds of new people into the democratic process.
This October, we will evict Ken Sim.
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