Ken Sim

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[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

Today is a big day for our city.

This morning I voted with my wife, Teena, and I could not be more grateful to be sharing this experience with her and our family, as well as the amazing ABC Vancouver team and all our volunteers and supporters.

Our door knockers, including the team and me, are out across the city right now, talking with neighbours and reminding people to vote, as we have been doing for many months. Thank you to every one of you for the time, energy and heart you’ve given this campaign.

If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time. Polls are open until 8 PM. Find your voting place at https://t.co/8LBWDRyfo1, bring your friends and family, and vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions.

Thank you to everyone in Vancouver. I am so grateful for this city we call home.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

Today is Election Day, and this election matters too much to sit out.

Change has started in Vancouver, but it isn’t finished. We know there’s more to do on public safety.

Here’s what Mayor Ken Sim and ABC are fighting for:

-Police and fire fully funded
-Help for our most vulnerable, with secure medical treatment
-The Public Safety Plebiscite: ban open-air hard drug use and fight for 100 involuntary care beds
-Better roads and sidewalks
-Property tax increases held at 0%
-Record investment in community centres, pools and the services we all rely on

Here’s what Pete Fry is proposing:

-More drug consumption sites
-Shelters that allow drug use in neighbourhoods across the city
-Fewer police
-Higher taxes
-Removing 11% of our roads, which is 220 km, and replacing them with bike lanes

Pete Fry also opposes the plebiscite.

If we want to see the plebiscite become reality, a YES on both questions is where it starts. Only ABC will deliver on your YES vote.

Polls are open now. Find your voting place at: https://t.co/8LBWDRyfo1 and bring your friends and family with you.

Some say Vancouver can’t change. We say it can.

Vote YES on both plebiscite questions today, and vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

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One of the great things about ABC Vancouver is that it has always been a team for all of Vancouver. From the Eastside to the Westside, north to south, downtown and everywhere in between. From the left to the right of the political spectrum. And as always, the multicultural mosaic that makes our city Vancouver. 

You can see it in the people endorsing Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC team: doctors, politicians of all stripes, community leaders, business leaders, and yes, even a rescue dog.

Diversity isn’t just something we talk about. It’s who we are, and it’s how we build a city that works for everyone.

Swipe through to meet some of the people standing with us.

Election Day is this Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

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One of the great things about ABC Vancouver is that it has always been a team for all of Vancouver. From the Eastside to the Westside, north to south, downtown and everywhere in between. From the left to the right of the political spectrum. And as always, the multicultural mosaic that makes our city Vancouver. 

You can see it in the people endorsing Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC team: doctors, politicians of all stripes, community leaders, business leaders, and yes, even a rescue dog.

Diversity isn’t just something we talk about. It’s who we are, and it’s how we build a city that works for everyone.

Swipe through to meet some of the people standing with us.

Election Day is this Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

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One of the great things about ABC Vancouver is that it has always been a team for all of Vancouver. From the Eastside to the Westside, north to south, downtown and everywhere in between. From the left to the right of the political spectrum. And as always, the multicultural mosaic that makes our city Vancouver. 

You can see it in the people endorsing Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC team: doctors, politicians of all stripes, community leaders, business leaders, and yes, even a rescue dog.

Diversity isn’t just something we talk about. It’s who we are, and it’s how we build a city that works for everyone.

Swipe through to meet some of the people standing with us.

Election Day is this Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

Please see my statement on Premier Eby’s continued neglect of life-saving involuntary care in Vancouver.

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

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One of the greatest things about ABC Vancouver is that it has always been a team for all of Vancouver. From the Eastside to the Westside, north to south, downtown and everywhere in between. From the left to the right of the political spectrum. And as always, the multicultural mosaic that makes our city Vancouver.

You can see it in the people endorsing Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC team: doctors, politicians of all stripes, community leaders, business leaders, and yes, even a rescue dog.

Diversity isn’t just something we talk about. It’s who we are, and it’s how we build a city that works for everyone.

Swipe through to meet some of the people standing with us.

Election Day is this Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

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One of the great things about ABC Vancouver is that it has always been a team for all of Vancouver. From the Eastside to the Westside, north to south, downtown and everywhere in between. From the left to the right of the political spectrum. And as always, the multicultural mosaic that makes our city Vancouver.

You can see it in the people endorsing Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC team: doctors, politicians of all stripes, community leaders, business leaders, and yes, even a rescue dog.

Diversity isn’t just something we talk about. It’s who we are, and it’s how we build a city that works for everyone.

Swipe through to meet some of the people standing with us.

Election Day is this Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

The World Cup showed the world, and Vancouver itself, what this city can be at its best.

There was no “us and them.” We were all Canadians, packed together, cheering together. Families with little kids. Young adults having the time of their lives. A whole generation that missed the Olympics and Expo 86 got to see Vancouver like never before.

And when the tournament ended, as a city, we didn’t let that energy fade. We kept the pedestrian zone open and reclaimed that street. There were doubters, and some fought it. But we built on the momentum, and showed a whole generation that Vancouver can be welcoming for everyone.

That’s the Vancouver we can have every day: lively, safe, welcoming, and proud. Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver are fighting for that Vancouver, right alongside you.

Election Day is tomorrow, Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family. Let’s keep this moment going.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[ABC Vancouver @Vote4ABC]

This election could not be more important.

Election Day is October 17. Vote Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team.

This election really matters, and the choice is clear:

Pete Fry going backwards and doubling down on failed policies:

- More street disorder and open-air hard drug use
- Clogged emergency rooms
- Fewer police
- Higher taxes and more bureaucracy
- 220 km of roads removed

Mayor Ken Sim and ABC moving Vancouver forward:

- Police and fire fully funded
- Help for our most vulnerable, with secure medical treatment
- The Public Safety Plebiscite: ban open-air hard drug use and fight for 100 involuntary care beds
- Better roads and sidewalks
- Property tax increases held at 0%
- Record investment in community centres, pools and the services we all rely on

If we want to see the plebiscite become reality, a YES on both questions is where it starts.

Only ABC will deliver on your YES vote. Vancouver has come a long way, and there is more to do.

This is the moment to keep the change going.

Vote on October 17. Bring your friends and family.

Safe. Affordable. Moving forward.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

RT @Vote4ABC: Picture your commute with 11% of Vancouver’s road space gone. That’s 220 kilometres of roads and sidewalks.

It’s hard to bel…

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

I have been so encouraged by the people I’ve met during this campaign. And it’s clear to me that this election matters, like no other election this city has had.

We’re facing a choice. We can double down on policies that have failed us, or throw up our hands and say nothing needs to change. Or we can roll up our sleeves together, vote YES on the plebiscite, and make the lasting change I think we all know this city is capable of. Only ABC has committed to delivering it.

Imagine if, instead of being known for the Downtown Eastside, we were known as the city that solved it.

Imagine if, instead of being known worldwide for our drug policies, we were known as a world-class leader in treatment and recovery.

I believe in what this city can be.

Being your Mayor has been the greatest privilege of my life. Let’s make the next four years count, Vancouver.

Election Day is this Saturday, October 17. Vote YES on both Public Safety Plebiscite questions, vote for me and your ABC Vancouver team, and bring your friends and family.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[ABC Vancouver @Vote4ABC]

There are many reasons this election matters, but one of the most important issues facing Vancouver is public safety and street disorder.

Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team brought forward the Public Safety Plebiscite, proposing:

1. Strengthening City bylaws against open-air hard drug use

2. Calling on the Province to provide more voluntary and at least 100 involuntary care beds for people facing severe mental health and addiction challenges

The National Post has now endorsed voting YES on both questions.

The editorial comes amid continued public discussion about street disorder, addiction, treatment and recovery.

Residents from across Vancouver have also shared their experiences, including concerns about drug use near children, conditions in their neighbourhoods, access to medical treatment and pressure on emergency rooms. Some of their comments are featured in this carousel.

Only Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team have committed to pursuing the changes proposed in the plebiscite.

On October 17, Vancouverites will elect their next mayor and council and have their say on both public safety questions.

Let’s make Vancouver known for world-class treatment and recovery.

Learn more at https://t.co/0GJqSJVDGy.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #VoteYes

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

Please see our commitment to child care.

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

This election matters too much to sit out.

Vancouver’s economy depends on small businesses, and they thrive when our city is thriving and people are coming out to enjoy everything Vancouver has to offer.

Mayor Ken Sim stopped by a local restaurant to talk with the servers and chefs about their work. Ken worked in restaurants himself, starting on the line and working his way up to sous chef, before becoming a small business owner in the industry. He knows how hard these businesses work and the challenges they face.

ABC Vancouver is committed to cutting red tape, making City Hall easier to work with and building an economy where small businesses can grow and create good jobs. Our 2026 platform includes making City Hall work faster for residents and businesses.

But none of that succeeds unless Vancouver is safe and affordable. We’ve started to make change, but we haven’t achieved all the change we want. We need to keep working to make our streets and neighbourhoods safer for residents, workers and the businesses that help build this city.

That’s why the Public Safety Plebiscite matters. It gives you a direct say on stronger City laws around open-air hard drug use, and on calling for secure medical treatment for people in severe crisis. If we want to see it become reality, a YES on both questions is where it starts. Only ABC will deliver on your YES vote.

We want Vancouver to be a city where businesses can succeed, people can find good jobs, and the people who work here can afford to live here.

Vote today, October 13, or on Election Day, October 17. Bring your coworkers, your regulars and your friends. Vote YES on both plebiscite questions, and vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability #SmallBusiness #Vancouver

[ABC Vancouver @Vote4ABC]

Today is advance voting day, and this election matters too much to sit out.

Change has started in Vancouver, but it isn’t finished. We know there’s more to do on public safety.

Here’s what Mayor Ken Sim and ABC are proposing:

- Police and fire fully funded
- Help for our most vulnerable, with secure medical treatment
- The Public Safety Plebiscite: ban open-air hard drug use and fight for 100 involuntary care beds
- Better roads and sidewalks
- Property tax increases held at 0%
- Record investment in community centres, pools and the services we all rely on

Here’s what Pete Fry is proposing:

- More drug consumption sites
- Shelters that allow drug use in neighbourhoods across the city
- Fewer police
- Higher taxes
- Removing 11% of our roads, which is 220 km, and replacing them with bike lanes

Pete Fry also opposes the plebiscite.

In an unstable world, Vancouver needs steady, sound government, not a step backwards. If we want to see the plebiscite become reality, a YES on both questions is where it starts. Only ABC will deliver on your YES vote.

If you want a city that moves forward, not back to the encampments and disorder of the past, head out and vote today. Bring your friends and family with you.

Some say Vancouver can’t change. We say it can.

Vote today, October 13, or on Election Day, October 17. Vote for Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[ABC Vancouver @Vote4ABC]

This election could not be more important.

Advance voting is October 13. Election Day is October 17. Vote Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team.

This election really matters, and the choice is clear:

- Pete Fry doubling down on failed policies:
- More street disorder and open-air hard drug use
- Clogged emergency rooms
- Fewer police
- Higher taxes and more bureaucracy
- 220 km of roads removed

Mayor Ken Sim and ABC moving Vancouver forward:

- Police and fire fully funded
- Help for our most vulnerable, with secure medical treatment
- The Public Safety Plebiscite: ban open-air hard drug use and fight for 100 involuntary care beds
- Better roads and sidewalks
- Property tax increases held at 0%
- Record investment in community centres, pools and the services we all rely on

If we want to see the plebiscite become reality, a YES on both questions is where it starts. Only ABC will deliver on your YES vote.

Vancouver has come a long way, and there is more to do. This is the moment to keep the change going.

Vote October 13 or October 17. Bring your friends and family.

Safe. Affordable. Moving forward.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

This plebiscite and election matter. Join Mayor Ken Sim and experts for a live Virtual Town Hall on the Public Safety Plebiscite, and learn why only ABC Vancouver is committed to delivering it.

Thursday, October 15 at 7 PM

I’m personally inviting you to listen in, ask questions and join the conversation. Subject matter experts will explain how a YES vote will deliver compassionate healthcare and make Vancouver safer. A YES vote is the first step. Only Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver will put it into action.

Sign up now at: https://t.co/lWbvVuKb7b. Enter your name, phone number and postal code, and we’ll call you just before the start to join the live meeting.

On October 17, the Public Safety Plebiscite puts the decision in your hands:

VOTE YES on Question One to strengthen City bylaws against open air hard drug use, giving police a faster tool to intervene, ticket and seize drugs without a lengthy criminal process.

VOTE YES on Question Two to demand the Province create secure medical treatment, including 100+ involuntary care beds at the old St. Paul’s Hospital or another similar site.

More than 100 patients can be in Vancouver acute care right now waiting for appropriate tertiary mental health beds. Dedicated capacity means better care for people in crisis and frees emergency rooms for everyone.

Pete Fry and Rebecca Bligh walked out before Council voted on putting these questions to you. Colleen Hardwick and Kareem Allam have publicly opposed it.

A YES vote is the first step. But only Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver have committed to enacting it.

Some people believe Vancouver can’t really change. We believe it can. We started the change. Now let’s finish it together.

Join us for this very important conversation. We want to hear from you. Sign up at: https://t.co/lWbvVuKb7b 

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

This plebiscite and election matter. Join Mayor Ken Sim and experts for a live Virtual Town Hall on the Public Safety Plebiscite, and learn why only ABC Vancouver is committed to delivering it.

Thursday, October 15 at 7 PM

I’m personally inviting you to listen in, ask questions and join the conversation. Subject matter experts will explain how a YES vote will deliver compassionate healthcare and make Vancouver safer. A YES vote is the first step. Only Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver will put it into action.

Sign up now at: https://t.co/lWbvVuKb7b. Enter your name, phone number and postal code, and we’ll call you just before the start to join the live meeting.

On October 17, the Public Safety Plebiscite puts the decision in your hands:

VOTE YES on Question One to strengthen City bylaws against open air hard drug use, giving police a faster tool to intervene, ticket and seize drugs without a lengthy criminal process.

VOTE YES on Question Two to demand the Province create secure medical treatment, including 100+ involuntary care beds at the old St. Paul’s Hospital or another similar site.

More than 100 patients can be in Vancouver acute care right now waiting for appropriate tertiary mental health beds. Dedicated capacity means better care for people in crisis and frees emergency rooms for everyone.

Pete Fry and Rebecca Bligh walked out before Council voted on putting these questions to you. Colleen Hardwick and Kareem Allam have publicly opposed it.

A YES vote is the first step. But only Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver have committed to enacting it.

Some people believe Vancouver can’t really change. We believe it can. We started the change. Now let’s finish it together.

Join us for this very important conversation. We want to hear from you. Sign up at: https://t.co/lWbvVuKb7b 

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

Behind the job of mayor, or politics, there are amazing people across this city like Denise.

She owns an award-winning hair salon here in Vancouver

Denise is at ground zero when it comes to street disorder. 

Drug use right outside her front door. Someone blocking the entrance while a client is trying to get in. 

Having to think on her feet just to keep people safe. Things nobody should have to get used to.

Then a drug injection site was about to be dropped kitty-corner from her home and her small business, with no consultation with residents, business owners, or even City Hall. 

So she stepped up and fought for her community.

There are people like Denise all over Vancouver: working hard to get by, full of compassion, and just wanting to do what’s right. 

It’s amazing to see what one person standing up can do. Her courage helped change policy at the provincial level.

That’s why this election matters. The Public Safety Plebiscite is a chance to bring the lasting change that people like Denise have been longing for, so they can survive and thrive here.

Please go vote. This election matters so much.
October 13 or 17: vote YES on the Public Safety Plebiscite and re-elect Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team, who are the only party that will deliver your yes vote on the plebiscite.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability