Cycling enthusiast announces she's running for Vancouver City Council
She has chaired the the City of Vancouver’s Active Transportation Policy Council for the past five years, and now Tanya Paz has announced she’s running for Vancouver City Council by seeking a nomination with Vision Vancouver.
“The decisions we make in the coming years are crucial to shape the Vancouver we want to see,” said Paz. “I’m also willing to ask tough questions and tackle difficult issues that we face together.”
According to her bio, Paz has worked with Modo, Mobi, Veemo, and Vancouver Coastal Health, and “has helped people change their ways of getting around.”
Paz has also been involved with the Community Housing Land Trust Foundation and Co-op Housing Federation of BC in the mid-90s.
“I also helped overhaul the Co-op Association Act in BC,” she noted.
Paz said she decided to run this year because “I love our city. I love living and working in Vancouver a bit more every day.”
She added that “many of us want Vancouver to be more affordable, fair, accessible, environmentally-friendly, resilient, and safer.”
Whether it’s “combatting climate change, addressing the housing crisis, or delivering the Broadway Subway, Vancouverites want their elected representatives to work across party lines to find solutions to our city’s challenges,” she said.
“I’m willing to roll up my sleeves and work with anyone who’s interested in making life better in our city.”
The municipal election takes place on October 20, 2018.
See also
- Vancouver City Council approves $18-million plan to demolish Granville Loops
- New political movement created to abolish downtown Vancouver's bike lanes
- Part of Downtown’s West Pender Street could lose 2 lanes for new bike lane
- NPA's Hector Bremner to run for Mayor of Vancouver
- Gregor Robertson will NOT seek re-election as Vancouver Mayor
- Gregor Robertson: 'It's the right time for me to shift out as Vancouver Mayor'
- Gregor Robertson's decision not to run for re-election provokes strong online reaction
- 4-term Vancouver councillor Andrea Reimer won't seek re-election
- Vancouver councillor Kerry Jang won't seek re-election after 10 years in office
- 2-term Vancouver councillor George Affleck won't seek re-election
- Former Canadian Armed Forces officer running for Vancouver City Council