TEAM for a Livable Vancouver | |
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| Abbreviation | TEAM |
| President | Chris Johnson |
| Founded | August 24, 2021 |
| Ideology | Localism [1] Economic liberalism [2] |
| Political position | Centre [3] to centre-right [4] |
| City council | 0 / 11 |
| Park board | 0 / 7 |
| School board | 0 / 9 |
| Website | |
| www | |
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver (TEAM) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by Vancouver city councillor Colleen Hardwick, first elected in 2018 with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), and a group of residents who shared Hardwick's concerns about the City’s financial policies and direction, planning and development, and engagement with residents and neighbourhoods. [5]
The party derives its name from former mayor Art Phillips' The Electors' Action Movement (TEAM). The new party held a conference in 2021 to develop policy directions, which were later ratified by the membership. [6]
Hardwick was acclaimed as TEAM's 2022 mayoral candidate in March 2022. [7] At a general meeting on June 11, TEAM members nominated six candidates for city council: Cleta Brown, Sean Nardi, Param Nijjar, Grace Quan, Stephen Roberts and Bill Tieleman. [8] Brown made a previous run for council in 2014 as a Green Party candidate, [9] and Roberts ran provincially with the BC Liberals. [10] Longtime NDP strategist Tieleman told The Georgia Straight that TEAM "will make affordable housing, public safety and city services and livability the priority". [11] In its fundraising, TEAM made a point of refusing to accept personal election contributions from major corporate property developers. [12]
TEAM's platform included promises to use city-owned land for affordable housing, to increase consultation with neighbourhood residents about development, and to implement vacancy control on rental housing in apartment buildings. [13] [14]
TEAM continued to engage in civic issues. A TEAM researcher’s review of various parties’ election-campaign filings identified apparent discrepancies in ABC Vancouver’s donations, and Elections BC was notified in July 2023. [15] [16] In July 2024, Hardwick appeared before Vancouver City Council to oppose ABC’s plans to remove or change many of the view cones that protected mountain views. [17] From early summer 2024 through April 2025, TEAM worked to inform residents about the planned intensification of density in the Broadway Plan area. This would lead to land speculation without providing affordable housing options such as co-ops and housing for seniors, TEAM’s Theodore Abbott told CBC News. [18] A rally to “Pause the Plan” was held In November 2024, before Vancouver City Council approved amendments removing some earlier limits to highrise towers. [19] Abbott told Kerry Gold of The Globe and Mail that the rally organizers wanted a reorientation of the Broadway Plan so that the voices of residents and community groups are listened to and used as a guide. [20]
Abbott and Hardwick were endorsed at a TEAM nomination meeting in February 2025. "Hardwick and Abbott said they weren't worried about splitting votes, possibly denying either of them a seat. They want voters to see them as a duo on council supporting each other in opposition." [21]
In the April 5 by-election with two council seats to fill, Hardwick placed third and Abbott fifth. The two TEAM candidates topped the polls in four neighbourhoods: Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Dunbar and West Point Grey. [22]
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Colleen Hardwick | 16,769 | 9.97 | 3rd | Not elected |
| Election | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Change | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 / 11 |  1 | 104,613 | 7.77 | No seats |
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colleen Hardwick Theodore Abbott | 17,352 11,581 | 25.53 17.04 | 3rd 5th | Not elected |