Vision Vancouver will not be running a mayoral candidate in the upcoming municipal elections. In January, Mayor Gregor Robertson, who led a Vision Vancouver slate at city hall, announced he would not be running for re-election. Party may endorse another candidateThe statement said Vision will now undertake the formal process to decide whether to formally endorse another candidate but did recognize two other candidates. "Vancouver residents are fortunate to have two other excellent candidates for mayor in Shauna Sylvester and Kennedy Stewart and running another mayoral candidate at this late date creates too much risk that the NPA or one of the other right-wing parties would win and take Vancouver backwards," it read. The party is running five candidates for city council, three candidates for school board, and two candidates for park board.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2018 23:15 UTC