Thank you!
The final stretch of the OneCity nomination race
My membership drive link: https://www.onecityvancouver.ca/russil_wvong_membership_drive
Thank you very much to everyone who’s joined OneCity to vote for me in the nomination race, made a donation, and volunteered to help my nomination campaign! I really appreciate your support. I always think of democratic politics as being like a tug-of-war: it’s a collective effort.
We’re heading into the final stretch of the race: nomination candidates will be reaching out to everyone who’s a OneCity member before May 10, and asking them to vote for us. There’s 12 people seeking a OneCity council nomination, and it’s likely that we’ll have four or five spots open.
As we get closer to the May 10 date, I expect I’ll be cross-endorsing other candidates. There’s a lot of strong OneCity candidates, which is really impressive: my understanding is that it’s usually hard to recruit good municipal candidates, because there’s so many parties and so many positions.
We’ve all committed to not running for any other party. If I don’t win a spot on May 10, my 2026 campaign ends here.
I’ve set up a Substack to provide a weekly update on my campaign, russilw.substack.com. (I also have a daily housing Substack, morehousing.ca, but I figured that a weekly update would be a bit less overwhelming!)
Upcoming events:
Friday April 10 - last chance to sign up as a OneCity member to vote in the nomination race. OneCity membership is open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents, 14 years or older, who live or work in the city of Vancouver, including the University Endowment Lands. Annual membership dues are $10. The cutoff to vote is at midnight. My membership drive link.
Wednesday April 15, 6:30 to 8:30 pm - OneCity Meet the Candidates event at Heritage Hall (3201 Main Street, at 15th). Registration link - it’s free, but space is limited.
Tuesday April 21, 7 to 9 pm - Housing Happy Hour, location TBD. Sadly, our regular meeting place, Portland Craft, has closed. I’ll send out a reminder a week before.
Thursday April 30, 6:30 to 8 pm - OneCity Council Candidates debate. It’ll be virtual. Registration link.
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