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As part of our election project this year, we formed a volunteer research team that personally watched every single city council meeting in the last 4 years in which housing or rental issues were discussed. They then documented the stances, arguments, and votes of every single candidate currently running for re-election.

The results are 36 page document which you can find our election page: https://nwtenantsunion.org/nwtu-election-2026/

In the next day or two we'll be publishing a shorter PowerPoint summarizing the results which will be used at candidate grading event this week where our members will rank candidates based on this research as well as answers to some questions sent to every candidate.

The research team did their best to only report factually on what candidates said or did without any inferences about intent or judging whether their stances were good or bad. The goal is to have our members make those decisions when they submit rankings for the final report card.

Anyway, we thought members of this community might be interested in these preliminary research results. We can share the PowerPoint and final member-ranked report card when they're ready as well.

We're inviting tenants to join us at our monthly meeting this Tuesday July 28th at 630pm at the New West Public Library. We will give an update on our direct actions in the community including our first official tenants association in a senior’s building and the passing of the tenant relocation policy this month, which means people can stay in their neighbourhoods at the same rents when older buildings are demolished to build new ones.

As the municipal elections approach in October, we're preparing to mobilize renters to attend a city council meeting on September 21st to show that renters are a large voting block and that we have concerns about how potential new city officials may vote on renters rights. Along those lines, we also have an ongoing project to inform renters about incumbent and potential elected officials for the fall elections. We'll invite folks to be involved in this as well during our meeting on Tuesday.

One of our organizers put together our newsletter with more information below. We hope to see you there!

https://nwtenantsunion.org/july-meeting-city-hall-updates-support-pinecrest-and-more/

Come join us and your neighbours for our next public meeting where we'll give an update on the work we're doing in the community.

Then we'll hold another working group session where issues that concern you can be discussed and how organizing and around them can affect change in the place you're living.

We're also inviting you to get involved with various roles to be filled in our election project to inform and motivate renters for voting in the fall.

You can also take our anonymous survey to gather feedback from renters in the city to help shape our municipal election project.

https://nwtenantsunion.org/may-public-meeting-survey-building-organizing-election-work-and-more/

Come join us and you neighbours for our next public meeting where we'll first give an update on the work we're doing in the community.

Then it's your turn to get involved with help from our core organizers. We've planned a working group session where issues that concern you can be discussed and how organizing and around them can affect change in the place you're living.

https://nwtenantsunion.org/tuesday-april-28th-working-public-meeting/