Mayoral Mixer: A Conversation with the Candidates
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They want to run Vancouver. First, they have to get through us.
SFU Public Square and The Tyee hosted the Mayoral Mixer, a lively election event where politics podcaster Mo Amir and Tyee city reporter Jen St. Denis put the mayoral candidates on center stage. The event featured sharp questions on housing and development, public safety, drug policy, AI data centres, infrastructure costs and city finances.
Confirmed candidates included Team, Vote Vancouver, the Greens, and Vancouver Liberals.
This event was co-presented with The Tyee.
The Tyee is an independent, reader-supported online news magazine from B.C. They’re devoted to fact-driven stories, reporting and analysis that informs and enlivens our democratic conversation.
Doors: 6:30 pm
Event: 7:00-8:30 pm
Location:
Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre,
SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
Tickets:
General Admission: $5 General Public
Live Stream: Free
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Jen St. Denis
Jen St. Denis is an award-winning reporter and editor for The Tyee who has covered provincial and city politics, housing, the overdose crisis and justice.
Mo Amir
Mo Amir has been exuberantly exploring B.C. culture and politics in his This is VANCOLOUR podcast since 2018, now a weekly talk show on CHEK News in its sixth television season. He's a frequent panelist on CBC's On the Coast and writes opinion columns for The Tyee.
Colleen Hardwick
TEAM
Rebecca Bligh
Vote Vancouver
Pete Fry
Vancouver Greens
Kareem Allam
Vancouver Liberals
