Prosperity funds everything else.

A stronger economy generates the tax revenue needed to invest in housing, parks, transportation, public safety, arts, recreation, and social programs.

Key actions:

• Make Victoria the easiest city in B.C. to start and grow a business.
• Actively attract new businesses and private investments to Victoria.
• Expand innovation, technology, ocean and clean-energy sectors.
• Cut permitting times by at least 50%.
• Revitalize downtown as the region’s economic engine.

Success measures:

• GDP per capita
• New business creation
• Total private investment
• Commercial vacancy rates
• Employment growth
• Median incomes

Compassion and enforcement must work together.

Residents, businesses, and visitors should feel safe using streets, parks, playgrounds and transit.

Key actions:

• Visible foot patrols and community safety teams.
• Focus enforcement on repeat offenders and organized crime.
• Better lighting, cleaning, and rapid graffiti removal.
• Strong partnerships between businesses, community associations, VicPD, outreach workers, and health services.

Success measures:

• Violent crime
• Property crime
• Resident perceptions of safety
• Downtown pedestrian counts
• Business confidence

Move beyond managing homelessness to reducing it.

The goal should be permanent housing with the supports people need to remain housed. The target is to reduce homelessness by 85%.

Key actions:

• Expand supportive and transitional housing. People need homes to heal.
• Increase access to detox, treatment, and recovery.
• Manage and coordinate governments and service providers around shared outcomes, tied to funding.
• Create integrated community health centres.

Success measures:

• Chronic homelessness
• Housing placements
• Treatment completion
• Overdose deaths
• Emergency room visits 
• Quality- of- life surveys

Improve quality of life across all 12 neighbourhoods.

People should be able to live, work, shop, and enjoy recreation close to home.

Key actions:

• More attainable housing.
• Better transportation options.
• Better traffic flows and parking options, assisted by smart city technology.
• Parks and public spaces.
• Community health centres.
• Support for local neighbourhood businesses.

Success measures:

• Housing affordability
• Active transportation use
• Access to health care
• Park accessibility
• Resident quality-of-life surveys

Focus on results, not process.

Residents expect City Hall to be responsive, accountable, and efficient.

Key actions:

• Public performance dashboards.
• Faster approvals, permitting and housing completions.
• Evidence-based budgeting.
• Better regional collaboration.
• Increase our fair share of funding from senior governments
• Smart city technologies to improve service delivery.

Success measures:

• Permit approval times
• Citizen satisfaction
• Project delivery
• Budget performance
• Transparency metrics

They create a virtuous cycle:

A stronger economy generates the revenue to invest in housing, public safety, transportation, parks, and health services. It provides higher incomes and helps to close the affordability gap.

Better public safety attracts businesses, customers, residents, and visitors. 

Effective housing and treatment reduce pressure on emergency services and improve community well-being for everyone. 

A more efficient City Hall delivers projects faster and earns public trust. Finally, livable neighbourhoods improve quality of life and make Victoria more attractive to families, workers, students, retirees, and investors.

A Simple Vision

Build a safer, healthier, more prosperous Victoria through practical leadership, accountable government, and measurable results.

Five Outcomes:

• Grow the Economy.
• Restore Public Safety.
• Solve Homelessness with Housing, Health Care, and Recovery.
• Build Great Neighbourhoods.
• Make City Hall Work Better.

These outcomes reinforce the key theme: “Delivering Results That Matter.”