Councillor Jim Hanson, DNV
Your Neighbour. Your Advocate.
Dedicated to creating a sustainable, inclusive, and vibrant community where everyone's voice is heard.
A Voice for
Reasoned Progress
Councillor Jim Hanson has dedicated his career to public service, advocating for sustainable growth and fiscal responsibility. As we look toward 2026, the challenges we face—rising costs, housing affordability, and community health—require experienced hands and fresh ideas.
Positions
Affordable Taxes,
Reasonable Spending
Tax increases must be kept to a rate of inflation.
Standing firm against tax increases beyond inflation.
Pushing for disciplined spending, infrastructure renewal, and fairer taxation for District families.
Slowing the Pace of Development
Prioritizing rental and affordable housing.
Fighting for slower, responsible growth that our infrastructure can actually support.
Opposing overdevelopment while backing rental and affordable housing for those who need it most.
Protecting Our Green Spaces
Preserving parks, trails, forests, and environmentally sensitive lands.
Ensuring development decisions respect the natural environment and community character.
Transportation and Congestion
Advocating for a third southbound lane on the cut between Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway.
Pressing the provincial government for major transportation investments, including improved transit and rapid transit to the North Shore.
Supporting practical road, transit, cycling, and safety improvements that help residents move around the community more efficiently.
Reforming Metro
Vancouver Governance
The current model of councillors and mayors moonlighting as Metro Vancouver board directors has clearly failed and left the Metro Vancouver bureaucracy to operate without meaningful oversight
We need a model that holds the directors responsible to their residents and taxpayers
Expanding Access to Childcare
Supporting the creation of additional childcare spaces across the District.
Reducing municipal barriers that delay suitable childcare projects.
Helping families access care closer to their homes and workplaces.
Suing Big Oil
Holding major polluters accountable
Supporting efforts to recover a fair share of climate-related costs from major fossil-fuel companies.
Protecting District taxpayers from bearing those costs alone.
Banning Fireworks
Proposed giving District residents a direct vote on consumer fireworks in the 2026 election.
Council declined to place the question on the ballot.
Continuing to advocate for stronger protections for residents, animals, wildlife, and the environment.
North Shore Wastewater Project Accountability
Demanding answers for a project whose estimated cost has risen to over $3.86 billion
Supporting an independent public review of the project’s decisions, delays, and escalating costs.
Advocating for transparency and accountability as construction continues.