The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has filed an official response to Mayor Ken Sim’s steep budget reductions for 2026.

Last month, city council approved Sim’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ motion, designed to freeze property taxes from increasing at all next year.

With the motion, the city’s operating budget is expected to reduce by $120 million. The Park Board says it’s responsible for $15 million of that reduction.

The board’s written response to the city says, in 2025, its operating budget represented 7.9 per cent of the city’s budget, but it’s now being asked to absorb 12.5 per cent of the target reduction.

Commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky tells 1130 NewsRadio that if the board makes those kinds of cuts, it would mean a slew of popular events would likely have to be eliminated.

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