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The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. It has traditionally been associated with tenants, environmentalists, and the labour movement. COPE is generally guided by social-democratic principles, and has a long history of championing issues like improving public transit and investing in affordable housing. It last held a majority government on City Council from 2002 to 2005. COPE is committed to a just and sustainable city and will work to achieve this by providing options to meet basic needs that reduce emissions and support environmental well-being. COPE is a strong and vocal opponent of development and resource exploitation that endangers the health and well-being of our planet and future generations. Recently, the party has adopted policies also advocating for aboriginal representation at the municipal level. ==2014 mayoral campaign== At a General Meeting in September 2014, an overwhelming majority of COPE membership endorsed Meena Wong as the 2014 mayoral candidate. The community organizer and activist has stated that the focuses of her campaign are giving citizens a voice and keeping housing affordable. She has also proposed a tax on vacant homes in Vancouver. In addition to Wong, the membership endorsed a slate of 16 candidates. In accordance with the party's equity policy there is a First Nations (indigenous) candidate for each board and the majority of candidates are female.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=cope.bc.ca )〕 The party's 2014 election platform advocates for a new Vancouver Housing Authority, to become a Sanctuary city, to implement a minimum wage raise to $15/hr, and to hold a referendum for electoral reform to consider switching from a First-past-the-post voting system to a proportional representation system.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cope.bc.ca/platform/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coalition of Progressive Electors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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