The efforts of Stanley Park Preservation Society to prevent further logging of Stanley Park will be coming to a head on November 5th and 6th, 2025 in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Our offer to settle with the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Park Board was met with silence, thus all but assuring the upcoming court battle.
In exchange for dropping our lawsuit, we asked that:
· Only trees that have been assessed as imminently dangerous by a provincially certified tree risk assessor may be felled.
· That written records be kept of the assessment.
· That employees of the City of Vancouver carry out any justified tree removals (rather than outside contractors).
· That consistent with the Vancouver Charter, the City acknowledge that the Park Board commissioners have exclusive authority over the maintenance and management of Stanley Park.
· That the Director of Parks and the General Manager of Parks be appointed by the elected Park Board Commissioners (rather than hired by the City)
· That the City and Park Board recognize that members of the public have the right to be consulted and to comment on major projects in Stanley Park.
We continue to believe that these requests are reasonable, and do not understand why we were not acknowledged and why the City and Park Board are not willing to negotiate with us, to the extent they feel that any part of our offer is unacceptable.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stanley Park Preservation Society will be appearing before the Supreme Court of British Columbia beginning on November 5, 2025 to help preserve Stanley Park by blocking further unnecessary and destructive logging. We are in need of financial support for this legal effort. Please contribute.
Donating on this change.org page helps promote the partition but cannot be used for our legal costs.