Vancouver Civic Election 2026

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WTF does this part I bolded mean?

Vancouver's three left-wing parties agree to limit number of candidates in civic election
Kenneth Chan
Apr 15 2026

To improve their odds of beating Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party, the city’s three left-wing/progressive-leaning municipal political parties announced today they have reached an agreement to limit the number of candidates they will each run in the civic election on Oct. 17, 2026.

Such a strategy is intended to reduce the amount of competition between left-wing/progressive-leaning candidates, thereby improving their chances of being elected...

....Under this new agreement, hashed out ever since the public exchange of words this past winter, each party can field their own mayoral candidate, but the parties will “agree to engage in a good-faith effort to determine which progressive mayor is best suited to compete.”...(bold mine)

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cope-green-onecity-vancouver-2026-election-agreement