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On-the-ground footage, press releases, and media appearances from Scott Gilbert for Mayor of Vancouver, 2026.
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Great Scott for Mayor — Introduction
Scott Gilbert introduces his campaign for Mayor of Vancouver.
Great Scott for Mayor of Vancouver — 2026.
The ABCs of Public Safety in Vancouver
Scott Gilbert lays out the basics of public safety on East Hastings — what a functioning safe street actually looks like, and why Vancouver's current approach fails the people who live there.
East Hastings Street, Vancouver — Great Scott for Mayor.
Bowser Island Tour by Mayor Scott Gilbert
Scott Gilbert gives a tour of Bowser Island in North Vancouver, showing his work as Mayor of Bowser Island — the community he led until his term ended on June 15, 2026, before bringing his experience to the Vancouver mayoral race.
Bowser Island, North Vancouver — filmed during Scott's term as mayor.
Agora & Civitas — AI City Hall Animated Overview
An animated overview of Agora, a civic engagement app designed by Scott Gilbert that will change the way voters interact with elected officials. Gone are the days of one vote every four years. In Agora, residents can cast multiple votes every day — telling City Hall exactly what they want done. When an idea gathers enough support to pass, it moves out of Agora and into Civitas, where city staff are responsible for implementing it and publishing regular status updates the public can track.
Built by Scott Gilbert. Visit aicityhall.ca for more.
Toilets, Showers & Free Laundry on East Hastings — Dismantled by the City
At his own expense, Scott Gilbert installed toilets, showers, and free laundry on East Hastings Street — on private property — to provide basic dignity to residents of the Downtown Eastside. The facility was dismantled by the City of Vancouver approximately two hours after it opened to the public. This is what happens when a private citizen does what City Hall refuses to do, and City Hall shuts it down anyway.
East Hastings Street, Vancouver. Out-of-pocket installation by Scott Gilbert, dismantled by the City within two hours of opening.
Public Toilets in the Downtown Eastside — Finally Installed
Vancouver finally installs public toilets in the Downtown Eastside. Scott Gilbert has been arguing for years that the city's refusal to provide basic sanitation infrastructure — while spending over a million dollars on a single facility in Crab Park — is a policy choice, not a resource problem. The Vancouver Shart Gallery (vancouvershartgallery.ca) documents what happens to public spaces when a city fails to provide toilets for the people who live in them. This video shows what a working installation looks like.
Downtown Eastside, Vancouver. See also: vancouvershartgallery.ca — an investigative archive of the consequences of Vancouver's public sanitation failures.
Cleaning the Downtown Eastside — Sequel 138
Scott Gilbert cleaning windows at Sequel 138 on East Hastings Street — the only market-rent building on the 100 block of East Hastings, where he served as building manager for approximately five years. This is the building across from which Scott lived in his vehicle during the winter following his 2023 conviction, in order to comply with a probation condition barring him from entering. The work he did at this building — including installing the public safety cameras the VPD relied on — is directly reflected in his platform for Vancouver.
Sequel 138, 100 block of East Hastings Street, Vancouver.
Cleaning the Downtown Eastside — Sequel 138 (Part 2)
A second video from Scott's time as building manager at Sequel 138 on the 100 block of East Hastings Street.
Sequel 138, 100 block of East Hastings Street, Vancouver.
One of 12 Public Safety Cameras on East Hastings — Why This Matters
This footage comes from one of 12 cameras Scott installed along East Hastings Street to make a public record available on demand to anyone who needed it. Incidents like this happen every day on Hastings, and most are never reported — people don't call police, and there was nowhere else that would make footage available to the public. The building where this camera was mounted eventually tore it down. Later, Scott was bear-sprayed on that same stretch of sidewalk — the exact spot this camera would have covered — along with his girlfriend and his dogs. A group of police officers came up to ask what he was yelling about while he was pouring milk into his eyes for hours afterward, and there was no follow-up or investigation of any kind. Scott doesn't know who did it or why. This is the argument for a public camera network: 24/7 live-streamed traffic cameras across the DTES, and at least one paramedic on standby around the clock who can respond quickly when someone is hurt and has no working phone to call for help. Give people real incentives to get off drugs, real jobs, and make this area safe again. It's time to end the nonsense.
East Hastings Street, Vancouver. One of 12 public safety cameras Scott installed and made available on demand — the basis for his proposed city-wide Public Safety Camera Network.
East Hastings — Live Camera Footage
Footage captured by cameras Scott installed at his own expense behind 138 East Hastings St while serving as building manager of Sequel 138 — the only market-rent building on the 100 block of East Hastings. The VPD regularly requested and received this footage free of charge. Scott lost the position after refusing to make the footage public without a strata council vote. The strata president later released it herself, and ran a campaign to restrict police emergency access to the building. She is the same person who had Scott charged in the cell phone incident described on the Disclosures page.
This footage is the basis for the Public Safety Camera Network — a city-wide live public IP camera network streamed at easthastings.live.
Press Releases
Official campaign statements and announcements, published here as they're issued.
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A Decade of Public Safety Work
For the past decade, Scott Gilbert has worked to improve public safety in the Downtown Eastside — installing and operating video cameras paid for entirely out of his own pocket. That footage has assisted with nearly 50 investigations involving assaults, theft, arson, and more.
Scott's cameras on East Hastings — installed at his own expense while he was building manager at Sequel 138 — became the de facto public record for one of the most dangerous stretches of street in Canada. The VPD regularly requested and received this footage free of charge, and it has helped with nearly 50 investigations: assaults, thefts, arson, a crossbow shooting at a crowded street market, and a Vancouver police cruiser hitting a pedestrian.
In the September 2022 collision, Scott's footage showed a police cruiser striking Dennis Hunter head-on at speed on East Hastings — a 30 km/h zone — with no lights or sirens on. The impact threw him into the air and knocked his shoes off his feet. One detail did not make it into previous news reports: the same cruiser had passed the same man just minutes earlier, driving in the other direction. The officers knew — or should have known — he was there.
This is exactly why Scott's Safe Streets policy proposes a city-wide Public Safety Camera Network with 24/7 public live streams, and accountability that applies to everyone on the street — including the police. Let's fix this.
