The review of Vancouver’s 2026 draft budget is off to a tense start, with one city councillor warning the financial plan is so thin on detail that council is being asked to vote “blind.”

Coun. Pete Fry says the document put forward by city staff — centred on Mayor Ken Sim’s “Zero Means Zero” property-tax freeze — is missing key information about what services or departments could face cuts to make the mayor’s promise work.

“I’ve been on council for [almost] eight years. This is the leanest document I’ve ever seen for a budget presentation,” Fry told 1130 NewsRadio, describing the draft pamphlet as “barely two dozen pages” compared to the typical “330 to 400 pages.”

“It’s an astounding lack of detail, and it makes it impossible for an informed decision to be made.”

Fry says even direct

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