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Shona Dion

Victoria municipal election · 17 October 2026

CouncilNew candidateLeft · labour

Council candidate, active campaign verified 1 Sep 2026

Grade—7 of 55 answered

Goal-level platform: tenancy standards, bike lanes, canopy. All fiscal measures unaddressed; nothing opposed.mean 1.36 · 7/55 answered

Who they are

Shona Dion is a labour activist, community builder, photographer and working parent who moved to Victoria with her family in 2013. She uses she/her pronouns and describes 28 years of union membership. Her community and governance experience includes the North Jubilee Neighbourhood Association, service as a Victoria Labour Council table officer and recording secretary, work as a job steward and executive councillor, and fiduciary responsibility as a benefit-plan trustee. She also volunteers photography for social-justice, inclusion and environmental organizations. For voters, Dion offers deep labour and grassroots governance experience; the key question is how her community-agency approach translates into City-controlled programmes, costs and measurable outcomes.

How this grade was made

  1. The same 55 topics for every candidate.
  2. Actions beat words beat silence.
  3. A mark needs a URL and a date. Without both, the cell is a dash — unknown, not a fail.
  4. If they sat on Council this term, a sourced 2022–26 vote or decision beats a 2026 promise.
  5. A letter appears only after five scored answers.

No letter yet — a letter appears only after five scored answers. A dash is silence, not a fail.

Tap a mark to read the sentence it rests on. Tap a label in the legend for the one-line rule.

The five doors

A sourced sentence or a fact. Never a second grade.

Tax cap
—

No sourced sentence on this door. Silence, not a fail.

Downtown order
—

No sourced sentence on this door. Silence, not a fail.

Housing
said

"As a city we can continue to work with the province to support social housing and cooperative living spaces." No unit target, 3-bedroom share, below-market share or rental-share number. Scored on row 1.

shonadion4victoria.ca · 2026-09-02

Household bill
—

No sourced sentence on this door. Silence, not a fail.

Written program
yes

An authorized campaign site with biography, a Priorities page covering economics, environment and housing, a community-connection page, contact and donation functions, plus current Facebook and Instagram. Written and current. No costed budget, no tax formula, no unit target, no implementation calendar.

shonadion4victoria.ca · 2026-09-02

The 12 topics

Fifty-five cells. A dash is unknown, not a fail. Record lines are shown and do not add to the scored-answer count.

1. Housing that gets built1 scored
  1. M6 housing supply + composition
  2. M6b land bank + co-ops
  3. M7 permits + AI pre-screening
  4. M7b pattern-book housing
  5. M8/M8b 5% vacancy, DCC cuts, suite amnesty
2. Downtown ordersilence
  1. M26 Public Order Team
  2. M26b civilian crisis response
  3. M27 bylaw hours 6am–10pm
  4. M28 data-targeted enforcement
  5. M33 daytime sheltering bylaws
  6. M33b drug-use buffer (City: list + bylaw/DPOT + VicPD/CDSA; not City seizure)
  7. M34–M37 encampments, reclaiming spaces, night lighting
3. Household bill1 scored
  1. M66 tax glide path (capped on the residential rate)
  2. M66b/c over-collection refund + debt rule
  3. M66d the Household Bill
  4. M70/M70b provincial downloading ledger
  5. M70c CRD cost and the Goldstream plant
  6. M71–M73d business, downtown, one mandate not a new office
  7. M74/M75/M76 capital threshold, short-stay parking (15-min grace; first-hour gated Year 2), permit fees
4. Host Nationssilence
  1. M1–M5 Host Nations Foundation. Topic never drops out of the 12. A dash is still allowed on M1–M5.
5. Homelessness and waitlists1 scored
  1. M9/M9b/M64 tenant protections, STR, indoor heat (M9c struck; 26°C gated)
  2. M10 transparent algorithmic waitlists
  3. M11 Housing First + STEP throughput
6. Familiessilence
  1. M12/M13b/M13c childcare, doctors, youth (M13 school food is $0 → M13d)
  2. M13d standing School District 61 agreement
7. Streets and mobility1 scored
  1. M14/M16/M17/M18 cleanliness and the public realm
  2. M19/M22/M38/M40–M42b mobility + Vision Zero (M39 30 km/h struck; calming is M38) flag
  3. M20b/M23b walking and transit the City controls
  4. M24b/M25b accessibility and public washrooms
  5. M25 fix roads first
8. Policing and published safetysilence
  1. M28b business security cost-spreading
  2. M28d community paramedicine
  3. M29/M29b VicPD funding + regional review (convene-and-publish; no binding other force)
  4. M30 smart LED lights, no surveillance
  5. M31/M31b/M31c/M32 safety dashboard, published enforcement record, crime target
9. Beauty as a public goodsilence
  1. M43–M46b heritage and cultural venues
  2. M45b/c pedestrianisation and the signature project
  3. M47–M49 heritage incentives, lighting, parks
  4. M50/M50b/M51/M52 culture, sport, and the arts funding floor
10. A smaller scored Hallsilence
  1. M15 managed competition
  2. M65 rotating zero-based reviews
  3. M67 quarterly performance dashboard
  4. M68 overhead reduction by attrition
  5. M69 real-estate rationalisation
  6. M53/M53b/M53c GIS, AI consultation imagery, LIDAR
  7. M53d published municipal AI standard
  8. M54–M57 local-tech procurement, open data, Wi-Fi, EV charging
11. Climate and trees as operations2 scored
  1. M58/M58b/M64b climate, district energy, seismic
  2. M59–M63 trees, mode share, ecosystems, emergency preparedness
12. Neighbourhoods and integrity1 scored
  1. M77/M78/M78b $25M referendum threshold, 5-step process, material-change rule
  2. M79/M79b Integrity Commissioner + 60-day consultation response
  3. M79c–f lobbyist registry, FOI fee, remuneration
  4. M80/M80b/M80c neighbourhoods, language access, Local Area Plans
  5. M82/M82b community surveys, turnout and ballot access
  6. M81 Saanich amalgamation (one line, not the whole topic)
Background

Evidence vintage (summary). Verified 1 Sep 2026 against the complete authorized campaign site and biography, current Facebook and Instagram activity, public professional and labour profiles and a 18 Jun MoveUP endorsement. The site publishes priorities and values but not a detailed costed platform.

Web, campaign & socials (checked 1 Sep 2026). Campaign site · My Story · Facebook · Instagram campaign post · LinkedIn · Photography/community site · no verified campaign X, Bluesky, Threads, TikTok or YouTube account was linked

Profile. Shona Dion is a labour activist, community builder, photographer and working parent who moved to Victoria with her family in 2013. She uses she/her pronouns and describes 28 years of union membership. Her community and governance experience includes the North Jubilee Neighbourhood Association, service as a Victoria Labour Council table officer and recording secretary, work as a job steward and executive councillor, and fiduciary responsibility as a benefit-plan trustee. She also volunteers photography for social-justice, inclusion and environmental organizations. For voters, Dion offers deep labour and grassroots governance experience; the key question is how her community-agency approach translates into City-controlled programmes, costs and measurable outcomes.

2026 campaign and social verification. shonadion4victoria.ca is a current, authorized campaign site with biography, contact and donation functions. Its central commitment is to give neighbourhoods more agency in responding to housing security and affordability, climate resilience and community safety, while uplifting residents and organizations already doing the work. Campaign communications also emphasize constituent voice, transparency and strong communities. MoveUP endorsed Dion on 18 Jun; that endorsement and her Victoria Labour Council role are relevant organizational affiliations, not substitutes for candidate-authored policy. Facebook is directly linked from the site, and current Instagram campaign material was located. No other official campaign social channel was verified.

Sources. Campaign site, candidate biography, 18 Jun MoveUP endorsement, Victoria Labour Council leadership page, LinkedIn and current campaign social content.

Current evidence requiring first full score. Published language creates preliminary evidence around M6/M9, M26, M58, M67, M78 and M80, but no costs, unit targets, service hours, safety staffing, climate milestones, tax path, permit standard, regional funding formula, capital plan, performance dashboard or implementation dates are published. The labour affiliations may be relevant to future procurement or managed-competition questions, but no position should be inferred without a direct statement.

Updates / notes.

  • 2026-09-01 — Biography, campaign themes, labour affiliations and current social channels verified; detailed platform remains pending.

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