 The party's platform includes increasing the supply of housing, capping permit wait times, and establishing a citywide housing plan, among others proposals.Hector Bremner was first elected as an NPA councillor in the 2017 Vancouver by-election, but his bid to run for the party's mayoral nomination in the city's 2018 election was blocked by the party executive.The president of the NPA did not reveal the reasons for rejecting Bremner's bid for nomination.