2022 mayor candidates

The mayor leads City Council.

Together, the mayor and 10 councillors are responsible for City services such as bylaws, taxes, streets, sidewalks, and water.

Candidate names are listed in numeric order based on the results of the random ballot draw.

The views expressed in these profiles are the views of the candidates and they are not endorsed by the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Park Board or the Vancouver School Board.

Profiles are reproduced as submitted by the candidates and the content has not been altered in any way.

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SHOTTHA, Satwant
Top 3 priorities
1. Homes ownership
2. Rental
3. Affordable homes
Platform

We, the citizens of city of Vancouver, want to keep our land and build our own homes and rental properties on already developed land instead of selling it to the developers to redevelop our lots and resell it us at 3-5 times the value. We want to keep our lots and build multi-story and multi-ownership buildings to make not only homeownership but also rent affordable, and allow 70% building area in rental building approved areas.

Biography

I, Satwant Shottha, ran in 2018 because I was bullied as a COV employee. I have gained a lot of confidence since then. I am running to see if I am the only one who doesn't want council to allow developers to redevelop our lots to make 5 times the profit instead of allowing lot owners to build shared buildings.

Contact

Phone:6047834244

Email: sshottha@gmail.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/satiepooni
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STEWART, Kennedy

(he / him / his)
Party: Forward with Kennedy Stewart

Top 3 priorities
1. Affordable housing
2. Mental health & addiction
3. Sustainable economy
Platform

While other parties plan to cut, we plan to build. On housing, Forward Together will significantly increase supply and affordability, streamline the approval process and protect renters. On public health and safety, we will create more supportive housing, provide more harm reduction and treatment options, and offer greater mental health supports for our most vulnerable neighbours. On climate change, we will build a sustainable, equitable and vibrant economy rooted in reconciliation, accessibility and inclusivity.

Biography

Kennedy Stewart fell in love with how cities function while working in the City of Vancouver's planning department. He has a Ph.D. in world cities from the London School of Economics and is a professor at SFU's School of Public Policy. He was an NDP MP for seven years and has served as mayor of Vancouver since 2018.

Contact

Phone: 778-900-8326

Email: info@forwardvancouver.ca

Website: www.forwardvancouver.ca/kennedy_stewart
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POPAT, Imtiaz

(They)
Top 3 priorities
1. Housing
2. Stop Hate
3. Public Safety
Platform

I am opposed to the Vancouver Plan which will displace people living in older apartment buildings. The must build more social housing. We must also work to have a city free of hate. We must have a plan to keep everyone safe.

Biography

Imtiaz Popat is running for mayor of Vancouver as an independent. He is a long-time equal rights and social justice activist and therapeutic counsellor.

Contact

Phone: 6043962072

Email: info@imtiaz.popat.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081674617979
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HARDWICK, Colleen
Party: TEAM

Top 3 priorities
1. Affordable Housing
2. Public Safety
3. Core Services
Platform

TEAM aims to restore balance to the City of Vancouver, making it safer and more affordable, while prioritizing core services. Our community-based planning approach balances housing, mobility, community amenities, business activity and affordability. TEAM For A Livable Vancouver will replace the current Broadway Plan and Vancouver Plan to avoid demovictions of affordable low-rise rental housing and consult neighbourhoods on how to keep our kids in Vancouver – without massive concrete towers everywhere. See more: https://www.voteteam.ca/positions

Biography

Colleen Hardwick has served on City Council since 2018. Born and raised in Vancouver, she is an award-winning entrepreneur, founding businesses in the film & TV and digital technology industries. She studied geography, urban planning and applied innovation at UBC. A 3rd generation elected public servant, Colleen is married, has 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren born during this term.

Contact

Email: colleen@voteteam.ca

Website: https://www.voteteam.ca/colleenhardwick

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CouncillorColleenHardwick
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BROWN, Leona

(she/her)
Top 3 priorities
1. ReconciliACTION
2. Indigenous Sovereignty
3. Indigenous Healing
Platform

Systematic changes need to occur to prevent further genocide to the Indigenous peoples of the lands. Indigenous peoples need to be sitting at the table to create the change. I am A Voice of Reconciliation. Too many political election promises have been made, its time to follow through by ReconciliACTION. I come with Lived experience of how to understand Indigenous Sovereignty & Healing to see a path to A Just, Equal, Healthy Society.

Biography

I am a Gitxsan & Nisga'a Refugee in these unceded territories, I take on land based work and thrive as a great ambassador for Indigenous Land, Lives, and Waterways This work has become my Healing Journey, it is important to know who we are and where we come from and how we live in a colonized society.

Contact

Email: leona_brown@hotmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085663714467
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RAUNET, Françoise

(she/her)
Top 3 priorities
1. Trickle-up economics
2. Fair, safe infrastructure
3. Transparent leadership
Platform

We already know what needs to be done. Now we need shovels in the ground. We must work across party lines to achieve results.

Counter globalized economy with localization
- Support small-scale entrepreneurs
- Local supply chains; clean local food
- Circular & zero-waste initiatives

Use public lands for 100% public housing

Prepare for/mitigate ecological crises
- Reliable public transportation everywhere
- Shore up ecosystems & infrastructure
- Eco-friendly construction

End sweetheart real-estate industry deals

Biography

Raised in Vancouver, I'm a passionate, pragmatic, solution-focused, activist who's tired of protest signs being ignored. I entered politics to meet government leaders face-to-face on the debate stage.

- VSB district support teacher, co-op housing resident, dedicated mother
- Locally focused with global experience (5 years in Taipei; M.A. International Studies)
- Descended from European settlers onto unceded Indigenous lands

Contact

Email: francoiseraunet@gmail.com

Website: www.votefrancoise.com

Twitter: @FrancoiseRaunet
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VILLEGAS, Lewis

(he, his)
Top 3 priorities
1. Guar. Affordable Housing!
2. House the Homeless Now!
3. Win the 2030 Olympic Bid!
Platform

1. GAHP—Guaranteed Affordable Housing in Perpetuity (Forever!).

2. STOP—People living on the streets. House them!

3. WIN—2030 Olympic Bid!

4. K-12—Mayor's Merit Medals.

5. FREE—Shopping bags and beverage cups.

6. FREE—curbside parking, 8pm to 8am.

Plan our city as a compendium of neighborhoods designed with input from the neighbors, merchants and stakeholders—with all new towers downtown, not in the neighborhoods.

Extend Canada Line tunnel to the North Shore—not UBC—providing direct YVR-Whistler service during Olympics—and beyond.

Biography

Vancouver resident: 37-years. Canadian citizenship: Gr.10. Degrees: Liberal Arts, Technology and Architecture.

Delivered neighborhood revitalization projects in US-and-Canada working closely with Councils-and-staffs. See website for GAHP Plan—Guaranteeing Affordable Housing in Perpetuity and ending homelessness.

Designed Chinatown-Square and Olympic Village Plan. Both places demonstrate a missing element Vancouver planning in last 40 years: Neighborhoods-and-Places designed to support higher-levels of social functioning.

Contact

Email: villegas4444mayor@gmail.com

Website: Villegas444mayor.com

Twitter: @Villegas4444
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CHAN, Ping
Top 3 priorities
1. Non-market Social Housing
2. New GHG Electric Revenues
3. Community Safety and Life
Platform

Capture considerable revenue of renewable green electricity generation from Geothermal Energy with no greenhouse gas GHG emission for building 45,000 safe, affordable non-market housing units now over next 8 years to address the homeless crisis and wage increase; Reduce voters's residential land tax; Heavily tax on lands vacant for 5 years or more; Beautify and purify Vancouver; Aggressively promote tourism for Vancouver; Collaborate filming industry with international filmmakers,& microbreweries for gourmet beer export increasing GDP.

Biography

Being a colour Candidate, I admit to addressing the homelessness and safety issues by bringing in considerable new revenue through innovative energy approach with Geothermal Energy for Electricity and land reclamation using the Via Ducts remnants now. The new electric income can also lower the land tax for voters. Advocate Rent-to-Own house scheme can be implemented now. Thanks much!

Contact

Phone: 604.235.1572

Email: drpchab@yahoo.com

Twitter: @drpingchan
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HARDING, Fred 傅爱德
Party: NPA

Top 3 priorities
1. Public Safety
2. Housing
3. Core Services,
Platform

Public Safety
- Ensure crisis-level leadership for public safety at city hall.
- Ensure our neighbourhoods are safe by supporting and working with our great progressive police service. Those who break the law need to be held accountable.
- Ensure harm reduction is tied to treatment.
2. Housing – Focus on housing supply, less red tape and shorten permit wait times.
3. Core services – Improve basic services with fewer taxes and less government waste.

Biography

As a former police officer, I understand what's required to restore public safety and confidence to our streets. I understand how to suppress crime, and use complex case law and limited resources to achieve success. I will bring leadership and a sense of urgency to resolve the public crisis that evolved over the last four years. I will rebuild trust.

Contact

Website: https://npavancouver.ca/
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HANSEN, Mike
Top 3 priorities
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Platform

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Biography

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Contact

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CHARMLEY, Ryan
Top 3 priorities
1. Strengthen communities
2. Liberal accountability
3. Reconciliation technology
Platform

A city is a collection of communities, and within each community are the experts to solve the problems they care about, and to scrutinize decisions and data if given opportunity.

As leader, I will leverage the strengths of each community, work tirelessly to build consensus, and push for simple effective solutions that create transparency and accountability.

At the heart of my plan is to find a balance that is politically aligned with the radical center.

Biography

A successful tech entrepreneur with deep agency experience working with fortune 500 companies. Raised with a humble background, I am the first privately adopted child in British Columbia outside of kin. Biologically, I am First Nations and carry the X2A haplogroup. I am running to push for positive change, to fix our beautiful city, for us, and for our children.

Contact

Email: voteflap@gmail.com

Website: voteflap.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryancharmley
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BUDAY, Gölök Z

(I, Me, Myself, Individual)
Top 3 priorities
1. Easing Permit Red Tape
2. Restructure Taxes
3. Install A Constitution
Platform

To ban the feds (All federal Government institutions from City Limits) and install a community and liberty/decentralist focused Constitution.
Eliminate permit red tape restructuring this and revenue collecting.
Eliminating purposeless civil service.
A Liberty above Democracy policy.

Biography

Officially born in 1978, May 29th.
Libertarian (Ran BCLP 2021, LPoC 2019 (2022)). Ran for Mayor 5 times berfore.
Liberty, MindFreedom, and anti-Mandate Activist.

Contact

Website: https://buday4vancouver.goliberty.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haveabj

Other: https://orbys.net/buday4liberty/wall/
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TETI, Dante
Top 3 priorities
1. Not provided
2. Not provided
3. Not provided
Platform

Not provided

Biography

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Contact

Email: dante.teti@icloud.com
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SIM, Ken

(He/Him)
Party: ABC Vancouver

Top 3 priorities
1. Safety
2. Affordability
3. Sustainability
Platform

• Invest in public safety — hire 100 police officers and 100 mental health nurses
• Address the housing crisis — triple housing starts and streamline permitting
• Make Vancouver a more vibrant city — expand patios and plazas
• Ensure those struggling with mental health and addictions have access to proper support
• Improve cycling, pedestrian, and rapid transit infrastructure
• Embrace technology and evidence-based policy to make city hall more efficient and effective

Biography

Ken was born and raised in Vancouver, and is the co-founder of two successful Vancouver-based companies: Rosemary Rocksalt and Nurse Next Door. Ken volunteers on the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation Board and supports health and harm reduction initiatives in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He lives with his wife and four sons in Kitsilano.

Contact

Email: info@abcvancouver.ca

Website: https://abcvancouver.ca/team/ken/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vote4ABC
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MARISSEN, Mark

(He/Him/His)
Party: Progress Vancouver

Top 3 priorities
1. End the Housing Shortage
2. Streamline Permitting
3. Fight Climate Change
Platform

Housing is everything. Progress Vancouver is united on a plan to make housing affordable again.

1. Reform zoning
2. Build budget-neutral mixed-income housing
3. More senior housing in neighbourhoods
4. Build 15,000 new homes/rentals per year
5. Build co-ops and multi-generational homes
6. Secure federal funding for social housing
7. Progressive Luxury Homes Surtax
8. Fight speculation
9. Protect renters
10. Streamline permits
11. Reform Community Amenity Contributions
12. Support Indigenous-led developments like Sen̓áḵw

Biography

Mark is an entrepreneur, political expert, and grassroots advisor. He has a track record of building diverse coalitions to create solutions.

Mark currently serves as senior advisor to McMillan Vantage. Over the last 25 years, he founded & operated multiple companies, including Burrard Strategy. A transit supporter throughout his public career, Mark helped deliver the Millennium, Evergreen, and Canada Line.

Contact

Facebook: www.facebook.com/markforvancouver

Instagram: www.instagram.com/markforvancouver/

Twitter: twitter.com/marissenmark

2022 mayor candidates

SHOTTHA, Satwant

STEWART, Kennedy

POPAT, Imtiaz

HARDWICK, Colleen

BROWN, Leona

RAUNET, Françoise

VILLEGAS, Lewis

CHAN, Ping

HARDING, Fred 傅爱德

HANSEN, Mike

CHARMLEY, Ryan

BUDAY, Gölök Z

TETI, Dante

SIM, Ken

MARISSEN, Mark

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