This record covers Bilal Khan, candidate number 122 for Vancouver City Council with Bright Future Vancouver. The material found about him is the party candidates page, a biography and plan on VoteMate that the candidate or the campaign submitted, one video interview published on June 10, 2026 in which a host asks him questions, two posts on his Instagram account, and an advocacy group's record of his position on its Palestine platform. He has no personal campaign website.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured September 25, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“On housing, I want density paired with real infrastructure”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Bright Future Vancouver’s platform on housing: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Bright Future Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Bright Future Vancouver’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Bright Future Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Bright Future Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Bright Future Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Bright Future Vancouver’s platform on climate: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
No position found by voche.me as of September 25, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Bright Future Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Bright Future Vancouver’s platform on child care: 1 commitment, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
“whether that's from home through fast-tracked permitting, or through a pop-up storefront, sandbox permit, or City-backed micro-loan for young entrepreneurs just getting started”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
No position found by voche.me as of September 25, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Bilal Khan
Bilal Khan appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 122. The City records the affiliation as Bright Future Vancouver.
The Bright Future Vancouver candidates page says Khan was born and raised in Metro Vancouver, and that growing up on local farms, attending Point Grey Secondary and later experiencing homelessness gave him firsthand insight into the problems around housing, affordability and opportunity. The page also says he is driven by faith and service.
Khan is one of six Bright Future Vancouver council candidates listed on the party's page, alongside Andy Lin, Judith Kasiama, Ibrahima Cisse, Yadwinder Mangat and Mohadeseh GP Arasi.
CityHallWatch reports that Bright Future Vancouver was registered by Elections BC in January 2026 and is led by mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad, a communications and public affairs worker raised in Lahore, Pakistan. CityHallWatch also writes that the party's candidates have never held elected office in Vancouver.
Daily Hive's ballot list of September 22, 2026 and CTV News' ballot list of September 19, 2026 both place Khan at number 122 among the 56 council candidates.
The VoteMate profile, which VoteMate marks as submitted by the candidate or the campaign, says Khan founded Kgyoka, described there as a Vancouver organization with a nonprofit foundation and a commercial enterprise arm. Two websites carry the Kgyoka name and neither names Khan, so voche.me has not confirmed the role.
Vote Palestine Vancouver, an advocacy group that says it is registered with Elections BC as a third party advertiser, lists Khan as committed to its full four-point platform on Palestine since August 15, 2026. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions. voche.me found no statement by Khan himself on these points.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted by voche.me, and no answers to voche.me questions appear on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
21 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Housing growth with infrastructure
Khan's VoteMate plan says he wants new housing density to come with infrastructure (it lists sewers, transit and schools) that is approved at the same time as the growth.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
VoteMate marks the text as submitted by the candidate or the campaign. The plan names no zoning rule, budget line, number of homes, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which zoning changes and which infrastructure budgets Khan would put to a Council vote, and by when.
Khan's VoteMate plan says he wants protections so that existing homeowners are not pressured to sell and first-time buyers can compete for starter homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The plan does not say what the protections are or which level of government has the power to set them. It gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What the protections would be, and whether Council can adopt them.
Khan's VoteMate plan says he wants to make it easier to start a small business, from home through fast-tracked permitting, or through a pop-up storefront, a sandbox permit or a City-backed micro-loan for young entrepreneurs just getting started.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The plan names the permit and loan tools and gives no number, cost, funding source or date. It does not explain the term sandbox permit.
What still needs checking
What each tool would allow, what the loans would cost the City, and when Khan would ask Council to vote.
Khan's VoteMate plan says families and residents deserve parks, transit stops and sidewalks they can use, which he says means enforcement paired with outreach and support.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The plan names no service, budget line, number or date, and does not say who would carry out the enforcement or the outreach.
What still needs checking
Which enforcement and outreach services Khan would fund, and by how much.
Khan's VoteMate plan says he wants Vancouver to grow food locally through vertical farming and community gardens, to lower costs and reduce dependence on shipping.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Food growing falls outside the ten issues scored for Council, so it earns no points. The plan gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which City land or program Khan would use, and what it would cost.
Khan's VoteMate plan says he wants a council strong enough to carry out the plan's measures, so that the mayor can stay focused on Vancouver's future.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This describes how Council and the mayor would share their work. It names no meeting rule, committee, reporting duty or consultation step, so it is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
What Khan would change about how Council and the mayor share their work.
In the Maple Life Canada interview Khan says one of the simple things he would do is make housing more affordable.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are taken from the automatic captions of the video. The captions are machine-made, were not checked against the audio and do not label speakers. The host introduces Khan at 31:29, and the answer follows in his segment. He gives no measure, number, cost or date for it.
What still needs checking
What Khan would change at Council to make housing more affordable.
In the Maple Life Canada interview Khan says the way to make streets safer is to get people off the streets in the first place, and that people living on the street need support, economic support and access to careers and jobs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are taken from the automatic captions of the video. The captions are machine-made, were not checked against the audio and do not label speakers. The host introduces Khan at 31:29, and the answer follows in his segment. He names no shelter, housing program, budget line, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which City programs Khan would fund to support people living on the street, and how many people they would reach.
In the Maple Life Canada interview Khan says that whether or not he is elected, he will be on the East Side helping make the streets safer.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are taken from the automatic captions of the video. The captions are machine-made, were not checked against the audio and do not label speakers. The host introduces Khan at 31:29, and the answer follows in his segment. This is a promise about his own presence and names no City measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which Council decisions Khan would make to improve safety on the streets.
In the Maple Life Canada interview Khan says one of the simple things he would do is make groceries cheaper.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The words are taken from the automatic captions of the video. The captions are machine-made, were not checked against the audio and do not label speakers. The host introduces Khan at 31:29, and the answer follows in his segment. Grocery prices fall outside the ten issues scored for Council, so this earns no points. He gives no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What City action Khan has in mind to lower grocery prices.
2026 · Keeping local families in VancouverCampaign pledge
Keeping local families in Vancouver
The party's candidate page says Khan is running to help build a city where the middle class can thrive, struggling families are supported, and people born here can stay in the communities they helped build.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A reason for running on the party's candidate page, read again on September 25, 2026. It names no measure, number, cost or date, and no scored issue, so it earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which measures Khan would propose so that local families can stay, what they would cost and by when.
The party's Roots Project page says 20% of monthly rent on selected homes on city-owned land or city-partnered land would go into a protected Roots Equity Trust that belongs to the renter. It sets a first-term target of 2,000 Roots Project homes approved or moving through the approval process, adds Local Buyers First rules for starter homes, and asks for at least 25% family-sized units in eligible new multi-family developments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform, read again on September 25, 2026. None of the party's pages names Khan as the person who would act on it. The Roots Project page gives no total cost for the program and lists City tools such as city-owned land, long-term land leases and reduced fees where legally possible.
What still needs checking
Whether Khan supports this plan, and what it would cost the City.
The party's Blueprint overview lists 100% free transit for Vancouver residents. Its Pulse page describes two phases: free transit for youth under 18 and low-income seniors first, then a target of a 50% fare reduction for eligible low- and middle-income residents. The Pulse page also lists work to change the zoning along the Broadway to UBC corridor ahead of construction of a SkyTrain line.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. The Pulse page says TransLink, the regional transit body, runs the network and that the Mayor of Vancouver cannot change fares or the network alone. The overview and the Pulse page describe free transit differently. None of the party's pages names Khan as the person who would act.
What still needs checking
Which description of free transit the party stands behind, and whether Khan supports it.
The party's Universal Care page sets a first-term target of 500 extended-hour and night-shift child care spaces, using faster approvals, flexible zoning and civic buildings. The home page calls it a 24 hour childcare vision.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. The page gives no cost. It says the plan does not replace the Province, health authorities or child care regulators. None of the party's pages names Khan as the person who would act.
What still needs checking
What the target would cost, and whether Khan supports it.
The party's Universal Care page says it would expand health-led crisis response so that non-violent mental health emergencies receive clinical care instead of an automatic police response.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. The page gives no cost and no number of response teams. None of the party's pages names Khan as the person who would act.
What still needs checking
What the response would cost, who would run it, and whether Khan supports it.
The party's Blueprint overview lists 21 days before permits are automatically granted. Its Aurora Engine page describes a 21-day standard for low-risk small business and starter-home permit applications that are complete and meet the rules: an approval or a detailed list of problems within 21 calendar days, with a partial fee refund when the City misses the deadline.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. The two pages describe the rule differently. The Aurora Engine page gives no cost for the fee refunds. None of the party's pages names Khan as the person who would act.
What still needs checking
Which description of the rule the party stands behind, and whether Khan supports it.
The party's Blueprint overview lists a 2% fair share surcharge on luxury properties of $5M and over. Its Pure Vancouver page describes a levy on residential properties assessed above $5 million, charged only on the value above $5 million, with the revenue set aside for infrastructure, school safety, child care, community hubs and housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. The Pure Vancouver page states no rate, gives no revenue estimate, and says the levy needs legal authority and likely provincial cooperation. None of the party's pages names Khan as the person who would act.
What still needs checking
The rate the party intends, how much it would raise, and whether Khan supports it.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Interview
Video interview with Maple Life Canada
In his segment of the video, which starts at 31:29, a host asks Khan about his background, why voters should trust him, downtown safety and where to find him. The words recorded from it come from the video automatic captions, which voche.me has not checked against the audio.
Listed as committed to the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group that says it is registered with Elections BC as a third party advertiser, lists Khan as committed to its full four-point platform on August 15, 2026. In the group's words the points are: condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid Free Communities pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions, including reviewing contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association (ACLA) framework of Anti-Palestinian Racism. The list gives the same date for mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad and four other Bright Future Vancouver council candidates. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions and that the list is current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by Khan himself on these points.
On October 1, 2026 his Instagram account posted a campaign message that asks people to vote for Bilal Khan at number 122, gives the City's 311 number for mail-in ballots and the October 17 election day, and includes the words "Strengthening communities, inspiring individuals, sustaining our city." The post states no policy.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
CTV News
There are 130 names on Vancouver's municipal election ballot. Here's the order in which they'll appear
Published the ballot order for every race, placing Khan at number 122 for council. The article carries no statement from him.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The party biography and the VoteMate biography give his background (local farms, Point Grey Secondary, experience of homelessness and founding Kgyoka), and no independent source confirms it. The two Kgyoka websites were read again on October 3, 2026 and still do not name Khan, so voche.me has not confirmed his role there. His Instagram account showed two posts to a signed-out reader on October 3, 2026, and neither states a policy. The interview words come from automatic captions that were not checked against the audio, and a person should watch the segment from 31:29. The party platform pages never name him as the person who would act, so the platform is recorded as party text. No answer from him was found in HUB Cycling's candidate survey or in Women Transforming Cities' pledge results, and no forum listing found by voche.me names him as a speaker. No public role, motion or vote was found. The City's candidate page refused automated reads on October 3, 2026. Many people share the name Bilal Khan, so no court, regulator or other public record was linked to this candidate.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22 and 25 and October 3, 2026: campaign material, a VoteMate profile written by the candidate or the campaign, a video interview, two Instagram posts, an advocacy group's record of his position, ballot lists and forum listings. Biographical claims require corroboration.
The party candidate page, the VoteMate profile and the party platform pages were read again on October 3, 2026, and his entries had not changed. Each commitment in the record names its source and the words it rests on.
Checks still to do: watch the interview from 31:29 to confirm the caption text, and open the City candidate page, which refused automated reads on October 3, 2026.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2026
City Council candidate, Bright Future Vancouver
Running for one of the 10 council seats in the election of October 17, 2026, at ballot number 122. No earlier candidacy or public office was found for Khan.
The VoteMate biography, submitted by the candidate or the campaign, says Khan founded Kgyoka, a Vancouver organization with a nonprofit foundation and a commercial enterprise arm. The two Kgyoka websites read on September 25, 2026 do not name him, so voche.me has not confirmed the role.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What specific housing or service proposal would you bring to council first?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Bilal Khan directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Bilal Khan's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Bilal Khan?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Bilal Khan's own campaign.
What is Bilal Khan's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Bilal Khan is number 122 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Bilal Khan run with?
Bilal Khan ran for City Council with Bright Future Vancouver.
Does Bilal Khan currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Bilal Khan.
How many sources does this Bilal Khan profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Bilal Khan filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Bilal Khan. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Bilal Khan's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Bilal Khan in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Bilal Khan ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Record reviewed on October 3, 2026
voche.me read the party's candidate, news, events and platform pages, the VoteMate profile, CityHallWatch's party profile and Daily Hive's ballot list again on October 3, 2026, and his entries had not changed. Added: Vote Palestine Vancouver's record that Khan committed to its full platform on August 15, 2026; CTV News' ballot list of September 19, 2026, which names him at number 122; his Instagram post of October 1, 2026, read from Instagram's public embed page, which asks voters to vote for him at number 122; and the online food systems town hall on October 13, 2026, with his attendance unconfirmed. Women Transforming Cities' pledge results show no answer from him, and HUB Cycling's candidate survey has no row for him. Corrections: three biography paragraphs repeated the same party page text, and they are now one paragraph. One paragraph said Muhammad Ahmad has not held elected office before; its source, CityHallWatch, says he does not appear to have held elected office, so the paragraph now gives CityHallWatch's words that the party's candidates have never held elected office in Vancouver. The research date moved to October 3, 2026. No calendar event fell before that date, so none was removed or converted.
The single entry titled Party plans for transit, childcare and a surcharge on expensive homes described several planks together and said a 2 percent surcharge would fund them. The Pure Vancouver page lists the uses of the levy revenue as infrastructure, school safety, child care, community hubs and housing. Free transit and the 21-day permit rule are not on that list. The entry is replaced by five entries, one for each issue, each recorded as party text.
The entry said CityHallWatch reports a target of 2,000 rent-to-own homes, and that the candidate page says housing and affordability brought Khan into the race. CityHallWatch and the party Roots Project page give the target as 2,000 Roots Project homes approved or moving through the approval process during the first term, and the Roots Project page lists 500 rent-to-own homes as one part of it. The candidate page names housing, affordability and opportunity as the areas where his own experience gave him insight, and gives no housing measure. The entry now follows those pages.
The biography said the candidate page describes how his experience of homelessness shapes his view of housing costs for middle income families and for people in the most difficult situations. One priority said middle class residents and struggling families can stay in the communities they helped build. The page says his experience gave him firsthand insight into housing, affordability and opportunity, and says he is running to help build a city where the middle class can thrive, struggling families are supported and people born here can stay in the communities they helped build. The profile summary named support services as a focus, and no source read on September 25 says that. The summary now names the topics of his VoteMate plan. All three entries now follow their sources.
The introduction and the list of gaps said the only material found was the party biography and the ballot list, and that no interview or dated statement was found. On September 25, 2026 voche.me found a VoteMate profile written by the candidate or the campaign and a Maple Life Canada video interview published on June 10, 2026. Both are now recorded, and the introduction and the gaps follow them.
