This record covers Ibrahima Cisse, ballot number 148 for Vancouver City Council with Bright Future Vancouver. The party's candidate page, a candidate-submitted VoteMate profile and his own Instagram posts give his stated positions. Most of the party's five-pillar platform is recorded separately as party text because it does not name him as the person who would act.
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 October 3, 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
“Housing and homelessness, mental health and addiction, and the state of public spaces and services are issues he believes need more attention and a stronger connection between residents and government.”
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.
“Housing and homelessness, mental health and addiction, and the state of public spaces and services are issues he believes need more attention and a stronger connection between residents and government.”
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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 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 approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Bright Future Vancouver publishes 2 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 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 October 3, 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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 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 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.
“He believes Vancouver has the potential to become one of the world's great cities, but only if it puts people first, listens to its communities, and plans for the future instead of simply reacting to today's problems.”
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 Ibrahima Cisse
Ibrahima Cisse appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 148. The City records the affiliation as Bright Future Vancouver and gives his residency as Port Moody. The list shows no social media account or contact route for him.
The party candidate page says Cisse was born in Montreal and has called British Columbia home for nearly his entire life, spending much of it in East Vancouver.
The party candidate page says Cisse founded Community Growth Media, which it describes as a business that works with coaches, creators and business owners to build online communities. voche.me found no website or business record for Community Growth Media.
The party candidate page says Cisse managed a provincial election campaign and volunteered on a municipal campaign. The page does not name the party, the riding or the year.
The party candidate page says Cisse has spent more than 15 years supporting the African Fair Trade Society, a Vancouver organization, through community events, outreach and education. The society's own website names other people as its founders and does not mention him, and voche.me found no independent source for his role.
Daily Hive's ballot list of September 22, 2026 and CTV News' ballot list of September 19, 2026 both place Cisse at number 148 in the City Council race. The Wikipedia page for the 2026 Vancouver municipal election lists him among Bright Future Vancouver's council candidates and describes him as an entrepreneur and community builder.
His Instagram account, ibrahimacisse__, carries the name "Ibrahima Cisse | Vancouver City Council Candidate". Posts from September 24 to October 1, 2026 show door knocking in East Vancouver with volunteers and his part in an all-candidates debate at the York Theatre on October 1.
Bright Future Vancouver is a new civic party registered with Elections BC in January 2026, with Muhammad Ahmad as its mayoral candidate, according to the CityHallWatch party profile published on August 25, 2026.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, the party's pages, his VoteMate profile, his Instagram posts and the reporting linked under Sources. voche.me has not contacted the campaign.
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.
13 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Practical leadership and listening to communities
This repeats the statement recorded in the "Plan ahead and listen first" entry below: the party candidate page says Cisse believes Vancouver can become one of the world's great cities only if it puts people first, listens to its communities, and plans for the future instead of reacting to problems as they arrive.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party page states this as part of the same sentence used in the "Plan ahead and listen first" entry. This entry is tagged to no scored issue so the statement earns points once.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
Bright Future Vancouver's platform proposes a rent-to-own program that would place 20 percent of monthly rent into a protected equity trust, together with secure affordable rentals and local-first buyer protections.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform, set out on the party website and summarised in the CityHallWatch party profile. Cisse has not been recorded stating it personally in any source opened for this record.
What still needs checking
Whether Cisse states this position in the candidate's own words, and whether the city has the legal power to run such a trust.
The party's Blueprint overview lists 100% free transit for Vancouver residents, and its home page says 100% free resident transit. 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 faster buses, a trial of safety gates at three SkyTrain station platforms, and zoning work along the Broadway to UBC corridor ahead of a SkyTrain line.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform as published on its website. The Pulse page says TransLink, the regional transit body, runs the network and that the Mayor of Vancouver cannot change fares alone. The overview and the Pulse page describe free transit differently. Cisse has not been recorded stating it personally.
What still needs checking
Which description of free transit the party stands behind, how a city council would pay for it, and whether Cisse supports it.
His VoteMate profile says housing and homelessness are among the issues he believes need more attention and a stronger connection between residents and government.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile text is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no specific housing measure, target, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What specific housing or homelessness measure he would support at council.
Mental health, addiction and homelessness need more attention
His VoteMate profile says homelessness, mental health and addiction are among the issues he believes need more attention and a stronger connection between residents and government.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile text is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no program, service, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which City-controlled tool, if any, he would use for this.
His VoteMate profile says the state of public spaces and services is among the issues he believes needs more attention and a stronger connection between residents and government.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile text is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no specific space, service, cost or date. This topic falls outside the ten issues scored for Council, so it earns no points here.
What still needs checking
Which public spaces or services he means, and what he would change.
A stronger connection between residents and City Hall
His VoteMate profile says his focus is on listening directly to residents, understanding the problems they face, bringing those concerns forward, and pushing for practical changes at City Hall.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile text is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no consultation process, meeting rule or reporting change.
What still needs checking
Which City Hall process he would change so residents are heard.
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. No source opened for this record shows Cisse stating this personally. The page gives no cost, and says the plan does not replace the Province, health authorities or child care regulators.
What still needs checking
What the target would cost, and whether Cisse 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. No source opened for this record shows Cisse stating this personally. The page gives no cost and no number of teams for the expanded response.
What still needs checking
What the response would cost, who would run it, and whether Cisse 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. No source opened for this record shows Cisse stating this personally. The Aurora Engine page gives no cost for the fee refunds.
What still needs checking
Whether Cisse supports this rule and the fee refund it describes.
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. No source opened for this record shows Cisse stating this personally. The Pure Vancouver page states no confirmed rate, gives no revenue estimate, and says the levy needs legal authority and likely provincial cooperation.
What still needs checking
The rate the party intends, how much it would raise, and whether Cisse 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.
Statement
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 Cisse 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 Cisse himself on these points.
Instagram post supporting the campaign to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver
In an Instagram post on September 24, 2026, Cisse asks readers to imagine losing the chance to see a Whitecaps game because the team has left Vancouver, and adds the tag #SaveTheCaps. The post names no City action, site or cost.
Spoke at the Last Candidate Standing debate, York Theatre
In an Instagram post that night, Cisse says he spoke at the York Theatre on Commercial Drive along with other council and mayoral candidates and reached the second round. The Vancouver Public Space Network's listing describes Last Candidate Standing, held on October 1 at 7 pm at the York Theatre, as a debate open to every candidate for mayor and council, with topics chosen at random. voche.me found no recording or report of what he said.
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
Ian Holliday's list of all 130 names in ballot order places Cisse at number 148 among the 56 council candidates. The list gives no party labels and carries no statement from him.
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
The published ballot order lists 56 council candidates and places Cisse at number 148 for Bright Future Vancouver. The list 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.
No independent source was found for his role at the African Fair Trade Society. The society's own website names other people as its founders and does not mention him, so the claim is recorded only as what the party page says. No website or business record was found for Community Growth Media. The party page does not name the provincial campaign he managed, so it could not be checked. His VoteMate profile and his Instagram posts name no target number, cost or date for any issue. Women Transforming Cities' pledge results show no answer from him, and HUB Cycling's candidate survey has no row for him. The Mount Pleasant Community Association's notice listed him as Bright Future Vancouver's council speaker for its September 23 meeting, but voche.me found no report, recording or post showing that the meeting went ahead with him, so it is not recorded as an appearance. No recording of the October 1 Last Candidate Standing debate was found, so what he said there is unknown. No news article that quotes him, signed opinion piece or interview was found in English or French. The City's list links his nomination papers, but vancouver.ca refuses automated requests and the papers were not read.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate list, the party's candidate, news, events and platform pages, his VoteMate profile, his Instagram account, two candidate lists published by news outlets, and the lists of forums, pledges and questionnaires published by community groups.
His stated positions come from the party's candidate page, his VoteMate profile and his own Instagram posts. Each recorded position is checked against the words on the archived page.
Checks still to do: confirm his business and campaign roles with a source outside the campaign, and ask for individual commitments beyond the party platform.
The ballot name, office, ballot number, party label and residency 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
Dates not given
Founder, Community Growth Media
The party candidate page says the business helps coaches and creators build engaged online communities. The page gives no start date and no further detail.
The party candidate page says Cisse has spent more than 15 years supporting this Vancouver organization through community events, outreach and education. The page does not give a title or dates, and the society's own website does not mention him.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which formal City process would you change to improve public participation?
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 Ibrahima Cisse 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 Ibrahima Cisse's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Ibrahima Cisse?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Ibrahima Cisse's own campaign.
What is Ibrahima Cisse's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Ibrahima Cisse is number 148 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Ibrahima Cisse run with?
Ibrahima Cisse ran for City Council with Bright Future Vancouver.
Does Ibrahima Cisse currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Ibrahima Cisse.
How many sources does this Ibrahima Cisse profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Ibrahima Cisse filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Ibrahima Cisse. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Ibrahima Cisse's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Ibrahima Cisse 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 Ibrahima Cisse 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, his VoteMate profile and Daily Hive's ballot list again on October 3, 2026, and his entries had not changed. Added: his Instagram account and two of its posts, read from Instagram's public embed pages; his October 1 appearance at the Last Candidate Standing debate at the York Theatre, as his own post describes it; his September 24 post supporting the campaign to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver; Vote Palestine Vancouver's record that he committed to its full platform on August 15, 2026; CTV News' ballot list of September 19, 2026; the City's candidate list, which gives his residency as Port Moody; and the online food systems town hall on October 13, 2026, with his attendance unconfirmed. Corrections: five biography paragraphs repeated the same party page text, and they are now three. One paragraph said he has lived mostly in East Vancouver; the party page says he spent much of his life there, and the paragraph now says that. The party transit entry said the platform commits to free transit for residents; the party's own pages describe that goal in two different ways, and the entry now gives both. The research note no longer names a private person linked to the African Fair Trade Society. Calendar: the September 23 Mount Pleasant meeting was removed when the research date moved to October 3, 2026, because no report, recording or post found by voche.me shows that he took part. The organizer's notice had listed him as the party's council speaker.
Duplicate reason-for-running entry marked as a repeat
One entry, "Practical leadership and listening to communities," restated the same sentence on the party's candidate page that the "Plan ahead and listen first" entry already records: that Cisse believes Vancouver can become one of the world's great cities only if it puts people first, listens to its communities, and plans for the future instead of reacting to problems as they arrive. The first entry is now tagged to no scored issue so the statement earns points once.
