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Job ZhaoVancouver municipal election
Job ZhaoCity CouncilBallot no.108
Candidate research / October 3, 2026
This record covers what could be established about Job Zhao, an independent candidate for Vancouver city council in 2026. The sources found are the City’s candidate list, Daily Hive’s ballot list, his VoteMate page and one candidate tracker. None of them holds a statement from him.
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 rules0/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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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 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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
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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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
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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.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
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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 October 3, 2026.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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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 Job Zhao
Job Zhao appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 108. The City lists no party affiliation for this candidacy.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears 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.
1 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Candidate profileNot established
No published statement found
voche.me found no statement by Job Zhao on any issue in searches up to October 3, 2026. The VoteMate page for his candidacy is headed Independent for Vancouver Council and says he has not added promises and has not uploaded a profile.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This entry records the result of the search on October 3, 2026. The City’s candidate list shows ballot number 108 with no party and “Not provided” for social media and contact. Daily Hive’s ballot list of September 22, 2026 shows 108: Job Zhao with no party, and the VoteMate profile is still empty. The sources hold no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Whether the campaign publishes a platform or answers a candidate questionnaire before October 17, 2026.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Research / 8 linked sources
Check the evidence
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Nothing beyond listings of his candidacy was found. In searches up to October 3, 2026, in English and Chinese, no campaign website, social media account, news article, interview, questionnaire answer or public statement could be traced to him. The City’s candidate list records “Not provided” for his social media and contact. Because the name is common, no biography, career history, photograph or policy position is recorded here, since none could be tied to him with certainty. The City’s list links his nomination papers; voche.me could not open that file, so nothing from it appears here.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City’s councillor candidate list, his VoteMate page, Daily Hive’s ballot list, candidate trackers and questionnaire pages, forum listings, and web searches in English and Chinese.
The City’s list shows ballot number 108 for ZHAO, Job, with no party. Under social media and under contact it says “Not provided.” It links his nomination papers, which voche.me could not open because the City’s site refused the request.
voche.me found no campaign website, social media account, platform, interview, questionnaire answer or news report from him, so the platform section is empty. The candidate may still publish positions before October 17.
The name is common, so voche.me has linked no outside biography, photograph or profile to him.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City’s final candidate list.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Background not supplied
Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile.
04 / Questions & answers
Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What professional or community experience and three specific council priorities should voters know about?
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 Job Zhao 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 Job Zhao's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Job Zhao?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Job Zhao's own campaign.
What is Job Zhao's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Job Zhao is number 108 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Job Zhao run with?
Job Zhao ran for City Council as an independent, with no party affiliation listed on the City's candidate list.
Does Job Zhao currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Job Zhao.
How many sources does this Job Zhao profile cite?
This profile lists 1 sourced reference, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Job Zhao filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Job Zhao. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Job Zhao's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Job Zhao 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 Job Zhao 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 again on October 3
Searches were run again in English and Chinese. voche.me read the City’s councillor candidate list for the first time, through a reader service, because the City’s site refuses direct requests. The list shows ballot number 108 with no party, and it records “Not provided” for his social media and for his contact. Added: the City list as a source, the Vote Palestine Vancouver candidate tracker, which lists no response from him as of October 1, and an online all-candidates town hall on October 13 with his attendance unconfirmed. The commitment entry, the research status, the research gaps and the schedule note now say what the City list shows. No calendar event before October 3 needed to be removed. No published photograph of him was found, so the page keeps the placeholder.
