This record covers Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi, ballot number 152 for Vancouver City Council with Bright Future Vancouver. The party's own candidate page, Women Transforming Cities' Our City Hall Pledge results and Vote Palestine Vancouver's candidate list give her stated positions, though her name is spelled differently across sources. Hamyaari Media, a Persian-language publication, profiled her on September 27, 2026. VoteMate shows no profile uploaded for her. Most of the party's five-pillar platform is recorded separately as party text because it does not name her 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 rules1/10
1/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
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 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.
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 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.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
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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.
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, 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.
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Public schedule / Through election day
Where can you hear Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi?
No upcoming public appearance by Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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 Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi
Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 152. The City records the affiliation as Bright Future Vancouver and gives her residency as North Vancouver. Her entry on that list shows no social media account and no contact route.
Arasi appears at ballot number 152 in the City Council race as a Bright Future Vancouver candidate, in the ballot order Daily Hive published on September 22, 2026.
Her name is spelled in several ways. The party's candidate page used Mohadeseh GP Arasi in September and used the ballot spelling when voche.me read it on October 3, 2026. Wikipedia's election page uses Mohadeseh G.P. Arasi. Hamyaari Media, a Persian-language publication in Vancouver, writes her name in Persian as محدثه غریبپور ارسی (in English letters, Mohadeseh Gharibpour Arasi) and notes that the party site introduces her as Mohadeseh GP Arasi.
The party candidate page describes her as a community advocate and entrepreneur who immigrated to Canada, with a background in health sciences, finance and entrepreneurship.
The party candidate page says she started and built her own business. The page does not name the business.
The party candidate page says she volunteered in the health care sector, including at daycares, hospitals and seniors homes, and that she stays involved in her cultural community and in professional organizations. The page names no organization and no dates.
On September 27, 2026, Hamyaari Media included her in a Persian-language roundup of Iranian-Canadian candidates in British Columbia's local elections. The article bases its entry on her campaign introduction and says her priorities are a lower cost of living, safety, and a stable future for young people, families, seniors and newcomers.
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 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.
12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Start policy from the root of the problem
The party candidate page says Arasi believes good policy starts with understanding the root of a problem before promising a solution, drawing on her experience of starting and building a business.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party page states this approach. It names no policy area, no council decision and no measurable commitment.
What still needs checking
Which city problems Arasi would examine first, and what a fresh perspective would change in practice.
The party's Roots Project page says 20% of monthly rent on selected homes would go into a protected equity trust held for the renter, and sets a first-term target of 2,000 Roots Project homes approved or moving through the approval process. The Blueprint overview lists the same 20% figure, and the CityHallWatch party profile summarises the same plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. No source opened for this record shows Arasi stating this personally. The Roots Project page gives no total cost for the program and lists city tools such as city-owned land, city-partnered land and density-bonus projects.
What still needs checking
Whether Arasi supports this plan, and what it would cost the City.
Party tax plan: 2 percent surcharge on homes above $5 million
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 Arasi 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 Arasi supports it.
2026 · Practical solutions over political divisionCampaign pledge
Practical solutions over political division
The party page says Arasi is running for Vancouver City Council because she believes Vancouver needs a fresh perspective focused on practical solutions rather than political division.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
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 prepare the Broadway to UBC corridor for a SkyTrain line, including pre-zoning the corridor ahead of construction.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published platform. No source opened for this record shows Arasi stating this personally. 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.
What still needs checking
Which description of free transit the party stands behind, and whether Arasi 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. No source opened for this record shows Arasi 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 Arasi 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 Arasi 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 Arasi 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 Arasi stating this personally. The Aurora Engine page gives no cost for the fee refunds.
What still needs checking
Whether Arasi supports this rule and the fee refund it describes.
2026 · Basic needs must be met to call Vancouver homeCampaign pledge
Basic needs must be met to call Vancouver home
Women Transforming Cities' Our City Hall Pledge results page quotes a candidate named Mohadeseh Gharib Pour, listed under Bright Future Vancouver, saying that calling Vancouver home starts with having basic needs met.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a general statement in a survey response, not an answer naming one of the pledge's specific policy asks, so it earns no mechanism, target, cost or timeline point beyond the position itself. The quote is signed Mohadeseh Gharib Pour. The same page's Bright Future Vancouver results table, an image, lists Mohadeseh GP Arasi, and Hamyaari Media writes her family name in Persian as Gharibpour Arasi and says the party site introduces her as Mohadeseh GP Arasi. The party's roster and VoteMate's list of the party's six council candidates each name only one candidate called Mohadeseh. On that basis this quote is treated as hers.
What still needs checking
Whether Arasi has stated a position on any of the pledge's specific policy asks in her own words.
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity, asked candidates to commit to six asks: expand access to non-market and climate-resilient housing, make it easier and safer to move around the city, support free and low-cost gathering spaces, improve access to affordable food, increase the number of accessible public washrooms open 24 hours a day, and put gender equity at the centre of safety planning. Its results table, published September 16, 2026, marks Mohadeseh GP Arasi as committing to all six.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The results table is an image with no text version, which voche.me read by eye, so this entry earns no points. The wording of each ask belongs to the charity. Her own comment on the page speaks of basic needs in general and names no amount, number or date.
What still needs checking
Which of the six asks she would bring to Council first, and at what cost.
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 Mohadeseh GP Arasi 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 Arasi herself on these points.
The charity's results table, an image that voche.me read by eye, marks Mohadeseh GP Arasi as committing to all six of its Our City Hall asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety. The same page quotes a survey comment signed Mohadeseh Gharib Pour: “Calling this city our home starts with having our basic needs met.”
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
Daily Hive
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
The published ballot order places Arasi at number 152 for council with Bright Future Vancouver.
Iranian-Canadian candidates in the 2026 BC local elections, from Kelowna to West Vancouver
A Persian-language roundup of Iranian-Canadian candidates across British Columbia. Its entry on Arasi gives her name in Persian, names her party and office, and summarises her background and priorities from her campaign introduction. The headline is voche.me's translation.
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 personal campaign website or social media account was found for this candidate, and the City's candidate list shows none for her. The business the party page refers to is not named, so it could not be checked in any public registry, and no organization was named for the health care volunteering. VoteMate's page for this candidate carries no uploaded profile and no promises. The candidate's name is spelled differently across sources: the City's ballot list, Daily Hive and, since October 2026, the party's candidate page use Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi; Wikipedia uses Mohadeseh G.P. Arasi; the Women Transforming Cities results table and Vote Palestine Vancouver use Mohadeseh GP Arasi; Women Transforming Cities quotes a comment signed Mohadeseh Gharib Pour; and Hamyaari Media writes the name in Persian as Gharibpour Arasi. Hamyaari ties the Persian name to the party's spelling, and the party roster and VoteMate each name only one council candidate called Mohadeseh, so this record treats all these spellings as the same person. Her nomination papers are linked from the City's list and were not opened. No interview, speech or forum appearance naming this candidate was found. The Mount Pleasant Community Association's all-candidates meeting on September 23, 2026 named Ibrahima Cisse, not this candidate, as the party's council representative there.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 3 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Reviewed again on October 3, 2026: the party pages, VoteMate, the City's candidate list (read through a reader service), Women Transforming Cities, Vote Palestine Vancouver, Hamyaari Media and the public forum listings for October.
Checks still to do: Confirm preferred display name, full ballot-name matching and the named organizations behind biography claims.
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
Dates not given
Business owner
The party candidate page says she started and built a business. The page gives no name, sector, start date or size.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which municipal policy would you change first to reduce pressures on small businesses or families?
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.
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Ask Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi 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 Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi's own campaign.
What is Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi is number 152 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi run with?
Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi ran for City Council with Bright Future Vancouver.
Does Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi.
How many sources does this Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi 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 Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi 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
voche.me reopened the party pages, VoteMate, Daily Hive and the City's councillor candidate list, and added: the City list's entry for her, which gives her residency as North Vancouver and shows no social media or contact route; Hamyaari Media's Persian-language profile of September 27, 2026, which gives her name in Persian; the Women Transforming Cities results table, which marks her as committing to all six of its asks; Vote Palestine Vancouver's record that she committed to its full platform on August 15, 2026; and an online food policy town hall on October 13, 2026, with her attendance unconfirmed. The biography no longer repeats the party's account of her background, and two lines about her business now use plain wording.
The biography said the party's candidate page spells her name Mohadeseh GP Arasi. On October 3, 2026 that page used the ballot spelling, Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi. The biography now says the page changed. The Women Transforming Cities results table still uses Mohadeseh GP Arasi.
One entry combined two different sentences from the party's candidate page: the belief that good policy starts with understanding a problem's root, and the separate statement that Arasi is running for a fresh perspective focused on practical solutions rather than political division. The two are now recorded and quoted separately, and the second one matches the existing "Practical solutions over political division" entry, which is now quoted directly from the page.
Women Transforming Cities' Our City Hall Pledge results page quotes a Bright Future Vancouver council candidate named Mohadeseh Gharib Pour, listed beside confirmed 2026 candidates Andy Lin and Muhammad Ahmad. The party's own candidate page and VoteMate's list of the party's six council candidates each name only one Bright Future Vancouver council candidate called Mohadeseh, so this record treats the quote as Arasi's own words, spelled differently.
