Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 57.
Out of 10. Each score counts how complete and checkable the published plan is on that issue. Measured September 25, 2026. Rank this race by the issues you care about
Scott Gilbert’s Vancouver mayoral profile: published proposals, candidate statements, public records and outstanding research questions.
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A researched record of Scott Gilbert’s published mayoral platform, the news items that mention his run and the public records checked. Detailed costings, verified qualifications and campaign finances remain outstanding.
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.
“Seek Council approval for a capped $25-million pilot combining separately valued City land, eligible housing funds and partner capital.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Seek Council approval for a capped $25-million pilot combining separately valued City land, eligible housing funds and partner capital.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Seek a 48-hour decision target for complete urgent Rent Bank applications, measured in elapsed hours.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“a capped $25-million pilot combining separately valued City land, eligible housing funds and partner capital”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Aim to inspect every identified high-risk SRO within the first year.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“calling for detox beds over involuntary care ones”
Stated by the candidate.
Washington, If You’re Listening (campaign statement page)“Seek the necessary bylaw changes, site agreements and operator funding.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Develop a two-year hosted-RV pilot of up to 200 permits on suitable private lots, subject to owner consent, safety and servicing requirements.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No cost or funding source.
“Bring a site, operator, staffing and partnership proposal to Council within 100 days.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
Every Mayor candidate on homelessness and drugs, scored the same way
“Ask the Police Board for service standards covering emergency priorities, investigative ownership, evidence preservation and timely updates to victims.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Begin with a limited pilot under an approved privacy assessment and legal authority.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“The initial ask is 15 specialist positions plus separately costed support, forensic accounting and tax liaison.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“A planning assumption of $180,000-$240,000 per position gives $2.7-$3.6 million annually before those extras”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Request a public Board service plan and staffing options within 100 days.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“I will pursue more reliable journeys through better timing, detection and maintenance.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Create a State of Good Repair register showing asset condition, urgent hazards, planned work, cost estimates and funding gaps.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Test adaptive control at 20-30 intersections on selected corridors, comparing it with good conventional retiming.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No cost or funding source.
“Publish a priority repair list and consolidated asset-funding options within 100 days.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“bring accountability, lower cost and better service to City Hall”
Stated by the candidate.
Washington, If You’re Listening (campaign statement page)“Set rolling two-year tax and fee targets supported by service and asset plans.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
“Publish one consolidated platform ledger within 100 days: incremental operating costs, capital, staffing, land contributions, partner funding, contingencies and funding gaps.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
Every Mayor candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
“I will make emergency readiness practical at the neighbourhood level, with clear information and facilities people can actually use.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Prioritize resilient water, drainage, trees and critical facilities in the asset-renewal plan.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
“Publish a first-year readiness gap review and funded priorities.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“Support Indigenous-led and community-led cultural programming, affordable artist space, neighbourhood festivals and Chinatown activities through transparent grants and venue access.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Support Indigenous-led and community-led cultural programming, affordable artist space, neighbourhood festivals and Chinatown activities through transparent grants and venue access.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“Seek childcare opportunities on suitable City sites with qualified operators.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Seek childcare opportunities on suitable City sites with qualified operators.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“I will make it easier to open a useful business and harder to leave a viable storefront idle indefinitely.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)“Establish Open Vancouver Storefronts and a voluntary Vacant Space Activation Bank linking owners with pop-ups, artists, social enterprises and long-term tenants.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
“Within four years, assess every identified persistently vacant storefront and publish an activation, repair, redevelopment or enforcement pathway.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
“I also plan to release a demo of Vancouver City Servant, my live-avatar project, along with Agora, a civic-engagement app”
Stated by the candidate.
Campaign biography and proposals“I will establish a public-interest research and accountability dashboard so people can inspect results, challenge explanations and compare performance over time.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
“Days 31 to 60. Publish options for detox access, toilets, rat control, safe parking, storefront renewal and repairs. Open Agora consultation with offline participation.”
Stated by the candidate.
Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)No dated public action on this issue found.
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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No upcoming public appearance by Scott Gilbert 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.
The City of Vancouver lists Scott Gilbert as an independent mayoral candidate, number 57 on the ballot. CityNews describes him as an independent activist whose campaign focuses on issues in the Downtown Eastside. CBC News says he believes he can bring humour into municipal politics while addressing serious issues. His campaign slogan is “end the nonsense”.
His campaign website says he moved to Vancouver ten years ago and has lived and worked in the Downtown Eastside for most of that time. It says he studied environmental engineering at the University of Guelph and worked as an assistant to Dr. Nancy Olivieri at Toronto’s University Health Network, writing about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry. In 2025, it says, he volunteered as an informal organizer at an encampment on Bowser Island in North Vancouver, arranging sanitation, water and fire safety. The North Shore News reported in June 2026 that he was the only person named as a defendant in the Province’s court documents about that encampment, and that he had told ministry officials he no longer lived there. The accountability section below gives the details.
Those details are self-reported. voche.me has not confirmed his studies, his employment or the Bowser Island role with the institutions named.
His proposals include low-cost RV housing for people without homes, public toilets, walk-in detox services, paid scrap-metal work programs, and a “New Deal” for the Downtown Eastside. His website says he is calling for detox beds over involuntary care beds from his campaign bus. The priorities section below lists his published positions. On October 3, 2026 his campaign website did not load at any of its four addresses. The platform described on this page was read on September 25 and in an Internet Archive copy of the home page from September 29.
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.
33 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
Favours detox beds over involuntary-care beds.
Proposes an avatar project and an app for participation in Council matters.
Calls for better service and lower City costs.
The platform says he will seek a staffed withdrawal and recovery hub with few entry conditions on or near East Hastings, and bring a site, operator, staffing and partnership proposal to Council within 100 days.
The platform says he will bring forward one managed safe-parking pilot of 40 to 60 spaces and a two-year hosted-RV pilot of up to 200 permits on private lots, and seek the bylaw changes, site agreements and operator funding they need.
The platform says he will make reliable sanitation a basic service standard in the Downtown Eastside, Chinatown, parks, beaches and busy public corridors, and test durable modular toilets beginning in 2027.
The platform says he will bring forward a First Homes Fund, a capped pilot of $25 million that combines City land, housing funds and partner capital, to help eligible residents build equity.
The platform says he will keep the proposed 3% base Empty Homes Tax, seek a 5% rate for a second consecutive taxable vacant year, and direct the eligible net revenue to housing.
The platform says he will seek a 48-hour decision target for complete urgent Rent Bank applications and bring a capped rent-relief pilot to Council.
The platform says he will coordinate inspection and enforcement of safety rules in single-room occupancy buildings (SROs), and aims to inspect every identified high-risk one within the first year.
The platform says he will ask the Police Board for service standards that cover emergency priorities, investigations and updates to victims, and for a public service plan and staffing options within 100 days.
The platform says he will pursue a camera policy that shows where public cameras operate, what they do and who is accountable, starting with a limited pilot under an approved privacy assessment and legal authority.
The platform says he will ask the Police Board for a costed proposal for 15 specialist investigator positions: five in economic crime, five in pharmaceutical and drug-company crime and five in property and land-ownership crime.
The platform says he will make missing women, girls and vulnerable people a visible priority in the public-safety plan, and ask the Police Board for a dedicated capacity review.
The platform says he will test adaptive traffic-signal control at 20 to 30 intersections on selected corridors and compare it with careful conventional signal timing.
The platform says he will create a State of Good Repair register of asset condition, urgent hazards, planned work, cost estimates and funding gaps, and publish a priority repair list and options for funding the repairs within 100 days.
The platform says he will reduce avoidable parking mistakes, make penalties fairer, require transparent towing standards, and bring parking-service and towing-contract options to Council.
The platform says he will bring a plan for reliable public access to electric vehicle charging, and a costed program to fill the gaps, to Council.
The platform says he will publish a clear budget of what residents pay, what services they receive and what maintenance is deferred, set rolling two-year tax and fee targets, and publish one ledger of the platform’s costs within 100 days.
The platform says he will make emergency readiness practical at the neighbourhood level: map cooling, clean-air and reception locations, put resilient water, drainage, trees and critical facilities into the City’s plan for renewing its buildings and equipment, and publish a first-year readiness gap review with funded priorities.
The platform says he will support Indigenous-led and community-led cultural programming, affordable artist space, neighbourhood festivals and Chinatown activities through transparent grants and venue access.
The platform says he will seek child care spaces on suitable City sites with qualified operators.
The platform says he will create one place to go for permits, inspections and problem resolution, set up Open Vancouver Storefronts and a voluntary Vacant Space Activation Bank, and within four years assess every identified persistently vacant storefront.
The platform says Vancouver Works would offer practical employment help, starting with a walk-in employment desk and a supervised materials-recovery pilot.
The platform says he will connect tourism policy to services residents use every day, such as clean routes, toilets, lighting and beach access.
The platform says he would require a site-specific review of data-centre power, water, infrastructure costs, noise, jobs, security and heat-recovery claims, with enforceable conditions.
The platform says he will publish how community input influenced his vote and explain any departure from it, and open Agora consultation with offline participation between days 31 and 60 of its 100-day plan.
The platform says he will establish a public-interest research and accountability dashboard that publishes source data, definitions and update schedules.
The platform says he will publish official foreign-government meetings, sponsored travel, gifts and relevant conflicts, and bring a municipal international-engagement and disclosure policy to Council.
The platform says he will set up a coordinated rat-control program and adopt a proposed 50% reduction in standardized rat-activity indicators in treated priority blocks within two years.
The platform says he will pursue fewer cigarette outlets, better help to quit and a fair transition for small shops, and will ask BC for a province-wide model by the end of the term.
The platform says he will publish opening hours, closure reasons and reopening conditions for parks and beaches, and seek up to $150,000 for a feasibility study of a Creekside green core, with a proposed construction ceiling of $1.3 million.
The platform says he will develop a Vancouver AI Discovery and Innovation Centre in existing space, using an illustrative $1.5 million pilot with a City contribution capped at $500,000.
No independently verified completed municipal program attributed to Gilbert was located in this review. The listed policy ideas remain proposals.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
The Internet Archive copy of his home page from September 29, 2026 invites visitors to try two apps he calls his own, both offered as test versions: Agora, described as a civic-engagement app for having a say between elections, and RTB Helper, described as help preparing for a Residential Tenancy Branch hearing. The Agora site read on October 3 says it is a public test with sample data, and that Council alone makes binding votes.
The campaign home page offers the Complete 2026 Platform as a download. The Full Policy Collection in it is dated September 21, 2026 and carries the line Authorized by Scott Gilbert, financial agent. It is a written document.
A written statement on his campaign site about public scrutiny and his campaign priorities. voche.me has not checked its claims with independent sources.
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.
The North Shore News reported on June 6, 2026 that the B.C. Ministry of Transportation had filed legal documents in B.C. Supreme Court about an RV encampment on provincial land beside Highway 1 in North Vancouver, known as Bowser Island. In those documents the Province says people at the camp dumped garbage, dug trenches, put up fences and tampered with electrical circuits and the water supply. A second report on June 18 says provincial officials served notices to leave on 14 people, and that Scott Gilbert is the only person named as a defendant (a person the case is brought against) in the court documents. It says he has allegedly called himself the mayor of Bowser Island. The ministry said the notices let it ask the court, if needed, for an order to remove the campers (an injunction). These are the Province’s claims in a civil case.
The June 18 report says he told ministry officials he no longer lives at the encampment. His campaign site says he volunteered there in 2025 in an informal role as the island’s “mayor” and helped arrange sanitation, drinking water and fire-safety equipment. voche.me found no published reply from him about the court action itself.
No court decision was found by voche.me on October 3, 2026. Neither report gives a ruling or says whether the Province asked the court for that order, and the court file was not opened.
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.
Lists Gilbert among the eight mayoral candidates that the organizer, Chef’s Favourite, said were taking part in an October 2 forum on restaurants, bars and other hospitality businesses. voche.me found no report of the forum itself, so his attendance is not confirmed.
Describes Gilbert’s activism and informal role at the former Bowser Island encampment.
Names Gilbert as the only defendant in the Province’s court documents on the North Vancouver encampment, and reports that he told ministry officials he no longer lives there.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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CityNews · September 13, 2026
CBC News via Yahoo News · September 20, 2026
North Shore News · Jane Seyd · June 18, 2026
North Shore News · Jane Seyd · June 6, 2026
604 Now · September 28, 2026
Metro Vancouver Alliance
The Cultch / Vancouver Public Space Network
SFU Public Square
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Women Transforming Cities
Detailed costings, verified qualifications and employment dates, and usable documentary photographs remain outstanding. His campaign financing report is due at Elections BC within 90 days after election day, so no 2026 spending or donor figures could be checked. The B.C. Supreme Court file on the Bowser Island encampment was not opened, so its claims and status are known only from two North Shore News reports. His campaign website did not load on October 3, 2026. No report or recording found shows him at any forum. No third-party questionnaire with his answers was found: his VoteMate profile holds no answers, HUB Cycling’s published Vancouver responses do not include him, and the Vancouver Food Justice Coalition had published no answers. His campaign videos were not watched. The available reporting does not establish a complete personal or public-service record.
The campaign identifies some images as AI-generated or AI-edited and says AI analysis is not independent verification. Such material is not used here as documentary photography. Allegations require independent evidence before inclusion as findings.
Every candidate must file a campaign financing report with Elections BC within 90 days after general voting day, so his 2026 spending and donors are not yet public. No endorsement list was found. No elected office held by him was found, so there is no voting record to review. The people who signed his nomination papers are recorded as nominators only.
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The nomination papers are the form Scott Gilbert filed with the City to get on the ballot. The City publishes them for public inspection.
Open the City’s PDF Find it on the City’s candidate listSection 45 (8) of the Vancouver Charter allows the information in nomination papers to be used only for the purposes of the Charter and of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act. voche.me links to the City’s copy and does not copy the nominators, the financial agent or any other detail from it. Read section 45.
His campaign site says he volunteered at the Bowser Island encampment in North Vancouver in 2025, in an informal role as the island’s “mayor”. CityNews calls him the self-proclaimed mayor of the former encampment.
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No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Scott Gilbert's own campaign.
Scott Gilbert is number 57 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Mayor.
Scott Gilbert ran for Mayor as an independent, with no party affiliation listed on the City's candidate list.
Yes. Scott Gilbert currently serves as Independent mayoral candidate.
This profile lists 1 sourced reference, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Yes. The Nomination papers section below links to the City’s copy of the papers Scott Gilbert filed. voche.me does not copy names or other details from them, because section 45 (8) of the Vancouver Charter limits how that information may be used.
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Scott Gilbert 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.
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Mayor race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
This page listed the nominators, the financial agent and the signing details read from the nomination papers filed with the City. Section 45 (8) of the Vancouver Charter allows information in those papers to be used only for the purposes of the Charter and of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, so voche.me no longer copies anything from them. The page links to the City’s copy instead.
Read the updatevoche.me searched for new material on October 3, 2026. His campaign website and its other three addresses returned an error page from the web host that says the app is not live, so the Internet Archive copy of September 29 was read instead. It offers two apps he calls his own, as test versions. The accountability section now holds the Province’s court action over the Bowser Island encampment in North Vancouver, from two North Shore News reports of June 2026. The October 1 Last Candidate Standing event was removed from the calendar: no source read shows that he took part, and the organizer’s event page no longer loads. Two forums on October 5 and 13 were added with attendance unconfirmed. The experience entry and the written statement entry were reworded so that each claim names its source. The research notes no longer list nomination names as outstanding, because the nomination papers were reviewed on September 22.
voche.me reopened the sources behind each commitment on this page. The detox and City-costs commitments now cite the campaign’s Washington, If You’re Listening page, because the home page no longer carries those sentences. The biography sentence that credited CBC News with the campaign bus statement now says the statement comes from his website, because the CBC report read on this date does not contain it. The first biography paragraph now credits CityNews and CBC News only with what their reports say about him. The record now also holds the commitments in his September 21 platform, each with the words that support it.
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