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title: "Five Vancouver mayoral candidates debate tonight on the Vancouver Sun"
description: "Ken Sim, Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, and Colleen Hardwick face questions in a live Vancouver Sun debate at 5 p.m. Pacific time on October 8."
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The Vancouver Sun is hosting a live debate for all five Vancouver mayoral candidates tonight, starting at 5 p.m. Pacific time, the paper reported on October 8.

The five candidates are Ken Sim of ABC Vancouver, Kareem Allam of the Vancouver Liberals, Rebecca Bligh of Vote Vancouver, Pete Fry of the Green Party of Vancouver, and Colleen Hardwick of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. The Vancouver Sun says viewers can submit their own questions during the discussion.

The event is co-hosted by Vancouver Sun columnist Dan Fumano and Stuart McNish of Conversations Live. It streams at vancouversun.com.

## What voters can do

The debate starts at 5 p.m. Pacific time on October 8. Go to the Vancouver Sun's debate page to watch the stream and submit questions. The city's general voting day is October 17. If you have already voted by advance ballot, your vote counts regardless of what you hear tonight.

Read more about each of the five candidates: [Ken Sim](/candidates/ken-sim), [Kareem Allam](/candidates/kareem-allam), [Rebecca Bligh](/candidates/rebecca-bligh), [Pete Fry](/candidates/pete-fry), and [Colleen Hardwick](/candidates/colleen-hardwick). Advance voting locations are listed at [/where-to-vote](/where-to-vote).

## About the candidates

Ken Sim has been Vancouver's mayor since November 2022, running with ABC Vancouver. [Kareem Allam](/candidates/kareem-allam) is the Vancouver Liberals' mayoral candidate. [Rebecca Bligh](/candidates/rebecca-bligh) runs for Vote Vancouver. [Pete Fry](/candidates/pete-fry) runs for the Green Party of Vancouver. [Colleen Hardwick](/candidates/colleen-hardwick) runs for TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.

The Vancouver Sun is a subscriber publication. The newspaper's announcement of the debate is available to read without a subscription.

## About the format

The debate runs through the Conversations Live series. The Vancouver Sun article says it will include a live questions component so that viewers can send in questions for the candidates during the broadcast.

Voting day is October 17. Advance voting opened on October 3 and continues through October 11.

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