--- title: "Vancouver Liberals: candidates, platform and record | Vancouver 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:08:15.450Z" meta: description: "The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include h..." "og:description": "The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include h..." "og:title": "Vancouver Liberals: candidates, platform and record | Vancouver 2026" "twitter:description": "The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include h..." "twitter:title": "Vancouver Liberals: candidates, platform and record | Vancouver 2026" --- Vancouver Liberals · Vancouver 2026 # A party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include hiring 400 front-line staff and cancelling an $800 million city hall project. [Read the platform ](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform) [See all 19 candidates](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/candidates) [**19**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/candidates) [**6/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform) [**6**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/money) **9**Questions answered WHO THEY ARE ## About Vancouver Liberals The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates: Kareem Allam for mayor at ballot number 56, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Only ABC is running more. The party site gives its registered name as the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association and its founding year as 2025, which makes it the newest party running a large slate. Kareem Allam is described in our candidate records as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff. Its most distinctive commitment is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead, which is the opposite of the Green Party position. THE TEN ISSUES ## Where Vancouver Liberals stands Every party on this site is covered on the same ten issues, so nothing is hidden by leaving a subject out. 6 of 10 have published policy behind them. Published policy by issue | Issue | Published position | Commitments | | --- | --- | --- | | [Housing](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/housing) | The Vancouver Liberals would eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code instead. | 1 | | [Homelessness and drugs](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/homelessness) | *Not yet researched* | — | | [Public safety](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/public-safety) | The Vancouver Liberals would target Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering and what they call the root causes of crime, and increase long-term funding for firefighters. | 2 | | [Transport](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/transport) | Road maintenance appears as one of the services the Vancouver Liberals’ 400 new front-line staff would improve. No transit or cycling commitment is published. | 1 | | [Parks](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/parks) | Parks appear in the Vancouver Liberals’ published commitments as one of the services the 400 new front-line staff would improve. | 1 | | [Schools](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/schools) | The Vancouver Liberals support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools. | 1 | | [Taxes and budget](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/taxes-and-budget) | The Vancouver Liberals would cancel an $800 million project they call the "Second City Hall" and hire 400 new front-line unionized staff. | 2 | | [Climate](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/climate) | *Not yet researched* | — | | [Culture](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/culture) | *Not yet researched* | — | | [Child care](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform/child-care) | *Not yet researched* | — | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ## 9 questions about Vancouver Liberals
Who leads the Vancouver Liberals? Kareem Allam is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 56. Our candidate records describe him as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff. Vancouver LiberalsCity of Vancouver
How many candidates are they running? 19: Kareem Allam for mayor, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. That is the second-largest slate on the ballot after ABC. City of Vancouver
When was the party founded? Its website states 2025. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations. Vancouver Liberals
What is their most distinctive commitment? Eliminating the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead. Vancouver is the only BC city with its own building code, and the Green Party would keep it. This is one of the sharpest splits on the ballot. Vancouver LiberalsDaily Hive
What would the 400 new staff do? Garbage pickup, road maintenance, and parks and recreation facilities. They would be unionized front-line staff. The party has not published what they would cost. Vancouver Liberals
What is the "Second City Hall" they would cancel? The party describes an $800 million project by that name and commits to cancelling it. The name and the figure are the party’s own description, and we have not checked them against the city capital plan. Vancouver Liberals
Where do they stand on police in schools? They support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools. The Board of Education decides whether it runs. Vancouver Liberals
Do they have a published housing supply plan? No. The one published commitment touching housing is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code. We found no supply target, affordability commitment or rental policy on September 22, 2026. Vancouver Liberals
Where can I see their campaign finances? Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027. Elections BCElections BC
## Sources A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. 1. [Vancouver Liberals home page ](https://www.vancouverliberals.com/)SAYS SO ITSELFVancouver Liberals · checked September 22, 2026 2. [Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan ](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing)Daily Hive · published September 16, 2026 · checked September 22, 2026 3. [Who is running: official 2026 candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidate-information.aspx)City of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 4. [Local elections disclosure statement search ](https://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/LESearch.aspx)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 5. [Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/elector-organizations/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 6. [Making a campaign contribution ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/making-a-campaign-contribution/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 ## Compare Vancouver Liberals with the other ten parties Every party is covered on the same ten issues. The comparison pages put them side by side, one issue at a time, with the source next to each position. [Open the comparison table ](https://voche.me/parties/compare) [All parties](https://voche.me/parties) ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.