Kareem Allam
@kareem42.bsky.social
I’m running to be mayor of Vancouver.
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Kareem Allam
@kareem42.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Kareem Allam Nomination Acceptance Speech
YouTube video by Vancouver Liberals
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"I believe in the social contract that my generation is supposed to create the winning conditions for the next generation—then, in turn, when they are my age, they are able to pay for the social programs my generation will need in retirement."
Together we can....
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Together we can....
youtu.be/cG95NINuHZo?...
Christmas tree is up. My favourite Christmas movie is on. Hope everyone is having a great start to the holidays.
(PS: I’m allowed 4 special ornaments on the tree each year… see the ones I picked in the comments.)
(PS: I’m allowed 4 special ornaments on the tree each year… see the ones I picked in the comments.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Christmas tree is up. My favourite Christmas movie is on. Hope everyone is having a great start to the holidays.
(PS: I’m allowed 4 special ornaments on the tree each year… see the ones I picked in the comments.)
(PS: I’m allowed 4 special ornaments on the tree each year… see the ones I picked in the comments.)
Congratulations @WhitecapsFC! 🏆🏆🏆We’ll be cheering you on next week against @InterMiamiCF. Great win today!
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Congratulations @WhitecapsFC! 🏆🏆🏆We’ll be cheering you on next week against @InterMiamiCF. Great win today!
We must stop allowing criminals to prey on the most vulnerable in our society, and cut out the root of what is fueling our toxic drug crisis.
Combatting crime means going to the source: criminals laundering money through bitcoin.
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We must stop allowing criminals to prey on the most vulnerable in our society, and cut out the root of what is fueling our toxic drug crisis.
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Combatting crime means going to the source: criminals laundering money through bitcoin.
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Combatting crime means going to the source: criminals laundering money through bitcoin.
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Here’s my feature on the fireworks being cancelled, how it links back to the origins of “No Fun City” a quarter century ago, and why other festival groups in Vancouver are worried
grateful I got to say “evil doppelgänger of world class city” on the air this week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
grateful I got to say “evil doppelgänger of world class city” on the air this week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here’s my feature on the fireworks being cancelled, how it links back to the origins of “No Fun City” a quarter century ago, and why other festival groups in Vancouver are worried
grateful I got to say “evil doppelgänger of world class city” on the air this week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
grateful I got to say “evil doppelgänger of world class city” on the air this week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I need to acknowledge former @copevancouver.bsky.social mayoral candidate Jim Green for one of my platform items in this video. To succeed in Vancouver, we must draw on the best ideas from all parties—and sometimes, while looking to the future, we can find inspiration in the past.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I need to acknowledge former @copevancouver.bsky.social mayoral candidate Jim Green for one of my platform items in this video. To succeed in Vancouver, we must draw on the best ideas from all parties—and sometimes, while looking to the future, we can find inspiration in the past.
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Criminals wreaking havoc on our streets shouldn't be able to get rich. Time to choke their profits and shut the door on money laundering.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Criminals wreaking havoc on our streets shouldn't be able to get rich. Time to choke their profits and shut the door on money laundering.
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See Kareem Allam's three policy items to combat money laundering here in the city of Vancouver.
Criminals wreaking havoc on our streets shouldn't be able to get rich. Time to choke their profits and shut the door on money laundering.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
See Kareem Allam's three policy items to combat money laundering here in the city of Vancouver.
Criminals wreaking havoc on our streets shouldn't be able to get rich. Time to choke their profits and shut the door on money laundering.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Criminals wreaking havoc on our streets shouldn't be able to get rich. Time to choke their profits and shut the door on money laundering.
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My thoughts on overruns at the PNE Amphitheater: “At the local level, Allam says that if he and his new party, the Vancouver Liberals, win next October’s election, they will establish project oversight boards to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Who's accountable for the PNE Amphitheatre's budget overrun? Seemingly, no one
Cost overruns on PNE Amphitheatre show the need for an overhaul in how the city manages big capital projects, a political candidate says.
vancouversun.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My thoughts on overruns at the PNE Amphitheater: “At the local level, Allam says that if he and his new party, the Vancouver Liberals, win next October’s election, they will establish project oversight boards to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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Vancouver Sun: “Allam believes the amphitheatre is “a fantastic and needed project,” he says, but someone needs to answer for the cost overruns, and the oversight system needs to improve to prevent this happening again.”
My thoughts on overruns at the PNE Amphitheater: “At the local level, Allam says that if he and his new party, the Vancouver Liberals, win next October’s election, they will establish project oversight boards to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Who's accountable for the PNE Amphitheatre's budget overrun? Seemingly, no one
Cost overruns on PNE Amphitheatre show the need for an overhaul in how the city manages big capital projects, a political candidate says.
vancouversun.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Vancouver Sun: “Allam believes the amphitheatre is “a fantastic and needed project,” he says, but someone needs to answer for the cost overruns, and the oversight system needs to improve to prevent this happening again.”
My thoughts on overruns at the PNE Amphitheater: “At the local level, Allam says that if he and his new party, the Vancouver Liberals, win next October’s election, they will establish project oversight boards to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Who's accountable for the PNE Amphitheatre's budget overrun? Seemingly, no one
Cost overruns on PNE Amphitheatre show the need for an overhaul in how the city manages big capital projects, a political candidate says.
vancouversun.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My thoughts on overruns at the PNE Amphitheater: “At the local level, Allam says that if he and his new party, the Vancouver Liberals, win next October’s election, they will establish project oversight boards to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
This is not a tax cut but a tax shift. User fees are regressive, meaning the poorest pay the greatest portion of their income for services. While not perfect, property taxes are more progressive. This is an attack that shifts the cost burden from one end of the income spectrum to the other.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is not a tax cut but a tax shift. User fees are regressive, meaning the poorest pay the greatest portion of their income for services. While not perfect, property taxes are more progressive. This is an attack that shifts the cost burden from one end of the income spectrum to the other.
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Hey all. If you would like to see this morning's interview with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, I have attached a YouTube link below.
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Vancouver mayor stands by city's budget
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hey all. If you would like to see this morning's interview with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, I have attached a YouTube link below.
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
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Ken Sim and ABC spend millions supporting events that working families, seniors, and students can’t afford to attend—while free events like the Celebration of Light get cut.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
Today, Kareem Allam spoke with @simisara730CKNW about:
❌ The end of The Celebration of Light
❌ Rat infestations in Vancouver
❌ Ken’s budget cuts and how they hurt families.
youtu.be/85cMCrEekLQ
❌ The end of The Celebration of Light
❌ Rat infestations in Vancouver
❌ Ken’s budget cuts and how they hurt families.
youtu.be/85cMCrEekLQ
Morning with Simi Sara on Simi Sara on CKNW
YouTube video by Vancouver Liberals
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ken Sim and ABC spend millions supporting events that working families, seniors, and students can’t afford to attend—while free events like the Celebration of Light get cut.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
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Congratulations to @brennanbastyo.bsky.social for bringing forward the motion to secure additional funding to prevent community centre fee increases in the harmful Zero Means Zero budget.
The Park Board approved this motion the night before without support from the ABC Commissioners.
The Park Board approved this motion the night before without support from the ABC Commissioners.
Today Council unanimously supported my amendment in today’s budget deliberations. We’ve reallocated $800,000 from the City’s existing budget to make sure Community Centre recreation fees stay at 0% increase in 2026. This means admission, passes, lessons, programs, and permits remain affordable.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congratulations to @brennanbastyo.bsky.social for bringing forward the motion to secure additional funding to prevent community centre fee increases in the harmful Zero Means Zero budget.
The Park Board approved this motion the night before without support from the ABC Commissioners.
The Park Board approved this motion the night before without support from the ABC Commissioners.
Ken Sim and ABC spend millions supporting events that working families, seniors, and students can’t afford to attend—while free events like the Celebration of Light get cut.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
Today, Kareem Allam spoke with @simisara730CKNW about:
❌ The end of The Celebration of Light
❌ Rat infestations in Vancouver
❌ Ken’s budget cuts and how they hurt families.
youtu.be/85cMCrEekLQ
❌ The end of The Celebration of Light
❌ Rat infestations in Vancouver
❌ Ken’s budget cuts and how they hurt families.
youtu.be/85cMCrEekLQ
Morning with Simi Sara on Simi Sara on CKNW
YouTube video by Vancouver Liberals
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ken Sim and ABC spend millions supporting events that working families, seniors, and students can’t afford to attend—while free events like the Celebration of Light get cut.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
Then he raises fees, offloads rodent control, and jacks up parking and access fees to community centres and parks.
The crank up in utility fees, parking, and service fees will be the single largest increase in barrier to services in my lifetime.
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The crank up in utility fees, parking, and service fees will be the single largest increase in barrier to services in my lifetime.
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Prior to this year, Ken Sim and ABC increased fees 55 times. We now face another round of proposed fees that will push the total into triple digits. These fees will create barriers to accessing services and impose huge cost pressures on businesses already struggling to stay in Vancouver.
Here are the increases to Engineering fees in the "zero means zero" budget that Vancouver City Council will vote on today:
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Prior to this year, Ken Sim and ABC increased fees 55 times. We now face another round of proposed fees that will push the total into triple digits. These fees will create barriers to accessing services and impose huge cost pressures on businesses already struggling to stay in Vancouver.
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Take a moment to watch this video. I like these ideas and I’d love to hear what you think in the replies.
Putting a focus on artists and food banks is long overdue. But, what will truly resonate is helping bring and retain health providers in our city.
Putting a focus on artists and food banks is long overdue. But, what will truly resonate is helping bring and retain health providers in our city.
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Take a moment to watch this video. I like these ideas and I’d love to hear what you think in the replies.
Putting a focus on artists and food banks is long overdue. But, what will truly resonate is helping bring and retain health providers in our city.
Putting a focus on artists and food banks is long overdue. But, what will truly resonate is helping bring and retain health providers in our city.
Smart tax policy means making a difference in people's lives... not blindly cutting services.
#Vancouver #Kareem2026 #vancouverliberals #vanpoli
#Vancouver #Kareem2026 #vancouverliberals #vanpoli
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Smart tax policy means making a difference in people's lives... not blindly cutting services.
#Vancouver #Kareem2026 #vancouverliberals #vanpoli
#Vancouver #Kareem2026 #vancouverliberals #vanpoli
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There are always going to be fierce debates when a small town approves a homeless shelter.
But is the process and timeline on how the B.C. government funds and asks municipalities to approve these projects creating additional tension?
Here’s my feature on the topic.
But is the process and timeline on how the B.C. government funds and asks municipalities to approve these projects creating additional tension?
Here’s my feature on the topic.
B.C. small towns calling on province to rethink homeless shelter model | CBC News
Many municipal leaders in many smaller towns are taking issue with how shelters are planned and approved by the province, saying a regional approach would be needed and not an ad hoc response.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
There are always going to be fierce debates when a small town approves a homeless shelter.
But is the process and timeline on how the B.C. government funds and asks municipalities to approve these projects creating additional tension?
Here’s my feature on the topic.
But is the process and timeline on how the B.C. government funds and asks municipalities to approve these projects creating additional tension?
Here’s my feature on the topic.
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Vancouver’s resources should be for Vancouverites, not offshore billionaires.
It’s time for Vancouver to stop subsidizing offshore billionaires who use our city’s services to keep their luxury yachts afloat. I will raise taxes on luxury yachts and use the funds to support food banks, doctors, and artists—things that actually matter to the people who live here!
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Vancouver’s resources should be for Vancouverites, not offshore billionaires.
It’s time for Vancouver to stop subsidizing offshore billionaires who use our city’s services to keep their luxury yachts afloat. I will raise taxes on luxury yachts and use the funds to support food banks, doctors, and artists—things that actually matter to the people who live here!
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It’s time for Vancouver to stop subsidizing offshore billionaires who use our city’s services to keep their luxury yachts afloat. I will raise taxes on luxury yachts and use the funds to support food banks, doctors, and artists—things that actually matter to the people who live here!