Number 1: Traffic congestion and unreliable transportation
Development keeps increasing, but our roads and transit are not keeping up.
ResponsibleDistrict, TransLink, Province
Voting is open nowThank you, North Vancouver
Today, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at any of the 22 voting places
To everyone who volunteered, donated, shared a post, put up a sign, came to a meeting or asked me a hard question: thank you. This campaign was never only about one election day. It is the beginning of a better conversation about how our District is run, and I intend to keep it going.
Watch Max
Strong North Vancouver. Practical leadership.
Max Zahedi for Mayor of the District of North Vancouver
An independent candidate with a practical plan for wastewater costs, property taxes, traffic, housing and public safety — and leadership that takes responsibility when major public projects go off track.
Voting day — Saturday, October 17, 2026
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Max’s priorities and commitments
See all ten priorities The commitments Priorities neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The record
Meet Max
North Vancouver has been my home for 38 years.
This is where I built my life, raised my family and became part of a community I deeply care about. Through my work in technology, public service, business and community organizations, I have learned the value of listening, working with others and following through.
I am running for mayor because I know this community, understand the pressures residents are facing and believe I have the experience to improve how the District works for them.
What Max brings to the job
- 38 years living in North Vancouver
- MBA in Global Management
- BSc in Computer Science
- Business ownership and operations management
- Software engineering and business consulting
- Government and regulatory experience
- Policy and procedure writing for a Crown corporation
- Service on three strata councils
- Community and cultural leadership
The next four years
Walk the term with Max Zahedi
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Voting day Saturday, October 17, 2026
Residents decide
- Residents choose a mayor and council for the next four years. If Max is elected, the walk starts here. How and where to vote →
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Day 1 The first regular Council meeting
Two motions on the first day
- A motion to launch the public commitment tracker. Read the priority →
- A motion to launch the North Shore wastewater fairness campaign, with a petition open to residents, businesses and neighbouring councils. Read the priority →
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Day 100 Within the first 100 days
Every promise tracked in public
- A personal commitment tracker published, showing deadlines, Council decisions, progress and evidence, and Council support sought for an official delivery dashboard. Read the priority →
- Council support sought to publish a ranking of the ten worst District traffic bottlenecks. Read the priority →
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Month 6 Within six months
A costed plan for every commitment
- An implementation plan covering every priority and neighbourhood commitment: the staff time and spending each needs, first-year actions against later-term projects, and what depends on funding or a Council decision. Read the priority →
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Year 1 The first year
The groundwork year
A line-by-line budget, published plainly. A public account of the wastewater plant’s cost, with independent oversight pressed for at Metro Vancouver. One road-construction calendar. Service standards for municipal hall.
- A core service review proposed, to find savings, duplication and services that could be delivered better. Read the priority →
- A feasibility and financing plan for the 1,000 affordable rental and co-op homes, naming sites, capacity, affordability levels and milestones. Read the priority →
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Years 2–3 Years two and three
Growth with the services to match
Homes in the town centres with the roads, pipes, schools and parks to match. Wildfire and emergency plans reported to residents, not just filed. One North Shore voice on transit at the Mayors’ Council.
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Year 4 Year four, before the 2030 election
The report card
An account of the term against every commitment on this page, published before the 2030 election.
- The first-term target: sites, approvals and financing committed for 1,000 affordable rental and co-op homes, each counted only once all three are in place. Read the priority →
Narrated by an AI voice. The words are the ones on each card.
Have your say
Ten quick questions. Tap one.
Anonymous, one tap each. The card rises, you answer, you see what your neighbours said, and it settles back.
What matters most to you this election?
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Answer to see what your neighbours said.
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The Province and Ottawa decide this. A mayor can only argue for or against it.
Should there be a third crossing of Burrard Inlet?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
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TransLink runs the buses; every mayor sits on the Mayors’ Council that approves its plans.
What would get you out of the car more often?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
Metro Vancouver owns the plant. The District has a seat at its board.
The wastewater plant went from $700 million to $3.86 billion. What should happen now?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
The District decides, within the Province’s housing rules and targets.
Where should new homes go in the District?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
The District decides, in the five-year financial plan every spring.
Roads and pipes need work. Which would you choose?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
The Province decides. A mayor can only argue for or against it.
Should there be a toll or congestion charge on the North Shore bridges between 3 pm and 6 pm, with the money used to lower property taxes?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
The District decides.
If property taxes had to be frozen or minimized, what would you cut first?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
The District decides, within the Province’s transit-area rules.
How tall should new buildings in Lynn Valley and Lynn Creek be allowed to go?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
Thank you.
Metro Vancouver’s board decided the current split; the Province and Ottawa have not contributed to the overrun.
Who should pay the $2.8 billion the wastewater plant went over budget?
Answer to see what your neighbours said.
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The next few years
Strong North Vancouver, United Canada
Canada faces tariff pressure and trade disputes with the United States. Trade policy is Ottawa’s; running the District carefully through hard times is the mayor’s. Here is what that means.
Relief that already exists, and what the District can add:Groceries and foodRentersWorkersSmall businessAll 9 sectors →
This is not a promise that the next few years will be easy. It is a promise about how the District will be run while they are hard.
What residents tell us
The eight concerns raised most
In the order residents raise them — and who is actually responsible for each. Not everything on this list is the District's alone to fix, and this campaign will not pretend otherwise.
Number 2: Housing affordability
Our children, workers, and young families cannot afford to remain here.
ResponsibleDistrict and Province
Number 3: Growth and density
New housing is being approved without enough transportation, schools, utilities, parks, and services.
ResponsibleMainly District and Province
Number 4: Taxes and utility charges
Our bills keep increasing, but we do not see equivalent improvements in services.
ResponsibleDistrict and Metro Vancouver
Number 5: Wastewater plant cost and accountability
How did a $700-million estimate become a $3.86-billion project, and who is accountable?
ResponsibleMetro Vancouver and participating governments
Number 6: Infrastructure falling behind growth
Water, sewer, roads, recreation, childcare, fire protection and community amenities.
ResponsibleDistrict, Metro Vancouver, Province
Number 7: Difficulty operating a local business
High commercial rents, staffing shortages, employee commuting, complicated permits and insufficient parking.
ResponsibleDistrict and broader market
Number 8: Protection of parks, trees, trails and neighbourhood character
Residents fear that poorly planned growth could permanently change what makes the District attractive.
ResponsiblePrimarily District
Wastewater accountability
A necessary plant. Serious questions about a $3.86 billion project.
The plant has to be built. A necessary project should still not be a blank cheque, and residents are owed the full picture.
2013 initial estimate
$700 million
2024 revised estimate
$3.86 billion
Increase since 2021
Approximately $2.8 billion
The current estimate is approximately 5.5 times the initial 2013 estimate.
Estimated impact on a North Shore household
$590 per year
By 2029 the average North Shore household is projected to pay about $656 a year toward this plant — roughly 4.7 times the $139 projected for a Vancouver household. How the figure is built, and the sources
Election dates
When you can vote
Wednesday
7
October 2026
Advance voting
District Hall
Saturday
10
October 2026
Advance voting
District Hall and Parkgate Community Centre
Monday
12
October 2026
Advance voting
District Hall and Parkgate Community Centre
Saturday
17
October 2026
General voting day
22 voting places across the District
Voting day
In hospital that week? A special voting opportunity is open to qualified electors who are inpatients at Lions Gate Hospital, North Shore Hospice or the HOpe Centre at the time of voting: Saturday, October 10, 2026, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th Street, North Vancouver.
All voting places are open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dates and locations confirmed against the District of North Vancouver's voting dates and locations; check there or with Elections BC for any change.
Your neighbourhood's voting guide
Where to vote, the all-candidates meeting and what Max proposes, for each of the District's eight community areas. All areas
Remind me to vote
A reminder before each date, so nothing slips
An email the evening before each all-candidates meeting, the morning advance voting opens, and the night before and morning of Saturday, October 17, 2026. Nothing else unless you ask for it.
Campaign calendar
Where to find Max
Two all-candidates meetings are confirmed
Tuesday 6 October, 7:00 p.m. at Lynn Valley Library, and Thursday 8 October, 7:00 p.m. at Mount Seymour United Church. Both are run by community associations, not by this campaign.
Max's own events are posted once their date, time and location are confirmed. Nothing goes on this calendar before it is certain.
Voting information
Make sure your vote counts
Who can vote, what identification to bring, how to register and where to go — with links straight to the official District and Elections BC sources.
In short
- You must be 18 or older on general voting day
- A Canadian citizen, resident in BC for six months
- Resident or a registered property owner in the District
- On the voters list? You need no identification
- Not registered? Register at the voting place with two pieces of ID
Confirm all details with the District of North Vancouver and Elections BC.
In the community
Around the District
Photographs from neighbourhood visits, small businesses and community events.
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Volunteers
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Get involved
This campaign runs on neighbours
Two hours of door knocking reaches more households than any advertisement this campaign can afford. Put a sign on your lawn, make some calls, or help on election day.
Or contribute by Interac e-Transfer to donate@maxformayor.ca Put your full name and residential address in the message. The rules.
Tell Max what matters
Before the campaign tells you what it thinks, it wants to hear what you are dealing with — taxes, traffic, housing, a specific street, a specific problem.
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Campaign updates by email
Policy releases, event notices and voting reminders. No more than one email a week.
Latest from the campaign
News and updates
At last night’s all-candidates meeting, the current mayor and councillors brought new solutions. Why weren’t they used while they were in office?
People who have been making these decisions for years offered new solutions. Residents have every right to ask what was done while they already had the authority to act.
A guide to gentle density, for candidates and for the residents who ask them about housing
Small Housing BC, a registered non-profit society, has published a plain-language guide to gentle density for local politicians ahead of the 2026 election. Max is passing it on.
Eight budgets: the second four raised taxes twice as fast as the first
From the District’s own financial plans: tax increases averaged 2.75% a year from 2019 to 2022 and 5.32% from 2023 to 2026. This year’s 3.53% came with service reductions the plan expects every year for five years.
Voting is happening now
Where and how to vote
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Check you are registered
Not on the list? You can register at the voting place when you go.
Find your voting place
You can vote at any of the District's 22 voting places. Enter your postal code to find the nearest, or see the District's own list.
Bring identification if you need it
On the voters list? You need none. Registering at the voting place? Two pieces that show who you are and where you live, at least one with your signature.
Make a plan and take someone with you
Decide when you are going and who you are bringing. Most people who plan a time actually vote.
Find your voting place
The voting places nearest you
On Saturday, October 17 you can vote at any of the District's 22 voting places, not only one near home. Enter your postal code to see the three closest.
Voting places: the District of North Vancouver's list.