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Why is Max running for mayor?
Because residents keep being asked to pay for decisions that were never properly explained to them. The wastewater plant is the clearest example, but it is not the only one.
Max has spent 38 years in North Vancouver building businesses and running operations. In that world, a project that triples its budget triggers a review, a written explanation and a change to how the next one is run. Residents are entitled to that same standard from the government closest to them.
Is Max an independent candidate?
Yes. No slate, no party, no organization directing his votes. The advantage is that he answers to residents. The trade-off is that this campaign has no machine behind it and depends entirely on volunteers and individual contributions.
What is Max's position on the wastewater treatment plant?
The plant is necessary. It serves more than 300,000 residents and businesses and it has to be built. The problem is not the project — it is the reporting.
A rise from a reported $700 million estimate in 2013 to $3.86 billion in 2024 — about 5.5 times — should have been visible to residents far earlier and far more clearly. Max supports quarterly public reporting, independent oversight with findings published in full, fair cost sharing with senior governments, stronger procurement controls, and a standing resident watchdog table.
Can a mayor actually do anything about the wastewater plant?
Not unilaterally, and anyone who tells you otherwise is overselling. It is a Metro Vancouver project — a District mayor cannot cancel it, re-tender it or re-price it alone.
What a mayor does have is a seat and a vote at the Metro Vancouver board, the standing of the District's own council, and the ability to publish what the District knows. Used consistently, that is how reporting standards change and how the cost-sharing conversation with senior governments actually starts.
How will Max address property taxes?
By reviewing municipal spending line by line, controlling administrative costs, publishing budgets residents can actually read, and evaluating programs on measurable results rather than intentions. Essential services come first.
No responsible candidate promises a specific tax number before seeing the books from inside. What Max will commit to is that every increase gets explained in plain language, in advance.
What is Max's housing policy?
Support housing for families, workers and seniors; make sure development matches what the infrastructure can actually carry; protect neighbourhood character; improve permitting timelines; and require development to contribute fairly toward the infrastructure it depends on.
How can I volunteer?
Fill in the volunteer form and the coordinator will contact you personally. Door knocking, phone calls, flyers, sign installation, hosting an event, translation, photography, data entry or election-day help — all of it is needed.
How can I request a lawn sign?
Use the lawn sign form. A volunteer installs it and comes back to remove it after the election — you never have to handle it. Signs go on private property with the owner's permission, following the District's rules for election signs.
How can I donate, and who is allowed to?
Online donations are not open yet. They will not open until the campaign's financial agent has approved the payment system.
When they do, contributions may only come from individuals who are residents of British Columbia and Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Organizations, corporations and unions cannot contribute. The 2026 individual limit is $1,429.70 per campaign, contributions of $100 or more are publicly reported, and municipal campaign donations do not receive tax receipts.
Where and when can I vote?
General voting day is Saturday, October 17, 2026, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Advance voting days and the list of voting places are set and published by the District of North Vancouver.
You do not need to register in advance — you can register at the voting place with two pieces of identification.
How can I contact Max?
By email or the contact form, both of which reach him directly. The campaign telephone line is voicemail — leave your name, neighbourhood and number and Max will call you back.
Community groups and stratas can invite him to a meeting, and journalists can use the media kit for photographs and biographies.
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