North Vancouver District, BC 2026 Municipal Election Candidates

Mike Little

• Iron Workers Memorial Bridge replacement: Says the bridge has less than 20 years of life left and the province must fund a paired replacement bridge to handle ~160,000 daily trips.
• Housing density vs affordability: Argues high-density housing isn't delivering promised affordability - developers turned affordable 3-bedroom rentals into $6,000/month 'sub-penthouses'; invest in transportation infrastructure before committing to significant growth.
• Wastewater plant cost overruns: Metro Vancouver board dynamics stick North Shore residents with 45% of the bill for a multi-billion dollar cost overrun; co-signed a March 2026 letter urging the Premier to order a governance, program and service review.

Lean assessment: Runs as an Independent with no municipal elector organization, but his pre-municipal political history sits on the right: volunteer for Reform Party MP Ted White and legislative assistant to Conservative MP Mark Warawa. Platform emphasizes fiscal restraint, transportation infrastructure over density-led growth, and taxpayer protection against the wastewater plant cost overruns.

Graham Alexander

• Wastewater treatment plant: Immediate forensic audit of the $3.86B North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant budget; filed a $10B Supreme Court claim (File No. S267293) seeking to unseal NDAs and recover damages for ~70,000 DNV residents.
• Traffic and transportation: 'Move DNV': fix bridge and arterial gridlock using modern traffic synchronization; addressing bridge congestion, North Shore bottlenecks, transit integration and infrastructure lagging demand.
• Development and permitting: 'Build Smarter': deploy AI-powered instant building permits to cut municipal review delays 'from months to minutes'.

Lean assessment: Runs as an Independent with no party affiliation, but his platform is right-leaning on both fiscal and social-order issues: fiscal accountability/anti-waste crusade against the incumbent, AI-driven deregulation-style permitting, and opposition to supervised-consumption sites near schools.

Paolo Pucci

• Traffic and mobility: Signature plan to 'restore our freedom to move': a new bridge next to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge with rail transit, dedicated HOV and cycling lanes; new HOV highway lanes from the bridge to Taylor Way; a Horseshoe Bay to Phibbs express bus; rail transit from Ambleside to Metrotown (SkyTrain) and along Hastings to downtown.
• Arts, sports and recreation: Wants 'a healthy, active & connected North Van' through partnerships and investment in trails, parks, programs and recreation space.

Max Zahedi

• Wastewater plant accountability: Plan starts with accountability for the plant's cost escalation ($700M estimate to $3.86B program): public reporting, independent oversight, and a fair allocation of costs rather than North Shore taxpayers carrying the heaviest burden.
• Property taxes and fiscal management: Predictable property taxes; a line-by-line budget published plainly; a core service review to find savings and duplication; a personal public commitment tracker for every promise.
• Traffic: Within 100 days publish a public ranked list of the District's worst traffic bottlenecks, a phased improvement plan with costs and funding options, and one shared construction calendar to avoid overlapping road closures.

Lean assessment: Runs as an Independent with no party affiliation. Platform blends centre-right fiscal accountability (predictable taxes, core service review, wastewater cost oversight) with centre-left elements (1,000 affordable rental/co-op homes target, partnership with Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation) - a pragmatic, non-partisan mix.