July 3, 2025, Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver has a new civic party — the Vancouver Liberals
Excerpt from Business in Vancouver. Read the full article here:
Vancouver has a new civic party — the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association, or what the founders of the fledgling entity more commonly refer to as the Vancouver Liberals.
The main person behind the party’s registration with Elections BC is Kareem Allam, who is the only contender — so far — to become the Liberals’ mayoral candidate in the 2026 civic election.
Allam ran ABC Vancouver’s successful civic election campaign in 2022 and served as Mayor Ken Sim’s chief of staff until he was fired in February 2023. Neither the mayor’s office nor Allam have released details on the departure.
Allam is currently embroiled in a lawsuit filed in May by Sim, who also names longtime municipal politics enthusiast Alex Tsakumis. The notice of claim alleges Allam and Tsakumis defamed the mayor in comments related to an alleged impaired driving incident.
Both Allam and Tsakumis have filed responses disputing Sim’s claims.
BIV reported June 9 that Allam, who is currently a partner with the Richardson Strategy Group, was strongly considering a run for mayor, but had not named a party.
