Zaki Mohammed
Candidate for Councillor
Who they are
Zaki Mohammed was born in Saudi Arabia, schooled in India and earned a B.A. in Hotel & Hospitality Management in Switzerland before coming to Canada for a dual MBA/MSc program through Vancouver Island University and the University of Hertfordshire. He has lived in Nanaimo for more than 10 years and is financial controller for the Tony Harris Group and a director of the Tom Harris Community Foundation. He is also a board director of the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society.[Zaki Mohammed campaign] (opens in a new tab)
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What they say they want to do
Housing
“Cut development permit times toward the city's own 12-week target (currently 20–30+ weeks)”
Zaki Mohammed campaign website: Zaki Mohammed for Nanaimo City Council (opens in a new tab)“Push the city's below-market housing tools, zoning incentives and community-led non-market pilots”
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Health care
“Advocate for fair provincial resourcing for our hospital, while backing what's already proven for addiction, mental health, and supportive housing (Road to Recovery, Complex Care Housing) rather than inventing new policy”
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Accountable government
“Publish real turnaround targets for major city processes and report progress on a regular, public schedule”
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Community services
“Use the city's Zoning Bylaw Update to make it easier to open home and centre-based childcare (1 licensed space for every 10 children under 2 today)”
Zaki Mohammed campaign website: Zaki Mohammed for Nanaimo City Council (opens in a new tab)“Back food security programs already working: Loaves and Fishes, Food4Schools, Nanaimo Foodshare, farmers' markets, and partner with local producers while looking at a city-backed, not-for-profit grocery model”
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Reconciliation
“"Show up as a real, working partner to the Snuneymuxw First Nation."”
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