A Allen Chen Burnaby City Council · 2026
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Independent Candidate · Burnaby City Council 2026

A Doctor. A Neighbour. A Councillor who answers to you.

No party. No chains. We are the party of the people — your vote comes back to your community.

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Oct 17, 2026Election Day
8 / 1Councillor seats · At-large
Age-FriendlyBurnaby Action Plan
Allen Chen, candidate for Burnaby City Council
The Party of the People
About Allen

A trusted doctor stepping up for Burnaby.

Allen Chen is a physician, a caregiver, and a Burnaby resident. Doctors are consistently ranked among the most trusted professionals in Canada — 81% trust, well above the national career-politician average. Allen brings that same standard of care from the bedside to the council chamber.

He is not a career politician. He saw the cracks in our seniors' care, our sidewalks, and our 311 system, and decided to step up — because Burnaby deserves a councillor who serves people, not party machines or developer interests.

  • Healthcare professional — frontline experience with elder & caregiver issues
  • Independent — unbound by partisan or developer interests
  • Bilingual — committed to serving English & Chinese-speaking residents equally
  • Burnaby first — community-rooted, not party-rooted
Why I'm Running

Three things Burnaby is missing on council today.

01

A councillor who works for you, not a party whip.

For decades, one slate has dominated Burnaby council. Slate discipline means votes go to the party first, residents second. As an independent, my only whip is you.

02

A real Age-Friendly plan, not a press release.

18% of Burnaby is 65+, and that share is climbing. Surrey and New Westminster have Age-Friendly strategies. Burnaby still doesn't. I'll deliver one — with funded actions, not slogans.

03

A council that speaks your language — literally.

Half of Burnaby speaks a language other than English at home. A 311 system, a senior navigator program, and a constituency office must work in English and Chinese from day one.

The Plan

Age-Friendly Burnaby Five Flagship Initiatives

A concrete, fundable, deliverable plan to make Burnaby the most senior- and caregiver-friendly city in Metro Vancouver — without raising property taxes.

Senior-Friendly Community Hubs

Use Community Amenity Contributions to retrofit community centres in Edmonds, Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed with senior-priority spaces, programs and bilingual signage.

Falls Prevention & Sidewalk Audit

A city-wide sidewalk hazard audit prioritised around senior-dense polling divisions — fixed inside the capital budget, not pushed to the next council.

Bilingual 311 & Senior Navigator

English + Chinese 311, plus a Senior Navigator program that helps seniors and caregivers find the right form, the right service, the right answer — in one phone call.

Caregiver Respite Network

Partner with non-profits and Fraser Health to expand respite for unpaid family caregivers — the invisible workforce holding Burnaby's seniors-care system together.

Age-Friendly Mobility

Work with TransLink & HandyDART to fix senior pain points: longer crosswalk timings at senior-dense intersections, better bus-stop seating, accessible on-demand transit.

Structural Commitment

A real Constituent Service Office — open the day after I'm sworn in.

Most councillors don't have a real office. I will. A bilingual, walk-in office in the heart of Burnaby — staffed to help residents with permits, housing, parking, bylaws, property tax, and navigation through City Hall.

  • 48-hour response standard on every casework intake
  • Public dashboard on resolved cases — transparent, monthly
  • Pop-up Constituency Days across Edmonds, Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed
  • Bilingual by design — every form, every call, English & Chinese
48hr Casework response standard
15–20 Community liaisons recruited
4 Town-centre pop-up offices
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Three ways to put Allen on council.

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