MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC provincial 2026
Jeremy Valeriote
BC Green MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky since 2024, running again in 2026.
Jeremy Valeriote won West Vancouver-Sea to Sky for the BC Greens in 2024 with 38.08% of the vote. In the legislature in 2026 he pressed the government on a regional bus service for the Sea to Sky corridor, LNG pollution in Howe Sound, mental health care and a tax on large wealth.
A researched record of Jeremy Valeriote's 29 commitments in his own words, 4 party platform items, 10 dated actions and 10 public statements from 2026, with 6 news items. Most come from the legislature record.
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01 / Introduction
About Jeremy Valeriote
Jeremy Valeriote is the BC Green Party candidate in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. He won the district in 2024 with 10,438 votes, 38.08% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes. The Conservative candidate had 9,762 votes and the BC NDP candidate 7,213.
CBC News reported in January 2025 that he became interim leader of the BC Greens when Sonia Furstenau stepped down. CBC also reported that he was a Gibsons town councillor from 2014 to 2018 and an executive coordinator in the District of Squamish mayor's office from 2021 to 2023. The Times Colonist reported in September 2025 that he opened the news conference where Emily Lowan was named leader, speaking as interim leader.
In the legislature in 2026 he spoke most often about a regional bus service for the Sea to Sky corridor, Woodfibre LNG and wastewater in Howe Sound, mental health care, the Hilltop House long-term care project in Squamish, and taxes on large wealth. The vote index records him voting against the 2026 budget motion and the Supply Act, and for the K’ómoks Treaty Act.
The BC Greens candidate page says he holds an engineering degree and a master's in leadership studies from Royal Roads University, and that he worked in environmental consulting. Those are the party's own statements.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
33 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · TransportationCampaign pledge
Regional bus service for the Sea to Sky corridor
In question period on April 29 and May 4, 2026, Valeriote asked the minister to instruct BC Transit to order buses and plan the service in its 2027 budget. He described the service as ten buses paid by a regional motor fuel tax and $3 million a year in provincial money.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He gives the number of buses, the yearly public cost, the funding source and a budget year. The minister did not commit to a date in the passages read.
What still needs checking
Does BC Transit include Sea to Sky regional service in its 2027 budget?
Keep the Squamish to 100 Mile House rail line for freight and passenger rail
In a joint letter with MP Patrick Weiler on January 23, 2026, reported by Pique, Valeriote asked the Premier and the Prime Minister to keep the CN rail line for freight and to work toward passenger rail. The September 23, 2026 party release quotes him naming passenger rail as one of his priorities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. The letter warns against the Province selling the corridor back to CN for $1. It names no cost, service date or number of trains.
What still needs checking
What did the Province decide about the corridor after the July 2026 deadline?
At a Squamish council meeting on June 9, 2026, Valeriote named Highway 99 safety as one of his two main goals, the Squamish Chief reported. He said the Province focuses on red light cameras at intersections and he is not sure that is where most safety problems are.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does he name a specific Highway 99 safety measure during the campaign?
In question period on February 23, 2026, Valeriote asked when the government would deliver its 2025 written promise to cover psychologist visits under the public health plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He asks the government to keep its own promise. He gives no cost or date of his own.
What still needs checking
Does the Province add psychologist visits to public coverage?
Start planning a new regional hospital in Squamish
In the Infrastructure estimates debate on March 2, 2026, Valeriote asked the minister to invite Vancouver Coastal Health to submit a concept plan for a new hospital in Squamish.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the first planning step. He gives no cost, size or date.
What still needs checking
Does Vancouver Coastal Health submit a concept plan for a Squamish hospital?
Build the new Hilltop House long-term care home in Squamish
In question period on April 13, 2026 and in the Infrastructure estimates debate on March 2, 2026, Valeriote asked the government to go ahead with the Hilltop House replacement, which the budget moved from a 2030 completion to "to be confirmed".
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He cites the project figures from the government's plan: 90 beds replaced, 58 added, $286 million. He gives no new date.
What still needs checking
Does the government set a new completion date for Hilltop House?
In question period on February 26, 2026, Valeriote asked the Premier to support a regulated alternative to the toxic drug supply, as the chief coroner and provincial health officer have advised.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no program size, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province expand prescribed alternatives to the street supply?
A party release on July 13, 2026 quotes Valeriote saying most of the new mental health and addictions money goes to involuntary treatment while voluntary treatment stays underfunded.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. The release gives the government's $131 million figure. It names no amount he would move.
What still needs checking
Does the Province publish how the $131 million is split between voluntary and involuntary care?
In question period on February 23, 2026, Valeriote said B.C. has one school counsellor for every 700 students and that children deserve at least the North American average of one for every 250.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names a staffing ratio. He gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province fund school counsellors toward one for every 250 students?
A party release on September 17, 2026 quotes Valeriote saying the royalty money the Province would lose under the new oil and gas royalty system could restore all the Community Housing Fund money cut in 2026. In the budget debate he said the government pulled $1.4 billion in social housing capital.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the fund and a source of money. He gives no date.
In question period on May 25, 2026, Valeriote asked when the review of disability and income assistance rates promised in the 2025 cooperation agreement would be made public and when the rates would rise.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He says the rates are $1,000 a month below the poverty line. He names no new rate or date.
What still needs checking
Is the rate review published, and are the rates raised?
In the Bill 16 debate on April 20, 2026, Valeriote said Sea to Sky drivers pay higher gas prices than the region should and asked the government to use fuel price information to hold the industry to account. The Squamish Reporter reported his June 24 letter asking the BC Utilities Commission to review prices from Squamish to Mt. Currie.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no rule, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the BC Utilities Commission open a new review of Sea to Sky fuel prices?
In the budget debate on February 19, 2026, Valeriote said the wealthiest people should pay taxes on their accumulated and inherited wealth as well as on income. Pique reported that he said the government missed a chance to lower the deficit with a wealth tax.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the kind of tax. He gives no rate, revenue figure or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Green platform give a rate and revenue figure for a wealth tax?
A party release on September 17, 2026 quotes Valeriote saying British Columbians would lose nearly $3 billion if the new oil and gas royalty system starts on January 1, 2027.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release says the party wants the system halted. His own quote names the loss and the start date only.
What still needs checking
Does the new royalty system start on January 1, 2027?
In question period on February 19, 2026, Valeriote asked the Health Minister to order an independent review of the health effects of LNG, after reports of flaring at LNG Canada.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the review. He gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province order a health review of LNG flaring?
Reject wider wastewater permits for FortisBC in Howe Sound
In question period on April 15, 2026, Valeriote asked the Energy Minister to instruct the BC Energy Regulator to reject further permit changes for FortisBC wastewater going into Howe Sound. A party release on July 14 quotes him criticizing the regulator's later decision to raise the limit.
In question period on April 1, 2026, Valeriote asked when the government would ban glyphosate, which all three parties promised in 2024 for aerial spraying.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the ban. He gives no date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province ban aerial glyphosate spraying in forests?
In the same question on April 1, 2026, Valeriote asked the government to release its biodiversity framework and pass stand-alone species at risk legislation.
Higher water rates for industry and 30 percent protection by 2030
In the debate on a clean water motion on March 9, 2026, Valeriote said water rental rates for commercial and industrial users must rise, and named the goal of protecting 30 percent of land and water by 2030.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names a fee and a protection target with a year. He gives no new rate.
What still needs checking
Does the Province raise industrial water rental rates?
In question period on April 22, 2026, Valeriote asked the minister responsible for AI to set up a people's assembly so the public has a direct voice in how AI is governed in B.C.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the assembly. He gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province publish an AI work plan or set up a citizens' assembly?
In question period on March 30, 2026, Valeriote asked the Attorney General to change the rules so the public can see how much an MLA has invested in a company or sector.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the change in general terms. He gives no date.
Delay the freedom of information bill (Bill 9) for six months
In debate on May 6, 2026, Valeriote spoke for a motion to delay Bill 9 by six months so it could be amended. The vote index records him voting against the bill at third reading.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the delay. The vote index records him voting no at third reading on May 28, 2026.
What still needs checking
How do the Bill 9 changes affect freedom of information requests?
Bring back the legislature's Aboriginal Affairs committee
In the K’ómoks Treaty Act debate on May 20, 2026, Valeriote said the BC Greens want the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs re-established, with an independent reconciliation commissioner chosen by the committee with First Nations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names the committee and the commissioner. He gives no cost or date.
Work with the Líl̓wat and N’Quatqua Nations on Joffre Lakes Park
In question period on May 19, 2026, Valeriote asked the Environment Minister how she would keep the Crown’s commitment to work with the Líl̓wat and N’Quatqua Nations, after the ministry set summer closure dates for Joffre Lakes Provincial Park.
A party release on May 27, 2026 quotes Valeriote calling for regulations to protect local farmers from investors buying farmland. In question period the same day he asked the Agriculture Minister to make farmland ownership public.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
He names regulation and public data. He gives no rule text or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province limit non-resident or investment-firm ownership of farmland?
In question period on March 9, 2026, Valeriote asked the Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Minister for a plan to clear permit delays that hold back small businesses and homeowners in the Sea to Sky.
In question period on April 20, 2026, Valeriote asked what the Province is doing to protect workers on temporary foreign worker permits, especially closed permits tied to one employer.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The permit program is federal, as he said himself. He names no provincial measure.
What still needs checking
Does the Province name a step to protect these workers?
In question period on May 21, 2026, Valeriote said the BC Greens have called to disband the RCMP’s critical response unit, and asked why it receives information about treaty negotiations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no step the Province would take.
Limit force in corrections to regulated health professionals' treatment
In committee on Bill 16 on April 29, 2026, Valeriote moved an amendment to clause 28 so corrections staff could use force only for people held for treatment under the Mental Health Act, and only to help a regulated health professional.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records the amendment as negatived. It names no cost.
What still needs checking
Is use of force in the Surrey Pretrial unit reported publicly?
Moved an amendment to Bill 3 tying the strategic investment fund to the climate law
In committee on the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), Valeriote moved that spending from the new $400 million fund be published with confirmation that it meets the Climate Change Accountability Act.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript records the result. It does not list each member's vote.
Moved an amendment to Bill 3 on publishing the public benefit of each investment
Valeriote moved that the government publish how each investment from the fund helps innovation, the economy and the well-being of First Nations and all people in B.C. The amendment lost 1 to 9.
Moved an amendment to Bill 16 on force in corrections during treatment
Valeriote moved to limit the new use of force by corrections staff to people held under the Mental Health Act and to treatment by regulated health professionals.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript records the amendment as negatived and clause 28 as approved.
The recorded vote index lists Valeriote voting yes at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026, and voting no on an opposition amendment at second reading.
Scope, limits and sources
He spoke in the debate on May 20 and asked questions in committee.
Voted no on the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Valeriote voting no at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
He spoke for a six-month delay of the bill on May 6, 2026.
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Speech
Budget debate speech
Valeriote spoke on the 2026 budget: cuts to housing and long-term care projects in Squamish, transit spending, LNG and health, and taxes on large wealth.
Valeriote asked the Transportation Minister to instruct BC Transit to plan the service and to sign an agreement with local governments and First Nations.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
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Reporting
Pique Newsmagazine
Regional leaders press for role in Sea to Sky rail talks
Reports the joint letter from Valeriote and MP Patrick Weiler on the CN rail line.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The legislature record lists no cabinet or parliamentary secretary role for him in the 43rd Parliament, and his caucus titles were not checked against an official list. His own campaign website was not found; the party candidate page is the only campaign page read. His Facebook and Instagram pages showed a sign-in page with no readable posts, and the X address tried returned "not found", so nothing from social media is used. The Squamish Chief reported in June 2026 that he was writing a Clean Air Act as a private member's bill; the 2026 speech index lists no such bill, and voche.me found no later record of it. The party release of September 14, 2026 says he would speak to media about the Squamish to 100 Mile House rail line; voche.me found no report of what was said. The estimates debates where he spoke (Education, Health, Infrastructure, Finance, Tourism, Energy, Jobs, Mining, Transportation, Premier's Office) were read for his questions only, and the debates on Bills 3, 5, 13, 15 and 16 were not all read line by line. Votes come from the vote index; most vote transcripts were not opened. His engineering degree, his master's from Royal Roads University and his consulting career come from the party page and were not checked with the school or an employer. His term on Gibsons council (2014 to 2018) and his work in the Squamish mayor's office come from CBC News; the CivicInfo BC election results page answered HTTP 403 and was not read. No all-candidates meeting for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky was found on 2026-09-30. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's 2026 speech and vote indexes, 28 transcripts from 2026 where he spoke, his BC Greens candidate page, the party platform page, 10 party releases that quote him, and news reports from CBC News, the Times Colonist, Pique, the Squamish Chief, The Squamish Reporter and Victoria News.
Most commitments on this page come from what he said in the legislature in 2026. Party platform items are marked as the party's. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Jeremy Valeriote?
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What party is Jeremy Valeriote running with?
Jeremy Valeriote is running for MLA with BC Green Party.
Does Jeremy Valeriote currently hold public office?
Yes. Jeremy Valeriote currently serves as MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
How many sources does this Jeremy Valeriote profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Jeremy Valeriote's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jeremy Valeriote in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Jeremy Valeriote is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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