MLA in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows · BC provincial 2026
Lisa Beare
Minister of Education and Child Care, running again for the BC NDP in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.
Lisa Beare has been the MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows since 2017 and Minister of Education and Child Care since November 2024. Her 2026 statements cover literacy screening, school counsellors, the pause to $10-a-day child care enrolment, child care in schools and school safety.
A researched record of Lisa Beare’s 19 commitments, 10 dated actions and 12 public statements from 2026, with 8 news items. Most come from the legislature record and government releases.
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01 / Introduction
About Lisa Beare
Lisa Beare is the BC NDP candidate in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows on Elections BC’s list for the general election of October 24, 2026. She won the district in 2024 with 14,480 votes, 54.89% of the valid vote, against Mike Morden of the Conservative Party, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
The legislature record lists her election years as 2017, 2020 and 2024, and shows her as Minister of Education and Child Care from November 18, 2024. The government named her Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture on July 18, 2017, and Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills on February 20, 2024, after a term as Minister of Citizens’ Services.
In the legislature in 2026 she answered questions on school funding, education assistants, the pause to new $10-a-day child care enrolment, and school safety after the Tumbler Ridge shootings. In May 2026 the Province agreed to quash its orders removing the Victoria school board after the ministry failed to give the court all the documents it had ordered.
Her campaign page and her government biography say she grew up in Maple Ridge and began in politics in 2014 as a school board trustee. Those are her 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.
19 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · EducationIn progress
Literacy screening from kindergarten to Grade 3
In the estimates debate on March 5, 2026, Beare said kindergarten literacy screening is now mandatory and would extend to Grade 3 the next school year. Her back-to-school statement of September 8, 2026 says screening is expanding to Grade 3 this year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the $30 million for literacy supports and the grades covered. She gives no count of students to be screened in Grades 1 to 3.
What still needs checking
How many students in Grades 1 to 3 are screened in the 2026-27 school year?
In the estimates debate on March 5, 2026, Beare said the ministry is building one B.C.-made literacy screening tool for all schools, from the 2027-28 school year, with training for teachers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the start year. She gives no cost for building the tool.
What still needs checking
Is the tool ready for all districts in the 2027-28 school year?
In the estimates debate on March 9, 2026, Beare said the ratified teachers’ agreement raises the ratio of counsellors to students, which she said would add 200 counsellors, and that the ministry put $10 million into training and hiring counsellors and specialist teachers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the number of counsellors and the $10 million. She gives no date by which the 200 counsellors will be working.
What still needs checking
How many counsellors are working in public schools in September 2027, against the 1,100 she gave for September 2025?
In question period on May 25, 2026, Beare said more than 80% of K to 3 classrooms have an education assistant, and that the government is working to add more and meet its commitment.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. She names no number of new assistants, cost or date for every K to 3 classroom.
What still needs checking
When does every K to 3 classroom have an education assistant?
In the estimates debate on March 5, 2026, Beare said Budget 2026 adds $640 million for education over three years. In question period on May 25, 2026, she said the Province would keep raising education funding every year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the budget amount and the three-year period. Budget lines are the government’s; she speaks for them as minister.
In the estimates debate on March 5, 2026, Beare described the K to 12 workforce plan: teacher training partly online, awards for student teachers who work in northern schools, and a new Vancouver Island University program.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives $15.2 million over three years for the plan and 20 to 26 added students in the new program from August 2026. She gives no total number of new teachers.
In question period on May 27, 2026, Beare said the government is waiting for the results of several investigations into the Tumbler Ridge shootings before it acts, and that every school has a safety coordinator and safety plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names no new measure, cost or date. The investigations had not reported when she spoke.
What still needs checking
What does the government change in school safety after the investigations report?
Her campaign page says she will invest in services families in the district rely on, such as new schools. At the start of construction of the new Pitt Meadows Secondary on September 18, 2026, Maple Ridge News reports she said the school was the top priority she saw in the community when she became minister.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Maple Ridge News reports the funding was announced in August 2024 and construction runs to June 2029. Neither source gives the cost of the new Pitt Meadows Secondary.
What still needs checking
Is the construction contract awarded in October 2026, and does the school open by June 2029?
Pause $10-a-day enrolment and stabilize child care
In question period on February 23, 2026, Beare said the government had put a temporary pause on new entries to $10-a-day child care while it works on a new funding model, and that families already in the program stay in it. In the estimates debate on March 5, she said Budget 2026 adds $330 million over three years to stabilize child care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the $330 million and its yearly split. She gives no end date for the pause, and she said no decision had been made on the new model.
What still needs checking
When does the pause end, and what funding model replaces the current one?
A government release on August 31, 2026 quotes Beare on funding for 22 school districts to turn existing school space into before- and after-school child care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives 1,200 spaces, $5 million for renovations and $20 million for operating costs over three years. The money for renovations comes from the Ministry of Infrastructure, where she was acting minister.
What still needs checking
How many of the 1,200 spaces are open by September 2027?
In the estimates debate on March 9, 2026, Beare said the wage enhancement of up to $6 an hour for early childhood educators continues, and that a wage grid is being tested.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the yearly budget for the wage enhancement. She gives no date for a wage grid.
What still needs checking
Is a wage grid for early childhood educators adopted, and when?
In the estimates debate on March 9, 2026, Beare said B.C. is asking the federal government for more flexibility in the child care agreement, including funding care for children up to age 12.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This needs the federal government to agree. She gives no date for a new agreement.
What still needs checking
Does the next federal agreement cover school-age care?
A government release on March 9, 2026 quotes Beare on Bill 12, which extends the Safe Access to Schools Act to July 1, 2028. The vote index records her voting yes at third reading. Her September 8 statement says access zones are back around K to 12 schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the 20-metre zone and the new end date. It gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Does the legislature review the law again before July 1, 2028?
In question period on March 12, 2026, Beare said the ministry is working with the New Westminster school district, the city and TransLink on a permanent bus solution for Queensborough students.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names no cost, route or date. She said school transportation is paid from district funding.
What still needs checking
Is a permanent Queensborough bus service in place for the 2026-27 school year?
In question period on May 26, 2026, Beare said her job is to understand how the ministry failed to produce court-ordered documents so that it does not happen again.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names no review, report or date. She said the cost to taxpayers was not yet known.
What still needs checking
Does the ministry publish what went wrong and what the case cost?
Recorded votes and government programs where an official source names her. A government program is the government’s; it is listed here only where the release quotes her.
Recorded vote, yes
Voted yes on the 2026 budget motion
The recorded vote index lists Beare voting yes on the budget motion, and yes at third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 on May 28, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
The index records her vote. The motion text is in the transcript of February 26, 2026.
Voted yes on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Beare voting yes at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, and on two amendments moved by Gibson.
Scope, limits and sources
The index does not describe what each amendment changed.
Screening under way; Grade 3 expansion started September 2026
Kindergarten literacy screening
Her back-to-school statement says teachers have screened more than 36,000 kindergarten students since 2025 and that screening extends to Grade 3 this school year. In the estimates debate she said the screening was paid for from a $30 million literacy investment.
Funded; spaces expected to open within a year of the release
Funding for 1,200 before- and after-school child care spaces
The Province funded 22 school districts to turn school space into before- and after-school child care. The government release quotes Beare as minister.
Scope, limits and sources
The release is the government’s own account, and the opening dates are forecasts.
The Province opened a survey on child care that runs to July 9, 2026. The release says Beare took part in a town hall with more than 300 educators and providers on May 20.
Question period on Tumbler Ridge and school safety
Beare answered a Conservative member’s questions on the Tumbler Ridge shootings, said the member’s rhetoric was dangerous and that she should resign. The Hansard index lists the exchange under anti-transgender rhetoric.
Beare opened the ministry’s budget debate and answered questions on school funding, teachers, counsellors, literacy screening, school food and school safety.
Beare answered questions on child care funding, the pause to $10-a-day enrolment, talks with the federal government, and early childhood educator wages.
Comments to reporters on the School District 61 case
Beare told reporters the ministry had made a significant administrative error and that she had not seen the text messages filed in court, according to CBC News.
Question period on the School District 61 court case
Beare said the failure to produce documents was a significant error that ministry staff told her was inadvertent, and denied any role in withholding them.
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.
Civil lawsuit
Collapse of the case over the fired Victoria school board
In January 2025 Beare removed the elected School District 61 board in Victoria, according to CBC News and The Canadian Press. The trustees challenged the firing in B.C. Supreme Court. On May 25, 2026, text messages between senior ministry officials, a Victoria police deputy chief and the special adviser were shown in court, and the Province agreed to quash its orders. Board chair Nicole Duncan called the claim of inadvertent errors “not believable,” CBC News reported. Conservative members asked in the legislature what the case cost taxpayers.
Candidate or party response
Beare said ministry staff told her the failure to produce all documents was inadvertent, called the errors significant, and denied any role in withholding documents. She said she would provide the costs when they were known.
Verified status and limits
The orders were quashed and the trustees reinstated, according to the government statement and CBC News. voche.me found no published cost figure on 2026-09-30.
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Reporting
Global News
$10-a-day enrolment paused
Reports the pause to new $10-a-day enrolment, with Beare’s comments.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Her X, Facebook and Instagram pages show no readable posts to a direct read, so nothing from them is used. The campaign page lists no events and no platform of her own; its Latest link opens party news. The Hansard index entries for her introductions, her statement on Raj Chouhan and her tribute to Michael Sather were not read. The estimates transcripts were read for her answers only. Votes are taken from the vote index; the transcripts of those votes were not opened. Her roles from 2017 to 2024 were checked only against the 2017 cabinet release and the February 2024 appointment release; the start and end dates of her time as Minister of Citizens’ Services were not checked against an official record. Her school board term from 2014 is stated only in her campaign page and her government biography, and was not checked against School District 42 records. The BC NDP caucus page and an Island Social Trends report answered HTTP 503 and were not used. The cost of the School District 61 case was not found. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows was found, and no other candidate for the district was on the Elections BC list 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, ten 2026 transcripts where she spoke, ten government releases, her campaign page, the BC NDP platform and releases pages, and news reports from 2026.
Most commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature and in government releases in 2026. Her campaign page names new schools and health care without measures. 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 Lisa Beare?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Lisa Beare's own campaign.
What party is Lisa Beare running with?
Lisa Beare is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Lisa Beare currently hold public office?
Yes. Lisa Beare currently serves as Minister of Education and Child Care; MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.
How many sources does this Lisa Beare 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 Lisa Beare's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Lisa Beare 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 Lisa Beare 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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