Deputy Premier and Attorney General, running again for the BC NDP in Vancouver-Hastings.
Niki Sharma has been Attorney General and Deputy Premier since November 2024. Her 2026 work in the legislature covers DRIPA and land title, bail and court staffing, safe access zones around schools and places of worship, and the human rights code.
A researched record of Niki Sharma's 22 commitments, 13 dated actions and 7 public statements from 2026, with 2 news items. Most come from the legislature record and government releases.
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01 / Introduction
About Niki Sharma
Niki Sharma is the BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Hastings on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. She won the district in 2024 with 14,237 votes, 64.15% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
The legislature record lists her election years as 2020 and 2024, and shows her as Attorney General and Deputy Premier from November 18, 2024.
In the legislature in 2026 she answered questions on DRIPA, the Court of Appeal's Gitxaała ruling and the Cowichan land title case. She introduced bills on safe access to schools and places of worship and on online renewal of driver's licences. In September 2026 she announced a lawsuit by the Province against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting.
Her campaign page says she expanded local health care, opened child care spaces and new schools, and took on large companies over online safety. Those are the campaign'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.
22 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge
Expand the repeat offender program to property crime
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Sharma said the budget expands the repeat violent offender program into a program for people who commit property crime again and again, with $16 million over two years.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the cost and the period. She gives no number of people or places to be served.
What still needs checking
How many communities does the property offender program reach, and when does it start?
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Sharma said the budget adds $40 million for the prosecution service and $22 million for staff for Crown counsel, judges and lawyers. On May 7, 2026 she said the sheriff service is close to fully staffed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the amounts. She gives no target for court wait times.
What still needs checking
Do criminal cases reach trial faster after the new money?
On March 9, 2026, Sharma introduced Bill 13, the Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act. It lets places of worship post signs that set a zone where disruptive behaviour is banned. The House read the bill a third time on April 2, 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
In committee she said the zone is the property line plus 20 metres. The bill has a four-year end date. No cost is given.
What still needs checking
How many places of worship post the signs, and how many tickets are issued?
A new office to lead justice reform on intimate-partner violence
A government release on September 18, 2026 quotes Sharma on the Stanton Report. The release says the Province will bring in a law that creates a role inside government to lead justice system reform on intimate-partner and sexual violence, and plans to set up that role before the end of 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release says work has started on 19 of the report's 21 recommendations. It gives no cost for the new role.
What still needs checking
Is the bill introduced, and is the role in place before the end of 2026?
In question period on February 26 and May 28, 2026, Sharma asked the Senate to pass Bill C-14, a federal bill that changes bail rules for people who offend again and again.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Bail law is in the federal Criminal Code, so the Province can ask for it but cannot pass it. A July 17, 2026 release quotes her welcoming the federal changes as they came into force.
What still needs checking
Do the new federal bail rules change how often repeat offenders are held before trial in B.C.?
A statement on September 21, 2026 says the Province is suing OpenAI in California over the Tumbler Ridge shooting. In it, Sharma says she wrote to federal ministers with ideas to change the Criminal Code so people can be held responsible for actions by AI.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Criminal Code is federal, so this part needs Ottawa to act. The lawsuit is a court case and has no result yet.
What still needs checking
Does the federal government answer her letter, and how does the lawsuit proceed?
Ask Meta to give Canadian children the same protections as U.S. children
In a statement on August 31, 2026, Sharma called on Meta to put in place in Canada the safeguards for users under 18 that it agreed to in the United States.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A request to a company. It names no provincial law, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the Province propose its own rules if Meta does not act?
A government release on August 6, 2026 quotes Sharma on changes to the consumer protection law that took effect on August 1, 2026. Businesses must warn customers before a long subscription renews, and customers can cancel a renewal without a penalty. A credit freeze to fight fraud is set to start in August 2027.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives the dates and the notice period. It gives no estimate of money saved.
What still needs checking
Does the credit freeze start in August 2027 as the release says?
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Sharma said the budget commits $330 million to child care and that the government is working on the future of child care to expand access and lower costs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the budget amount. She gives no number of spaces or fee level.
What still needs checking
How many new spaces and what fee levels does the $330 million pay for?
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Sharma said the budget adds $634 million for K to 12 schools, including $167 million for a classroom enhancement fund, and that she made a commitment to parents in her district to work with the Vancouver School Board on classroom supports.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the amounts. She gives no number of staff or classrooms for her district.
What still needs checking
How much of the classroom fund reaches Vancouver-Hastings schools?
On March 9, 2026, Sharma introduced Bill 12, which keeps the law on access zones around K to 12 schools in force until July 1, 2028. In committee on April 1, 2026 she said the zone reaches 20 metres around a school.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She gives the end date and the zone size. In committee she said one ticket had been issued under the law.
What still needs checking
Does the next Legislature extend the law again before July 1, 2028?
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Sharma said 350,000 more people have a family doctor because of the government's work, and spoke of expanded surgery capacity in Vancouver hospitals.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement about past results. She names no new health measure, cost or date of her own.
What still needs checking
Which health measures would she support in a new term?
In question period from April to May 2026, Sharma said the government would find a solution to the legal problems created by the Court of Appeal's Gitxaała ruling, through talks with First Nations and through amendments debated in the House. On April 28 she said any bill would come in the next fall session. On September 15, 2026 she told reporters she was hopeful but would not commit to a fall bill, Black Press reported.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names a bill and a session. She gives no text of the changes.
What still needs checking
Is a DRIPA amendment bill introduced after the election, and what does it change?
Protect private property in the Cowichan title appeal
In question period on April 1 and May 7, 2026, Sharma said the Province is appealing the Cowichan (Quw'utsun) land title ruling and that protecting private property must come first in the courts.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The appeal is a court case. She gives no date for a decision.
In question period on March 5, 2026, Sharma said the government will not change the human rights code. On March 12, 2026 she spoke for a motion in support of the code and the Human Rights Tribunal.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of position. It names no change, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does any party propose a bill to change the code or the tribunal after the election?
Use the courts to recover public costs from companies
In the budget debate on February 25, 2026, Sharma said her ministry uses laws, regulations and lawsuits to make companies pay for harm, and that a 2025 national tobacco settlement led by B.C. gives B.C. $3.6 billion.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The settlement is past. She names no new lawsuit amount or date in the speech.
What still needs checking
What other cost recovery cases does the Province bring?
On February 19, 2026, Sharma introduced Bill 6, the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, which allows online renewal and replacement of driver's licences as the first phase of a ten-year program to modernize driver licensing.
In question period on April 28, 2026, Sharma said working with First Nations brings investment, and cited the North Coast transmission line, the Eskay Creek mine and $750 million in mining exploration in 2025.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. The figures describe projects and past spending, and she names no measure of her own.
What still needs checking
Which projects reach a final investment decision in the next year?
Recorded votes and government actions where an official source names her. A government program is the government's; it is listed here only where the source quotes her or records her role.
Report tabled in the House
Tabled the Stanton review and her update on intimate-partner violence
Sharma tabled Dr. Kim Stanton's independent review of how the justice system treats intimate-partner and sexual violence, and her own update on actions taken.
Scope, limits and sources
The September 18, 2026 release says work has started on 19 of 21 recommendations. That count is the government's own.
Voted yes on third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
The recorded vote index lists Sharma voting yes at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026, and no on an amendment moved by Van Popta.
Scope, limits and sources
The index records her vote. It does not record a speech by her on the bill.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Speech
Budget debate speech
Sharma spoke for the 2026 budget: justice system staffing, sheriffs, the property offender program, prosecutions, child care, schools, skilled trades and anti-racism work.
Sharma said a change to the Conservative constitution to keep Lorne Doerkson as leader would need a two-thirds vote of members, Black Press reported. The date is the date of the report.
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
Revelstoke Review (Black Press)
Attorney general hopeful on DRIPA changes
Reports Sharma's comments at the UBCM convention on DRIPA changes and local governments.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Ladysmith Chronicle (Black Press) · Mark Page · September 25, 2026
Her campaign page states no measures of its own, and its event search showed no events. Her X and Facebook pages show a sign-in page, so nothing from them is used. The Attorney General estimates debates (March 2026), the Bill 16 and Bill 6 committee debates, and her answers on foreign interference (May 5), the Tumbler Ridge inquiry and the Quest University investigation were not read line by line. Votes are taken from the vote index only; the transcripts of those votes were not opened. The district she won in 2020 is not in the legislature data, and the 2020 statement of votes was not found at the addresses tried. Her campaign page says she has been MLA for Vancouver-Hastings since 2021; that is the campaign's statement and was not checked. Her work as a lawyer before 2020, described in a 2024 party release, was not checked against an independent source. A Business in Vancouver report on her campaign comments returned HTTP 403 and was not used. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Vancouver-Hastings was found. 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, 17 transcripts from 2026 where she spoke, seven government releases and statements that quote her, her campaign page, the BC NDP platform and releases pages, and two news reports from September 2026.
Her commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature and in government releases in 2026. Her campaign page states no measures of its own. 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 Niki Sharma?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Niki Sharma's own campaign.
What party is Niki Sharma running with?
Niki Sharma is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Niki Sharma currently hold public office?
Yes. Niki Sharma currently serves as Attorney General and Deputy Premier; MLA for Vancouver-Hastings.
How many sources does this Niki Sharma 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 Niki Sharma's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Niki Sharma 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 Niki Sharma 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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