Minister of State for Community Safety, running again for the BC NDP in Vancouver-Yaletown.
Terry Yung has been the MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown since 2024 and Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services since November 2024. His 2026 record covers repeat offenders, civil forfeiture, safety in supportive housing and police training.
A researched record of Terry Yung's 9 commitments, 9 dated actions and 7 public statements, with 4 news items. Most come from the legislature record and government releases from 2026.
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01 / Introduction
About Terry Yung
Terry Yung is the BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Yaletown on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. He won the district in 2024 with 9,018 votes, 49.76% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
The legislature record lists 2024 as his only election year and shows him as Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services from November 18, 2024. Daily Hive reported in August 2024 that he had retired as an inspector with the Vancouver Police Department after three decades of service.
In the legislature in 2026 he spoke for bills on civil forfeiture, international students and safety in supportive housing, and answered questions on crime against businesses and on emergency services in the Downtown Eastside. A government release in July 2026 quotes him on the expansion of a program that supervises people who commit repeat property crime.
His campaign page says he was the longest-serving board chair of SUCCESS and helped grow its affordable housing to 1,000 units. 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.
9 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · Public safetyIn progress
Expand the repeat property offender program across B.C.
A government release on July 23, 2026 quotes Yung, as Minister of State for Community Safety, saying that expanding the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative across the Lower Mainland and the province will reduce repeat property crime. The program puts people who commit repeat theft, vandalism and street disorder offences under closer supervision.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release gives $16 million over two years for 13 new hubs, and up to 865 people monitored in 25 hubs. It does not say how the government will measure a drop in repeat crime.
What still needs checking
Does the government publish results for the new hubs, as it did for the repeat violent offender hubs?
In the debate on March 2, 2026, Yung spoke for Bill 8, the Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act. He said the bill makes the court process for taking property gained from crime faster, gives people 60 days instead of 30 to respond, and that the money recovered goes to crime prevention and victim support programs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The House passed Bill 8 at third reading on April 1, 2026, by a vote that recorded no names. voche.me did not check the date of royal assent. He gives no dollar amount for money recovered.
What still needs checking
How much does the civil forfeiture office recover in the first year under the new rules?
In the debate on April 1, 2026, Yung spoke for Bill 11, the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act. He said the bill lets an operator apply to end a tenancy when a weapon is present in supportive housing, lets operators limit access to a building after a serious safety event, and protects workers and guests, while tenants keep their rights under the Residential Tenancy Act.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
voche.me read his speech. It did not open the record of the final vote on Bill 11. He gives no number of buildings or tenancies and no cost.
What still needs checking
Did Bill 11 pass, and how many supportive housing tenancies end under the weapon rule?
Inspections of schools that teach international students (Bill 7)
In the debate on March 2, 2026, Yung spoke for Bill 7, the Post-Secondary International Education (Designated Institutions) Act. He said the bill lets the Province inspect schools, issue orders and cancel a school's right to enrol international students when it does not meet the rules.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
voche.me read his speech. It did not open the record of the final vote on Bill 7. He gives no number of schools and no cost.
What still needs checking
Did Bill 7 pass, and how many schools has the Province inspected under it?
A government release on March 6, 2026 announced new police training sites in Vancouver and Victoria and quoted Yung, as MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown and a board trustee of the Justice Institute of British Columbia, in support.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release says the sites are paid for by the police departments that use them and approved for two years, and that the Justice Institute academy grows from 96 to 144 places per group from May 2026. The program belongs to the Ministry of Public Safety; Yung is quoted in support.
What still needs checking
Did the Vancouver site open in 2026, and how many recruits did it train?
Help for emergency services in the Downtown Eastside
In question period on May 21, 2026, asked about fire crews in the Downtown Eastside, Yung said the government works with the fire department, its union and BC Emergency Health Services so that people get help when they need it, and would look at other ways to reduce the load on them.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What change to ambulance or fire response in the Downtown Eastside would he support?
In question period on April 16, 2026, asked about crime and small businesses, Yung said small businesses face challenges and that the government's response must follow the evidence.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement of approach. It names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which measure for business crime would he put forward in a new term?
Yung's campaign page repeats the party heading on help with daily costs. The same heading appears on the BC NDP platform page, which does not name him.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Party text. voche.me found no statement by Yung on cost of living in 2026.
What still needs checking
Does Yung speak on cost of living during the campaign?
Recorded votes and government programs where an official source names him. A government program is the government's; it is listed here only where the release quotes him.
Launched
Repeat property offender program expanded to the Lower Mainland
The Province launched seven new hubs in the Lower Mainland under the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative. The government release quotes Yung as Minister of State for Community Safety.
Scope, limits and sources
The release is the government's own account. CBC News reported the launch and quoted Yung.
Voted yes on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Yung voting yes at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, and on several amendments.
Scope, limits and sources
The index shows he voted for some amendments and against others. It does not describe what each amendment changed.
Met business leaders on a planned overdose prevention site
The Minister of Health wrote that Yung met local business leaders on May 26, 2026 about a planned overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken Street, and that what he heard helped inform the decision to stop it, according to Daily Hive.
Scope, limits and sources
A meeting is listed for the record. The decision was made by the Minister of Health and Vancouver Coastal Health.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
Global News
Province pauses overdose prevention site downtown
Reports that the Health Minister said she and Yung had heard concerns from the city, businesses and community partners about the site.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign event or all-candidates meeting for Vancouver-Yaletown was found on 2026-09-30. His X and Instagram posts could not be read, because both show a sign-in page; his Bluesky account has no posts from 2026. The final votes on Bill 7 and Bill 11 were not opened, and the royal assent date of Bill 8 was not checked. Votes are taken from the vote index only. The estimates debates of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General were not read for his answers. Speeches from the 2025 session were not read. His police career, his rank, his time as board chair of SUCCESS and the housing figure the campaign gives for it, his awards and his degrees come from the campaign, the party and his government biography; none was checked against the police department, SUCCESS, the awarding bodies or the universities. A search result says he was a parliamentary secretary for the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown; the caucus page that would show it was offline, so it is left out. 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, five 2026 transcripts, five government releases and his government biography, his campaign page, the BC NDP platform and releases pages, and news reports from 2024 and 2026.
His commitments on this page come from his speeches in the legislature and from government releases that quote him in 2026. His 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
Questions about this page
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Is this an official page for Terry Yung?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Terry Yung's own campaign.
What party is Terry Yung running with?
Terry Yung is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Terry Yung currently hold public office?
Yes. Terry Yung currently serves as Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services; MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown.
How many sources does this Terry Yung 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 Terry Yung's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Terry Yung 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 Terry Yung 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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