[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":5892},["ShallowReactive",2],{"district-chilliwack-cultus-lake":3,"district-facts-chilliwack-cultus-lake":1186,"district-profile-chilliwack-cultus-lake":1996,"parties-all":2229},[4,699],{"slug":5,"name":6,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":10,"palette":11,"party":12,"portrait":15,"headline":24,"dossier":25,"sample":418,"acclamation":11},"a-aliya-warbus","A'aliya Warbus","MLA","chilliwack-cultus-lake","","blue",null,{"name":13,"url":14},"Conservative Party of BC","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002F",{"src":16,"smallSrc":17,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":20,"credit":21,"sourceUrl":22,"position":23},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fa-aliya-warbus-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fa-aliya-warbus-320.webp",640,800,"A'aliya Warbus, from the Conservative Party of BC candidate page.","Conservative Party of BC campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fcandidate\u002Faaliya-warbus\u002F","50% 30%","MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake since 2024, running again for the Conservative Party of BC.",{"checkedAt":26,"through":27,"introduction":28,"recordIntro":29,"researchGaps":30,"sources":31,"scheduleSummary":267,"scheduleSourceIds":268,"events":269,"promises":287,"programs":426,"talks":567,"accountability":660,"coverage":669},"2026-10-03","2026-10-24","A researched record of A'aliya Warbus's 15 commitments, 21 dated actions and 18 public statements, with 7 news items and 1 public dispute. Most come from the legislature record.","Recorded votes and actions in the legislature where an official source names her. The recorded vote index is the legislature's list of votes where each member's name is recorded, and a recorded vote belongs to the member whose name is listed. Votes taken by voice name nobody, and none is attributed to her.","Her own website, aaliyawarbus.com, answered HTTP 403 to direct requests and was read through the WebFetch tool. It is the website of her office as MLA and holds a short biography, a help request form and news items. It lists no campaign platform and no events. voche.me found no separate 2026 campaign website. The Conservative Party of BC candidate page holds a biography and a donation form, and its news list reads \"No data was found\". Its platform page lists headings with one-line summaries, and voche.me did not open the detail pages. The party's events page was not read. Instagram shows a profile description that calls her a Conservative candidate for Chilliwack Cultus Lake, and none of its posts could be read. The Facebook page returned no readable text, and her website's footer names Facebook and X without addresses voche.me could read. No social media post is used. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. Her House Leader title comes from Chilliwack Progress (2024), her own words in the House (April 14, 2026) and My Cariboo Now (June 29, 2026), and the exact date the role ended was not found. The legislature record still lists her as Independent on 2026-10-03, while the Elections BC list and the party page name her as a Conservative candidate. voche.me found no legislature notice that explains the difference and did not open her own post of September 22. The May 20, 2026 Facebook post read by Minister Ravi Kahlon was not opened and its authorship is not confirmed. The index lists a vote on third reading of Bill 14 on April 21, 2026, and the transcript opened (issue 159) shows no division list that names her, so that vote is not used. The vote on Bill 6 comes from the vote index alone. No ministry release naming her was found. The 2025 speech and vote indexes, her 2024 and 2025 speeches, and the debate that gives the full text of Motion M203 were not opened. Her biography (her Master of Fine Arts, her earlier work for the Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Government and her teaching at Capilano University) comes from her own website and the party page, and voche.me did not check it with those bodies. Wikipedia was read as a pointer and is not used as a source. voche.me did not search court or regulator registers for her name, and no such record appears in the sources opened. Campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed, and the questionnaire has not been sent.",[32,38,42,46,51,56,60,65,70,75,80,85,89,94,99,104,109,114,119,124,128,133,138,143,148,153,158,163,168,173,178,183,188,193,200,206,212,216,221,226,232,237,242,246,250,254,258,263],{"id":33,"label":34,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":37,"publishedAt":26,"checkedAt":26},"elections-bc-list","Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election (list dated October 3, 2026)","Elections BC","Official record","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.elections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FGE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF",{"id":39,"label":40,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":41,"checkedAt":26},"elections-bc-2026","2026 provincial general election: key dates","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002F2026-provincial-election\u002F",{"id":43,"label":44,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":45,"checkedAt":26},"sov-2024","Statement of votes, 2024 provincial general election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf",{"id":47,"label":48,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":50,"checkedAt":26},"legislature-record","Member record for Á'a:líya Warbus, 43rd Parliament","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fmembers\u002F43rd-parliament\u002Faaliya-warbus",{"id":52,"label":53,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":55,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-index-2026","Members index to debates, 2026, entry for Á'a:líya Warbus","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-members-indexmhds.htm",{"id":57,"label":58,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":59,"checkedAt":26},"votes-index-2026","Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Á'a:líya Warbus","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votesw.htm",{"id":61,"label":62,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":63,"publishedAt":64,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-116","Debates of February 12, 2026 (afternoon): motion to appoint an Assistant Deputy Speaker","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260212pm-Hansard-n116.html","2026-02-12",{"id":66,"label":67,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":68,"publishedAt":69,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-118","Debates of February 18, 2026 (afternoon): question on affordability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260218pm-Hansard-n118.html","2026-02-18",{"id":71,"label":72,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":73,"publishedAt":74,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-119","Debates of February 19, 2026 (morning): first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260219am-Hansard-n119.html","2026-02-19",{"id":76,"label":77,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":78,"publishedAt":79,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-123","Debates of February 24, 2026 (morning): questions on the Merit Commissioner","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260224am-Hansard-n123.html","2026-02-24",{"id":81,"label":82,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":83,"publishedAt":84,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-126","Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): Human Rights Code Repeal Act, budget motion, petition","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260226am-Hansard-n126.html","2026-02-26",{"id":86,"label":87,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":88,"publishedAt":84,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-127","Debates of February 26, 2026 (afternoon): second reading of Bill 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260226pm-Hansard-n127.html",{"id":90,"label":91,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":92,"publishedAt":93,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-130","Debates of March 3, 2026 (morning): question on supportive housing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260303am-Hansard-n130.html","2026-03-03",{"id":95,"label":96,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":97,"publishedAt":98,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-132","Debates of March 4, 2026 (afternoon): estimates of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260304pm-Hansard-n132.html","2026-03-04",{"id":100,"label":101,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":102,"publishedAt":103,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-134","Debates of March 5, 2026 (afternoon): third reading of Bill 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260305pm-Hansard-n134.html","2026-03-05",{"id":105,"label":106,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":107,"publishedAt":108,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-136","Debates of March 9, 2026 (afternoon): second reading of Bill 2","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260309pm-Hansard-n136.html","2026-03-09",{"id":110,"label":111,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":112,"publishedAt":113,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-139","Debates of March 11, 2026 (afternoon): statement on Community Angels","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260311pm-Hansard-n139.html","2026-03-11",{"id":115,"label":116,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":117,"publishedAt":118,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-141","Debates of March 12, 2026 (afternoon): Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260312pm-Hansard-n141.html","2026-03-12",{"id":120,"label":121,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":122,"publishedAt":123,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-144","Debates of March 31, 2026 (morning): question on Ksi Lisims LNG, vote on Motion M203","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260331am-Hansard-n144.html","2026-03-31",{"id":125,"label":126,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":127,"publishedAt":123,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-145","Debates of March 31, 2026 (afternoon): estimates of the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260331pm-Hansard-n145.html",{"id":129,"label":130,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":131,"publishedAt":132,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-146","Debates of April 1, 2026 (afternoon): third reading of Bills 2, 6 and 12","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260401pm-Hansard-n146.html","2026-04-01",{"id":134,"label":135,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":136,"publishedAt":137,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-150","Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 15, environmental assessment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260413pm-Hansard-n150.html","2026-04-13",{"id":139,"label":140,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":141,"publishedAt":142,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-152","Debates of April 14, 2026 (afternoon): response to the K'ómoks Treaty Act statement","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260414pm-Hansard-n152.html","2026-04-14",{"id":144,"label":145,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":146,"publishedAt":147,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-154","Debates of April 16, 2026 (morning): question on ferry service","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260416am-Hansard-n154.html","2026-04-16",{"id":149,"label":150,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":151,"publishedAt":152,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-158","Debates of April 21, 2026 (morning): question on DRIPA","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260421am-Hansard-n158.html","2026-04-21",{"id":154,"label":155,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":156,"publishedAt":157,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-160","Debates of April 22, 2026 (afternoon): DRIPA Repeal Act, Motion 15","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260422pm-Hansard-n160.html","2026-04-22",{"id":159,"label":160,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":161,"publishedAt":162,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-168","Debates of April 30, 2026 (morning): opposition letter on committees","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260430am-Hansard-n168.html","2026-04-30",{"id":164,"label":165,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":166,"publishedAt":167,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-171","Debates of May 4, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9, freedom of information","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260504pm-Hansard-n171.html","2026-05-04",{"id":169,"label":170,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":171,"publishedAt":172,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-172","Debates of May 5, 2026 (morning): question on mental health discharge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260505am-Hansard-n172.html","2026-05-05",{"id":174,"label":175,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":176,"publishedAt":177,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-174","Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon and overnight): votes on Bill 9","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260506pm-Hansard-n174.html","2026-05-06",{"id":179,"label":180,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":181,"publishedAt":182,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-179","Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): K'ómoks Treaty Act votes, question period","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html","2026-05-20",{"id":184,"label":185,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":186,"publishedAt":187,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-183","Debates of May 25, 2026 (afternoon): statement on Chilliwack Hospice, question on education assistants","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260525pm-Hansard-n183.html","2026-05-25",{"id":189,"label":190,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":191,"publishedAt":192,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-188","Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading of Bills 9, 20 and 22","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260528pm-Hansard-n188.html","2026-05-28",{"id":194,"label":195,"publisher":196,"kind":197,"url":198,"publishedAt":199,"checkedAt":26},"progress-house-leader-2024","Chilliwack MLA Warbus named house leader in Rustad's shadow cabinet","Chilliwack Progress","Reporting","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2024\u002F11\u002F21\u002Fchilliwack-mla-warbus-named-house-leader-in-rustads-shadow-cabinet\u002F","2024-11-21",{"id":201,"label":202,"publisher":203,"kind":197,"url":204,"publishedAt":205,"checkedAt":26},"mycariboo-findlay-team","Cariboo MLA's both named to Findlay's new B.C. Conservative leadership team","My Cariboo Now","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mycariboonow.com\u002F314518\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Ffindlay-names-new-b-c-conservative-leadership-team\u002F","2026-06-29",{"id":207,"label":208,"publisher":209,"kind":197,"url":210,"publishedAt":211,"checkedAt":26},"cbc-exit-2026","Áʼa꞉líya Warbus becomes 7th MLA to exit B.C. Conservatives citing leadership concerns","CBC News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fwarbus-leaves-bc-conservatives-9.7326667","2026-08-31",{"id":213,"label":214,"publisher":196,"kind":197,"url":215,"publishedAt":211,"checkedAt":26},"progress-quit-2026","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á'a:líya Warbus latest to quit Findlay's B.C. Conservatives","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F31\u002Fchilliwack-cultus-lake-mla-aaliya-warbus-latest-to-quit-findlays-b-c-conservatives\u002F",{"id":217,"label":218,"publisher":219,"kind":197,"url":220,"publishedAt":211,"checkedAt":26},"tc-implosion-2026","'Implosion': Warbus is seventh B.C. Conservative to quit caucus, blaming Findlay","Victoria Times Colonist (The Canadian Press)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fimplosion-warbus-is-seventh-bc-conservative-to-quit-caucus-blaming-findlay-12725577",{"id":222,"label":223,"publisher":224,"kind":197,"url":225,"publishedAt":211,"checkedAt":26},"ctv-quits-2026","MLA Áʼa:líya Warbus quits B.C. Conservative caucus; 7th defection this month","CTV News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ctvnews.ca\u002Fvancouver\u002Farticle\u002Fmla-aaliya-warbus-quits-bc-conservative-caucus-7th-defection-this-month\u002F",{"id":227,"label":228,"publisher":229,"kind":197,"url":230,"publishedAt":231,"checkedAt":26},"progress-centrebc-2026","Milobar taking over Centre B.C., MLAs Banman and Warbus joining","Chilliwack Progress (Black Press)","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F18\u002Fmilobar-taking-over-centre-b-c-mlas-banman-and-warbus-joining\u002F","2026-09-18",{"id":233,"label":234,"publisher":229,"kind":197,"url":235,"publishedAt":236,"checkedAt":26},"progress-return-2026","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake incumbent Á'a:líya Warbus returns to B.C. Conservatives","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fincumbent-mla-aaliya-warbus-returns-to-conservatives\u002F","2026-09-23",{"id":238,"label":239,"publisher":196,"kind":197,"url":240,"publishedAt":241,"checkedAt":26},"progress-campaigns-2026","Provincial election campaigns ramp up in Chilliwack ridings","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F02\u002Fprovincial-election-campaigns-ramp-up-in-chilliwack-ridings\u002F","2026-10-02",{"id":243,"label":244,"publisher":13,"kind":245,"url":22,"checkedAt":26},"cpbc-candidate-page","Á'a:líya (A'aliya) Warbus, candidate for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake","Campaign",{"id":247,"label":248,"publisher":13,"kind":245,"url":249,"checkedAt":26},"cpbc-team","Our Team","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Four-team\u002F",{"id":251,"label":252,"publisher":13,"kind":245,"url":253,"publishedAt":236,"checkedAt":26},"cpbc-mlas-approved","Every Conservative Party of BC MLA Approved to Run as a Candidate","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fevery-conservative-party-of-bc-mla-approved-to-run-as-a-candidate\u002F",{"id":255,"label":256,"publisher":13,"kind":245,"url":257,"checkedAt":26},"cpbc-platform","Our Platform","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Four-platform\u002F",{"id":259,"label":260,"publisher":261,"kind":245,"url":262,"checkedAt":26},"campaign-site","MLA Á'a:líya Warbus, Chilliwack-Cultus Lake (her own website)","Á'a:líya Warbus","https:\u002F\u002Faaliyawarbus.com\u002F",{"id":264,"label":265,"publisher":261,"kind":245,"url":266,"checkedAt":26},"campaign-news","News and updates on her own website","https:\u002F\u002Faaliyawarbus.com\u002Fnews","No campaign event on or after October 3, 2026 was confirmed by an organizer on 2026-10-03. The dates below are voting days.",[39],[270,281],{"id":271,"date":272,"title":273,"kind":274,"time":275,"venue":276,"attendance":277,"attendanceNote":278,"detail":279,"sourceIds":280},"advance-voting","2026-10-16","Advance voting begins","Voting","See Elections BC","Advance voting places in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake","not-applicable","A voting day for electors.","Elections BC lists advance voting on October 16 to 21, 2026.",[39],{"id":282,"date":27,"title":283,"kind":274,"time":275,"venue":284,"attendance":277,"attendanceNote":278,"detail":285,"sourceIds":286},"election-day","General voting day","Voting places in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake","Elections BC lists October 24, 2026 as Final Voting Day.",[39],[288,302,312,322,332,342,352,360,368,377,387,395,403,411,419],{"id":289,"title":290,"cycle":291,"topic":292,"status":293,"pledge":294,"evidence":295,"nextCheck":296,"sourceIds":297,"issue":298,"own":299,"quote":300,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-title-framework","Legislation on Aboriginal title must work for everyone","2026","Governance","Campaign pledge","In her statement of September 22, 2026, reported by Black Press, Warbus said that any legislation that addresses Aboriginal title (Indigenous rights to land) must be \"practical, transparent and capable of bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous British Columbians together.\" She also said that if the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is not the answer, British Columbia needs an acceptable framework to move reconciliation and the land question forward.","She names no bill, date or cost. The Conservative Party of BC says in its release of September 23, 2026 that it will run on a plan to repeal DRIPA. voche.me found no statement from Warbus on whether she backs that repeal. On April 22, 2026 she voted yes at first reading of a bill to repeal DRIPA, which is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced.","Does her campaign say whether DRIPA would be repealed, amended or kept, and when?",[233,251,154],"indigenous-reconciliation",true,"practical, transparent and capable of bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous British Columbians together","first reader",{"id":303,"title":304,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":293,"pledge":306,"evidence":307,"nextCheck":308,"sourceIds":309,"issue":310,"own":299,"quote":311,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-treatment","Treatment for people with mental illness and addiction","Public services","On September 22, 2026 Warbus said her priorities have not changed and listed this one among them: too many people are suffering from mental illness and addiction and are left without meaningful treatment.","She names no program, number of treatment places or date.","Which treatment measures does her campaign propose, and what do they cost?",[233],"health-care","Too many people are suffering from mental illness and addiction and being left without meaningful treatment.",{"id":313,"title":314,"cycle":291,"topic":315,"status":293,"pledge":316,"evidence":317,"nextCheck":318,"sourceIds":319,"issue":320,"own":299,"quote":321,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-affordability","Help for families with the cost of living","Housing","On September 22, 2026 Warbus said her priorities have not changed and listed affordability among them. She said families are struggling.","She names no measure, amount or date.","Which cost-of-living measures does her campaign propose?",[233],"cost-of-living","Families are struggling with affordability.",{"id":323,"title":324,"cycle":291,"topic":325,"status":293,"pledge":326,"evidence":327,"nextCheck":328,"sourceIds":329,"issue":330,"own":299,"quote":331,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-fiscal","Respond to the province's budget challenges","Economy","On September 22, 2026 Warbus said her priorities have not changed and listed among them the province's serious challenges with government money (she used the word fiscal).","She names no budget figure, tax change or date.","Does her campaign state a deficit target or a spending or tax measure?",[233],"taxes-budget","British Columbia is facing serious fiscal challenges.",{"id":333,"title":334,"cycle":291,"topic":335,"status":293,"pledge":336,"evidence":337,"nextCheck":338,"sourceIds":339,"issue":340,"own":299,"quote":341,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-safety","Safety in communities","Public safety","On September 22, 2026 Warbus said her priorities have not changed and listed this one among them: everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities.","She names no policing, court or program measure.","Which public safety measures does her campaign propose?",[233],"public-safety","everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities",{"id":343,"title":344,"cycle":291,"topic":292,"status":345,"pledge":346,"evidence":347,"nextCheck":348,"sourceIds":349,"issue":350,"own":299,"quote":351,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-foi","Keep access to information open","Not established","In the debate on Bill 9 on May 4, 2026, Warbus said freedom-of-information laws are one of the foundations of government accountability and one of the main ways the public can understand how decisions are made. She said the bill gives public bodies new discretion to refuse requests, weakens response timelines, widens the categories of requests that may be disregarded and allows fees for records that were free. She voted no at second reading and at third reading.","She spoke against the bill and voted against it. The bill passed. voche.me found no bill or amendment of her own on this subject.","Does her campaign say what it would change in the freedom of information law?",[164,174,189,57],"governance","These laws are one of the primary ways that British Columbians can understand how decisions are made",{"id":353,"title":354,"cycle":291,"topic":292,"status":345,"pledge":355,"evidence":356,"nextCheck":357,"sourceIds":358,"issue":350,"own":299,"quote":359,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-merit","Keep the Merit Commissioner as an independent check on public service hiring","In question period (the daily time when members question ministers) on February 24, 2026, Warbus said the Merit Commissioner has the role of keeping the government accountable and asked the Minister of Finance whether she was saying the commissioner is incorrect. On March 31, 2026 she voted yes on Motion M203, Merit oversight in public service. The motion lost, 45 yes to 46 no.","The transcripts give the title and sponsor of Motion M203 (the member for Fraser-Nicola). voche.me did not open the debate that gives its full wording. The figure of nearly 3,000 appointments she cited is her reading of the commissioner's report, and voche.me did not check it against the report.","What does the full text of Motion M203 ask the government to do?",[76,120,57],"Is the minister insinuating that the Merit Commissioner is incorrect",{"id":361,"title":362,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":345,"pledge":363,"evidence":364,"nextCheck":365,"sourceIds":366,"issue":310,"own":299,"quote":367,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-dental","A timeline for funding of not-for-profit dental clinics","On March 31, 2026, in estimates (the committee review of a ministry's budget), Warbus read a letter from the Stó:lō Dental clinic and asked the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction to commit to a timeline for reinstating funding for not-for-profit dental clinics.","Minister Sheila Malcolmson replied that her ministry had paid year-end grants to these clinics in earlier years, was giving none that year, and was working with the Ministry of Health to find a path forward. She gave no timeline. The figures in the clinic's letter come from the clinic.","Does the government or her campaign state a date and an amount for this funding?",[125],"Will the minister be able to commit to a timeline to reinstate this funding when it may become available",{"id":369,"title":370,"cycle":291,"topic":315,"status":345,"pledge":371,"evidence":372,"nextCheck":373,"sourceIds":374,"issue":375,"own":299,"quote":376,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-shelter-allowance","Raise the shelter allowance for people with disabilities","On February 26, 2026 Warbus tabled a petition (a request signed by members of the public) asking the government to raise the persons with disability shelter allowance so that it reflects current rents.","The transcript records the tabling of the petition. It gives no amount and no date.","What amount does she propose for the shelter allowance?",[81],"housing","I'm pleased to table a petition asking for an increase to the persons with disability shelter allowance so it reflects current rental market conditions",{"id":378,"title":379,"cycle":291,"topic":380,"status":345,"pledge":381,"evidence":382,"nextCheck":383,"sourceIds":384,"issue":385,"own":299,"quote":386,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-education-assistants","Education assistants in every kindergarten to grade 3 classroom","Education","On May 25, 2026 Warbus said that two years had passed since the government promised an education assistant in every kindergarten to grade 3 classroom, and asked the Minister of Education when the promise will be delivered.","The promise she refers to is the government's. Her question asks the government to deliver it. She names no cost or date of her own.","Does her campaign state how many assistants it would fund and when?",[184],"education","when will she deliver on this government's promise to have an educational assistant in every single British Columbian classroom?",{"id":388,"title":389,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":345,"pledge":390,"evidence":391,"nextCheck":392,"sourceIds":393,"issue":310,"own":299,"quote":394,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-family-notice","A date for acting on recommendations about families and mental health care","On May 5, 2026 Warbus asked the minister why the government had not acted on recommendations from coroners' inquests and the Ombudsperson that call for better communication with families when a person in a mental health crisis is discharged, and asked for a date when they will come before the House.","The transcript records her question. voche.me did not open the minister's answer or the recommendations.","Which recommendations does she want carried out, and by what date?",[169],"When will we see them before this House? A date, please.",{"id":396,"title":397,"cycle":291,"topic":315,"status":345,"pledge":398,"evidence":399,"nextCheck":400,"sourceIds":401,"issue":375,"own":299,"quote":402,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-sro","Change how supportive housing is provided in single-room occupancy buildings","On March 3, 2026 Warbus said single-room occupancy buildings (rooms in buildings first built as hotels or apartments) are used for a purpose they were never designed for. She said that open drug use in them leads to fires, overdoses and medical emergencies, and asked the minister to admit that the government's approach has failed.","The transcript records her question and her description of the buildings. The claims about fires and overdoses are hers, and voche.me did not check them. She names no alternative program, number of homes or date.","What alternative to single-room occupancy buildings does her campaign propose?",[90],"We know that SROs are being used for a purpose they were never designed for.",{"id":404,"title":405,"cycle":291,"topic":292,"status":345,"pledge":406,"evidence":407,"nextCheck":408,"sourceIds":409,"issue":298,"own":299,"quote":410,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-indigenous-relations-budget","Questions on funding for talks with First Nations and local governments","On March 4, 2026, in estimates (the committee review of a ministry's budget) of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Warbus asked whether a $1.1 million cut covers a line item for local government and regional district talks, and asked how many nations the ministry had engaged and where the money for next year would go.","The $1.1 million figure comes from her question, and voche.me did not check it against the budget. She asked questions and stated no commitment of her own on the amount.","Does her campaign state what level of funding these talks should receive?",[95],"With a $1.1 million cut, I'd like to know if there's a line item specific and if that will also be reducing.",{"id":412,"title":413,"cycle":291,"topic":292,"status":293,"pledge":414,"evidence":415,"nextCheck":416,"sourceIds":417,"issue":298,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"party-dripa-repeal","Repeal DRIPA (party)","The Conservative Party of BC said on September 23, 2026 that it will run on a clear plan to repeal DRIPA, along with getting the economy working and ending ideological politics.","This is the party's statement. It names no date. Warbus's own words on DRIPA are in the first commitment above.","Does Warbus state that she supports the repeal?",[251],false,{"id":420,"title":421,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":293,"pledge":422,"evidence":423,"nextCheck":424,"sourceIds":425,"issue":310,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"party-bc-recovers","A plan to end the overdose and addictions crisis (party)","The Conservative Party of BC platform page lists \"BC Recovers\" as a plan to end the overdose and addictions crisis, save lives and help people get their lives back on track.","The platform page lists headings with one-line summaries. voche.me did not open the detail pages, and the page does not name Warbus.","What does the full BC Recovers plan commit to, and does Warbus repeat it in her own words?",[255],[427,436,443,450,456,463,470,476,482,489,495,501,507,513,519,526,532,539,546,553,560],{"id":428,"date":429,"title":430,"status":431,"summary":432,"context":433,"sourceIds":434,"issue":435},"role-house-leader","2024-11-19","Named House Leader of the Conservative Party of BC","Role named in reporting","Chilliwack Progress reported that she was named House Leader on November 19, 2024, which it called the top leadership position in John Rustad's shadow cabinet. A House Leader plans and manages her party's business in the legislature. A shadow cabinet is the opposition's team of critics, and the Official Opposition is the largest party outside the government.","The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. On April 14, 2026 she called herself House Leader for the official opposition in the House. My Cariboo Now reported on June 29, 2026 that the role had been handed to Sheldon Clare, and The Canadian Press called her a former House leader on August 31, 2026.",[194,139,201,217],"other",{"id":437,"date":64,"title":438,"status":439,"summary":440,"context":441,"sourceIds":442,"issue":435},"motion-assistant-deputy-speaker","Moved the motion to appoint Lorne Doerkson as Assistant Deputy Speaker","Motion approved","The transcript records Warbus moving that Lorne Doerkson, member for Cariboo-Chilcotin, be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker for the session. The motion was approved.","The member for Port Coquitlam seconded the motion.",[61,52],{"id":444,"date":74,"title":445,"status":446,"summary":447,"context":448,"sourceIds":449,"issue":435},"vote-gender-bill-1r","Voted yes at first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act","Recorded vote, yes","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 38 yes and 49 no, and the motion was defeated.","First reading is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced. Later votes decide whether it becomes law. The sponsor, Tara Armstrong, said the bill aims to protect children from \"gender ideology\" in courts, schools and health care. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Warbus on this bill.",[57,71],{"id":451,"date":84,"title":452,"status":446,"summary":453,"context":454,"sourceIds":455,"issue":435},"vote-hrc-repeal-1r","Voted yes at first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 37 yes and 50 no, and the motion was defeated.","First reading is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced. The sponsor, Tara Armstrong, said the bill would repeal the Human Rights Code, abolish the Human Rights Tribunal and end the position of Human Rights Commissioner. On March 12, 2026 Warbus moved an amendment to a government motion that affirms support for the code (see the talks section). The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on this bill.",[57,81,115],{"id":457,"date":84,"title":458,"status":459,"summary":460,"context":461,"sourceIds":462,"issue":375},"petition-shelter-allowance","Tabled a petition on the disability shelter allowance","Petition tabled","The transcript records Warbus tabling (formally presenting) a petition asking for an increase to the persons with disability shelter allowance.","Tabling means formally presenting the petition to the House, which puts it on the House record.",[81,52],{"id":464,"date":84,"title":465,"status":466,"summary":467,"context":468,"sourceIds":469,"issue":330},"vote-budget-motion","Voted no on the 2026 budget motion","Recorded vote, no","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no on the budget motion. The transcript records 46 yes and 46 no, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.","The Speaker said the motion was a confidence matter, which is a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House, and that the Chair's vote should not decide that alone. A casting vote by the Speaker follows the rules of the House.",[57,81],{"id":471,"date":103,"title":472,"status":466,"summary":473,"context":474,"sourceIds":475,"issue":330},"vote-bill-3","Voted no on Bill 3, Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no at second reading (February 26, 43 no) and at third reading (March 5, 42 no). The government side voted yes, and the bill passed.","The bill puts parts of the budget into law. Second reading is the vote on the bill's main idea, and third reading is the final vote. The vote counts come from the transcripts of February 26 and March 5, 2026.",[57,86,100],{"id":477,"date":132,"title":478,"status":466,"summary":479,"context":480,"sourceIds":481,"issue":330},"vote-bill-2","Voted no on Bill 2, Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no at second reading (March 9, 45 no) and at third reading (April 1, 46 no).","The vote at third reading was 46 yes and 46 no, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour because the bill was a confidence matter (a vote that tests whether the government keeps the support of the House). A casting vote by the Speaker follows the rules of the House.",[57,105,129],{"id":483,"date":118,"title":484,"status":485,"summary":486,"context":487,"sourceIds":488,"issue":435},"amendment-motion-13","Moved an amendment to Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code","Amendment defeated","Warbus moved to delete the words after \"Human Rights Code\" in the government motion and substitute \"and protecting all people from hate and discrimination.\" The amendment lost, with 36 yes and 50 no. She voted yes on the amendment and yes on the motion, which passed 83 to 3.","The government motion affirmed support for the Human Rights Code and its tribunal and listed protected groups. Warbus said her amendment simplifies the motion to one idea, and later raised a point of order (a member's formal comment on the rules of the House) to put on record what the amended motion says: that the House affirms its support for the code. Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert replied that the amendment removes the list of groups the code protects.",[115,57],{"id":490,"date":123,"title":491,"status":446,"summary":492,"context":493,"sourceIds":494,"issue":350},"vote-m203","Voted yes on Motion M203, Merit oversight in public service","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 45 yes and 46 no, and the motion was defeated.","The motion was moved by the member for Fraser-Nicola. voche.me did not open the debate that gives its full wording.",[57,120],{"id":496,"date":132,"title":497,"status":446,"summary":498,"context":499,"sourceIds":500,"issue":435},"vote-bills-6-12","Voted yes on Bill 6 (Motor Vehicle Amendment Act) and Bill 12 (Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act) at third reading","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes on both bills at third reading. The transcript records 86 yes and 4 no on Bill 12.","voche.me opened the transcript of the Bill 12 vote only. The Bill 6 vote is taken from the recorded vote index.",[57,129],{"id":502,"date":157,"title":503,"status":446,"summary":504,"context":505,"sourceIds":506,"issue":298},"vote-dripa-repeal-1r","Voted yes at first reading of the DRIPA Repeal Act","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting yes. The transcript records 44 yes and 47 no, and the motion was defeated.","First reading is the vote that allows a bill to be introduced. The sponsor, Trevor Halford, said the bill would repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by Warbus on this bill. On September 22, 2026 she said that if DRIPA is not the answer, an acceptable framework is needed.",[57,154,233],{"id":508,"date":157,"title":509,"status":466,"summary":510,"context":511,"sourceIds":512,"issue":350},"vote-motion-15","Spoke and voted against Motion 15 on Bill M237","Warbus spoke against Motion 15 and voted no. The transcript records the motion passing, 49 yes to 42 no.","Motion 15 sent Bill M237, a private member's bill (a bill from a member who is not a minister), to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, which had to report it back by the committee's deadline. Warbus said the bill is a minor change that can proceed without waiting for that committee, and that she worried about protection for future private members' bills.",[154,57],{"id":514,"date":192,"title":515,"status":466,"summary":516,"context":517,"sourceIds":518,"issue":350},"vote-bill-9","Voted against Bill 9, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no at second reading (early on May 7, 42 no) and at third reading (May 28, 46 no). She voted yes on an amendment to delay second reading by six months, which lost 42 to 48. She also voted no on a motion to send the bill to the Committee of the Whole House (the next stage, where the House studies a bill in detail), and spoke against the bill on May 4.","The vote at third reading was 46 yes and 46 no, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour because the bill was a confidence matter (a vote that tests whether the government keeps the support of the House). A casting vote by the Speaker follows the rules of the House. The votes at second reading took place overnight in the sitting that began on May 6, 2026.",[57,174,189,164],{"id":520,"date":192,"title":521,"status":522,"summary":523,"context":524,"sourceIds":525,"issue":298},"vote-komoks","Votes on the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)","Recorded votes, yes and no","On May 20, 2026 Warbus voted yes on an amendment to send the bill to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs instead of reading it a second time (lost, 44 yes to 48 no), and then no at second reading (42 no, 48 yes). On May 28, 2026 she voted yes at third reading (53 yes, 39 no).","On April 14, 2026 she spoke in the House about the bill and called it \"a bright light\" in the history between Indigenous nations, British Columbia and Canada. voche.me found no statement from her that explains the vote at second reading.",[179,189,139,57],{"id":527,"date":192,"title":528,"status":466,"summary":529,"context":530,"sourceIds":531,"issue":330},"vote-supply-act","Voted no on third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22)","The recorded vote index lists Warbus voting no. The transcript records 46 yes and 45 no.","The Supply Act approves the spending in the budget.",[57,189],{"id":533,"date":162,"title":534,"status":535,"summary":536,"context":537,"sourceIds":538,"issue":350},"letter-committees","Tabled the Official Opposition's letter on committee membership","Document tabled","The transcript records Warbus asking leave to table (formally present) a letter from the Official Opposition on the practice that committees reflect the makeup of the House. Leave was granted.","The transcript gives her description of the letter. voche.me did not open the letter.",[159,52],{"id":540,"date":241,"title":541,"status":542,"summary":543,"context":544,"sourceIds":545,"issue":435},"campaign-office-opening","Hosted a campaign office opening and Bannock and Tea Social","Announced by the candidate; reported on the day","Chilliwack Progress reported on October 2, 2026 that Warbus was opening her campaign office at Beethoven's Pizza on Columbia Valley Highway at Cultus Lake that day from 5:00 to 7:00 pm PT. She invited the public to say hello, ask questions, meet the team and pick up a lawn sign.","The report was written on the day of the event, and voche.me found no report written after it. The date is before the first date of the schedule section, so it is listed here as a past action.",[238],{"id":547,"date":211,"title":548,"status":549,"summary":550,"context":551,"sourceIds":552,"issue":435},"leave-caucus","Left the Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent","Reported by CBC, CTV, Chilliwack Progress and The Canadian Press","On August 31, 2026 Warbus announced that she was leaving the Conservative caucus (the party's group of MLAs). CBC reported that she said she had lost confidence in leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. The Canadian Press quoted her statement that the decision to postpone the caucus meeting \"reflects the lack of value being placed on caucus members and their opinions.\"","Her reasons are those she gave in her statement and interviews. The Canadian Press reported that her statement also raised concern about the circumstances of the resignation of the MLA Reann Gasper, which made room for Findlay to stand in a byelection. CBC reported that Findlay has denied allegations of that kind, calling them a political smear. Black Press asked Findlay for comment and received no response.",[207,213,217,222],{"id":554,"date":231,"title":555,"status":556,"summary":557,"context":558,"sourceIds":559,"issue":435},"join-centrebc","Joined CentreBC with other former Conservative MLAs","Reported by Black Press","Chilliwack Progress reported on September 18, 2026 that Warbus was among the former Conservative MLAs joining CentreBC, with Peter Milobar as its new leader.","The report lists her with seven other sitting MLAs who left the Conservatives. Black Press reported on September 23 that on September 4 she and four other sitting MLAs who had left the party formed a new party, which merged with CentreBC on September 18. voche.me did not open a statement from her on this step.",[227,233],{"id":561,"date":562,"title":563,"status":556,"summary":564,"context":565,"sourceIds":566,"issue":435},"return-conservatives","2026-09-22","Announced her return to the Conservative Party of BC","Black Press reported that on September 22, 2026, hours after Premier David Eby called the election, Warbus announced she was returning to the Conservative Party of BC. She said she was returning \"with my values intact\" and gave Lorne Doerkson's appointment as interim leader as the reason the party can reset.","Kerry-Lynne Findlay stepped down as leader on September 20 and Lorne Doerkson was named interim leader the next day. The Conservative Party of BC said on September 23 that every sitting member of its caucus was approved to run as a candidate. The legislature's member record read on October 3, 2026 still lists her as Independent.",[233,251,47],[568,574,579,584,589,595,600,605,610,615,620,625,630,635,640,645,650,655],{"id":569,"date":69,"title":570,"format":571,"summary":572,"sourceIds":573},"talk-grocery-rebate","Question on the grocery rebate and food banks","Speech","Warbus quoted the Minister of Finance saying families are struggling and said that in her community the concern is growing lineups at food banks. She said families were promised a $1,000 grocery rebate and received a 12 percent income tax increase. Those figures are her claims, and voche.me did not check them.",[66],{"id":575,"date":79,"title":576,"format":571,"summary":577,"sourceIds":578},"talk-merit","Questions on the Merit Commissioner","Warbus questioned the Minister of Finance on the Merit Commissioner's audit of public service hiring. She said the report found nearly 3,000 public sector workers appointed without merit and with errors in the process, and asked whether the minister was saying the commissioner is wrong.",[76],{"id":580,"date":93,"title":581,"format":571,"summary":582,"sourceIds":583},"talk-sro","Question on supportive housing in single-room occupancy buildings","Warbus said her side is opposed to the style of housing and the way the government provides it, and described single-room occupancy buildings as built as hotels or apartments, without the care environments people with acute mental illness and substance use challenges need.",[90],{"id":585,"date":98,"title":586,"format":571,"summary":587,"sourceIds":588},"talk-indigenous-estimates","Questions in estimates of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation","In estimates (the committee review of a ministry's budget), Warbus asked about reductions in the government-to-government and community relations division and in strategic policy tools, and about how many nations the ministry had engaged. She said she spoke as the MLA for an area that includes part of Stó:lō Nation.",[95],{"id":590,"date":113,"title":591,"format":592,"summary":593,"sourceIds":594},"talk-community-angels","Members' statement on Community Angels","Statement","Warbus spoke about the Chilliwack-Cultus Lake group Community Angels and its support for seniors who face food insecurity, and said she wants to continue that work with members from every party.",[110],{"id":596,"date":118,"title":597,"format":571,"summary":598,"sourceIds":599},"talk-human-rights-code","Debate on Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code","Warbus said human rights are \"non-negotiable\" and moved an amendment to shorten the government motion. During the debate she raised a point of order (a member's formal comment on the rules of the House) to put on record that the amended motion still affirms support for the code.",[115],{"id":601,"date":123,"title":602,"format":571,"summary":603,"sourceIds":604},"talk-ksi-lisims","Question on the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) project","Warbus quoted the federal NDP leader Avi Lewis on the Ksi Lisims LNG project and asked the government to denounce his comments. In a second question she asked where the contradiction lies between the provincial NDP and the federal NDP position.",[120],{"id":606,"date":123,"title":607,"format":571,"summary":608,"sourceIds":609},"talk-dental-estimates","Questions in estimates of the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction","Warbus read a letter from the Stó:lō Dental clinic, which says the ministry's dental fees have been frozen for 19 years and that its grant is at risk, and asked the minister for a timeline to reinstate the funding.",[125],{"id":611,"date":137,"title":612,"format":571,"summary":613,"sourceIds":614},"talk-bill-15","Speech on Bill 15, Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026","Warbus said environmental assessment matters, said she had questions about the bill that the opposition must raise before it can support it, and said any change should add clarity without adding more process or paperwork.",[134],{"id":616,"date":142,"title":617,"format":592,"summary":618,"sourceIds":619},"talk-komoks-statement","Response to the K'ómoks Treaty Act statement","Warbus spoke part of her statement in Halq'eméylem and then said the K'ómoks treaty work spans generations. She called it \"a bright light\" in the history of the relationship between Indigenous nations, British Columbia and Canada.",[139],{"id":621,"date":147,"title":622,"format":571,"summary":623,"sourceIds":624},"talk-ferries","Questions on the ferry service contract","Warbus said repeated mechanical failures were happening under the government's approved service contract and asked who is accountable if the contract does not hold the ferries commission to basic standards. Minister Mike Farnworth answered that B.C. Ferries operates as an independent company under the Coastal Ferry Act.",[144],{"id":626,"date":152,"title":627,"format":571,"summary":628,"sourceIds":629},"talk-dripa-question","Questions to the Premier on DRIPA","Warbus said the Premier had no viable plan on changes to DRIPA and asked who is running the government. Premier David Eby replied that the delay allows time to work with First Nations on a solution to the Gitxaała court decision.",[149],{"id":631,"date":167,"title":632,"format":571,"summary":633,"sourceIds":634},"talk-bill-9","Speech on Bill 9, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026","Warbus said the bill is more than technical housekeeping and said it creates new discretion to refuse requests, weakens timelines, widens the categories of requests that may be disregarded and allows fees for records that were available without charge.",[164],{"id":636,"date":172,"title":637,"format":571,"summary":638,"sourceIds":639},"talk-mental-health-families","Question on communication with families of people in mental health crisis","Warbus said that across British Columbia families are shut out of a person's care and tragedies occur shortly after discharge. She asked the minister why the government had not acted on coroners' inquest and Ombudsperson recommendations and asked for a date.",[169],{"id":641,"date":187,"title":642,"format":592,"summary":643,"sourceIds":644},"talk-hospice","Members' statement on Chilliwack Hospice Society","Warbus described the services of the Chilliwack Hospice Society, which she said has served since 1986, for people who are dying, their loved ones and people in grief, and thanked its staff, volunteers and donors.",[184],{"id":646,"date":187,"title":647,"format":571,"summary":648,"sourceIds":649},"talk-education-assistants","Questions on education assistants and school funding","Warbus asked when the Minister of Education will deliver an education assistant in every kindergarten to grade 3 classroom, said Surrey had let education assistants go, and quoted the B.C. federation of teachers calling the budget a maintenance budget for public education.",[184],{"id":651,"date":211,"title":652,"format":592,"summary":653,"sourceIds":654},"talk-leaving-statement","Statement and interviews on leaving the Conservative caucus","Warbus said in her statement that the decision to postpone a caucus meeting reflected a lack of value placed on caucus members, and told CBC she was not getting direct updates on staffing, operations, transparency and accountability. CBC reported that she would not speculate on returning under a new leader. She told Black Press she had taken personal attacks on who she is as an Indigenous woman.",[207,217,213],{"id":656,"date":562,"title":657,"format":592,"summary":658,"sourceIds":659},"talk-return-statement","Statement on returning to the Conservative Party of BC","Warbus said she left the caucus because she believed she had to and stands by that decision. She said she trusts Lorne Doerkson and that her priorities have not changed. She said any change on Aboriginal title must be practical and transparent, and that she wants to be at the table.",[233],[661],{"id":662,"date":182,"title":663,"category":664,"summary":665,"response":666,"outcome":667,"sourceIds":668},"gaslink-post-2026","Minister reads a 2020 Facebook post and calls her a pipeline protester","Policy dispute","On May 20, 2026, in question period, Minister of Jobs Ravi Kahlon said the Conservatives' House Leader had been one of the people protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline. He read from a Facebook post that he dated to February 2020 and attributed to the House Leader. As he read it, the post opposes poisoning the land to gain money from natural gas sales to Asia. He spoke after the Conservative MLA Kiel Giddens asked about an unsolved 2022 attack on a pipeline work site, and the Hansard members index lists the exchange under Warbus.","The transcript of May 20 records no reply from Warbus. voche.me did not find a statement from her on the post in the transcripts or reports it opened, and did not open the original post.","No official finding. The exchange is a dispute between ministers and the opposition. The text of the post is as the minister read it into the record, and voche.me could not confirm that Warbus wrote it.",[179,52],[670,674,679,683,687,691,695],{"id":671,"date":199,"title":195,"publisher":196,"format":197,"summary":672,"sourceIds":673},"news-house-leader-2024","Reports that she was named House Leader on November 19, 2024 and lists the members of John Rustad's shadow cabinet.",[194],{"id":675,"date":205,"title":676,"publisher":203,"format":197,"summary":677,"sourceIds":678},"news-clare-house-leader-2026","Cariboo MLAs both named to Findlay's new B.C. Conservative leadership team","Reports that her former role of Official Opposition House Leader was handed to Sheldon Clare, and that she is not on the new leadership team.",[201],{"id":680,"date":211,"title":208,"publisher":209,"format":197,"summary":681,"sourceIds":682},"news-cbc-exit-2026","Reports that she left the caucus to sit as an Independent, citing a lack of confidence in leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and quotes her interview.",[207],{"id":684,"date":211,"title":214,"publisher":196,"format":197,"summary":685,"sourceIds":686},"news-progress-exit-2026","Reports her letter, her statement that the decision reflected a lack of value placed on caucus members, and her account of personal attacks on her as an Indigenous woman.",[213],{"id":688,"date":211,"title":218,"publisher":219,"format":197,"summary":689,"sourceIds":690},"news-tc-exit-2026","Reports her statement and interview on leaving, and calls her one of the Opposition's most prominent legislators as its only Indigenous MLA and former House leader.",[217],{"id":692,"date":231,"title":228,"publisher":229,"format":197,"summary":693,"sourceIds":694},"news-centrebc-2026","Reports that eight sitting MLAs, Warbus among them, joined CentreBC under Peter Milobar.",[227],{"id":696,"date":236,"title":234,"publisher":229,"format":197,"summary":697,"sourceIds":698},"news-return-2026","Reports her return to the Conservative Party of BC on September 22, 2026, her statement and her plan to run for her seat.",[233],{"slug":700,"name":701,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":702,"palette":11,"party":703,"portrait":706,"headline":712,"dossier":713,"sample":418,"acclamation":11},"kelli-paddon","Kelli Paddon","sand",{"name":704,"url":705},"BC NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002F",{"src":707,"smallSrc":708,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":709,"credit":710,"sourceUrl":711,"position":23},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fkelli-paddon-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fkelli-paddon-320.webp","Kelli Paddon, from her BC NDP campaign page.","BC NDP campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fkellipaddon.bcndp.ca\u002F","BC NDP candidate for MLA in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, and MLA for Chilliwack-Kent from 2020 to 2024.",{"checkedAt":26,"through":27,"introduction":714,"recordIntro":715,"researchGaps":716,"sources":717,"scheduleSummary":881,"scheduleSourceIds":882,"events":883,"promises":890,"programs":980,"talks":1082,"accountability":1146,"coverage":1155},"A researched record of Kelli Paddon's 2026 candidacy, her term as MLA for Chilliwack-Kent from 2020 to 2024, and her work as Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity.","Her past actions come from the legislature (recorded votes and Hansard), Elections BC, government releases, the Registrar of Lobbyists and reporting. Two funding announcements that quote her by name earn a record point, and so does each named bill she voted on.","Checked again on 2026-10-03. Still open: a local platform for her 2026 campaign (her campaign page lists nine plan items in party wording, and none names a measure, number or date); the party's September 23, 2026 release (the BC NDP media centre listed releases from October 1 to 3, and none names her or the district, so it is read only through the Chilliwack Progress report); her Facebook, Instagram and X posts (no post text could be read, so none is used); an outside record for her work before 2020 and for her business, Equiiti Strategic (the legislature biography and campaign page are her own statements, and so are her 2023 Hansard remarks about non-profit and victim support work); whether she still leads Board Voice Society of BC during the campaign (no source read states it); all-candidates meetings, endorsements and campaign finances (none found on this date); and the In Their Name page, which returned HTTP 403 on 2026-09-30 and was not retried. Legislature record: six 2023 transcripts were opened for her speeches. Her 2021, 2022 and 2024 speeches are listed in the Hansard indexes (for example the 2021 debate on the Early Childhood Educators Act (Bill 14) and the 2022 debate on the Mortgage Services Act (Bill 29)), but those transcripts were not opened, and the 2021 and 2022 recorded-vote indexes were not read. Each 2023 and 2024 recorded vote below comes from the vote index with its transcript time stamp, and the transcripts of the votes were not opened. Search tool limit: web search was unavailable on 2026-10-03, so the news check used the Chilliwack Progress and Fraser Valley Today site searches and the party media centre. Local news from the last five days may hold items those searches did not return.",[718,720,724,726,730,734,738,742,748,754,760,766,771,776,781,786,792,797,803,808,814,820,823,827,832,837,842,847,852,857,862,866,870,874,878],{"id":33,"label":719,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":37,"checkedAt":26},"Provincial candidate list",{"id":721,"label":722,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":41,"checkedAt":723},"ebc-election","2026 provincial election: key dates","2026-09-30",{"id":43,"label":725,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":45,"checkedAt":723},"Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election",{"id":727,"label":728,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":729,"checkedAt":723},"sov-2020","Statement of Votes, 2020 provincial general election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2020-provincial-general-election.pdf",{"id":731,"label":732,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":733,"checkedAt":723},"leg-member","Member record: Kelli Paddon, 42nd Parliament","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fmembers\u002F42nd-Parliament\u002FPaddon-Kelli",{"id":735,"label":736,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":737,"checkedAt":723},"hansard-index-2023","Hansard members index 2023, surnames P","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F42nd4th\u002F2023-Members-Indexp.htm",{"id":739,"label":740,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":741,"checkedAt":723},"hansard-index-2024","Hansard members index 2024, surnames P","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F42nd5th\u002F2024-Members-Indexp.htm",{"id":743,"label":744,"publisher":745,"kind":36,"url":746,"publishedAt":747,"checkedAt":723},"gov-cabinet-2022","New cabinet ready to take action on cost of living, health care, housing, climate","Office of the Premier","https:\u002F\u002Farchive.news.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fnews_releases_2020-2024\u002F2022PREM0097-001863.htm","2022-12-07",{"id":749,"label":750,"publisher":751,"kind":36,"url":752,"publishedAt":753,"checkedAt":723},"gov-iwd-2023","Premier's and parliamentary secretary's statement on International Women's Day","Government of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2023PREM0015-000272","2023-03-08",{"id":755,"label":756,"publisher":757,"kind":36,"url":758,"publishedAt":759,"checkedAt":723},"canada-gbv-agreement","The Governments of Canada and British Columbia sign bilateral agreement to end gender-based violence","Women and Gender Equality Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada.ca\u002Fen\u002Fwomen-gender-equality\u002Fnews\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Fthe-governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-sign-bilateral-agreement-to-end-gender-based-violence.html","2023-12-08",{"id":761,"label":762,"publisher":763,"kind":197,"url":764,"publishedAt":765,"checkedAt":723},"cbc-gbv-plan","B.C. announces 3-year action plan to address gender-based violence","The Canadian Press, on CBC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Flite\u002Fstory\u002F1.7055528","2023-12-11",{"id":767,"label":768,"publisher":751,"kind":36,"url":769,"publishedAt":770,"checkedAt":723},"gov-counsellors-2024","Province provides violence prevention counsellors to keep kids safe","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2024FIN0017-000420","2024-03-25",{"id":772,"label":773,"publisher":751,"kind":36,"url":774,"publishedAt":775,"checkedAt":723},"gov-supports-2024","More supports coming for women, children facing domestic violence, exploitation","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2024FIN0024-000580","2024-04-18",{"id":777,"label":778,"publisher":704,"kind":245,"url":779,"publishedAt":780,"checkedAt":723},"party-nomination-2024","Action for you and your family: MLA Kelli Paddon earns BC NDP nomination in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Faction-you-and-your-family-mla-kelli-paddon-earns-bc-ndp-nomination-chilliwack-cultus-lake","2024-05-26",{"id":782,"label":783,"publisher":704,"kind":245,"url":784,"publishedAt":785,"checkedAt":723},"party-slate","BC NDP announces diverse and experienced slate of candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fbc-ndp-announces-diverse-and-experienced-slate-candidates","2024-09-24",{"id":787,"label":788,"publisher":789,"kind":197,"url":790,"publishedAt":791,"checkedAt":723},"fvt-2024-result","Á’a:líya Warbus releases statement after defeating MLA Kelli Paddon in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake","Fraser Valley Today","https:\u002F\u002Ffraservalleytoday.ca\u002F2024\u002F10\u002F19\u002Flive-results-chilliwack-cultus-lake-riding\u002F","2024-10-19",{"id":793,"label":794,"publisher":789,"kind":197,"url":795,"publishedAt":796,"checkedAt":723},"fvt-outgoing","Outpouring of support emerges for outgoing Chilliwack MLA","https:\u002F\u002Ffraservalleytoday.ca\u002F2024\u002F10\u002F21\u002Foutpouring-of-support-emerges-for-outgoing-chilliwack-mla\u002F","2024-10-21",{"id":798,"label":799,"publisher":800,"kind":36,"url":801,"publishedAt":802,"checkedAt":723},"orl-decision","Exemption Decision 26-01: Kelli Paddon (Board Voice Society of BC)","Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca\u002Fhandlers\u002FDocumentHandler.ashx?DocumentID=567","2026-05-13",{"id":804,"label":805,"publisher":806,"kind":36,"url":807,"checkedAt":723},"lobbyist-registration","Registration: Board Voice Society of BC \u002F Kelli Paddon, Executive Director","Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for BC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca\u002Fapp\u002Fsecure\u002Forl\u002Flrs\u002Fdo\u002FvwRg?cno=3277&regId=56559555",{"id":809,"label":810,"publisher":811,"kind":197,"url":812,"publishedAt":813,"checkedAt":723},"deepdive-lobbying","Nonprofit role fails to shield former BC NDP MLA from lobbying ban","The Deep Dive · ER Velasco","https:\u002F\u002Fthedeepdive.ca\u002Fkelli-paddon-bc-lobbying-exemption\u002F","2026-07-23",{"id":815,"label":816,"publisher":817,"kind":197,"url":818,"publishedAt":819,"checkedAt":723},"tyee-lobbying","Former NDP MLA will have to wait to start lobbying","The Tyee · Bethany Lindsay, for the Investigative Journalism Foundation","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F29\u002FFormer-NDP-MLA-Wait-Start-Lobbying\u002F","2026-07-29",{"id":821,"label":822,"publisher":704,"kind":245,"url":711,"checkedAt":26},"campaign-home","Kelli Paddon and David Eby’s BC NDP team",{"id":824,"label":825,"publisher":704,"kind":245,"url":826,"checkedAt":723},"party-action-for-you","Fighting for You and Your Family","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Faction-for-you",{"id":828,"label":829,"publisher":830,"kind":197,"url":831,"publishedAt":236,"checkedAt":26},"progress-candidate","Former MLA Kelli Paddon chosen as NDP candidate for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake","Chilliwack Progress · Jessica Peters","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fformer-mla-kelli-paddon-chosen-as-ndp-candidate-for-chilliwack-cultus-lake\u002F",{"id":833,"label":834,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":835,"publishedAt":836,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-2023-02-07","Hansard, February 7, 2023: Throne Speech debate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F42nd4th\u002F20230207pm-Hansard-n259.html","2023-02-07",{"id":838,"label":839,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":840,"publishedAt":841,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-2023-03-28","Hansard, March 28, 2023: Pay Transparency Act (Bill 13) and Intimate Images Protection Act (Bill 12)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F42nd4th\u002F20230328pm-Hansard-n292.html","2023-03-28",{"id":843,"label":844,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":845,"publishedAt":846,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-2023-05-08","Hansard, May 8, 2023: private members' statements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F42nd4th\u002F20230508am-Hansard-n324.html","2023-05-08",{"id":848,"label":849,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":850,"publishedAt":851,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-2023-10-30","Hansard, October 30, 2023: private members' statements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F42nd4th\u002F20231030am-Hansard-n350.html","2023-10-30",{"id":853,"label":854,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":855,"publishedAt":856,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-2023-10-31","Hansard, October 31, 2023: Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F42nd4th\u002F20231031am-Hansard-n352.html","2023-10-31",{"id":858,"label":859,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":860,"publishedAt":861,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-2023-11-27","Hansard, November 27, 2023: private member's motion on gender-based violence","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F42nd4th\u002F20231127am-Hansard-n369.html","2023-11-27",{"id":863,"label":864,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":865,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-index-2021","Hansard members index 2021, surnames P","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F42nd2nd\u002F2021-Members-Indexp.htm",{"id":867,"label":868,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":869,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-index-2022","Hansard members index 2022, surnames P","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F42nd3rd\u002F2022-Members-Indexp.htm",{"id":871,"label":872,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":873,"checkedAt":26},"votes-2023","Recorded votes by member, 2023, surnames P","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F42nd4th\u002F2023-Votesp.htm",{"id":875,"label":876,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":877,"checkedAt":26},"votes-2024","Recorded votes by member, 2024, surnames P","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F42nd5th\u002F2024-Votesp.htm",{"id":879,"label":880,"publisher":196,"kind":197,"url":235,"publishedAt":236,"checkedAt":26},"progress-warbus","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake incumbent Á’a:líya Warbus returns to B.C. Conservatives","No public appearance by the candidate was found on 2026-09-30 or on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[721],[884,887],{"id":271,"date":272,"title":273,"kind":274,"time":275,"venue":284,"attendance":277,"attendanceNote":278,"detail":885,"sourceIds":886},"Elections BC lists advance voting from October 16 to October 21, 2026.",[721],{"id":282,"date":27,"title":888,"kind":274,"time":275,"venue":284,"attendance":277,"attendanceNote":278,"detail":285,"sourceIds":889},"Final Voting Day",[721],[891,900,907,914,921,929,936,943,948,953,958,963,968,975],{"id":892,"title":893,"cycle":291,"topic":325,"status":293,"pledge":894,"evidence":895,"nextCheck":896,"sourceIds":897,"issue":898,"own":299,"quote":899,"reviewedAt":723,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-tariffs","Protect workers and businesses from US tariffs","In the party's September 23, 2026 announcement, as reported by the Chilliwack Progress, she said the BC NDP is working to protect workers and businesses from the effects of tariffs.","The quote comes from a party release that names her as the speaker. It names no measure, no number of jobs, no cost and no date.","Which tariff measures will she support, and how many jobs in the district do they cover?",[828],"economy-jobs","While the conservative parties are trying to be like Trump, the BC NDP is fighting to protect workers and businesses from the impacts of tariffs.",{"id":901,"title":902,"cycle":291,"topic":315,"status":293,"pledge":903,"evidence":904,"nextCheck":905,"sourceIds":906,"issue":320,"own":418,"reviewedAt":723,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-party-lower-costs","Lower costs for families (party plan)","The party release says she stands with the BC NDP to lower costs for families. Her campaign page repeats the party's plan to lower costs.","These are party words, shared across BC NDP candidate pages. They name no measure, amount or date.","Which cost measures will she name for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake?",[828,821,824],{"id":908,"title":909,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":293,"pledge":910,"evidence":911,"nextCheck":912,"sourceIds":913,"issue":310,"own":418,"reviewedAt":723,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-party-health-workers","Recruit more health care workers (party plan)","The party release says she stands with the BC NDP to recruit more health care workers. Her campaign page repeats this.","These are party words. They give no number of workers, cost or date.","How many health care workers would come to the district, and by when?",[828,821,824],{"id":915,"title":916,"cycle":291,"topic":325,"status":293,"pledge":917,"evidence":918,"nextCheck":919,"sourceIds":920,"issue":898,"own":418,"reviewedAt":723,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-party-trade","Depend less on trade with the United States (party plan)","The party release says she stands with the BC NDP to decrease trade dependence on the United States. Her campaign page speaks of an economy free from the United States.","These are party words. They name no market, amount or date.","Which new markets or industries does she expect to grow in the district?",[828,821,824],{"id":922,"title":923,"cycle":924,"topic":315,"status":345,"pledge":925,"evidence":926,"nextCheck":927,"sourceIds":928,"issue":320,"own":418,"reviewedAt":723,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-2024-costs","Ease everyday costs (2024 campaign)","Earlier term","In the party's May 2024 nomination release she said the BC NDP was easing everyday costs with car insurance savings, BC Hydro rebates and child care savings.","This is from her 2024 campaign. No 2026 page found by voche.me repeats it.","Does her 2026 campaign repeat these measures?",[777],{"id":930,"title":931,"cycle":924,"topic":315,"status":345,"pledge":932,"evidence":933,"nextCheck":934,"sourceIds":935,"issue":375,"own":418,"reviewedAt":723,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-2024-housing","Take on housing speculators and build homes (2024 campaign)","In the same May 2024 release she said the BC NDP was taking on housing speculators and building homes people can afford.","This is from her 2024 campaign. It gives no number of homes, cost or date, and no 2026 page found by voche.me repeats it.","Does her 2026 campaign name a housing target for the district?",[777],{"id":937,"title":938,"cycle":291,"topic":325,"status":293,"pledge":939,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":942,"issue":898,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-trump","Stand up to Trump and build the strongest economy in Canada (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists two of its nine plan items as standing up to Trump and building Canada's strongest economy for B.C. workers.","This is party wording on her campaign page. It names no measure, amount or date.","Which measure does she propose for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, and at what cost?",[821],{"id":944,"title":945,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":293,"pledge":946,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":947,"issue":310,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-health","Strengthen health care (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists strengthening health care as one of its nine plan items.",[821],{"id":949,"title":950,"cycle":291,"topic":315,"status":293,"pledge":951,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":952,"issue":320,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-costs","Lower everyday costs (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists lowering everyday costs as one of its nine plan items.",[821],{"id":954,"title":955,"cycle":291,"topic":315,"status":293,"pledge":956,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":957,"issue":375,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-housing","Bring housing costs down (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists bringing housing costs down as one of its nine plan items.",[821],{"id":959,"title":960,"cycle":291,"topic":335,"status":293,"pledge":961,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":962,"issue":340,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-safety","Safe, inclusive communities with gun laws and victim services (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists safe, inclusive communities as one of its nine plan items, and names gun laws and victim services.",[821],{"id":964,"title":965,"cycle":291,"topic":305,"status":293,"pledge":966,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":967,"issue":310,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-mental-health","Care and treatment for mental health and addictions (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists care and treatment for mental health and addictions as one of its nine plan items.",[821],{"id":969,"title":970,"cycle":291,"topic":971,"status":293,"pledge":972,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":973,"issue":974,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-environment","Protect air, land and water (campaign page)","Climate","Her campaign page lists protecting air, land and water, and environmental protections, as one of its nine plan items.",[821],"climate-environment",{"id":976,"title":977,"cycle":291,"topic":380,"status":293,"pledge":978,"evidence":940,"nextCheck":941,"sourceIds":979,"issue":385,"own":418,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":301},"promise-page-education","The best educated kids in the world (campaign page)","Her campaign page lists the best educated kids in the world as one of its nine plan items, and names school closures and relations with teachers.",[821],[981,989,996,1003,1011,1018,1024,1031,1037,1042,1048,1054,1060,1067,1074],{"id":982,"title":983,"date":984,"status":985,"summary":986,"context":987,"sourceIds":988,"issue":435},"program-elected-2020","Elected MLA for Chilliwack-Kent","2020-10-24","Elected","Won Chilliwack-Kent with 8,268 votes (36.42 percent), ahead of the sitting member Laurie Throness with 6,964 votes (30.68 percent).","The 2020 general election was held on October 24, 2020. An election result is a job title and earns no score.",[727,731],{"id":990,"title":991,"date":747,"status":992,"summary":993,"context":994,"sourceIds":995,"issue":435},"program-parl-sec","Named Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity","Held until November 18, 2024","Named in Premier David Eby's first cabinet announcement. The Registrar of Lobbyists records the end date.","A title earns no score.",[743,798],{"id":997,"title":998,"date":759,"status":999,"summary":1000,"context":1001,"sourceIds":1002,"issue":435},"program-gbv-agreement","Canada and B.C. agreement on gender-based violence","Signed","The federal release names her with the federal minister and the B.C. finance minister as announcing an agreement under which, in the release's words, Ottawa \"will be investing nearly $62 million over four years\" in B.C.","The agreement was made between two governments. Her role in it was announcing it, so it earns no score.",[755],{"id":1004,"title":1005,"date":1006,"status":1007,"summary":1008,"context":1009,"sourceIds":1010,"issue":435},"program-gbv-plan","Safe and Supported: B.C. gender-based violence action plan","2023-12-10","Published","The Canadian Press reports that she presented the three-year plan at a news conference with the finance minister, and said the Province began consultations for it in 2022.","The date is the Sunday news conference the report describes. A plan presented earns no score.",[761],{"id":1012,"title":1013,"date":770,"status":1014,"summary":1015,"context":1016,"sourceIds":1017,"issue":385},"program-vip-counsellors","Violence prevention counsellors in schools","Funded","A government release quotes her as the BC Society of Transition Houses received what the release calls \"approximately $1.4 million\" to expand its school violence prevention program to more than 7,000 students and staff.","The money came from the federal National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. The student count is the release's own forecast.",[767],{"id":1019,"title":1020,"date":775,"status":1014,"summary":1021,"context":1022,"sourceIds":1023,"issue":340},"program-dv-units","Funding for domestic violence units","A government release quotes her as the Province gave $100,000 each to three domestic violence units and $150,000 to a unit that supports victims of sexual exploitation.","The money came through the federal National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. The release does not report results.",[772],{"id":1025,"title":1026,"date":1027,"status":446,"summary":1028,"context":1029,"sourceIds":1030,"issue":375},"vote-bill-44","Voted yes on third reading of the Residential Development housing bill (Bill 44)","2023-11-29","The recorded vote index lists Paddon voting Yea at second reading (359B:1755) and third reading (373B:1540) of the Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023, and Nay on two amendments to clause 15, moved by Olsen (370B:2005) and Walker (370B:2105).","The vote index gives the vote and a transcript time stamp. It does not describe what the bill or the amendments changed, and the transcripts of the votes were not opened.",[871],{"id":1032,"title":1033,"date":1034,"status":446,"summary":1035,"context":1029,"sourceIds":1036,"issue":375},"vote-bill-47","Voted yes on third reading of the transit-oriented areas housing bill (Bill 47)","2023-11-30","The index lists Paddon voting Yea at third reading (375B:1450) of the Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023, and Nay on amendments moved by Wat (375B:1325) and Milobar (375B:1440).",[871],{"id":1038,"title":1039,"date":1027,"status":446,"summary":1040,"context":1029,"sourceIds":1041,"issue":375},"vote-bill-46","Voted yes on third reading of the development financing housing bill (Bill 46)","The index lists Paddon voting Yea at second reading (361B:1630) and third reading (373B:2155) of the Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023.",[871],{"id":1043,"title":1044,"date":1045,"status":446,"summary":1046,"context":1029,"sourceIds":1047,"issue":340},"vote-bill-36","Voted yes on third reading of the Police Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 36)","2023-10-25","The index lists Paddon voting Yea at second reading (340B:1540), on the motion to report the bill complete with amendment (344B:1625) and at third reading (347B:1445).",[871],{"id":1049,"title":1050,"date":1051,"status":446,"summary":1052,"context":1029,"sourceIds":1053,"issue":340},"vote-bill-34","Voted yes on third reading of the Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act (Bill 34)","2023-11-08","The index lists Paddon voting Yea at third reading (359B:1440).",[871],{"id":1055,"title":1056,"date":1057,"status":446,"summary":1058,"context":1029,"sourceIds":1059,"issue":974},"vote-bill-39","Voted yes on third reading of the Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 39)","2023-11-09","The index lists Paddon voting Yea at second reading (353B:1355) and third reading (361B:1340).",[871],{"id":1061,"title":1062,"date":1063,"status":446,"summary":1064,"context":1065,"sourceIds":1066,"issue":435},"vote-bill-31","Voted yes on third reading of the Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31)","2023-11-01","The index lists Paddon voting Yea at third reading (354B:1645).","The index gives the vote and a transcript time stamp. A recorded vote on a bill with no issue tag earns no score.",[871],{"id":1068,"title":1069,"date":1070,"status":446,"summary":1071,"context":1072,"sourceIds":1073,"issue":330},"vote-budget-2024","Voted yes on a Budget motion","2024-03-05","The 2024 vote index lists Paddon voting Yea on a motion listed under Budget (390B:1155).","The index gives the vote and a transcript time stamp. It does not describe what the motion decided, and the transcript was not opened.",[875],{"id":1075,"title":1076,"date":1077,"status":1078,"summary":1079,"context":1080,"sourceIds":1081,"issue":350},"vote-cleanbc-audit-2024","Voted no on referring CleanBC Go Electric program practices to the Auditor General","2024-04-04","Recorded vote","The 2024 vote index lists Paddon voting Nay on a motion without notice to refer CleanBC Go Electric program administration practices to an Auditor General review (405B:1135).","The index gives the vote and a transcript time stamp. The index does not say who moved the motion, and the transcript was not opened.",[875],[1083,1088,1094,1100,1106,1111,1116,1121,1126,1131,1136,1141],{"id":1084,"date":753,"title":1085,"format":592,"summary":1086,"sourceIds":1087},"talk-iwd-2023","Statement for International Women's Day","A joint statement with Premier David Eby, issued by the government.",[749],{"id":1089,"date":1006,"title":1090,"format":1091,"summary":1092,"sourceIds":1093},"talk-gbv-plan","News conference on the gender-based violence action plan","Press conference","Spoke at the plan's launch with the finance minister, as reported by The Canadian Press.",[761],{"id":1095,"date":1096,"title":1097,"format":592,"summary":1098,"sourceIds":1099},"talk-concession-2024","2024-10-20","Statement after the 2024 election","Fraser Valley Today reports a social media post in which she thanked voters and volunteers after her loss.",[793],{"id":1101,"date":819,"title":1102,"format":1103,"summary":1104,"sourceIds":1105},"talk-ijf-2026","Comments on the lobbying decision","Interview","She told the Investigative Journalism Foundation she was unsurprised by the decision, and that she plans to lobby later in 2026 on multi-year contracts and cost of living increases in funding for non-profits.",[815],{"id":1107,"date":236,"title":1108,"format":592,"summary":1109,"sourceIds":1110},"talk-candidacy-2026","Party announcement of her candidacy","The party release quotes her on families and on tariffs, as reported by the Chilliwack Progress.",[828],{"id":1112,"date":836,"title":1113,"format":571,"summary":1114,"sourceIds":1115},"talk-throne-2023","Reply to the Throne Speech","In the Throne Speech debate she said the speech named costs, housing, toxic drugs and community safety, and that the government would not reach a stable economy by \"cutting critical core services.\"",[833],{"id":1117,"date":841,"title":1118,"format":571,"summary":1119,"sourceIds":1120},"talk-bill-13-2023","Debate on the Pay Transparency Act (Bill 13)","She said she would be the designated speaker on the bill, and explained pay transparency and the gender pay gap to the House.",[838],{"id":1122,"date":841,"title":1123,"format":571,"summary":1124,"sourceIds":1125},"talk-bill-12-2023","Debate on the Intimate Images Protection Act (Bill 12)","She thanked the Minister of State for Child Care and the Attorney General, and said the act is \"about access to justice.\" She defined sextortion for members.",[838],{"id":1127,"date":846,"title":1128,"format":592,"summary":1129,"sourceIds":1130},"talk-period-poverty-2023","Statement on period poverty","She cited the United Way figure that 26 percent of people who menstruate in B.C. have gone through a period without menstrual products, and named Project AIM, a Chilliwack-Kent group.",[843],{"id":1132,"date":851,"title":1133,"format":592,"summary":1134,"sourceIds":1135},"talk-nonprofits-2023","Statement on non-profits","She said she worked in non-profits, with 2005 to 2015 as her main decade, and that her office hosted the first Chilliwack-Kent non-profit round table in 2021, which now meets every quarter. These are her own words.",[848],{"id":1137,"date":856,"title":1138,"format":571,"summary":1139,"sourceIds":1140},"talk-bill-37-2023","Debate on the Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37)","She said she had worked as a victim support worker and caseworker for several years, and called the bill \"a step to close critical gaps in legislation.\"",[853],{"id":1142,"date":861,"title":1143,"format":571,"summary":1144,"sourceIds":1145},"talk-gbv-motion-2023","Debate on a private member's motion on gender-based violence","She said ending gender-based violence is \"the focus of everyone in this chamber\" and called it \"a political issue.\" She said the previous B.C. Liberal government cut legal aid by nearly 40 percent. That figure is her statement, and voche.me has not checked it.",[858],[1147],{"id":1148,"date":802,"title":1149,"category":1150,"summary":1151,"response":1152,"outcome":1153,"sourceIds":1154},"acc-lobbying-exemption","Request to lobby before the two-year waiting period ends refused","Official finding","Former parliamentary secretaries may lobby the Province only two years after leaving the post. She asked the Registrar of Lobbyists to excuse her from the last six months of that period so she could lobby for Board Voice Society of BC. The registrar refused, finding that the lobbying would be in the same sector as her former role and that the public interest had not been shown.","The Tyee, publishing a report by the Investigative Journalism Foundation, says she told that outlet she was unsurprised by the decision.","Refused on May 13, 2026. The Deep Dive reports that the waiting period ends on November 18, 2026. The decision makes no finding of wrongdoing.",[798,815,809],[1156,1161,1166,1171,1176,1181],{"id":1157,"date":236,"title":1158,"publisher":196,"format":197,"summary":1159,"sourceIds":1160},"news-progress-warbus","Incumbent Warbus returns to the Conservatives","Reports that the incumbent MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, A'aliya Warbus, returned to the Conservative Party of BC on September 22, 2026 and confirmed she will run in the district. Paddon is the BC NDP candidate in the same district.",[879],{"id":1162,"date":236,"title":1163,"publisher":830,"format":197,"summary":1164,"sourceIds":1165},"news-progress-2026","Former MLA chosen as NDP candidate","Reports the party announcement, her past roles and her 2024 loss.",[828],{"id":1167,"date":819,"title":816,"publisher":1168,"format":197,"summary":1169,"sourceIds":1170},"news-tyee-lobbying","The Tyee · Bethany Lindsay","Reports the registrar's decision and her plans for Board Voice.",[815],{"id":1172,"date":813,"title":1173,"publisher":811,"format":197,"summary":1174,"sourceIds":1175},"news-deepdive-lobbying","Nonprofit role and the lobbying ban","Reports the registrar's decision and the end date of her waiting period.",[809],{"id":1177,"date":791,"title":1178,"publisher":789,"format":197,"summary":1179,"sourceIds":1180},"news-fvt-2024","Warbus defeats Paddon in 2024","Election night report and the winner's 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Lake","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistrict-facts\u002Fchilliwack-cultus-lake","DlYFSlrsg8ETMw8djzgtVdhfsbY5TJ9WwuAPT2Ta8Jc",{"id":1997,"area":1998,"checkedAt":1987,"communities":2008,"extension":1986,"faq":2018,"history":2049,"meta":2118,"name":1993,"seat":2119,"slug":8,"sources":2130,"stem":2226,"summary":2227,"__hash__":2228},"districtProfiles\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistricts\u002Fchilliwack-cultus-lake.json",{"paragraphs":1999,"sourceIds":2002},[2000,2001],"Chilliwack-Cultus Lake covers the southern parts of the City of Chilliwack and the communities south of the Fraser River that lie outside the city centre. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report names Sardis, Bridal Falls, Yarrow and Cultus Lake, and says the district is bounded in the north by the Trans-Canada Highway. Its northern boundary follows Highway 1, Vedder Road, the Southern Railway, South Sumas Road and Lickman Road to the Vedder River. The commission gives the district an area of 1,113 square kilometres and a population of 53,148, which is 1.2% below the average district.","BC Parks says Cultus Lake Park lies 11 km southwest of Chilliwack and can be reached from the Highway 1 exits at Yarrow or Sardis. The City of Chilliwack groups its neighbourhoods into urban, hillside and rural types, and lists Sardis and South Vedder as urban neighbourhoods and Yarrow as a rural one. A naming submission to the Chilliwack school district describes the place where the Chilliwack River breaks through between the Promontory and Vedder mountains and meets the Vedder River. In 2024 voters in the district used halls and schools in Promontory, Ryder Lake, Yarrow, Sardis, Vedder and Cultus Lake, according to the Elections BC results file.",[2003,2004,2005,2006,2007],"commission","bcparks-cultus","chilliwack-neighbourhoods","sd33-stitos","ebc-results",[2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017],"Sardis","Vedder Crossing","Yarrow","Majuba Hill","Cultus Lake","Bridal Falls","Promontory","Ryder Lake","Soowahlie",[2019,2022,2025,2028,2031,2034,2037,2040,2043,2046],{"question":2020,"answer":2021},"Where is Chilliwack-Cultus Lake?","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake is a provincial electoral district in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it includes the southern parts of Chilliwack and the communities of Sardis, Bridal Falls, Yarrow and Cultus Lake. The commission gives its area as 1,113 square kilometres and counts 53,148 people in it.",{"question":2023,"answer":2024},"Which communities are in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake?","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake includes Sardis, Bridal Falls, Yarrow and Cultus Lake, according to the Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report. In 2024 Elections BC also placed voting places in the district at Promontory, Ryder Lake, Vedder and Yarrow. Soowahlie, a Stó:lō community on the Chilliwack River, appears on the commission's map of the district.",{"question":2026,"answer":2027},"Who won Chilliwack-Cultus Lake in the 2024 provincial election?","A'aliya Warbus of the Conservative Party won Chilliwack-Cultus Lake in 2024 with 13,656 votes, 54.58% of the valid vote. Kelli Paddon of the BC NDP received 11,366 votes, 45.42%. Turnout was 60.37% of 41,587 registered voters, and 25,022 valid votes were counted in the district.",{"question":2029,"answer":2030},"Who represented this area before 2024?","Kelli Paddon of the BC NDP represented Chilliwack-Kent from 2020 to 2024, and Elections BC's table lists 56 voting areas of overlap between that district and Chilliwack-Cultus Lake. Paddon won it in 2020 with 8,268 votes, 36.42%. Laurie Throness of the BC Liberal Party held Chilliwack-Kent from 2017 to 2020, after Barry Penner of the same party held it from 2001 to 2009.",{"question":2032,"answer":2033},"When was Chilliwack-Cultus Lake created?","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake was created by the Electoral Boundaries Commission's final report of April 3, 2023, and the 2024 provincial general election was the first held under the name. The district has 62 voting areas, and Elections BC's table lists 56 of overlap with Chilliwack-Kent and 8 with Chilliwack as those districts stood from 2017 to 2024.",{"question":2035,"answer":2036},"How did the 2023 boundary change affect Chilliwack-Cultus Lake?","In its final report of 2023 the Electoral Boundaries Commission moved Yarrow into Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and Popkum into Chilliwack North. The commission said this better reflects community boundaries and balances populations. It counts 53,148 people in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, which is 1.2% below the average district, and 52,440 in Chilliwack North.",{"question":2038,"answer":2039},"How many people live in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake?","The 2021 census counted 53,050 people in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, with a median age of 42 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. Of households, 82.6% own their home and 16.9% rent. The median household income is $94,000, the median home value is $800,000, and the median rent is $1,450.",{"question":2041,"answer":2042},"Whose traditional territory is Chilliwack-Cultus Lake on?","Skowkale First Nation says its people are Ts'elxwéyeqw, one of the Stó:lō tribes, and that its ancestors lived in the land drained by the Chilliwack River. The Province of British Columbia lists seven Ts'elxwéyeqw bands in the Chilliwack area, including Soowahlie, which lies on the Chilliwack River in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake. The Skowkale and Province pages are listed under sources.",{"question":2044,"answer":2045},"How did Cultus Lake get its name?","Cultus Lake takes its name from Chinook Jargon, in which cultus means bad, according to BC Geographical Names. The Geographic Board of Canada adopted the name on June 30, 1914. BC Parks says local First Nations knew the lake as Swee-ehl-chah or Tsowallie. The lake is in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, and Cultus Lake is one of its named communities.",{"question":2047,"answer":2048},"What was Camp Chilliwack in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake?","Camp Chilliwack was a military training base set up near Vedder Crossing in February 1942, in the area now inside Chilliwack-Cultus Lake. It later became Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack and trained military engineers. Budget cuts closed it in 1997, and a memorial on Caen Avenue was dedicated on November 11, 1997.",[2050,2063,2074,2085,2093,2101,2110],{"id":2051,"title":2052,"paragraphs":2053,"sourceIds":2057},"first-peoples","Ts'elxwéyeqw territory and the names of the land",[2054,2055,2056],"The Province of British Columbia describes the Ts'elxwéyeqw Tribe as seven Stó:lō Nation and Stó:lō Tribal Council bands in the Chilliwack area: Aitchelitz, Skowkale, Shxwhá:y, Squiala, Tzeachten, Yakweakwioose and Soowahlie. Its page records 574 members. Skowkale First Nation calls its community Sq'ewqéyl and says its people are one of the tribes of the Stó:lō, known as the People of the River, whose ancestors lived in the land drained by the Chilliwack River. The Province places Soowahlie on the Chilliwack River, 12 km south of Chilliwack, with a population of 436.","BC Parks says local First Nations knew Cultus Lake as Swee-ehl-chah or Tsowallie. BC Geographical Names records that Cultus comes from Chinook Jargon and means bad, and that the Indigenous people believed the lake was the home of evil spirits. The Geographic Board of Canada adopted the name on June 30, 1914. The Chilliwack Museum and Archives adds that for the Stó:lō the lake was an important place for spirit quests.","A naming submission sent to the Chilliwack school district explains Stitó:s as a Halq'eméylem place name meaning Place of Crossing. The authors say the Ts'elxwéyeqw people built a tall lookout tower there, where the Chilliwack River meets the Vedder River. The district's new school at 5337 Tyson Road carries the name Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt, and the submission translates the second part as house of learning. The school was a voting place in the district in 2024.",[2058,2059,2060,2004,2061,2062,2006,2007],"bc-ts-elxweyeqw","skowkale","bc-soowahlie","bcgnis-cultus","museum-cultus",{"id":2064,"title":2065,"paragraphs":2066,"sourceIds":2070},"sardis-vedder","Sardis, Vedder Crossing and Coqualeetza, 1858 to 1910",[2067,2068,2069],"The Chilliwack Museum and Archives says that after the 1858 gold rush many people came to the Chilliwack area. A.C. Wells, Adam Vedder and Jane Evans were among the settlers who claimed land in the 1860s along what became the Sardis corridor. By 1867 First Nations reserves had been set aside beside the Chilliwack River, which once flowed through parts of Sardis. The museum credits Mrs. Adam Swart Vedder with the name Sardis: she opened her Bible at random and found it in Revelation 3, 1. Residents petitioned for a post office in 1887, and Alex Campbell built the first store in 1891.","The museum says the Methodist Church founded the Coqualeetza Residential School in 1888 and built a large school building in 1894. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation dates the school from 1889 to 1940. The museum says Coqualeetza now serves as a centre for the Stó:lō Nation. It also records that A.C. Wells' Edenbank Creamery became the first co-operative creamery in British Columbia in 1896, and that hop growing on Vedder Road ended in 1997 when the last farm stopped production. The British Columbia Electric Railway reached Sardis in 1910 and brought electricity, water and telephone service.","At Vedder Crossing the Chilliwack River changed course. The museum says a flood in 1875 partly blocked the river, which sent some of its water into a small creek known as Vedder Creek. The blockage was complete by 1891 and a bridge was needed. Vedder Road was the main route to Vancouver until 1926, because Sumas Lake was drained in 1924 and a bridge over the Vedder Canal opened in 1925.",[2071,2072,2073],"museum-sardis","nctr-coqualeetza","museum-vedder",{"id":2075,"title":2076,"paragraphs":2077,"sourceIds":2081},"yarrow","Yarrow and the drained lake, 1900 to 1952",[2078,2079,2080],"The Chilliwack Museum and Archives traces Yarrow to a post office that opened on Majuba Hill on July 1, 1900, in the home of William and Mary Jane Chadsey. In 1910 the British Columbia Electric Railway finished a line along the foot of Vedder Mountain beside Sumas Lake and named a station Yarrow. The museum gives two accounts of the name: one says it comes from the yarrow plant that grows in the area, and the other says the builder named the station after the bitterest herb in the community, because a landowner had made the work difficult.","A history site run by Yarrow residents dates the Sumas Lake Reclamation project to 1920 to 1924. The Vedder River was sent into the Vedder Canal, and the lake bed became farmland. The Sumas First Nation timeline gives the years as 1920 to 1925 and says the work created 33,000 acres of farm land and devastated the traditional way of life of the Semá:th people. The residents' chronology records that the first Mennonite families reached Yarrow in February 1928 and took temporary housing on Majuba Hill. On September 13, 1928 the new school opened with 29 students from 21 families, the museum says.","The community then built its own institutions. Mennonite Brethren built a first church in 1930. Raspberry growers formed the Yarrow Growers Association in 1936. The Yarrow Waterworks District received its charter in 1944 and later added irrigation, sidewalks, street lights and a volunteer fire department. In 1952 the community bought the former Sharon Mennonite Collegiate Institute on Wilson Road for $60,000, and it served as Yarrow Junior High School until 1964.",[2082,2083,2084],"museum-yarrow","yarrow-chronology","sumas-history",{"id":2086,"title":2087,"paragraphs":2088,"sourceIds":2091},"cultus-lake","Cultus Lake Park, 1924 to 1948",[2089,2090],"The Chilliwack Museum and Archives says Cultus Lake was a summer resort and picnic area until the early 1920s. One family history in the museum's account places camping at the lake in the 1870s or 1880s. In 1924 the City of Chilliwack and the Township of Chilliwhack formed a joint committee to govern the lake, and permanent buildings began to appear on leased lots. The Cultus Lake Park Board was formed in 1932. The park's own governance page says the Legislature passed the Cultus Lake Park Act on April 13, 1932, after the City and the Township petitioned for it.","The Park Board says its five commissioners now include three elected from Cultus Lake Park and two from the District of Chilliwack, and that the park holds 640 acres of land. A pavilion built near Main Beach in 1939 housed a dance hall, post office, store and library, and the museum says it was later torn down. When the military training base opened near Vedder Crossing in 1942, a severe housing shortage led owners to winterize summer cottages, and the lake became a year-round community. BC Parks says Cultus Lake received provincial park status in 1948.",[2062,2092,2004],"cultus-governance",{"id":2094,"title":2095,"paragraphs":2096,"sourceIds":2099},"camp-chilliwack","Camp Chilliwack, 1942 to 1997",[2097,2098],"A Veterans Affairs Canada plaque record says Camp Chilliwack was established in February 1942 near Vedder Crossing, in response to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour. It housed No. 112 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre and an engineer training centre moved from Saskatchewan. The Chilliwack Museum and Archives says Vedder Crossing had stayed rural until the 1940s, and that it became a tent city when the Canadian Military Engineers arrived in April 1942. One resident remembered only two houses on the east side of Vedder Road between Promontory Road and the Vedder bridge before the camp came.","After the war the camp became Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, which trained military engineers for the combined armed forces after 1968. The record says the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School moved there in 1970 and the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, arrived in 1994. Budget cuts closed the base in 1997. A memorial on Caen Avenue, dedicated on November 11, 1997, carries the words Home of the Canadian Military Engineers.",[2100,2073],"cfb-plaque",{"id":2102,"title":2103,"paragraphs":2104,"sourceIds":2107},"municipality-college","One municipality and a college, 1980 to 2014",[2105,2106],"BC Geographical Names records that the Township of Chilliwack was incorporated on April 26, 1873 and the City of Chilliwack on February 21, 1908. On January 1, 1980 the two merged into the District of Chilliwack, and the municipality became a city again in 1999. The record says the name comes from a Halkomelem word that scholars read as valley of many streams.","The University of the Fraser Valley says it began as Fraser Valley College in 1974 to 1975, and that by 1975 it had over 2,300 students across Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Hope and Agassiz. Trades programming began in Chilliwack in 1978 and an Agriculture Centre opened in 1986. In 2012 a renovated building of 150,000 square feet opened at Canada Education Park, and most Chilliwack programs moved there from Yale Road. The Agriculture Centre of Excellence followed in 2014. The Chilliwack campus was a voting place in the district in 2024.",[2108,2109,2007],"bcgnis-chilliwack","ufv-history",{"id":2111,"title":2112,"paragraphs":2113,"sourceIds":2116},"flood-2021","The Yarrow evacuation, November 2021",[2114,2115],"Global News reported that on November 16, 2021 the City of Chilliwack ordered residents of Yarrow, from Boundary Road to Browne Road and all of Majuba Hill, to leave immediately. The city gave the reason as the risk of flooding after an atmospheric river, which is a long band of heavy rain. Residents were told to register at the reception centre at the Neighbourhood Learning Centre at Chilliwack Secondary School, and to leave by Boundary Road to Keith Wilson and then over the Keith Wilson Bridge.","The order followed one by Abbotsford for the Sumas Prairie, and Highway 1 between Abbotsford and Hope was closed by flooding and road debris. Yarrow lies on land that was the shore and bed of Sumas Lake before the drainage of the 1920s, which the Chilliwack Museum and Archives says turned that land into farms.",[2117,2082],"global-yarrow",{},{"paragraphs":2120,"sourceIds":2125},[2121,2122,2123,2124],"Chilliwack-Cultus Lake is a district created by the Electoral Boundaries Commission's final report of April 3, 2023, and the 2024 provincial general election is the only one held under the name. The commission renamed the two Chilliwack districts and adjusted their boundaries. In its final deliberations it moved Yarrow into Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and Popkum into Chilliwack North. Elections BC's table of old and new boundaries lists the district's overlap with the 2017 to 2024 districts as 56 voting areas with Chilliwack-Kent and 8 with Chilliwack.","The name Chilliwack-Kent was first printed in Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001, at the 37th general election on May 16, 2001. That was the first election held under the Electoral Districts Act (SBC 1999 c. 31), which raised the number of districts from 75 to 79. Barry Penner of the Liberal Party won it with 13,814 votes (74.88%), and the volume lists him earlier as the winner of Chilliwack in 1996. He won again in 2005 with 11,368 votes (57.14%). Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013 prints Chilliwack-Hope, not Chilliwack-Kent, at the 2009 and 2013 elections. Penner won Chilliwack-Hope in 2009 with 8,985 votes (53.28%) and resigned on January 9, 2012. Gwen O'Mahony of the New Democratic Party won the by-election of April 19, 2012 with 6,022 votes (41.89%). Laurie Throness of the Liberal Party won Chilliwack-Hope in 2013 with 10,053 votes (49.15%).","The name Chilliwack-Kent returned in 2017. Throness of the BC Liberal Party won it that year with 11,841 votes (52.75%). In 2020 Kelli Paddon of the BC NDP won with 8,268 votes (36.42%), ahead of Throness with 6,964 (30.68%) and Jason Lum, an independent, with 5,370 (23.65%).","In 2024 A'aliya Warbus of the Conservative Party won Chilliwack-Cultus Lake with 13,656 votes (54.58%). Paddon received 11,366 (45.42%). Turnout was 60.37% of 41,587 registered voters, and 25,022 valid votes were counted. CTV News reported on August 31, 2026 that Warbus had announced her departure from the BC Conservative caucus.",[2003,2126,2127,2007,2128,2129],"ebc-1987-2001","ebc-2002-2013","ebc-statement-2024","ctv-warbus",[2131,2136,2139,2142,2145,2147,2151,2154,2159,2163,2167,2171,2174,2178,2183,2186,2189,2192,2197,2202,2206,2210,2214,2219,2224],{"id":2003,"label":2132,"publisher":2133,"kind":2134,"url":2135,"checkedAt":1987},"Final report, April 3, 2023","British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission","government","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002FBCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf",{"id":2126,"label":2137,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"url":2138,"checkedAt":1987},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987 to 2001","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2127,"label":2140,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"url":2141,"checkedAt":1987},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2007,"label":2143,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"url":2144,"checkedAt":1987},"Provincial Voting Results","https:\u002F\u002Fcatalogue.data.gov.bc.ca\u002Fdataset\u002F44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935",{"id":2128,"label":2146,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"url":45,"checkedAt":1987},"Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election",{"id":2058,"label":2148,"publisher":2149,"kind":2134,"url":2150,"checkedAt":1987},"Ts'elxwéyeqw Tribe (Ch-ihl-kway-uhk)","Province of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Ffirst-nations-negotiations\u002Ffirst-nations-a-z-listing\u002Fts-elxw-yeqw-tribe-ch-ihl-kway-uhk",{"id":2060,"label":2152,"publisher":2149,"kind":2134,"url":2153,"checkedAt":1987},"Soowahlie Indian Band","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Ffirst-nations-negotiations\u002Ffirst-nations-a-z-listing\u002Fsoowahlie-indian-band",{"id":2059,"label":2155,"publisher":2156,"kind":2157,"url":2158,"checkedAt":1987},"Skowkale First Nation","Skowkale First Nation (Sq'ewqéyl)","first-nation","https:\u002F\u002Fskowkalefn.com",{"id":2084,"label":2160,"publisher":2161,"kind":2157,"url":2162,"checkedAt":1987},"Our History and Culture","Sumas First Nation (Semá:th)","https:\u002F\u002Fsumasfirstnation.com\u002Fabout\u002Four-history-and-culture\u002F",{"id":2006,"label":2164,"publisher":2165,"kind":2134,"url":2166,"checkedAt":1987},"Naming of School Submission, K-8 School, 5337 Tyson Rd.","School District 33 Chilliwack","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sd33.bc.ca\u002Fsites\u002Fsd33.bc.ca\u002Ffiles\u002F2021-02\u002FK-8%20School%20Name%20Submission_StitosLalemtotilt.pdf",{"id":2061,"label":2168,"publisher":2169,"kind":2134,"url":2170,"checkedAt":1987},"Cultus Lake, BC Geographical Names record","BC Geographical Names Office","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F6503.html",{"id":2108,"label":2172,"publisher":2169,"kind":2134,"url":2173,"checkedAt":1987},"Chilliwack, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F38675.html",{"id":2004,"label":2175,"publisher":2176,"kind":2134,"url":2177,"checkedAt":1987},"Cultus Lake Park","BC Parks","https:\u002F\u002Fbcparks.ca\u002Fcultus-lake-park",{"id":2071,"label":2179,"publisher":2180,"kind":2181,"url":2182,"checkedAt":1987},"Community of Villages: Sardis","Chilliwack Museum and Archives","archive","https:\u002F\u002Fepe.lac-bac.gc.ca\u002F100\u002F205\u002F301\u002Fic\u002Fcdc\u002Fchilliwack\u002Fhistory\u002Fcov\u002Fsardis.htm",{"id":2073,"label":2184,"publisher":2180,"kind":2181,"url":2185,"checkedAt":1987},"Community of Villages: Vedder Crossing","https:\u002F\u002Fepe.lac-bac.gc.ca\u002F100\u002F205\u002F301\u002Fic\u002Fcdc\u002Fchilliwack\u002Fhistory\u002Fcov\u002Fvedder.htm",{"id":2082,"label":2187,"publisher":2180,"kind":2181,"url":2188,"checkedAt":1987},"Community of Villages: Yarrow","https:\u002F\u002Fepe.lac-bac.gc.ca\u002F100\u002F205\u002F301\u002Fic\u002Fcdc\u002Fchilliwack\u002Fhistory\u002Fcov\u002Fyarrow.htm",{"id":2062,"label":2190,"publisher":2180,"kind":2181,"url":2191,"checkedAt":1987},"Community of Villages: Cultus Lake","https:\u002F\u002Fepe.lac-bac.gc.ca\u002F100\u002F205\u002F301\u002Fic\u002Fcdc\u002Fchilliwack\u002Fhistory\u002Fcov\u002Fcultus.htm",{"id":2083,"label":2193,"publisher":2194,"kind":2195,"url":2196,"checkedAt":1987},"Chronology","Yarrow's Pioneers and Settlers","organization","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.yarrowbc.ca\u002Fother\u002Fchronology.html",{"id":2092,"label":2198,"publisher":2199,"kind":2200,"url":2201,"checkedAt":1987},"Cultus Lake Park Governance","Cultus Lake Park Board","municipal","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cultuslake.bc.ca\u002Fcultus-lake-park-governance\u002F",{"id":2005,"label":2203,"publisher":2204,"kind":2200,"url":2205,"checkedAt":1987},"Neighbourhood Planning","City of Chilliwack","https:\u002F\u002Fchilliwack.com\u002Fmain\u002Fpage.cfm?id=1618",{"id":2100,"label":2207,"publisher":2208,"kind":2134,"url":2209,"checkedAt":1987},"Camp Chilliwack\u002FCFB Chilliwack Plaque","Veterans Affairs Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fveterans.gc.ca\u002Fen\u002Fnode\u002F159176",{"id":2072,"label":2211,"publisher":2212,"kind":2181,"url":2213,"checkedAt":1987},"Coqualeetza Residential School","National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation","https:\u002F\u002Fnctr.ca\u002Fresidential-schools\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fcoqualeetza-chilliwack-home\u002F",{"id":2109,"label":2215,"publisher":2216,"kind":2217,"url":2218,"checkedAt":1987},"UFV history","University of the Fraser Valley","academic","https:\u002F\u002Fufv.ca\u002Fabout\u002Fufv-history",{"id":2117,"label":2220,"publisher":2221,"kind":2222,"url":2223,"checkedAt":1987},"Yarrow, Chilliwack community under evacuation order","Global News","news","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F8377664\u002Fyarrow-chilliwack-community-evacuation-order\u002Famp",{"id":2129,"label":2225,"publisher":224,"kind":2222,"url":225,"checkedAt":1987},"MLA A'aliya Warbus quits B.C. Conservative caucus, 7th defection this month","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistricts\u002Fchilliwack-cultus-lake","Chilliwack-Cultus Lake is a provincial electoral district in the Fraser Valley. The Electoral Boundaries Commission says it takes in the communities of Sardis, Bridal Falls, Yarrow and Cultus Lake, and also the southern parts of Chilliwack. The 2021 census counted 53,050 people in it, and the commission gives its area as 1,113 square kilometres.","h4tzHj4BswB6Od8QOIf9dsIq7mCGNksEetCKSYL31L4",[2230,2904,3009,3539,3872,4447,4557,4664,5236,5344],{"id":2231,"aliases":2232,"checkedAt":723,"declaredColour":11,"extension":1986,"founded":2233,"headline":2239,"history":2240,"leadership":2302,"logo":2314,"meta":2318,"money":2319,"name":1919,"news":2344,"overview":2384,"palette":2389,"platform":2394,"questions":2722,"record":2748,"registeredName":2788,"rosterLabel":1919,"slug":2789,"sources":2790,"stem":2897,"summary":2898,"website":2317,"wordmark":2899,"__hash__":2903},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-green-party.json",[],{"year":2234,"note":2235,"cites":2236},1983,"Adriane Carr founded the party in February 1983, according to CBC News.",[2237,2238],"cbc-birth","knowbc-green","BC Green Party: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":2241,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2293,"gaps":2299},[2242,2246,2250,2254,2258,2262,2268,2273,2278,2285],{"title":2243,"body":2244,"cites":2245},"Founded in February 1983","Adriane Carr, then a geography teacher at Langara College, founded the party in February 1983, two months before a provincial election. It ran four candidates that year and won 0.19 percent of the vote.",[2237,2238],{"title":2247,"body":2248,"cites":2249},"First MLA elected in 2013","Andrew Weaver won a Victoria-area seat in the 2013 election, the party’s first seat in the legislature.",[2238],{"title":2251,"body":2252,"cites":2253},"Three MLAs and support for an NDP government in 2017","Under Andrew Weaver the party elected 3 MLAs in 2017 and agreed to support an NDP government.",[2238],{"title":2255,"body":2256,"cites":2257},"Three seats kept in 2020","Under leader Sonia Furstenau the party kept 3 seats in the October 2020 election, which the NDP won with a majority.",[2238],{"date":791,"title":2259,"body":2260,"cites":2261},"2024 election: 2 seats","The party ran 69 candidates, won 173,377 votes (8.24 percent) and elected Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote. Leader Sonia Furstenau lost in Victoria-Beacon Hill with 9,644 votes (33.50 percent).",[43],{"date":2263,"title":2264,"body":2265,"cites":2266},"2024-12-13","Co-operation accord with the NDP government announced","The NDP government and the Greens announced the Co-operation and Responsible Government Accord, which named shared goals such as community health centres, transit in under-served areas and a look at electoral reform.",[2267],"cbc-accord-2024",{"title":2269,"body":2270,"cites":2271},"Sonia Furstenau steps down, January 2025","Sonia Furstenau stepped down as leader in January 2025 after losing her seat. Jeremy Valeriote acted as interim leader.",[2272],"cbc-lowan-leader",{"date":2274,"title":2275,"body":2276,"cites":2277},"2025-09-24","Emily Lowan elected leader","Emily Lowan won the leadership on the first ballot with 3,189 votes. Jonathan Kerr received 1,908 and Adam Bremner-Akins 128.",[2272],{"date":2279,"title":2280,"body":2281,"cites":2282},"2026-02-09","Greens end the accord","The party said it would not renew the accord with the NDP government, and its two MLAs began voting bill by bill.",[2283,2284],"cbc-accord-end","global-accord-end",{"date":236,"title":2286,"body":2287,"cites":2288},"Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands","Rob Botterell said he would not seek re-election, and Emily Lowan announced she would run in his district.",[2289,2290,2291],"bp-lowan-saanich","vicbuzz-lowan-saanich","green-election-plans","researched",[2294,2295,2296,2297,2298],"CBC News archive article on the party’s founding","The Encyclopedia of British Columbia entry on KnowBC","Elections BC statement of votes, 2024","CBC News and Global News reports from 2024 to 2026","The party’s About us page, used for leads only",[2300,2301],"Results of elections before 2024 are taken from the encyclopedia entry and have not been checked against Elections BC reports.","Leaders between 1985 and 2013 are not listed.",[2303,2309],{"role":2304,"name":2305,"since":2274,"cites":2306},"Leader","Emily Lowan",[2307,2272,2308],"register","cbc-leaders-2026",{"role":2310,"name":2311,"cites":2312},"Executive director","Alex Brunke",[2313],"green-hudema",{"src":2315,"alt":2316,"sourceUrl":2317,"checkedAt":723},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-green-party.webp","BC Green Party logo","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002F",{},{"searchUrl":2320,"filings":2321,"notes":2333,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2337,"gaps":2341},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FWelcome.aspx",[2322,2327,2330],{"period":291,"kind":2323,"note":2324,"cites":2325},"Annual allowance paid by Elections BC","$163,841.27 on January 15 and $163,841.26 on July 15, a total of $327,682.53, based on the party’s 2024 votes.",[2326],"ebc-annual-allowances",{"period":1991,"kind":2323,"note":2328,"cites":2329},"$160,481.03 on January 15 and $160,266.42 on July 15, a total of $320,747.45, based on the party’s 2024 votes.",[2326],{"period":1885,"kind":2323,"note":2331,"cites":2332},"$257,156.66 on January 15 and $257,156.66 on July 15, a total of $514,313.32, based on the party’s 2020 votes.",[2326],[2334,2335,2336],"Elections BC pays a yearly allowance to a registered party whose candidates won at least 2 percent of all valid votes in the last general election, or at least 5 percent of the votes in the districts where it ran candidates.","For 2026, the allowance is $1.89 for each valid vote the party received in the 2024 election. It is paid in two equal parts, on January 15 and July 15.","Parties file their financial reports with Elections BC. Anyone can read the filed reports in the Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.",[2338,2339,2340],"Elections BC annual allowances page","Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, opening page","Elections BC provincial financing page",[2342,2343],"The party’s annual financial reports (donations and spending) have not been opened and transcribed yet. The reports sit behind a search form, and this review did not go through it.","No figure for 2026 election spending is on the public record yet.",{"entries":2345,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2379,"gaps":2382},[2346,2350,2354,2359,2364,2369,2374],{"date":2279,"publisher":209,"title":2347,"url":2348,"summary":2349},"B.C. Greens pull out of governing accord with B.C. NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fb-c-greens-pull-out-of-governing-accord-with-b-c-ndp-9.7081452","The Greens said they would not sign a new co-operation accord with the NDP government, saying health centres, transit and electoral reform had stalled. Jeremy Valeriote said he and Rob Botterell would vote bill by bill.",{"date":2279,"publisher":2221,"title":2351,"url":2352,"summary":2353},"BC Green Party says it won't renew co-operation agreement with BC NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11659582\u002Fbc-green-party-wont-renew-co-operation-agreement-bc-ndp\u002F","Emily Lowan said the decision to call an election rested with the NDP majority. Deputy Premier Niki Sharma said the two sides could not agree because the Greens would not rule out voting with the Conservatives on confidence votes.",{"date":562,"publisher":2355,"title":2356,"url":2357,"summary":2358},"CBC News (The Canadian Press)","Meet the party leaders running in B.C.'s provincial election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fbc-provincial-election-party-leaders-list-9.7354333","A profile of each party leader. It says Emily Lowan has led the Greens since 2025, has no seat, and leads two MLAs, Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote.",{"date":236,"publisher":2360,"title":2361,"url":2362,"summary":2363},"Black Press Media","B.C. Greens Leader Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands","https:\u002F\u002Fvernonmorningstar.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fb-c-greens-leader-lowan-to-run-in-saanich-north-and-the-islands\u002F","Rob Botterell said he would not run again and that the choice was his own. Lowan said most of the party’s election resources would go to the south of Vancouver Island, and that cost of living is its top issue.",{"date":236,"publisher":2365,"title":2366,"url":2367,"summary":2368},"Victoria Buzz","BC Greens leader Emily Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands","https:\u002F\u002Fvictoriabuzz.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fbc-greens-leader-emily-lowan-to-run-in-saanich-north-and-the-islands\u002F","Botterell endorsed Lowan in his district, and Jeremy Valeriote said he would seek re-election in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.",{"date":2370,"publisher":2360,"title":2371,"url":2372,"summary":2373},"2026-09-28","BC Greens announce new candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake, childcare plans","https:\u002F\u002Fsookenewsmirror.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fbc-greens-announce-new-candidate-for-victoria-swan-lake-childcare-plans\u002F","Lowan announced a plan to restart the $10-a-day child care expansion and reach universal free child care by 2031, and named Carolyn Howe as the candidate in Victoria-Swan Lake.",{"date":2375,"publisher":2365,"title":2376,"url":2377,"summary":2378},"2026-09-29","BC Greens focus on renters and childcare as NDP and Conservatives roll out economic plans","https:\u002F\u002Fvictoriabuzz.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fbc-greens-focus-on-renters-and-childcare-as-ndp-and-conservatives-roll-out-economic-plans\u002F","The Greens announced vacancy control and other renter measures, and opposed the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion, which the NDP and Conservatives support.",[2380,2381],"Web searches for the party and its leader with 2026, September 2026","Each article listed here, opened and read",[2383],"No coverage index before February 2026 has been compiled for this year.",[2385,2386,2387,2388],"The BC Green Party elected Rob Botterell (Saanich North and the Islands) and Jeremy Valeriote (West Vancouver-Sea to Sky) in the 2024 election, and the legislature’s records read on 2026-09-30 list both as Green members.","Emily Lowan has led the party since 2025-09-24, when members elected her on the first ballot. She has no seat in the legislature. She is running in Saanich North and the Islands, where Rob Botterell is not seeking re-election.","The party says it is running on four commitments: \"A Life You Can Afford\", \"Care You Can Count On\", \"Economic Fairness for All\" and \"Fight for the Future\". It says it would pay for its plan by taxing the richest people and large corporations more.","In the 2024 election the party ran 69 candidates, received 173,377 votes (8.24 percent) and elected 2 MLAs, according to Elections BC.",{"accent":2390,"onAccent":2391,"tint":2392,"ink":2393},"#15803D","#FFFFFF","#e8f2ec","#1F2933",[2395,2454,2487,2528,2545,2581,2590,2624,2659,2679,2703],{"issue":375,"paragraphs":2396,"proposals":2401,"questions":2443,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2448,"gaps":2452},[2397,2398,2399,2400],"The BC Green Party says it would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year, and make it easier and faster to build all forms of housing.","On 2026-09-29 the party published a plan for renters. It says it would bring back vacancy control, which ties the allowed rent increase to the home instead of the tenant, so a landlord could not raise the rent each time a tenant moves out. The party says yearly increases would still be set by the Residential Tenancy Branch.","The party blames the BC NDP government for cancelling the Community Housing Fund and says it would restart that fund on day one.","The party’s Our Plan page, read on 2026-09-30, says its full platform is still to come.",[2402,2409,2415,2419,2424,2429,2434,2439],{"title":2403,"detail":2404,"authority":2405,"cites":2406},"Restart the Community Housing Fund and the Indigenous Housing Fund","The party says it would immediately restart both funds, with a goal of building and protecting 26,000 housing units a year.","The provincial government funds these programs through BC Housing and the provincial budget.",[2407,2408],"green-renters","green-our-plan",{"title":2410,"detail":2411,"authority":2412,"cites":2413},"Vacancy control on rents","Rent increases would be tied to the rental unit, so a new tenant would pay the same rent as the one before, plus the allowed yearly increase.","A change to the Residential Tenancy Act, passed by the legislature.",[2407,2408,2414],"vicbuzz-renters-childcare",{"title":2416,"detail":2417,"authority":2412,"cites":2418},"End blanket no-pet clauses in rental contracts","The party would amend the Residential Tenancy Act to prohibit blanket no-pets clauses and write guidelines on pets in rentals instead.",[2407,2414],{"title":2420,"detail":2421,"authority":2422,"cites":2423},"Protect 2,000 low-rent homes each year","The party would add money and support to the Rental Protection Fund so that 2,000 deeply affordable rental homes are protected each year.","A provincial budget decision.",[2407],{"title":2425,"detail":2426,"authority":2427,"cites":2428},"More direct rent help","The party would increase support through the Rental Assistance Program and the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program for renters who cannot afford market rents.","Provincial rent support programs.",[2407],{"title":2430,"detail":2431,"authority":2432,"cites":2433},"A rent review when local rents fall","Renters could ask the Residential Tenancy Branch for a yearly rent review when market rents in their city are going down.","The province runs the Residential Tenancy Branch.",[2407],{"title":2435,"detail":2436,"authority":2437,"cites":2438},"Deposits held by the Residential Tenancy Branch","The branch would collect and hold damage deposits, and would publish the rent data it gathers this way.","A change to provincial tenancy law.",[2407],{"title":2440,"detail":2441,"cites":2442},"Housing designed by Indigenous communities","The party would fund Indigenous-led complex care housing, with rent supplements set aside for Indigenous people and run with guidance from Indigenous organizations.",[2407],[2444],{"question":2445,"answer":2446,"cites":2447},"What is vacancy control?","It is a rule that ties the allowed rent increase to the home. Today in BC, rent increases are limited while a tenant stays, but a landlord can set a new rent when the tenant leaves. The BC Green Party says it would end that gap.",[2407,2414],[2449,2450,2451],"The BC Green Party Our Plan page, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Four-plan\u002F","The renter plan release of 2026-09-29 and its policy brief","Every BC Green Party media release listed from 2026-07-29 to 2026-09-30, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fmedia-releases\u002F",[2453],"The party gives no cost and no year-by-year schedule for the housing plan.",{"issue":310,"paragraphs":2455,"proposals":2458,"questions":2483,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2484,"gaps":2485},[2456,2457,2400],"Under the heading \"Care You Can Count On\", the BC Green Party lists five health commitments. The party gives no cost and no date for them.","In August 2026 the party criticised the government’s decision to cancel a planned overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver. Party leader Emily Lowan and MLA Rob Botterell called for a regulated drug supply and voluntary treatment.",[2459,2464,2469,2473,2478],{"title":2460,"detail":2461,"authority":2462,"cites":2463},"Community Health Centres in every region","The party says it would build Community Health Centres in every region, with team-based care and long-term support.","Provincial health funding, delivered through the health authorities.",[2408],{"title":2465,"detail":2466,"cites":2467},"Finish safe nurse-to-patient ratios","The party says it would finish delivering safe nurse-to-patient ratios. It says the government legislated the ratios and then let the rollout stall.",[2408,2468],"green-snap",{"title":2470,"detail":2471,"cites":2472},"Keep public health money in public care","The party says every public health dollar would stay in public care.",[2408],{"title":2474,"detail":2475,"authority":2476,"cites":2477},"Mental health care covered by the public system","The party says mental health care would be covered through the public health system.","Provincial health funding.",[2408],{"title":2479,"detail":2480,"cites":2481},"Harm reduction and voluntary care for the toxic drug crisis","The party says it would respond to the toxic drug crisis with harm reduction and more money for voluntary care, and it has called for a regulated drug supply.",[2408,2482],"green-health-minister",[],[2449,2451],[2486],"The party has published no health cost, no timeline, and no count of the Community Health Centres it would build.",{"issue":320,"paragraphs":2488,"proposals":2491,"questions":2519,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2524,"gaps":2526},[2489,2490,2400],"Under the heading \"A Life You Can Afford\", the BC Green Party lists commitments on child care, income assistance and wages.","On 2026-09-28 the party published a child care plan. It says it would lift the freeze on new $10-a-day child care spaces that it says came in with Budget 2026, and reach free child care for every family by 2031.",[2492,2500,2504,2509,2514],{"title":2493,"detail":2494,"authority":2495,"deadline":2496,"cites":2497},"Lift the freeze on $10-a-day child care","The party would make $10-a-day spaces available again across the province and use that system to reach universal free child care.","A provincial budget and ministry program decision.","Universal free child care by 2031, the party says.",[2498,2408,2499,2414],"green-childcare","bp-childcare",{"title":2501,"detail":2502,"cites":2503},"One registration point for child care","Families would register once for $10-a-day spaces across BC, in place of separate waitlists at each centre.",[2498,2499],{"title":2505,"detail":2506,"deadline":2507,"cites":2508},"A wage grid for early childhood educators","The party would set a wage grid for early childhood educators, reaching $35 to $45 an hour based on training and years worked, with paid practicums, pensions and health benefits.","$35 to $45 an hour by 2028, the party says.",[2498,2499],{"title":2510,"detail":2511,"authority":2512,"cites":2513},"Raise income and disability assistance above the poverty line","The party would raise social and disability assistance rates above the poverty line, tie them to inflation and end clawbacks.","The province sets income and disability assistance rates.",[2408],{"title":2515,"detail":2516,"authority":2517,"cites":2518},"Faster minimum wage increases and sectoral bargaining","The party would raise the minimum wage faster toward a living wage and give every worker the chance to join a union through bargaining across a whole sector.","The province sets the minimum wage and labour law.",[2408],[2520],{"question":2521,"answer":2522,"cites":2523},"What would the Greens do about $10-a-day child care?","The party says it would lift the freeze on new $10-a-day spaces and reach free child care for every family by 2031.",[2498,2499],[2449,2525,2451],"The child care release of 2026-09-28 and its policy brief",[2527],"The party gives no cost for its child care plan or its assistance rate increase.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":2529,"proposals":2533,"questions":2540,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2541,"gaps":2543},[2530,2531,2532,2400],"The BC Green Party’s Our Plan page has no section on policing, courts or prisons.","In its statement for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the party says it would create a task force to investigate and prosecute cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and Two-Spirit people.","In an August 2026 release, MLA Rob Botterell argued that public safety and harm reduction can be pursued together, with a regulated supply, voluntary services and supportive housing.",[2534],{"title":2535,"detail":2536,"authority":2537,"cites":2538},"Task force on missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and Two-Spirit people","The task force would investigate and prosecute cases under civilian oversight from Indigenous communities, and follow the Red Women Rising report.","The province funds policing and runs prosecutions.",[2539],"green-tdr",[],[2449,2542,2451],"The statement of 2026-09-30 on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation",[2544],"The party has published no 2026 plan on police funding, courts, bail or prisons.",{"issue":898,"paragraphs":2546,"proposals":2550,"questions":2575,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2576,"gaps":2579},[2547,2548,2549,2400],"Under the heading \"Economic Fairness for All\", the BC Green Party says the province should get a larger return from its natural resources.","The party opposes the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion. On 2026-09-29 Emily Lowan said public money should go to renewable energy and Canadian-owned industry. The party says Phase 2 will create at most 150 permanent jobs; voche.me has not checked that figure.","In August and September 2026 the party called for the new Oil and Gas Royalty Framework to be put on hold. MLA Rob Botterell said he had asked the Auditor General to investigate a gas royalty forecasting error.",[2551,2558,2562,2566,2571],{"title":2552,"detail":2553,"authority":2554,"cites":2555},"A new royalty deal for oil and gas","The party would end fossil fuel subsidies, take back control of royalty rates, and make existing LNG projects pay their own power costs.","The province collects resource royalties and sets their terms.",[2408,2556,2557],"green-royalty","green-royalty-ag",{"title":2559,"detail":2560,"cites":2561},"Community and Indigenous ownership of resources","The party says BC should get stronger public returns from its natural resources, with community and Indigenous ownership.",[2408],{"title":2563,"detail":2564,"cites":2565},"Commercial rent control for small business","The party says it would support small businesses through commercial rent control and Community Wealth Building.",[2408],{"title":2567,"detail":2568,"authority":2569,"cites":2570},"Selective logging and wood processing jobs","The party would move forestry to selective logging and more value-added wood products, and would fully fund old-growth deferrals with fair pay to First Nations and forestry communities.","The province manages Crown forests.",[2408],{"title":2572,"detail":2573,"cites":2574},"Update mining laws","The party says it would modernise mining laws to protect communities and focus on the minerals BC needs for renewable energy.",[2408],[],[2449,2577,2578,2451],"The LNG Canada statement of 2026-09-29","The royalty releases of 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-17",[2580],"The party gives no cost or revenue figure for its royalty changes in the 2026 plan page.",{"issue":385,"paragraphs":2582,"proposals":2583,"questions":2584,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2586,"gaps":2588},[],[],[],"none-published",[2449,2451,2587],"The party’s 2024 platform page, read for context only, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fpolicy-book\u002F",[2589],"On 2026-09-30 the party had published no 2026 commitment on K to 12 schools, teachers, colleges or university tuition. Its child care plan is listed under cost of living.",{"issue":974,"paragraphs":2591,"proposals":2594,"questions":2618,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2619,"gaps":2621},[2592,2593,2400],"Under the heading \"Fight for the Future\", the BC Green Party says it would stop new fossil fuel development and adopt a climate plan that it says follows the science.","On 2026-08-04 Emily Lowan called on the government to declare a state of emergency over wildfires and to double the FireSmart budget.",[2595,2601,2605,2609,2613],{"title":2596,"detail":2597,"authority":2598,"cites":2599},"Stop new fossil fuel development","The party says it would stop new fossil fuel development in BC.","Provincial permits and environmental assessment.",[2408,2600],"green-lng",{"title":2602,"detail":2603,"cites":2604},"A climate plan based on the science","The party says it would put in place a climate plan that protects this and future generations.",[2408],{"title":2606,"detail":2607,"cites":2608},"Clean energy and home retrofits","The party would support clean energy and home energy upgrades that it says would lower bills and create union jobs.",[2408,2600],{"title":2610,"detail":2611,"cites":2612},"Fund old-growth deferrals","The party would fully fund deferrals on old-growth logging, with fair payment to First Nations and forestry communities.",[2408],{"title":2614,"detail":2615,"cites":2616},"Wildfire measures","The party called for a wildfire state of emergency, twice the FireSmart budget, the recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review, and its own Clean Air Act, which it says it introduced in 2024 and 2025.",[2617],"green-wildfire",[],[2449,2620,2577,2451],"The wildfire statement of 2026-08-04",[2622,2623],"The party names no emissions target and no date for its climate plan.","voche.me has not checked the legislature record for the Clean Air Act the party says it introduced.",{"issue":298,"paragraphs":2625,"proposals":2627,"questions":2654,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2655,"gaps":2657},[2626,2400],"On 2026-09-30 the BC Green Party published an Indigenous rights policy brief. It says it would put the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act into effect through legislation, and it calls on Premier David Eby to apologise to the Cowichan and Gitxaała for his government’s handling of that law.",[2628,2633,2637,2641,2646,2650],{"title":2629,"detail":2630,"authority":2631,"cites":2632},"Put the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act into effect through legislation","The party says this would remove uncertainty about how the law applies.","An act of the legislature.",[2539],{"title":2634,"detail":2635,"authority":2631,"cites":2636},"An Indigenous Languages Act","The law would guarantee Indigenous language rights and fund language work in communities.",[2539],{"title":2638,"detail":2639,"cites":2640},"Indigenous names on government ID","Government-issued identification would accept all Indigenous languages, so people can use their own names.",[2539],{"title":2642,"detail":2643,"authority":2644,"cites":2645},"A standing committee on Crown and Indigenous relations","The party would re-establish and rename the legislature’s Aboriginal Affairs committee, with a public expert advisory committee on Indigenous rights and constitutional law.","The legislature sets up its own committees.",[2539],{"title":2647,"detail":2648,"cites":2649},"Support modern treaties and a dispute process","The party would improve the modern treaty process and build, with Indigenous peoples, a way to settle disputes before they reach court.",[2539],{"title":2651,"detail":2652,"cites":2653},"Public education on the Declaration Act","The party would fund public education on the law, and training for MLAs and public servants on Indigenous history.",[2539],[],[2656,2449,2451],"The statement and policy brief of 2026-09-30",[2658],"The party gives no cost or timeline for these measures.",{"issue":2660,"paragraphs":2661,"proposals":2664,"questions":2675,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2676,"gaps":2677},"transportation",[2662,2663,2400],"The BC Green Party says it would make transit \"fast, frequent, and free\". The party says its tax plan would pay for free transit, along with health centres and child care.","MLA Jeremy Valeriote names regional transit and passenger rail among the priorities he has worked on since 2024, according to a party release.",[2665,2670],{"title":2666,"detail":2667,"authority":2668,"cites":2669},"Fast, frequent and free transit","The party says public transit would be fast, frequent and free to ride.","The province funds transit.",[2408,2291],{"title":2671,"detail":2672,"cites":2673},"Passenger rail on the old CN line","In September 2026 Jeremy Valeriote joined a media event on the BC Rail Corridor Alliance’s push to reuse the closed CN rail line between Squamish and 100 Mile House, the party says.",[2674,2291],"green-rail",[],[2449,2451],[2678],"The 2026 plan page gives no cost and no start date for free transit.",{"issue":330,"paragraphs":2680,"proposals":2683,"questions":2698,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2699,"gaps":2700},[2681,2682,2400],"The BC Green Party calls its tax plan the Fair Share Act. It says the act would make people worth more than $100 million and large corporations pay more, and would raise more than $13 billion for Community Health Centres, free transit and child care. voche.me has not checked that figure.","In its 2024 platform the party published a revenue estimate and later corrected one line of it: on 2024-10-02 it said an excess corporate profits tax would raise $410 million a year, where the platform had said $4,100 million.",[2684,2690,2694],{"title":2685,"detail":2686,"cost":2687,"authority":2688,"cites":2689},"Tax the richest people in BC","The party says the few hundred richest people in BC would pay more tax.","More than $13 billion in revenue from the Fair Share Act as a whole, the party says.","Provincial income and property taxes are set by the legislature.",[2408],{"title":2691,"detail":2692,"cites":2693},"A windfall tax on large corporations","The party would tax windfall profits of large corporations to pay for health centres and transit and to reduce the provincial debt.",[2408],{"title":2695,"detail":2696,"cites":2697},"End subsidies to fossil fuel companies","The party says it would end the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive.",[2408,2600],[],[2449,2587,2451],[2701,2702],"The 2026 plan page does not show how the $13 billion figure is calculated.","The party has published no 2026 costing of its full platform.",{"issue":350,"paragraphs":2704,"proposals":2707,"questions":2718,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2719,"gaps":2720},[2705,2706,2400],"The BC Green Party says it would bring in proportional representation, a voting system where the share of seats follows the share of votes, within its first 100 days.","In August 2026 MLA Rob Botterell said he had written to the Auditor General to ask for an independent investigation into a gas royalty forecasting error in Budget 2026.",[2708,2714],{"title":2709,"detail":2710,"authority":2711,"deadline":2712,"cites":2713},"Proportional representation law","The party says it would pass legislation for proportional representation.","The province decides election rules through acts of the legislature.","Within the first 100 days, the party says.",[2408],{"title":2715,"detail":2716,"cites":2717},"Auditor General review of royalty forecasts","The party asked the Auditor General to investigate how the royalty forecasting error entered Budget 2026 and to recommend safeguards.",[2557],[],[2449,2451],[2721],"voche.me has not checked whether the Auditor General agreed to the request.",[2723,2727,2731,2736,2740,2744],{"question":2724,"answer":2725,"cites":2726},"Who leads the BC Green Party?","Emily Lowan. Members elected her leader on 2025-09-24, and Elections BC lists her as the party’s leader. She has no seat in the legislature.",[2307,2272],{"question":2728,"answer":2729,"cites":2730},"Where is Emily Lowan running?","In Saanich North and the Islands. The sitting Green MLA there, Rob Botterell, is not running again.",[2289,2291],{"question":2732,"answer":2733,"cites":2734},"How many seats does the party hold now?","2 of 93, held by Jeremy Valeriote and Rob Botterell, according to the legislature on 2026-09-30.",[2735],"standings",{"question":2737,"answer":2738,"cites":2739},"Did the Greens support the NDP government?","From December 2024 the two parties had a co-operation accord. The Greens ended it on 2026-02-09, and their MLAs now vote bill by bill.",[2267,2283],{"question":2741,"answer":2742,"cites":2743},"Has the party published a full platform?","On 2026-09-30 its plan page listed four groups of commitments and said the full platform is coming soon. The party has also released separate plans for renters, child care and Indigenous rights.",[2408,2407,2498,2539],{"question":2745,"answer":2746,"cites":2747},"How would the party pay for its plan?","The party says a Fair Share Act would tax people worth more than $100 million and large corporations, and would raise more than $13 billion. voche.me has not checked that figure.",[2408],{"entries":2749,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":2780,"gaps":2783},[2750,2756,2760,2764,2768,2772,2776],{"title":2751,"body":2752,"cites":2753},"Both Green MLAs voted against the 2026 budget","The legislature’s 2026 voting record lists Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote as voting Nay on the budget motion, and Nay at second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2).",[2754,2755],"leg-votes-botterell","leg-votes-valeriote",{"title":2757,"body":2758,"cites":2759},"Both Green MLAs voted against the Supply Act, 2026-2027","Bill 22 is the act that approves government spending for the year. Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Nay at third reading.",[2754,2755],{"title":2761,"body":2762,"cites":2763},"Both Green MLAs voted against the 2026 freedom of information changes","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Nay at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9). Botterell moved an amendment to clause 13 of the bill and is recorded as voting Yea on it.",[2754,2755],{"title":2765,"body":2766,"cites":2767},"Both Green MLAs voted for the K’ómoks Treaty Act","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Yea at second and third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20).",[2754,2755],{"title":2769,"body":2770,"cites":2771},"Both Green MLAs voted for the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Yea at third reading of Bill 14.",[2754,2755],{"title":2773,"body":2774,"cites":2775},"Both Green MLAs voted for the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Yea at third reading of Bill 12.",[2754,2755],{"title":2777,"body":2778,"cites":2779},"Both Green MLAs voted against introducing bills to repeal the Declaration Act and the Human Rights Code","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Nay at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act and of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act. First reading is the vote on whether a bill may be introduced.",[2754,2755],[2781,2782],"The legislature’s 2026 index of standing votes for Rob Botterell","The legislature’s 2026 index of standing votes for Jeremy Valeriote",[2784,2785,2786,2787],"The vote index gives the sitting and time of each vote. voche.me has not yet matched each vote to its calendar date.","Votes decided by voice record no names, so they are left out.","Votes before 2026 have not been checked.","Bills that Green MLAs introduced themselves have not been listed yet.","Green Party Political Association of British Columbia","bc-green-party",[2791,2794,2797,2800,2801,2804,2807,2810,2814,2818,2821,2825,2829,2833,2836,2839,2842,2845,2848,2851,2855,2858,2862,2866,2870,2874,2877,2878,2880,2881,2882,2883,2886,2890,2894,2895],{"id":2307,"label":2792,"url":2793,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Registered political parties in British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FRegistered-Political-Parties-Information.pdf",{"id":2795,"label":2796,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"ebc-candidates","Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election",{"id":2735,"label":2798,"url":2799,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Current party standings, 43rd Parliament","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fmembers\u002Fcurrent-party-standings",{"id":43,"label":44,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2754,"label":2802,"url":2803,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Rob Botterell)","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votesb.htm",{"id":2755,"label":2805,"url":2806,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with V (Jeremy 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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation first ran in a British Columbia election in 1933.",[3017,3018],"knowbc-ndp","tyee-lookback","The governing party, led by Premier David Eby",{"entries":3021,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3072,"gaps":3077},[3022,3026,3030,3034,3038,3042,3046,3051,3056,3061,3066],{"title":3023,"body":3024,"cites":3025},"1933: the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation enters B.C. politics","The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the party the NDP grew from, ran in its first B.C. election in 1933 and won 7 seats with 31.5% of the vote, The Tyee reported.",[3018],{"title":3027,"body":3028,"cites":3029},"1961: the New Democratic Party of B.C. is formed","In October 1961, at a convention in Vancouver, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation joined with organized labour and took the name New Democratic Party. Robert Strachan stayed on as leader.",[3017],{"title":3031,"body":3032,"cites":3033},"1972: first NDP government","Dave Barrett led the NDP to its first provincial win in 1972, with 38 of 55 seats. The party lost power in 1975.",[3017,3018],{"title":3035,"body":3036,"cites":3037},"1991 and 1996: two wins in a row","Mike Harcourt led the party back to power in 1991 with 51 of 75 seats. Glen Clark won again in 1996 with 39 of 75 seats, the first time the NDP won two B.C. elections in a row.",[3017,3018],{"title":3039,"body":3040,"cites":3041},"2001: reduced to two seats","The NDP under Ujjal Dosanjh won two seats in the 2001 election.",[3017],{"title":3043,"body":3044,"cites":3045},"2017: minority government under John Horgan","The NDP won two fewer seats than the Liberals in 2017 but formed a minority government with the support of three Green Party members.",[3017],{"date":984,"title":3047,"body":3048,"cites":3049},"2020: majority government","The NDP won 57 seats with 898,384 valid votes, 47.69% of the total, in the 2020 election.",[3050],"ebc-sov2020",{"title":3052,"body":3053,"cites":3054},"2022: David Eby becomes leader","David Eby became leader with no opponent left in the race, after the party disqualified Anjali Appadurai. He replaced John Horgan as premier.",[3055,2308,3017],"cbc-eby-acclaimed",{"date":791,"title":3057,"body":3058,"cites":3059},"2024: a one-seat majority","The NDP won 47 of 93 seats with 944,579 valid votes, 44.87% of the total. The Conservative Party won 44 seats.",[3060,2308],"ebc-sov2024",{"title":3062,"body":3063,"cites":3064},"2025 convention","By the party’s own account, members at its November 2025 convention supported Eby’s leadership with more than 82% and elected former MLA Aman Singh as party president.",[3065],"rel-convention2025",{"date":562,"title":3067,"body":3068,"cites":3069},"Early election called","Eby called an election for October 24, 2026, two years ahead of schedule, and a by-election set for September 26 in Abbotsford-Mission was cancelled.",[3070,3071],"news-cbc-call","news-abby-cands",[3073,3074,3075,3076],"Elections BC statements of votes for 2020 and 2024","The Encyclopedia of British Columbia entry on the NDP","The Tyee’s 2005 history of the party’s election results","CBC reporting on the 2022 leadership race",[3078,3079],"Vote counts before 2020 were taken from The Tyee and the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, and have not been checked against Elections BC reports.","The exact date Eby became leader has not been confirmed from a source dated after the event.",[3081],{"role":2304,"name":3082,"cites":3083},"David Eby",[2307,2308],{"src":3085,"alt":3086,"sourceUrl":705,"checkedAt":723},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-ndp.webp","BC NDP logo",{},{"searchUrl":3089,"filings":3090,"notes":3098,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3102,"gaps":3106},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FOptions.aspx",[3091,3095],{"period":1991,"kind":2323,"note":3092,"cites":3093},"$873,628.28 on January 15, 2025 and $873,842.87 on July 15, 2025, based on the party’s votes in the 2024 election. 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A cash gift must be $100 or less.","The party’s own annual and election financial reports are filed with Elections BC and can be read in its Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.",[3103,3104,3105],"The Elections BC annual allowances page","The Elections BC page on making a political contribution","The Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System",[3107],"The party’s own annual financial reports and its 2024 election financing report have not been opened and transcribed. The Elections BC search runs through a form that did not return results to a direct request on September 30, 2026.",{"entries":3109,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3139,"gaps":3142},[3110,3114,3119,3125,3130,3135],{"date":562,"publisher":209,"title":3111,"url":3112,"summary":3113},"British Columbia’s next provincial election set for Oct. 24 after Eby calls early vote","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Flivestory\u002Fbritish-columbia-snap-election-2026-ndp-leader-david-eby-9.7349059","Eby called the election two years ahead of schedule, citing the trade conflict with the United States. The CBC reported that opponents called the move opportunist, and that health minister Ravi Kahlon and former emergency management minister Kelly Greene would not run again.",{"date":236,"publisher":3115,"title":3116,"url":3117,"summary":3118},"Peace Arch News (Black Press)","Eby focuses on U.S. health worker recruitment at Surrey border stop","https:\u002F\u002Farrowlakesnews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Feby-focuses-on-u-s-health-worker-recruitment-at-surrey-border-stop\u002F","At the Peace Arch border crossing, Eby promised to triple the recruitment of U.S. health workers with a $15 million campaign, aiming for more than 2,400 recruits.",{"date":3120,"publisher":3121,"title":3122,"url":3123,"summary":3124},"2026-09-25","Maple Ridge News (Black Press)","Eby promises increase to B.C.’s speculation tax, create new “Unsold Condo Tax”","https:\u002F\u002Fmapleridgenews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Feby-promises-increase-to-b-c-s-speculation-tax-create-new-unsold-condo-tax\u002F","Eby promised a new tax on finished condos left unsold for more than a year and a higher speculation and vacancy tax. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson said new taxes on housing end up in the price families pay.",{"date":2370,"publisher":3126,"title":3127,"url":3128,"summary":3129},"The Canadian Press","Party leaders make economic, budget promises in Week 2 of B.C. election campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fenergeticcity.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fb-c-election-campaigns-enter-second-week-with-candidate-policy-announcements\u002F","In Prince Rupert, Eby promised to double critical mineral exports within five years and said growth and an end to wasteful spending would bring down the deficit. An economist from the Business Council of B.C. said provincial spending has been out of control since 2021.",{"date":2370,"publisher":3131,"title":3132,"url":3133,"summary":3134},"Abbotsford News (Black Press)","Kropp, Alexis, Jhaj and Monds named Abbotsford-Mission candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fabbynews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fgasper-alexis-jhaj-and-monds-to-seek-abbotsford-mission-seat\u002F","Former NDP MLA Pam Alexis will run in Abbotsford-Mission in the general election. The by-election she had been running in, set for September 26, was cancelled on September 22 when the general election was called.",{"date":2375,"publisher":3126,"title":3136,"url":3137,"summary":3138},"LNG Canada to go ahead with Phase 2 in Kitimat, B.C.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bnnbloomberg.ca\u002Fbusiness\u002Fcompany-news\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Flng-canada-to-go-ahead-with-phase-2-expansion-project-in-kitimat-bc\u002F","LNG Canada announced its final decision to build Phase 2 in Kitimat, doubling capacity to 28 million tonnes a year. The BC NDP claimed a share of the credit in its own release the same day.",[3140,3141],"CBC News, The Canadian Press and Black Press coverage of the campaign from September 22 to September 30, 2026","A web search for the party and its leader with the 2026 election",[3143],"Global News and CTV News pages returned no readable article text to a direct request, and the Times Colonist refused the request, so their coverage is not listed.",[3145,3146,3147,3148],"The BC NDP won 47 of the 93 seats in the 2024 election, with 44.87% of the valid votes, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.","It won the 2024 election with 47 seats and 44.87% of the valid votes. The CBC reported that its majority depended on one seat, confirmed by a recount in Surrey-Guildford.","David Eby is the party’s leader and the premier. He called the election on September 22, 2026, two years ahead of schedule. He said the province needed a government able to meet the “existential moment” of the trade conflict with the United States.","The party describes its campaign as a plan to reduce dependence on the U.S. economy, lower costs and recruit more health workers. It said it would release the details during the campaign.",{"accent":3150,"onAccent":2391,"tint":3151,"ink":2393},"#B45309","#f8eee6",[3153,3188,3218,3231,3242,3294,3301,3313,3326,3333,3353],{"issue":375,"headline":3154,"summary":3155,"paragraphs":3156,"proposals":3160,"questions":3176,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3181,"gaps":3185},"A tax on unsold condos and a higher tax on empty homes","The BC NDP would create an Unsold Condo Tax on finished condos left unsold for more than a year, and raise the speculation and vacancy tax by one percentage point.",[3157,3158,3159],"The BC NDP announced its housing promises for this campaign in Burnaby on September 25, 2026. Both promises change taxes on homes that stand empty.","The party says its speculation and vacancy tax, a yearly tax on homes left empty, has already turned 20,000 empty units into homes. That is the party’s own figure, and voche.me has not checked it.","The party’s “Results for You” page lists housing actions it says it took in government, such as rules that allow townhouses, duplexes and triplexes, and limits on short-term rentals. The page carries no date, and some of its figures refer to 2024.",[3161,3170],{"title":3162,"detail":3163,"cost":3164,"authority":3165,"cites":3166},"A new Unsold Condo Tax","Developers who leave a finished condo unsold for more than one year would pay a tax that starts at 2% and rises by 1% for each further year. The party says this could bring up to 5,000 condos onto the market.","The party has not published how much the tax would raise.","A provincial tax. The legislature would have to pass it.",[3167,3168,3169],"rel-condos","news-maple-condo","news-nnw-condo",{"title":3171,"detail":3172,"cost":3173,"authority":3174,"cites":3175},"A higher speculation and vacancy tax","The tax would rise by one percentage point: from 1% to 2% for owners in Canada and from 4% to 5% for foreign owners. The party says any extra money would go to building affordable homes.","The party has not published how much the change would raise.","A provincial tax. The legislature sets the rates.",[3167,3169],[3177],{"question":3178,"answer":3179,"cites":3180},"What is the Unsold Condo Tax?","It is a tax the BC NDP says it would create for finished condos that a developer has not sold after one year. The rate would start at 2% in the second year and rise by 1% each year after that. The Black Press report says the rate would apply to the condo’s assessed value.",[3167,3168],[3182,3183,3184],"The BC NDP media centre, every release from the election call on September 22, 2026 to September 30, 2026","The BC NDP “Results for You” page","Independent reports of the September 25 announcement by Black Press and The Canadian Press",[3186,3187],"The party has not published how much money either tax change would raise.","No new target for the number of homes to be built was found in the 2026 campaign releases.",{"issue":310,"headline":3189,"summary":3190,"paragraphs":3191,"proposals":3194,"questions":3212,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3213,"gaps":3215},"Triple the recruitment of U.S. health workers","The BC NDP would triple its campaign to recruit health workers from the United States, with $15 million reported as the cost, and offer loan forgiveness and moving help to Canadian health workers who come home.",[3192,3193],"The BC NDP’s main health care promise in this campaign is to hire more health workers from the United States. David Eby announced it at the Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey on September 23, 2026.","The party says more than 800 doctors, nurses and other health workers from the United States have already accepted jobs in British Columbia. It also says a million more people have been connected to a family doctor since 2018. These are the party’s own figures.",[3195,3203,3208],{"title":3196,"detail":3197,"cost":3198,"authority":3199,"cites":3200},"Triple the recruitment of health workers from the United States","The campaign to recruit U.S. health workers would become three times larger. Black Press reported that Eby said it would cost $15 million and aim to raise the number of recruits from 800 to more than 2,400. The party says it would reach into states with laws that restrict reproductive health care.","$15 million, as reported by Black Press","A provincial health program.",[3201,3202],"rel-health","news-arrow-health",{"title":3204,"detail":3205,"cost":3206,"cites":3207},"Bring Canadian health workers home from the United States","Canadian health workers who live and work in the United States would be offered help to return, including loan forgiveness and help with moving costs. Recruiters would focus on cancer care, emergency departments and rural communities.","Not published",[3201,3202],{"title":3209,"detail":3210,"cost":3206,"cites":3211},"Free help with moving through Health Match BC","Health Match BC would offer a free relocation process planned around each worker.",[3201],[],[3182,3183,3214],"The Black Press report of the September 23 announcement",[3216,3217],"The party has not published the cost of the loan forgiveness or the moving help.","No date is given for reaching 2,400 recruits.",{"issue":320,"headline":3219,"summary":3220,"paragraphs":3221,"proposals":3225,"questions":3226,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3227,"gaps":3229},"Past measures, and no new cost figure yet","The BC NDP says it will keep costs down for families during the trade conflict, and points to past measures on car insurance, health premiums and bridge tolls. No new measure with a dollar figure was published by September 30, 2026.",[3222,3223,3224],"At the start of the campaign the BC NDP said it would support workers and businesses hurt by U.S. tariffs and keep costs down for families. As of September 30, 2026 it had not published a new cost-of-living measure with a dollar figure.","The party says a typical working family with an income of $100,000 pays $3,000 less in provincial tax than under the BC Liberal government. This is the party’s own claim, and voche.me has not checked it.","Its “Results for You” page lists past measures the party says it took, such as cutting ICBC car insurance rates, ending Medical Services Plan premiums and removing bridge tolls. The page carries no date.",[],[],[3182,3183,3228],"The BC NDP home page",[3230],"No new cost-of-living measure with a cost or a date was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":340,"headline":3232,"summary":3233,"paragraphs":3234,"proposals":3237,"questions":3238,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3239,"gaps":3240},"No new public safety promise yet","The BC NDP had not announced a public safety promise by September 30, 2026. Its website describes past actions on bail, repeat offenders and Indigenous Justice Centres.",[3235,3236],"The BC NDP had not announced a public safety promise in this campaign by September 30, 2026.","Its “Results for You” page describes what the party says it has done: stricter bail rules, which it says it pushed the federal government to adopt, teams that monitor people who repeatedly commit violent crimes, and more Indigenous Justice Centres. These are the party’s own descriptions. The page carries no date.",[],[],[3182,3183],[3241],"No new public safety commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":898,"headline":3243,"summary":3244,"paragraphs":3245,"proposals":3248,"questions":3284,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3289,"gaps":3291},"Double mineral exports and buy B.C. and Canadian materials","The BC NDP would double critical mineral exports within five years, expand the Port of Prince Rupert, and require public projects to use B.C. and Canadian materials where a local supplier can deliver on budget and on time.",[3246,3247],"Most of the BC NDP’s campaign promises so far are about trade with the United States and new resource projects. The party says the goal is an economy that depends less on the United States.","On September 29, 2026 the party said it had “secured” the final decision to build Phase 2 of LNG Canada in Kitimat. The decision was announced by the companies that own LNG Canada, and the federal government welcomed it. The party’s description of its own role is its claim.",[3249,3257,3263,3268,3274,3279],{"title":3250,"detail":3251,"authority":3252,"deadline":3253,"cites":3254},"Double critical mineral exports within five years","British Columbia would double its production and export of critical minerals within five years. The party would run environmental reviews and permits at the same time, which it says would cut approval times by more than 60%, and set fixed time limits for exploration permits.","Mine permits and environmental reviews are provincial.","Within five years",[3255,3256],"rel-minerals","news-energetic-week2",{"title":3258,"detail":3259,"authority":3260,"cites":3261},"Build the North Coast Transmission Line with Canadian steel","BC Hydro would be told to build 70% of the towers in the first phase and 100% of the towers in the second phase with Canadian steel.","The party says BC Hydro would be directed to do this.",[3262,3255],"rel-buybc",{"title":3264,"detail":3265,"authority":3266,"cites":3267},"“Built in B.C. and Canada” buying rules","Ministries, provincial agencies and health authorities would have to use goods and materials made in British Columbia or Canada on public projects when a supplier here can deliver on budget and on time. Goods made in the United States would count against the minimum.","Provincial rules for provincial projects. Cities would be encouraged to follow.",[3262],{"title":3269,"detail":3270,"authority":3271,"deadline":3272,"cites":3273},"Expand the Port of Prince Rupert","The party says it would work with the Prince Rupert Port Authority, its partners and the federal government to expand the port. The Canadian Press reported that Eby said the aim is to make it the second-largest port of its kind in Canada by 2030.","The party says it would work with the port authority and the federal government, so the Province cannot do this alone.","2030",[3255,3256],{"title":3275,"detail":3276,"cost":3277,"cites":3278},"$5 million for cruise tourism in Prince Rupert","A re-elected BC NDP government would give $5 million to the Prince Rupert Port Authority to expand cruise ship operations.","$5 million",[3255],{"title":3280,"detail":3281,"cites":3282},"Keep U.S. alcohol off store shelves","U.S. alcohol would stay off the shelves until there is a fair trade deal for forest workers.",[3283],"rel-launch",[3285],{"question":3286,"answer":3287,"cites":3288},"What are the “Built in B.C. and Canada” rules?","They are buying rules the BC NDP says it would set for public projects. Ministries, provincial agencies and health authorities would have to use wood, steel, aluminum and cement made in British Columbia or Canada when a local supplier can deliver on budget and on time.",[3262],[3182,3290],"The Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[3292,3293],"The party has not published the cost of the mining and permit changes.","The party gave no cost for the buying rules.",{"issue":385,"paragraphs":3295,"proposals":3296,"questions":3297,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3298,"gaps":3299},[],[],[],[3182,3183],[3300],"No school, teacher or tuition commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":974,"headline":3302,"summary":3303,"paragraphs":3304,"proposals":3308,"questions":3309,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3310,"gaps":3311},"No new climate promise yet","The BC NDP had not announced a climate promise by September 30, 2026. It says part of the LNG Canada Phase 2 revenue will go to climate programs.",[3305,3306,3307],"The BC NDP had not announced a climate promise in this campaign by September 30, 2026.","In its release on LNG Canada Phase 2, the party said part of the Province’s revenue from the project will go to climate action programs, and that the project’s emissions are expected to be lower than those of other LNG plants. These are the party’s claims.","Its “Results for You” page says the party has put $1.1 billion into communities preparing for climate impacts. The page carries no date.",[],[],[3182,3183],[3312],"No emissions target or new climate program was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":298,"headline":3314,"summary":3315,"paragraphs":3316,"proposals":3320,"questions":3321,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3322,"gaps":3324},"No campaign position on DRIPA yet","The BC NDP had not published a campaign position on the Indigenous rights law by September 30, 2026. In April 2026 its government dropped a plan to bring in a bill that session to pause parts of the law.",[3317,3318,3319],"The BC NDP had not published a campaign position on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), the provincial law on Indigenous rights, by September 30, 2026.","In April 2026 the government dropped its plan to bring in a bill that session to pause parts of DRIPA. The Canadian Press reported that it now wants to work out a joint approach with First Nations. See the record section.","The party’s mining plan says exploration permits would come with “meaningful First Nations engagement”. On September 30, 2026 Eby issued a statement for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that called the appearance of a masked group on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc lands “a cowardly act of hate”.",[],[],[3182,3323],"Independent reports on DRIPA from April 2026",[3325],"No campaign commitment on DRIPA, treaties or title agreements was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":2660,"paragraphs":3327,"proposals":3328,"questions":3329,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3330,"gaps":3331},[],[],[],[3182,3183],[3332],"No highway, transit or ferry commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":330,"headline":3334,"summary":3335,"paragraphs":3336,"proposals":3340,"questions":3347,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3348,"gaps":3349},"Grow the economy to bring the deficit down","Eby said growing the economy would help reduce the deficit and that wasteful spending must end. No date for a balanced budget was given.",[3337,3338,3339],"The Canadian Press reported on September 28, 2026 that Eby said growing the economy would help reduce the deficit, which it reported as $13.8 billion. Eby also said: “We’ve got to end wasteful spending.”","The party says it has asked the top 2% of earners, speculators and owners of homes worth more than $3 million to pay more so that others pay less. This is how the party describes its tax record.","The two housing tax changes are listed under housing.",[3341],{"title":3342,"detail":3343,"cost":3344,"deadline":3345,"cites":3346},"Lower the deficit by growing the economy","Eby said growing the economy would help reduce the deficit and that wasteful spending must end, according to The Canadian Press.","No figures published","No date for a balanced budget was given",[3256],[],[3182,3290],[3350,3351,3352],"The party has not published a date for a balanced budget.","No costed platform had been published by September 30, 2026.","The party has not said which spending it counts as wasteful.",{"issue":350,"paragraphs":3354,"proposals":3355,"questions":3356,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3357,"gaps":3358},[],[],[],[3182,3183],[3359],"No commitment on legislature rules, ethics, transparency or elections was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",[3361,3365,3369,3374,3378],{"question":3362,"answer":3363,"cites":3364},"Who leads the BC NDP?","David Eby, according to Elections BC’s register of parties as of September 30, 2026. He is also the premier.",[2307,2308],{"question":3366,"answer":3367,"cites":3368},"Why was this election called early?","Eby said the province needed a government able to answer the trade conflict with the United States. The CBC reported that opponents called the timing opportunist.",[3070],{"question":3370,"answer":3371,"cites":3372},"Has the BC NDP published a full platform?","Not by September 30, 2026. The party said it would release its plan during the campaign, and so far it has announced promises one at a time in news releases.",[3283,3373],"ndp-releases",{"question":3375,"answer":3376,"cites":3377},"How did the BC NDP do in 2024?","It won 47 of 93 seats with 44.87% of the valid votes. 47 is the smallest number of seats that makes a majority in a legislature of 93.",[3060,2308],{"question":3379,"answer":3380,"cites":3381},"How much public money does the party receive?","Elections BC paid the BC NDP $1,785,254.31 in annual allowances in 2026, in two payments, at $1.89 for each vote it won in 2024.",[3094,3060],{"entries":3383,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3414,"gaps":3418},[3384,3390,3395,3401,3407],{"date":3385,"title":3386,"body":3387,"cites":3388},"2026-02-17","Budget 2026 forecasts a $13.3 billion deficit","Finance Minister Brenda Bailey’s budget forecast a $13.3 billion deficit for 2026-27. It raised the lowest income tax rate from 5% to 5.6%, raised the speculation and vacancy tax from 3% to 4%, and planned 15,000 fewer public sector jobs over three years, the CBC reported.",[3389],"cbc-budget2026",{"date":137,"title":3391,"body":3392,"cites":3393},"The DRIPA bill will not decide whether the government stays in power","Mike Farnworth, the minister who manages government business in the legislature, said a bill to pause parts of DRIPA would not come that week. He said that when it came, its defeat would not bring down the government. The Tyee reported that Vancouver-Strathcona MLA Joan Phillip had said she would not support pausing parts of the law, and that Farnworth said the government would not have enough votes on its own.",[3394],"tyee-dripa",{"date":3396,"title":3397,"body":3398,"cites":3399},"2026-04-19","Government says it will not bring in DRIPA legislation this session","The premier’s office confirmed the government would not introduce legislation on DRIPA during that session. The Canadian Press reported a draft government document that described a joint approach with First Nations.",[3400],"cp24-dripa-joint",{"date":3402,"title":3403,"body":3404,"cites":3405},"2026-08-10","Final 2025-26 deficit is $7.7 billion","The government’s financial update put the deficit for the year ending in March 2026 at $7.7 billion, $3.3 billion below forecast. The Canadian Press reported the government gave higher revenue and lower spending on building projects as the reasons.",[3406],"nobs-deficit",{"date":2375,"title":3408,"body":3409,"cites":3410},"LNG Canada decides to build Phase 2","The companies that own LNG Canada announced their final decision to build Phase 2 in Kitimat, which would double its capacity to 28 million tonnes a year. The federal government welcomed it. The BC NDP says its work with the federal government and the company helped secure the decision.",[3411,3412,3413],"bnn-lng","pm-lng","rel-lng",[3415,3416,3417],"Independent reporting in 2026 on the government’s budget, the Indigenous rights law and major projects","The Prime Minister’s release on LNG Canada Phase 2","The BC NDP media centre",[3419,3420],"The recorded votes of named NDP members on the 2026 budget and other bills have not been checked in the legislature’s vote index.","The July 2026 agreement between Eby and Prime Minister Carney that the party describes has not been checked against a government 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Convention","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fdavid-eby-and-bc-ndp-focused-working-together-and-fighting-people-2025-convention","2025-11-17",{"id":3070,"label":3111,"url":3112,"publisher":209,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":562,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2308,"label":3488,"url":2357,"publisher":2355,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":562,"checkedAt":723},"Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election",{"id":3055,"label":3490,"url":3491,"publisher":209,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3492,"checkedAt":723},"Premier designate David Eby says B.C. NDP leadership acclamation “not how any of us expected this to end”","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fdavid-eby-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6623522","2022-10-20",{"id":3202,"label":3116,"url":3117,"publisher":3494,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":236,"checkedAt":723},"Peace Arch News (Black Press), republished by Arrow Lakes News",{"id":3168,"label":3122,"url":3123,"publisher":3121,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3120,"checkedAt":723},{"id":3169,"label":3497,"url":3498,"publisher":3499,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3120,"checkedAt":723},"B.C.’s Eby says NDP would tax new, unsold condos, raise speculation, vacancy fees","https:\u002F\u002Fnationalnewswatch.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Fb-c-s-eby-says-ndp-would-tax-new-unsold-condos-raise-speculation-vacancy-fees","The Canadian Press, via National Newswatch",{"id":3256,"label":3127,"url":3128,"publisher":3501,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":2370,"checkedAt":723},"The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity",{"id":3071,"label":3132,"url":3133,"publisher":3131,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":2370,"checkedAt":723},{"id":3389,"label":3504,"url":3505,"publisher":209,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3385,"checkedAt":723},"B.C. budget includes tax increases, 15K public job cuts, projected $13B deficit","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fb-c-budget-2026-9.7094451",{"id":3394,"label":3507,"url":3508,"publisher":3509,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":142,"checkedAt":723},"BC Backs Off on DRIPA Amendments. For Now","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F14\u002FBC-Backs-Off-DRIPA-Amendments\u002F","The Tyee",{"id":3400,"label":3511,"url":3512,"publisher":3513,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3396,"checkedAt":723},"First Nations say Eby backs down again, now seeks joint path on B.C. Indigenous law","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cp24.com\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F20\u002Ffirst-nations-say-eby-backs-down-again-on-bc-indigenous-law\u002F","The Canadian Press, via CP24",{"id":3406,"label":3515,"url":3516,"publisher":3517,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3402,"checkedAt":723},"The provincial deficit dropped by $3.3 billion to $7.7 billion in 2025\u002F26: Bailey","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationalobserver.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F10\u002Fnews\u002Fprovincial-deficit-dropped-33-billion-77-billion-202526-bailey","The Canadian Press, via Canada’s National Observer",{"id":3411,"label":3136,"url":3137,"publisher":3519,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":2375,"checkedAt":723},"The Canadian Press, via BNN Bloomberg",{"id":3412,"label":3521,"url":3522,"publisher":3523,"kind":2134,"publishedAt":2375,"checkedAt":723},"Prime Minister Carney welcomes LNG Canada Phase 2","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pm.gc.ca\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-releases\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fprime-minister-carney-welcomes-lng-canada-phase-2-second-largest","Prime Minister of Canada",{"id":3017,"label":3525,"url":3526,"publisher":3527,"kind":2217,"checkedAt":723},"New Democratic Party, Encyclopedia of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knowbc.com\u002Fknowbc\u002FBooks\u002FEncyclopedia-of-BC\u002FN\u002FNew-Democratic-Party","KnowBC (Encyclopedia of British Columbia, Harbour Publishing)",{"id":3018,"label":3529,"url":3530,"publisher":3509,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":3531,"checkedAt":723},"The New Democratic Party: A Look Back","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FElection\u002FBattleground\u002F2005\u002F05\u002F11\u002FNDPLookback\u002Fprint.html","2005-05-11","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-ndp","The BC NDP won 47 of the 93 seats in the 2024 election and is led by Premier David Eby, who called this early election. Its campaign promises so far cover recruiting U.S. health workers, a tax on unsold condos, mineral exports and buying rules for public projects.",{"src":3535,"alt":3086,"width":1612,"height":3536,"sourceUrl":3537,"checkedAt":723},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-ndp-wordmark.webp",116,"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party_logo_2017.svg","xg9AiK-HU3eqMni0JpeASxZRMAnOLJL3lExzNfouWEc",{"id":3540,"aliases":3541,"checkedAt":723,"declaredColour":11,"extension":1986,"founded":3542,"headline":3548,"history":3549,"leadership":3582,"logo":3599,"meta":3604,"money":3605,"name":3618,"news":3619,"overview":3634,"palette":3640,"platform":3643,"questions":3785,"record":3811,"registeredName":3618,"rosterLabel":3818,"slug":3819,"sources":3820,"stem":3866,"summary":3867,"website":11,"wordmark":3868,"__hash__":3871},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcanwest-party.json",[],{"year":3543,"note":3544,"cites":3545},2026,"Registration with Elections BC took effect on 4 February 2026. Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders announced the party on 29 March 2026.",[3546,2307,3547],"bc-gazette-registration","singtao-2026-04-01","CanWest Party: a new party based in Richmond",{"entries":3550,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3573,"gaps":3579},[3551,3556,3562,3568],{"date":3552,"title":3553,"body":3554,"cites":3555},"2026-02-04","Registered with Elections BC","Registration of CanWest Party as a provincial political party took effect on 4 February 2026. The Chief Electoral Officer published the notice in the British Columbia Gazette on 12 February 2026.",[3546],{"date":3557,"title":3558,"body":3559,"cites":3560},"2026-03-29","Founders announce the party","Wei Ping Chen and three other people announced the party at a news conference. The party posted a statement from the event in Chinese, with a five-point platform on the economy, public order and drugs, medical waits, education and the environment.",[3547,3561],"site-event",{"date":3563,"title":3564,"body":3565,"cites":3566},"2026-09-11","No CanWest candidates in the Richmond city election","The City of Richmond declared its candidates for the 17 October 2026 local election. None of the candidates for mayor, council or school trustee runs for CanWest Party, and Wei Ping Chen is absent from the list of candidates for mayor. In March the founders had said Chen would run for mayor.",[3567,3547],"richmond-declaration",{"date":723,"title":3569,"body":3570,"cites":3571},"Lawrence Chen on the provincial candidate list","Elections BC's candidate list for the 2026 provincial general election, printed on 30 September 2026, names Lawrence Chen as the CanWest Party candidate in Richmond Centre.",[3572],"candidate-list",[3574,3575,3576,3577,3578],"British Columbia Gazette notice of registration","Elections BC register of political parties and its list of party names used in the last 10 years","Sing Tao Daily report of 1 April 2026","City of Richmond declaration of candidates, 11 September 2026","Elections BC 2026 provincial candidate list",[3580,3581],"The party registered in 2026, so it has no results from earlier provincial elections.","Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen founded another party in 2007. voche.me has not checked that party's records.",[3583,3586,3591,3595],{"role":2304,"name":3584,"cites":3585},"Wei Ping Chen",[2307,3561],{"role":3587,"name":3588,"cites":3589},"President, as the party's contact page lists it","Lawrence Chen",[3590],"site-contact",{"role":3592,"name":3593,"cites":3594},"Vice president, as the party's website lists it","Ting Gang Chen",[3590,3561],{"role":3596,"name":3597,"cites":3598},"Secretary general, as the party's news conference page lists it","Peter Kong",[3561],{"src":3600,"alt":3601,"sourceUrl":3602,"checkedAt":3603},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcanwest-party.webp","CanWest Party logo","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235214\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fimage\u002Fparty-logo%20copy.jpg","2026-10-05",{},{"searchUrl":3606,"filings":3607,"notes":3608,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3612,"gaps":3616},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002F",[],[3609,3610,3611],"Elections BC keeps a public search of the financial reports that provincial parties file. On 30 September 2026 a search for the names CanWest and CWP returned no reports, and the search form's list of parties had no entry for CanWest Party.","Elections BC says only parties eligible for an annual allowance must file interim financial reports during the year.","The party's own pages ask for a membership fee of $20 a year or $500 for life, and for donations by e-transfer. Its donation page states that the contribution limit for one person is $1,513.29. That figure is the party's statement, and voche.me has not checked it against Elections BC.",[3613,3614,3615],"Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, provincial financial reports, searched for CanWest and for CWP on 2026-09-30","Elections BC provincial electoral finance questions and answers, read 2026-09-30","The party's membership and donation pages, read 2026-09-30",[3617],"No financial report from CanWest Party was on the public search on 30 September 2026. voche.me has not checked when the party's first annual report is due.","CanWest Party",{"entries":3620,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3626,"gaps":3631},[3621],{"date":132,"publisher":3622,"title":3623,"url":3624,"summary":3625},"Sing Tao Daily (Canada)","列治文華人宣布成立新政黨 能發揮多少作用？","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.singtao.ca\u002F7463172\u002F2026-04-01\u002Fnews-%E5%88%97%E6%B2%BB%E6%96%87%E8%8F%AF%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B%E6%96%B0%E6%94%BF%E9%BB%A8++%E8%83%BD%E7%99%BC%E6%8F%AE%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E4%BD%9C%E7%94%A8%EF%BC%9F\u002F","Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen (陳衛平), Yang Nan, Shi Jun and Chen Tinggang announced CanWest Party on the evening of Sunday 29 March. They named a weak economy, drugs, poor public safety, rising living costs and longer waits for medical care as their reasons. Chen said he would run for mayor of Richmond, with Yang and Shi running for council. Two community commentators quoted in the report said a new party needs full policy plans and regular work at council meetings before voters will listen to it.",[3627,3628,3629,3630],"Web searches in English and Chinese for \"CanWest Party\", the leader's name and Richmond, 2026-09-30","Sing Tao Daily report of 1 April 2026, read in full","Richmond News BC Votes 2026 page","cacnews.ca report on the founding of the party",[3632,3633],"Richmond News and cacnews.ca refused direct reads on 30 September 2026, so voche.me could not check their pages.","voche.me found no English-language reporting about the party.",[3635,3636,3637,3638,3639],"CanWest Party is a provincial political party registered with Elections BC. Its registration took effect on 4 February 2026. Its name on the ballot is CWP, and Elections BC's register names Wei Ping Chen as its leader.","Elections BC's candidate list for the 2026 provincial general election names Lawrence Chen as the CanWest Party candidate in Richmond Centre. Nominations stay open until 1 p.m. on 3 October 2026.","The party says its platform is to develop the economy, promote community safety, build good relations between neighbours, ensure equality among all races, keep taxes low and create a better environment. Its website states these goals in one or two sentences each, with no costs, dates or named laws.","Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen and three other people announced the party on Sunday 29 March 2026, and that the party said its first goal was the Richmond city election in October 2026. The City of Richmond's list of local candidates, declared on 11 September 2026, has no candidate running for CanWest Party.","The website that carries the party's name is www.canada2.net. It opens only without the secure \"https\" prefix, so voche.me links to copies saved in the Internet Archive on 30 September 2026. On that date the home page still said the next provincial election would be in autumn 2028. Two of its pages carry the heading \"People's Party of British Columbia\". Its contact page names Lawrence Chen as president, and its news conference page names Wei Ping Chen as president. The site's mailing address is the same one Elections BC's register gives for the party.",{"accent":3641,"onAccent":2391,"tint":3642,"ink":2393},"#7E22CE","#f2e9fa",[3644,3655,3671,3678,3699,3718,3732,3751,3758,3765,3777],{"issue":375,"paragraphs":3645,"proposals":3646,"questions":3647,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3648,"gaps":3653},[],[],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],"The party website www.canada2.net, read on 2026-09-30: home, mission, news conference, membership, donation and contact pages, and a candidate profile page (2026.htm)","www.canwestparty.ca, the address printed on the contact page, which did not answer on 2026-09-30","Sing Tao Daily report of 1 April 2026 on the founding of the party","Web searches in English and Chinese for the party name and its leader, 2026-09-30",[3654],"The party website holds no statement on housing, rent or zoning.",{"issue":310,"headline":3656,"summary":3657,"paragraphs":3658,"proposals":3661,"questions":3668,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3669,"gaps":3670},"Shorter waits for medical care","CanWest Party says it would improve medical services and shorten the time patients wait.",[3659,3660],"CanWest Party lists better medical services as the third point of the platform in its 29 March 2026 news conference statement. The statement says patients wait too long, and that the party would work to shorten those waits. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders named longer and longer waits for medical care as one of the problems that led them to start the party.",[3662],{"title":3663,"detail":3664,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3667},"Improve medical services and shorten waits","CanWest Party says it would improve medical services and shorten the long time patients now wait.","The party does not say which government body would act, or which law, program or budget it would use.","The party gives no cost or date.",[3561],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[],{"issue":320,"paragraphs":3672,"proposals":3673,"questions":3674,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3675,"gaps":3676},[],[],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[3677],"Sing Tao Daily reported on 1 April 2026 that the founders named rising living costs as one reason for starting the party. The party website holds no proposal on prices, rent, energy rates or car insurance.",{"issue":340,"headline":3679,"summary":3680,"paragraphs":3681,"proposals":3685,"questions":3696,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3697,"gaps":3698},"Stronger public security and no drugs in communities","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security and opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3682,3683,3684],"CanWest Party lists community safety on its home page, and its mission page puts \"No drugs\" first in its platform. The mission page says the party would strengthen public security so that residents can live in a safe city.","The party's 29 March 2026 news conference statement lists stronger public order as the second point of its platform, and says the party opposes drugs coming into communities. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders named drug problems and poor public safety among the reasons they started the party. The party names no measure, cost or date for this goal.",[3686,3692],{"title":3687,"detail":3688,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3689},"Strengthen public security","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security so that residents can live in a safe city.",[3690,3691],"site-mission","site-home",{"title":3693,"detail":3694,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3695},"Keep drugs out of communities","CanWest Party lists \"No drugs\" in its platform and says it opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3690,3561],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[],{"issue":898,"headline":3700,"summary":3701,"paragraphs":3702,"proposals":3706,"questions":3715,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3716,"gaps":3717},"Help local business invest and hire","CanWest Party says it would help local businesses invest and create jobs, and that economic policy should follow market demand.",[3703,3704,3705],"CanWest Party lists developing the economy first on its home page. Its mission page says the party will encourage and help local industrial and commercial businesses to invest and create more jobs in BC.","The party's 29 March 2026 news conference statement says Canada's economy is doing poorly, and that economic policy should keep up with changes in society and follow what the market needs. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","The party names no program, tax change, cost or date for these goals.",[3707,3711],{"title":3708,"detail":3709,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3710},"Help local businesses invest and create jobs","CanWest Party says it will encourage and assist local industrial and commercial businesses to invest and create more jobs in BC.",[3690],{"title":3712,"detail":3713,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3714},"Economic policy that follows market demand","CanWest Party says economic policy should keep up with changes in society, and each policy should follow what the market needs.",[3561],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[],{"issue":385,"headline":3719,"summary":3720,"paragraphs":3721,"proposals":3724,"questions":3729,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3730,"gaps":3731},"Improve the school system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and moral education.",[3722,3723],"CanWest Party lists education as the fourth point of the platform in its 29 March 2026 news conference statement. The statement says the party would improve the education system and improve moral education, meaning the teaching of values and right conduct. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","The party does not say which level of schooling it means, and names no measure, cost or date.",[3725],{"title":3726,"detail":3727,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3728},"Improve the education system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and improve moral education.",[3561],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[],{"issue":974,"headline":3733,"summary":3734,"paragraphs":3735,"proposals":3739,"questions":3748,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3749,"gaps":3750},"Environmental protection and a better environment","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and make neighbourhoods more beautiful.",[3736,3737,3738],"CanWest Party lists \"create a better environment\" on its home page. Its mission page says the party would strengthen environmental protection and \"strive to create a garden-like city.\"","The fifth point of the platform in its 29 March 2026 news conference statement is to make homes and neighbourhoods more beautiful and to protect the environment. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","The party names no measure, cost or date for these goals.",[3740,3744],{"title":3741,"detail":3742,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3743},"Strengthen environmental protection","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and create a better environment.",[3690,3691],{"title":3745,"detail":3746,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3747},"Make neighbourhoods more beautiful","CanWest Party lists making homes and neighbourhoods more beautiful, together with protecting the environment, as the fifth point of its platform.",[3561],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[],{"issue":298,"paragraphs":3752,"proposals":3753,"questions":3754,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3755,"gaps":3756},[],[],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[3757],"The party website holds no statement on Indigenous rights, treaties or reconciliation.",{"issue":2660,"paragraphs":3759,"proposals":3760,"questions":3761,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3762,"gaps":3763},[],[],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[3764],"The party website holds no statement on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":330,"headline":3766,"summary":3767,"paragraphs":3768,"proposals":3770,"questions":3774,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3775,"gaps":3776},"Low tax","CanWest Party lists low tax among its platform points.",[3769],"CanWest Party lists \"low tax\" among its platform points on its home page. It does not say which provincial tax it means, what rate it wants, or how it would pay for the change.",[3771],{"title":3766,"detail":3772,"authority":3665,"cost":3666,"cites":3773},"CanWest Party says it supports low tax. It names no tax, rate or effect on the provincial budget.",[3691],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[],{"issue":350,"paragraphs":3778,"proposals":3779,"questions":3780,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3781,"gaps":3782},[],[],[],[3649,3650,3651,3652],[3783,3784],"The party website holds no statement on legislature rules, ethics, openness or election rules.","The mission page says the party supports equality among all races and good relations between ethnic groups and between neighbours. These goals do not fit any of the eleven issue areas, so the overview describes them.",[3786,3790,3794,3798,3802,3806],{"question":3787,"answer":3788,"cites":3789},"Who leads CanWest Party?","Elections BC's register names Wei Ping Chen as leader. The party's news conference page names him as president, and its contact page names Lawrence Chen as president. Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen founded another party in 2007 and has run in provincial and city elections at least six times without winning.",[2307,3561,3590,3547],{"question":3791,"answer":3792,"cites":3793},"Who is running for CanWest Party?","Elections BC's candidate list names Lawrence Chen as the party's candidate in Richmond Centre. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on 3 October 2026, so the list can still change.",[3572],{"question":3795,"answer":3796,"cites":3797},"What does CanWest Party stand for?","The party says it would develop the economy, strengthen community safety and keep drugs out of communities, shorten medical waits, improve education, protect the environment, keep taxes low and support equality among all races. It gives no costs, dates or named laws for these goals.",[3691,3690,3561],{"question":3799,"answer":3800,"cites":3801},"When was CanWest Party founded?","Its registration with Elections BC took effect on 4 February 2026. Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders announced the party at a news conference on 29 March 2026.",[3546,3547],{"question":3803,"answer":3804,"cites":3805},"Is CanWest Party running in the Richmond city election?","In March 2026 the founders said Wei Ping Chen would run for mayor of Richmond. The City of Richmond's list of candidates, declared on 11 September 2026, has no candidate running for CanWest Party, and Chen is absent from the list for mayor.",[3547,3567],{"question":3807,"answer":3808,"cites":3809},"Where can I see CanWest Party's finances?","Search Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System. On 30 September 2026 it held no report from CanWest Party.",[3810],"frpc-search",{"entries":3812,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3813,"gaps":3816},[],[3814,3815],"Legislature party standings for the 43rd Parliament, read 2026-09-30","Elections BC register of political parties, read 2026-09-30",[3817],"The legislature's member list, read on 30 September 2026, names no member for CanWest Party, so there are no votes or bills to record for it.","CWP","canwest-party",[3821,3822,3824,3828,3832,3833,3836,3840,3843,3846,3849,3852,3856,3860,3862],{"id":2307,"label":2792,"url":2793,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":3572,"label":3823,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 provincial general election",{"id":3546,"label":3825,"url":3826,"publisher":3827,"kind":2134,"publishedAt":64,"checkedAt":723},"British Columbia Gazette, notice of registration of CanWest Party","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fbcgaz1\u002Fbcgaz1\u002F244336396","King's Printer for British Columbia",{"id":3829,"label":3830,"url":3831,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"party-names-10-years","Political party names used in the last 10 years","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FPolitical-Party-Names-Used-In-Last-10-Years.pdf",{"id":2735,"label":2798,"url":2799,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":3810,"label":3834,"url":3835,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Provincial financial reports search for the name CanWest","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FFRSearchResults.aspx?PFN=CanWest&PK=0&P=(ALL)&FTK=0&FT=(ALL)&FNK=0&FN=(ALL)&EV=(ALL)&ED=(ALL)&RTK=0&RT=(ALL)",{"id":3837,"label":3838,"url":3839,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"ebc-finance-faq","Provincial electoral finance questions and answers","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Felectoral-finance-faq\u002F",{"id":3691,"label":3841,"url":3842,"publisher":3618,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"CanWest Party home page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235214\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002F",{"id":3690,"label":3844,"url":3845,"publisher":3618,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"CanWest Party mission page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235302\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fmission.htm",{"id":3561,"label":3847,"url":3848,"publisher":3618,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"CanWest Party statement from its 29 March 2026 news conference, in Chinese (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235236\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fevent.htm",{"id":3590,"label":3850,"url":3851,"publisher":3618,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"CanWest Party contact page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235329\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fcontact.htm",{"id":3853,"label":3854,"url":3855,"publisher":3618,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"site-donate","CanWest Party donation page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235355\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fdonate.htm",{"id":3857,"label":3858,"url":3859,"publisher":3618,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"site-join","CanWest Party membership page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235421\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fjoin.htm",{"id":3547,"label":3861,"url":3624,"publisher":3622,"kind":2222,"publishedAt":132,"checkedAt":723},"Sing Tao Daily: Richmond Chinese residents announce a new party",{"id":3567,"label":3863,"url":3864,"publisher":3865,"kind":2134,"publishedAt":3563,"checkedAt":723},"City of Richmond declaration of candidates, 2026 local election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond.ca\u002F__shared\u002Fassets\u002FDeclaration_of_Candidates_-_2026_Election79709.pdf","City of Richmond","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcanwest-party","CanWest Party registered with Elections BC in February 2026, and the register names Wei Ping Chen as its leader. Lawrence Chen is on Elections BC's candidate list for the party in Richmond Centre. Its website lists short goals with no costs or dates.",{"src":3869,"alt":3601,"width":1612,"height":3870,"sourceUrl":3602,"checkedAt":3603},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcanwest-party-wordmark.webp",55,"eye3sHK2blVK5WWvCPt5U9Na8mSQdd82Zw4dJbrBBDU",{"id":3873,"aliases":3874,"checkedAt":723,"declaredColour":11,"extension":1986,"founded":3876,"headline":3883,"history":3884,"leadership":3951,"logo":3959,"meta":3963,"money":3964,"name":3973,"news":3974,"overview":4023,"palette":4030,"platform":4033,"questions":4261,"record":4291,"registeredName":3973,"rosterLabel":3875,"slug":4300,"sources":4301,"stem":4440,"summary":4441,"website":4311,"wordmark":4442,"__hash__":4446},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcentre-bc.json",[3875],"CentreBC",{"year":3877,"note":3878,"cites":3879},2025,"Global News reported on 2025-04-04 that the party had registered with Elections BC, with Karin Kirkpatrick as leader. The party says it was founded on 2025-03-28.",[3880,3881,3882],"global-register","global-launch","rel-agm","Centre BC: leader, positions and history for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":3885,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3943,"gaps":3947},[3886,3891,3897,3903,3910,3917,3923,3931,3937],{"date":3887,"title":3888,"body":3889,"cites":3890},"2025-04-10","Launched by Karin Kirkpatrick","Karin Kirkpatrick, MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano from 2020 to 2024, launched CentreBC outside the legislature. Elections BC had approved the party earlier that month. The party says it was founded on 2025-03-28.",[3880,3881,3283,3882],{"date":3892,"title":3893,"body":3894,"cites":3895},"2026-03-19","Kirkpatrick says she will step down","In a letter to members, Kirkpatrick said she would step down as leader at the party’s first annual general meeting, and that three people had resigned from the party executive.",[3896],"rel-agm-prep",{"date":3898,"title":3899,"body":3900,"cites":3901},"2026-06-20","First annual general meeting","The party says members adopted a constitution and bylaws, acclaimed Mike Wignall as president, and that Kirkpatrick stepped down as leader.",[3882,3902],"resources",{"date":3904,"title":3905,"body":3906,"cites":3907},"2026-07-18","Mike Bernier named leader","The party’s executive council named Mike Bernier, a former Minister of Education and MLA for Peace River South, as leader.",[3908,3909],"rel-bernier","cbc-milobar-live",{"date":3911,"title":3912,"body":3913,"cites":3914},"2026-08-30","Candidate for the Abbotsford-Mission by-election","The party named Lakhwinder Jhaj as its candidate in the by-election set for 2026-09-26.",[3915,3916],"rel-jhaj","abby-cands",{"date":231,"title":3918,"body":3919,"cites":3920},"Eight MLAs join, Peter Milobar becomes leader","Bernier stepped aside. Peter Milobar, Bruce Banman, Rosalyn Bird, Ian Paton, Elenore Sturko, Áʼa꞉líya Warbus, Teresa Wat and Donegal Wilson joined the party, and Milobar became leader.",[3921,3909,3922],"am-join","cjdc-milobar",{"date":562,"title":3924,"body":3925,"cites":3926},"Seven MLAs return to the Conservatives, Sturko becomes leader","On the day the election was called, Milobar and six of the MLAs went back to the BC Conservatives. Sturko stayed and became leader.",[3927,3928,3929,3930],"am-defect","cfjc-milobar","rel-milobar","tc-sturko",{"date":236,"title":3932,"body":3933,"cites":3934},"Andrew Weaver named candidate","The party named Andrew Weaver, a former BC Green leader who represented Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 2013 to 2020, as its candidate there.",[3935,3936],"rel-weaver","tyee-weaver",{"date":3120,"title":3938,"body":3939,"cites":3940},"Sturko to run in Surrey South","Sturko said she would run in Surrey South, the district she first won in a 2022 by-election.",[3941,3942],"pan-surrey-south","leader",[3944,3945,3946],"Global News reports from April 2025","CentreBC news posts from 2025 and 2026","Reporting from CBC News, Vista Radio, CFJC Today, CJDC-TV, The Tyee, The Canadian Press and Peace Arch News in September 2026",[3948,3949,3950],"The founding date of 2025-03-28 comes from the party. Elections BC’s registration date has not been checked in an Elections BC record.","Mike Wignall’s election as president and the adoption of the constitution are reported only by the party.","The Abbotsford-Mission by-election was set for 2026-09-26. voche.me has not checked an Elections BC notice on whether it went ahead.",[3952,3955],{"role":2304,"name":3953,"since":562,"cites":3954},"Elenore Sturko",[2307,3928,3930,3935],{"role":3956,"name":3957,"cites":3958},"President","Mike Wignall",[3882,3928,3927],{"src":3960,"alt":3961,"sourceUrl":3962,"checkedAt":3603},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcentre-bc.webp","Centre BC logo","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fcropped-Centrebc-favicon512x512-2026.jpg",{},{"searchUrl":2320,"filings":3965,"notes":3966,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":3969,"gaps":3971},[],[3967,3968,2336],"Elections BC pays a yearly allowance to a registered party whose candidates won at least 2 percent of all valid votes in the last general election, or at least 5 percent of the votes in the districts where it ran candidates. Centre BC was registered after the 2024 election. Elections BC’s allowance page lists payments for 2025 and 2026 to the BC Green Party, the BC NDP and the Conservative Party, and lists none to Centre BC.","In June 2026 the party told its members that its first year ended with more money coming in than going out, and with no debt. Those are the party’s own figures, and voche.me has not checked them against a filed report.",[2338,2339,3970],"CentreBC AGM release of 2026-06-20",[3972,2343],"The party’s annual financial reports have not been opened. The reports sit behind a search form, and this review did not use it.","Centre BC",{"entries":3975,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4018,"gaps":4020},[3976,3982,3987,3991,3995,4000,4004,4009,4014],{"date":3977,"publisher":3978,"title":3979,"url":3980,"summary":3981},"2026-09-05","Abbotsford News","Candidates finalized for Abbotsford-Mission byelection","https:\u002F\u002Fabbynews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F05\u002Fcandidates-finalized-for-abbotsford-mission-byelection\u002F","Lists Lakhwinder Jhaj as the CentreBC candidate in the Abbotsford-Mission by-election, against Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and three others.",{"date":231,"publisher":3983,"title":3984,"url":3985,"summary":3986},"Vista Radio (AM 1150)","Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.am1150.ca\u002F89429\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Fformer-b-c-conservatives-join-forces-with-centrebc-with-milobar-tapped-as-new-leader\u002F","Mike Bernier stepped aside so Peter Milobar could lead CentreBC. Elenore Sturko and six former Conservative MLAs joined with Milobar.",{"date":231,"publisher":209,"title":3988,"url":3989,"summary":3990},"Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Flivestory\u002Fbritish-columbia-politics-independents-bc-centre-conservatives-9.7350118","Names the eight MLAs who joined CentreBC. Milobar said the party would focus on the economy and public safety and stay out of culture wars.",{"date":562,"publisher":3983,"title":3992,"url":3993,"summary":3994},"CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.am1150.ca\u002F89578\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Fcentrebc-mlas-defect-back-to-the-b-c-conservatives-after-snap-election-call\u002F","Milobar and six MLAs went back to the Conservatives on the day the election was called. Sturko said she would stay with CentreBC. Party president Mike Wignall said Milobar had not discussed the move with the party executive.",{"date":562,"publisher":3996,"title":3997,"url":3998,"summary":3999},"CFJC Today","Kamloops Centre MLA Milobar rejoins BC Conservatives","https:\u002F\u002Fcfjctoday.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fkamloops-centre-mla-milobar-rejoins-bc-conservatives\u002F","Reports that Sturko did not return to the Conservatives and will lead CentreBC, and quotes her saying she has found a political home with the party.",{"date":3463,"publisher":3509,"title":4001,"url":4002,"summary":4003},"Andrew Weaver is back as a CentreBC candidate","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F24\u002FAndrew-Weaver-Back-CentreBC-Candidate\u002F","Former Green leader Andrew Weaver will run for CentreBC in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. He said he decided after the MLAs went back to the Conservatives, and that he joined the party in December.",{"date":3120,"publisher":4005,"title":4006,"url":4007,"summary":4008},"Times Colonist (The Canadian Press)","Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002F2026-bc-votes\u002Felenore-sturkos-roller-coaster-political-ride-lands-her-as-leader-of-centrebc-12824686","Sturko describes the meeting where Milobar told the MLAs of the offer to return to the Conservatives, and says she agreed to lead the party when asked.",{"date":3120,"publisher":4010,"title":4011,"url":4012,"summary":4013},"Peace Arch News","Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South for provincial election","https:\u002F\u002Fpeacearchnews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Fcentre-bc-leader-elenore-sturko-running-in-surrey-south-for-provincial-election\u002F","Sturko said she will run in Surrey South, where she was first elected in 2022, and that the party offers a choice for voters who do not want the NDP or the Conservatives.",{"date":2370,"publisher":209,"title":4015,"url":4016,"summary":4017},"First weekend of provincial campaigns wraps in B.C. with new promises, renewed criticisms","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Ffirst-weekend-of-bc-elections-9.7360550","Sturko campaigned in Surrey and said CentreBC is centred on social responsibility, fiscal responsibility and being a home for liberals.",[4019,2381],"Web searches for CentreBC, Centre BC and Elenore Sturko with 2026, September 2026",[4021,4022],"A Prince George Citizen article on Sturko as leader and a Castanet article on the 2025 launch refused direct reads, so they are left out.","Coverage from January to August 2026 has not been compiled.",[4024,4025,4026,4027,4028,4029],"Elections BC lists Elenore Sturko as the leader of Centre BC, and its ballot name as CentreBC. Sturko won Surrey-Cloverdale in 2024 for the Conservative Party, with 10,268 votes (48.31 percent), according to Elections BC. The legislature’s member list, read on 2026-09-30, gives her party as Independent.","Sturko became leader on 2026-09-22. Four days earlier, she and seven other MLAs who had left the BC Conservative caucus joined the party, and Peter Milobar became its leader. On 2026-09-22, the day the election was called, Milobar and the six others went back to the Conservatives. Sturko stayed and took over as leader.","Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick founded the party. Elections BC approved it in early April 2025, and it launched outside the legislature on 2025-04-10. Kirkpatrick stepped down in June 2026, and Mike Bernier led the party from 2026-07-18 until Milobar replaced him.","The party says it gives a voice to voters who want strong public services and a strong private sector, and wants “a balanced approach to government”. Its president, Mike Wignall, says it is building another option to the BC NDP and the BC Conservatives. Sturko told CBC News the party is built on social responsibility, fiscal responsibility and being “a home for liberals”.","The party says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas, and that a full platform will follow. Its earlier releases set out positions on the cost of food, child care, extortion in Surrey, forestry, pipelines and Indigenous title. All of them were published before Sturko became leader.","Former BC Green leader Andrew Weaver is running for the party in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, the party and The Tyee report. The party was registered after the 2024 election, so it has no result from that election.",{"accent":4031,"onAccent":2391,"tint":4032,"ink":2393},"#BE123C","#f9e7ec",[4034,4054,4080,4101,4134,4166,4180,4195,4222,4230,4252],{"issue":375,"paragraphs":4035,"proposals":4039,"questions":4046,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4047,"gaps":4050},[4036,4037,4038],"The party’s vision page says it wants a province “where everyone has access to housing”. It gives no housing target.","In February 2026, under leader Karin Kirkpatrick, the party said housing policy should be judged by how affordable homes become for people.","In July 2026, leader Mike Bernier wrote that the party would tackle housing costs “with real supply, not slogans”.",[4040],{"title":4041,"detail":4042,"authority":4043,"cites":4044},"Measure housing policy by affordability","The party said in February 2026 that housing policy should be judged by how affordable homes become for people, and linked to that result.","Provincial housing policy and the ministry responsible for housing.",[4045],"rel-budget-decline",[],[4048,4049],"The CentreBC Our Policy, Our Vision and Our Values pages, https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-policy\u002F","Every CentreBC news post listed from 2025-02-12 to 2026-09-23, https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002F",[4051,4052,4053],"These positions were published before Elenore Sturko became leader on 2026-09-22. voche.me has not found a statement from her that adopts or drops them.","The party has published no 2026 election platform. Its policy page says the full platform is still being written.","The party gives no number of homes, no cost and no date.",{"issue":310,"paragraphs":4055,"proposals":4060,"questions":4076,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4077,"gaps":4078},[4056,4057,4058,4059],"The party’s vision page lists “accessible, well-funded healthcare and mental health supports” among its goals.","In February 2026 the party said it would expand home care for seniors and cut paperwork for doctors so they can see more patients.","In a June 2026 opinion piece, Karin Kirkpatrick blamed the government for delaying long-term care projects and phase 2 of the Burnaby Hospital, and called for health planning based on the growth of the senior population.","In August 2026, Mike Bernier wrote that the Ministry of Health should show the effect on patients before it changes how a clinic is paid, and that money for complex care such as HIV care should be part of the base funding.",[4061,4066,4071],{"title":4062,"detail":4063,"authority":4064,"cites":4065},"Expand home care for seniors","The party said in February 2026 that it would expand home care so seniors can stay at home longer.","The Ministry of Health and the regional health authorities.",[4045],{"title":4067,"detail":4068,"authority":4069,"cites":4070},"Less paperwork for doctors","The party said in February 2026 that it would reduce the paperwork doctors must do, so they can spend more time with patients.","The Ministry of Health.",[4045],{"title":4072,"detail":4073,"authority":4069,"cites":4074},"Check the effect on patients before changing clinic funding","Mike Bernier wrote in August 2026 that before a funding model changes, the Ministry of Health should have to show how patients would keep their care, and that funding for complex care, including HIV care, should be built into the base model.",[4075],"rel-hiv",[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,4079],"The party gives no cost and no date for its health positions.",{"issue":320,"paragraphs":4081,"proposals":4085,"questions":4097,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4098,"gaps":4099},[4082,4083,4084],"In February 2026, under Karin Kirkpatrick, the party said it would remove the provincial sales tax (PST) on food production and farm equipment to lower the price of food grown in BC.","In the same release, the party said it would treat child care as essential to the economy and make $10-a-day child care available to every family.","After the 2026 budget, the party criticised the increase in the lowest income tax rate, the pause in adjusting tax brackets for inflation, and the cut to tax credits for low-income families.",[4086,4092],{"title":4087,"detail":4088,"authority":4089,"cites":4090},"Remove PST on food production and farm equipment","The party said it would remove the provincial sales tax on food production and farm equipment, to lower the price of food grown in BC.","A change to the Provincial Sales Tax Act, passed by the legislature.",[4045,4091],"rel-budget-bankrupt",{"title":4093,"detail":4094,"authority":4095,"cites":4096},"$10-a-day child care for every family","The party said it would treat child care as essential to the economy and reach the goal of $10-a-day child care for every family.","The provincial child care budget and the ministry responsible for child care.",[4045],[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,4100],"The party gives no cost for either measure.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":4102,"proposals":4106,"questions":4130,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4131,"gaps":4132},[4103,4104,4105],"In November 2025 the party published a three-step plan on extortion threats against businesses in Surrey. The release quotes party spokesperson Trevor Loke.","In February 2026, a CentreBC opinion piece by Rachelle Chartrand, then a party regional director, called for one provincial lead official on intimate partner violence.","The party’s vision page lists “public safety backed by strong justice and treatment systems”.",[4107,4113,4119,4124],{"title":4108,"detail":4109,"authority":4110,"cites":4111},"A unit in Surrey to follow and freeze extortion money","The party proposed a Surrey unit made up of Canada’s financial crimes agency (FINTRAC), the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency, to trace money and freeze assets within hours.","The party asked both the Province and the federal government to set it up. The three agencies are federal.",[4112],"rel-extortion",{"title":4114,"detail":4115,"cost":4116,"authority":4117,"cites":4118},"Help for businesses that receive threats","The party proposed a reporting website in several languages, security grants of $2,000 to $5,000 for businesses, and a standard of protection within 48 hours of a threat being reported.","$2,000 to $5,000 per business grant; no total given.","The party asked the Province and the federal government to fund it.",[4112],{"title":4120,"detail":4121,"authority":4122,"cites":4123},"A court track for extortion cases","The party proposed a pilot with its own court list and a special Crown prosecutor team for extortion cases.","The BC Prosecution Service and the provincial courts.",[4112],{"title":4125,"detail":4126,"authority":4127,"cites":4128},"One provincial lead on intimate partner violence","The opinion piece called for a provincial lead in the public safety ministry or the Attorney General’s office, with power to coordinate ministries and track progress against public timelines.","The provincial government, through the Attorney General or the public safety ministry.",[4129],"rel-ipv",[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,4133],"The extortion plan gives no total cost.",{"issue":898,"paragraphs":4135,"proposals":4139,"questions":4162,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4163,"gaps":4164},[4136,4137,4138],"In October 2025, under Karin Kirkpatrick, the party set five conditions for any pipeline to the North Coast: Indigenous co-ownership, a BC Energy Future Fund, safety and climate rules, local jobs and buying, and a clear legal path with full public information.","After the Crofton pulp mill closure was announced in December 2025, the party called for income support and retraining for workers, a steadier supply of wood for mills, faster permits, and a fund to help forestry towns through price drops.","The party’s values page says it supports small business and “responsible resource development”.",[4140,4147,4153,4158],{"title":4141,"detail":4142,"authority":4143,"cites":4144},"Five conditions for any pipeline","Indigenous co-ownership, a BC Energy Future Fund, safety and climate rules, local jobs and local buying, and a clear legal path with full public information. The party said a project that does not meet them should not be built.","Pipelines that cross provinces are approved by the federal government. The Province sets permits and its own conditions.",[4145,4146],"rel-pipeline-2025","rel-pipeline-2026",{"title":4148,"detail":4149,"authority":4150,"cites":4151},"Support for laid-off forestry workers","Bridge income, fast retraining and apprenticeships, and mental health, money and career help for workers who lose their jobs.","Provincial ministries for forests and for jobs and training.",[4152],"rel-crofton",{"title":4154,"detail":4155,"authority":4156,"cites":4157},"Changes to forest rules","A steadier wood supply through changes to the rights to cut timber on public land, faster cutting permits and road approvals, and changes to stumpage, the fee the Province charges for timber cut on public land.","The Ministry of Forests and provincial forest law.",[4152],{"title":4159,"detail":4160,"authority":2422,"cites":4161},"Forestry Stability and Transition Fund","A provincial fund to protect forestry communities when world prices fall.",[4152],[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,4165],"The party gives no cost for its forestry fund.",{"issue":385,"paragraphs":4167,"proposals":4170,"questions":4177,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4178,"gaps":4179},[4168,4169],"The party’s vision page lists “a modernized education system that equips our youth for the future”.","In June 2026 the party published an opinion piece by Rachelle Chartrand, a teacher and the party’s Communications Chair, on artificial intelligence in schools. It said a CentreBC provincial strategy would make every graduate able to use AI, set rules for AI use from kindergarten to university, and pay for teacher training.",[4171],{"title":4172,"detail":4173,"authority":4174,"cites":4175},"A provincial plan for artificial intelligence in schools","Every student graduates able to use AI, the curriculum puts more weight on critical thinking and creativity, the Province sets rules for AI use from kindergarten to post-secondary, and teachers get training.","The Ministry of Education and Child Care and the ministry for post-secondary education.",[4176],"rel-ai",[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,3666],{"issue":974,"paragraphs":4181,"proposals":4185,"questions":4191,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4192,"gaps":4193},[4182,4183,4184],"The party’s vision page says it would use evidence-based solutions to fight climate change, protect biodiversity and invest in green technology, while also supporting mining, forestry and energy.","Safety and climate rules are one of the five conditions the party set in October 2025 for any pipeline.","In August 2026 the party asked why the government had declared a provincial state of emergency for wildfires in 2023 and had not done so in 2026.",[4186],{"title":4187,"detail":4188,"authority":4189,"cites":4190},"Safety and climate rules for any pipeline","The party said any pipeline must meet safety and climate rules that protect ecosystems, as one of its five conditions.","The federal government approves pipelines that cross provinces. The Province sets its own permits.",[4145],[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,4194],"The party has published no emissions target and no position on carbon pricing that voche.me found.",{"issue":298,"paragraphs":4196,"proposals":4200,"questions":4219,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4220,"gaps":4221},[4197,4198,4199],"In August 2026, leader Mike Bernier wrote that promises to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) are “more about political messaging than practical solutions”, and listed what CentreBC would do instead.","In March 2026 the party wrote that modern treaties such as Nisga’a and Tsawwassen show that negotiated agreements bring stability, and called for good-faith negotiation over court cases.","Indigenous co-ownership is the first of the party’s five conditions for any pipeline.",[4201,4207,4211,4215],{"title":4202,"detail":4203,"authority":4204,"cites":4205},"One provincial framework for treaties and agreements","A single framework that sets negotiating mandates, funding, standards and timelines for treaties and reconciliation agreements across all ministries and provincial agencies.","The provincial government, through the ministry responsible for Indigenous relations.",[4206],"rel-dripa",{"title":4208,"detail":4209,"cites":4210},"Bring everyone in earlier","First Nations, local governments, workers, businesses and environmental experts would meet earlier in a process, with public accountability.",[4206],{"title":4212,"detail":4213,"cites":4214},"Agreements by sector","Agreements for forestry, mining, energy, infrastructure and housing that support both reconciliation and economic development.",[4206],{"title":4216,"detail":4217,"cites":4218},"Measure results","Track results such as Indigenous economic participation, investment certainty, environmental care and community well-being.",[4206],[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,3666],{"issue":2660,"paragraphs":4223,"proposals":4225,"questions":4226,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4227,"gaps":4228},[4224],"The party’s vision page lists “long-term infrastructure and transportation investments” among its goals. At its launch in April 2025, Karin Kirkpatrick said the party would run on a long-term approach to investing in infrastructure.",[],[],[4048,4049],[4052,4229],"The party has named no highway, transit or ferry project and gives no cost.",{"issue":330,"paragraphs":4231,"proposals":4235,"questions":4248,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4249,"gaps":4250},[4232,4233,4234],"The party’s vision page says it would balance the budget over the long term through better investments and spending, while protecting health care, education and social supports.","After the 2026 budget, the party called it “a blueprint for bankruptcy” and pointed to its $13.3 billion deficit. In November 2025 it called for “a credible path to fiscal balance”.","In July 2026, Karin Kirkpatrick wrote that any yearly payment BC receives from a new oil pipeline should go by law into a separate BC Energy Future Fund.",[4236,4243],{"title":4237,"detail":4238,"authority":4239,"cites":4240},"Balance the budget over the long term","The party says it would balance the budget over the long term while protecting health care, education and social supports. It gives no year.","The provincial budget, passed by the legislature.",[4241,4242],"vision","rel-lookwest",{"title":4244,"detail":4245,"authority":4246,"cites":4247},"A BC Energy Future Fund in law","Payments the Province receives from a pipeline would go by law into a separate BC Energy Future Fund for the energy transition.","A provincial law passed by the legislature.",[4146,4145],[],[4048,4049],[4051,4052,4251],"The party gives no year for a balanced budget and no costed plan.",{"issue":350,"paragraphs":4253,"proposals":4256,"questions":4257,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4258,"gaps":4259},[4254,4255],"The party’s vision page lists “transparent, accountable, and ethical leadership”. Its values page says it wants to bring back civility and respectful debate in politics.","The party’s policy page says each proposal is tested against five questions: whether it fits the party’s values, has evidence behind it, is affordable, can be carried out, and leaves the province stronger.",[],[],[4048,4049],[4052,4260],"The party has made no specific proposal on legislature rules, ethics law or elections that voche.me found.",[4262,4266,4270,4274,4279,4283,4287],{"question":4263,"answer":4264,"cites":4265},"Who leads Centre BC?","Elenore Sturko, the MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale. She became leader on 2026-09-22, and Elections BC lists her as leader.",[2307,3928,3930],{"question":4267,"answer":4268,"cites":4269},"Where is Elenore Sturko running?","She says she is running in Surrey South, where she was first elected in 2022. Elections BC’s list of accepted nominations did not show her name on 2026-09-30. Nominations close on 2026-10-03.",[3941,3942,2795],{"question":4271,"answer":4272,"cites":4273},"What happened with the MLAs who joined in September?","Eight MLAs joined on 2026-09-18 and Peter Milobar became leader. On 2026-09-22 Milobar and six others returned to the BC Conservatives. Sturko stayed.",[3921,3927,3928],{"question":4275,"answer":4276,"cites":4277},"Has the party published a platform?","Its policy page, read on 2026-09-30, says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas and that a full platform will follow. Earlier releases set out positions on food costs, child care, extortion, forestry, pipelines and Indigenous title.",[4278,4045,4112,4206],"policy",{"question":4280,"answer":4281,"cites":4282},"Who founded the party?","Karin Kirkpatrick, who was elected as a BC Liberal in 2020 and sat for BC United until 2024. Elections BC approved the party in April 2025.",[3880,3881],{"question":4284,"answer":4285,"cites":4286},"Is Andrew Weaver running for Centre BC?","Yes. The party named him its candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head on 2026-09-23. He represented that district from 2013 to 2020 as a BC Green.",[3935,3936],{"question":4288,"answer":4289,"cites":4290},"Does the party get public money from Elections BC?","Elections BC’s allowance page lists payments for 2025 and 2026 only to the BC Green Party, the BC NDP and the Conservative Party. Centre BC did not exist at the 2024 election, which sets who qualifies.",[2326],{"entries":4292,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4293,"gaps":4297},[],[4294,4295,4296],"The legislature’s party standings, read through its data service on 2026-09-30","The legislature’s 2026 index of standing votes for Elenore Sturko, https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votess.htm","CentreBC news posts from 2025-02-12 to 2026-09-23",[4298,4299],"The legislature lists no member under Centre BC on 2026-09-30, and gives Elenore Sturko’s party as Independent.","Sturko’s 2026 recorded votes are in the vote index, but voche.me has not matched each vote to a date. None is listed here, because a vote cast before she joined the party on 2026-09-18 belongs to her as an Independent.","centre-bc",[4302,4303,4304,4305,4306,4307,4308,4312,4315,4318,4322,4325,4328,4332,4335,4339,4343,4347,4351,4355,4359,4362,4367,4370,4374,4378,4381,4385,4388,4393,4398,4402,4406,4409,4412,4415,4419,4422,4423,4424,4426,4430,4431,4432,4433,4435,4437],{"id":2307,"label":2792,"url":2793,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2795,"label":2796,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2735,"label":2798,"url":2799,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":43,"label":44,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2326,"label":2808,"url":2809,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2811,"label":2812,"url":2320,"publisher":35,"kind":2813,"checkedAt":723},{"id":4309,"label":4310,"url":4311,"publisher":3875,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"home","CentreBC home 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He served as premier for 12 years.",[4674],"ce-bc-politics",{"title":4676,"body":4677,"cites":4678},"1952: Social Credit breaks away","In 1952 a new party led by W.A.C. Bennett broke away from the Conservative Party and took the name Social Credit, according to The Canadian Encyclopedia.",[4674],{"title":4680,"body":4681,"cites":4682},"March 2023: John Rustad becomes leader","Rustad, expelled from the BC Liberal caucus in 2022, joined the party in February 2023 and was named leader in March 2023. In September 2023 Bruce Banman joined him, giving the party two MLAs.",[4683],"prpeak-rustad",{"date":791,"title":4685,"body":4686,"cites":4687},"2024 election: 44 seats and Official Opposition","The party ran 93 candidates, won 44 seats and received 911,153 votes, 43.28 per cent of the valid votes. 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Iain Black, Yuri Fulmer and Peter Milobar were eliminated in earlier rounds.",[4705,4699],"cpbc-leadership-results",{"date":4707,"title":4708,"body":4709,"cites":4710},"2026-09-20","Findlay resigns; Doerkson becomes interim leader","Findlay resigned after 14 MLAs left caucus during her time as leader. Lorne Doerkson was named interim leader the same day, Global News reported.",[4711,4712],"cbc-findlay-resigns","global-findlay-timeline",{"date":562,"title":4714,"body":4715,"cites":4716},"Election called; departed MLAs return","On the day David Eby called the election, Peter Milobar and six other MLAs who had joined CentreBC returned to the Conservatives, and the party said Brennan Day had also returned.",[4717,4718],"am1150-centrebc-return","cfjc-milobar-rejoins",{"date":236,"title":4720,"body":4721,"cites":4722},"Sitting MLAs approved as candidates; Rustad will not run again","The party said its Election Readiness Committee approved every sitting member of its caucus to run, and that John Rustad would not seek re-election.",[251,4698],[4724,4725,4726,4727],"Elections BC statement of votes for 2024","The Canadian Encyclopedia article on politics in British Columbia","News reports from December 2024 to September 2026","The party’s posted 2026 leadership results",[4729,4730,4731],"No independent source giving the founding date of the party organization was found. The Canadian Encyclopedia gives 1903 as the first party-line election.","Results of general elections from 1903 to 2020 have not been added.","The date Trevor Halford became interim leader was not found in a source read for this record.",[4733,4738,4742],{"role":4734,"name":4735,"since":4707,"cites":4736},"Interim leader","Lorne Doerkson",[2307,4712,4737],"cbc-doerkson-named",{"role":4739,"name":4740,"cites":4741},"Party president","Mauro Francis",[4737],{"role":4743,"name":4744,"cites":4745},"Financial agent","Mae Romero",[4746,4747],"cpbc-home","cpbc-audited-2025",{"src":4749,"alt":4750,"sourceUrl":4751,"checkedAt":723},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fconservative-party-of-bc.webp","Conservative Party of BC logo","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F09\u002FUntitled-design-2.png",{},{"searchUrl":2320,"filings":4754,"notes":4774,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4778,"gaps":4782},[4755,4761,4768],{"period":4756,"kind":4757,"url":4758,"note":4759,"cites":4760},"2025 calendar year","Annual financial report, audited","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F04\u002FCPBC-Audited-Financials-2025.pdf","As posted on the party’s website. 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Loans payable $5,000,000.00 in total at December 31, 2024.",[4767],"cpbc-financials-2024",{"period":4769,"kind":4770,"url":4771,"note":4772,"cites":4773},"2025 and 2026 annual allowances","Public allowance paid by Elections BC","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Fannual-allowances\u002F","Elections BC pays each qualifying party $1.85 (2025) or $1.89 (2026) per vote received in 2024. It paid the Conservatives $1,685,633.05 in 2025 and $1,722,079.17 in 2026, in two payments each year.",[3094],[4775,4776,4777],"The two reports above are copies the party posted on its own website. The copies filed with Elections BC are in its Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.","The 2025 report shows a surplus for the year of $3,274,640.46. The 2024 statements show a deficit for the year of $5,258,297.07.","Reports for the 2026 election campaign are filed after election day and are not yet public.",[4779,2338,4780,4781],"Elections BC financial reporting page","Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System welcome page","Financial PDF files posted on conservativebc.ca",[4783,4784,4785],"The Elections BC search system returned an error page to a direct read, so the filed copies were not compared line by line with the party’s posted copies.","The 2024 statements posted by the party include no auditors’ report.","Lists of individual contributors were not read or copied.",{"entries":4787,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4840,"gaps":4843},[4788,4793,4797,4801,4806,4808,4813,4817,4822,4826,4831,4835],{"date":4701,"publisher":4789,"title":4790,"url":4791,"summary":4792},"Black Press Media (Chilliwack Progress)","Kerry-Lynne Findlay will be the next leader of the B.C. 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Conservatives interim leader following Findlay resignation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Florne-doerkson-named-b-c-conservatives-interim-leader-9.7352318","The remaining caucus recommended Doerkson, the MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, and the party board approved him as interim leader.",{"date":2873,"publisher":4802,"title":4803,"url":4804,"summary":4805},"The Canadian Press, via CBC News","5 MLAs, including former leader, returning to B.C. Conservative caucus as prospect of election looms","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fjohn-rustad-rejoins-b-c-conservative-caucus-9.7352398","Doerkson readmitted John Rustad, Trevor Halford, Scott McInnis, Linda Hepner and Claire Rattée to caucus.",{"date":562,"publisher":3983,"title":3992,"url":3993,"summary":4807},"Peter Milobar and six MLAs who had joined CentreBC returned to the Conservatives on the day the election was called. Elenore Sturko stayed with CentreBC.",{"date":236,"publisher":4809,"title":4810,"url":4811,"summary":4812},"The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity.ca","B.C. Conservatives vow new rule to keep Doerkson leader, as Rustad exits","https:\u002F\u002Fenergeticcity.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fleader-of-b-c-conservatives-says-they-are-united-ready-after-snap-election-call\u002F","The party constitution bars an interim leader from taking the job permanently. The board said it would seek a change, which needs a two-thirds vote at a members’ meeting.",{"date":236,"publisher":209,"title":4814,"url":4815,"summary":4816},"Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad not running for re-election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Frustad-election-bc-9.7356107","The party confirmed Rustad, who led it in 2024 and left the leadership on December 4, 2025, will not run in Nechako Lakes.",{"date":4818,"publisher":209,"title":4819,"url":4820,"summary":4821},"2026-09-26","Lorne Doerkson talks values as he leads B.C. Conservatives into election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Florne-doerkson-leader-bc-conservatives-election-season-9.7357295","In an interview, Doerkson said SOGI resources should be removed from schools and called U.S. President Donald Trump a bully.",{"date":3471,"publisher":2221,"title":4823,"url":4824,"summary":4825},"BC Conservatives promise no new taxes if elected","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12075070\u002Fbc-election-september-27-conservative-platform\u002F","Doerkson pledged in Surrey that his government would not raise existing taxes or bring in new ones.",{"date":2370,"publisher":4827,"title":4828,"url":4829,"summary":4830},"Black Press Media (Agassiz Harrison Observer)","B.C. Conservative leader pledges to triple LNG production","https:\u002F\u002Fagassizharrisonobserver.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fb-c-conservative-leader-pledges-to-triple-lng-production\u002F","Doerkson released the party’s LNG plan. NDP candidate Ravi Parmar said the NDP’s current path would produce more.",{"date":2370,"publisher":4832,"title":3127,"url":4833,"summary":4834},"The Canadian Press, via Yahoo Finance Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fca.finance.yahoo.com\u002Fnews\u002Fb-c-eby-says-cut-185020397.html","Doerkson gave no timeline for balancing the budget. David Eby said the Conservative tax pledge would mean cuts to health care and education.",{"date":2375,"publisher":4836,"title":4837,"url":4838,"summary":4839},"Black Press Media (The Northern View)","Doerkson promises to cut PST on Canadian alcohol","https:\u002F\u002Fthenorthernview.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fdoerkson-promises-to-cut-pst-on-canadian-alcohol\u002F","At a Langley winery, Doerkson promised to remove the 10 per cent PST on Canadian wine, beer and spirits until the trade dispute with the U.S. ends.",[4841,4842],"Web searches for the party, its leader and its pledges, May to September 2026","Every article listed here, opened and read in full on 2026-09-30",[4844,4845],"Reporting from before May 2026 has not been indexed here, apart from the history entries.","Paywalled coverage, including The Globe and Mail, was not read.",[4847,4848,4849,4850,4851],"In the 2024 election the party ran 93 candidates, won 44 of 93 seats and received 911,153 votes, 43.28 per cent of the valid votes, according to Elections BC’s statement of votes. That result made it the Official Opposition.","Elections BC’s register of parties, dated September 30, 2026, names Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, as interim leader. CBC News reported that the remaining caucus recommended him and the party’s board approved him after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned on Sunday, September 20. The party’s own site calls him leader.","During Findlay’s time as leader, from May to September 2026, 14 members left the Conservative caucus, according to CBC News. After Doerkson took over, reporting from September 21 and 22 says John Rustad, Trevor Halford, Scott McInnis, Linda Hepner, Claire Rattée, Brennan Day, Peter Milobar and six other members who had joined CentreBC returned to the Conservatives. The legislature’s member records, read September 30, still list Brennan Day, Peter Milobar, Bruce Banman, Rosalyn Bird, Ian Paton, Teresa Wat, Á’a:líya Warbus and Donegal Wilson as Independent.","Elections BC accepts nominations until October 3, 2026, and its candidate list grows as nominations are accepted. The party’s team page lists its candidates by district, and Doerkson told CBC News the party is working to run a candidate in every district.","The party says it offers “real change” to make the province “safer and more affordable”. Its stated campaign commitments so far are no new taxes, removal of the PST on Canadian alcohol during the U.S. trade dispute, a plan to double LNG production by 2032, and repeal of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.",{"accent":4853,"onAccent":2391,"tint":4854,"ink":2393},"#1D4ED8","#e8edfb",[4856,4874,4884,4910,4919,4954,4964,4983,5005,5013,5028],{"issue":375,"paragraphs":4857,"proposals":4860,"questions":4861,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4867,"gaps":4871},[4858,4859],"The party’s platform page lists a policy area called “Get BC Building”, described in one line as “a plan to end the housing shortage and make life more affordable”. No text of that plan was published on the site by September 30, 2026.","In a September 25 statement, Lorne Doerkson said a Conservative government “will bring down the cost of building and buying a home so more homes get built”. He criticized the NDP plan announced that week to tax unsold condominiums. The statement names no specific measure.",[],[4862],{"question":4863,"answer":4864,"cites":4865},"Has the party published a housing plan?","By September 30, 2026 it had published a title and a one-line description, “Get BC Building”, and a statement from Doerkson promising to bring down the cost of building and buying a home.",[255,4866],"cpbc-housing-tax",[4868,4869,4870],"The party’s platform page, conservativebc.ca\u002Four-platform, read 2026-09-30","All 11 party news releases listed on conservativebc.ca\u002Flatest-news-updates, September 23 to 30, 2026","The PDF files the party has posted on its website, listed through the site’s public media index",[4872,4873],"The platform page marks the platform “coming soon”. Its policy titles do not open to any published text as of 2026-09-30.","No housing measure with a cost, a date or a named law was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":310,"paragraphs":4875,"proposals":4878,"questions":4879,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4880,"gaps":4882},[4876,4877],"The party’s platform page lists five health titles: “Putting Patients First” (“Expanding Access to Care and Ending Long Wait Times”), “BC Recovers” (a plan on overdoses and addiction), “Real Support For Mental Wellness”, “Next Gen Reproductive Health” and “Standing Up for Seniors”. None of them opened to published text on September 30, 2026.","NDP Leader David Eby says the Conservative tax pledge would mean cuts to health care and education, pointing to remarks Tony Luck made in February 2024, The Canadian Press reported. Black Press Media reported Luck’s reply on September 28: “I do not intend to cut the health-care budget.”",[],[],[4868,4869,4870,4881],"Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 28, 2026",[4872,4883],"No health measure with a cost or a date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":320,"paragraphs":4885,"proposals":4889,"questions":4905,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4906,"gaps":4908},[4886,4887,4888],"The party’s two cost-of-living commitments so far are about taxes: a pledge of no new taxes, and removal of the provincial sales tax on Canadian alcohol while the U.S. trade dispute lasts.","Black Press Media reported that Doerkson, asked about the cost of the alcohol tax cut, said the budget would lose some revenue. The party has published no estimate of that cost.","The platform page also lists “Common Sense Childcare”, described as a plan to expand affordable childcare spots and work with independent childcare providers. No text of that plan was published by September 30, 2026.",[4890,4898],{"title":4891,"detail":4892,"authority":4893,"deadline":4894,"cites":4895},"Remove the PST on Canadian beer, wine and spirits","The party says a Conservative government would remove the provincial sales tax at the till on Canadian beer, wine and spirits for as long as the U.S. trade dispute lasts. Doerkson also said U.S. liquor would stay off store shelves until the dispute is resolved.","The provincial sales tax rate is set by provincial law, so the legislature and the finance ministry can change it.","For the length of the U.S. trade dispute, by the party’s account.",[4896,4897],"cpbc-pst-alcohol","bpm-pst-alcohol",{"title":4899,"detail":4900,"authority":4901,"cites":4902},"No new taxes and no tax increases","Doerkson pledged on September 27, 2026 that his government would not raise existing taxes or introduce new ones, for its whole term.","Provincial tax rates are set by the legislature.",[4903,4904],"cpbc-no-new-taxes","global-no-new-taxes",[],[4868,4869,4870,4907],"Global News, Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 27 to 29, 2026",[4909],"The party has published no cost for the alcohol tax cut and no list of which taxes the pledge covers.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":4911,"proposals":4914,"questions":4915,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4916,"gaps":4917},[4912,4913],"The party’s platform page lists “Safe and Secure”, described as “a plan to restore public safety and rebuilding confidence in our justice system”, and “BC Recovers”, a plan on the overdose and addictions crisis. Neither opened to published text on September 30, 2026.","The party’s September 29 release on its Surrey candidates says they will “restore safety to Surrey’s streets” and mentions extortion and violence against small businesses. It names no measure.",[],[],[4868,4869,4870],[4872,4918],"No public safety measure with a cost, a date or a named law was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":898,"paragraphs":4920,"proposals":4924,"questions":4949,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4950,"gaps":4952},[4921,4922,4923],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan, published September 28, 2026, is the only detailed plan the party had released by September 30. Its goal is to more than double natural gas production by 2032 and more than triple it by 2035.","The plan says the NDP slowed LNG projects. The NDP disputes the targets: Forests minister and NDP candidate Ravi Parmar called it a “ChatGPT plan” and said the NDP’s current path would more than triple LNG production by 2035, as Black Press Media reported.","The platform page also lists titles on food production (“Grown in BC”), mining, forestry and technology. None opened to published text on September 30, 2026.",[4925,4933,4937,4941,4945],{"title":4926,"detail":4927,"deadline":4928,"cites":4929},"Double natural gas production by 2032 and triple it by 2035","The plan sets a goal of more than doubling natural gas production by 2032 and more than tripling it by 2035, and designating the gas reserves of the Montney Formation a strategic provincial asset.","2032 and 2035",[4930,4931,4932],"cpbc-energy-plan","cpbc-energy","cpbc-lng",{"title":4934,"detail":4935,"authority":4246,"cites":4936},"A 120-day approval law for major projects","The party says it would pass a “120 Day Permitting Act” and match provincial permits, approvals and consultation to the federal Bill C-39, so projects led by the province are approved within one year.",[4932,4930],{"title":4938,"detail":4939,"cites":4940},"Resource corridors and pipeline expansions","The plan would set up resource development corridors for pipelines and power lines, and support the second phase of Coastal GasLink, Prince Rupert Gas Transmission and Enbridge’s Sunrise expansion.",[4930],{"title":4942,"detail":4943,"cites":4944},"Trade missions led by the premier","The plan promises trade missions led by the premier to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and South and Southeast Asia, energy agreements with buyers, energy security agreements with those countries, and sales to European buyers starting with Germany.",[4930],{"title":4946,"detail":4947,"cites":4948},"Bring LNG company head offices to BC","The plan says the party would contact companies that left BC’s LNG sector, naming ExxonMobil, Chevron, Petronas and Woodside, and encourage LNG and gas companies to base their head offices in the province.",[4930],[],[4868,4869,4870,4951,4881],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF, 9 pages",[4953,4872],"The plan gives no cost estimate and no expected revenue figure.",{"issue":385,"paragraphs":4955,"proposals":4958,"questions":4959,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4960,"gaps":4962},[4956,4957],"The party’s platform page lists “Excellence in Education”, described as “a plan for common sense change to put learning first and restore excellence in education”. No text of that plan was published by September 30, 2026.","In an interview with CBC News published September 26, 2026, Doerkson said “I think that SOGI has to be removed”, referring to the sexual orientation and gender identity resources used in schools, and said schools should focus on arithmetic and reading.",[],[],[4868,4869,4870,4961],"CBC News interview with Lorne Doerkson, September 26, 2026",[4872,4963],"The party has published no written education policy that states the SOGI position.",{"issue":974,"paragraphs":4965,"proposals":4969,"questions":4978,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":4979,"gaps":4981},[4966,4967,4968],"The energy plan published September 28, 2026 would end emissions limits that the party says stop new investment beyond LNG Canada, and would replace what it calls the “costly and confusing carbon tax framework” for LNG with “stable guidance”. It also asks the federal government to credit BC for emissions cuts abroad when BC gas replaces coal.","In his September 26 interview with CBC News, Doerkson said he believes climate change brings serious challenges, speaking of drought and the wildfire season in Cariboo-Chilcotin.","The platform page lists “Powering BC” as an energy title. It did not open to published text on September 30, 2026.",[4970,4974],{"title":4971,"detail":4972,"cites":4973},"End emissions limits that affect new LNG projects","The plan would end emissions limits the party says are stopping investment beyond LNG Canada, and review barriers to investment in the CleanBC plan with industry.",[4930],{"title":4975,"detail":4976,"cites":4977},"Replace the carbon tax framework for LNG","The plan would replace the carbon tax framework that applies to new LNG development with guidance that, in the party’s words, rewards operators without penalizing BC exports against U.S. and Qatari competitors.",[4930],[],[4868,4869,4870,4980,4961],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF",[4982,4872],"The party has published no emissions target.",{"issue":298,"paragraphs":4984,"proposals":4989,"questions":5000,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5001,"gaps":5003},[4985,4986,4987,4988],"The party’s September 23, 2026 release says it will run on a plan to “repeal DRIPA”, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act passed in 2019.","In April 2026, Conservative MLA Trevor Halford introduced a bill to repeal that act. It was defeated at first reading, 44 votes to 47. Lorne Doerkson was among the 44 members recorded in favour.","The energy plan says the party would honour First Nations agreements on resources, pipelines and power lines, and expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of projects on their territory.","The platform page lists “Economic Reconciliation, Healthy Communities”, described as a plan for partnerships, economic development and respect for Indigenous governance. It did not open to published text on September 30, 2026.",[4990,4996],{"title":4991,"detail":4992,"authority":4993,"cites":4994},"Repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act","The party says it will repeal DRIPA. The bill Trevor Halford introduced on April 22, 2026 would have done this; it was defeated at first reading.","DRIPA is a provincial law, so the legislature can repeal it.",[251,4995],"hansard-20260422pm",{"title":4997,"detail":4998,"cites":4999},"Expand loan guarantees for First Nations ownership","The energy plan would expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of the projects on their territory, and would work with the First Nations Major Projects Coalition.",[4930],[],[4868,4869,4870,5002,4980],"Hansard for April 22, 2026",[5004,4872],"The party has published no plan for what would replace DRIPA.",{"issue":2660,"paragraphs":5006,"proposals":5008,"questions":5009,"state":2292,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5010,"gaps":5011},[5007],"The party’s platform page lists “Get BC Moving”, described in one line: “Conservatives will do what it takes to get BC moving again, in every part of the province.” No text of that plan was published by September 30, 2026.",[],[],[4868,4869,4870],[4872,5012],"No transportation project, cost or date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":330,"paragraphs":5014,"proposals":5018,"questions":5023,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5024,"gaps":5026},[5015,5016,5017],"The party’s main budget commitment is its no-new-taxes pledge of September 27, 2026. Its release says the NDP raised the lowest income tax rate from 5.06 per cent to 5.60 per cent; that figure is the party’s own statement.","The Canadian Press reported on September 28 that Doerkson gave no details on how a Conservative government would balance the budget. He said it would be “almost impossible to commit to how quickly we will be able to arrive at balanced budgets”.","The platform page lists “A Free and Prosperous BC”, described as a plan to encourage investment and “get government working for taxpayers”. It did not open to published text on September 30, 2026.",[5019],{"title":5020,"detail":5021,"authority":4901,"cites":5022},"No new taxes for a full term","Doerkson pledged that his government would not introduce new taxes or raise existing ones throughout its term.",[4903,4904],[],[4868,4869,4870,5025],"Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[5027,4872],"The party has published no costed fiscal plan and no date for a balanced budget.",{"issue":350,"paragraphs":5029,"proposals":5030,"questions":5031,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5032,"gaps":5034},[],[],[],[4868,4869,4870,5033],"The party’s official documents page (constitution and policy declaration, shown as page viewers only)",[5035,5036],"No platform title or release on legislature rules, ethics, transparency or elections was found on the party’s site on 2026-09-30.","The constitution and policy declaration on the official documents page load in a page viewer that did not return readable text.",[5038,5043,5048,5052,5057,5061,5065],{"question":5039,"answer":5040,"cites":5041},"Who leads the Conservative Party of BC?","Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, is interim leader. Elections BC’s register lists him, and he took over on September 20, 2026, after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned. One candidate page on the party’s site carries the words “Interim Conservative Party Leader” under Caroline Elliott’s name; Elections BC and news reports name Doerkson.",[2307,4712,4737,5042],"cpbc-elliott",{"question":5044,"answer":5045,"cites":5046},"Can an interim leader stay on as premier?","The party constitution bars an interim leader from taking the job permanently, The Canadian Press reported. The party board said it would seek a change, which needs a two-thirds vote of members at a general meeting.",[5047],"cp-doerkson-rule",{"question":5049,"answer":5050,"cites":5051},"How did the party do in the 2024 election?","It ran 93 candidates, won 44 of 93 seats and received 43.28 per cent of the valid votes, according to Elections BC. That made it the Official Opposition.",[43,4737],{"question":5053,"answer":5054,"cites":5055},"Did the members who left in 2026 come back?","Reporting from September 21 and 22, 2026 says John Rustad, Trevor Halford, Scott McInnis, Linda Hepner and Claire Rattée were readmitted, and Peter Milobar and six other members who had joined CentreBC returned. Elenore Sturko stayed with CentreBC.",[5056,4717,4718],"cbc-rustad-rejoins",{"question":5058,"answer":5059,"cites":5060},"Is Jordan Kealy a Conservative candidate?","Kealy won Peace River North as a Conservative in 2024 and left the caucus in March 2025. The legislature lists him as Independent, and Elections BC’s candidate list shows him as Independent, with Curtis Whitford as the Conservative candidate in Peace River North.",[43,4692,3428,2795],{"question":5062,"answer":5063,"cites":5064},"Has the party released a full platform?","By September 30, 2026, its platform page said “coming soon” and listed 17 policy titles. The one detailed document was the BC Energy Superpower Plan on natural gas and LNG, released September 28.",[255,4930],{"question":5066,"answer":5067,"cites":5068},"How is the party funded?","In 2025 the party reported $2,346,337.60 in political contributions and received $1,685,633.05 in public annual allowance from Elections BC, out of total income of $7,570,987.95.",[4747,3094],{"entries":5070,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5093,"gaps":5097},[5071,5076,5080,5085,5089],{"date":132,"title":5072,"body":5073,"cites":5074},"Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2), third reading","The vote was tied 46 to 46, and the Speaker voted to pass the bill. Lorne Doerkson, John Rustad, Trevor Halford and Claire Rattée were among the 46 members recorded against.",[5075],"hansard-20260401pm",{"date":157,"title":5077,"body":5078,"cites":5079},"Bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, first reading","Trevor Halford introduced the bill. It was defeated 44 to 47. Lorne Doerkson and John Rustad were among the 44 recorded in favour; the two Green members voted against with the NDP.",[4995],{"date":192,"title":5081,"body":5082,"cites":5083},"K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20), third reading","The bill passed 53 to 39. Lorne Doerkson, Trevor Halford, Claire Rattée and Peter Milobar were among the 39 recorded against. Five members elected as Conservatives in 2024 voted for it: Á’a:líya Warbus, John Rustad, Ian Paton, Brennan Day and Lawrence Mok.",[5084,43],"hansard-20260528pm",{"date":192,"title":5086,"body":5087,"cites":5088},"Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9), third reading","The vote was tied 46 to 46, and the Speaker voted to pass the bill. Lorne Doerkson and John Rustad were among the 46 recorded against, as were the two Green members.",[5084],{"date":192,"title":5090,"body":5091,"cites":5092},"Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22), third reading","The bill, which approves the province’s spending for the year, passed 46 to 45. Lorne Doerkson reported the bill from committee and then was among the 45 members recorded against it.",[5084],[5094,5095,5096],"The 2026 recorded-vote index for Lorne Doerkson, 43rd Parliament, 2nd session","Hansard transcripts for April 1, April 22 and May 28, 2026","The 2024 statement of votes, for which members were elected as Conservatives",[5098,5099,5100],"Only recorded divisions from the spring 2026 sitting were read. Votes decided by voice name nobody and are left out.","Votes from the 2025 sittings have not been reviewed for this record.","The division lists give member names only. 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and Reconciliation","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fconservative-party-of-bc-statement-on-national-day-of-truth-and-reconciliation\u002F",{"id":5165,"label":5166,"url":5167,"publisher":5101,"kind":2817,"publishedAt":2375,"checkedAt":723},"cpbc-surrey","Conservative Party of BC announces Surrey candidates (release)","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fconservative-party-of-bc-announces-strong-surrey-candidates-for-serious-times\u002F",{"id":5169,"label":5170,"url":5171,"publisher":5101,"kind":2817,"publishedAt":3120,"checkedAt":723},"cpbc-knight","White Rock Mayor Megan Knight to run in Surrey South (release)","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fwhite-rock-mayor-megan-knight-to-run-for-the-conservative-party-of-british-columbia-in-surrey-south\u002F",{"id":5173,"label":5174,"url":5175,"publisher":5101,"kind":2817,"publishedAt":3120,"checkedAt":723},"cpbc-why-election","The NDP called this election 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Elections BC lists Lorne Doerkson as its interim leader; he took over on September 20, 2026, when Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned. The party won 44 of 93 seats in 2024. 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The party’s first Elections BC financial report covers a period that begins on 2025-06-09.",[3881,5350,5351],"cbc-launch","afr-2025","OneBC: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":5354,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5410,"gaps":5413},[5355,5359,5363,5368,5373,5380,5385,5391,5398,5404],{"date":791,"title":5356,"body":5357,"cites":5358},"Brodie and Armstrong elected as Conservatives","Dallas Brodie won Vancouver-Quilchena for the Conservative Party with 11,464 votes (51.58 percent). Tara Armstrong won Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream for the Conservative Party with 14,303 votes (53.92 percent). OneBC did not yet exist.",[43],{"title":5360,"body":5361,"cites":5362},"Brodie removed from the Conservative caucus, March 2025","Conservative leader John Rustad removed Brodie from caucus over podcast comments that he said mocked residential school survivors. Brodie denied mocking survivors and told CBC News she had been mocking what she called post-modern, woke culture. Armstrong and Jordan Kealy left the Conservatives after her removal.",[5350,3881],{"date":5364,"title":5365,"body":5366,"cites":5367},"2025-06-12","OneBC launched","Brodie and Armstrong announced the party, with Brodie as interim leader and Armstrong as house leader. Jordan Kealy did not join. The party’s first financial report covers a period that starts on 2025-06-09.",[3881,5350,5351],{"date":4338,"title":5369,"body":5370,"cites":5371},"Land acknowledgement bill defeated","The legislature defeated Brodie’s Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act at first reading, 5 to 85.",[5372],"hansard-20251023am",{"date":5374,"title":5375,"body":5376,"cites":5377},"2025-12-13","Board says it removed Brodie as leader","The party posted a resolution signed by three of four board members, Tim Thielmann, Paul Ratchford and Tara Armstrong, removing Brodie as interim leader. A party post on X accused people acting for Brodie of trying to take control of party systems without permission. Brodie said the dispute began when she tried to fire a staffer over comments she called incompatible with her values, and said she still considered herself leader.",[5378,5379],"cbc-ousted","global-removed",{"title":5381,"body":5382,"cites":5383},"Official party status lost, December 2025","CBC News reported on 2025-12-17 that Armstrong had written to the Speaker to say she would not caucus with Brodie, and that both would sit as Independents. A party needs at least two members to have official status in the legislature.",[5384],"cbc-status-lost",{"date":5386,"title":5387,"body":5388,"cites":5389},"2025-12-21","Brodie says she has regained control","In a social media post, Brodie wrote that after negotiations she had regained control of the party and was its leader again. Armstrong said she stood by her choice to sit as an Independent.",[5390],"bp-brodie-back",{"date":5392,"title":5393,"body":5394,"cites":5395},"2026-05-21","Recall petition issued against Brodie","Elections BC issued a recall petition in Vancouver-Quilchena with Brodie as its subject. It needed 15,232 signatures by 2026-07-20.",[5396,5397],"ebc-recall-issued","nnw-recall",{"date":5399,"title":5400,"body":5401,"cites":5402},"2026-07-20","Recall petition fails","Elections BC said the petition failed, with just under 3,700 signatures handed in.",[5403],"cfjc-recall-fails",{"date":562,"title":5405,"body":5406,"cites":5407},"Chapman announces move as election is called","Surrey South MLA Brent Chapman announced on X that he was leaving the Conservatives for OneBC, shortly before the election was called. The clerk’s office said the party standings did not change, and the legislature still lists him as a Conservative.",[5408,5409,2735],"bp-chapman","tc-party-status",[2296,5411,5412],"Reporting on the party launch, the December 2025 leadership dispute, the 2026 recall petition and the 2026 election call","Elections BC recall news release",[5414],"No independent source states the exact date of Brodie’s removal from the Conservative caucus; the sources read give March 2025.",[5416],{"role":4734,"name":5417,"since":5386,"cites":5418},"Dallas Brodie",[2307,5419,5390],"site-leadership",{"src":5421,"alt":5422,"sourceUrl":5423,"checkedAt":3603},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fonebc.webp","OneBC logo","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002F",{},{"searchUrl":2320,"filings":5426,"notes":5433,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5437,"gaps":5440},[5427],{"period":5428,"kind":5429,"url":5430,"note":5431,"cites":5432},"2025-06-09 to 2025-12-31","Annual financial report (amendment 2, filed 2026-07-17)","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Fpublished\u002F100150495.pdf","Political contributions $177,568.50: 101 contributors gave more than $250 ($91,484.50) and 1,755 gave $250 or less ($86,084). Total income $178,338.50. Total expenses $40,580.25, including $11,244.10 for professional services, $6,590.88 for banking and payment fees, $6,016.46 for travel and $5,567.87 for advertising. Surplus for the period $137,758.25. The report shows no annual allowance.",[5351,3810],[5434,5435,5436],"The party filed its original 2025 report on 2026-03-30, then amendments on 2026-06-24 and 2026-07-17. The figures above come from the latest amendment.","At 2025-12-31 the party reported $150,673.78 in assets and $13,730.53 in liabilities.","Elections BC pays a yearly allowance based on votes in the last general election. OneBC did not exist at the 2024 election, and its 2025 report shows $0.00 in annual allowance.",[5438,5439,2338],"Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, financial reports searched for OneBC on 2026-09-30","OneBC 2025 annual financial report, amendment 2, pages 1 to 4",[5441,5442],"The lists of individual contributors in the report were not transcribed.","No report for 2026 or for the 2026 campaign is on the public record yet.","OneBC",{"entries":5445,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5472,"gaps":5474},[5446,5451,5455,5459,5463,5467],{"date":5447,"publisher":3126,"title":5448,"url":5449,"summary":5450},"2026-05-14","Recall petition to be issued against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie","https:\u002F\u002Fnationalnewswatch.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F14\u002Frecall-petition-to-be-issued-against-onebc-legislator-dallas-brodie","Elections BC approved an application to recall Brodie. The application said she had put her new party ahead of the people of Vancouver-Quilchena. The campaign needed 15,232 signatures by July 20.",{"date":5399,"publisher":3126,"title":5452,"url":5453,"summary":5454},"Elections BC announces failure of recall petition against Vancouver MLA Dallas Brodie","https:\u002F\u002Fcfjctoday.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F20\u002Felections-bc-announces-failure-of-recall-petition-against-vancouver-mla-dallas-brodie\u002F","Elections BC said the recall petition failed. The person behind it handed in just under 3,700 signatures, below the more than 15,000 needed.",{"date":562,"publisher":2360,"title":5456,"url":5457,"summary":5458},"Surrey South MLA Chapman leaving B.C. Conservatives for One BC","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fsurrey-south-mla-chapman-leaving-b-c-conservatives-for-one-bc\u002F","Brent Chapman said in a statement on X that he was leaving the Conservatives for OneBC. He said the Conservative Party had changed since he joined, and named the treatment of his wife, former leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.",{"date":562,"publisher":2221,"title":5460,"url":5461,"summary":5462},"Here are the B.C. party leaders as voters go to the polls","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12068973\u002Fwho-are-bc-party-leaders-2026-election\u002F","The profile names Brodie as OneBC’s interim leader and describes her removal from the Conservative caucus, her split with Tara Armstrong, and her failed 2025 bill on land acknowledgements.",{"date":3463,"publisher":3126,"title":5464,"url":5465,"summary":5466},"OneBC overwhelmed with candidates but fails to get party status","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002F2026-bc-votes\u002Fonebc-overwhelmed-with-candidates-but-fails-to-get-party-status-12821173","The clerk’s office said Chapman did not tell the Speaker or the clerk of his move before the legislature was dissolved, so OneBC did not gain official party status.",{"date":2375,"publisher":5468,"title":5469,"url":5470,"summary":5471},"Western Standard","Day 8 of the 2026 BC Election: Carney comes to town","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.westernstandard.news\u002Fbc\u002Fday-8-of-the-2026-bc-election-carney-comes-to-town\u002F77389","Brodie said OneBC would not run against what she called true conservatives. The outlet, citing CTV, listed eight Conservative candidates the party would not oppose, and reported that OneBC named candidates in Prince George-Valemount, Vernon-Lumby and Langley-Willowbrook.",[5473,2381],"Web searches for OneBC and Dallas Brodie with 2026, election, recall, Chapman and candidates",[5475],"Two articles could not be read because the sites refused both direct reads and WebFetch: Prince George Citizen, \"OneBC names candidate to target Conservative Bird\", and Castanet, \"OneBC names candidate for riding held by former party member Tara Armstrong\".",[5477,5478,5479,5480,5481],"Elections BC lists Dallas Brodie as the interim leader of OneBC. The legislature lists her as an Independent member for Vancouver-Quilchena, a seat she won for the BC Conservatives in 2024. The party says she is its candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena in 2026.","Brodie and Tara Armstrong launched the party in June 2025, after Brodie was removed from the Conservative caucus and Armstrong left it. Armstrong left OneBC in December 2025 and now sits as an Independent.","OneBC has no official party status in the legislature. On 2026-09-22 Brent Chapman, elected as a Conservative in Surrey South, announced he was joining OneBC. The clerk of the legislature said he did not tell the Speaker or the clerk before the legislature was dissolved, so the party standings did not change.","The party says it would cut every income tax rate by 25 percent, cut the provincial sales tax by 2 points, repeal DRIPA, remove SOGI 123 from classrooms, allow private health care alongside public care, and balance the budget within 4 years.","OneBC did not exist at the 2024 election, so it has no 2024 result. 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It does not name the land or the taxes.","The party does not say who would act.",[3691],[],[5509,5510],"OneBC priorities page (1bc.ca\u002Fpriorities), read 2026-09-30","OneBC home page plan summary (1bc.ca), read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":310,"paragraphs":5513,"proposals":5516,"questions":5537,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5538,"gaps":5540},[5514,5515,5489],"OneBC says it would allow private health care alongside fully funded public health care, and move spending from administration to front-line staff.","On addiction, the party says it would end safe supply and drug consumption programs, turn existing consumption sites into recovery centres, and use involuntary treatment and housing for people with severe addiction.",[5517,5522,5526,5531],{"title":5518,"detail":5519,"authority":5520,"cites":5521},"Private care alongside public care","The party says it would allow private health care alongside fully funded public health care.","A provincial law on how health care is paid for and delivered.",[5496,3691,5350],{"title":5523,"detail":5524,"authority":2422,"cites":5525},"Move administration money to front-line care","The party says it would shift administration and human resources spending to front-line employees and resources.",[5496],{"title":5527,"detail":5528,"authority":5529,"cites":5530},"End safe supply and consumption sites","The party says it would end safe supply and drug consumption programs, cancel all new consumption sites and turn current sites into recovery centres.","Provincial health programs.",[5496],{"title":5532,"detail":5533,"authority":5534,"cites":5535},"Involuntary treatment for severe addiction","The party says it would provide involuntary drug rehab and housing for people who are severely addicted.","A provincial law and provincial health programs.",[5496,5536],"site-petitions",[],[5509,5510,5539],"OneBC petitions page, read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":320,"paragraphs":5542,"proposals":5543,"questions":5544,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5545,"gaps":5547},[],[],[],[5509,5510,5546],"OneBC candidate, leadership and petitions pages, read 2026-09-30",[5548],"The party’s pages list no proposal on prices, energy or car insurance rates, rebates or the minimum wage. Its tax cut proposals are under Taxes and budget.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":5550,"proposals":5552,"questions":5576,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5577,"gaps":5578},[5551,5489],"OneBC says it would focus the justice system on repeat and violent offenders, and end decriminalization programs for drug use.",[5553,5558,5562,5567,5572],{"title":5554,"detail":5555,"authority":5556,"cites":5557},"Focus on repeat and violent offenders","The party says prosecutors would be told to treat past charges or convictions as a sign of future danger to the public.","Provincial instructions to Crown prosecutors.",[5496],{"title":5559,"detail":5560,"authority":5494,"cites":5561},"End decriminalization","The party says it would roll back all decriminalization programs and act against open drug use.",[5496],{"title":5563,"detail":5564,"authority":5565,"cites":5566},"Protect ports from smuggling","The party says it would work with the federal government against international criminal groups that bring drugs and firearms into the country through ports.","Needs the federal government.",[5496,3691],{"title":5568,"detail":5569,"authority":5570,"cites":5571},"No province role in federal firearm buy-backs","The party says the Province would not take part in any federal buy-back or confiscation of legally owned firearms, would pay for legal help for owners, and would run a provincial storage program for such firearms.","A provincial government decision.",[5496],{"title":5573,"detail":5574,"authority":5505,"cites":5575},"No masks at protests","The party lists a ban on wearing masks during protests. It gives no further detail.",[5496],[],[5509,5510],[],{"issue":898,"paragraphs":5580,"proposals":5582,"questions":5596,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5597,"gaps":5598},[5581,5489],"OneBC says the government’s role is to create conditions in which private business can do well, and that its role is not to create jobs itself.",[5583,5588,5592],{"title":5584,"detail":5585,"authority":5586,"cites":5587},"A pipeline to the north coast","The party says it would approve a pipeline to the Port of Prince Rupert or Kitimat to move Canadian energy to foreign markets.","The party does not say which government would approve it.",[5496,3691],{"title":5589,"detail":5590,"authority":5494,"cites":5591},"Review all provincial rules","The party says it would audit more than 176,000 provincial regulations to cut what it calls bureaucratic bloat. voche.me has not checked the figure.",[5496,3691],{"title":5593,"detail":5594,"authority":5494,"cites":5595},"More logging and lower stumpage fees","The party says it would increase the allowable yearly cut, reduce stumpage fees paid by lumber companies, and speed up permits and consultations for the forest industry.",[5496,3691],[],[5509,5510],[],{"issue":385,"paragraphs":5600,"proposals":5603,"questions":5623,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5624,"gaps":5626},[5601,5602,5489],"OneBC says it would remove SOGI 123 and what it calls politicized content from classrooms, and bring back standardized tests in reading, writing and math.","On its home page the party also says it would give public, private and home schooling equal funding, and make education an essential service by law. CBC News reported in June 2025 that the party wanted to take away teachers’ right to strike.",[5604,5609,5613,5618],{"title":5605,"detail":5606,"authority":5607,"cites":5608},"Remove SOGI 123","The party says it would remove SOGI 123 and politicized content from classrooms.","The provincial education ministry.",[5496,3691],{"title":5610,"detail":5611,"authority":5607,"cites":5612},"Bring back standardized testing","The party says it would bring back standardized tests that focus on reading, writing and math.",[5496,3691],{"title":5614,"detail":5615,"authority":5616,"cites":5617},"A Parental Bill of Rights","The party says it would pass a Parental Bill of Rights that guarantees informed consent and classroom openness for parents of minor-age students.","A bill passed by the legislature.",[5496,3691],{"title":5619,"detail":5620,"authority":5621,"cites":5622},"Equal funding and an essential service","The party says it would equalize funding for public, private and home schooling, and make education an essential service by law.","A provincial budget decision and a bill passed by the legislature.",[3691,5350],[],[5509,5510,5625],"CBC News report on the party launch, 2025-06-13",[],{"issue":974,"paragraphs":5628,"proposals":5629,"questions":5630,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5631,"gaps":5632},[],[],[],[5509,5510,5539],[5633],"The party’s home page says it is on a mission to preserve the environment, but its pages list no proposal on emissions, carbon pricing, wildfire or water. Its forestry proposals are under Economy and jobs.",{"issue":298,"paragraphs":5635,"proposals":5638,"questions":5666,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5667,"gaps":5670},[5636,5637,5489],"OneBC says it would repeal DRIPA, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and declare that UNDRIP has no force and effect in BC.","The party runs a petition asking the government to put the repeal of DRIPA to a referendum. The legislature’s 2026 index records Brodie asking the government about a referendum on repeal during question period.",[5639,5645,5649,5653,5658,5662],{"title":5640,"detail":5641,"authority":5616,"cites":5642},"Repeal DRIPA","The party says it would repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC.",[5496,3691,5643,5644],"site-dripa","leg-index-brodie-2026",{"title":5646,"detail":5647,"authority":5494,"cites":5648},"Stop transfers to band governments","The party says it would halt all voluntary transfers of cash, land and control over public resources to band governments.",[5496,3691],{"title":5650,"detail":5651,"authority":5505,"cites":5652},"Oversight of band spending","The party says it would restore oversight and accountability for spending by Indigenous bands.",[5496],{"title":5654,"detail":5655,"authority":5656,"cites":5657},"Repeal the Indian Act and turn reserves into townships","The party says it would demand changes to the Constitution to repeal the Indian Act, turn reserves into townships, and put all British Columbians under one law.","Needs the federal government and changes to the Constitution.",[5496,3691],{"title":5659,"detail":5660,"authority":5494,"cites":5661},"English names for public places","The party says it would restore the original names of public institutions and places, and that names must be mainly in English.",[5496,3691],{"title":5663,"detail":5664,"authority":5616,"cites":5665},"End required land acknowledgements","The party says it would end required land acknowledgements in government and in bodies funded by government. In October 2025 Brodie introduced a bill to ban some land acknowledgements, and the legislature voted it down at first reading.",[5496,5372],[],[5509,5510,5668,5669],"OneBC DRIPA referendum petition page, read 2026-09-30","Legislature 2026 Hansard index for Dallas Brodie",[],{"issue":2660,"paragraphs":5672,"proposals":5673,"questions":5674,"state":2585,"indexable":418,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5675,"gaps":5676},[],[],[],[5509,5510,5539],[5677],"The party’s home page mentions public infrastructure, but its pages list no proposal on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":330,"paragraphs":5679,"proposals":5684,"questions":5705,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5706,"gaps":5708},[5680,5681,5682,5683],"OneBC says it would cut every income tax rate by 25 percent, including the corporate rate, and cut the provincial sales tax by 2 points.","The party says it would balance the budget within 4 years, aim for surpluses after that, and put part of each surplus toward paying down debt.","In June 2025 Global News reported that the party then promised a 50 percent tax cut on incomes under $100,000. The party’s pages read on 2026-09-30 give the 25 percent figure.","The party gives no cost for its tax cuts.",[5685,5690,5695,5701],{"title":5686,"detail":5687,"authority":5688,"cites":5689},"Cut income tax by 25 percent","The party says it would cut every personal and corporate income tax bracket by 25 percent.","Provincial tax rates, set by a bill passed by the legislature.",[5496,3691],{"title":5691,"detail":5692,"authority":5693,"cites":5694},"Cut the PST by 2 points","The party says it would take 2 percent off the provincial sales tax.","The PST rate, set by a bill passed by the legislature.",[5496,3691],{"title":5696,"detail":5697,"authority":5698,"cites":5699,"deadline":5700},"Balanced budgets","The party says it would balance the budget within 4 years and aim for surpluses after that.","The provincial budget.",[5496],"Within 4 years",{"title":5702,"detail":5703,"authority":5698,"cites":5704},"Pay down debt","The party says a part of each budget surplus would go to paying down debt, to lower the cost of interest.",[5496],[],[5509,5510,5707],"Global News report on the party launch, 2025-06-12",[],{"issue":350,"paragraphs":5710,"proposals":5712,"questions":5723,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5724,"gaps":5725},[5711,5489],"OneBC says it would adopt what it calls the Western Canada Alliance plan, under which BC would work with Alberta and Saskatchewan to strengthen provincial powers and bargain together for western interests and energy projects.",[5713,5718],{"title":5714,"detail":5715,"authority":5716,"cites":5717},"Western Canada Alliance","The party says BC would work with the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan to strengthen provincial sovereignty and their bargaining position on western interests and energy projects.","The provincial government, with Alberta and Saskatchewan.",[5496],{"title":5719,"detail":5720,"authority":5721,"cites":5722},"A referendum on DRIPA","The party’s petition asks cabinet to recommend to the Lieutenant Governor that the repeal of DRIPA be put to voters.","The provincial cabinet.",[5643],[],[5509,5510,5668],[5726],"Global News reported in June 2025 that the party then wanted to end mail-in and early voting. The party’s pages read on 2026-09-30 do not list this, and voche.me has not found whether the party still proposes it.",[5728,5732,5736,5741,5746,5750,5754],{"question":5729,"answer":5730,"cites":5731},"Who leads OneBC?","Dallas Brodie, as interim leader. Elections BC lists her as leader. The party board said it removed her in December 2025, and she wrote on 2025-12-21 that she had regained control of the party.",[2307,5378,5390],{"question":5733,"answer":5734,"cites":5735},"Does OneBC have official party status in the legislature?","No. It lost that status in December 2025 when Tara Armstrong left. The clerk’s office said Brent Chapman’s move in September 2026 came too late to change the party standings before the legislature was dissolved.",[5384,5409],{"question":5737,"answer":5738,"cites":5739},"Did Brent Chapman join OneBC?","He announced on 2026-09-22 that he was leaving the Conservatives for OneBC, and the party’s candidate page lists him in South Surrey. The legislature still lists him as a Conservative, because he did not notify the Speaker or the clerk before dissolution.",[5408,5740,2735,5409],"site-chapman",{"question":5742,"answer":5743,"cites":5744},"Where is Dallas Brodie running?","The party says she is its candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena. Elections BC’s list of accepted nominations, read on 2026-09-30, did not yet include her. Nominations close on 2026-10-03.",[5745,2795],"site-brodie",{"question":5747,"answer":5748,"cites":5749},"What does OneBC say about taxes?","The party says it would cut every income tax rate by 25 percent, cut the PST by 2 points and balance the budget within 4 years. It gives no cost for these plans.",[5496],{"question":5751,"answer":5752,"cites":5753},"What does OneBC say about reconciliation?","The party says it would repeal DRIPA, stop voluntary transfers of land and money to band governments, and end required land acknowledgements. It also asks for a referendum on repealing DRIPA.",[5496,5643],{"question":5755,"answer":5756,"cites":5757},"How much money did OneBC raise in 2025?","Its 2025 report to Elections BC shows $177,568.50 in political contributions for June to December 2025, and $40,580.25 in expenses.",[5351],{"entries":5759,"state":2292,"indexable":299,"checkedAt":723,"searched":5786,"gaps":5790},[5760,5765,5770,5774,5778,5782],{"date":4338,"title":5761,"body":5762,"cites":5763},"Land acknowledgement bill defeated at first reading","Dallas Brodie introduced the Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act. She said it would make it unlawful for publicly funded bodies and their staff to make or require some land acknowledgements. The legislature voted it down at first reading, 5 to 85. Brodie and Tara Armstrong, then both OneBC members, voted Yea.",[5372,5764],"leg-index-brodie-2025",{"title":5766,"body":5767,"cites":5768},"Brodie voted against the 2026 budget","The legislature’s 2026 voting record lists Dallas Brodie as voting Nay on the budget motion, Nay at second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2), and Nay at third reading of Bill 3. It lists her as voting Yea at third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22).",[5769],"leg-votes-brodie",{"title":5771,"body":5772,"cites":5773},"Brodie voted against the K’ómoks Treaty Act","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Yea on an amendment moved at second reading, and Nay at second and third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20).",[5769],{"title":5775,"body":5776,"cites":5777},"Brodie voted against the 2026 freedom of information changes","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Nay at third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9).",[5769],{"title":5779,"body":5780,"cites":5781},"Brodie voted to introduce bills to repeal DRIPA and the Human Rights Code","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Yea at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act, the Human Rights Code Repeal Act, the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act, and the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act. She voted Nay on Motion 13, Support for human rights code and enforcement.",[5769],{"title":5783,"body":5784,"cites":5785},"Brodie voted for three bills at third reading","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Yea at third reading of the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14), the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12), and the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 6).",[5769],[5787,5788,5789],"Legislature 2026 voting record by member, Dallas Brodie","Legislature 2026 and 2025 Hansard indexes by member, Dallas Brodie","Hansard transcript of 2025-10-23, morning sitting",[5791,5792,5793],"The legislature lists Brodie as an Independent for the whole 2026 session. Her votes are hers, and no source says she cast them on behalf of the party.","Tara Armstrong’s votes from June to December 2025, when she was a OneBC member, have not been compiled.","Brodie’s 2025 votes, apart from the land acknowledgement bill, have not been compiled.","onebc",[5796,5797,5798,5799,5800,5802,5805,5808,5811,5814,5817,5818,5821,5823,5826,5829,5833,5836,5839,5842,5845,5848,5852,5857,5861,5865,5869,5871,5873,5877,5879,5881,5883],{"id":2307,"label":2792,"url":2793,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2795,"label":2796,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":2735,"label":2798,"url":2799,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":43,"label":44,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":5769,"label":5801,"url":2803,"publisher":49,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Dallas 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search for OneBC","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FFRSearchResults.aspx?PFN=OneBC&PK=0&P=(ALL)&FTK=0&FT=(ALL)&FNK=0&FN=(ALL)&EV=(ALL)&ED=(ALL)&RTK=0&RT=(ALL)",{"id":5351,"label":5815,"url":5430,"publisher":35,"kind":2813,"publishedAt":5816,"checkedAt":723},"OneBC 2025 annual financial report, amendment 2","2026-07-17",{"id":3094,"label":2808,"url":4771,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},{"id":5396,"label":5819,"url":5820,"publisher":35,"kind":2134,"checkedAt":723},"Recall petition to be issued in Vancouver-Quilchena","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Frecall-petition-to-be-issued-in-vancouver-quilchena\u002F",{"id":3691,"label":5822,"url":5423,"publisher":5443,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"OneBC home page",{"id":5496,"label":5824,"url":5825,"publisher":5443,"kind":2817,"checkedAt":723},"OneBC: Our 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