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24 MPs have stated positions across 43 topics · 2 shifts

Misty Van PoptaConservativeShifted

Misty Van Popta says Fraser Health is at a breaking point and urges the NDP government to restore funding for the delayed Beedie long-term care project, citing project re-pacings and funding disparities that harm seniors and emergency care.→Misty Van Popta says Fraser Health is at a breaking point due to strained services and paused long-term care projects. She argues Fraser Health has been underfunded and demands provincial support and equitable funding aligned with population growth so seniors have care.

NewsMar 30, 2026

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Ian PatonConservative

Ian Paton urges the provincial government to restart construction of the Delta long-term care facility, arguing the existing 92-bed facility is outdated, in desperate need of infrastructure upgrades, and that the planned project must move forward without delay.

NewsMar 30, 2026

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Healthcare

Beedie long-term care centre construction paused in Delta

Lyndsay Richholt faces delayed liver transplant in Kelowna

B.C. narrows midwives' scope to exclude counselling

B.C. overhauls children's disability funding

BC proposal to require long-term care waitlist reporting

Boultbee alleges mental-health disclosures were weaponized

Cottonwoods care home replacement in Kelowna paused

Debate over opening Vancouver St. Paul's Hospital amid staffing shortages

Port Alberni West Coast General Hospital pauses admissions

Repeated closures at Peace Arch maternity ward

B.C. adds involuntary care beds in Surrey and Prince George

B.C. approval delays for IBD drugs

B.C. bans doctor sick notes for absences up to five days

B.C. changes liability rules under Mental Health Act

B.C. delays ER nurse-to-patient ratio rollout

B.C. expands nurse practitioner training with 65 new seats

B.C. flu and COVID vaccination campaign

B.C. launches pharmacare covering diabetes and menopause

B.C. pilot: virtual ER sharing across four rural towns

B.C. provincewide long-term care collective agreement

BC cuts needs-based autism funding

Closure of Victoria General urgent pediatric clinic

Cranbrook hospital expansion faces cost overrun

Fort St. John adds two family doctors for 3,000 patients

ICBC blocks disability access after Lapu-Lapu crash

Mass OB-GYN resignations at Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital

Maternity diversions at White Rock and Maple Ridge hospitals

Measles outbreak in Northeast B.C., centered in Wonowon

Mobile overdose prevention service launched in Abbotsford

New B.C. health oversight rules prompt doctors to leave

Nightly ER closures at Mission Memorial Hospital

No capital funding for Granville Street Bridge fencing

Overnight ER closures at Delta Hospital in Delta, B.C.

Penticton launches 50-unit tiny homes with overdose prevention services

Port Hardy ER nightly closure on Vancouver Island

Portable classrooms installed after Tumbler Ridge shooting

Psychiatric bed shortages in Vernon, BC highlighted by Ezra Cool case

SFU to open medical school in Surrey, BC

Sharma backs using ICBC premium and investment funds to sustain enhanced care model

Steve Kooner criticizes high premiums while consumers get little back

Tumbler Ridge after-hours ER service cuts

VCH retrofits neighbourhood homes into 10-bed long-term care facilities

View Royal, B.C. offers publicly funded vasectomies