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21 MPs have stated positions across 39 topics · 1 shift

Kristina LoewenConservativeShifted

Kristina Loewen criticizes B.C. Transplant's handling of wait times and communications, calling the lack of updates 'inhumane.' She is advocating for the patient and says the transplant agency is not answering her, the patient's doctor, or the patient.→Kristina Loewen says the transplant system is failing patients, citing delays that left Lyndsay Richholt worsening and hospitalized; she urged the minister to help rapidly, warning that such wait-times are putting patients’ lives at risk and demanding action.

NewsFeb 20, 2026

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Josie OsborneNDP

Josie Osborne says the government is providing support to the patient 'in the way that we can' but will not politically interfere in clinical decisions about transplant prioritization or timing, effectively declining to intervene to alter wait times.

NewsFeb 20, 2026

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Healthcare

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

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. 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

B.C. recruiting U.S. health workers in 2025

B.C. reports drop in overdoses as nasal naloxone access expands

BC cuts needs-based autism funding

Boultbee alleges mental-health disclosures were weaponized

Closure of Victoria General urgent pediatric clinic

Cranbrook hospital expansion faces cost overrun

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

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

Rustad comments on Boultbee's mental health

SFU to open medical school in Surrey, BC

Temporary low-barrier winter shelter opens in Smithers

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