Honourable Brittny Anderson / Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities

• Serve as the key point of contact for local governments bringing concerns, suggestions, or feedback to government. Work with Ministerial colleagues to address issues proactively and ensure that local government advice informs government initiatives.

• Work with rural and remote communities, regional districts, municipalities, and First Nations to identify the unique needs and opportunities these smaller communities need to grow and thrive.

Honourable Lana Popham / Minister of Agriculture and Food

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Agriculture and Food programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, and make life better for BC families by supporting BC farmers and food producers. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints, market conditions, tariff threats, and the economic realities of farmers.

• Help grow the profitability and success of our agricultural sector by ensuring close connection between agricultural stakeholders and government policy makers through a Premier’s Task Force with connections to relevant ministries across government.

• Support work led by the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation by working with farmers and food producers, and customers of British Columbia’s agricultural products in:

  • advocating against proposed tariffs from the United States and ensuring continued expansion of our agricultural export programs for the mutual success of British Columbians and our trading partners;

  • expanding global markets for our products to diversify and reduce trade risk;

  • and, preparing contingency plans in the event that tariffs are imposed.

• Assume the role of government’s liaison to the restaurant industry. In partnership with the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, be innovative in finding ways to connect farmers, restaurants, and the tourism sector to grow all three sectors.

• In partnership with the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, support work led by that Ministry to reform BC’s liquor and cannabis rules in ways that support the restaurant and agricultural sector.

• Ensure a continuation of public support for the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), including protection of BC families from food price shocks, promotion of financial success for farmers, access to farming as a career for aspiring farmers, and expanded economic growth in the province.

• Ensure that ALR land use restrictions are consistent with the potential and available uses of the actual land in the reserve, and that provision is made to expand food processing in the province to grow our food processing sector.

• Expand affordability and food security in the province by working with farmers to find ways to control costs for them and for the BC families who rely on their products, and by advocating with the federal government for fair programs for British Columbia food producers.

• Strengthen our regional food systems by supporting farming, expanding local food processing, identifying supply chain disruption vulnerabilities, and by increasing economic opportunities through FeedBC and BuyBC.  

To assist Minister Popham in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture whose focus will be to:

• Ensure that farmers and food and beverage producers across the province are represented and heard through the policy development process.

• Work with farmers and food and beverage producers in the Okanagan valley who have been impacted by significant weather-related crop loss.

• Work with Indigenous communities to identify opportunities for expansion of food security initiatives as well as economic development opportunities for rural and remote Indigenous communities.

• Make particular efforts to reach out to young people interested in agriculture and farming to identify their concerns and interests and ensure they are represented at the table.

Honourable Niki Sharma / Attorney General and Deputy Premier

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Attorney General programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, and speed up court and tribunal processes including judgment enforcement. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and overall efficiency.

• Ensure strong and safe communities for everyone across the province by aggressively pushing the federal government for continuing legal reform and cooperation with the province that will ensure violent and prolific offenders remain in custody after arrest.

• Use effective engagement with key stakeholders and aggressive innovation in relation to technology, rules, and citizen-oriented processes to improve access to justice and reduce costs, increase speed, and deliver independent and impartial justice and dispute resolution.

• Work with Indigenous communities and leadership consistent with the BC First Nations Justice Strategy and Métis Justice Strategy to reduce Indigenous overrepresentation in the justice system and promote safety and security in Indigenous communities across the province.

• Support the work of the Declaration Act Secretariat to align BC laws with the rights of Indigenous peoples.

• Protect British Columbians from unfair healthcare costs and ensure accountability for wrongdoers by identifying opportunities to recover expenses.

• Work with the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General to ensure safe access for British Columbians of all religious backgrounds to their places of worship.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

• With support from the Parliamentary Secretary on Gender Equity, continue work to ensure that the justice system is responsive to the needs of survivors of gender-based violence.

• With support from your Parliamentary Secretary, lead work on anti-racism initiatives.

• Work with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to fight the rise in discrimination and related hate crimes.

• Continue work to strengthen consumer protection in BC.

To assist Minister Sharma in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives whose focus will be to:

• Work to ensure British Columbians have effective tools to fight all types of racism, discrimination, and hate crimes through civil and criminal laws and processes.

• Work across ministries to ensure we are responsive to the issues identified through the Anti Racism Data Act efforts established under the last government and support the Minister to implement the Anti-Racism Act.

Honourable Jodie Wickens / Minister of Children and Family Development

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Children and Family Development programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, and improve the lives of vulnerable British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and overall efficiency in delivering the goals of safety and well-being for British Columbia’s most vulnerable children and youth.

• Continue to implement BC’s historic legislation honouring Indigenous jurisdiction over the care of children and families and continue to address and reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in government care.

• Continue leading work to design and implement a comprehensive child well-being plan and outcomes framework that aligns services across ministries and agencies, prioritizing a new service model that brings the most vulnerable children and their families to the front of the line to prevent crisis. This plan should include an outcomes framework to measure the needs, successes and well-being of children and youth.

• Lead work with the Ministry of Health, and with Indigenous peoples, key stakeholders and people with lived experience, to realign and improve services for children and youth with support and mental health needs.

Honourable George Chow / Minister of Citizens’ Services

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Citizens’ Services programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, and improve the experience of British Columbians who engage with government for the delivery of services. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and overall efficiency in delivering cost effective and relevant services to British Columbians.

• Strengthen connected digital services for people everywhere in BC, so it’s easier to access government services – using effective engagement with key partners and aggressive innovation in cost-effective technology and citizen-oriented processes.

• In light of hybrid work trends and modernization of government services, review the intended versus the actual use of government real estate assets, including assessment of anticipated capital cost expenditures for existing assets. If assets are surplus to requirements, work with the ministries of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Transportation and Transit, Finance, and Infrastructure, to ensure the highest and best use of all government real estate assets in a way that promotes the cost effectiveness of the administration of government services and the interests of British Columbians.

• Support the Attorney General in identifying trends that emerge from the Anti-Racism Data Act implementation.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

Honourable Lisa Beare / Minister of Education and Child Care

Over this mandate, Minister Beare will make progress on the following:

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Education and Child Care programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, and improve the experience of British Columbians who access child care and education services in our province. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and overall efficiency in delivering cost effective and relevant education and childcare services to British Columbians.

• Work to ensure that teachers and schools have access to additional support in the classroom and beyond, including the expansion of education assistants and counseling resources.

• Support effective learning for students across the province by working with the Minister of Infrastructure to accelerate the delivery of new and expanded schools in a cost-effective manner, and by working with the Minister of Post Secondary Education and Future Skills to expedite the certification and deployment of new and experienced international and domestic teachers.

• Continue work to increase Indigenous graduation rates.

• Continue implementing ChildCareBC to improve access to accessible, affordable childcare.

• Work with school districts to expand before- and after-school care programs across the province using cost-effective models for parents and the public that leverage existing school facilities and education workers.

• Work with key stakeholders in relation to the SOGI anti-bullying program to improve understanding, protect vulnerable children and support parents.

• Ensure that British Columbia’s early interventions for children struggling with numeracy and literacy are the most effective in North America through a centre of excellence in applied research and professional development.

• Prioritize excellence in the British Columbia education system by reviewing existing inter-jurisdictional student evaluation scores post pandemic, and working with teachers, parents, and relevant stakeholders to ensure the global competitiveness of British Columbia student outcomes.

To assist Minister Beare in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives whose focus will be to:

• Work with you to deliver cost-effective before- and after-school care that leverages existing school infrastructure and workers.

• Work with you to expand childcare spaces in a cost-effective way so that more parents may have access to cost-effective childcare for their family.

• Support you in continuing to work with Indigenous peoples and the federal government to advance jurisdiction over childcare for Indigenous peoples.

• Build relationships with parents, childcare service providers, early childhood educators, and advocates to ensure that government policy is responsive to the concerns and interests of these groups.

Honourable Kelly Greene / Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and identified emergency threats and prevention opportunities evolving from recent disaster response work.

• Support the Minister of Forests to identify ways to mitigate wildfire risk that simultaneously assist in ensuring consistent fibre supply to businesses that produce wood products or are reliant on wood byproducts in our province.

• Ensure your ministry continues to advance work that allows for the efficient and effective delivery of emergency services to British Columbians everywhere in the province in times of crisis by leveraging cost-effective technology innovations.

• Lead cross-ministry coordination for our government’s work to enhance BC’s resilience, such as our work through the Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy and the BC Flood Strategy, and seek a more appropriate level of support from the Federal Government.

• Develop provincial and regional hazard risk assessments, including modernized tools for access, to improve transparency, awareness, and informed planning and preparedness for communities to enhance resilience.

Honourable Adrian Dix / Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions and Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints, our climate targets, and the threat of American tariffs.

• Develop ways to ensure costs for energy remain low for people, including through access to home energy retrofits and innovative technology solutions.

• Work with BC Hydro, First Nations, and the renewable power industry through frequent competitive calls for power to increase and diversify BC’s generation of electricity as the economy continues to grow.

• Help grow the profitability and success of our clean and low-carbon energy sectors by ensuring engagement and collaboration between business stakeholders and government policy makers, with particular focus on:

  • advocating against proposed tariffs from the United States and ensuring continued expansion of our energy export programs for the mutual success of British Columbians and our trading partners;

  • expanding global markets for our products to diversify and reduce trade risk;

  • and preparing contingency plans for direct and indirect support of energy exporters, including BC Hydro, in the event the tariffs are imposed.

• Work with relevant ministries, First Nations, other governments, project proponents, and key stakeholders to dramatically accelerate permit approval for clean and low-carbon energy infrastructure across the province while preserving our world-leading environmental standards.

• Work with the federal government to cap emissions from the oil and gas sector while attracting investment from producers that use best-in-class emissions reduction technology, create jobs for local workers, and build partnerships with First Nations.

• Ensure BC Hydro is responsive to changing market conditions and demands for large load capacity from potential local and international investors to grow our economy and reduce our emissions while protecting residential ratepayers.

• Identify innovative ways to help us meet our carbon emission goals in a manner that reduces cost burdens for BC families and businesses, grows our economy, and positions us for trade diversification and expansion in light of growing global economic and political instability and supply chain cost inflation.

Honourable Tamara Davidson / Minister of Environment and Parks

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Environment and Parks programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints.

• Find ways to increase access for families to British Columbia’s parks in a cost- efficient manner.

• Work across ministries and with Indigenous leadership and business leaders to support work to recognize Indigenous rights and title, protect our precious environment for future generations, and support predictable and sustainable economic growth in our province to benefit all British Columbians.

• Direct the Environmental Assessment Office to work with key permitting ministries to develop specific measures that will expedite authorizations and permitting for major projects. Bring proposed measures forward for Cabinet review within six months.

• Support BC’s energy transition and climate targets by directing the Environmental Assessment Office to proceed with the exemption of wind power from Environmental Assessment Act provisions. Further, exempt other relevant classes of projects from environmental assessment where the assessment is duplicative, delays projects with environmental advantages, or offers only limited value while impeding projects that will benefit the province as a whole.

Honourable Brenda Bailey / Minister of Finance

• Work with your ministerial colleagues to review all existing government programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of Provincial budget constraints, proposed American tariffs and other global threats to BC families.

• Put BC on a clear path to balanced budgets and maintain the province’s debt to GDP ratio as among the best in Canada.

• Continue to deliver cost of living supports for British Columbians in response to global inflation and economic uncertainty.

• Work with the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs to: support the construction of new purpose-built rental housing by exploring new models for capitalizing the construction of purpose built rental buildings; remove barriers to financing small scale multi-unit density; and eliminate taxes that could prevent or impair the transfer of land for the purpose of developing affordable housing.

• In partnership with your ministerial colleagues, identify and deliver initiatives to support the competitiveness and growth of British Columbia’s economy by supporting investment in the province, and the expansion and sustainability of existing businesses.

• Work with the new Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

To assist Minister Bailey in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity whose focus will be to:

• Work with partners to address the national epidemic of gender-based violence as it relates to our province, and work with stakeholders to ensure that government programs and initiatives reflect the interests and concerns of people with lived experience.

• Work with the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs and the Attorney General to ensure that we are meeting our targets on delivering accessible transition housing for women fleeing violence, and that the justice system is responsive to the needs of survivors of gender-based violence.

They have also been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development whose focus will be to:

• Ensure that government programs reflect the interests and concerns of rural businesses, and work with stakeholders to identify how government can support rural economic development proposals from across British Columbia to help ensure every British Columbian feels the benefit of a growing economy.

• In addition to priorities identified by rural and remote communities themselves, work with the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, the Minister of Agriculture and Food, and the Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation to promote and design government programs and initiatives from these ministries in a way that rural communities can also see economic growth and benefit.

Honourable Ravi Parmar / Minister of Forests

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Forests programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, support the connection between forests and jobs in our province, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints, the crisis in the sector, and the threat of expanded American tariffs.

• In light of the threat of American tariffs, the existing softwood lumber tariffs, the price crisis in the timber sector, and the reduction in available annual allowable cut, work with communities, labour, forestry and forest product companies, and Indigenous governments to review BC Timber Sales to ensure that the model is responsive to the new realities of the industry and the need for a strong connection between our forests and sustainable jobs for British Columbians for generations to come.

• Continue to bring together industry, First Nations, and communities through forest landscape planning tables – to chart a path forward for the stewardship of BC’s forests and forest industry.

• Work to increase value from BC’s forests by supporting value-added and innovative forest products, creating good local jobs and diversifying BC’s wood products for local and international markets.

• Work with your ministerial colleagues and First Nations to ensure the prompt, efficient, and effective delivery of permits required by industry while maintaining our world-leading environmental standards.

• Work with all partners, including Indigenous governments, toward ensuring a sustainable land base to enable harvest of 45,000,000 cubic meters per year, while fulfilling our commitment to protect old growth.

• Work to secure a more sustainable future for First Nations and communities that depend on local forests for their economic strength by expanding the community forest program.

• With support from the Minister of State for Trade, continue work to protect and create jobs by fighting for a fair deal for BC wood products in softwood lumber negotiations and other tariff challenges with the United States.

Honourable Josie Osborne / Minister of Healt

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Health programs and initiatives to ensure programs support the health of British Columbians while keeping costs manageable. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints, our growing and aging population, and emerging technologies.

• Tackle the training, recruitment, retention, and system redesign needed to make sure our health human resources keep pace with the growing needs of people in BC and deliver better, faster care.

• Ensure every British Columbian has access to primary care, continue connecting more and more people to family healthcare providers, and ensure that care can be delivered in person through standards established in consultation with the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Doctors of BC.

• Take necessary steps to address temporary emergency room closures.

• Improve cancer care delivery across the province to meet international benchmarks for outcomes and service delivery.

• Improve the delivery of maternity care, reproductive care, and gynecological cancer care for people across the province through targeted initiatives.

• Work with Indigenous communities and leadership to improve health outcomes for Indigenous peoples in our province.

• Improve the delivery of care for seniors and steward public investments made in seniors’ care to improve efficiency and effectiveness given the growing population of seniors in our province.

• Reduce the cost of administration of the health care system to focus resources on the front line, including a review of Regional Health Authorities, and incorporating an active role for doctors, nurses, and Health Science professionals in designing and implementing healthcare solutions.

• Require professional colleges to recognize the credentials of Canadian healthcare workers immediately on confirmation of their good standing in another province or territory, and to recognize the credentials of international healthcare workers from foreign jurisdictions with similar or equivalent training programs within six weeks.

• Continue working collaboratively with stakeholders on initiatives to strengthen nurse-to-patient ratios.

• Support the work of the Chief Scientific Advisor for Psychiatry, Toxic Drugs and Concurrent Disorders in delivering high-quality care for people struggling with acquired brain injury, addiction, and mental health challenges – and work with partners across government to implement solutions.

• Bring together addiction health professionals and epidemiologists to expand peer reviewed research to evaluate interventions for people struggling with addiction, and promptly implement best practices based on findings.

• Continue our work to build and deliver a seamless system of care for people seeking mental health and addiction services in the province on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, including services responsive to the unique needs of Indigenous peoples.

• Reduce the risk of diversion of prescribed opioids by taking action in these areas and any others identified: first, by identifying and implementing additional safeguards to prevent diversion of opioids prescribed for opioid dependence treatment; and second, by working with all healthcare providers to find ways to reduce the population level frequency of opioid prescriptions generally.

• Review prescribing safety initiatives for psychoactive medications to enhance patient and public safety and reduce healthcare costs.

• Continue to expand access to nasal naloxone to respond to overdoses.

• Work with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, and with Indigenous peoples, key stakeholders and people with lived experience, to realign and improve services for children and youth with support and mental health needs.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

To assist Minister Osborne in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Addictions whose focus will be to:

• Work with you to ensure that the voices of key stakeholders, including addictions and mental health doctors and other medical professionals, people with lived experience, families, and public health officials, are included in our ongoing policy and legislative response to people in crisis due to addiction and mental health.

• Ensure that issues and opportunities identified are communicated to you and ministry staff for consideration and possible implementation.

They have also been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health whose focus will be to:

• Work with you to engage with key stakeholders, including frontline service providers in rural and Indigenous communities, to seek their advice on how best to deliver accessible, effective care in their unique rural and remote communities.

• Ensure that issues and opportunities identified are communicated to you and ministry staff for consideration and possible implementation.

Additionally, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors’ Services and Long-Term Care whose focus will be to:

• Work with you to engage with service providers, advocates, and seniors to identify opportunities for improving seniors’ care across the province and opportunities for delivering this care in a way that is cost-effective and preserves dignity for our valued elders.

• Ensure that issues and opportunities identified are communicated to you and ministry staff for consideration and possible implementation.

Honourable Ravi Kahlon / Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs programs and initiatives to ensure programs are efficient and remain relevant to delivering affordable housing, growing the economy, and helping keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of the current Provincial budget constraints, the current capital environment and cost environment for homebuilders, and the threat of American tariffs.

• Work to make homeownership a reality for more British Columbians.

• Increase the supply of rental, co-op and non-market housing. Identify under-used capital that can be leveraged to construct new purpose-built rental housing across the province. To this end, work with the Minister of Citizens’ Services to identify potential uses for surplus government real estate assets in a way that supports our overall housing and economic development goals.

• Support tenants with interventions that deliver affordability and a high quality of living without compromising rental housing supply or rental housing standards.

• Work with small-scale landlords to identify interventions that will support them with establishing new rental units, including improving their ability to deal with issues of non-payment of rent, crime, or property destruction.

• Work with the Minister of Finance to remove barriers to the construction of small scale multi-unit housing across the province.

• Work with homebuilders to address barriers to new home construction in the current capital and interest rate environment.

• Work across ministries to expedite permits required for new housing construction.

• Support local governments, the Minister of Transportation and Transit, the Minister of Environment and Parks, and others affected by encampments with dignified, prompt, and effective interventions to move people living in encampments inside before encampments can become entrenched.

• Work with local governments to achieve housing targets and address concerns related to infrastructure.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

• Continue to enhance delivery of supportive and complex care housing in a manner that keeps residents and others safe.

• Continue work with the Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation on standardized modular housing design.

Honourable Christine Boyle / Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing ministry programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and deliver an improved quality of life for Indigenous peoples in the province. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and overall efficiency.

• Build partnerships that advance reconciliation in measurable ways and create tangible benefits for First Nations and all British Columbians, such as building more affordable housing, generating clean energy, creating good jobs, and protecting our environment.

• Ensure that at the end of four years, people living in Indigenous communities in the province have seen an improvement in their quality of life through our government’s interventions by prioritizing initiatives that make a meaningful difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples in this province.

• Continue work with First Nations partners, local governments, and agencies to implement treaties and other agreements.

• Given the strains of conflict over boundaries, and the legal costs and uncertainty associated with unclear boundaries, work with First Nations partners to prioritize Action 1.1 of the Declaration Act Action Plan relating to overlap and boundary dispute resolution.

• Through the Declaration Act Secretariat, lead work with the Attorney General to ensure alignment of BC’s laws with the rights of Indigenous peoples.

• Lead work to review and update the Declaration Act Action Plan by 2027, for the next five-year period.

• Work with the Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives on anti-Indigenous racism.

• In cooperation with the Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, continue to develop and implement approaches to accelerate agreed-upon land transfers that enhance First Nation community and economic development.

Honourable Bowinn Ma / Minister of Infrastructure

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing major infrastructure initiatives to ensure our capital program remains relevant, supports economic growth, and helps deliver high-quality services while keeping costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and globally driven cost inflation of key inputs.

• Recognizing BC’s growing communities and aging infrastructure, ensure faster delivery of cost-effective, high-quality generational investments.

• Structure our capital plan to minimize cost inflation due to labour shortages or overlapping demands on a limited pool of bidders while prioritizing delivery of high-quality infrastructure across the province.

• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce costs for taxpayers and expedite approval and construction of projects, including standardization of infrastructure like schools, hospital patient towers, childcare facilities, and drug treatment or mental health facilities, but not limited to these projects.

• Work with your ministerial colleagues to address permit delays in major infrastructure projects and identify opportunities for reduced cost and increased efficiency.

• Advocate strongly with the federal government for fair cost share related to critical infrastructure projects with national importance.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

Honourable Diana Gibson / Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing JEDI programs and initiatives to ensure programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians and BC businesses. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints; the realities faced by businesses in relation to access to capital, global inflation, and interest rates; and the threat of American tariffs.

• Lead work with the Minister of State for Trade and the Parliamentary Secretary for Asia-Pacific Trade to enhance and expand BC’s Trade Diversification Strategy and diversify BC’s sources of international investment.

• Ensure that any proposed new legislation or regulations are considered through the lens of impact on BC businesses and engage on proposed legislative initiatives at the earliest possible stage. Bring forward reforms as required to ensure that our laws promote high standards in relation to human rights, the environment, and social well-being, without unduly impairing our ability to compete internationally and ensure the prosperity of British Columbians.

• Continue to diversify BC’s economy and support good jobs through the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund.

• Work with business leaders in the province to develop a set of performance measurements in relation to the ease of doing business in British Columbia, address issues identified and improve competitiveness for business to grow our province’s economy and create good jobs.

• Continue to support BC’s innovation, tech, life sciences, and other emerging sectors, and work with businesses to encourage AI adoption to improve productivity across traditional and emerging sectors.

• Continue to support small- and medium-sized businesses to innovate, grow, and access global markets.

• Advocate strongly to the federal government for fair treatment of BC businesses in relation to economic growth and stimulus programs.

• Make sure BC’s economy has the space to grow by creating an inventory of existing industrial lands, carrying out a land-use needs assessment and a strategy for protecting and growing the industrial land base.

• In partnership with the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development, ensure government initiatives consider and deliver economic growth and benefits for rural and urban communities.

• To assist you in meeting the commitments we have made to British Columbians, you are assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Asia-Pacific Trade whose focus will be to:

  • Engage with BC businesses to better understand the challenges and opportunities they see in bringing their products to markets in the Asia-Pacific region and support you and the Minister of State for Trade as you work to enhance and expand BC’s Trade Diversification Strategy.

  • Use their personal experience and skills with Korean language and culture to expand our trading opportunities with South Korea and invite and host Korean delegations in British Columbia that advance our economic and cultural goals of increasing prosperity and relationships across the Pacific. Expand this work over time to other countries in the region.

  • Support Ministers and Ministers of State in making government-to-government and people-to-people connections that are key to growing BC’s trade relationships with partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

Honourable Rick Glumac / Minister of State for Trade

• Support the Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation and other ministerial colleagues to enhance and expand BC’s Trade Diversification Strategy and diversify BC’s sources of international investment.

• Be a champion for BC’s exporters, and work with economic organizations in the province and businesses to identify opportunities to expand and diversify exports.

• Leverage their experience and relationships with the Pacific Northwest Economic Region organization and engage American businesses and your American counterparts in neighbouring US states on the mutual benefits of a strong and open trading relationship, and the threat presented by tariffs to prosperity on both sides of the border.

Honourable Jennifer Whiteside / Minister of Labour

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Labour programs and initiatives, to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, protect employees and their families, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints; the realities faced by provincial employers in relation to access to capital, global inflation and interest rates; and the threat of American tariffs.

• Support workers facing domestic abuse, life threatening illness, or significant risk of exploitation due to precarious status, by ensuring provincial programs and protections are responsive to their particular needs.

• Consider categories of workers who face higher rates of workplace illness or exploitation because of their conditions of work and ensure that they are supported appropriately.

• Continue to work with WorkSafe BC on the prevention of workplace injury or illness, the promotion of safe workplaces to ensure robust compliance and enforcement, and ensure meaningful programs are in place to support the return of injured workers to their workplaces.

• Support the Minister of Health to ensure that trades workers, who are disproportionately affected by the toxic drug crisis, have treatment options and programs available that are responsive to their particular needs.

• Review the implementation of gig worker protections to ensure they are delivering meaningful and intended outcomes to gig workers. Refine or replace any regulations that are not achieving the intended outcomes.

• Work to ensure our labour laws are keeping up with modern workplaces through the continued review of the Labour Relations Code, providing stable labour relations and supporting the exercise of collective bargaining rights. To assist you in meeting the commitments we have made to British Columbians, you are assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Labour whose focus will be to:

  • Support development and maintenance of relationships with organized labour to ensure their feedback is considered in policy development.

Honourable Jagrup Brar / Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, grow the economy, and help keep costs low for British Columbians. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints; the realities faced by project proponents and operators in relation to access to capital, global inflation, and interest rates; and the threat of American tariffs.

• Work with industry, First Nations, and across ministries to establish fixed timelines for mining approval permits across British Columbia.

• Ensure BC mining permit approval times are competitive with high-standard international jurisdictions and are dramatically reduced from current permit wait times for mining-related project proposals, while maintaining our world-leading environmental standards.

• Work with industry, unions, stakeholders, and First Nations on a long-term outreach strategy to attract more investment and opportunities from mineral exploration to advance processing in British Columbia’s critical minerals sector.

• Work with provincial and territorial counterparts to advance a northwestern Canadian critical mineral strategy.

• Where opportunities are available to reach large-scale agreements on land use and critical metal and mineral development with First Nations in a manner that expedites permits, protects the environment, offers investor security, and increases prosperity for British Columbians, lead that work on a priority basis.

• Following the court judgment, update the Mineral Tenure Act in a manner that engages directly with and is respectful of First Nations rights and interests and protects mineral resource development opportunities in the province to deliver prosperity for all British Columbians.

• Work with the Minister of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship to enable mining exploration and development in British Columbia’s northwest in partnership with First Nations, in a manner that helps achieve our Provincial commitment to protect 30% of lands and waters by 2030 and creates economic growth and opportunity in the region.

Honourable Anne Kang / Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills

• In order to protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, offer meaningful training opportunities for British Columbians, grow the economy, and help keep costs low. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints, the job opportunities available and projected to be available for British Columbians in the near future, and the threat of American tariffs.

• Work with ministerial colleagues who have identified shortages of key skilled workers and professionals that are constraining economic growth or service delivery to find practical, fast, and efficient ways to address shortages of those workers through training, credential recognition, career laddering, and other innovative approaches.

• Work with post-secondary institutions to evaluate and advocate federally in relation to the funding challenges caused by the federal government’s changes related to international students. Support schools in identifying structural solutions, new revenue streams, and cost reductions to ensure strong, sustainable public postsecondary schools, and training providers, who offer British Columbians the training and skills they need to be successful and help grow our provincial economy.

• Continue work with Indigenous partners to ensure that Indigenous learners can achieve their higher educational goals in ways that reflect a diversity of Indigenous cultures and values.

• Support the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction to enhance employment services and skills training for people facing multiple and complex barriers to assist them in exiting a cycle of poverty and build a dignified life.

• Work with the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs to ensure that postsecondary institutions that have identified opportunities in relation to using housing as an economic development tool are supported in delivering that housing urgently.

• Work with the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs to enable privately owned new purpose-built rental buildings that, if partnered with a public post-secondary institution, receive special provision under the Residential Tenancy Act to be exclusively for students registered at that institution.

To assist Minister Kang in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for International Credentials whose focus will be to:

• Engage with people with international professional credentials to ensure that the implementation of our International Credentials Recognition Act is relevant, meaningful, and effective for them in transitioning into employment in their area of professional training.

• Work with you to identify any shortcomings in the implementation of the Act and ensure that professional colleges and other credential granting agencies are in compliance with government expectations.

• Support government in formally recognizing and celebrating professional colleges and credential-granting agencies that exceed government expectations.

Honourable Garry Begg / Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, ensure safe and strong communities, grow the economy, and help keep British Columbians safe. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and the priorities of communities in the province.

• Facilitate strong cooperation between police, Crown prosecutors, probation officials, and the federal government to reduce repeat, violent, and gang offences. To this end, strengthen targeted policing and offender management, including continuing anti-gang programs, and work with the Attorney General to strengthen case management capacity.

• Continue to work with the federal government to respond to identified issues with federal criminal law that prevent keeping prolific and repeat violent offenders in custody.

• Ensure safe and strong communities by working with colleagues across ministries to support efforts to provide services and proactively intervene with individuals struggling with mental health, addiction, and brain injuries. In particular, work with the Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services and other partners to ensure that provincial services are relevant and available to support police officers engaging in frontline responses to people in crisis, or who have identified individuals who present a risk to themselves or the public.

• Spearhead policy work to use civil and administrative processes to target organized criminals in British Columbia by expediting seizing assets and denying access to government privileges, including licences or permits.

• Work proactively with federal colleagues and provincial and territorial counterparts to ensure British Columbia is a strong partner in supporting border security along our coast and along all land borders with American states.

• Coordinate provincial regulatory enforcement agency and police authorities, including gaming, liquor, cannabis, tobacco, and transit, to ensure efficiency, consistent authorities, and training, and to improve coordination to ensure public safety, prompt and effective regulatory response, and strong communities.

• Support the Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services in accessing dedicated funding for enforcement initiatives related to organized shoplifting and the protection of retail workers.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

• Work with ICBC to ensure a comprehensive and independent review of the enhanced care model is conducted with the twin goals of delivering affordable rates for British Columbians and high-quality services and rehabilitation for those injured in collisions.

• Make it easier for communities and families to follow preferred funeral and cremation practices by ensuring that relevant laws are modernized and responsive to cultural communities and their faiths and traditions.

• Modernize British Columbia’s liquor licensing and enforcement system to focus enforcement on high-risk and repeat non-compliant businesses, and to expedite and simplify permits. Use examples like Ontario to inform program design.

• Work with the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport and the Minister of Agriculture and Food to grow our economy by supporting food and beverage producers, farmers, restaurants, and the tourism sector with flexible liquor, land use, and cannabis regulations in relation to the development of innovative tourism products and unique experiences.

• With support from the Minister of Transportation and Transit, take steps to ensure safety and efficiency across our public transportation system through partnerships with TransLink, BC Transit, and local governments to permit the use of technology in relation to enforcement of public transportation safety for everyone. 

Honourable Terry Yung / Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services

• Engage with police, business associations, downtown resident associations, public safety advocates, and other interested groups on initiatives to strengthen safety in the province’s downtown core commercial areas. Focus on rural hub communities that act as services centres for outlying areas, as well as major urban centres that have faced public safety challenges.

• Gather information to ensure that services offered by the province are consistent with those needed by police when engaging with people in crisis, especially those struggling with mental health, addiction, and brain injury who are contributing to public concerns about safety in downtown areas.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required

Honourable Sheila Malcolmson / Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, ensure safe and strong communities, and reduce poverty. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and the priorities of communities in the province.

• Continue to develop tools and approaches to prevent poverty and increase income, focusing first on youth growing up in families living in poverty, and work with the Ministers of Health, Finance, Citizens’ Services and others to ensure low- and moderate-income British Columbians receive and retain the federal and provincial benefits they are eligible for, beginning with the Canada Disability Benefit.

• With support from the Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility, lead government’s work on accessibility initiatives.

• Support British Columbians struggling with the cost of food and unable to afford the basics by leading work on food security and find opportunities to support BC farmers and food producers in this work.

• Work with the Cabinet Committee on Community Safety to ensure that initiatives identified by the committee are prioritized and delivered by your ministry as required.

• Lead work, with support from the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, to deliver skills and training initiatives for people facing multiple complex barriers that will enable them to access opportunities and build a dignified life.

To assist Minister Malcomson in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility whose focus will be to:

• Support you to work with stakeholders, with people with lived experience, to support the development and implementation of government’s work to make BC more accessible and inclusive for all people.

They have also been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and NonProfits whose focus will be to:

• Work with the Attorney General to support the engagement of the non-profit sector in the 2025 review of the Lobbyist Transparency Act.

• Continue to strengthen government’s relationship with the non-profit sector by acting as the point of contact within government on key issues affecting the sector and supporting the effectiveness of non-profit sector organizations, including through the Social Services Sector Roundtable.

Honourable Spencer Chandra Herbert / Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport

• In order to protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, respond to the needs of tourism service providers and arts organizations, grow the economy, and help keep British Columbia as a world class tourism destination. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and the priorities of communities in the province.

• Work with communities to support the development of recreation centres, community centres, arts and cultural centres, sports fields, and other critical social infrastructure.

• Support communities in delivering community events such as fairs and festivals that bring people together.

• Continue to support the development, promotion, and growth of BC’s film, television, and animation sectors in partnership with the Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Film and the Minister of Finance.

• Continue to support tourism as a strong pillar of the BC economy by working with the sector to enhance economic growth and community vibrancy, sustainably promoting BC’s unmatched geography and diverse experiences, and continuing to support rural and Indigenous tourism opportunities.

• Continue to support accessibility of amateur sport for all British Columbians. 

• Leverage the opportunities provided by the Invictus Games, the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and other major event bid proposals to maximize the economic development and tourism impact of major events across the province.

• Support the work led by the Ministers of Agriculture and Food and Public Safety and Solicitor General to grow our economy by supporting food and beverage producers, farmers, restaurants and the tourism sector with flexible liquor, land use, and cannabis regulations in relation to the development of innovative tourism products and unique experiences.

To assist Minister Herbert in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Film whose focus will be to:

• Engage with producers, workers, and employees of BC’s film and television sectors to ensure our province is a good partner in supporting the promotion, diversification, and growth of our domestic and international industries.

• Identify opportunities for BC to enhance and grow the arts, culture, and film sectors and ensure their long-term prosperity.

Honourable Mike Farnworth / Minister of Transportation and Transit

• To protect key services that British Columbians rely on, work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Transportation and Transit programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, are responsive to the needs of commuters, grow the economy, and help keep British Columbians moving. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and the priorities of communities in the province.

• Support improvements in BC’s Road infrastructure balanced with integrated transit opportunities to ensure that people can get home and to work faster, and goods can get to market more efficiently in our province.

• Find ways to support low-income people including seniors and young people in accessing affordable transit.

• Drive the development and expansion of transit across the province and work with communities across BC to find ways to strengthen key rural and intercity transportation services. This includes supporting regional transportation plans such as the Central Okanagan Transit Future Plan and working toward regular local transit along the Sea to Sky corridor.

• Ensure that our provincial transit services are being delivered in a way that is cos teffective for taxpayers, responsive to the concerns of transit riders, and not duplicative of administration by reviewing the private delivery model for provincial transit systems starting with handyDART.

• Work with BC ferries to address administrative costs and ensure affordable, reliable, and sustainable ferry services.

• Identify affordable and efficient opportunities for expansion of SkyTrain, RapidBus, and rail service in the province to meet the transportation and goods movement needs of growing populations.

• Lead work to advance progress on the Broadway extension to UBC, including by working with the federal government, UBC, the City of Vancouver, First Nations, and all relevant government agency stakeholders. Work with the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs to advance related government objectives on housing density and identify opportunities to achieve reduced carbon pollution and economic development. Delegate key responsibilities as you are able to the Parliamentary Secretary for Transit to support the extensive coordination and relationship building required by this file.

• Find ways to support taxi and ride hail operators and ensure safe and affordable transportation options for British Columbians.

• Support the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General in ensuring safety and efficiency across our public transportation system through partnerships with TransLink, BC Transit, and local governments to permit the use of technology in relation to enforcement of public transportation safety.

To assist Minister Farnworth in meeting the commitments made to British Columbians, they have been assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Transit whose focus will be to:

• Work with Minister Farnworth and the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs to identify and champion transit-oriented development sites with local governments, stakeholders, and the private sector to maximize success of this initiative.

• Work with Minister Farnworth to advance progress on the Broadway extension to UBC, including by building relationships with the relevant contacts in the federal government, UBC, the City of Vancouver, First Nations and all relevant government agency stakeholders. Work with the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs to advance related government objectives on housing density and identify opportunities to achieve reduced carbon pollution and economic development.

• Work with Minister Farnworth to identify opportunities to improve transit in underserved areas with greatest need, with a goal of connecting communities.

Honourable Randene Neill / Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

• Work with the Minister of Finance to review all existing Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship programs and initiatives to ensure our programs remain relevant, are efficient, are responsive to the needs of British Columbians, grow the economy, and protect our land and waters. This is important in the context of current Provincial budget constraints and the priorities of communities in the province.

• Support cross-government work in partnership with First Nations to improve timing and transparency of permitting processes to support sustainable economic growth, housing, and infrastructure while maintaining our world-leading environmental standards.

• Where opportunities are available to reach large-scale agreements on land use and critical metal and mineral development with First Nations in a manner that expedites permits, protects the environment, offers investor security, and increases prosperity for British Columbians, prioritize your Ministry’s role in this work to ensure timely implementation.

• Work with communities affected by drought, or expected to face water shortages, to support community-based priority setting between industrial, agricultural, residential, and environmental uses for water. Ensure better coordination between water regulators and local communities in advance of drought to support effective response during an emergency.

• Work with your ministerial colleagues across government to balance land use that advances conservation measures and supports a diversified economic strategy, supporting a wide range of industries, including energy, technology, tourism, and resource development.

• Continue land use planning with First Nations, industry, and local communities.

• Work with the Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals to enable mining exploration and development in British Columbia’s northwest in partnership with First Nations in a manner that helps achieve our Provincial commitment to protect 30% of lands and waters by 2030 and creates economic growth and opportunity in the region.

• Work collaboratively to protect critical ecosystems alongside First Nations, communities, workers, industry, organizations, and the public in a way that upholds rights and title claims, and contributes to long-term, inclusive economic growth that benefits all British Columbians.

• Continue our work to restore estuaries, inter-tidal zones, and critical salmon spawning habitats.