2024 BC Election Candidate Pledge Signees

BCNU activists, led by the union’s regional lobby coordinators, connected with candidates during the 2024 BC election to help them understand the importance of minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. The union developed a pledge that asked election candidates to commit to solving BC’s nurse staffing shortage by supporting the implementation of staffing ratios in all care settings.

The following party leaders and elected candidates signed the pledge:

BC NDP

David Eby (party leader), Vancouver-Point Grey
Brittny Anderson, Kootenay Central
Brenda Bailey, Vancouver-South Granville
Christine Boyle, Vancouver-Little Mountain
Jagrup Brar, Surrey-Fleetwood
Susie Chant, North Vancouver-Seymour
George Chow, Vancouver-Fraserview
Tamara Davidson, North Coast-Haida Gwaii
Sunita Dhir, Vancouver-Langara
Adrian Dix, Vancouver-Renfrew
Mable Elmore, Vancouver-Kensington
Mike Farnworth, Port Coquitlam
Diana Gibson, Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Stephanie Higginson, Ladysmith-Oceanside
Anne Kang, Burnaby Centre
Steve Morissette, Kootenay-Monashee
Josie Osborne, Mid Island-Pacific Rim
Janet Routledge, Burnaby North
Harwinder Sandhu, Vernon-Lumby
Amna Shah, Surrey City Centre
Debra Toporowski, Cowichan Valley
Jodie Wickens, Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

BC Conservatives

Brennan Day, Courtenay-Comox
Anna Kindy, North Island
Claire Rattée, Skeena

BC Greens

Sonia Furstenau (party leader)*
Robert Botterell, Saanich North and the Islands
Jeremy Valeriote, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

*not elected as MLA