| Bio | Adila Shaukat has lived in Chilliwack North since 2019 and has served the community through public service, including as a constituency assistant in MLA Dan Coulter's office and as a voter-contact organizer in the riding's 2024 campaign. She holds a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from Imperial College London and is a mother of three. Her priorities include affordability, homelessness and access to health care. | Dan Grice is a real estate and estate planning lawyer in the Fraser Valley with 12 years of legal experience. A North Chilliwack resident and parent of two children in Chilliwack schools, he previously ran as an independent candidate and has served as an organizer on the 2005 and 2009 referendums on electoral reform and as a proponent in the 2018 referendum. | Heather Maahs was elected MLA for Chilliwack North in 2024 after serving as a Chilliwack school trustee from 2008 to 2024, the board's longest-standing member. During her trustee tenure she emphasized foundational reading skills and literacy in education. She is a mother of three and grandmother of eleven. |
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| HealthcareWill there be a doctor, a hospital, and care when we need it? | Supports MRI funding to bring care closer to home. - PRE-WINDOW: Facebook image post on her campaign page dated Oct 21 20:43 EDT (before the 05:00 EDT window) — the first Shaukat campaign-content catch; she has only one build row (affordability).
- Campaign graphic over an MRI-room photo quotes her backing the BC NDP's Chilliwack MRI pledge (paired with Paddon's Oct 21 Sardis Park announcement).
- Post was 'authorized by BC NDP Financial Agent, Karen Cooling' — Chilliwack North candidate content.
Show their words & sourceHide (a few sentences)“No one in our community should have to drive hours for a scan. This MRI brings care closer to home.” Source: Adila Shaukat campaign graphic backing the Chilliwack MRI pledge (Facebook) · October 21, 2026 Confidence:High | Grice: constituents are frustrated with autism-funding changes; changing a routine on an autistic child is the worst thing. - Has heard from constituents frustrated with autism-funding changes
- Many understand funding constraints, but changing a regime or routine on an autistic child is the worst thing you can do
- Will continue listening
- Answer submitted Oct 14, 2026; PRE-WINDOW verified earlier miss — questionnaire never extracted before this run
Show their words & sourceHide (a few sentences)“Many understand funding constraints, but the worst thing you can do with an autistic child is change a regime or routine on them.” Source: BC Families for Fair Autism Funding candidate questionnaire — Dan Grice (Chilliwack North) · October 14, 2026 Confidence:High | Commits to repealing the Health Professions and Occupations Act and replacing it with profession-led, politics-free regulation. - Asked by the HPOA candidate questionnaire (Psychologists of BC for Ethical Care and Governance): "Will you commit to repealing the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) and replacing it with legislation, built with the professions and the public, that keeps politics out of health care?"
- Repeal the HPOA
- Replace it with legislation built with the professions and the public
- Keep oversight independent and free from political interference
Show their words & sourceHide (a few sentences)“Yes. We support repealing the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) and working with the professions to keep their oversight independent and free from political interference.” Source: HPOA and the 2026 BC Election — Psychologists of BC for Ethical Care and Governance · October 11, 2026 Confidence:High |
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| HousingWill I be able to afford to live here? | | | |
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| Cost of livingCan I afford groceries, hydro and insurance? | Would be a strong local voice for Chilliwack North, building good jobs, strengthening health care and lowering costs for families. - Be a strong local voice for Chilliwack North
- Build good jobs, strengthen health care and lower costs for families
Show their words & sourceHide (a few sentences)“I was raised by a single mother who was a school teacher, and I'm now a proud mother of three. Through my public service and work with local non-profits, I've seen how affordability, homelessness and access to healthcare affect people in Chilliwack North. I'm running with the BC NDP to be a strong local voice and help build good jobs, strengthen healthcare and lower costs for families.” Source: More BC NDP candidates ready to stand up for their communities — BC NDP Confidence:High | | |
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| Economy & jobsWill BC's economy create good jobs where I live? | | | |
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| EducationWill my kids' schools be properly funded? | | | |
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| Environment & climateIs the province protecting forests, water and climate? | | This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source. CentreBC would create an independent Climate Accountability Office and legislate a 75% oil-and-gas methane cut by 2030. - Grice's own answer to Build Chilliwack's environmental questionnaire (Chilliwack North candidates): CentreBC supports an independent Climate Accountability Office reporting to the legislature every year on progress sector by sector.
- Methane target: cut oil-and-gas methane 75% below 2014 levels by 2030, verified by an independent aerial survey published annually.
- Context: he notes BC emissions in 2023 were only 6% below 2007 levels, far short of the 40% 2030 target — CentreBC would aim for 20% below 2007 by 2030 instead.
- PRE-WINDOW verified miss: survey closed 16 Oct 2026; never extracted in any prior run (no 'buildchilliwack' hits in baselines, run JSONs or imports).
“We will also put a methane target in law, cutting oil and gas methane 75% below 2014 by 2030, backed by an independent aerial survey published every year.” (several paragraphs) Source: Build Chilliwack: Environmental Questions for Chilliwack MLA Candidates (survey closed 16 Oct 2026 — PRE-WINDOW verified miss) · October 16, 2026 Confidence:High CentreBC would double the Watershed Security Fund to $200M for drinking water, salmon and flood protection. - Grice's own answer on water in the Build Chilliwack environmental questionnaire (Chilliwack North).
- Also pledges to end every long-term First Nations drinking-water advisory by 2029, with a $25M/year provincial top-up.
- PRE-WINDOW verified miss: survey closed 16 Oct 2026; never extracted in any prior run.
“On water, we want to double the Watershed Security Fund to $200 million for drinking water, salmon and flood protection.” (several paragraphs) Source: Build Chilliwack: Environmental Questions for Chilliwack MLA Candidates (survey closed 16 Oct 2026 — PRE-WINDOW verified miss) · October 16, 2026 Confidence:High Names unfixed Highway 1 low spots between Chilliwack and Abbotsford — flooded again in December — as a personal priority. - Grice's own climate-adaptation answer in the Build Chilliwack questionnaire, filed under environment-climate (flood resilience), not transportation.
- He notes the stretch flooded again last December and says, as a commuter, he would make the fix a personal priority.
- Quote kept character-for-character, including his typos ('stetch', 'the low lying spots the freeway').
- PRE-WINDOW verified miss: survey closed 16 Oct 2026; never extracted in any prior run.
“I'm very disappointed that five years after the 2021 flood, we still have not fixed the low lying spots the freeway, and the stetch between Chilliwack and Abbotsford again flooded last December. This is our national highway and someone who commuted, I will make this a personal priority.” (several paragraphs) Source: Build Chilliwack: Environmental Questions for Chilliwack MLA Candidates (survey closed 16 Oct 2026 — PRE-WINDOW verified miss) · October 16, 2026 Confidence:High Think we’ve got this wrong? | |
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| Public safetyWill repeat offenders stay off my street? | | | |
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| TransportationWill the highways, ferries and transit keep up? | | | |
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| Mental health & addictionsHow will the province handle the toxic-drug crisis? | | | |
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| Seniors & long-term careCan seniors age with dignity in BC? | | | |
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| Indigenous relationsHow will the province work with Indigenous peoples? | | | |
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| Government & taxesIs the province spending my money wisely? | | | |
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