Healthcare
Will there be a doctor, a hospital, and care when we need it?
Commits to repeal and replace the HPOA with independent health-profession oversight.
- 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?"
- Commit to repeal and replace the HPOA
- Health professionals regulated by people who understand their work
- Oversight independent, transparent and free from political influence, with a fair right of appeal
- Replacement legislation built with the professions and the public
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“Oliver Wildfong, OneBC, Surrey City Centre. Yes, I commit to repeal and replace. Health professionals should be regulated by people who understand their work, not by boards hand-picked by the health minister. Patients deserve strong oversight, but it has to be independent, transparent and free from political influence, with a fair right of appeal. I'd support replacement legislation built with the professions and the public, not imposed on them.”
Source: HPOA and the 2026 BC Election | Psychologists of BC for Ethical Care and Governance · October 7, 2026
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