Thank you to Her Honour Wendy Cocchia, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, for Her Honourary Patronage. In addition, thank you to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, the Champions and the MLAs who joined us for SMP-BC 2025. Your engagement plays a key role in building connections between science and policy in British Columbia. See below for a full list of this year’s supporters.
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker
Honourable Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
British Columbia
Honourable Raj Chouhan
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
British Columbia
Champions
Nina Krieger
SMP Champion
New Democratic Party
Victoria-Swan Lake
Scott McInnis
SMP Champion
Conservative Party
Columbia River-Revelstoke
Jeremy Valeriote
SMP Champion
Green Party
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Participant MLAs
Hon. David Eby, K.C.
Premier and President of the Executive Council
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-Point Grey
Hon. Niki Sharma, K.C.
Attorney General and Deputy Premier
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-Hastings
Hon. Brenda Bailey
Minister of Finance
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-South Granville
Hon. Jagrup Brar
Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals
New Democratic Party
Surrey-Fleetwood
Hon. George Chow
Minister of Citizens' Services
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-Fraserview
Hon. Tamara Davidson
Minister of Environment and Parks
New Democratic Party
North Coast-Haida Gwaii
Hon. Kelly Greene
Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
New Democratic Party
Richmond-Steveston
Hon. Spencer Chandra Hebert
Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-West End
Hon. Sheila Malcolmson
Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
New Democratic Party
Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
Hon. Randene Neill
Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
New Democratic Party
Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Hon. Jennifer Whiteside
Minister of Labour
New Democratic Party
New Westminster-Coquitlam
Hon. Terry Yung
Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-Yaletown
George Anderson
New Democratic Party
Nanaimo-Lantzville
Jennifer Blatherwick
New Democratic Party
Coquitlam-Maillardville
Susie Chant
New Democratic Party
North Vancouver-Seymour
Sunita Dhir
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-Langara
Steve Morissette
New Democratic Party
Kootenay-Monashee
Joan Phillip
New Democratic Party
Vancouver-Strathcona
Bruce Banman
Conservative Party
Abbotsford South
Harman Bhangu
Conservative Party
Langley-Abbotsford
Lynne Block
Conservative Party
West Vancouver-Capilano
Hon Chan
Conservative Party
Richmond Centre
Sheldon Clare
Conservative Party
Prince George-North Cariboo
Brennan Day
Conservative Party
Courtenay-Comox
Mandeep Dhaliwal
Conservative Party
Surrey North
Lorne Doerkson
Conservative Party
Cariboo-Chilcotin
Reann Gasper
Conservative Party
Abbotsford-Mission
Sharon Hartwell
Conservative Party
Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Anna Kindy
Conservative Party
North Island
Steve Kooner
Conservative Party
Richmond-Queensborough
Kristina Loewen
Conservative Party
Kelowna Centre
Heather Maahs
Conservative Party
Chilliwack North
Peter Milobar
Conservative Party
Kamloops Centre
Lawrence Mok
Conservative Party
Maple Ridge East
Korky Neufeld
Conservative Party
Abbotsford West
Larry Neufeld
Conservative Party
Peace River South
John Rustad
Conservative Party
Nechako Lakes
Ward Stamer
Conservative Party
Kamloops-North Thompson
Bryan Tepper
Conservative Party
Surrey-Panorama
Jody Toor
Conservative Party
Langley-Willowbrook
A'aliya Warbus
Conservative Party
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake
David Williams
Conservative Party
Salmon Arm-Shuswap
Donegal Wilson
Conservative Party
Boundary-Similkameen
