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Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act
Makes it unlawful for publicly funded institutions and their staff to make, or require others to make, a land acknowledgement that denies Crown sovereignty over British Columbia or assigns collective guilt by race or ancestry, with exceptions for historically accurate statements and academic freedom, as the mover described it on first reading.
- Sponsor
- Dallas BrodiePrivate member's bill
- Subject
- Indigenous relations and treaties
Not allowed to be introduced
Motion for leave to introduce, October 23, 2025. The vote was 5 to 85.
By party
Who voted for and against
For (5)
- Tara ArmstrongKelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream · Independent
- Harman BhanguLangley-Abbotsford · Conservative
- Dallas BrodieVancouver-Quilchena · Independent
- Jordan KealyPeace River North · Independent
- Heather MaahsChilliwack North · Conservative
Against (85)
- Brittny AndersonKootenay Central · BC NDP
- George AndersonNanaimo-Lantzville · BC NDP
- Rohini AroraBurnaby East · BC NDP
- Brenda BaileyVancouver-South Granville · BC NDP
- Bruce BanmanAbbotsford South · Conservative
- Lisa BeareMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows · BC NDP
- Garry BeggSurrey-Guildford · BC NDP
- Rosalyn BirdPrince George-Valemount · Conservative
- Jennifer BlatherwickCoquitlam-Maillardville · BC NDP
- Lynne BlockWest Vancouver-Capilano · Conservative
- Rob BotterellSaanich North and the Islands · BC Green Party
- Amelia BoultbeePenticton-Summerland · Independent
- Christine BoyleVancouver-Little Mountain · BC NDP
- Jagrup BrarSurrey-Fleetwood · BC NDP
- Hon ChanRichmond Centre · Conservative
- Susie ChantNorth Vancouver-Seymour · BC NDP
- Paul ChoiBurnaby South-Metrotown · BC NDP
- George ChowVancouver-Fraserview · BC NDP
- Sheldon ClarePrince George-North Cariboo · Conservative
- Laanas - Tamara DavidsonNorth Coast-Haida Gwaii · BC NDP
- Pete DavisKootenay-Rockies · Conservative
- Brennan DayCourtenay-Comox · Conservative
- Gavin DewKelowna-Mission · Conservative
- Mandeep DhaliwalSurrey North · Conservative
- Sunita DhirVancouver-Langara · BC NDP
- Adrian DixVancouver-Renfrew · BC NDP
- Lorne DoerksonCariboo-Chilcotin · Conservative
- David EbyVancouver-Point Grey · BC NDP
- Mable ElmoreVancouver-Kensington · BC NDP
- Mike FarnworthPort Coquitlam · BC NDP
- Reann GasperAbbotsford-Mission · seat now vacant
- Diana GibsonOak Bay-Gordon Head · BC NDP
- Kiel GiddensPrince George-Mackenzie · Conservative
- Rick GlumacPort Moody-Burquitlam · BC NDP
- Kelly GreeneRichmond-Steveston · BC NDP
- Trevor HalfordSurrey-White Rock · Conservative
- Sharon HartwellBulkley Valley-Stikine · Conservative
- Linda HepnerSurrey-Serpentine River · Conservative
- Spencer Chandra HerbertVancouver-West End · BC NDP
- Stephanie HigginsonLadysmith-Oceanside · BC NDP
- Ravi KahlonDelta North · BC NDP
- Anne KangBurnaby Centre · BC NDP
- Anna KindyNorth Island · Conservative
- Steve KoonerRichmond-Queensborough · Conservative
- Nina KriegerVictoria-Swan Lake · BC NDP
- Dana LajeunesseJuan de Fuca-Malahat · BC NDP
- Kristina LoewenKelowna Centre · Conservative
- Grace LoreVictoria-Beacon Hill · BC NDP
- Tony LuckFraser-Nicola · Conservative
- Bowinn MaNorth Vancouver-Lonsdale · BC NDP
- Sheila MalcolmsonNanaimo-Gabriola Island · BC NDP
- Macklin McCallWest Kelowna-Peachland · Conservative
- Scott McInnisColumbia River-Revelstoke · Conservative
- Peter MilobarKamloops Centre · Conservative
- Lawrence MokMaple Ridge East · Conservative
- Steve MorissetteKootenay-Monashee · BC NDP
- Randene NeillPowell River-Sunshine Coast · BC NDP
- Korky NeufeldAbbotsford West · Conservative
- Larry NeufeldPeace River South · Conservative
- Josie OsborneMid Island-Pacific Rim · BC NDP
- Ravi ParmarLangford-Highlands · BC NDP
- Ian PatonDelta South · Conservative
- Amshen - Joan PhillipVancouver-Strathcona · seat now vacant
- Lana PophamSaanich South · BC NDP
- Misty Van PoptaLangley-Walnut Grove · Conservative
- Darlene RotchfordEsquimalt-Colwood · BC NDP
- Janet RoutledgeBurnaby North · BC NDP
- John RustadNechako Lakes · Conservative
- Harwinder SandhuVernon-Lumby · BC NDP
- Amna ShahSurrey City Centre · BC NDP
- Niki SharmaVancouver-Hastings · BC NDP
- Ward StamerKamloops-North Thompson · Conservative
- Elenore SturkoSurrey-Cloverdale · Independent
- Jessie SunnerSurrey-Newton · BC NDP
- Bryan TepperSurrey-Panorama · Conservative
- Jody ToorLangley-Willowbrook · Conservative
- Qwulti'stunaat - Debra ToporowskiCowichan Valley · BC NDP
- Jeremy ValerioteWest Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC Green Party
- Á'a:líya WarbusChilliwack-Cultus Lake · Conservative
- Teresa WatRichmond-Bridgeport · Conservative
- Jennifer WhitesideNew Westminster-Coquitlam · BC NDP
- Jodie WickensCoquitlam-Burke Mountain · BC NDP
- David WilliamsSalmon Arm-Shuswap · Conservative
- Donegal WilsonBoundary-Similkameen · Conservative
- Terry YungVancouver-Yaletown · BC NDP
Did not vote (3)
The record names only who voted for and who voted against. It does not say why anyone is missing.
- Brent ChapmanSurrey South · Conservative
- Raj ChouhanBurnaby-New Westminster · BC NDP · Speaker, voted only to break the tie
- Claire RattéeSkeena · Conservative
Sources
- Official Report of Debates (Hansard), October 23, 2025, morning sitting
- Votes and Proceedings, October 23, 2025
- Legislative Assembly copyright terms
Conservative is the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the label the Legislative Assembly uses.