Cabinet Minister Bowinn Ma was nominated today as the BC NDP candidate for North Vancouver-Lonsdale.

Twice-elected in 2017 and 2020, Bowinn Ma presently serves as Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness. A Professional Engineer and working mother, she welcomed her daughter Azalea to the world in 2023, and was only the third BC cabinet minister to give birth while holding public office. She understands the challenges that working families and parents face because she is living them right now, and is dedicated to making life better for people in her community.

"We've come a long way in repairing the damage caused by Kevin Falcon and John Rustad's BC Liberal government, and people in North Vancouver can't afford a return to their reckless cuts," said Ma. "While Falcon and Rustad bicker for political advantage, David Eby and I are focused on making sure people in North Vancouver-Lonsdale have a government that's on their side."

Since forming government in July 2017, the BC NDP has taken action on crucial issues that matter to the people of North Vancouver-Lonsdale, including:

• Helping BC’s renters find — and keep — their homes by limiting rent increases, providing a renter’s rebate, and bringing tens of thousands of rental units back to market through the speculation tax and tough new restrictions on short-term rentals;
• Helping people get care when they need it by building and upgrading hospitals in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and Richmond;
• Helping people with costs by eliminating MSP Premiums, reducing ICBC rates by $500 a year, boosting the BC Family Benefit by $445, cutting childcare fees in half, and making birth control free; and
• Taking action to create 75,000 good paying jobs in the last year to make BC an economic leader in Canada, with the highest wages in the country.

“Bowinn Ma has been an outstanding MLA and Minister,” said Premier David Eby. “In her, the people of North Vancouver-Lonsdale have an advocate who is connected to their issues, and is on their side.”

Bowinn Ma will join David Eby and 91 other exceptional BC NDP candidates in this fall’s provincial election, all committed to real action to help people build a good life here in BC.