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EDITORIAL · THE BC NDP · INCUMBENTS · SOCIAL MEDIA
We graded 41 NDP MLAs on whether they listen to you. 39 failed.
Forty-one BC NDP MLAs are asking for your vote again on 24 October. We read their campaign accounts and graded every one of them on whether they answer you. Their campaign posts on X drew 94,850 replies. They replied 195 times on X, Facebook and Instagram, and only 54 of those replies answered a critic or a question with substance; the rest went to their own side or brushed critics off. Fifteen limited who could reply at all. Thirty-nine of the 41 fail our report card, including Jessie Sunner, who wrote that “People deserve candidates who show up and answer questions.”
Five days before advance voting, Brittny Anderson, the Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities and candidate in Kootenay Central, told her Facebook followers what kind of representative she is. She is, she wrote, “someone who spends a lot of time listening to communities”.12
Brittny AndersonBrittnyAndersonBCNDP
about 16 Oct 2026Earlier this week, the BC NDP shared new steps to protect the natural spaces that shape our lives in British Columbia. As someone who spends a lot of time listening to communities, walking local trails, and working with people who care deeply about our forests and watersheds, this direction feels meaningful.
The plan focuses on expanding protections for old growth and sensitive ecosystems, strengthening watershed security, and setting clearer standards for emerging industries so environmental health stays at the center of decision making. It also highlights the goal of conserving 30 percent of B.C.’s land and water by 2030, something many scientists and community leaders have been urging for years.
For me, this work is personal. The places we love are not abstract policy areas. They are the rivers that hold our history, the forests that teach us resilience, and the landscapes our kids will inherit. Protecting them is part of caring for each other.
Vote for me, vote BC NDP.
Anderson says she spends a lot of time listening. Text copied from her post, read on 17 October.12
Her replies tell a different story. We read every reply she posted on X during the campaign and every Facebook comment thread under her campaign posts that we could open. We found 36 replies from her. With critics, she argues the party line or mocks them: 16 of her replies answered a critic or a question with substance, 6 brushed a critic off and 6 mocked or attacked one. She also limited who could comment on 11 of her 85 Facebook campaign posts.1345
Some of her answers have substance. Asked why the election could not wait, she replied:
Brittny AndersonBrittnyAndersonBCNDP
reply, week of 13 Oct 2026Replying to a commenter
We could have waited a few weeks but the writ needed to be dropped BEFORE we started session in early October because after Joan’s death we didn’t have the number seats needed for a majority government and Emily ripped up our agreement with the Greens a year ago.
A real answer to a real question: her party’s case for the snap election.13
More often, the critic gets a put-down. These are her words, under her own campaign posts; we have removed the names and hometowns of the people she was answering.
Brittny AndersonBrittnyAndersonBCNDP
week of 15 Oct 2026Replying to a commenter
dude, […] go troll your own canditates...or better yet, touch grass.
Bless!
Her reply to a critic.13
Brittny AndersonBrittnyAndersonBCNDP
week of 13 Oct 2026Replying to a commenter
[…] I am not sure why you are so concerned with my election. You have known me since elementary school and your constant trolling is causing my dear mother some concern.
Her reply to a commenter who listed the NDP’s record and urged a Green vote.13
Brittny AndersonBrittnyAndersonBCNDP
week of 14 Oct 2026Replying to a commenter
[…] thanks for letting us know. Every comment you make on my page boots the algorithm and helps me spread my message of love and kindness further. Have a wonderful day sir and thank you for all the love and support!
Her reply to a commenter who said he would vote Conservative. Spelling as she wrote it.13
On X her only replies went to Shachi Kurl, the president of the Angus Reid Institute, who had hosted the leaders’ debate and posted about abuse from viewers. One of them turned on the host’s critics.14
Brittny Anderson@BrittnyAnderso
15 Oct 2026, 5:18 a.m.Replying to @ShachiKurl
In the words of the goddess Taylor Swift "haters gonna hate."
Thank you for your professionalism.
It is really easy to be a know it all with a superiority complex keyboard warrior wearing dirty sweatpants in a basement.
It is hard to be an unbiased professional debate host.
Anderson’s reply to the debate host.14
Her party runs its own channel more tightly still: all 30 of its campaign videos on YouTube have comments turned off, while the Conservatives and Greens left theirs open.1215
She is not the exception. David Eby, the Premier, drew 57,292 replies to his campaign posts on X and answered none of them. Across all 41 BC NDP MLAs running again, their campaign posts on X drew 94,850 replies. They posted 195 replies of their own on X, Facebook and Instagram, and only 54 of those answered a critic or a question with substance; 95 went to supporters, their own party or small talk, and the rest brushed critics off or mocked them. Thirty-nine of the 41 fail our report card.46
In our view, the party that asks for your vote online has mostly stopped listening there, and a minister who writes that she spends her time listening owes her critics answers, not put-downs.
01 We graded all 41 NDP incumbents on whether they answer you, and what we could not see earned no credit
Forty-one BC NDP MLAs are running again, 24 of them in cabinet.2 We read their accounts from the day the House was dissolved, 22 September, to 17 October: 3,116 campaign posts and reposts, every reply each of them made on X, and the comments under their Facebook and Instagram posts.345 Each MLA is graded on four measures, and each measure is a Pass or a Fail.
Did they answer a critic or a question in public, with substance?
Pass: at least one such reply during the campaign. Replies to supporters, their own party, thanks, small talk, brush-offs and mockery do not count.
Could anyone reply to them?
Pass: replies open on every campaign post we read. Fail: limited on any of them, or no post to read.
Did they post during the campaign on any account a voter can find?
Pass: at least one campaign post.
Were their posts their own, or reposts of other accounts?
Pass: they wrote at least half of the campaign items we read.
If they didn’t answer anyone, or limited who could answer them, they fail. If we could not find it in public, they get no credit. A passing MLA earns an A when the words are mostly their own, and a B when they are mostly reposts.
The charts below hold everything we read: every MLA, every measure, every post. Sort and filter them, or tap a name to see the evidence. The argument picks up after them.
Coverage: 108 accounts found for the 41 incumbents, 96 read; 3,116 campaign posts and reposts read, plus 195 replies the incumbents made; reply settings read on 2,278 posts.
Show the numbers
| Measure | Pass | Fail |
|---|---|---|
| Answers | 8 | 33 |
| Open | 25 | 16 |
| Present | 40 | 1 |
| Words | 35 | 6 |
Show the numbers
| Group | A | B | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| All 41 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Cabinet | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Parliamentary secretaries | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Other MLAs | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Point at or tap a name to see the evidence behind it.
| Rank | Incumbent | Grade | Answers | Open | Present | Words | Posts read | Limited | Replies received | Replies made | Critics answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bowinn MaMinister of Infrastructure · North Vancouver-Lonsdale | A | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | 143 | 0 | 3,589 | 23 | 12 |
| 2 |  Jennifer BlatherwickParliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity · Coquitlam-Maillardville | A | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Brittny AndersonMinister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities · Kootenay Central | F | PASS | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 115 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 16 |
| 4 |  Harwinder SandhuParliamentary Secretary for Agriculture · Vernon-Lumby | F | PASS | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 109 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 16 |
| 5 |  Grace LoreMinister without Portfolio · Victoria-Beacon Hill | F | PASS | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 65 | 28 | 408 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 |  Sheila MalcolmsonMinister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction · Nanaimo-Gabriola Island | F | PASS | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 125 | 6 | 789 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 |  Steve MorissetteParliamentary Secretary for Rural Development · Kootenay-Monashee | F | PASS | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 43 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 |  Susie ChantParliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care · North Vancouver-Seymour | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 72 | 0 | 413 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 |  George AndersonParliamentary Secretary for Energy and Climate Solutions · Nanaimo-Lantzville | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 44 | 0 | 351 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 |  Dana LajeunesseParliamentary Secretary for Accessibility · Juan de Fuca-Malahat | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 |  David EbyPremier · Vancouver-Point Grey | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 194 | 0 | 57,292 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Darlene RotchfordParliamentary Secretary for Armed Forces Development and Veterans Affairs · Esquimalt-Colwood | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 88 | 0 | 3,209 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  Garry BeggParliamentary Secretary for Surrey Infrastructure · Surrey-Guildford | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 69 | 0 | 2,956 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  Jennifer WhitesideMinister of Labour · New Westminster-Coquitlam | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 53 | 0 | 2,769 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  Amna ShahParliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, and for Mental Health and Addictions · Surrey City Centre | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 57 | 0 | 1,293 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Nina KriegerMinister of Public Safety and Solicitor General · Victoria-Swan Lake | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 112 | 0 | 1,054 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Stephanie HigginsonParliamentary Secretary for Primary Care Access · Ladysmith-Oceanside | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 8 | 0 | 646 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  Tamara DavidsonMinister of Environment and Parks · North Coast-Haida Gwaii | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 102 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Reah AroraMLA · Burnaby East | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 59 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  Randene NeillMinister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship · Powell River-Sunshine Coast | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  Diana GibsonMinister of Citizens' Services · Oak Bay-Gordon Head | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  Paul ChoiParliamentary Secretary for Trade · Burnaby South-Metrotown | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Niki SharmaAttorney General and Deputy Premier · Vancouver-Hastings | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  Lisa BeareMinister of Education and Child Care · Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  Anne KangMinister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport · Burnaby Centre | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 |  Rick GlumacMinister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies · Port Moody-Burquitlam | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | PASS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 |  Spencer Chandra HerbertMinister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation · Vancouver-West End | F | PASS | FAIL | PASS | FAIL | 228 | 36 | 90 | 13 | 3 |
| 28 |  Josie OsborneMinister of Finance · Mid Island-Pacific Rim | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 93 | 23 | 1,539 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 |  Adrian DixMinister of Energy and Climate Solutions · Vancouver-Renfrew | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | FAIL | 69 | 0 | 1,394 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 |  Christine BoyleMinister of Housing and Municipal Affairs · Vancouver-Little Mountain | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 78 | 10 | 342 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 |  Sunita DhirParliamentary Secretary for International Credentials · Vancouver-Langara | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 91 | 25 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 |  Debra ToporowskiParliamentary Secretary for Rural Health · Cowichan Valley | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 21 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 |  Ravi ParmarMinister of Forests · Langford-Highlands | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | FAIL | 318 | 0 | 11,212 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 |  Mike FarnworthMinister of Transportation and Transit · Port Coquitlam | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | FAIL | 29 | 0 | 1,983 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 |  Jessie SunnerMinister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills · Surrey-Newton | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 72 | 16 | 1,888 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |  Jagrup BrarMinister of Mining and Critical Minerals · Surrey-Fleetwood | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 121 | 17 | 1,441 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 |  Jodie WickensMinister of Children and Family Development · Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 |  Terry YungMinister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services · Vancouver-Yaletown | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 |  Mable ElmoreMLA · Vancouver-Kensington | F | FAIL | PASS | PASS | FAIL | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 |  Janet RoutledgeMLA · Burnaby North | F | FAIL | FAIL | PASS | PASS | 96 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 |  Raj ChouhanSpeaker of the Legislature · Burnaby-New Westminster | F | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Point at or tap a row to see the evidence; tap it again to list every post we read for that person.
Rank: by grade, then critics answered, then replies made, then replies received. Posts read: campaign posts and reposts on X, and the Facebook and Instagram campaign posts we read while signed in. Limited: posts we read with replies limited. Replies received: on their own X posts. Replies made: every reply we found them posting on X, Facebook and Instagram. Critics answered: replies that answered a critic or a question with substance.
Steve MorissetteParliamentary Secretary for Rural Development · Kootenay-Monashee
6 limited31 more limited posts for Steve Morissette are in the full list.
Spencer Chandra HerbertMinister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation · Vancouver-West End
6 limited30 more limited posts for Spencer Chandra Herbert are in the full list.
Grace LoreMinister without Portfolio · Victoria-Beacon Hill
6 limited22 more limited posts for Grace Lore are in the full list.
Sunita DhirParliamentary Secretary for International Credentials · Vancouver-Langara
6 limited19 more limited posts for Sunita Dhir are in the full list.
Josie OsborneMinister of Finance · Mid Island-Pacific Rim
6 limited17 more limited posts for Josie Osborne are in the full list.
Jagrup BrarMinister of Mining and Critical Minerals · Surrey-Fleetwood
6 limited11 more limited posts for Jagrup Brar are in the full list.
Jessie SunnerMinister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills · Surrey-Newton
6 limited10 more limited posts for Jessie Sunner are in the full list.
Terry YungMinister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services · Vancouver-Yaletown
6 limited10 more limited posts for Terry Yung are in the full list.
Jodie WickensMinister of Children and Family Development · Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
6 limited9 more limited posts for Jodie Wickens are in the full list.
Debra ToporowskiParliamentary Secretary for Rural Health · Cowichan Valley
6 limited9 more limited posts for Debra Toporowski are in the full list.
Brittny AndersonMinister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities · Kootenay Central
6 limited5 more limited posts for Brittny Anderson are in the full list.
Christine BoyleMinister of Housing and Municipal Affairs · Vancouver-Little Mountain
6 limited4 more limited posts for Christine Boyle are in the full list.
Janet RoutledgeMLA · Burnaby North
6 limited4 more limited posts for Janet Routledge are in the full list.
Harwinder SandhuParliamentary Secretary for Agriculture · Vernon-Lumby
6 limited3 more limited posts for Harwinder Sandhu are in the full list.
Sheila MalcolmsonMinister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction · Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
6 limitedDate: when the post went up; we read every post on 17 October 2026. Replies: the count X shows. Facebook and Instagram reply counts were not recorded.
02 NDP incumbents told voters they were listening. Their posts drew thousands of replies, and they answered none
Anderson was not the only one to promise conversation. Here is what six incumbents posted during the campaign, set against the replies their campaign posts on X drew and the critics they answered.
| Incumbent | What they posted | Replies received | Critics answered |
|---|---|---|---|
Garry BeggParliamentary Secretary for Surrey Infrastructure · Surrey-Guildford | “listening to our neighbours”X, 4 Oct 20267 | 2,956 | 0 |
Nina KriegerMinister of Public Safety and Solicitor General · Victoria-Swan Lake | “I’m looking forward to hearing what matters to you.”X, 23 Sep 20268 | 1,054 | 0 |
Darlene RotchfordParliamentary Secretary for Armed Forces Development and Veterans Affairs · Esquimalt-Colwood | “talking to neighbours”X, 4 Oct 20269 | 3,209 | 0 |
Susie ChantParliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care · North Vancouver-Seymour | “having genuine conversations”X, 15 Oct 202610 | 413 | 0 |
Stephanie HigginsonParliamentary Secretary for Primary Care Access · Ladysmith-Oceanside | “British Columbians deserve answers”X, 15 Oct 202611 | 646 | 0 |
Jessie SunnerMinister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills · Surrey-Newton | “People deserve candidates who show up and answer questions.”X, 16 Oct 20261 | 1,888 | 0 |
Jessie Sunner, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, went further. On 16 October she scolded eight Conservative candidates for skipping a Surrey business debate: “People deserve candidates who show up and answer questions.” Four of the five people who replied to that post challenged her. She answered none of them, or any of the 1,888 replies her campaign posts had drawn, and on Facebook she let only people who had followed her page for a day comment on 14 of her 20 Facebook campaign posts.15
Jessie Sunner@jessieksunner
16 Oct 2026, 10:22 p.m.8 of his Surrey candidates have missed an opportunity to answer questions from local businesses.
We were there to discuss real plans to improve transit, lower costs and give Surrey more control over its future.
People deserve candidates who show up and answer questions. (2/2)
Sunner says candidates should answer questions. Four of the five replies challenged her, and she answered none.1
Begg’s post is the plainest case. He wrote that he was listening to his neighbours, and 116 people answered him under that one post. He replied to none of them, or to anyone else, all campaign.74
Garry Begg@GarryBeggBC
4 Oct 2026, 5:25 p.m.We’re knocking on doors, listening to our neighbours and working hard to earn your support once again.
Begg says he is listening. His campaign posts drew 2,956 replies, and he answered none.7
The Premier, David Eby, has the biggest audience of all. His 110 campaign posts on X drew 57,292 replies, and we found no reply from him to anyone. Ravi Parmar, the Minister of Forests, drew 11,212 and answered none.4
03 When NDP incumbents did reply, 141 of their 195 replies went to their own side or brushed critics off
We found 195 replies by the 41 incumbents on X, Facebook and Instagram during the campaign, and we sorted every one by whom it went to and what it did.6 Only 54 answered a critic or a question with substance.
Substantive answers to critics came from Brittny Anderson (16), Harwinder Sandhu (16), Bowinn Ma (12), Grace Lore (4), Spencer Chandra Herbert (3), Jennifer Blatherwick (1), Steve Morissette (1), Sheila Malcolmson (1).
Bowinn Ma, the Minister of Infrastructure and candidate in North Vancouver-Lonsdale, told a voter who asked whether the government had cancelled long-term care projects: “No. We did not. We paused several of them due to cost escalations.” Grace Lore, the Minister without Portfolio and candidate in Victoria-Beacon Hill, argued for two days on X with people who had shared a photo of a person in distress. Lore fails our report card, because she limited comments on most of her Instagram campaign posts.65
Bowinn Ma and Jennifer Blatherwick are the only incumbents to pass our report card. Jennifer Blatherwick, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, passes on one Facebook reply: asked whether a winter shelter would run this year, she said that everything she had heard confirmed it was going forward starting in October.
Two incumbents answered critics often and still fail. Brittny Anderson and Harwinder Sandhu, the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and candidate in Vernon-Lumby each answered a critic with substance 16 and 16 times on Facebook, but both limited who could comment on some of their campaign posts, and both also brushed critics off or mocked them.65
Most of the rest replied only to their own side, or not at all. Sheila Malcolmson answered Josie Osborne and Richard Zussman, both NDP candidates. Adrian Dix answered the Premier. Susie Chant answered Garry Begg. Most of George Anderson’s replies thanked supporters, and to a person who had written “F--- off.” he sent a GIF of a snowflake.6
In our view, a candidate who answers only the people who already agree is not listening. They are collecting applause.
04 Fifteen NDP incumbents limited who could reply, some on the very posts that praised conversation
Fifteen incumbents limited replies on at least one campaign post we read.54 Limiting replies is legal, and every platform offers it. It is also a choice about whom a candidate will hear from while asking for votes.
Source: X post data for every campaign post; Facebook and Instagram campaign posts checked while signed in.
Spencer Chandra Herbert limited replies on 31 of his 32 campaign posts on X. One of them celebrated “Great conversations” on a West End street corner.16
Spencer Chandra Herbert@SChandraHerbert
3 Oct 2026, 1:57 p.m.Great conversations on Davie and Thurlow! I hope you’re enjoying the sun as much as we are.
The conversations were on the street. On X, he decided who could join them.16
Terry Yung, the Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services and candidate in Vancouver-Yaletown set all five of his campaign posts on X so that only accounts he mentions could reply, and none of his Instagram campaign posts showed a comment box.17
On Facebook the limits run deeper than one post. Steve Morissette, the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development and candidate in Kootenay-Monashee, let only people who had followed his page for more than a day comment on most of his campaign posts: 37 of 43 of his Facebook campaign posts we read. Josie Osborne did the same on 20 of 27 of her Facebook campaign posts we read.5
In our view, a candidate who praises conversation and then decides who may take part is having it on their own terms.
05 A campaign account is where a candidate asks for your vote. It should also be where they answer you
The silence is not for want of being asked. Their campaign posts on X drew 94,850 replies, and the incumbents posted 195 replies of their own. Only 54 of those answered a critic or a question with substance.46
Some of what lands under a politician’s post is abuse, and nobody owes abuse an answer. But the questions were there too, under posts about listening, conversation and answers. In our view, a candidate who will not answer a civil question where everyone can see it is telling voters whom the account is for.
You can test it yourself before 24 October. Ask your NDP incumbent one question, in a reply under one of their own campaign posts, and see whether it is answered.
Four questions for four incumbents, from their own numbers
David EbyPremier · Vancouver-Point Grey
- Your campaign posts on X drew 57,292 replies. Will you answer one question from a voter, in public, before 24 October?
Jessie SunnerMinister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills · Surrey-Newton
- You wrote that people deserve candidates who answer questions. Which of the 1,888 replies to your posts will you answer?
Garry BeggParliamentary Secretary for Surrey Infrastructure · Surrey-Guildford
- You wrote that you were listening to your neighbours. Will you reply to the 116 who answered that post?
Spencer Chandra HerbertMinister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation · Vancouver-West End
- Why did you limit who could reply on 31 of your 32 campaign posts, and will you open them before the polls close?
06 Here is every one of the 41 NDP incumbents, with a grade and a reason on each measure
The tiles run from the best grade to the worst, then by surname. Each line gives the evidence for a Pass or the reason for a Fail. The large letter follows our rule: no answer to a critic or a question, or limited replies, is an F.
Jennifer BlatherwickParliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity · Coquitlam-Maillardville
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 1 time on Facebook; other replies: to supporters 2, thanks or small talk 1. This rests on one reply found in our read of her Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 51 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 54 of 57 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 2; Facebook and Instagram 54 of 55).
Bowinn MaMinister of Infrastructure · North Vancouver-Lonsdale
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 12 times on Facebook and X; other replies: brush-offs to critics 5, to supporters 3, thanks or small talk 2, attacks or mockery 1. This rests on these replies found in our read of her Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 123 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 119 of 143 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 34 of 58; Facebook and Instagram 85 of 85).
Brittny AndersonMinister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities · Kootenay Central
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 16 times on Facebook; other replies: attacks or mockery 6, brush-offs to critics 6, thanks or small talk 4, to supporters 4. This rests on these replies found in our read of her Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 11 of 85 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Facebook.
- WordsPASSWrote 87 of 115 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 2 of 30; Facebook and Instagram 85 of 85).
George AndersonParliamentary Secretary for Energy and Climate Solutions · Nanaimo-Lantzville
- AnswersFAILThe one possible substantive reply is cut off by Facebook and could not be read in full. Other replies: to supporters 10, thanks or small talk 2, attacks or mockery 1. On Facebook and Instagram we read 146 comments under 27 of his posts and found 9 replies from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 43 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 37 of 44 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 10 of 16; Facebook and Instagram 27 of 28).
Reah AroraMLA · Burnaby East
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 49 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 221 comments under 53 of her posts and found no reply from her. Her Instagram campaign posts could be read only on the comments Instagram shows; the hidden reply threads under them (75 links) stayed unopened.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 55 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 55 of 59 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 1 of 5; Facebook and Instagram 54 of 54).
Lisa BeareMinister of Education and Child Care · Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 187 comments under 21 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 25 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 25 of 32 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 7; Facebook and Instagram 25 of 25).
Garry BeggParliamentary Secretary for Surrey Infrastructure · Surrey-Guildford
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 2,956 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 297 comments under 40 of his posts and found no reply from him. About half of the hidden reply threads under his Facebook posts stayed unopened, so this zero is partial.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 65 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 65 of 69 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 19 of 23; Facebook and Instagram 46 of 46).
Christine BoyleMinister of Housing and Municipal Affairs · Vancouver-Little Mountain
- AnswersFAILReplied 1 time (to their own party 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance; her posts drew 342 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 152 comments under 30 of her posts and found 1 reply from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 8 of 18 Facebook posts and 2 of 26 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 47 of 78 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 3 of 34; Facebook and Instagram 44 of 44).
Jagrup BrarMinister of Mining and Critical Minerals · Surrey-Fleetwood
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 1,441 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 792 comments under 57 of his posts and found no reply from him.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 1 of 19 X posts and 16 of 31 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 78 of 121 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 19 of 62; Facebook and Instagram 59 of 59).
Susie ChantParliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care · North Vancouver-Seymour
- AnswersFAILReplied 1 time (to their own party 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance; her posts drew 413 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 463 comments under 29 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 42 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 41 of 72 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 11 of 42; Facebook and Instagram 30 of 30).
Paul ChoiParliamentary Secretary for Trade · Burnaby South-Metrotown
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 13 comments under 11 of his posts and found no reply from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 13 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 11 of 13 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 1 of 1; Facebook and Instagram 10 of 12).
Raj ChouhanSpeaker of the Legislature · Burnaby-New Westminster
- AnswersFAILNo campaign post on any account we could find, so nothing we could see him answer.
- OpenFAILNo campaign post we could read.
- PresentFAILHis X and Facebook accounts carry no post since the campaign began.
- WordsFAILNo campaign post we could read.
Tamara DavidsonMinister of Environment and Parks · North Coast-Haida Gwaii
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 90 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 331 comments under 96 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 102 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 101 of 102 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 1 of 1; Facebook and Instagram 100 of 101).
Sunita DhirParliamentary Secretary for International Credentials · Vancouver-Langara
- AnswersFAILReplied 3 times (to supporters 2, brush-offs to critics 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance; her posts drew 53 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 127 comments under 23 of her posts and found 3 replies from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 25 of 29 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 59 of 91 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 4 of 36; Facebook and Instagram 55 of 55).
Adrian DixMinister of Energy and Climate Solutions · Vancouver-Renfrew
- AnswersFAILReplied 1 time (to their own party 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance; his posts drew 1,394 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 134 comments under 9 of his posts and found no reply from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 19 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Facebook.
- WordsFAILWrote 18 of 69 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 7 of 58; Facebook and Instagram 11 of 11).
David EbyPremier · Vancouver-Point Grey
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 57,292 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 3583 comments under 78 of his posts and found no reply from him. His Instagram campaign posts could be read only on the comments Instagram shows; the hidden reply threads under them (316 links) stayed unopened.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 190 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 190 of 194 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 110 of 114; Facebook and Instagram 80 of 80).
Mable ElmoreMLA · Vancouver-Kensington
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 146 comments under 4 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 19 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Facebook.
- WordsFAILWrote 19 of 104 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 85; Facebook and Instagram 19 of 19).
Mike FarnworthMinister of Transportation and Transit · Port Coquitlam
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 1,983 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 6 comments under 1 of his posts and found no reply from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 6 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Facebook.
- WordsFAILWrote 6 of 29 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 5 of 28; Facebook and Instagram 1 of 1).
Diana GibsonMinister of Citizens' Services · Oak Bay-Gordon Head
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 43 comments under 18 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 24 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 24 of 42 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 18; Facebook and Instagram 24 of 24).
Rick GlumacMinister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies · Port Moody-Burquitlam
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 57 comments under 2 of his posts and found no reply from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 4 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Facebook.
- WordsPASSWrote 4 of 5 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 1; Facebook and Instagram 4 of 4).
Spencer Chandra HerbertMinister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation · Vancouver-West End
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 3 times on Facebook; other replies: thanks or small talk 5, to supporters 5. This rests on these replies found in our read of his Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 31 of 32 X posts and 5 of 45 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsFAILWrote 91 of 228 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 31 of 168; Facebook and Instagram 60 of 60).
Stephanie HigginsonParliamentary Secretary for Primary Care Access · Ladysmith-Oceanside
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 646 replies.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 8 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X.
- WordsPASSWrote all 8 campaign items we read herself (X 8 of 8).
Anne KangMinister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport · Burnaby Centre
- AnswersFAILNo campaign posts on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 6 comments under 13 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 24 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote all 24 campaign items we read herself (Facebook and Instagram 24 of 24).
Nina KriegerMinister of Public Safety and Solicitor General · Victoria-Swan Lake
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 1,054 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 565 comments under 71 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 85 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 85 of 112 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 12 of 39; Facebook and Instagram 73 of 73).
Dana LajeunesseParliamentary Secretary for Accessibility · Juan de Fuca-Malahat
- AnswersFAILReplied 1 time (thanks or small talk 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance. On Facebook and Instagram we read 680 comments under 67 of his posts and found 1 reply from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 73 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote all 73 campaign items we read himself (Facebook and Instagram 73 of 73).
Grace LoreMinister without Portfolio · Victoria-Beacon Hill
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 4 times on Instagram and X; other replies: to an opposing politician 3, brush-offs to critics 2. This rests on these replies found in our read of her Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides. About half of the hidden reply threads under her posts stayed unopened.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 2 of 27 Facebook posts and 26 of 32 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 64 of 65 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 5 of 6; Facebook and Instagram 59 of 59).
Sheila MalcolmsonMinister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction · Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 1 time on Facebook; other replies: to their own party 2, to supporters 1. This rests on one reply found in our read of her Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 5 of 70 Facebook posts and 1 of 14 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 99 of 125 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 15 of 41; Facebook and Instagram 84 of 84).
Steve MorissetteParliamentary Secretary for Rural Development · Kootenay-Monashee
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 1 time on Facebook; other replies: thanks or small talk 1. This rests on one reply found in our read of his Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 37 of 43 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on Facebook.
- WordsPASSWrote all 43 campaign items we read himself (Facebook and Instagram 43 of 43).
Randene NeillMinister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship · Powell River-Sunshine Coast
- AnswersFAILNo campaign posts on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 90 comments under 17 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 25 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 24 of 25 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (Facebook and Instagram 24 of 25).
Josie OsborneMinister of Finance · Mid Island-Pacific Rim
- AnswersFAILReplied 1 time (to supporters 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance; her posts drew 1,539 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 615 comments under 58 of her posts and found 1 reply from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 3 of 18 X posts and 20 of 27 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 77 of 93 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 18 of 34; Facebook and Instagram 59 of 59).
Ravi ParmarMinister of Forests · Langford-Highlands
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 11,212 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 128 comments under 47 of his posts and found no reply from him.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 147 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Instagram.
- WordsFAILWrote 147 of 318 campaign items himself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 100 of 271; Facebook and Instagram 47 of 47).
Darlene RotchfordParliamentary Secretary for Armed Forces Development and Veterans Affairs · Esquimalt-Colwood
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 3,209 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 495 comments under 40 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 82 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Facebook.
- WordsPASSWrote 82 of 88 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 39 of 45; Facebook and Instagram 43 of 43).
Janet RoutledgeMLA · Burnaby North
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 67 comments under 16 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 10 of 37 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 50 of 96 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 45; Facebook and Instagram 50 of 51).
Harwinder SandhuParliamentary Secretary for Agriculture · Vernon-Lumby
- AnswersPASSAnswered a critic or a question with substance 16 times on Facebook; other replies: to supporters 25, thanks or small talk 19, brush-offs to critics 15, attacks or mockery 5. This rests on these replies found in our read of her Facebook and Instagram comments, which Facebook partly hides.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 9 of 84 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote all 109 campaign items we read herself (Facebook and Instagram 109 of 109).
Amna ShahParliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, and for Mental Health and Addictions · Surrey City Centre
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 1,293 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 222 comments under 43 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 56 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 56 of 57 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 9 of 10; Facebook and Instagram 47 of 47).
Niki SharmaAttorney General and Deputy Premier · Vancouver-Hastings
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 368 comments under 11 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 19 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 19 of 23 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 4; Facebook and Instagram 19 of 19).
Jessie SunnerMinister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills · Surrey-Newton
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 1,888 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 213 comments under 37 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 14 of 20 Facebook posts and 2 of 22 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 50 of 72 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 9 of 30; Facebook and Instagram 41 of 42).
Debra ToporowskiParliamentary Secretary for Rural Health · Cowichan Valley
- AnswersFAILReplied 2 times (thanks or small talk 1, to supporters 1), never answering a critic or a question with substance. On Facebook and Instagram we read 102 comments under 21 of her posts and found 2 replies from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 15 of 21 Facebook posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on Facebook.
- WordsPASSWrote all 21 campaign items we read herself (Facebook and Instagram 21 of 21).
Jennifer WhitesideMinister of Labour · New Westminster-Coquitlam
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X under posts that drew 2,769 replies. On Facebook and Instagram we read 24 comments under 23 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenPASSReplies open on all 45 campaign posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 43 of 53 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 21 of 29; Facebook and Instagram 22 of 24).
Jodie WickensMinister of Children and Family Development · Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. On Facebook and Instagram we read 34 comments under 21 of her posts and found no reply from her.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 15 of 20 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X, Facebook and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote 22 of 28 campaign items herself; the rest were reposts or other accounts' posts (X 0 of 6; Facebook and Instagram 22 of 22).
Terry YungMinister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services · Vancouver-Yaletown
- AnswersFAILAnswered no one on X. We could not read the replies under his Facebook and Instagram posts, so they earn no credit.
- OpenFAILReplies limited on 5 of 5 X posts and 11 of 11 Instagram posts we read.
- PresentPASSPosted during the campaign on X and Instagram.
- WordsPASSWrote all 16 campaign items we read himself (X 5 of 5; Facebook and Instagram 11 of 11).
Brittny Anderson says she spends a lot of time listening to communities. Online, this campaign, she and 38 of her colleagues have not shown it.
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We graded 41 NDP MLAs on whether they listen to you. 39 failed.
Their campaign posts on X drew 94,850 replies. They replied 195 times; only 54 of those replies answered a critic or a question with substance.
Fifteen limited who could reply. Thirty-nine of the 41 fail our report card.
Jessie Sunner wrote that “People deserve candidates who show up and answer questions.” She answered none of the 1,888 replies to her own posts.
Ask your NDP incumbent one question, under their own post, and see if they answer.
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Sources
- ↩ Jessie Sunner, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills and BC NDP candidate in Surrey-Newton, post on X, 16 October 2026, 10:22 p.m.: “People deserve candidates who show up and answer questions.” Read on 17 October: five replies, four of them critical of her or her party; none answered by her. We do not publish the repliers’ names. x.com
- ↩ Elections BC, 2026 Provincial General Election candidate list (CSV), 16 October 2026: 92 BC NDP candidates; and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia’s member data for the 43rd Parliament (api.lims.leg.bc.ca), read 16 October 2026. Forty-one BC NDP candidates were sitting MLAs when the House was dissolved on 22 September 2026, each running again in the riding they hold. elections.bc.ca
- ↩ BC NDP, candidate profiles for 2026 (the data behind bcndp.ca/team) and each candidate’s campaign page, read 17 October 2026: the accounts each candidate lists, and the portraits on this page (Photo: BC NDP). One account the party does not list was found and used: Stephanie Higginson on X (@SHigginsonBC). bcndp.ca/team
- ↩ X, public timelines and post data, read 17 October 2026 without signing in, through X’s embed service (cdn.syndication.twimg.com) and FxTwitter (api.fxtwitter.com), a public service that shows X posts: every campaign-period post, quote and repost we could load for each incumbent, each post’s reply count and reply setting (524 posts), and every reply each incumbent made (the “Posts and replies” timeline). For Ravi Parmar, reposts are counted from 4 October. Saved copies on file.
- ↩ Backcountry Coalition, check of individual post pages on Facebook, Instagram and X, 17 October 2026, made while signed in to an ordinary account: up to five campaign-period posts per account, with the notice each post page showed, such as “Only people who follow this Page for more than 24 hours can comment”, “Comments on this post have been limited” or “Only some accounts can reply”. Facebook and Instagram show a reader only the first few comments and hide replies behind further clicks, which we did not make. Screenshots on file; commenters are left out.
- ↩ Backcountry Coalition, every reply the 41 incumbents made on X from 22 September to 17 October 2026, 25 in all, each coded by whom it answered: a voter’s question or criticism, a supporter, their own party, a reporter or debate host, an opposing MLA, or an abusive or mocking post. The coded table is kept with our research files; private people are described, never named.
- ↩ Garry Begg, Parliamentary Secretary for Surrey Infrastructure and BC NDP candidate in Surrey-Guildford, post on X, 4 October 2026, 5:25 p.m.: “We’re knocking on doors, listening to our neighbours and working hard to earn your support once again.” x.com
- ↩ Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and BC NDP candidate in Victoria-Swan Lake, post on X, 23 September 2026: “I’m looking forward to hearing what matters to you.” x.com
- ↩ Darlene Rotchford, Parliamentary Secretary for Armed Forces Development and Veterans Affairs and BC NDP candidate in Esquimalt-Colwood, post on X, 4 October 2026: “Great to be out door knocking this weekend - talking to neighbours”. x.com
- ↩ Susie Chant, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors’ Services and Long-Term Care and BC NDP candidate in North Vancouver-Seymour, post on X, 15 October 2026: “Knocking on doors, having genuine conversations”. x.com
- ↩ Stephanie Higginson, Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Care Access and BC NDP candidate in Ladysmith-Oceanside, post on X, 15 October 2026: “British Columbians deserve answers”. x.com
- ↩ Brittny Anderson, Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities and BC NDP candidate in Kootenay Central, Facebook post on her campaign page, shown as “1d” on 17 October 2026. Read on her page that day: 38 reactions, 14 comments and 2 shares; the two comments Facebook shows first carry no reply from her. Screenshot on file. facebook.com
- ↩ Brittny Anderson, replies in the Facebook comment threads under her campaign posts on BrittnyAndersonBCNDP, 13 to 17 October 2026, read while signed in on 17 October 2026, including threads Facebook hides behind “View replies”, opened by their own links. Each reply is classified in our research files; commenters’ names and hometowns are removed. facebook.com · facebook.com · facebook.com · facebook.com
- ↩ Brittny Anderson, replies on X to Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute and host of the 14 October leaders’ debate, 15 October 2026, 5:13 a.m. and 5:18 a.m. Kurl had posted that people had been abusive to her about the debate. They are Anderson’s only replies on X during the campaign. x.com
- ↩ Backcountry Coalition, check of the BC NDP’s YouTube channel, 17 October 2026, signed out: all 30 uploads dated 23 September to 17 October 2026 carry YouTube’s notice “Comments are turned off.” Campaign uploads by the Conservative Party of BC and the BC Greens read the same day had comments open. Saved pages on file.
- ↩ Spencer Chandra Herbert, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-West End, post on X, 3 October 2026, 1:57 p.m. X’s post data marks it, like 31 of his 32 campaign posts, “Community”: only some accounts may reply. x.com
- ↩ Terry Yung, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services and BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Yaletown, post on X, 13 October 2026: X’s post data marks all five of his campaign posts “ByInvitation”, which lets only accounts he mentions reply; none of his five Instagram campaign posts showed a comment box. x.com
Sources were read between 16 and 17 October 2026. Each post card re-sets the words of the post as copied from it, with the post’s own image where it had one; the Facebook post’s words are copied from a screenshot. The highlights are ours. Portraits are from the BC NDP’s candidate pages (Photo: BC NDP). The full grade table, with every measure and reason, is kept with our research files.