Please note this story has been updated throughout the final days of the 2025 election period.
It's time to vote!
The polls for the 2025 Canadian election are open on the Sunshine Coast from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, April 28.
Find your polling station by entering your postal code at elections.ca or by calling 1-800-463-6868. People who are not registered to vote can register at their polling station just before voting. To register, electors must prove their identity and address (find out how and what ID is accepted at elections.ca).
More than 7.3 million people voted in advance polls in Canada, including 27,129 in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country (that's about 30 per cent of registered electors in the riding).
Meet the candidates
There are six candidates running in the 2025 election. Coast Reporter asked each candidate for their positions on mental health services, affordable housing, climate change, health, small businesses, crime, ferries and reconciliation. Find their answers at the links below.
- Peyman Askari, People's Party
- Lauren Greenlaw, Green Party
- Gordon Jeffrey, Rhinoceros Party
- Jäger Rosenberg, NDP
- Keith Roy, Conservative Party
- Patrick Weiler, Liberal Party
Coverage
Where do the candidates stand on the issues? There have been several all-candidates meetings in the riding:
Sunshine Coast Labour Council: Candidates discuss health care, pensions in first Sunshine Coast forum (Key issues discussed: health care, pensions, affordability, job creation.)
Squamish Chamber of Commerce: Respectful dialogue in front of engaged crowd at the Squamish all candidates meeting (Key issues discussed: housing, environment, transit, Woodfibre LNG, health and child care.)
Sunshine Coast Conservation Association: See a summary of the event at thescca.ca. (Key issues discussed: carbon tax, nature protection, renewable electricity grid, housing co-op, value-added products rather than raw exports, LNG, Indigenous knowledge, species at risk.) Watch the whole meeting on YouTube.
Sunshine Coast Chamber of Commerce: West Van-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky candidates face off in final Coast meeting. (Key issues discussed: homelessness, water investment on Sunshine Coast). Watch the whole meeting at coastreporter.net. (See all of the questions submitted to ask of candidates at candidatequestions.ca.)
West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce: North Shore candidates square off in packed West Vancouver meeting. (Key issues discussed: trade war, electoral reform, CBC.)
Whistler Chamber of Commerce: Candidates clash over climate, affordability and rights at Whistler all-candidates meeting. (Key issues discussed: housing and affordability; climate and environment; Indigenous rights and reconciliation; economics, tourism and trade and gender, trans and women's rights.)
Stay tuned Monday night!
We'll be bringing you results as we get them at coastreporter.net!
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