Victoria/Fraser Valley (with files from Wolfgang Depner The Canadian Press) – The B.C. government says construction contracts for five health-care projects have been cancelled, after depicting them as being “re-paced” in the February budget.
Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma said the projects were still part of the government’s capital plan, while the Opposition B.C. Conservatives said the cancellations represented a “betrayal.”
The cancellations include contracts for the second phase of the Burnaby Hospital redevelopment, the Beedie Long-term Care Centre in Delta, as well as long-term care projects in Abbotsford (land adjacent to the Maplewood House long-term care home and Abbotsford Regional Hospital at 1919 Jackson St.) , Chilliwack (Bradley Centre at CGH) and Kelowna. Ma’s ministry confirmed on Thursday.
The government had previously confirmed two cancellations on Wednesday, in response to questions from the Conservatives.
The sites were among nine projects that the government said in February were being slowed to get the province’s costs under control in light of a record-setting deficit projection of $13.3 billion.
FVN has reached out to the two Chilliwack (Conservative) MLA’s for comment
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 30, 2026.
