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Adam Walker Flyer

Adam Walker is running for Mayor in Qualicum Beach in the October 17, 2026 local election. This fact check tests the policy and money claims in Adam Walker’s 2026 campaign flyer against Town of Qualicum Beach records: Council minutes, budgets and staff reports. We rated 34 claims: 30 accurate and four we couldn’t verify.

Walker’s flyer gets most of its facts right: the Eaglecrest timeline, long-term care, the aging water pipes and the long delay on the public works yard. Its tax chart is right about past bills; we’ve asked how its 2030 range ties to Council’s plan, since most of that bill is taxes Council doesn’t set. Some claims need context: the free clinic space came with a taller building, only $300,000 of the $400,000 is for equipment, and Walker sits on the board of the society trying to keep Qualicum Commons open. We couldn’t find Flowerstone’s $272,500 request, and we’ve asked his campaign about it too.

  • Accurate × 30
  • Not verified × 4

We checked the policy and money claims in Adam Walker’s 2026 campaign flyer. Quotes are exact; […] marks words left out. Each finding lists its sources: Town documents first, then news reports where the Town hasn’t published the facts. What the verdicts mean.

Checked October 5, 2026.

Also checked: Adam Walker Questionnaire, Adam Walker Website, Adam Walker Accessibility Questionnaire.

Adam Walker’s campaign flyer, both sides: a map of Qualicum Beach with a letter from him and a key to ten places, then twelve panels on Eaglecrest, taxes, long-term care, doctors, Qualicum Commons, drinking water, the public works yard and his background. His phone number and email are blurred.
The flyer we checked. Select it to see it full size.

Accurate

  1. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “The Town announces plans to buy Eaglecrest Golf Course for $8.5 million* and pay for it by selling land.”

    Accurate In July 2025 the Town announced a conditional deal to buy the course for $8.5 million. It said land sales would pay for it, with Town reserves covering the cost in the meantime.

    • His asterisk stands for the conditions: rezoning, due diligence and public consultation. The staff report says the same.
    • The funding plan used $6.5 million of reserves and a grant as a bridge, plus $2 million “from projected proceeds of the future sale of Town-owned lands.”
    On this site:

    Sources: Special Council minutes, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council agenda and deferral lists, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2025 Audited Financial Statements (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  2. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “A donor pledges $2.1 million if 40 acres become park.”

    Accurate Days before the October 2025 hearing, the Town announced a gift of up to $2.125 million, on condition that about 40 acres stay park. The money arrived in late 2025.

    • Part of the 40 acres was already under a covenant that blocked development.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); FAQ: Eaglecrest Golf Course Lands (October 2025) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Donor promises $2M for Qualicum Beach to buy golf course if 40 acres protected (Oct 5, 2025) (Times Colonist); 2025 Audited Financial Statements (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  3. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “Council rezones eight areas for up to 356 homes, with up to five storeys.”

    Accurate In October 2025 Council rezoned eight areas, one of them for up to five storeys (15 m). The 356 homes is his own estimate of the most the zoning allows.

    • The Town hasn’t published a number of homes. Working from the zoning’s minimum site area for each home, our rough count comes out about the same.
    • The zone along the highway corner allows five storeys. The long strip along the highway is limited to three storeys (11 m).
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); FAQ: Eaglecrest Golf Course Lands (October 2025) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest land sales (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  4. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “The whole project budget is now $20.7 million, with $3.1 million in land sales planned for 2026.”

    Accurate The April 2026 Financial Plan put the project at about $20.7 million and counted on about $3.2 million from land sales in 2026.

    • The plan shows $3,245,000 from land sales in 2026. His figure leaves out $120,000 for a highway traffic study, which doesn’t change the point.

    Sources: 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Presentation: 2026–2030 Financial Plan Amendment, Jun 24, 2026 (2025 Eaglecrest spending, slide 17) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  5. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “Financial statements disclose a $4.5 million tax receipt issued to the seller.”

    Accurate The seller got a tax receipt for $4.48 million, the gap between the $8.5 million price and the land’s appraised value after rezoning.

    • The 2025 financial statements, published in June 2026, record the $4,480,000 as a donation. The receipt itself was named in a staff presentation that month: “A tax receipt has been issued to the Vendor for the ‘gifted value’ of $4,480,000 at no cost to the Town.”
    On this site:

    Sources: 2025 Audited Financial Statements (Town of Qualicum Beach); Presentation: 2026–2030 Financial Plan Amendment, Jun 24, 2026 (2025 Eaglecrest spending, slide 17) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest Project FAQ, Sep 14, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  6. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “The budget rises to $21.2 million. The 2026 land-sale target grows to $6.7 million.”

    Accurate In July 2026 Council raised the budget to $21.2 million and moved more land sales into 2026: about $6.8 million in the budget bylaw.

    • Most of the increase in 2026 came forward from later years. Planned land sales for 2026 to 2028 rose by about $0.7 million in all.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Jul 15, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Financial Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 921.01 (adopted Jul 15, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest Project FAQ, Sep 14, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  7. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “0 lots sold.”

    Accurate No Eaglecrest land sale has closed. Offers and proposals closed in June and July 2026, and the Town hasn’t announced the results.

    On this site:

    Sources: Eaglecrest land sales (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest Project FAQ, Sep 14, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  8. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “The Town is using funds set aside for other priorities and offering for sale land it owned before buying the course.”

    Accurate Reserves set aside for other projects are bridging the cost. Three lots the Town has listed, on Fairways and Royal Dornoch Drives, were Town land before the purchase, and so is the rezoned strip along the highway.

    • The Town said from the start that it would sell some of its own land in the Eaglecrest neighbourhood. The bridge money includes a $2 million grant that had been set aside for pickleball courts, Saahtlam Park, the bus garage and workplace modernization.
    On this site:

    Sources: Special Council agenda and deferral lists, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest land sales (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest Project FAQ, Sep 14, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  9. Eaglecrest Golf Course

    “The current Council’s plan relies on $19.1 million in land sales by 2028.”

    Accurate The Town’s own June 2026 figures count on $19.1 million from land sales by 2028 to pay for the $21.2 million project, with the $2.1 million gift covering the rest.

    • The budget bylaw schedules $17.8 million of that for 2026 to 2028. The rest is repaying the Town’s surplus, which staff have said they will propose adding.
    On this site:

    Sources: Presentation: 2026–2030 Financial Plan Amendment, Jun 24, 2026 (2025 Eaglecrest spending, slide 17) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Financial Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 921.01 (adopted Jul 15, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  10. Your taxes

    “Where property taxes are headed […] Billed”

    Accurate The bills for 2020 to 2026 match the Province’s figures for a typical Qualicum Beach house to the dollar, rising from $4,586 to $7,477.

    • These are the whole bill: Town tax, school tax, the Regional District, the hospital district, and Town water, sewer and garbage charges. The Town’s own tax went up 5.9% in 2023, 7.7% in 2024, 6.6% in 2025 and 6.5% in 2026.

    Sources: Taxes and Charges on a Representative House (Schedule 704), 2020–2026 (Province of British Columbia); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  11. Long-term care

    “Our newest long-term care home opened in 2006.”

    Accurate The Gardens, the newest of the town’s three care homes, opened in 2006, according to the Seniors Advocate. Island Health says 2007.

    • Eagle Park opened in 1994 and Qualicum Manor in 2005. A larger home opened in Parksville in 2008.

    Sources: Long-Term Care Quick Facts: The Gardens at Qualicum Beach (Office of the Seniors Advocate BC); Long-Term Care Quick Facts: Eagle Park Health Care Facility (Office of the Seniors Advocate BC); Long-Term Care Quick Facts: Qualicum Manor (Office of the Seniors Advocate BC)

  12. Long-term care

    “In October 2025, Council voted 3–2 to reject a proposal for 125 care spaces at 431 College Road before first reading. Staff had recommended further review.”

    Accurate On October 22, 2025 Council refused the care home 3–2, before any reading. Planners had recommended first reading and a review by the Advisory Planning Commission.

    • Mayor Westbroek and Councillors Skipsey and Vander Valk voted to refuse it; Councillors Harrison and Young voted against refusing. The site is the old Qualicum College, later the College Inn.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  13. Long-term care

    “9–18 Months wait on average”

    Accurate Island Health’s October 2026 estimates for the town’s three care homes run from 9 to 18 months.

    • Island Health says its averages are not a guarantee of anyone’s wait. The Seniors Advocate’s figures for actual admissions in 2024/25 are shorter, about 7 to 13 months for people waiting at home.

    Sources: Current Average Wait Times for Island Health Long-Term Care Homes (updated Oct 1, 2026) (Island Health); Long-Term Care Quick Facts: The Gardens at Qualicum Beach (Office of the Seniors Advocate BC); Long-Term Care Quick Facts: Eagle Park Health Care Facility (Office of the Seniors Advocate BC); Long-Term Care Quick Facts: Qualicum Manor (Office of the Seniors Advocate BC)

  14. Long-term care

    “People 75+ in Qualicum Beach”

    Accurate His chart matches BC Stats: 1,701 people aged 75 and over in 2006, a projected 3,144 in 2026 and 4,033 in 2046.

    • The 2006 figure is an estimate and the later ones are projections, all from the same BC Stats series.

    Sources: Population estimates and projections for B.C. municipalities, by age (May 2026) (BC Stats)

  15. Doctors and nurse practitioners

    “11,000+ people in Oceanside with no primary care. Many wait five years.”

    Accurate Mostly. About 11,600 people in Oceanside had no family doctor or nurse practitioner in June 2025, by the Province’s figures. That’s not the same as no care: there is a walk-in urgent care centre in Parksville. The five years is his own figure.

    • The Province puts Oceanside at 78.8% attached to a family doctor or nurse practitioner, slightly better than BC’s 76%.
    • For the registry waitlist, the Province’s figures show an average wait of about two years in July 2025, and 95% of those waiting had waited under four. The registry only counts time since someone signed up, so it may miss years spent waiting before that.

    Sources: Strengthening Primary Care in BC, Report 1 (Jul 2025), Table 13 (BC Ministry of Health); Primary care attachment: Health Connect Registry waitlist and wait times by network (FOI HTH-2025-51629) (healthdatabc.ca); Oceanside Urgent Care & Health Centre (Island Health)

  16. Doctors and nurse practitioners

    “Council declines funding for local doctor recruitment.”

    Accurate In November 2024 Council turned down the Chamber of Commerce’s $18,900 plan to recruit doctors and nurse practitioners.

    • Staff wrote that “Physician recruitment is not traditionally a service provided by local governments.” Council confirmed the decision in December. Four months earlier it had given Flowerstone $10,000 to hire nurse practitioners.
    On this site:

    Sources: Committee of the Whole agenda, Oct 21, 2024 (scoping of strategic plan initiatives, incl. Tree Protection Bylaw update) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Committee of the Whole minutes, Nov 1, 2024 (Tree Protection Bylaw update) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Dec 11, 2024 (2025 strategic planning decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 17, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  17. Doctors and nurse practitioners

    “Council declines an offer of 5,000 sq. ft. of free clinic space.”

    Accurate Mostly. A developer offered about 5,000 square feet that could have been a clinic, in exchange for a mostly five-storey building on First Avenue West. In July 2025 Council said, 3–2, that it preferred a lower building.

    • The developer offered the space “at no cost to the Town,” with its use, possibly a medical clinic, to be decided by Council. At the meeting staff said 4,000 square feet would be free, and the Mayor said it would still need fitting out.
    • Councillors Harrison and Young voted against preferring the lower building. The revised plan, for three storeys, had no donated space. In April 2026 a motion to confirm free space for Flowerstone failed 1–4.

    Sources: Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Jun 18, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Video: Special Council meeting, Jul 23, 2025 (the donated commercial space, from 49:39) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Apr 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  18. Doctors and nurse practitioners

    “Council approves $400,000 for Primrose clinic equipment.”

    Accurate Mostly. Council approved $400,000, adopted in September 2026, but only up to $300,000 is for equipment at the new clinic. The other $100,000 is left for a later decision.

    • The money comes from developer contributions, not taxes. It was first approved on July 31, 2026.
    On this site:

    Sources: Special Council agenda, Jul 31, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 31, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Council Corner, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Qualicum Beach commits $400K to Primrose Medical Centre (Sep 10, 2026) (Parksville Qualicum Beach News)

  19. Qualicum Commons

    “Qualicum Beach Elementary closes. […] It reopens as a community space”

    Accurate The School District closed the school in 2014, and community groups reopened it as Qualicum Commons, with child care, classrooms, a dance school and family and seniors’ programs.

    • Some of those groups, including the dance school and the Society of Organized Services, have since left.
    On this site:

    Sources: Long Range Facilities Plan (Oct 2017) (School District 69 (Qualicum))

  20. Qualicum Commons

    “The Commons supports local families with 72 child care spaces, serves 92 students”

    Accurate These are the Oceanside Commons Society’s figures. The Commons has two daycares and a school, and we’ve seen nothing that contradicts them.

    • Walker is on the Society’s board.

    Sources: Qualicum Commons (Oceanside Commons Society)

  21. Qualicum Commons

    “the Commons brings in about $300,000 a year in rental income.”

    Accurate The Town’s 2026 budget shows lease revenue up $299,300, “largely due to rents from Qualicum Commons.”

    • The same budget sets $282,800 a year to run the building. The Town says urgent repairs would cost $1.5 to $2 million.

    Sources: 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); News release: Qualicum Commons Lease Agreement Update, Apr 7, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  22. Qualicum Commons

    “Council plans to end its lease, even as community groups offer to help keep the Commons open.”

    Accurate Mostly. Council has already given notice. The Oceanside Commons Society did offer to take over running the building, but then said it couldn’t yet take on the costs and turned down the Town’s sublease. Walker is on the Society’s board.

    • The sublease would have made the Society pay for capital repairs, with up to $80,000 from the Town. On May 18 the Society wrote that it “does not presently have the capacity to assume the full range of responsibilities,” and asked for six months to plan.

    Sources: Council resolutions regarding Qualicum Commons, May 20, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); News release: Qualicum Commons sublease correspondence (May 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Council decides not to renew Qualicum Commons lease agreement (Apr 9, 2026) (Parksville Qualicum Beach News); Media release: One-year Transition Period for Qualicum Commons, May 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  23. Qualicum Commons

    “Eight acres in the heart of the village”

    Accurate The School District gives the site as 3.24 hectares, which is 8 acres. It lists the building at about 35,500 square feet; his 37,700 is traced from aerial data.

    • The playground, splash park and ball field drawn with dashed lines are his proposals.

    Sources: Long Range Facilities Plan (Oct 2017) (School District 69 (Qualicum))

  24. Our drinking water

    “24.8 km Aging asbestos cement water pipe […] $48M Estimated cost to replace it”

    Accurate The Town’s mapping shows 24.8 km of asbestos-cement water pipe in service, and Town reports give 27 to 28.5 km. Staff put the cost of replacing 28.5 km at about $48 million in 2025 dollars.

    • At the same rates, 24.8 km would cost about $42 million.
    On this site:

    Sources: Public utility map (water lines by material and status) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  25. Our drinking water

    “Our last comprehensive water study is more than 20 years old. The new Water Master Plan is underway but behind schedule.”

    Accurate The Town’s last full water study is from 2003. Its new Water Master Plan was due in early 2026. In September 2026 staff said it would come to Council in early 2027.

    Sources: Water Study Update 2002 (Koers & Associates, Jul 2003) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Annual Water Report 2025 (Water Master Plan, p. 7) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  26. Our drinking water

    “Most of these pipes need replacing by 2040, yet Council is still setting aside well below what staff say is needed each year.”

    Accurate Staff said in October 2025 that most of this pipe needs replacing by 2040, at about $2 million a year. The 2026 budget puts about $1.5 million into the water reserve.

    • Water rate increases already approved raise that to $1.86 million by 2028. Staff have also given longer timelines, including 25 years in February 2026.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Feb 11, 2026 (Councillor Young’s report, p. 158) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  27. Public Works Yard

    “…does not meet current health and safety standards and is not efficient for operations.”

    Accurate A fair summary of the memo, but not its exact words. It said: “The existing Parks and Public Works Yards do not meet modern health and safety standards, nor is the layout efficient for operations.”

    • The memo was from the Director of Planning, for Council’s meeting of January 12, 2022, and covers both yards.

    Sources: Regular Council agenda, Jan 12, 2022 (Operations Department Workplace Modernization memo, pp. 136–140) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  28. Public Works Yard

    “A number of the existing Operations buildings are old and at the end of their lifespan.”

    Accurate Quoted correctly, from the Town’s December 2025 request for proposals.

    Sources: Request for Proposals: Operations Workplace Modernization Needs Assessment (Dec 2025) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  29. Public Works Yard

    “Years of delay”

    Accurate All four dates check out. In April 2026 the Town hired Kasian Architecture for $61,280, and the study “will not identify or recommend specific sites or locations.”

    • September 2012: the Committee of the Whole noted the need to discuss the yard’s long-term location. January 2022: Council asked for a needs study and a location, up to $100,000. December 2024: Council directed staff to seek proposals, but the request didn’t go out until December 2025, after Council approved it a second time.
    • The timeline leaves out that a site was picked once. In 2019 staff recommended moving the yard to the Parks yard on Jones Street, and in September 2020, with Walker on Council, the strategic plan set out site preparation for an expanded parks yard. That plan was reopened after objections to clearing forest.
    • The budget holds a $12 million placeholder for the new yard in 2027 and 2028, most of it borrowed.

    Sources: Committee of the Whole minutes (draft), Sep 17, 2012 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jan 12, 2022 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Jan 12, 2022 (Operations Department Workplace Modernization memo, pp. 136–140) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Dec 11, 2024 (2025 strategic planning decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Dec 10, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Request for Proposals: Operations Workplace Modernization Needs Assessment (Dec 2025) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Apr 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and applications, Apr 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Sep 16, 2020 (Mid-term Strategic Plan Update, p. 38) (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  30. About Adam

    “I’m a small business owner and farmer, and have served as a Town councillor and MLA.”

    Accurate He was a Qualicum Beach councillor from 2018 to 2020 and MLA for Parksville-Qualicum from 2020 to 2024.

    • The Province’s 2020 biography calls him a small business owner and farmer.
    On this site:

    Sources: 2018 General Local Election, official results (Town of Qualicum Beach); Parliamentary Secretary for the New Economy: Adam Walker, Parksville-Qualicum (2020) (Province of British Columbia); B.C. election: Higginson takes Ladysmith-Oceanside for B.C. NDP (Oct 2024) (Cowichan Valley Citizen)

Couldn’t verify

  1. Your taxes

    “Projections based on the current Council’s financial plan.”

    Not verified We’ve asked his campaign about this. The 2030 range of $9,317 to $10,052 is his estimate for the whole bill. By our count, Council’s plan accounts for about $767 of the rise. The rest assumes school, regional district and hospital taxes keep rising as they have, and Council doesn’t set those.

    • We reproduced his range to within $6. He grew the Town’s share by the July 2026 plan (6.0%, 4.0%, 6.4% and 7.4%) and the rest of the bill by its slowest and fastest yearly rises since 2023.
    • The Town’s general tax is about 40% of the bill. From 2022 to 2026 the hospital tax more than doubled and the Regional District’s rose by a third.
    On this site:

    Sources: Taxes and Charges on a Representative House (Schedule 704), 2020–2026 (Province of British Columbia); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Financial Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 921.01 (adopted Jul 15, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  2. Doctors and nurse practitioners

    “Flowerstone requests a $272,500 contribution toward a second clinic. No response.”

    Not verified We couldn’t find this request in the Town’s public records. Flowerstone has been looking for money and space for a second clinic, but no amount appears, and we found no Council decision on it.

    • Councillor Young’s reports say that in January 2026 Flowerstone was “seeking funds for expansion to a second clinic,” and in March was looking at a second location.
    • On April 22, 2026 the Director of Planning told Council, “I don’t know if we’ve received formal correspondence on this,” having heard from a Flowerstone board member that the clinic needs more space.
    • No letter from Flowerstone appears on the Council correspondence logs from February to May 2026. We’ve asked his campaign for the request.

    Sources: Regular Council agenda, Feb 11, 2026 (Councillor Young’s report, p. 158) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Mar 25, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Video: Regular Council meeting, Apr 22, 2026 (Flowerstone looking for space, at 1:53:12) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and applications, Apr 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, May 13, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  3. Qualicum Commons

    “The school district hands the Town the site, rent free, for up to ten years. […] The School District leases the site to the Town for $1”

    Not verified We can’t confirm the rent or the ten years. The Town’s records show a one-year lease from July 2025, with a right to renew for one more four-year term. The lease itself isn’t public.

    • The Town’s lease is new: it began on July 1, 2025. In April 2026 Walker told the PQB News that the Town could extend “for another nine years.” We’ve asked his campaign for the source.

    Sources: Council resolutions regarding Qualicum Commons, May 20, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); News release: Qualicum Commons Lease Agreement Update, Apr 7, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Council decides not to renew Qualicum Commons lease agreement (Apr 9, 2026) (Parksville Qualicum Beach News)

  4. Qualicum Commons

    “The Town gives the tenants until June 2027 to vacate, then will close the site.”

    Not verified The Town will leave the building on June 30, 2027, and gave tenants until then. What happens after that is up to the School District, which owns it, and hasn’t been decided.

    • In May 2026 the Town told the School District it wants to explore buying the property “as a long-term community hub.”
    On this site:

    Sources: Council resolutions regarding Qualicum Commons, May 20, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Media release: One-year Transition Period for Qualicum Commons, May 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

We didn’t check his background: that he was born and raised here, his family, or his parents’ part in building the Civic Centre (1992) and saving The Old School House (reopened 1988). We didn’t rate the map’s path and trail lengths, which measure his own drawing; its 38 bike racks and 255 benches match the Town’s data. The promises on the flyer aren’t rated.

Adam Walker’s record in office

  • 2023 · Provincial record

    Removed from NDP caucus

    Misconduct found after a staff complaint; details not public.

  • 2018–2020 · Council record

    On Council, 2018–2020

    Court fight over closed-door orders; Council disowned his survey.

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