Fact check · Campaign flyer · Running for Mayor (incumbent)

Teunis Westbroek Flyer

Teunis Westbroek, the current Mayor of Qualicum Beach, is running for re-election in the October 17, 2026 local election. This fact check tests the policy and money claims in Teunis Westbroek’s 2026 campaign flyer against Town of Qualicum Beach records: Council minutes, budgets and staff reports. We rated nine claims: four accurate and five misleading. We also set out the record behind seven of the promises.

Most of the Mayor’s flyer is promises, and on several his record shows real work: the riverbank, the railway stop signs, Eagle Park, farmland and aircraft noise. The health-care money is real, but it comes from a fund he voted against in 2022, and $100,000 of it isn’t for equipment. Some projects did come in on budget, but Eaglecrest, the biggest, kept growing. The flyer presents the old elementary school as a future community hub without saying it already is one, Qualicum Commons, which the Town has given notice to leave. He calls non-market housing on Town land imperative, but he moved to put the Town’s own affordable housing project off, and the Eaglecrest plan he voted for put it off again. His support for pickleball courts has depended on the club paying half, and none are built.

  • Accurate × 4
  • Misleading × 5

We checked the policy and money claims in Teunis Westbroek’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 September 23, 2026.

Also checked: Teunis Westbroek Questionnaire.

Teunis Westbroek’s campaign flyer, photographed: three panels side by side. His phone number and email are blurred.
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Misleading

  1. My commitments

    “Support the Primrose-Conner Medical Centre by paying for the medical equipment necessary for the completion of the Centre without impact to tax payers, as the money will come out of the community amenity contribution.”

    Misleading Council has approved the money, with no tax increase. But only $300,000 of the $400,000 is for equipment, it hasn’t been paid yet, and the fund it comes from is one he voted against creating in 2022.

    • On July 31, 2026 Council unanimously approved $400,000 from the Community Amenity Contribution Reserve. Up to $300,000 goes to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation for equipment at the new clinic at 661 Primrose Street. The other $100,000 is “subject to future Council decision making.” Staff wrote that the plan “has no impact on taxation.” We found no record that the money has been paid.
    • Amenity contributions are money developers pay the Town when land is rezoned. This money came from the Shelter Ridge rezoning on Eaglecrest Drive: $1,090,000 in all. In June 2022 Council split it half to parks and conservation and half to local health care. It carried 3–2. Westbroek, then a councillor, was one of the two votes against.
    • The same reserve has been used elsewhere. The Eaglecrest funding plan he voted for in July 2025 borrowed $650,000 from it until land sales. In a closed meeting in March 2025, Council directed $590,000 of the Shelter Ridge money to repairs at Qualicum Commons. The Town hasn’t said how all these uses fit within $1,090,000.
    • It costs no new tax, but it is still public money that could have gone to other things.
    On this site:

    Sources: Special Council agenda, Jul 31, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 31, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Qualicum Beach commits $400K to Primrose Medical Centre (Sep 10, 2026) (Parksville Qualicum Beach News); Regular Council minutes, Jun 8, 2022 (amenity contribution split) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Feb 7, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Staff report: 2025–2029 Financial Plan Amendment, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2025 Audited Financial Statements (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  2. Letter to voters

    “With the support of our capable Town staff, Council has delivered responsible financial management, strengthened partnerships throughout our community and advanced important projects on budget, while keeping residents at the centre of our decisions.”

    Misleading Several projects did finish on or under budget. But the term’s biggest, Eaglecrest, kept growing, and most of the 2026 increase was offset on paper by moving $2.86 million of pipe work onto Town reserves.

    • On or under budget: the Seacrest Place slope repair finished within its $2.586 million budget, Bay Street’s stabilization finished within budget, and the skatepark had cost $1.31 million of its $1.5 million budget by late 2025.
    • Eaglecrest: the 2025 budget was $8.8 million for the purchase. The 2026 Financial Plan made the whole project $20.7 million. In June 2026 staff reported “Expanded Scope” and added $3,579,800 of 2026 spending on the course, buildings, equipment, lot servicing and a contingency. The same amendment moved $2,863,000 of water and storm mains out of the project and onto Town reserves, so the project budget rose by only about $0.5 million, to $21.2 million. The Mayor voted for it; it carried 4–1.
    • In February 2026 Council awarded the $1,181,800 course contract and let staff approve changes up to $1.65 million, reporting to Council only at the end. The Mayor voted for all five motions; each carried 3–2. At a closed meeting in April, Council raised that limit to $2.4 million. The decision was made public in June.
    • Smaller projects have run over too. The veterans’ crosswalk is about $15,700 over its $124,500 budget, and a parks storage shed $63,000 over its $144,000 budget. Staff moved money from other projects to cover them.
    • On financial management, our check of his questionnaire answers found his claim that the Town is in a strong financial position Misleading.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council agenda, Jun 24, 2026 (closed meeting motions released; 2025 Statement of Financial Information) (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2025 Annual Report (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); Regular Council minutes, Jun 24, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 15, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Feb 11, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Council Corner, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  3. My commitments

    “Work with the Qualicum School District and the community to explore the future of the former Qualicum Beach Elementary School site, including possibilities for children programs, a new location for a bigger seniors’ activities centre, community gardens and flexible community space that could serve as a cinema and host a wide range of community activities.”

    Misleading The site is already a community hub, Qualicum Commons, with daycares, a school and other tenants. The flyer doesn’t say that under his leadership the Town declined to pay for repairs, told the tenants to leave, and has now given notice to end its lease in June 2027.

    • The School District owns the building, and community groups have run it as Qualicum Commons since 2015. Tenants include two daycares, a school for autistic and neurodivergent students, a dance school and an occupational therapist.
    • The Town leased it from July 2025. On April 7, 2026 the Town announced Council would not renew. It cited failing building systems and $1.5 to $2 million for urgent repairs, and said “multi-million-dollar investments would not make financial sense” in a building it doesn’t own. Tenants were told to leave by June 30, 2026. The vote was not made public.
    • After a petition, the Mayor said on April 17 that the Town was “actively exploring possible solutions to keep the Commons open.” In May the Town renewed for one year and gave notice at the same time, so its tenancy ends June 30, 2027. It told the School District it wishes to explore buying the property “as a long-term community hub.”
    • The seniors’ centre needs assessment and the study of Town land for a cinema were both pushed back by the July 2025 Eaglecrest plan he voted for.
    On this site:

    Sources: News release: Qualicum Commons Lease Agreement Update, Apr 7, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Mayor’s statement: Update on Qualicum Commons (Apr 17, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); 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); Special Council minutes, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council agenda and deferral lists, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  4. It’s about quality of life

    “Development of affordable and suitable non market housing on Town-owned land is imperative.”

    Misleading No non-market housing was started or approved on Town land this term. He moved to put off the Town’s own affordable housing project, voted for the Eaglecrest plan that put it off again, and the Town is selling its Eaglecrest land at market prices.

    • The Ravensbourne affordable housing project is planned on 2.2 hectares of Town land. In October 2024 he moved to push it from 2025 to 2027. It carried, with Councillors Harrison and Young opposed. The July 2025 Eaglecrest plan, which he voted for, pushed it again, to 2028 and 2029.
    • The same plan used the $450,000 Affordable Housing Reserve for Eaglecrest. The reserve was empty at the end of 2025.
    • In May 2026 he voted to invite proposals to buy and develop Town land on Country Club Drive West. It carried 4–1, with Councillor Harrison opposed. Proposals are scored partly on purchase price and the economic return to the Town, and there is no affordability requirement. The Eaglecrest lots are being sold through a realtor, also with no affordability conditions.
    • The Kiwanis homes at Qualicum Station, on Town land, opened in July 2025. Council chose Kiwanis and rezoned the site in 2020 and 2021, in the previous term.
    • In July 2026 Council received a housing plan that recommends long-term leases of Town land for non-market projects. It sent next steps to 2027 strategic planning. Both votes were unanimous.
    On this site:

    Sources: Committee of the Whole minutes, Oct 21, 2024 (Ravensbourne housing deferral; railway stop signs) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Dec 11, 2024 (2025 strategic planning decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); 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); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, May 13, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, May 13, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest land sales (Town of Qualicum Beach); Kiwanis “Residences at Qualicum Station” (Town of Qualicum Beach); New affordable homes open in Qualicum Beach (Jul 7, 2025) (BC Government News); Regular Council minutes, Jul 15, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Jul 15, 2026 (Ways to Achieve Attainable Market Housing Plan; permissive tax exemptions) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  5. It’s about quality of life

    “Support recreation, culture and community well-being, including pickleball”

    Misleading He has backed pickleball courts only if the club pays half, a condition he defended. Three and a half years after the club first asked, nothing is built, and the Eaglecrest plan he voted for moved the courts’ grant money to the purchase.

    • The club first asked in March 2023. In April 2023 he moved $170,000 for courts, half from the club. Moving it, he said “we’re not going to pay for the whole thing.”
    • In January 2024 the club asked why it had to raise half when the skate park group paid a much smaller share. He said pickleball players could more easily raise money than young skateboarders’ families, and that the lawn bowling club “raised all their own money.”
    • In July 2025 he voted for the Eaglecrest plan, which moved the $2 million grant set aside partly for the courts to the purchase. Council put $85,000 of Town money back in December 2025.
    • In April 2026 Council, including him, raised the club’s share to $125,000. The club has offered up to $100,000. In September staff said they were still waiting on the club.
    On this site:

    Sources: Committee of the Whole minutes, Mar 23, 2023 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Apr 19, 2023 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Video: Special Council meeting, Apr 19, 2023 (pickleball motion at 13:30) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Committee of the Whole minutes, Jan 17, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Video: Committee of the Whole, Jan 17, 2024 (pickleball questions at 1:53:00) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Dec 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Apr 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Committee of the Whole (Parks and Recreation) minutes, May 27, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

Accurate

  1. It’s about quality of life

    “We’re blessed to enjoy an exceptional quality of life in this award-winning Town”

    Accurate The Town has won several recent awards.

    • They include “Best of the Best” in the 2025 BC and Yukon tap water taste test, the Government Finance Officers Association’s budget presentation award for its 2024 and 2025 financial plans, and awards for its technology and mapping work in 2024 and 2025.

    Sources: Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Jun 18, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2024 Annual Report (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2025 Annual Report (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  2. It’s about quality of life

    “Support our successful farmers’ market and conserve farmland.”

    Accurate His record mostly backs this. He signed the Town’s 2025 letter supporting the market’s nutrition coupons and has voted to keep farmland policies. But in 2023 he voted to send the Town’s own application to take a Rupert Road property out of the Agricultural Land Reserve.

    • In January 2023 he voted to send the Town’s application to remove 230 Rupert Road East from the Agricultural Land Reserve. Under provincial rules the Town has to apply on an owner’s behalf. The owner wanted to replace a garden centre with a house. It carried 4–1, with Councillor Vander Valk opposed, and the Commission approved it in January 2024. In April 2024 he moved to refuse the rezoning for the house; it carried 4–1.
    • In July 2025 he voted to keep the Official Community Plan’s policy discouraging removing farmland for housing. In January 2026 he voted for a resolution to end tax breaks for farmland that isn’t farmed.
    • In March 2025 he signed the Town’s letter to the Province supporting the farmers’ market nutrition coupon program. We found no Town grant to the Saturday market this term. In 2026 he voted to cut the Christmas night market’s sponsorship from $2,500 to $2,000.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Jan 18, 2023 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Apr 10, 2024 (Rupert Road rezoning refused) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 16, 2025 (Official Community Plan decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jan 21, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Mar 12, 2025 (Mayor’s letter supporting the farmers’ market coupon program) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Apr 22, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, May 13, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  3. It’s about quality of life

    “Address aircraft noise while making sure our Town-owned airport remains viable for the long term.”

    Accurate The airport is Town-owned, and Council has acted on aircraft noise this term, with his votes.

    • In September 2025 Council applied to NAV Canada for noise-sensitive areas over nearby neighbourhoods, and in February 2026 it widened the application unanimously. The Mayor voted for both; Councillor Skipsey moved them. In January 2026 Council approved a one-year aircraft tracking trial. In May 2026 it postponed a limit on touch-and-go training for more consultation.
    • On viability: in 2024 Council awarded $1.29 million to extend a watermain to the airport, and the new Official Community Plan adds a mixed-use area north of it. The airport still costs taxpayers about $240,000 a year. In December 2024 Council dropped an initiative to reduce that and sent an airport business plan to 2026 planning.
    • In May 2024 he voted to dissolve the Airport Users Committee.

    Sources: 2025 Annual Report (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Sep 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Feb 11, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jan 21, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, May 13, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, May 15, 2024 (watermain extension to the airport) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 16, 2025 (Official Community Plan decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2026–2030 Financial Plan (adopted Apr 1, 2026) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Dec 11, 2024 (2025 strategic planning decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, May 29, 2024 (select committees dissolved) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  4. My commitments

    “Work with Island Health and the provincial government to pursue additional long-term care and respite beds at Eagle Park.”

    Accurate His record backs this. He voted for a 2025 letter asking Island Health to expand Eagle Park, then moved his own motion in 2026 and raised it with the Health Minister. No beds have been committed, and he voted to refuse a private 125-bed care home elsewhere in town.

    • February 2025: he voted for Councillor Young’s motion asking Island Health to expand Eagle Park. It was defeated 2–3.
    • March 2026: he moved a letter to the Province supporting more care beds on the land next to Eagle Park that the Town sold Island Health for $1. The motion says it “may be the basis of a future Public Private Partnership between the Province of BC and a private development company.” It carried unanimously. It doesn’t mention respite beds.
    • April 2026: his report to Council says he met informally with the Health Minister and the Island Health board chair about “the urgent need to develop the land adjacent to Eagle Park.” We found no copy of the letter or a reply.
    • October 2025: he voted to refuse a 125-bed private care home at 431 College Road, which Town planners had recommended moving forward. The refusal carried 3–2.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Feb 12, 2025 (Eagle Park letter) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Mar 25, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, May 13, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

Promises: the record so far

We don’t rate promises. Where the flyer points to the candidate’s record, here is what it shows.

  1. My commitments

    “Improve the safety and reliability of our water system and protect the banks of the Little Qualicum River from further erosion. Negotiate for the extension of Town water to the Oceanside Strata in Eaglecrest.”

    The riverbank work is already funded and under way. We found no public record of talks with the Oceanside strata since 2021. Staff say the water reserve is too low.

    • The Little Qualicum River is eroding toward the Town’s well field and watermain. In April 2026 the Province agreed to fund up to $843,698 of the repair, and the Town pays the rest from water reserves. Construction started in 2026 on a $1.23 million budget. The Mayor voted for every step; the motions were moved by other councillors.
    • Staff wrote in November 2025 that contributions to the water reserve are “insufficient,” and that water pipe renewals have been deferred. In October 2025 Council, including the Mayor, raised water rates and the water parcel tax each year to 2028 to build the reserve up.
    • The last Town records we found on water for the Oceanside strata are from 2020 and 2021, when Mayor Wiese reported working on it and residents raised it as unresolved. We found no motion or report on it this term.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Sep 11, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Nov 20, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council agenda and staff summary, Dec 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Dec 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Feb 11, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Jun 24, 2026 (closed meeting motions released; 2025 Statement of Financial Information) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jun 24, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Committee of the Whole agenda and scoping sheets, Nov 12, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Oct 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Oct 7, 2020 (Comments from the Public) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Oct 27, 2021 (Oceanside strata water) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  2. My commitments

    “Maintain and replace essential infrastructure while creating safer intersections and take effective actions to reduce traffic speeds in our neighbourhoods. Find a practical solution to stop signs at railroad intersections.”

    He has pushed on the railway stop signs, but nothing has changed yet. The Town is waiting on the Province before lowering speed limits. Staff say the replacement reserves are underfunded and water pipe renewals have been put off.

    • In October 2024 he moved to take a resolution on stop signs at unused railway crossings to the Vancouver Island (AVICC) and provincial (UBCM) associations of local governments. AVICC endorsed it in 2025. At the 2025 UBCM convention it was referred to UBCM’s executive without a debate. Staff then wrote to the federal Transport Minister and the railway, who pointed the Town to the Island Corridor Foundation. No sign has changed.
    • In February 2024 Council put off lowering residential speed limits until the Province changes the Motor Vehicle Act, and in December 2024 it closed its 40 km/h review. Both votes were unanimous.
    • In January 2025 a consultant reported the Town needs about $5.8 million a year to replace its assets and was setting aside $2.5 million. Council added a 1.3% tax increase for asset replacement in 2025 and again in 2026.
    • Water mains are paid for separately, from the water fund (see the water note above). In October 2025 staff put replacing the Town’s asbestos-cement water pipe at about $48 million, or $2 million a year over 20 years, when the Town was putting aside about $1.1 million a year. The 2026–2030 plan budgets $8.3 million.
    • In December 2025 Council unanimously approved replacing the Seacrest Place asbestos-cement main in 2026. The Eaglecrest Drive main, first planned from Eaglecrest land sales, was moved to Town reserves in July 2026 and is waiting on a federal grant.
    On this site:

    Sources: Committee of the Whole minutes, Oct 21, 2024 (Ravensbourne housing deferral; railway stop signs) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jan 22, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 2025 UBCM Convention: resolutions disposition (NR103, traffic controls at inactive railroad crossings) (Union of BC Municipalities); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Council Corner, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Feb 7, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Dec 11, 2024 (2025 strategic planning decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jan 8, 2025 (Asset Management Financing Strategy) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Dec 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Committee of the Whole agenda and scoping sheets, Nov 12, 2025 (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); Regular Council minutes, Jun 24, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); 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); Special Council minutes, Jun 29, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  3. My commitments

    “Construct a safer Highway 19A waterfront corridor, and improve public beach access.”

    The Highway 19A work is already funded, with construction planned for 2027. The beach access study was pushed to 2029 by the Eaglecrest plan he voted for.

    • In September 2025 Council applied for $4,067,672 from the Strategic Priorities Fund, federal gas-tax money run through UBCM. It was approved in June 2026. The project budget is $4,637,700, and staff say work should start in 2027.
    • In 2023 he voted to keep the beach Mobi-mat when staff proposed retiring it. The $15,000 foreshore access study was moved to 2029 by the July 2025 Eaglecrest plan.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Sep 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 19, 2023 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council agenda and deferral lists, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  4. My commitments

    “Ensure Qualicum Beach is ready to respond to wildfires, extreme weather and other emergencies. Advocate for the creation of a National Aerial Wildfire Force.”

    We found no record of him or Council calling for a national aerial wildfire force. Ottawa started funding a national fleet in 2026.

    • We found nothing on it in Council minutes or agendas, or in the Town’s resolutions to UBCM in 2025 or AVICC in 2026.
    • In its 2025 budget the federal government set aside $316.7 million over five years for national aerial firefighting. In May 2026 it announced 10 leased aircraft, including four air tankers, run by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
    • The Town adopted a wildfire resiliency plan in 2024 and created an Assistant Fire Chief of Prevention post, both funded partly by provincial FireSmart grants. In May 2024 the Mayor voted to dissolve Council’s committee on public safety, accessibility and emergency preparedness. The $50,000 Fire Department strategic plan was moved to 2027 by the Eaglecrest plan.
    On this site:

    Sources: Government of Canada funds 10 new wildfire-firefighting aircraft (May 25, 2026) (Public Safety Canada); Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Jul 10, 2024 (Assistant Fire Chief of Prevention position) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, May 29, 2024 (select committees dissolved) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council agenda and deferral lists, Jul 23, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  5. My commitments

    “Ensure careful development of the Eaglecrest golf course lands and support the long term vision for the Pheasant Glen Golf Resort.”

    No Town plan sets out a “long term vision” for Pheasant Glen. He moved the resort’s rezoning in 2021 and has voted for its permits since.

    • Pheasant Glen is a private resort. Its 2021 rezoning allows up to 225 homes and tourist units, a lodge and a clubhouse. Westbroek, then a councillor, moved the Official Community Plan change for it, which carried 3–2.
    • As Mayor he has voted for the resort’s development permits. In September 2026 Council raised the building limits for a pool, fitness building and maintenance buildings there. Because Council found the change consistent with the Official Community Plan, no public hearing was held.
    • We found no link between Pheasant Glen and the Eaglecrest plans. No land at Eaglecrest has been sold yet.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Oct 27, 2021 (Pheasant Glen OCP amendment adopted; Standards of Conduct amendments) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Oct 11, 2023 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Feb 28, 2024 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jun 24, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 15, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Eaglecrest land sales (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  6. My commitments

    “Work with Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 on replacing the cenotaph and creating a commemorative crosswalk at Memorial Avenue and Veterans Way.”

    The crosswalk is already approved and its contract awarded, but at Memorial Avenue and Fir Street, not Veterans Way. The Legion has put the cenotaph off to 2027.

    • Council approved a veterans’ crosswalk in December 2024, on Councillor Skipsey’s motion. In 2025 staff found poor sight lines at Veterans Way and moved it to Memorial Avenue at Fir Street. In September 2026 Council awarded the contract for $122,727. The total cost is estimated at $140,227, against a $124,500 budget.
    • The old cenotaph was removed for the roundabout work. In November 2024 he moved $40,000 for a new one. In July 2026 Council offered the money to the Legion for a cenotaph on Legion land. In September the Legion postponed the project to 2027, and Council sent the money to 2027 planning.
    On this site:

    Sources: Regular Council minutes, Dec 11, 2024 (2025 strategic planning decisions) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council minutes, Jul 15, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda and staff reports, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Council Corner, Sep 9, 2026 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Memorial Avenue crosswalk project moves ahead in Qualicum Beach (Sep 19, 2026) (Parksville Qualicum Beach News); Committee of the Whole agenda and scoping sheets, Nov 12, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach); Special Council minutes, Dec 17, 2025 (Town of Qualicum Beach)

  7. It’s about quality of life

    “I will do my best for Qualicum Beach so it remains a welcoming and walkable community for people of all ages and backgrounds”

    This is a value, so we don’t rate it. As a councillor he opposed the town’s Pride crosswalk. As Mayor he has joined Pride flag raisings.

    • In December 2018 he was the only councillor to vote against having staff look into a Pride crosswalk. He said he agreed “we need to have that conversation,” but “to start painting sidewalks or crosswalks to reflect all these different types of values, I’m not in favour of.” He said other groups would then ask for their own.
    • In February 2019 he was the only vote against painting a rainbow band beside the crosswalk at Kwalikum Secondary. The minutes list him as the mover. He voted for an amendment to have part of the $8,500 cost raised by donations; it was defeated.
    • His June 2026 report to Council says he “Joined the Pride Flag raising event at Town Hall organized by Mischa Oak to celebrate diversity.”
    • He now campaigns on a painted crosswalk to honour veterans, which Council approved in 2024.
    On this site:

    Sources: Qualicum Beach council considers rainbow crosswalk (Dec 19, 2018) (Parksville Qualicum Beach News); Regular Council minutes, Feb 4, 2019 (Pride crosswalk; Council pay bylaw) (Town of Qualicum Beach); Regular Council agenda, Jun 24, 2026 (closed meeting motions released; 2025 Statement of Financial Information) (Town of Qualicum Beach)

Teunis Westbroek’s record in office

  • 2021–2023 · Lawsuit

    Defamation lawsuit

    Settled for $130,000 with a public apology.

  • 2021 · Council censure

    Council censure

    For asking staff to destroy bullying-finding records.

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