Will Greaves
Liberal · Victoria, BC
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Biography
Wilfrid Greaves is a Canadian academic and politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Victoria in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Prior to his election, Greaves was an associate professor of political science at the University of Victoria. Greaves is the son and grandson of diplomats in Canada's foreign service. encyclopedia
- Languages
- English, Frenchofficial
- Occupation before politics
- politicianencyclopedia
Electoral history
Victoria
Liberal · 45th ParliamentSince 2025-04-28officialWill Greaves41,128Laurel CollinsRunner-up · NDP-New Democratic Party18,877Difference 22,251 votes. 6 other candidates also ran.
Elections Canada, 45th general election.
Education
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Experience
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In their own words
257 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.
Madam Chair, on a point of order, I'm just wondering if Mr. Bexte's question essentially is that sometimes people lie and people may not operate in good faith. If so, that's really not a question that the officials are able to address satisfactorily. If people lie, there are crim…Debate · 2026-09-22
Where they stand
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A stored score on 7 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.
Climate
Faster fossil phase-down
The other end of this axis: Slower phase-down, production first
Excerpts repeat calls for urgent ambitious action to reduce emissions and tackle the climate crisis as a present reality.
The climate crisis is not a future threat. It is a present reality. It is costing us more than just our natural spaces.Source of that line
Energy
Expand production and export
The other end of this axis: Restrict new oil and gas
Excerpts note record oil output and major fossil fuel projects while defending growth in the sector.
In fact, under the Liberal government, Alberta oil output is at record levels while it maintains some of the highest standards for oil production in the world. Despite the opposition's rhetoric, our government takes Canadian jobs seriously.Source of that line
Federalism
Provinces lead
The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads
Excerpts stress BC Ferries as a provincial arm's-length entity and criticize federal political interference.
BC Ferries is a provincial entity that has no relationship with the federal government other than Transport Canada's regulatory authority. It seems very much that the intent here is a willingness on the part of our colleagues to use BC Ferries as a political cudgel and to undermine the future effectiveness of the service and the impact it has in British Columbia, in B.Source of that line
Fiscal policy
Higher taxes and public spending
The other end of this axis: Lower taxes and tighter spending
lists child benefit, child care, TMX, defence and CERB as spending not to cut
In the context of our colleagues' concerns about the level of federal spending over the last couple of years, I would encourage them to be a bit more specific in terms of what they would have chosen not to spend on. Would it be the Canada child benefit that the Conservative Party would not have supported and not have spent money on? Would it be $10-a-day child care? Would it be the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion? Would it be national defence spending such that Canada would meet its 2% NATO target? Would it be CERB, which rescued Canadians from the effect of the pandemic, or the other pandemic suppoSource of that line
Foreign affairs
Assertive alliances and sanctions
The other end of this axis: Alliance restraint
Excerpts endorse meeting the 2% NATO target as positive defence investment.
Would it be the Canada child benefit that the Conservative Party would not have supported and not have spent money on? Would it be $10-a-day child care? Would it be the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion? Would it be national defence spending such that Canada would meet its 2% NATO target? Would it be CERB, which rescued Canadians from the effect of the pandemic, or the other pandemic supports that the government provided? What would you not have spent?Source of that line
Health
Expand public coverage
The other end of this axis: More private delivery
Excerpts highlight public health benefits from reduced pollution and strain on the public health care system.
Health Canada estimates that traffic-related air pollution contributes to around 1,200 premature deaths annually across the country. Mr.Source of that line
Public safety
Enforcement and sentencing
The other end of this axis: Prevention and restraint
Excerpts back bail and sentencing reforms to reduce crime and repeat offenders.
Does the member agree that one of the changes being called for by stakeholders across the country to address some of these challenges has to do with reforming our bail system? This means that people who are repeat violent offenders or repeat chronic offenders will no longer be on our streets creating some of the urban disorder that is ultimately leading to some of the challenges and social disruptions that the member is concerned about.Source of that line
7 topics with no stored score
- AgricultureNo position has been scored.
- DefenceNo position has been scored.
- Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
- HousingNo position has been scored.
- ImmigrationNo position has been scored.
- LabourNo position has been scored.
- TradeNo position has been scored.
Who lines up
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