B.C. NDP leader David Eby said he is not firing Richmond-Bridgeport candidate Linda Li after the province’s real estate regulator fined her $8,500.
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B.C. NDP leader and premier David Eby said Friday that he will continue to support Richmond-Bridgeport candidate Linda Li despite concerns about information she provided to the province’s real estate regulator.
“No, I’m not firing Linda Li,” Eby said at a morning event after the Conservative Party of B.C. called for Li’s removal.
In a notice of administrative infraction dated June 30, the B.C. Financial Services Authority fined Li $8,500 for three breaches related to her work as a realtor and managing broker. The regulator said she failed to ensure her brokerage’s business was conducted competently and in accordance with the Real Estate Services Act. It also said she failed to take reasonable steps to avoid a conflict of interest when she acted for a buyer in a transaction involving a property she had previously listed for the same seller, in circumstances where another licensee at her brokerage was listing the property.
The regulator further said Li “provided the Superintendent [of Real Estate] with incomplete and misleading information in response to the investigation into your conduct” in May 2026, including backdating documents, according to the notice.
The regulator placed conditions on Li’s licence, saying she could not renew it until she completed a remedial education course at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. Eby said Li has completed the course. “She had a regulatory infraction, paid the fine, did the remedial training and has done an incredible job with the Richmond Hospital Foundation and Chinese community,” Eby said.
Li is also listed as vice-president of the Hunan Fellow Association of Vancouver, which the evidence says promotes ties between Canada and China. The evidence also says the association makes donations to the Richmond Hospital Foundation, based on social media posts.
The evidence further states the Canadian Alliance of Chinese Associations has described the umbrella group as linked to the Chinese government, and that the alliance says it “actively participate[s] in various activities of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and the Chinese Overseas Chinese Federation.” It says both entities have been identified as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department.
The provincial general election is Oct. 24, with Li seeking the Richmond-Bridgeport seat against Conservative incumbent MLA Teresa Wat. The evidence says Wat defeated Li in 2024, taking 58 per cent of the popular vote compared with 35 per cent for Li.
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