Meet Patrick Weiler

Member of Parliament for West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country

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Early Life

Patrick Weiler was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, and raised in both West Vancouver and Sechelt. His father is a UBC law professor, and his mother is a former Sechelt municipal councillor.

Pre-Politics Work

Before entering politics, Patrick was an environmental and Aboriginal lawyer with deep roots in the communities which he has been representing in Parliament since 2019. 

During his career, he has supported governments around the globe to improve the management of aquatic ecosystems as well as the governance of natural resource sectors on behalf of the United Nations and other international development agencies.

Patrick has represented First Nations, municipalities, small businesses and non-profits on environmental and corporate legal matters within this riding, throughout British Columbia and around the world. Patrick is an alumnus of the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor degree a few years after completing his Bachelor of Arts program at McGill University.

Committed to investing in our economy, Patrick understands that responsible development must take diverse viewpoints into account, advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and safeguard our environment to secure a bright future for current and future generations. 

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Parliamentary Work

Patrick is a strong and knowledgeable voice for credible action on climate change, which includes taking measures to mitigate our greenhouse gas emissions so that Canada meets and exceeds its obligations under the Paris Agreement, building healthier and more resilient communities, and ensuring that Canadian business will seize on the immense economic opportunities in the transition to the clean economy of the 21st century. To that end, Patrick worked closely with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to pass into law Bill C-12, our net-zero emissions accountability act. 

In his second term, Patrick has been on the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, the Standing Committee on Finance, the Chair of the the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and the Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Tourism Caucus, where he has been a strong advocate of measures to support the tourism sector through the pandemic and ensuring that tourism communities can reach their full potential. 

Patrick was the Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, where he committed his time to making sure the committee ran smoothly and impartially, fostering bi-partisan collaboration with members of the committee, and working closely with the administrative staff. He most recently stepped down from the role as Chair to spend more time in his riding, but remains on the Committee to keep working on the goals he pushed forward as Chair.

He also joined the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (CAJP), working to strengthen ties between Canada and Japan, building mutual understanding between the two countries and supporting the growing cultural and trade relationship that connects them.

His Private Member's Bill, the Clean Coasts Act (Bill C-244) (2025), is targeted legislation to close two long-standing gaps in Canada's marine pollution laws that have left BC's coastline littered with Styrofoam from decaying docks and aquaculture infrastructure, and home to an estimated 1,400 abandoned and derelict vessels.

The bill amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999, CEPA) to make marine dumping a strict liability offence, capturing negligent and unintentional pollution alongside intentional acts, and amends the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (SC, 2019) to stop boat owners from offloading vessels onto people who lack the means to maintain or dispose of them safely.

Patrick is working to move the bill through Parliament and into law, so that polluters, not coastal communities and taxpayers, are the ones responsible for cleaning up their mess.

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PATRICK'S PRIORITIES