Moira Stilwell (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadian politician and physician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Langara from 2009 to 2017.
As part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus, she served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
[15] At the 2013 provincial election, she defeated New Democrat George Chow by 2,787 votes to win re-election as Vancouver-Langara MLA.
[16] She stayed on the backbenches for the duration of the 40th Parliament, and announced her decision to retire from politics on June 17, 2016,[17] finishing her term as MLA in May 2017.
[18] In her report, she admits "The Ministry of Health Services and the UBC Faculty of Medicine maintain that BC medical students studying abroad must be treated the same as immigrant physicians applying to the BC IMG program because to do otherwise would be a violation of human rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights", but she argued that Canadians Studying Abroad (CSAs) should be treated the same as Canadian and American trained medical school graduates, i.e. preferentially treated over International Medical Graduates (IMGs).
[19] As reported in Maclean's and The Tyee, she had an apparent and undisclosed personal stake in this issue, as her son, Kevin Lichtenstein, was studying medicine at an international university, and thus would benefit from an easier residency process.