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Platform Tracker

With B.C.’s snap election rapidly approaching, political parties have been criss-crossing the province sharing their platforms with voters. Below are some highlights of the promises from the three main parties to give voters a sense of where they stand on key issues.

Note: This tracker will be updated as promises are announced throughout the campaign.

Health Care | Economy | Public Safety | Cost of Living | Housing | Environment | Education

Health Care

B.C. NDP

The NDP promises to improve primary and emergency health care by opening 20 new clinics, expanding hours at primary care centres, and bringing more internationally trained health-care workers to B.C.

The party vows to further address worker shortages by adding 1,000 training seats for nurses and nurse practitioners. Incentives like loan forgiveness and discounted tuition would be offered for those who commit to practising in rural or remote communities.

For seniors, the NDP promises to expand in-home care by adding 500 health-care workers. Under the party’s plan, previously paused long-term care projects would go ahead, and more beds would be added.

The NDP pledges to add addiction treatment beds and expand involuntary care as well, in addition to introducing a province-wide women’s health strategy.

The NDP says its health-care promises would be funded through a new tax on the province’s highest-income earners.

B.C. Conservatives

The B.C. Conservatives vow to end temporary ER closures by establishing a $50 million emergency fund.

The party’s solutions to the health worker shortage include promises to “train more doctors here in B.C., bring home Canadians who studied medicine abroad, and speed up international credential recognition.”

If the Conservatives form government, the party also commits to launching an “expert commission” that will find ways to reduce wait times.

The party has promised to resume work on long-term care projects that were halted in the latest budget and to “cut unnecessary design rules” to help build new long-term care facilities more quickly.

The Conservatives’ plan for mental health and addictions would expand involuntary care through “mandatory treatment” and “compassionate intervention.”

The party pledges to keep the province’s system “universal and publicly funded”—while also vowing no new taxes—and has called claims it will expand privatization “fearmongering.”

B.C. Greens

The Greens promise to increase access to primary care and reduce pressure on ERs by building community health centres in “every region” of the province that would provide “team-based care and long-term support.”

Increased funding for nurses, improving nurse-patient ratios, and phasing out the use of private staffing agencies are being pitched to retain health workers in the struggling system.

The Greens also promise to “cover mental health care through the public system” and to combat the toxic drug crisis with “effective harm reduction and real investment in voluntary care.”

The party promises to commission an assessment of the health effects of LNG and fracking as well.

The Greens say a proposed new tax on the “ultra rich” whose wealth exceeds $50 million would help fund the measures.

Economy

B.C. NDP

The NDP has touted the LNG Canada investment decision as Canada's "largest private-sector investment ever," and points to $130 billion in "major projects" that are planned for the province.

B.C. has increased its exports to non-U.S. markets by 16 per cent during U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, and the NDP promises to double critical minerals exports within five years.

The party also vows to set minimum requirements for B.C.- and Canadian-made materials in public infrastructure.

New Democrats promise to provide interest-free loans to small businesses affected by the trade war, and to introduce a "youth hiring tax credit," which would provide $5,000 to small businesses that hire a young person to their first full-time, 12-month job.

B.C. Conservatives

The focal point of the B.C. Conservatives' economic plan is making the province an "energy superpower" by tripling LNG production by 2035.

The plan promises to re-engage proponents of projects that were proposed and then abandoned, encourage proponents to move their headquarters to the province, and work with the industry, First Nations and local colleges and universities to ensure the province has a trained LNG workforce.

The party also vows to stimulate economic growth by appointing a "minister for red tape reduction" and introducing a "one in, two out" policy for "red tape" regulations.

The Conservatives would scrap the PST on "machinery, equipment and business software" for three years to spur private sector investment.

B.C. Greens

The Greens’ economic platform focuses on "economic fairness for all," with plans including a "windfall tax" on "mega-corporations," a new royalty deal for oil and gas companies, and a "Fair Share Act" that would establish one-time and ongoing wealth taxes for those with assets worth $50 million or more.

The party also promises to support small businesses by implementing commercial rent control and focusing on "community wealth building."

As far as plans to stimulate economic growth, the Greens promise "record investments in renewables and good green union jobs," touting plans for clean energy and home retrofits, as well as selective logging and a focus on value-added products in the forestry sector.

The party opposes the Pacific Link pipeline, Phase 2 of LNG Canada, and all new fossil fuel development.

Public Safety

B.C. NDP

At present, the B.C. NDP’s public safety platform touts what has already been achieved on the file, and what they believe would be cut under a Conservative government.

The party says leader David Eby has hired more than 250 RCMP officers and added 240 new police training seats, and “led the country” in securing stronger federal bail laws. The NDP government has also opened two involuntary care facilities, is building an additional two, and promises more to come.

The NDP says its repeat violent offender intervention and monitoring program reduced police interactions by 50 per cent and sped up charge approval, and the model has recently expanded to target shoplifting and vandalism.

The party says budget cuts under the Conservatives would reduce funding for victims services, crime prevention and health care.

B.C. Conservatives

After they say the province has become “devastated by crime” under the NDP, the B.C. Conservatives plan to crack down on street disorder by recruiting more law enforcement and bringing in stricter drug policy.

The party promises to add 500 RCMP officers and 150 civilian staff over five years to be deployed to rural areas, hire 50 more Crown prosecutors, and expand the Justice Institute of B.C.’s Police Academy.

On drugs, the Conservatives vow to end “safe supply” programs and “stop illegal drug use” in hospitals, shelters and supportive housing, while expanding access to naloxone and recovery services.

They also promise to “empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act and amend (it) so officers can connect people with mandatory treatment.”

B.C. Greens

The B.C. Greens promise to treat toxic drugs as a social issue rather than a criminal one and vow to decriminalize possession for personal use.

The party says it will provide regulated, pharmaceutical alternatives to the illicit drug supply and expand access to overdose prevention sites, which they say will reduce public drug use and boost public safety. The Greens say they will ensure safe consumption sites are connection points for recovery programs.

Rather than invest in involuntary care, the Greens say they will fund housing, mental health care and voluntary treatment “the B.C. NDP failed to, to ensure people who use drugs have the full range of support needed.”

Cost of Living

B.C. NDP

The NDP promises to address affordability by reining in grocery giants and oil companies if re-elected.

To reduce grocery bills, the party vows to cap profits on essential food items while banning “anti-competitive real estate deals” it says are used by major chains to keep smaller grocers out of their neighbourhoods.

The NDP also promises a temporary suspension of the province’s gas tax, alongside a crackdown on “oil company gouging.” Between the two measures, the party says drivers could save up to 30 cents per litre on gas.

The NDP has vowed to freeze ICBC car insurance rates for three more years as well, while touting estimated savings of about $1,000 per year for the average driver since taking office.

B.C. Conservatives

The B.C. Conservatives have promised a $1,000 tax cut for “nearly every” worker in the province, which would be achieved by raising the basic personal exemption from the current $13,216 up to $32,000.

Leader Lorne Doerkson also vows his government would “never raise taxes” while improving health care and other public services.

The Conservatives also say they would remove PST from Canadian beer, wine and spirits.

B.C. Greens

The Greens pledge to increase minimum wage, social assistance and disability assistance—promising to push the latter two “above the poverty line,” then index them to inflation.

The party also vows to resume expansion of the province’s $10-a-day child care program, with an aim of reaching universal access by 2031.

Emily Lowan’s party has also vowed to provide free public transit.

Housing

B.C. NDP

The NDP promises to introduce a tax on new condos that go unsold for more than a year, with an aim of pressuring developers to sell thousands of units of existing inventory. That tax would begin at two per cent, then increase by one percentage point each year a new condo remains on the market.

The party would also hike the vacancy tax for both domestic and foreign housing speculators, to two per cent and five per cent, respectively. Eby has credited the tax—along with short-term rental restrictions—with helping to push down asking rents in the province.

For the homeless, the NDP announced plans to open a new centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside where people can “congregate during the day” when they don’t have access to temporary overnight shelters. The centre would be open 12 hours per day, seven days a week.

B.C. Conservatives

So far, the B.C. Conservatives have not provided many specifics about their plans for housing—but say they would “bring down the cost of building and buying a home.”

The party also vows to reverse changes to the Property Tax Deferment Program, decreasing interest for homeowners who defer their taxes back to prime minus two per cent. The current rate is prime plus two per cent.

B.C. Greens

The Greens promise to invest $1.5 billion in non-profit housing, with a goal of building 26,000 affordable rental units annually through “targeted investments” in housing co-ops and non-market providers.

The party would also implement vacancy control, which ties rent to a unit rather than a tenant—meaning landlords would not be able to dramatically increase rent when someone moves out.

The Greens say they would also take up a previous NDP promise to end pet bans.

Environment

B.C. NDP

The New Democrats promise to work with the federal government to protect 30 per cent of B.C.'s land by 2030. They've also promised $30 million annually for the B.C. Watershed Security Fund and "strict new water-efficiency standards" and electricity caps for new AI data centres.

The party plans to create a "Clean Futures Fund" that will use a portion of provincial revenue from oil and gas development to fund climate action programs, with an initial investment of $50 million.

The same amount—$50 million—is also promised for the conversion of old-growth logging deferrals into "permanent protections," while supporting the retrofitting of mills to make more value-added products using second-growth timber.

On wildfires, the NDP vows to match donations to the Red Cross up to $20 million to help fund recovery from this summer's wildfires. The party also pledges to support rebuilding infrastructure in affected communities.

B.C. Conservatives

The party argues in its "B.C. Energy Superpower Plan" that LNG from B.C. will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing higher-emission fuel use in Asia and Europe.

The party also promises to complete the North Coast Transmission Line "on a fixed deadline" and hold regular calls for new power supplies, including renewables, hydro and gas-fired power plants.

In addition, the plan includes promises to "end emissions limits that are currently stopping further investment in B.C." and "work with industry to assess barriers to investment from the CleanBC plan."

On wildfires, the B.C. Conservatives have promised to "procure new firefighting aircraft, including waterbombers, reduce dangerous forest fuels around communities, make prescribed fire easier to use without lowering safety standards, allow qualified firefighting resources to work more quickly during emergencies, and create a dedicated fund to invest in early detection and prevention technologies."

B.C. Greens

The Greens promise to "stop new fossil fuel development" and "institute a climate plan that lives up to the science of climate change and protects this generation and all generations after that."

The party pledges to support clean energy and home retrofits, institute "selective logging and value-added industries" in the forestry sector and "fully fund old-growth deferrals." The Greens also promise to "modernize" mining laws to protect communities and prioritize the resources needed for renewable energy generation.

The party wants to implement a new royalty framework that captures 50 per cent of net profits after production costs from companies in the oil and gas sector.

On wildfires, the party has not made any pledges since the campaign period began, but in August it called on the NDP government to end fossil fuel subsidies, double the budget of the FireSmart program, and implement the party's proposed "Clean Air Act."

Education

B.C. NDP

The NDP’s education platform is focused on continuing efforts to improve the school system.

If re-elected, the party says it will keep building or upgrading schools while hiring thousands more teachers, education assistants and counsellors.

According to the NDP, 250 new or seismically upgraded schools are currently “complete or underway” across the province.

Eby’s party also boasts the Feeding Futures program—introduced in 2023—as the largest investment in school meals in the province’s history, serving more than 265,000 students.

B.C. Conservatives

So far, the Conservatives have not provided a broad platform on education.

Doerkson has vowed the party would remove SOGI—inclusive educational resources related to sexual orientation and gender identity—if elected.

B.C. Greens

The Greens’ education platform focuses on closing what they call an “inclusive education funding gap,” vowing to end annual funding shortfalls to the tune of $316 million.

The party also promises to introduce universal meal and school supplies programs, while ensuring there is at least one counsellor for every 250 students.

In addition, the Greens say they will build a capital plan to ensure each school meets safety, reliability, and climate resilience standards.