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Affordability

Childcare

BC NDP's promises

Expand $10-a-day childcare
Invest $500M in new accessible, affordable childcare spaces

"That’s why we’re making a $500 million initial investment to add new desperately needed accessible and affordable child care spaces, initiating a long- term capital plan that will be built with input from families, providers, school districts, municipalities, sector experts and more." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide affordable before- and after-school care for kids up to the age of 12 in every school district

"Deliver affordable before- and after-school care for kids up to age 12 across BC. By working with school districts, education assistants, and other trusted staff, we’ll bring costs down for even more families through affordable before- and after-school care in every school district." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-16

Food costs

BC NDP's promise

Expand the school meals programme

"Expand the school meals program to save families money on groceries and put our kids’ health first – study after study has shown these critical meal programs improve students’ health, learning and outcomes." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Fuel and transportation costs

BC NDP's promise

Make transit free for seniors in non-peak hours

Poverty

BC NDP's promise

Continue to increase minimum wage in-line with inflation

Public transit

BC NDP's promises

Launch dedicated RapidBus service on the new expanded Highway 1 shoulder lanes
Expand the Broadway Subway project to go all the way to UBC
Build two additional Bus Rapid Transit corridors
Provide fast, frequent, and reliable service along the King George Highway from Surrey Centre to White Rock
Connect Langley to Maple Ridge with rapid transit
Build a Bus Rapid Transit corridor to the North Shore
Extend West Coast Express to Chilliwack
Bring HandyDART services into government, instead of sub-contracting it to a private company
Review all use of private contractors for delivering BC Transit

"Review all private delivery models within BC Transit to make sure British Columbians are getting the best value for tax dollars and the best service for their needs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with TransLink and the Mayors' Council on the Access for Everyone plan

"Continue expanding and strengthening transit service by working with TransLink and the Mayors' Council on the Access for Everyone plan to ensure service continues to be there for people." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Make transit free for seniors in non-peak hours

Seniors' benefits

BC NDP's promises

Qualify more people for Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters, and increase the support available to individual renters

"Helping more seniors make rent and reduce costs by qualifying more people for SAFER (Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters) and increasing the support available for individual renters." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Increase the Senior's Supplement by $50 to $149/month
Make transit free for seniors in non-peak hours

Tax measures and rebates

BC NDP's promises

Cut taxes by $1,000 for 90% of families
Provide a one-year $500 individual rebate and $1,000 household rebate

Utility costs

BC NDP's promise

Provide a rebate programme for making energy efficiency upgrades to your home

"Cut the cost of heating and cooling your home, making it more comfortable and efficient while helping reduce your carbon footprint. Our rebate program will help you with the cost of energy efficiency upgrades, that then help you save even more money over the long term through lower energy and heating bills." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Climate Change & the Environment

Carbon price

BC NDP's promise

Remove BC's consumer price on carbon, if the federal government removes the requirement for a consumer price on carbon

Climate adaptation

BC NDP's promises

Have the government bulk-purchase heat pumps, so as to provide them to residents at a discount

"Energy efficiency benefits everyone – you save money on energy and heating costs while our province reduces harmful emissions. We’ll take the approach that is working well in the European Union by bulk purchasing heat pumps and passing the savings on to you. Bulk buying can also ramp up BC manufacturing, creating more jobs for people here." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Integrate flood mitigation infrastructure in the Highway 1 expansion to mitigate floods in the Sumas Prairie

Electric vehicles

BC NDP's promises

Double the number of public chargers by 2030

"We will prioritize building new EV charging stations at community and recreation centres, municipal parking, highway rest stops, and park-and-ride stations, with a goal of doubling the number of public chargers across the province by 2030 – removing a significant barrier for people thinking about going electric." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Switch the school bus fleet to electric

Forestry industry

BC NDP's promises

Create a new Forest Value Fund to fast-track wood-manufacturing facilities and mill re-tooling for processing second-growth timber

"A new Forest Value Fund will fast-track wood-manufacturing facilities coming online and the re-tooling of mills to process second growth timber rather than old growth as we continue to move to a value-added future for forestry." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Further restrict raw log exports

"Getting more jobs per tree by tying our working forest resources to mills and companies that employ British Columbians, and by putting further restrictions on raw log exports." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work towards a harvest of 45 million cubic metres per year

"Increasing fibre security for primary, secondary users and value-added manufacturers by working towards a harvest of 45 million cubic metres per year." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Fully review BC Timber Sales

"Completing a full review of BC Timber Sales to improve the process for accessing public timber and drive better outcomes for jobs in forestry dependent communities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Review the stumpage system, and work toward First Nation agreements so that industry only pays once for stumpage

"Reviewing the stumpage system in light of punishing tariffs and recent trade decisions from the US that have held our industry back, in order to identify reforms that support the industry." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

"Working toward First Nation agreements that make sure industry only pays once for stumpage — benefiting rural, remote and First Nation communities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund to support the primary sector

"Expanding the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund to provide support to the primary sector to allow them to invest in innovation that supports local jobs – helping end the boom-and-bust economy that hurts communities, contractors, businesses, workers and their families." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Double the land held in BC's new and existing community forests

"Securing a more sustainable future for First Nations and communities that depend on local forests for their economic strength by doubling the land held in BC’s new and existing community forests." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create new Forest Landscape Planning Tables to bring together industry, First Nations, and communities

"Bringing together industry, First Nations and communities to work together — through new Forest Landscape Planning Tables — to chart a path forward for the stewardship of BC forests that increases sustainable harvest levels, drives improved old-growth management, and respects local knowledge and community priorities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Forests and forest conservation

BC NDP's promises

Plant more than 300 million trees every year

"Strengthening our restoration work by planting more than 300 million trees every year — with the right tree species in the right place — to help increase biodiversity and forest resilience to climate change, restore wildlife habitat, and reduce the risk of wildfire and floods to our communities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Complete the provincial commitment set out in the Old Growth Strategic Review's 14 recommendations
Create new Forest Landscape Planning Tables to bring together industry, First Nations, and communities

"Bringing together industry, First Nations and communities to work together — through new Forest Landscape Planning Tables — to chart a path forward for the stewardship of BC forests that increases sustainable harvest levels, drives improved old-growth management, and respects local knowledge and community priorities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Green construction and retrofits

BC NDP's promise

Have the government bulk-purchase heat pumps, so as to provide them to residents at a discount

"Energy efficiency benefits everyone – you save money on energy and heating costs while our province reduces harmful emissions. We’ll take the approach that is working well in the European Union by bulk purchasing heat pumps and passing the savings on to you. Bulk buying can also ramp up BC manufacturing, creating more jobs for people here." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Inter-city transportation

BC NDP's promises

Expand inter-city bus service between key transportation hubs

"Connect the province with an expanded express bus service, building on our successful BC North bus service, including a new fleet of express buses between key transportation hubs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with CP Rail to provide a new rail service throughout the Fraser Valley

"Connecting communities in the Fraser Valley through a new rail service, working jointly with CP Rail. This would provide cleaner, more efficient transit options for people and help reduce traffic congestion on Highway 1." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Evaluate returning commuter rail from Vancouver to Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton

"Develop a business plan to evaluate bringing commuter rail back to key transportation routes, including Vancouver to Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. This will help address crowding and traffic in this fast-growing corridor and increase convenient access to more affordable housing for workers who live in Squamish and Pemberton and commute to Whistler or Vancouver." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Extend West Coast Express to Chilliwack

Mining and minerals

BC NDP's promises

Start union-training programmes focused on mining

"Helping workers keep up with the changing nature of mining in BC by establishing union-training programs focused on building the skilled workforce and trades people we need across the entire mining industry." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Guarantee permit review timelines for critical mineral projects

"Guaranteeing permit review timelines for priority critical mineral projects while maintaining BC’s world-leading standards for environmental protection and worker safety and commitment to First Nations partnerships." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide dedicated support for projects through a new Critical Minerals office

"Providing dedicated support to advance projects to final investment through the new Critical Minerals Office, including coordination with the federal government to reduce duplication, and supporting First Nations engagement and capacity." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create a long-term investment outreach strategy

"Working with the industry, unions, stakeholders and First Nations on a long-term outreach strategy to attract more investment and opportunities — from mineral exploration to advanced processing — in British Columbia’s critical minerals sector." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide grid access to power mines

"Building out the electricity grid across the province and supporting mines to power up with clean energy, ensuring that BC’s mining industry continues to be the cleanest in the world." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Upgrade key highway infrastructure in BC's northwest

"Upgrading key highway infrastructure in BC’s northwest needed to unlock investments in new critical mineral mines, create good jobs, and improve community access and safety." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Ensure continuation of the Resource Benefits Alliance and First Nations revenue-sharing and new equity ownership opportunities

"Ensuring that resource development provides lasting benefits to communities in the Northwest through the Resource Benefits Alliance and to First Nations through continued revenue-sharing and new equity ownership opportunities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Pursue and ask for federal funding for a battery recycling operation at the Trail smelter
Require industry to pay for clean up costs

"Requiring that industry – not taxpayers – pay for the costs of clean up. For years, the government collected insufficient financial security from mining companies. We will build on the progress we have made that’s already increased the total reclamation securities held by the government from only 40% of estimated liabilities in 2017 to over 90% today." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Oil and gas development

BC NDP's promises

Cap emissions from the oil and gas sector to a 75% reduction from 2014 levels by 2030

"Continuing to reduce carbon pollution through a cap on harmful emissions from the oil and gas sector. Oil and gas companies are the biggest polluters in BC while making record profits — they can afford to use some of their profits to invest in innovation and reduce their emissions in line with BC’s cli- mate targets. BC is on track to ex- ceed its 2025 target of reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 45% from 2014 levels. And we’ll build on this continent-leading progress by driving the adoption of innovative, zero-emitting technology and best practices — achieving a 75% reduction by the industry by 2030." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Use a portion of revenue from oil and gas development to create a Clean Economy Transition fund

"Using a portion of the revenue raised from oil and gas development, including LNG projects, we’ll establish a Clean Economy Transition Fund and focus it on enhancing BC’s clean-economy future — so we can attract even more global investment in renewable fuels, clean tech, manufacturing, and critical mineral mines — and the good-paying jobs that come with them." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Pollution

BC NDP's promise

Phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate (Round-Up) in BC forests

Power generation

BC NDP's promises

Develop a Clean Energy Plan to shift BC's economy away from fossil fuels

"Developing a Clean Energy Plan to make BC’s vision of a clean-energy future a reality. Working with First Nations and communities, we will do the work needed to transform BC’s economy away from overreliance on fossil fuels to sources of energy that are clean, affordable and reliable — while finding regulatory efficiencies to streamline the permitting and construction of new clean-energy infrastructure and renewable power projects." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Double electricity generation by 2050 and upgrade the power transmission grid

"Doubling electricity generation by 2050 and upgrading BC’s power transmission grid to help make sure that power gets to industries, businesses and homes where and when it’s needed. This includes growing new sources of made-in-BC clean energy by issuing competitive calls for power every two years. In 2024, BC Hydro put out its first call for power in 15 years, resulting in proposals for more than $3 billion in new investment in the province. Working with First Nations and the independent power industry, we will bring more renewables like wind and solar on board — helping meet growing demand, selling electricity for a profit to our neighbours to keep rates low, creating good-paying jobs and getting the lowest price for people." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand rebates for home solar panels and solar batteries

"Our BC Hydro rebates on solar panels and home solar batteries will help you create and store your own energy, and even make money by delivering electricity back to the provincial grid. This program also includes rebates for apartment buildings, small businesses, schools, social housing providers, and other public organizations - and we will work to expand it so more people can access it across the province." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Use a portion of revenue from oil and gas development to create a Clean Economy Transition fund

"Using a portion of the revenue raised from oil and gas development, including LNG projects, we’ll establish a Clean Economy Transition Fund and focus it on enhancing BC’s clean-economy future — so we can attract even more global investment in renewable fuels, clean tech, manufacturing, and critical mineral mines — and the good-paying jobs that come with them." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Public transit

BC NDP's promises

Launch dedicated RapidBus service on the new expanded Highway 1 shoulder lanes
Expand the Broadway Subway project to go all the way to UBC
Build two additional Bus Rapid Transit corridors
Provide fast, frequent, and reliable service along the King George Highway from Surrey Centre to White Rock
Connect Langley to Maple Ridge with rapid transit
Build a Bus Rapid Transit corridor to the North Shore
Extend West Coast Express to Chilliwack
Bring HandyDART services into government, instead of sub-contracting it to a private company
Review all use of private contractors for delivering BC Transit

"Review all private delivery models within BC Transit to make sure British Columbians are getting the best value for tax dollars and the best service for their needs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with TransLink and the Mayors' Council on the Access for Everyone plan

"Continue expanding and strengthening transit service by working with TransLink and the Mayors' Council on the Access for Everyone plan to ensure service continues to be there for people." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Make transit free for seniors in non-peak hours

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

BC NDP's promises

Cap emissions from the oil and gas sector to a 75% reduction from 2014 levels by 2030

"Continuing to reduce carbon pollution through a cap on harmful emissions from the oil and gas sector. Oil and gas companies are the biggest polluters in BC while making record profits — they can afford to use some of their profits to invest in innovation and reduce their emissions in line with BC’s cli- mate targets. BC is on track to ex- ceed its 2025 target of reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 45% from 2014 levels. And we’ll build on this continent-leading progress by driving the adoption of innovative, zero-emitting technology and best practices — achieving a 75% reduction by the industry by 2030." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand the Youth Climate Corps across BC

"We’ll expand the Youth Climate Corps across BC, providing training and paid work for young people between age 17-30 who want to start their careers by making a difference on climate action in their communities in a way that makes communities safer and more prosperous." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Walkable, bikable communities

BC NDP's promise

Expand active transportation options

Wildfires

BC NDP's promise

Increase active forest management to proactively remove highly-flammable material and prune tree stands

"Helping protect homes, communities and local watersheds by ramping up active forest management. By partnering with communities and First Nations to proactively remove highly flammable woody material and prune tree stands and remove debris, we can slow or stop the spread of wildfires and protect primary water sources for communities – while making better use of all fibre by supplying local mills with fire- damaged timber and waste that would have otherwise been burned or decayed." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Education

Childcare

BC NDP's promises

Expand $10-a-day childcare
Invest $500M in new accessible, affordable childcare spaces

"That’s why we’re making a $500 million initial investment to add new desperately needed accessible and affordable child care spaces, initiating a long- term capital plan that will be built with input from families, providers, school districts, municipalities, sector experts and more." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide affordable before- and after-school care for kids up to the age of 12 in every school district

"Deliver affordable before- and after-school care for kids up to age 12 across BC. By working with school districts, education assistants, and other trusted staff, we’ll bring costs down for even more families through affordable before- and after-school care in every school district." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-16

K-12 learning needs

BC NDP's promises

Increase support for students with learning disabilities

"Increasing support for kids with learning disabilities and their families by working with teachers to identify kids who are struggling early and support those kids with strategies to learn, as well as expanding services and interventions for kids with dyslexia and other learning differences." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Staff each K-3 classroom with an education assistant to support complex needs

"Increasing support for students in the critical kindergarten to grade 3 years by staffing each classroom with an education assistant to support complex needs, and to support before- and after-school care programs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

K-12 staffing

BC NDP's promises

Create a faster pathway to teacher certification for adults already working on-call in BC schools
Provide incentive programmes to attract more teachers to high-need areas
Staff each K-3 classroom with an education assistant to support complex needs

"Increasing support for students in the critical kindergarten to grade 3 years by staffing each classroom with an education assistant to support complex needs, and to support before- and after-school care programs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

School construction and upgrades

BC NDP's promise

Build more then 20,000 new student spaces at 58 K-12 projects in fast-growing communities

School nutrition

BC NDP's promise

Expand the school meals programme

"Expand the school meals program to save families money on groceries and put our kids’ health first – study after study has shown these critical meal programs improve students’ health, learning and outcomes." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Student mental health

BC NDP's promise

Ensure every public school has a mental health counsellor

Trades

BC NDP's promise

Double all apprenticeship training and expand introductory training programmes intended to introduce young people to the trades

"Prepare more young people for the jobs of the future – and the future starts now – by doubling all apprenticeship training and ramping up opportunities for more young people by expanding introductory programs that give them a taste of working in the trades and put them on the path to full, sponsored apprenticeships." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Health & Healthcare

Cancer care and cancer risks

BC NDP's promises

Expand diagnostic capacity for cervical cancer
Make it easier for people without a family doctor to access colon, breast, and lung screening services
Extend hours of operation for radiation and systemic therapy at regional cancer centres
Provide more access to diagnostic PET and CT scans
Increase BC Cancer's Indigenous workforce

"We’ll increase BC Cancer’s Indigenous workforce and deliver high-quality, culturally safe cancer care for Indigenous people, families and communities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand clinical trials at all regional centres and cancer research facilities
Expand the virtual oncology nursing line and hire more doctors and clinicians

Drugs and addiction

BC NDP's promises

Provide individually-tailored, publicly-funded addiction treatment and support, accessible through a single phone number province-wide

"Getting people with addictions the right care in the right place when they’re ready for treatment with individually tailored, publicly funded addiction treatment and support, from detox to after-care, accessible through a single phone number across the entire province." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Increase drug prevention education in BC schools

"Helping prevent the cycle of addiction by strengthening drug prevention education in BC schools. Built around providing supportive training and resources to all school staff, this ap- proach is aimed at creating opportunities for children and youth to be engaged about how dangerous and toxic drugs are. And done in ways that are appropriate for their age and grade, and maximizes their odds of making good choices to protect themselves and their friends." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Support First Nations treatment centres and Indigenous-led programming
Fund more at-home addiction treatment services
Create residential treatment options that provide direct supports to parents undergoing addiction treatment

"Removing barriers to treatment and keep families together through the recovery process by establishing residential treatment options that provide direct supports to parents undergoing addiction treatment." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Build a second Red Fish Healing Centre and satellite facilities to provide treatment beds for mental health and substance use disorders

"Expanding specialized treatment beds for people from across the province with both mental health and substance use disorders by building a second Red FishHealing Centre and additional “satellite” facilities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Involuntarily commit people with brain injuries, severe mental health illnesses, and addictions

"Providing secure, supportive and dignified care for people in BC whose struggles with brain injuries, severe mental health illness and addiction require intensive care.

By opening up secure facilities to provide secure care under the Mental Health Act, we can deliver help to people who are potentially a danger to themselves or others — so that rather than often ending up in and out of prison, they will be in a physically and culturally safe environment receiving the care they need."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Build an Addictions Treatment Centre for construction workers
Expand availability of nasal naloxone to pharmacies province-wide
Set up designated mental health units in correctional centres to provide rapid treatment for mental health and addiction challenges

"Breaking the chain of addictions leading to crime by setting up designated mental health units in correctional centres to provide rapid treatment for people with mental health and addiction challenges being held on remand or sentenced to custody by the courts." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Emergency wait-times

BC NDP's promise

Build more Urgent & Primary Care Centres in high-demand areas, and expand hours of UPCCs to include nights and weekends

"Getting you faster urgent care closer to home and taking pressure off emergency rooms by building more UPCCs (Urgent & Primary Care Centres) in high demand areas and the hours of UPCCs to include nights and weekends. UPCCs are doing their job — since the first one opened in 2018, our 39 centres have collectively handled millions of visits in the past year." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Family doctors and primary care

BC NDP's promise

Expand how pharmacists can prescribe medications, refer, and offer testing for routine conditions

"Saving you a trip to the doctor for more common conditions so you can get better faster. We will expand how pharmacists can prescribe medications, refer and offer testing for routine conditions – like strep throat or UTI testing. This means routine illnesses can be tested for and treated quickly and without a doctor’s appointment, freeing up primary care providers’ time for more patients." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Health administration

BC NDP's promises

Fully review the Health Authorities structure with the goal of reducing costs

"We will complete a full review of Health Authorities with the goal of driving down costs and streamlining overhead and administration, putting those savings to work delivering more front-line services to you." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create a unified province-wide system for rehabilitation, imaging, and procedures

"We will deliver unified access to provincial health care resources. Rather than having rehabilitation, imaging and procedures fragmented across regions, a unified province-wide access system would reduce wait times and give better access to health care for all patients, especially in rural areas." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Transition away from faxes to digital systems

"We will move to digital delivery. We will axe the fax, remove unnecessary paperwork, and speed up prescription, referral and other services." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with health care professionals to improve the flow of health records and data

"We will work with health care professionals to find new ways of improving the flow of health records and data, making health care work better for you – particularly when you have multiple health care providers." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-0

Health staffing

BC NDP's promises

Forgive tuition loans of health professionals who commit to long-term BC residency

"Train, hire and keep more doctors, nurses and other health professionals with a practice-in-BC guarantee. Last year, in addition to the doctors we added, we also hired 6,300 nurses and now have the fastest-growing nurse workforce in the country. And we’re going to keep that momentum going so we continue to lower nurse- to-patient ratios, in part, through a new program that forgives the tuition loans of health professionals in return for a long- term BC residency guarantee." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Require regulatory colleges to grant provisional licenses immediately to Canadian-trained providers and within 6 weeks for others

"Get out-of-province health care providers delivering care sooner by requiring BC’s health regulatory colleges to provide provisional licences immediately to Canadian-trained providers and within six weeks for providers from approved jurisdictions, while we continue to improve processing times overall and provide more transparency on licensing timelines." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Add 48 new medical residency positions by 2028
Provide targeted tuition assistance to help with regional shortages of some healthcare professionals

"Address regional shortages of critical health care professionals – like labratory, imaging and cardiology technologists, psychologists and pharmacists — through targeted tuition assistance."— An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Hospitals

BC NDP's promise

Build and expand more hospitals

Long-term care

BC NDP's promises

Build 5,400 new and replacement beds at 32 long-term care facilities
Standardise wages, benefits, and working conditions for staff across both public and private long-term care homes

"By providing common wages, benefits and working conditions for staff across both public and private long-term care homes, we can make sure all facilities will be staffed by caring, well trained and qualified workers held to a consistent provincial standard of care for all seniors." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Mental health

BC NDP's promises

Create a $50M Community Mental Health Resilience Fund to expand mental health counselling care province-wide

"Expanding mental health counselling care across BC by fueling the vital work of community-based mental health organizations through a new $50 million Community Mental Health Resilience Fund." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Add Foundry Centres in ten more communities to provide youth mental, physical, and sexual health and addiction services

"Delivering supportive, safe and confidential mental health and addiction services to youth and their families. We’ve fast-tracked the development of Foundry Centres for Youth in communities across BC. And they’re working well, with more than 17,500 people aged 12-24 and their families accessing critical mental health, addiction, and physical and sexual health services. We are moving forward with Foundry Centres in ten more communities — quadrupling the number since 2017." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Involuntarily commit people with brain injuries, severe mental health illnesses, and addictions

"Providing secure, supportive and dignified care for people in BC whose struggles with brain injuries, severe mental health illness and addiction require intensive care.

By opening up secure facilities to provide secure care under the Mental Health Act, we can deliver help to people who are potentially a danger to themselves or others — so that rather than often ending up in and out of prison, they will be in a physically and culturally safe environment receiving the care they need."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Fast-track expansion of civilian-led, mental health-focused crisis response teams province-wide

"Delivering supportive, safe, quality care when a mental health crisis is reported to 911 by fast-tracking the expansion of civilian-led and health-focused crisis response teams across the province." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Natal care

BC NDP's promise

Create a comprehensive strategy to improve maternity care

"Create a comprehensive strategy to improve mater- nity care across the province that prioritizes new ways of supporting OBGYNs, family doctors and midwives in delivering care to their patients." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Seniors

BC NDP's promises

Expand the Better at Home programme to provide chores around seniors houses, social meals, more transportation options, and peer support

"Expanding the Better at Home program so more seniors get the support they need to remain in their homes as they age – while easing demand on long-term care homes. We’re now up to 93 community-based Better at Home programs across BC, providing chores around the house that keep seniors safe and happy. Our new investments expand the services this program offers, including social meals, more transportation options, and peer support." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand the Hospital at Home programme

"Expanding the Hospital at Home program so seniors with long term health conditions that require more intensive medical support don’t have to stay in hospital, freeing up beds and improving quality of life." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Commit $324M over three years to programmes that help seniors live in their homes for longer

"We’re doing this by committing $324 million over three years to boost programs that help seniors thrive in their homes and communities, instead of moving into care.

This funding will hire more nurses, physiotherapists, health care assistants and home support workers – the people that help keep seniors happy, healthy and safe at home."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Sexual and reproductive health

BC NDP's promises

Expand access to reproductive health services
Expand midwives' scope of practice to include more services, including IUD insertion and prescribing Mifegymiso

Sick leave and doctor's notes

BC NDP's promise

Ban employers from requiring a doctor's note for short absences due to illness

Specialist care

BC NDP's promise

Expand the Travel Assistance Programme to include reimbursing car mileage, and cover travel expenses before they're due for payment

"Bringing down out-of -pocket costs for people in rural British Columbia who need to travel for specialist health care services. We will expand the Travel Assistance Program (TAP BC) — which provides financial assistance If the specialist health care you need isn’t available in your community — to include mileage for your car. And we’ll cover your travel expenses before they’re due for payment, so you’re not paying out of pocket and waiting for a refund." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Women's health

BC NDP's promises

Provide free menopause treatment with Hormone Replacement Therapy

"Providing free menopause treatment with HRT to help protect women against heart disease and osteoporosis, and reduce the risk of colon cancer." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand midwives' scope of practice to include more services, including IUD insertion and prescribing Mifegymiso
Expand diagnostic capacity for cervical cancer
Set up rapid access cancer clinics for breast and ovarian cancer
Create a comprehensive strategy to improve maternity care

"Create a comprehensive strategy to improve mater- nity care across the province that prioritizes new ways of supporting OBGYNs, family doctors and midwives in delivering care to their patients." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Housing & Homelessness

Home construction and supply

BC NDP's promises

Fast-track construction of factory-built homes

"This is the next logical step after cutting red tape to allow for the construction of more single homes, duplexes, triplexes and townhomes. Factory-built home construction will play a critical role in solving the housing crisis — delivering immediate results. While BC Builds continues to build large-scale multi-unit housing, BC’s emerging factory home construction industry can build complete state-of-the-art, small-scale multi-unit homes in just 12 weeks — and deliver those homes while also cutting construction waste by up to 70% and reducing harmful emissions by 43%. By fueling BC’s factory home construction industry, everyone from municipalities to multi-generational families can build quality small-scale multi- unit housing more affordably on land they already own."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Partner with non-profits and private companies to build middle-income housing on public land

"We’ll never sell public land that is suitable for attainable housing to be built on. Instead, we’ll partner with the non- profit and private sector to build attainable middle-income housing."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Waive provincial property taxes for new purpose-built rental projects
Create a new local infrastructure investment fund tied to housing starts

"Encourage municipal partnerships to build more housing through a new local infrastructure investment fund that’s tied to housing starts, while offering more flexibility to cities exceeding those targets."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with municipalities to allow non-market housing near new transit stations and extra height for new co-op, non-profit, & public housing

"Work with municipalities to build up rather than out by:

» Prioritizing the construction of affordable, non-market housing near new SkyTrain and rapid bus stations;

» Cutting red tape and encouraging more development across all non- market housing; and,

» Allowing additional height for all new co-op, non-profit and public rental housing."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Double construction apprenticeship training

"Double construction apprenticeship training so BC has the supply of red-seal certified workers needed to build the tens of thousands homes we need every year."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Home purchases and ownership

BC NDP's promises

Allow first-time home buyers to defer payment on 40% of their unit's price for 25 years, or until they sell

"Opening the door for first time home buyers by reducing the up-front costs of buying a home. Under this new program, homebuyers will pay 60% of their unit’s price initially, with the remaining 40% due only when they sell — or after 25 years — and their equity in the home has grown.

It’s a model where everyone benefits. We’ll expand to 25,000 new homes for first-time homebuyers in communities across BC."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Ban blind-bidding

"Cracking down on the inflated cost of buying a home by eliminating the blind-bidding that routinely means home buyers bid and pay thousands of dollars more than they need to get the house they want"

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Homeless services

BC NDP's promise

Expand the Homeless Encampment Action Response Temporary Housing programme to more communities

"We will bring the Homeless Encampment Action Response Temporary Housing (HEARTH) program to more communities, in line with our provincial decampment strategy to get people inside." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-16

Housing prices

BC NDP's promise

Increase the housing speculation tax

Public and affordable housing

BC NDP's promise

Work with municipalities to allow non-market housing near new transit stations and extra height for new co-op, non-profit, & public housing

"Work with municipalities to build up rather than out by:

» Prioritizing the construction of affordable, non-market housing near new SkyTrain and rapid bus stations;

» Cutting red tape and encouraging more development across all non- market housing; and,

» Allowing additional height for all new co-op, non-profit and public rental housing."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Rental housing

BC NDP's promises

Waive provincial property taxes for new purpose-built rental projects
Subsidise insurance for "Mom and Pop" landlords to protect against unpaid rent and damages, and offer legal advice

"So many prospective “Mom and Pop” landlords want to help provide housing but are worried about unexpected problems, like unpaid rent or damage. We’ll give them the support and confidence they need to keep renting out their units through subsidized insurance that protects against unpaid rent and damages, offers legal advice and more." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Replenish, as needed, the Rental Protection Fund to allow non-profits to buy affordable rental housing

"Protect BC’s existing stock of rental housing by replenishing, as needed, the Rental Protection Fund that non-profits can use to buy and protect affordable rental housing for the long term, so people don’t have to be afraid that their homes are going to be sold out from under them to speculators or large corporate real estate companies." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Ban "no pet" clauses for purpose-built rental apartment buildings

"We’ll end the bias against pet owners — which impacts young people, seniors and people with disabilities most. This move will also bring down the rate of pet abandonments across the province, as renters no longer have to make the difficult choice between the housing they need and the pet they love." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Agriculture

BC NDP's promises

Establish a Premier's Task Force to develop a Provincial Agri-Food Competitiveness and Growth Strategy

"Establishing a Premier’s Task Force – as requested by the BC Agriculture Council – to work with agriculture industry stakeholders, First Nations, and local governments to co- develop a Provincial Agri-Food Competitiveness and Growth Strategy." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Inventory and project agricultural land
Match young farmers with farmland available for purchase or lease
Provide a topped-up perennial crop renewal programme
Expand the agricultural Extreme Weather Preparedness fund

"Expanding the agricultural Extreme Weather Preparedness fund to help farmers and ranchers prepare and protect their farms and animals from extreme-weather emergencies." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Increase the amount of food processed in BC to reduce costs

"Increasing the amount of food processed here in BC to avoid exchange rate pressures, transportation costs, and the impacts of climate change — which all drive the price of food higher." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Fund communities to identify and prioritise local water use

"Making sure BC communities have secure sources of clean water for the future by putting land use and watershed planning in the hands of local communities, farmers and businesses, in partnership with First Nations, and funding those communities to identify and prioritize local water use. This builds on our existing Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program that supports food producers to store and improve their water supply for irrigation and livestock." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Arts and culture

BC NDP's promises

Expand the Arts, Culture, and Sports Infrastructure Fund

"An expanded Arts, Culture & Sports Infrastructure Fund that helps local community and cultural organizations bring people together, and inform, entertain and engage ever- widening audiences." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide stable, year-over-year funding for fairs, festivals, and events

"Bringing people together to celebrate their communities, cultures and love of local arts by providing stable, year-over-year funding for fairs, festivals and events." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Economic growth

BC NDP's promise

Create an Industrial Land Reserve to provide land for companies

"Make sure BC’s economy has the space to grow and create jobs through a new Industrial Land Reserve. As we attract more companies to British Columbia, we need to make sure there is land for them to set up, get to work, and create good-paying jobs. And with BC’s future prosperity on the line, we can’t leave this responsibility to chance. This reserve will inventory existing industrial lands and carry out a land-use needs assessment that anticipates our growing economic needs, and clean up and revitalize vacant industrial sites. We will work with partners to attract new investment. The results: more industrial projects that create jobs and a secure tax base for local governments to deliver services and infrastructure for people." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Forestry industry

BC NDP's promises

Create a new Forest Value Fund to fast-track wood-manufacturing facilities and mill re-tooling for processing second-growth timber

"A new Forest Value Fund will fast-track wood-manufacturing facilities coming online and the re-tooling of mills to process second growth timber rather than old growth as we continue to move to a value-added future for forestry." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Further restrict raw log exports

"Getting more jobs per tree by tying our working forest resources to mills and companies that employ British Columbians, and by putting further restrictions on raw log exports." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work towards a harvest of 45 million cubic metres per year

"Increasing fibre security for primary, secondary users and value-added manufacturers by working towards a harvest of 45 million cubic metres per year." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Fully review BC Timber Sales

"Completing a full review of BC Timber Sales to improve the process for accessing public timber and drive better outcomes for jobs in forestry dependent communities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Review the stumpage system, and work toward First Nation agreements so that industry only pays once for stumpage

"Reviewing the stumpage system in light of punishing tariffs and recent trade decisions from the US that have held our industry back, in order to identify reforms that support the industry." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

"Working toward First Nation agreements that make sure industry only pays once for stumpage — benefiting rural, remote and First Nation communities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund to support the primary sector

"Expanding the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund to provide support to the primary sector to allow them to invest in innovation that supports local jobs – helping end the boom-and-bust economy that hurts communities, contractors, businesses, workers and their families." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Double the land held in BC's new and existing community forests

"Securing a more sustainable future for First Nations and communities that depend on local forests for their economic strength by doubling the land held in BC’s new and existing community forests." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create new Forest Landscape Planning Tables to bring together industry, First Nations, and communities

"Bringing together industry, First Nations and communities to work together — through new Forest Landscape Planning Tables — to chart a path forward for the stewardship of BC forests that increases sustainable harvest levels, drives improved old-growth management, and respects local knowledge and community priorities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Labour protections

BC NDP's promises

Prevent offshoring of jobs in public projects
Remove certification of employers found to be inflicting financial, physical, or psychological abuse on temporary foreign workers
Increase the inspection and enforcement capacity of WorkSafeBC

"Preventing workplace accidents and injuries by increasing the inspection and enforcement capacity of WorkSafeBC. In addition to the lives and injuries saved, enhanced prevention will also reduce overall costs and demands on BC’s health care services." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Extent presumptive compensation to all workers who witness a traumatic workplace death
Expand presumptive coverage under WCB for firefighters

"Expanding presumptive coverage under WCB for firefighters who experience higher rates of cancer due to increased exposure to the hazards of a fire scene." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Ban employers from requiring a doctor's note for short absences due to illness

Liquor and alcohol industry

BC NDP's promises

Modernise liquor laws and licensing, including switching to risk-based licensing

"Cut red tape for BC restaurants, wineries, breweries and distilleries by modernizing liquor laws and licensing, including a move to risk- based licensing that encourages good business practices throughout the industry. Modelled on the Ontario model, this will reduce administrative burdens on lower-risk establishments and strategically focus inspection and enforcement resources on those that pose a greater risk." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Mining and minerals

BC NDP's promises

Start union-training programmes focused on mining

"Helping workers keep up with the changing nature of mining in BC by establishing union-training programs focused on building the skilled workforce and trades people we need across the entire mining industry." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Guarantee permit review timelines for critical mineral projects

"Guaranteeing permit review timelines for priority critical mineral projects while maintaining BC’s world-leading standards for environmental protection and worker safety and commitment to First Nations partnerships." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide dedicated support for projects through a new Critical Minerals office

"Providing dedicated support to advance projects to final investment through the new Critical Minerals Office, including coordination with the federal government to reduce duplication, and supporting First Nations engagement and capacity." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create a long-term investment outreach strategy

"Working with the industry, unions, stakeholders and First Nations on a long-term outreach strategy to attract more investment and opportunities — from mineral exploration to advanced processing — in British Columbia’s critical minerals sector." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide grid access to power mines

"Building out the electricity grid across the province and supporting mines to power up with clean energy, ensuring that BC’s mining industry continues to be the cleanest in the world." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Upgrade key highway infrastructure in BC's northwest

"Upgrading key highway infrastructure in BC’s northwest needed to unlock investments in new critical mineral mines, create good jobs, and improve community access and safety." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Ensure continuation of the Resource Benefits Alliance and First Nations revenue-sharing and new equity ownership opportunities

"Ensuring that resource development provides lasting benefits to communities in the Northwest through the Resource Benefits Alliance and to First Nations through continued revenue-sharing and new equity ownership opportunities." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Pursue and ask for federal funding for a battery recycling operation at the Trail smelter
Require industry to pay for clean up costs

"Requiring that industry – not taxpayers – pay for the costs of clean up. For years, the government collected insufficient financial security from mining companies. We will build on the progress we have made that’s already increased the total reclamation securities held by the government from only 40% of estimated liabilities in 2017 to over 90% today." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Poverty

BC NDP's promise

Continue to increase minimum wage in-line with inflation

Restaurants

BC NDP's promise

Modernise liquor laws and licensing, including switching to risk-based licensing

"Cut red tape for BC restaurants, wineries, breweries and distilleries by modernizing liquor laws and licensing, including a move to risk- based licensing that encourages good business practices throughout the industry. Modelled on the Ontario model, this will reduce administrative burdens on lower-risk establishments and strategically focus inspection and enforcement resources on those that pose a greater risk." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Startups and small businesses

BC NDP's promises

Do an "ease of doing business" review" to remove barriers to establishing and growing businesses

"Working with key business organizations, individual business owners and entrepreneurs we’ll identify and remove barriers to establishing or growing businesses here in British Columbia. By doing this, we can help businesses put their focus where it should be — on delivering high-value products and services, innovating, and creating jobs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand the online tenancy dispute resolution tribunal to include business-landlord disputes

"Help protect small business owners and reduce their costs when disputes with landlords arise. By expanding the online dispute resolution tribunal to include business-landlord disputes, we can help small business owners avoid the high cost of seeking resolution through the courts." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Change PST filing from monthly to quarterly

Trades

BC NDP's promise

Double all apprenticeship training and expand introductory training programmes intended to introduce young people to the trades

"Prepare more young people for the jobs of the future – and the future starts now – by doubling all apprenticeship training and ramping up opportunities for more young people by expanding introductory programs that give them a taste of working in the trades and put them on the path to full, sponsored apprenticeships." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Society & Government

Antisemitism

BC NDP's promise

Introduce new hate crime legislation

Domestic abuse and gender-based violence

BC NDP's promises

Expand availability of transition housing
Make sure the jobs of people escaping domestic abuse are protected

"Helping women and families permanently escape domestic abuse and violence by expanding the availability of transition housing, and making sure their jobs are protected if they have to run to safety so they can keep supporting their families.

Strengthening implementation of the Safe and Supported: BC’s Gender-Based Violence Action Plan by working with service providers, Indigenous partners and families on initiatives, like the Path Forward Community Fund, to make BC safer and more inclusive for women, girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Immigration

BC NDP's promises

Lobby the federal government to reallocate immigration policy and funding to the provincial government

"Lobby Ottawa to reallocate immigration policy and funding to the provincial government similar to the agreement in place in Quebec. Returning to a program of focussing on recruiting and retaining skilled immigrants in areas of demand, and reducing the abuse of the temporary foreign worker program by some employers, is something that we’ll do a better job of than Ottawa has." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Remove certification of employers found to be inflicting financial, physical, or psychological abuse on temporary foreign workers

Indigenous reconciliation

BC NDP's promises

Build more on- and off-reserve housing
Partner with First Nations and Metis on BC Builds projects

"Build more on- and off- reserve housing, and partner with First Nations and Metis on BC Builds projects to deliver more housing for everyone in communities around the province." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand work being done by 25 Aboriginal Friendship Centres

People with disabilities

BC NDP's promises

Increase the Community Living BC home share rates
Ensure people with disabilities keep all of the new Canada Disability Benefit
Adjust the spousal rule to lift more people out of poverty
Bring HandyDART services into government, instead of sub-contracting it to a private company

Public safety

BC NDP's promises

Increase seizure of proceeds of organised crime

"Ramping up the seizure of proceeds of organized crime to deny profits to criminal networks and close down gang houses, take their cars, and seize properties used by criminals with the knowledge of the property’s owner." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Increase funding for immediate police investigations, add prosecutor capacity, and expand rehabilitative referrals

"Stopping repeat offenders in their tracks by strengthening targeted policing, increasing funding for immediate police investigations, adding more comprehensive case management capacity for prosecutors, and expanding sup- port for rehabilitative referrals." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Tie speeding ticket costs directly to the value of cars valued over $150,000

"Making our roads safer from reckless supercar drivers through a new deterrent that ties the cost of their speeding ticket directly to the value of cars valued over $150,000." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Add red light cameras at busy intersections and use a dedicated highway patrol

"Cracking down on bad drivers, including adding red light cameras for busy community intersections and using a dedicated highway patrol to reduce policing costs and let the RCMP tackle crime instead, improving safety on BC’s busiest highways." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Introduce new hate crime legislation
Fast-track expansion of civilian-led, mental health-focused crisis response teams province-wide

"Delivering supportive, safe, quality care when a mental health crisis is reported to 911 by fast-tracking the expansion of civilian-led and health-focused crisis response teams across the province." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Provide sports, recreational, and education programming to help youth-at-risk
Unify gambling, liquor, traffic, transit, and tobacco enforcement teams into one enforcement agency

"Unify our provincial enforcement teams for gambling, liquor, traffic, transit police, and tobacco into a single enforcement agency that uses outcomes- based regulation to reduce duplication, improve efficiency, reduce red tape, and focus on bad actors. This will free up RCMP officers to focus on crime instead of provincial regulation enforcement." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Sports and recreation

BC NDP's promises

Increase funding for amateur sports

"Connecting kids to their community by increasing funding for amateur sports so it’s more affordable, accessible and inclusive." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Expand BC parks, recreation sites, and trails

"Expanding BC parks, recreation sites and trails — particularly in areas close to regional centres — through a long-term funding commitment that will:

» Develop and improve access roads, trails and infrastructure;

» Expand recreation facilities particularly for accessibility; and

» Develop new recreation projects in partnership with First Nations and local communities"

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create a cultural, sports, and recreation fund

"Create a cultural, sports and recreation fund that will help deliver affordable family entertainment and cultural community gatherings and celebrations across the province at a time when families rely on these services more than ever." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Add more campsites in BC parks, including large group capacity sites

"Creating better camping experiences for your family by adding more campsites in BC parks, including large group capacity sites for family gatherings." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Transit & Transportation

Electric vehicles

BC NDP's promises

Double the number of public chargers by 2030

"We will prioritize building new EV charging stations at community and recreation centres, municipal parking, highway rest stops, and park-and-ride stations, with a goal of doubling the number of public chargers across the province by 2030 – removing a significant barrier for people thinking about going electric." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Switch the school bus fleet to electric

Fuel and transportation costs

BC NDP's promise

Make transit free for seniors in non-peak hours

ICBC

BC NDP's promise

Freeze ICBC premiums

"Freeze your ICBC premiums to lock in your car insurance savings. Changing ICBC to an Enhanced Care model saved drivers an average of 20% on their premiums each year. This model has proven to deliver better care while drastically reducing what is spent on lawyer fees. And we’ll make it work better for everyone: we’ll make sure ICBC’s coverage keeps pace with increasing costs for the services people need as they recover from a car accident." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Infrastructure

BC NDP's promises

Integrate flood mitigation infrastructure in the Highway 1 expansion to mitigate floods in the Sumas Prairie
Upgrade key highway infrastructure in BC's northwest

"Upgrading key highway infrastructure in BC’s northwest needed to unlock investments in new critical mineral mines, create good jobs, and improve community access and safety." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Create a new local infrastructure investment fund tied to housing starts

"Encourage municipal partnerships to build more housing through a new local infrastructure investment fund that’s tied to housing starts, while offering more flexibility to cities exceeding those targets."

An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Inter-city transportation

BC NDP's promises

Expand inter-city bus service between key transportation hubs

"Connect the province with an expanded express bus service, building on our successful BC North bus service, including a new fleet of express buses between key transportation hubs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with CP Rail to provide a new rail service throughout the Fraser Valley

"Connecting communities in the Fraser Valley through a new rail service, working jointly with CP Rail. This would provide cleaner, more efficient transit options for people and help reduce traffic congestion on Highway 1." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Evaluate returning commuter rail from Vancouver to Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton

"Develop a business plan to evaluate bringing commuter rail back to key transportation routes, including Vancouver to Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. This will help address crowding and traffic in this fast-growing corridor and increase convenient access to more affordable housing for workers who live in Squamish and Pemberton and commute to Whistler or Vancouver." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Extend West Coast Express to Chilliwack

Public transit

BC NDP's promises

Launch dedicated RapidBus service on the new expanded Highway 1 shoulder lanes
Expand the Broadway Subway project to go all the way to UBC
Build two additional Bus Rapid Transit corridors
Provide fast, frequent, and reliable service along the King George Highway from Surrey Centre to White Rock
Connect Langley to Maple Ridge with rapid transit
Build a Bus Rapid Transit corridor to the North Shore
Extend West Coast Express to Chilliwack
Bring HandyDART services into government, instead of sub-contracting it to a private company
Review all use of private contractors for delivering BC Transit

"Review all private delivery models within BC Transit to make sure British Columbians are getting the best value for tax dollars and the best service for their needs." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Work with TransLink and the Mayors' Council on the Access for Everyone plan

"Continue expanding and strengthening transit service by working with TransLink and the Mayors' Council on the Access for Everyone plan to ensure service continues to be there for people." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

Make transit free for seniors in non-peak hours

Walkable, bikable communities

BC NDP's promise

Expand active transportation options


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Sylvia Lindgren has lived in Salmon Arm since 1994. Twice-elected to Salmon Arm municipal council, she has introduced or supported changes to reduce plastic waste, preserve Salmon Arm’s water supply, increase public safety, increase the housing supply, and improve public transit.

In her professional life, for over four decades, she has worked to support people: in seniors care, in social services, and presently, in alternate education with School District 83.

Sylvia Lindgren, David Eby and the BC NDP team are ready to take action on the issues that matter to you: building housing, strengthening healthcare, and making day-to-day life more affordable.



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