"Expand food processing opportunities on eligible land in the Agricultural Land Reserve that is not well suited for primary food production, while protecting prime farmland, to create local jobs and process more B.C. food here at home." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Increase the annual BC Arts Council budget to $65 million to enhance support for arts and culture initiatives." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work in partnership with the sector to develop a provincial Arts, Culture, and Heritage Action Plan to guide future investments and initiatives." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Collaborate with sector professionals to identify and develop legislative responses to the impacts of AI on the creative sector." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Build partnerships with organizations and First Nations in rural, northern, and coastal regions to identify strategic plans and sustainable funding models for arts, culture, and heritage programming." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Strengthen regional economic trusts and other local institutions with stable funding, and give First Nations, communities and local governments a stronger role in shaping regional economic priorities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Develop a labour market impact assessment and strategy, in conjunction with business, unions, young people and academics, to respond to the structural employment challenges of AI and new technologies. This will include supports for workers displaced by new technologies, strategies for ensuring roles are available for young and inexperienced workers, and a review of how our employment insurance and social assistance systems need to adjust, such as moving to Universal Basic Income." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Ban the use of AI for surveillance of workers at all jobsites. Work with labour groups to develop a comprehensive plan to address unemployment related to AI automation." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Make BC the easiest place in North America to actually get a permit and start rolling cameras, by working across all levels of government to ensure faster location approvals and simplified studio-use rules across all of BC’s production hubs." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Reform the film and TV tax credit to remove complications, ensure it enables and supports Canadian creatives, speeds up turnaround, and puts more local content in front of us." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Protecting old-growth trees: $50 million to convert old-growth deferrals of the most irreplaceable and rarest forests into permanent protections, while supporting mills to retrofit and make more value-added products with second growth." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Implement a pilot model of sectoral bargaining following a modified version of the 1992 Baigent-Ready model updated to reflect the 2026 economy and job market. The pilot would focus on especially precarious workers with minimal access to traditional collective bargaining, including migrant care workers, retail and service workers, and fast-food and food service workers." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Implement indexed annual funding increases to the Labour Relations Board and Employment Standards Branch as well as immediate core-funding top-ups to address the ongoing issues with lengthy delays, administrative challenges, and growing workload." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Establish an immediate expert panel to conduct a review to address the significant backlogs, delays, and inefficiencies at the Employment Standards Branch, which has struggled as an under-resourced and under-funded organization." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Commit to all public infrastructure and construction projects being Project Labour Agreements or Community Benefit Agreements to ensure the work and wealth produced by these projects stays close to home and with the communities and workers that build them." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Accelerating approvals for major mines by running environmental assessments and permits concurrently — cutting timelines by over 60%." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Meeting fixed permitting timelines for mining exploration paired with strong environmental protections and meaningful First Nations engagement." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Protecting worker safety by strengthening inspection powers and enforcement and ensuring full-time worker representation on health and safety committees." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Build a responsible critical-minerals strategy focused on high environmental standards, recycling and recovery, and more processing and value-added activity where it makes sense in BC." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Commit to having full-time worker representation on mine health and safety committees, ensuring every worker in BC returns home safe at the end of the day." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Hiring incentive for young people: During the trade war, the Youth Hiring Tax Credit offers a $5,000 refundable tax credit for small businesses that hire a young person (aged 18–30) for their first full-time, 12-month job." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Direct financial relief: The Small Business Tariff & Wildfire Relief Fund provides interest-free loans of up to $1 million for up to 72 months to help small businesses recover from the recent wildfires or Donald Trump’s unfair tariffs." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Help to find new markets: Delivers $6 million annually in enhanced market research grants, one-on-one advice and new support to help businesses diversify supply chains to buy Canadian and sell their products to non-U.S. markets." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Introduce province-wide commercial rent protections and give municipalities new tools to address long-term commercial vacancies." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Introduce province-wide commercial rent protections, beginning with a commercial rent registry and phasing in limits on rent increases during tenancies, at renewal and between tenants. The system will include protections against evictions or non-renewals intended to avoid the rules, alongside a fair process for exceptional cost increases, major improvements and redevelopment." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Give municipalities the power to tax persistently vacant commercial properties." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Create a single front door for business approvals, where businesses submit information once, and provincial ministries and agencies coordinate permits and licences behind the scenes. Work with and incentivize local governments to join the system, with common application forms, clear timelines and shared digital processes." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Use public procurement to support BC businesses, workers and supply chains, including making contracts easier for smaller firms to compete for." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Make provincial procurement more accessible by breaking large contracts into smaller opportunities and removing disproportionate administrative and qualification barriers, giving small and locally owned businesses a fair chance to compete for public work." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Publish longer-term procurement plans so BC businesses can see what government will need and invest to supply it." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Publish longer-term procurement plans so BC businesses know what government will need before contracts go to market, giving smaller firms time to invest, hire and build the capacity to compete." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"A re-elected BC NDP government will also invest $5 million in the Prince Rupert Port Authority to help grow the local tourism economy. The funding will support work with the cruise terminal, local government, and businesses to expand cruise operations and build on Prince Rupert’s success as a growing destination for cruise ships, supporting good jobs for people in the community." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Expand the Adventure Tourism Hub into a permanent one-window system to make it easier for outdoor tourism businesses to secure permits and tenures on public land, with clear timelines, strong environmental standards and early First Nations involvement." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Provide stable, long-term funding to Indigenous Tourism BC to grow Indigenous-owned tourism businesses, train workers and support First Nations developing tourism on their own terms." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Make the BC Tourism Climate Resiliency Initiative78 permanent, supporting businesses and communities with climate-adaptation planning, training and funding, and strengthening emergency communications so visitors get clear, local information during wildfires and other disruptions." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Give tourism and recreation greater weight in land-use decisions by identifying established tourism areas in regional planning and considering the long-term impacts of major industrial development on the landscapes and local economies they depend on." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Support communities to plan tourism growth around local priorities and capacity, including housing, transportation, infrastructure and pressure on natural areas. Help busy destinations focus on shoulder seasons, longer stays and greater local benefit, while supporting new destinations and locally owned businesses in communities with room to grow." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work with the federal government to build a new B.C. shipyard, in partnership with shipbuilders and labour, creating thousands of jobs across BC, supporting national defence and helping expand BC’s shipbuilding industry so that we can build the next generation of B.C. Ferries. BC has up to $250 million available through the Strategic Investment Fund to leverage private sector investments and federal funding through the Canada-BC Shared Prosperity Agreement reached with Prime Minister Carney." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Make the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund permanent, with $60 million in annual funding, including dedicated support to help tariff-impacted forestry mills modernize, protect jobs and reach new markets." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Collaborate with the Construction Association to promote trades as a career option for young people, women, Indigenous and racialized communities. Ensure these training programs have affordable tuition." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Collaborate with the Construction Association to promote trades as a career option for young people, women, Indigenous and racialized communities. Ensure these training programs have affordable tuition." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Commit to all public infrastructure and construction projects being Project Labour Agreements or Community Benefit Agreements to ensure the work and wealth produced by these projects stays close to home and with the communities and workers that build them." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Immediately reinstate a plan to build the BC Burnaby Hospital through a Project Labour Agreement, providing workers and Burnabarians with excellent jobs from construction to surgery and expanding healthcare services where we need it most." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Eby’s new “Built in BC and Canadian” plan will apply to ministries, Crown agencies and health authorities, and require them to put B.C. and Canadian-made goods and materials to work on public projects, wherever it is viable. It means that where a BC or Canadian supplier is available to supply goods and materials at a competitive price and on time, it must be sourced domestically." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Require projects to buy from B.C. or Canadian suppliers when they can deliver on budget and on time." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Municipalities will be encouraged to do the same and be helped to source Canadian products for local infrastructure." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"To demonstrate leadership, this new approach will immediately apply to the construction of the nation-building North Coast Transmission Line. BC Hydro will be directed to build 70% of Phase 1 towers and 100% of Phase 2 towers with Canadian steel." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Set minimum requirements for B.C. and Canadian-made materials in public infrastructure, including wood, steel, aluminum and cement." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Apply penalties to U.S.-made goods and materials, which will count against these requirements." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Expanding the Youth Climate Corps: We will expand our investment in the Youth Climate Corps of BC, providing $4 million annually to scale up workforce development and training opportunities for young people across BC. From providing FireSmart home assessments to ecological restoration and invasive species removal, the Youth Climate Corps of BC connects youth aged 17-30 with important job opportunities offering a livable wage to help build up climate resiliency." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Hiring incentive for young people: During the trade war, the Youth Hiring Tax Credit offers a $5,000 refundable tax credit for small businesses that hire a young person (aged 18–30) for their first full-time, 12-month job." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13