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Consumer protections platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Ban ticket scalping

    "Ban ticket scalping: Prohibit resellers and bots from inflating entertainment and concert ticket prices on secondary sites, restricting them to offering tickets only at face value with meaningful penalties for violations." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

  • Broaden Consumer Protection BC's scope beyond currently-licensed sectors, allowing its investigators to look into unfair business practices and consumer complaints in other sectors

    "Expand the power of Consumer Protection BC: Broaden Consumer Protection BC's scope beyond currently licensed sectors so investigators can look into unfair business practices and consumer complaints regarding emerging issues like algorithmic pricing." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

  • Ban algorithmic pricing based on consumers' personal data

    "Stop predatory surveillance pricing: Strengthen consumer protection and privacy laws to prohibit AI-powered algorithmic pricing. This ensures big corporations can't exploit your personal data and market power to unfairly manipulate and raise prices at the register." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

    "Prohibit predatory algorithmic pricing: Strengthen privacy and consumer protection laws to stop corporations from using personal data and market power to set unfair prices. Give the Information and Privacy Commissioner the power to issue monetary penalties." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

  • Require product manufacturers to provide consumers and independents shops with fair access to replacement parts, tools, software, and repair information

    "Introduce Right to Repair legislation: You bought it, you should be able to fix it. Require manufacturers to provide consumers and independent shops with fair access to replacement parts, tools, software, and repair information, while banning planned obsolescence." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

  • Ban planned obsolescence

    "Introduce Right to Repair legislation: You bought it, you should be able to fix it. Require manufacturers to provide consumers and independent shops with fair access to replacement parts, tools, software, and repair information, while banning planned obsolescence." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

BC Conservative
  • Repeal two regulations for every regulation added

    "Cut red tape back to 2017 levels by the end of the first term, introduce a “one-in, two-out” law and legislate firm project approval timelines." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Ban retailers from using consumers' personal data to increase the price of goods for a specific consumer

    "Introduce legislation within the first 100 days to ban retailers from using consumers’ personal data to increase the price of goods for a specific consumer (‘surveillance pricing’), following the ‘Manitoba model’ led by Premier Kinew." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Work with the federal government to ensure social media companies allow an easily accessible option to opt out of algorithmic feeds

    "Work with the Federal Government to ensure social media companies allow an easily accessible option to opt out of their algorithms - your feed, your choice." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Mandate privacy, security, transparency, and accountability where AI is used, including requiring privacy-impact assessments, disclosure when AI is used in decisions, and ways to challenge AI-assisted decisions

    "Strengthen the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to make privacy, security, transparency and accountability mandatory, including requirements for privacy-impact assessments for use of AI, disclosure when AI is involved in decision-making, and opportunities to challenge or correct an AI-assisted decision." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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