Carolyn Hofbauer
OneBC candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood
Affordability
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Childcare
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
Families should not have to wait for a targeted government credit. We favour broad relief with straightforward rules, backed by a credible fiscal plan; let's get to the root of the problem.
Tax measures and rebates
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Borrowing for operating deficits transfers today’s spending to tomorrow’s taxpayers and constrains future services
through interest payments.
OneBC has committed to balanced budgets within four years and allocating part of future surpluses to repayment.
Climate Change & the Environment
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Forestry industry
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Resource communities require permits, fibre supply, capital investment and competitive operating costs, not another
round of press conferences after mills are lost.
OneBC proposes increasing allowable annual cut, lower stumpage charges, and shorter permit and consultation
timelines.
The province should publish timely market-based fibre and stumpage data so industry decisions can be tested against
a transparent supply forecast.
Changing annual allowable cut is constrained by forests’ long-term productivity, conservation requirements and
specific land-use obligations; it is not a simple unlimited volume lever.
Forests and forest conservation
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
Forestry’s competitiveness is exposed to softwood lumber trade policies and market prices, which cannot be
controlled solely from Victoria.
Green industry
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
If the NDP wants stable forestry jobs, the province has to demonstrate an economic timber supply and timely approvals.
We would make the underlying data public and hold ministries to published permit service standards.
Oil and gas development
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
OneBC calls for a pipeline to tidewater at Prince Rupert or Kitimat and more western provincial co-operation on energy
and provincial interests.
Education
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Childcare
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
Families should not have to wait for a targeted government credit. We favour broad relief with straightforward rules, backed by a credible fiscal plan; let's get to the root of the problem.
K-12 curriculum
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Parents should know whether their children are mastering reading, writing and mathematics—and schools should be
accountable for measurable progress.
OneBC proposes stronger standardized assessment and an enforceable Parental Bill of Rights with curriculum
transparency and informed consent for minor-aged students.
Education funding should be evaluated by student learning and classroom supports rather than administration alone.
K-12 learning needs
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Children only get one chance at this. Families should see reliable learning results early enough to get
help, and public dollars should follow effective instruction and transparent outcomes.
Saskatchewan’s 2023 Parents’ Bill of Rights includes regular academic information and curricular
notification provisions. We can do the same here in B.C.
LGBTQ+ students and bullying
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Saskatchewan’s 2023 legislation requires parent consent for use of a new gender-related preferred name/identity for
students under 16.
BC should institute its own Parental Bill of Rights which would include access to information on sexual-health instruction.
We want classroom materials open to parents, academic learning at the centre, and every student treated with dignity.
Removing a set of teaching resources is a policy debate about education and transparency—not permission to mistreat
anyone.
Health & Healthcare
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Diagnostic and procedure wait-times
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
We want patients treated, not waiting while institutions expand.
We support full public funding for core care, openness to
alternative delivery where lawful, and independent measurement of what actually reduces waiting.
Drugs and addiction
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Public safety and compassionate recovery are not opposing goals: protect neighbourhoods and create an effective
path away from addiction.
OneBC calls for a sharper focus on repeat violent offenders, an end to prescribed safer supply and consumption-site
expansion, and a shift toward treatment and recovery facilities.
Emergency wait-times
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
More money in the system matters only if patients receive timely care; the priority must be appointments, surgery,
emergency services and patient outcomes.
Gender-affirming care
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The party’s policy concerns SOGI teaching resources and parental rights. Regardless of disagreement about teaching
materials, every student deserves safety, dignity and protection from harassment.
We want classroom materials open to parents, academic learning at the centre, and every student treated with dignity.
Removing a set of teaching resources is a policy debate about education and transparency—not permission to mistreat
anyone.
Health administration
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
OneBC supports private delivery options alongside a fully funded public system and shifting resources from
administration to frontline personnel.
Jobs, Businesses, & Labour
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Economic growth
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
OneBC’s economic argument is that private employers create durable opportunities when taxes, approvals, and
regulation make investment worthwhile.
The strongest charge against the Eby NDP is the mismatch between spending plans and visible results: large
projected deficits, a heavy debt trajectory, and continuing challenges in access to care and housing.
Our alternative is lower taxes, a full review of public spending, faster private investment, foundational education, and
accountable government.
Forestry industry
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Resource communities require permits, fibre supply, capital investment and competitive operating costs, not another
round of press conferences after mills are lost.
OneBC proposes increasing allowable annual cut, lower stumpage charges, and shorter permit and consultation
timelines.
The province should publish timely market-based fibre and stumpage data so industry decisions can be tested against
a transparent supply forecast.
Changing annual allowable cut is constrained by forests’ long-term productivity, conservation requirements and
specific land-use obligations; it is not a simple unlimited volume lever.
Reconciliation & Indigenous Nations
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Reconciliation
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
DRIPA is a 2019 B.C. statute establishing duties relating to the U.N. Declaration and co-operative decision-making; its
own text says it does not derogate from section 35 constitutional rights.
Rights of Indigenous peoples
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
Ask the NDP to explain how each agreement affects fee-simple owners, resource approvals, public finances and
representative consent.
ONE BC will repeal DRIPA.
ONE BC will halt voluntary transfers.
ONE BC will assert UNDRIP has no independent force in B.C.
ONE BC will seek federal Indian Act reforms.
ONE BC will end mandatory government land acknowledgements.
Treaties with First Nations
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
OneBC’s published policy is to repeal B.C.’s DRIPA legislation, halt voluntary transfers of public land/resources/control
and demand greater accountability for public funding.
A sound public debate can insist on transparent agreements, property-title security and equal application of the law
while respecting Indigenous people and existing constitutional rights.
“Rights and reconciliation should be pursued through clear law, transparent negotiations, and secure property title.
British Columbians—including Indigenous residents—deserve to know who has authority, what is being transferred, and how
funds are audited.
Society & Government
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Budgets, deficits, and provincial funding
Carolyn Hofbauer's promises
ONE BC promises a budget balance within four years; surplus allocations go toward debt repayment.
Interest payments are a permanent demand on taxpayers before a patient sees a nurse or a child enters class.
Eby should explain a credible exit from double-digit-billion-dollar annual deficits rather than describe each new
borrowing program as proof of strength.
ONE BC would
publish a four-year path to balance, expose the underlying assumptions and report progress quarterly.
Good government and anti-corruption
Carolyn Hofbauer's promise
British Columbia should measure government by what residents can afford, whether they can receive care, and
whether they can find work—not by the size of an announcement.
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
Carolyn is running for OneBC to bring her experience as a mother, small business owner, and lifelong Surrey resident to provincial politics. She wants to represent the community she has always called home.
Carolyn Hofbauer grew up in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood and attended Frank Hurt Secondary School. Surrey is where she went to school, built her career, and is raising her family.
Carolyn began working at 15 while continuing her education. After high school, she attended what is now Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where she studied music, English, and history. During her college years, she also worked as a substitute teacher.
Much of Carolyn’s early career was spent in the restaurant industry. She worked as a chef at Fresgo Inn before becoming head chef at The Vault Restaurant in Cloverdale, where she spent nearly a decade. The work demanded responsibility, teamwork, and the ability to listen to people.
Carolyn later joined her family business. Today, she manages BC Firearms Academy alongside her husband. Running a small business has given her firsthand experience with the challenges facing employers, employees, and families in British Columbia.
Carolyn and her husband are raising their son, Blake. Family is at the centre of her life and shapes how she thinks about the future of her community.
Carolyn’s involvement in politics began during college. Since then, she has volunteered on campaigns, knocked on doors, made calls, worked in campaign offices, and spoken with voters about the issues that matter to them.
Carolyn is running for OneBC to bring her experience as a mother, small business owner, and lifelong Surrey resident to provincial politics. She wants to represent the community she has always called home.
Reason for running
submitted by the candidate or their team
I want to see DRIPA and SOGI repealed. I want to be a part of the team that delivers a 25% tax cut to every bracket, including corporate.
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