2026 BC Conservative Platform: Complete Promise Extraction & Queue Audit

Primary Source Document: Ready to DELIVER: Lorne Doerkson’s Plan for a STRONGER BC | 2026
Promising Entity: Conservative Party of British Columbia
Party Leader: Lorne Doerkson
Jurisdiction: British Columbia (Provincial / Jurisdiction #2)
Election Cycle: 2026 British Columbia Provincial Election (Cycle #2)
Total Staged Commitments: 198 discrete promises across 5 thematic pillars & 2 fiscal appendices
Intake Queue Status: Staged in submissions queue table (Status: pending, Proposed: made)
Canonical Document Status: Canonical public reference & audit baseline

1. Executive Summary & Provenance Architecture

This document establishes the canonical public audit record and evidence collection for the 2026 election platform of the Conservative Party of British Columbia (Ready to DELIVER: Lorne Doerkson’s Plan for a STRONGER BC | 2026, 71 pages).

Every pledge, policy initiative, fiscal anchor, and capital expenditure outlined in the official document has been extracted with verbatim textual fidelity, verified against specific page numbers, categorized according to the Promise Tracker standard taxonomy, assigned measurable completion criteria, and staged into the application’s intake queue (submissions table).

graph TD
    PDF["2026 BC Conservative Platform<br/>Ready to DELIVER (71 Pages)"] --> P1["1. An Affordable BC<br/>(26 Promises / Pages 4–11)"]
    PDF --> P2["2. A Prosperous BC<br/>(93 Promises / Pages 12–30)"]
    PDF --> P3["3. A Healthy BC<br/>(30 Promises / Pages 31–37)"]
    PDF --> P4["4. A Safer BC<br/>(18 Promises / Pages 38–42)"]
    PDF --> P5["5. A Strong & Proud BC<br/>(22 Promises / Pages 43–48)"]
    PDF --> P6["6. Fiscal Restraint & Costing<br/>(9 Promises / Pages 50–71)"]

    P1 & P2 & P3 & P4 & P5 & P6 --> QUEUE["App Recording Queue<br/>('submissions' table / 198 Records)"]
    QUEUE --> CANONICAL["Canonical Public Promises<br/>(Evidence-Backed Verifications)"]

Provenance & Taxonomy Architecture

Field	Assignment	System Identifier / Reference
Jurisdiction	British Columbia	`id: 2` / `slug: british-columbia`
Party	Conservative Party of British Columbia	`id: 9` / `slug: conservative-party-of-bc`
Person / Leader	Lorne Doerkson	`id: 18` / `slug: lorne-doerkson`
Election Cycle	2026 British Columbia Provincial Election	`id: 2` / `slug: 2026-british-columbia-provincial-election`
Queue Intake Status	Pending Moderation	`submissions.status = pending`
Proposed Life Cycle Status	Made (New Commitment)	`submissions.proposed_current_status = made`
Source Type	Official Platform Document	`pdf_platform` (*Ready to DELIVER: Lorne Doerkson’s Plan for a STRONGER BC
Canonical Edge Archive	Cloudflare R2 Edge	`stronger-bc-platform-4614c68f7dcf.pdf`
SHA-256 Checksum	Cryptographic Digest	`4614c68f7dcfe6a2ba857be264b094236d024f73569588622ecc1d968b3e17e8`
Document Extent	71 Pages / 4.45 MB	4,445,850 bytes
Original Campaign URL	Conservative Party of BC	`https://www.conservativebc.ca/platform-2026`

2. Baseline Evidence Cited in the Platform

The platform anchors its commitments in explicit numerical baselines and empirical assertions regarding provincial governance from 2017 to 2026. These baseline figures form part of the evidentiary context for assessing fulfillment:

Provincial Finances & Economic Growth

Deficit Trajectory: Deficit forecast of $13.8 billion for 2026/27 (rising from $5.0B in 2023/24, $7.3B in 2024/25, and $7.7B in 2025/26).
Debt Burden: Total provincial debt forecast to reach $180.9 billion in 2026/27 and $234.6 billion by 2028/29 (up from $133.9 billion at March 31, 2025, a 75% expansion). Per capita debt rising from $22,000 (2024) to $32,473 (2026) and $40,935 (2028/29).
Debt Servicing Costs: Debt interest consumes $6.4 billion in 2026/27 (taking 8.2 cents of every revenue dollar by 2028/29, exceeding every ministry budget except Health and Education).
Credit Rating Downgrades: Five credit downgrades in five years, including Moody’s downgrade in March 2026 and S&P downgrading BC to A with negative outlook in April 2026.
Public vs. Private Growth: Broader public sector employs 438,000 FTEs (up 54% since 2015/16 against 19.6% population growth). Since 2019, public-sector jobs grew 5.4%/year while private-sector jobs grew 1.1%/year (third-weakest in Canada).
Operating Spending Expansion: Provincial operating spending increased 67% from $59.0 billion in 2019/20 to $98.8 billion in 2026/27.

Healthcare & Social Services

Doctor Shortage: 1.2 million British Columbians lack a family doctor.
Emergency Room Closures: 2,400 temporary emergency-room closures recorded between 2023 and 2025.
Emergency Departures Without Care: 141,961 patients left BC emergency departments in 2024/25 without being seen by medical personnel.
Waitlists: Publicly funded autism assessments require ~18 months; over 7,000 seniors on long-term care waitlists with average waits approaching 10 months.

Resources, Energy & Infrastructure

Forestry Contraction: Industry shrunk by 50%; softwood lumber export volumes down 57% compared to 2016; over 15,000 forestry jobs lost since 2022.
Energy Import Dependency: BC imported $2.1 billion in electricity over 2023–2026; Northeast gas drilling down 33% in one year.
Capital Cost Escalation:
- George Massey Crossing: Tunnel replacement estimated at $8.5B–$12B+ (original 10-lane bridge cancelled in 2017 was budgeted at $3.5B).
- Surrey Hospital & BC Cancer Centre: Escalated from $1.7B to $2.88B.
- Surrey–Langley SkyTrain: Climbed from $3.94B to nearly $6.0B.
- Cowichan District Hospital: Climbed from $887M to $1.45B.
- Shelved Projects: Seven approved long-term care homes ($1.43B) and Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 ($1.8B) moved to "TBC".

3. Comparative Analysis: Platform vs. Promise Intake Queue

Quantitative Distribution Across Policy Pillars

Policy Pillar	Document Page Range	Platform Subsections	Queued Promises	% of Queue
1. An Affordable BC	Pages 4–11	Taxes, Housing, Childcare, ICBC, Fiscal Reviews, Capital Infrastructure	26	13.1%
2. A Prosperous BC	Pages 12–30	Energy, Forestry, Farming, Mining, Power, Fisheries, Environment, Transit, Small Business, Tourism, Ferries, Tech	93	47.0%
3. A Healthy BC	Pages 31–37	Universal Guarantee, Rural ERs, Seniors, Disabilities & Autism, Addiction & Mental Health, Active Kids	30	15.2%
4. A Safer BC	Pages 38–42	Law Enforcement, Courts, Public Spaces, Crisis Response, Wildfire Fleet & Prevention	18	9.1%
5. A Strong & Proud BC	Pages 43–48	K-12 Academic Basics, Vocational Trades, Property Rights, First Nations Economic Reconciliation, External Representation	22	11.1%
6. Fiscal Restraint & Costing	Pages 50–71	Statutory Fiscal Anchors, Contingencies Cuts, Hiring Freeze, Core Reviews, Consultant Reductions, Shelved Capital	9	4.5%
Total	71 Pages	Full Platform & Costing Appendices	198	100.0%

Deliverable Mechanism Classification

To enable automated tracking and verification during the mandate, all 198 queued commitments have been classified by administrative delivery mechanism:

Statutory / Legislative (24 promises): Requires introducing and passing legislation in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (e.g., Property Rights Defence Act, Aboriginal Title Transparency Act, Respect Local Democracy Act, Home-Based Craft Food Act, amendments to South Coast BC Transportation Authority Act, ALR Act, Interpretation Act, and repeal of DRIPA).
Hard Quantitative Targets (38 promises): Commitments with exact numerical thresholds, expenditure limits, or explicit calendar completion deadlines (e.g., $32,000 basic personal exemption, 45M m³ annual harvest floor, doubling gas by 2032 and tripling by 2035, 10% less food imports by 2030, $30,000 PWD earnings exemption, 1,000 law enforcement officers, $400M aerial fleet, $100M innovation fund, $50M rural fund, $500 child credit, $10M playground fund, 4 fiscal anchors).
Executive & Programmatic (82 promises): Ministerial orders, Cabinet decisions, regulatory changes, institutional restorations, and task forces (e.g., 100-day Patients First review, 6-month capital plan audit, Small Business Roundtable, Premier’s Technology Council, Washington D.C. representative, Resort Municipality Strategy, Seven-Day Trial Pilot).
Directional & Standards-Based (54 promises): Qualitative standards, policy orientations, and intergovernmental advocacy stances (e.g., "work with industry in good faith", "listen to fishing communities", "restore pride in parks").

4. Costing & Fiscal Framework Reconciliation

The platform includes explicit multi-year costing tables in Appendix A and Appendix B. All costed measures in the intake queue reconcile directly with these fiscal projections:

Four Statutory Fiscal Anchors (Pillar 6 / Page 59)

Deficit Reduction Anchor (FISC-01): Deficit must fall each year following the first full budget, adjusted for inflation.
Deficit-to-GDP Anchor (FISC-02): Deficit must contract as a share of nominal GDP annually.
Operating Growth Constraint (FISC-03): Operating spending growth must remain strictly below nominal economic growth.
Mandatory Reporting & Remediation (FISC-04): Public quarterly reporting against each anchor; mandatory ministerial correction plan upon any breach.

Spending Restraint Envelope (Table B3: $11.737B over 4 years)

Contingencies Vote Reduction (FISC-05): $1.0B holdback in 2026/27, then capped at $3.0B annually thereafter ($2.0B/yr reduction; $7.0 billion total over 4 years).
Hiring Freeze Outside Frontline (FISC-06): Freeze on administrative and management hiring; savings achieved through attrition ($1.03 billion/year by 2029/30; $2.009 billion over 4 years; zero frontline layoffs).
Ministry Core Spending Reviews (FISC-07): Audit of non-essential ministries to reduce baseline costs ($763 million/year by 2029/30; $1.853 billion over 4 years).
20% Cut to External Consultants (FISC-08): $50M in 2026/27 and $275 million/year thereafter ($875 million over 4 years across ministry consulting contracts).

Tax Relief Envelope (Table B2: $3.555B/yr by 2029/30)

Basic Personal Income Tax Exemption (AFF-01): $32,000 threshold ($2.9 billion/year; $725 million in 2026/27).
PST Productive Capital Exemption (PROSP-03): 3-year exemption on business machinery, equipment, and software ($500 million/year).
First Job Tax Credit (PROSP-05): $5,000 payroll credit per youth worker ($75 million/year starting in 2028/29).
Major Project Construction PST Deferral (PROSP-09): $80 million/year cash flow deferral during project construction.

New Operating Spending Envelope (Appendix A, Part 8 & Table B1: $1.425B/yr at full maturity)

A Healthy BC: $975 million/year (Universal Guarantee & rural care: $205M; Seniors LTC & home care: $350M; Disability & autism support: $200M; Addiction treatment & recovery: $95M; Children’s activity credit & meals: $125M).
A Safer BC: $223 million/year (Law enforcement, courts, prosecutors: $178M; Wildfire innovation & fleet operations: $43M; Religious security funding: $2M).
An Affordable BC: $150 million/year (Childcare spaces, family benefit boosts, multigenerational renovation credit).
A Prosperous BC: $72 million/year (BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund: $30M; Tech & IP incentives: $25M; Geoscience BC: $10M; Parks & wildlife officers: $7M).
A Strong & Proud BC: $5 million/year (Arts & culture tourism, Washington D.C. representative, Advisory Council on Investment).

5. Complete Item-by-Item Evidence & Queue Audit Catalog

Below is the complete inventory of all 198 extracted platform commitments cross-referenced with the application intake queue (submissions table):

An Affordable BC (26 Promises)

Code	Page	Title	Verbatim Platform Statement	Neutral Policy Summary	Categories	Costing / Fiscal Impact	Measurable Target / Verification Standard
`AFF-01`	5	Cut personal income tax by increasing basic personal exemption	Cut your income tax immediately. Provide $1,000 a year in income-tax relief per person, or $2,000 for a couple, by increasing the provincial basic personal exemption to the most generous allowance in the country.	Increase basic personal exemption from $13,216 to $32,000, delivering an estimated $2.9 billion/year in relief effective for the 2027 tax year ($725 million in 2026/27).	Business & Economy	$2.9B/year ongoing; $725M in 2026/27	$32,000 exemption, $1,000 relief/person, $2,000/couple
`AFF-02`	5	Stop TransLink vehicle ownership or registration tax	Amend the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act so TransLink cannot put a tax or levy on owning or registering a car.	Enact a legislative amendment prohibiting TransLink from levying vehicle ownership or registration fees in the Lower Mainland.	Business & Economy, Transportation	Legislative	Statutory amendment to South Coast BC Transportation Authority Act
`AFF-03`	5	End zero-emission vehicle sales quota	End the zero-emission vehicle sales quota and you choose the vehicle that works for your family and work.	Repeal the provincial mandate dictating 100% zero-emission light-duty vehicle sales quotas.	Climate & Environment, Transportation	Policy / Regulatory	Repeal provincial ZEV sales mandate
`AFF-04`	5	Cut construction taxes, charges, and restore home energy choice	Cut construction taxes and charges. Tackle the costs and delays that stop new homes and neighbourhoods being built. Scrap unnecessary charges that add to construction costs, and restore choice in energy for home heating and cooking.	Remove unnecessary municipal/provincial charges on residential construction and prevent municipal bans on natural gas heating and cooking.	Housing, Planning & Permits	Regulatory	Scrap construction charges; lift municipal natural gas bans
`AFF-05`	6	Accelerate housing approvals to months and align municipal bylaws	Approve homes in months, not years. Bring new family homes to market faster, and work with municipalities so zoning bylaws match official community plans.	Harmonize local zoning bylaws with Official Community Plans (OCPs) to cut housing approval timelines down to months.	Housing, Planning & Permits	Administrative	Approval times in months, not years
`AFF-06`	6	Restore local government authority over neighborhood density	Give local governments a say in deciding where density goes. Hold municipal governments to locally developed Official Community Plans that carry appropriate density targets. Where the density goes and what it looks like needs to be a decision of local government and local residents, not bureaucrats in Victoria.	Reverse top-down provincial zoning mandates in favor of municipal OCP-driven density targets determined by local councils.	Housing, Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits	Legislative / Regulatory	Decisions returned to local OCPs
`AFF-07`	6	Shorten approvals for family-oriented housing developments	Build for families. We will dramatically shorten approvals for communities seeking family-oriented growth, including in beautiful new neighbourhoods.	Fast-track municipal and provincial approvals specifically targeted at family-sized homes and new neighborhood master plans.	Housing, Planning & Permits	Administrative	Shortened approval queue for family housing
`AFF-08`	6	Synchronize housing growth with infrastructure and community services	Growth that comes with services. Work with municipalities to ensure growth fits local communities and comes with roads, transit, health care, schools and utilities.	Pair new residential development approvals directly with capital funding for roads, transit, healthcare, schools, and utilities.	Housing, Public Works	Capital coordination	Mandatory service alignment for approved growth
`AFF-09`	6	Overhaul the BC Energy Step Code and simplify building code	Fix the Building Code. Overhaul the step code that has nothing to do with safety and quality construction and simplify and harmonize the building code.	Revise or remove prescriptive Step Code tiers to reduce construction costs and streamline provincial building regulations.	Housing, Planning & Permits	Regulatory	Overhaul Step Code; harmonize provincial code
`AFF-10`	6	Eliminate regulatory barriers delaying childcare space creation	Open more spaces. Identify unnecessary regulations, from any level of government, that delay or stop high-quality child care spaces from being opened where they are needed.	Conduct a comprehensive regulatory audit across municipal and provincial rules to remove red tape hindering childcare facilities.	Education & Childcare, Planning & Permits	Included in $150M families envelope	Regulatory red tape reduction
`AFF-11`	7	Extend $10-a-day childcare eligibility to independent providers	Fund independent providers fairly. Every child care provider should be treated equally. Independent providers will be eligible for new $10-a-day spaces as the program expands.	Open access to the provincial $10-a-day childcare subsidy framework to licensed independent and commercial operators.	Education & Childcare	Within existing childcare expansion funding	Independent provider eligibility for $10/day spaces
`AFF-12`	7	Prioritize $10-a-day childcare spaces for highest-need families	$10-a-day spaces first for the kids who need them most. A place on a waitlist is not child care. As we create more spaces, we will prioritize $10-a-day spaces for the children and families with the fewest alternatives and highest need.	Direct newly allocated subsidized childcare spaces to low-income families and children facing acute childcare deficits.	Health & Social Services, Education & Childcare	Administrative allocation	Needs-based prioritization on childcare waitlists
`AFF-13`	7	Create 24-hour childcare spaces and worksite centers for shift workers	24-hour child care. Create 24-hour spaces for shift workers and first responders, and encourage child care at or near worksites such as hospitals.	Fund around-the-clock childcare capacity tailored to emergency workers, healthcare staff, and industrial shift workers.	Education & Childcare	Part of $150M/year family support envelope	Establish 24-hour spaces near major employment sites
`AFF-14`	7	Increase BC Family Benefit and Affordable Child Care Benefit	Put money in parents’ hands. Increase the BC Family Benefit and the Affordable Child Care Benefit so they reflect the cost-of-living pressure on young families, whether they choose child care outside the house, care at home with a parent, or help from family.	Boost direct cash transfers and subsidies to parents caring for children at home or utilizing diverse childcare options.	Health & Social Services, Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	Part of $150M/year family support envelope	Benefit payment rate increases
`AFF-15`	7	Establish provincial Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit	Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit. We will match the federal tax credit with provincial tax relief for families creating self-contained living spaces for senior relatives, lowering housing costs and freeing up more homes.	Create a provincial tax credit matching federal parameters for secondary suites housing senior family members.	Housing, Business & Economy, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $150M/year family support envelope	Match federal multigenerational tax credit rate
`AFF-16`	7	Fast-track credential recognition for Early Childhood Educator assistants	Faster credential recognition for child care providers. We will make it simple for educators, social workers, teachers and others with relevant experience to work as Early Childhood Educator assistants, especially over the summer months.	Streamline credential bridges allowing certified teachers, education assistants, and allied professionals to work in childcare.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	Administrative	Simplified accreditation pathway for educators
`AFF-17`	7	Retain ICBC public option with capped legal fees for catastrophic claims	Keep auto insurance affordable by maintaining ICBC as a public option and preserving no-fault for the vast majority of claims, while giving catastrophically injured victims access to legal representation, with capped legal fees so lawyers' costs don't drive up premiums or reduce what accident victims receive.	Retain ICBC and no-fault for general claims, while carving out legal representation rights for catastrophically injured claimants with capped lawyer fees.	Business & Economy, Public Safety, Transportation	Regulatory / ICBC operational	Maintain ICBC; legal access for catastrophic injuries with fee caps
`AFF-18`	9	Appoint independent panel of experts to audit provincial finances	Budget transparency. We don’t know the true costs of Eby and NDP mismanagement. We will immediately appoint an independent panel of experts to quickly review and report on the government’s true fiscal position so that British Columbians know what we are dealing with and we have accurate data.	Establish an Independent Fiscal Review Panel to conduct a thorough pre-budget forensic review of the province's books.	Budget & Governance	Funded within existing executive budget	Panel appointed immediately; report prior to first budget
`AFF-19`	9	Establish spending benchmarks and guardrails to balance the budget	Chart a realistic path to balance. We will chart a realistic return to balance over time with spending benchmarks and guardrails as we grow the economy. Our plan to supercharge the economy will bring in new revenue without cutting front-line services or raising taxes, and will give struggling taxpayers and businesses needed relief.	Implement spending rules tying expenditure growth to economic performance without front-line service reductions.	Budget & Governance	Fiscal framework	Deficit drops to $10.8B by 2029/30 on path to balance
`AFF-20`	9	Restructure Metro Vancouver regional district into lean regional utility	Turn Metro Vancouver into a lean regional utility. We will return Metro Vancouver to a regional utility that is lean and accountable with a professional board. This will cut waste and save taxpayers money, while returning other functions to local authorities to avoid waste and duplication.	Refocus the regional district solely on utility services governed by a professional board, delegating non-core responsibilities back to municipalities.	Budget & Governance, Public Works	Structural reform	Professional board governance; non-utility roles returned
`AFF-21`	10	Audit provincial capital infrastructure plan within six months	Conduct a thorough, comprehensive review and audit of the provincial capital plan, establishing clear priorities, realistic budgets, delivery schedules and stronger oversight to ensure taxpayers receive value for money, and report out within six months on its findings and recommendations.	Conduct a comprehensive review of the $37.7B 3-year capital plan to control cost escalations on megaprojects.	Budget & Governance, Public Works	Audit review	Audit completed and published within 6 months
`AFF-22`	11	Restore open competitive bidding on provincial public infrastructure	Restore broad competitive bidding for provincial infrastructure.	Remove Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) union-only restrictions to allow all qualified contractors to bid on provincial capital projects.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance, Public Works	Procurement reform	Open procurement on all provincial infrastructure
`AFF-23`	11	Build 10-lane George Massey Bridge and cancel tunnel project	Build a new George Massey Bridge and abandon the costly tunnel replacement, delivering the transportation capacity families, commuters and businesses need delivered faster than a tunnel and for less money, with more lanes for traffic.	Replace the proposed Fraser River tunnel with a 10-lane bridge within the existing $8.5B capital envelope and requests up to $3B in federal matching funds.	Public Works, Transportation	Within $8.5B existing crossing capital allocation	10-lane bridge constructed; tunnel procurement terminated
`AFF-24`	11	Complete new Surrey Hospital and BC Cancer Centre on schedule	Commit to completing the new Surrey hospital and building a new women’s and children’s hospital in Surrey, ensuring one of British Columbia’s fastest-growing regions has the health infrastructure it needs.	Guarantee completion of the Cloverdale Surrey Hospital and BC Cancer Centre on its $2.88B budget and timeline.	Health & Social Services, Public Works	$2.88 billion capital	Completion of Cloverdale facility on budget and schedule
`AFF-25`	57	Plan and initiate new Surrey Women's and Children's Hospital	We will finish the new Surrey Hospital and BC Cancer Centre in Cloverdale on its $2.88-billion budget and schedule, and build a new women’s and children’s hospital in Surrey so families are not sent into Vancouver for specialized care. In our first term we will secure the site, complete the concept plan and approve the business case; the construction budget will be published when the business case is approved.	Secure land and completes planning for a dedicated regional pediatric and maternal hospital in Surrey ($25M first term planning).	Health & Social Services, Public Works	$25 million first-term planning / site allocation	Site secured, concept plan & business case approved in first term
`AFF-26`	11	Audit SkilledTradesBC to streamline apprenticeship training	Audit SkilledTradesBC. We don't need more bureaucracy to build a skilled workforce. We will review the Crown Corporation to ensure it is meeting its mandate.	Review the mandate and operations of SkilledTradesBC to reduce bureaucratic overhead and speed up apprentice certifications.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Crown review	Operational audit of SkilledTradesBC

A Prosperous BC (93 Promises)

Code	Page	Title	Verbatim Platform Statement	Neutral Policy Summary	Categories	Costing / Fiscal Impact	Measurable Target / Verification Standard
`PROSP-01`	13	Double natural gas production by 2032 and triple by 2035	Make BC an energy superpower by expanding natural gas and LNG development, doubling natural gas production by 2032 and tripling it by 2035.	Expand LNG export and upstream production infrastructure with an objective to reach 2x 2026 production levels by 2032 and 3x by 2035.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Generates est. $6B+/year provincial royalty/tax revenue	2x production by 2032; 3x production by 2035
`PROSP-02`	13	Permanently cancel PST expansion on professional services	Permanently cancel the NDP's PST expansion to professional services.	Legally bar the provincial government from expanding the Provincial Sales Tax to accounting, legal, and professional services.	Business & Economy	Averts planned $534M (2027/28) and $563M (2028/29) tax hike	Permanent repeal of professional services PST
`PROSP-03`	13	Exempt productive business capital equipment and software from PST for 3 years	Exempt productive capital from PST for three years, including taxable machinery, equipment and business software purchased or leased.	Eliminate PST on capital investments, machinery, and commercial software for 36 months, with an intent to extend to commercial work vehicles.	Business & Economy	$500 million/year for 3 years ($1.5B total)	3-year PST holiday on machinery, equipment, software
`PROSP-04`	13	Cut provincial red tape to 2017 levels and enact one-in two-out law	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.	Legally establish a "one-in, two-out" red tape rule and firm statutory timelines for all major project reviews.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Regulatory reform	Rollback to 2017 regulatory counts; 1-in 2-out statutory mandate
`PROSP-05`	13	Establish First Job Tax Credit for youth employment	Jobs for BC youth. A First Job Tax Credit that will provide a tax credit to businesses on the first $5,000 in payroll costs. This will provide opportunities for young British Columbians to find their first job and get their foot on the ladder to success.	Offer employers a tax credit on the initial $5,000 of wages paid to young workers entering the labor force.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	$75 million/year starting in 2028/29	$5,000 payroll credit per eligible youth hire
`PROSP-06`	14	Appoint blue-ribbon tax reform panel to report within 180 days	Tax reform. We will appoint a blue-ribbon panel to report within the first 180 days with a comprehensive plan to simplify BC’s tax system, make it more efficient, and attract more investment.	Commission an independent taxation review to draft legislation modernizing the provincial tax structure and eliminating competitive disadvantages.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Administrative	Panel report within first 180 days
`PROSP-07`	56	Repeal CleanBC plan while preserving industrial emitter carbon pricing	Repeal CleanBC to remove barriers to investment and growth, keeping a carbon price on large industrial emitters and the revenue it raises.	Abolish the CleanBC statutory roadmap while maintaining compliance carbon pricing on major industrial emitters to avoid federal backstops.	Climate & Environment, Business & Economy	Economic impact savings ($28.1B GDP preservation)	Repeal CleanBC legislation; retain industrial emitter pricing
`PROSP-08`	14	Shift civil service permitting culture towards 'getting to yes'	Work with industry in good faith. We will end the culture of suspicion that treats job creators and the builders of our economy like the bad guys. We will work with the civil service to enact a cultural shift towards working with industry in good faith, with a shared goal of “getting to yes” while upholding the high ethical and environmental standards expected by British Columbians.	Direct regulatory and natural resource ministries to adopt a collaborative, solution-oriented approach with project proponents.	Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits	Administrative directive	Provincial permitting mandate reset
`PROSP-09`	14	Restore qualified professional reliance model and defer major project PST	Streamlining government. We will cut the costs that the province itself adds to every project. We will trust qualified professionals to do the work they are certified to do, as happened before 2018. And we will impose no PST on the construction of designated major projects until they are in service, so tax arrives with the revenue.	Restore pre-2018 professional reliance autonomy for certified engineers and geoscientists and defers PST during construction of approved megaprojects ($80M/year deferred).	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits	$80 million/year tax cash flow deferral	Restore pre-2018 professional reliance; defer major project PST
`PROSP-10`	14	Develop BC defence industry and veterans workforce strategy	A new BC defence industry. The federal government is increasing defence spending by $88 billion over five years to upgrade our military readiness. BC must seize the opportunity and fight for our share of jobs and economic diversification, including a veterans workforce strategy.	Establish a dedicated provincial defence manufacturing initiative to secure naval, aerospace, and defense contracts and employ military veterans.	Business & Economy	Economic development	Veterans workforce strategy; capture share of $88B defence spend
`PROSP-11`	15	Expand Fraser Canyon rail capacity and Lower Mainland grade separations	Expand the port, rail and transportation capacity that connects Canadian producers to the world. We will increase rail capacity through the Fraser Canyon, advance key rail grade separations in the Lower Mainland in communities such as Maple Ridge and Coquitlam, and support the expansion of Roberts Bank and the Port of Prince Rupert with the road and rail connections they need.	Upgrade bottlenecked rail corridors, funds municipal rail overpasses/underpasses, and expand port road/rail access in Delta and Prince Rupert.	Public Works, Transportation	Capital project business cases; federal/private cost-shared	Fraser Canyon capacity expansion; Maple Ridge/Coquitlam grade separations
`PROSP-12`	16	Expedite major mining and LNG project approvals with First Nations	Work with First Nations and industry to bring new mines, LNG facilities and other major projects from proposal to decision faster, with clear standards and dependable timelines.	Introduce joint review frameworks with First Nations to shorten assessment periods for tier-one resource investments.	Planning & Permits, Reconciliation	Regulatory	Dependable decision timelines for major project proposals
`PROSP-13`	16	Clear electrical grid connection backlogs and boost provincial generation	Power up the province to help make British Columbia more self-sufficient in electricity and address the backlog of requests for job-creating connections to the grid.	Direct BC Hydro to eliminate queue backlogs for industrial power connections and adds new domestic baseload capacity.	Business & Economy, Public Works	Utility capital plan	Clear industrial grid connection backlog
`PROSP-14`	16	Make BC fastest jurisdiction in North America to permit mines and LNG	Make BC the fastest place in North America to permit a mine and an LNG facility, and report publicly on our progress every year.	Set benchmark permitting speed targets against Nevada, Ontario, and Alaska, publishing annual public scorecard metrics.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Annual reporting	#1 permitting speed in North America; annual public progress reports
`PROSP-15`	16	Establish 45 million cubic metre annual timber harvest floor	Provide predictable access to fibre. Under the NDP, the harvest has consistently run well below the allowable annual cut. Permits will increase sustainable access to fibre with a floor of 45 million cubic metres. Where the Crown reallocates tenure, licensees and Bill 13 contractors will be compensated fairly and on time.	Guarantee a minimum provincial timber harvest allocation of 45M m3/year (up from 29M m3 assumed in budget) and compensates displaced contractors.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Generates est. $351M in cumulative 3-year stumpage revenue	45 million cubic metre annual timber harvest floor
`PROSP-16`	17	Implement single-window consultation hub for forestry permits	Speed up permits. We will immediately simplify harvest approvals while protecting the environment. We will establish a provincial major-project-style process for forestry permits, approvals and investment. Decisions will take months, not years, with a single-window consultation hub giving First Nations one door for referrals and proponents one clock.	Consolidate multi-agency forestry approvals into a unified portal with synchronized statutory referral clocks.	Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits, Reconciliation	Administrative	Single-window portal; decisions in months
`PROSP-17`	17	Eliminate unnecessary permitting costs for BC forestry mills	Cut costs. BC used to be one of the most efficient lumber producers in North America, but today it is among the highest-cost jurisdictions. In 2025, BC’s softwood lumber exports were 57% below 2016 by volume and more than 15,000 forestry jobs have been lost since 2022. We will review and eliminate unnecessary permitting costs so BC mills can get back to work.	Reduce fees and administrative costs on primary lumber and pulp manufacturing facilities.	Business & Economy	Regulatory fee reduction	Lower delivered wood and permitting costs for mills
`PROSP-18`	17	Expand Indigenous forestry skills training and federal trade compensation	First Nations participation. We will encourage Indigenous participation in the forestry industry by investing in skills training, and we will ensure First Nations benefit fully from any federal funding to support the industry and to compensate for trade-related and other threats to forestry communities.	Fund technical forestry training programs for First Nations and channels federal trade adjustment funding directly to affected communities.	Education & Childcare, Reconciliation	Federal / provincial programs	Targeted skills funding and federal compensation flows
`PROSP-19`	17	Resolve old growth deferrals and return working forest land	Resolve the old growth deferrals, which have dragged on under the NDP. We will protect original old growth and the most endangered and rarest ecosystems and return remaining land to the working forest.	Finalize old-growth boundary reviews to safeguard ecologically unique stands while unlocking non-critical deferred tracts for commercial harvest.	Climate & Environment, Planning & Permits	Land management	Protect true old growth; return remainder to working forest
`PROSP-20`	17	Create competitive tax conditions for value-added wood manufacturers	Value-added industry. We will create competitive tax conditions for BC’s value-added wood manufacturers to create more jobs, revitalize communities, and extract more return from our forest sector.	Offer targeted tax incentives to secondary mass timber, engineered wood, and specialty wood products processors.	Business & Economy	Tax policy	Targeted tax incentives for value-added manufacturing
`PROSP-21`	17	Adopt regional forest ecology management to reduce wildfire risk	Bring back common-sense forest management, reflecting the unique ecology of each region, restore forest health, and reduce wildfire risk.	De-standardize generic provincial silviculture rules in favor of tailored regional forestry practices that mitigate catastrophic wildfire spread.	Climate & Environment, Planning & Permits	Forest management practices	Regionalized silviculture and fuel management guidelines
`PROSP-22`	17	Establish Clean Fuels Hubs in Prince George and Kamloops	Bioenergy. We will develop a provincial biomass and bioenergy strategy focused on converting forestry residuals, mill waste, harvest slash and other underutilized biomass into renewable fuels and low-carbon energy products while creating new high-value jobs, starting with Clean Fuels Hubs in Prince George and Kamloops.	Launch provincial bioenergy strategy commercializing forestry slash and wood waste into renewable hydrocarbons and pellets.	Climate & Environment, Business & Economy, Public Works	Strategy implementation	Establish Clean Fuels Hubs in Prince George and Kamloops
`PROSP-23`	18	Extend the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund	Job support. We will extend the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund.	Continue capital grants helping manufacturing facilities modernize equipment and preserve rural industrial employment.	Business & Economy	$30 million program extension	Program extension authorization
`PROSP-24`	18	Elevate softwood lumber to first-rank status in US trade negotiations	Softwood solutions. We will make softwood lumber a first-rank Canadian priority in every negotiation with the US, alongside autos, steel and aluminum, with BC at the table fighting for our jobs.	Demand direct provincial representation on federal negotiating teams confronting US countervailing tariffs.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Intergovernmental	BC seat at bilateral US trade negotiations
`PROSP-25`	18	Prioritize BC wood in public infrastructure and housing projects	Put BC forestry products first at home. We will showcase and prioritize the use of BC wood in government-funded housing and infrastructure projects wherever possible.	Mandate preferential procurement guidelines for BC-harvested and engineered wood in provincial public buildings.	Housing, Business & Economy, Public Works	Procurement policy	Wood-first provincial infrastructure policy
`PROSP-26`	18	Target 10% reduction in food import reliance by 2030	Under David Eby and the NDP, farm employment has fallen 6.4% a year since 2019, the steepest drop of any goods-producing industry in BC. Our realistic food production plan will set a measurable target, starting with 10% less reliance on imported food by 2030.	Set a binding agricultural benchmark to replace 10% of imported food volume with BC-grown produce and livestock within 4 years.	Business & Economy	Strategic benchmark	10% less imported food consumption by 2030
`PROSP-27`	18	Modernize the 50/50 on-farm processing and retail rule	Modernize the 50/50 on-farm processing rule. Farmers will have greater freedom to process and sell products year-round, keeping more food processing in BC.	Revise ALC restrictions requiring 50% of processed goods to originate on the specific farm parcel, allowing year-round agri-processing.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Regulatory reform	Lift rigid 50/50 restriction on farm processing
`PROSP-28`	18	Update farm-class tax thresholds and restore merit-based ALC rulings	Keep farmland farming. We will update farm-class revenue thresholds, restore merit-based Agricultural Land Commission decisions and reduce barriers facing young farmers and ranchers.	Adjust property tax valuation formulas for agricultural operations and reforms ALC commissioner appointment standards.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits	Tax & regulatory	Update revenue thresholds; remove barriers for young farmers
`PROSP-29`	18	Remap the Agricultural Land Reserve using modern soil technology	Modernize the Agricultural Land Reserve. We will use modern soil and mapping technology to remap the ALR and reform the ALR Act to put food security first. Governance will also be strengthened to address misuse and non-compliance.	Apply high-resolution soil and geospatial data to redraw ALR boundaries, pruning non-viable land while strengthening active agricultural tracts.	Planning & Permits	Mapping program	Digital soil remapping and ALR Act statutory overhaul
`PROSP-30`	18	Allow secondary farm commercial uses and limited short-term rentals	Help farmers diversify their income, including allowing secondary uses that strengthen farm businesses and limited short-term rentals supporting agri-tourism.	Permit farm operators to host on-farm dining, events, and limited agri-tourism short-term rentals.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Regulatory	Permit agri-tourism STRs and commercial secondary uses
`PROSP-31`	19	Prioritize worker housing permits on agricultural land	Make on-farm housing work for agriculture, prioritizing worker housing permits.	Fast-track approval pathways for seasonal and temporary foreign worker bunkhouses and accommodations on active farms.	Housing, Planning & Permits	Permitting policy	Expedited permitting for farm worker accommodations
`PROSP-32`	19	Cut agricultural red tape to repatriate investment and lower food bills	Cut agricultural red tape to lower grocery bills and unleash our farmers. To keep those jobs here, we will immediately cut burdensome red tape to repatriate billions in private investment, build a world-class food economy and lower grocery bills for every British Columbian.	Eliminate duplicate municipal and provincial regulations on food growers and distributors.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Regulatory relief	Immediate regulatory streamlining for farmers
`PROSP-33`	19	Protect agricultural water allocations and accelerate groundwater licensing	Protect farm water. We will protect existing allocations, enable more storage, accelerate groundwater licensing, provide earlier warnings of water problems and conduct evidence-based triage of the most affected crops, with farmers at the table from the beginning of watershed planning.	Protect historical farm water rights, speeds up groundwater approvals, and establish crop triage protocols during drought.	Climate & Environment, Planning & Permits	Water management	Accelerate licensing; include farmers in watershed planning
`PROSP-34`	19	Expand advanced food processing and domestic manufacturing	Make BC a world leader in food processing. We will encourage advanced food processing and manufacturing for domestic and export markets so we add more value to the food we already produce.	Support food processing plant construction and commercialization facilities in agricultural regions.	Business & Economy	Economic development	Targeted incentives for food manufacturing
`PROSP-35`	19	Host investment forums with Canadian pension and private equity funds	We will set the conditions for BC to be a critical minerals and energy transition hub with investment forums that secure investments into the province including from Canadian pension plans, Canadian private equity, and non-hostile sovereign wealth funds.	Attract domestic institutional capital into British Columbia mining infrastructure and critical mineral deposits.	Business & Economy	Operational forum expenses	Annual institutional investor summits
`PROSP-36`	20	Legislate 'one project, one review' mining approvals with fixed timelines	Legislate permitting and approval certainty, with fixed timelines, “one project, one review” approvals, and quarterly reporting of progress on each project. Exploration permits will operate on the same principle, with timelines matching or beating competing Canadian jurisdictions.	Statutorily mandate fixed review timelines, a "one project, one review" framework, and quarterly milestone reporting for all mine permits.	Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits	Legislative	Statutory timelines; quarterly public tracking; 1 project 1 review
`PROSP-37`	20	Defend Rio Tinto Kitimat aluminum operations against US trade aggression	Defend BC mines against US aggression, including working with Ottawa to defend Rio Tinto’s Kitimat aluminum operations.	Partner with federal trade negotiators to counter proposed US tariff actions on BC smelted metals.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Trade defense	Federal coordination protecting Kitimat smelter
`PROSP-38`	20	Designate BC metallurgical coal as a national strategic mineral	Support great Canadian steel made with great BC steel-making coal. We will work with Ottawa to designate BC steel-making coal as a strategic mineral, strengthen domestic supply chains and local capabilities and use more Canadian steel.	Seek formal federal recognition of BC coking coal essential for Canadian steel production and sovereign manufacturing.	Business & Economy	Policy coordination	Federal strategic mineral designation
`PROSP-39`	20	Recruit global mining and exploration headquarters to British Columbia	Bring headquarters and corporate activity home by encouraging global mining companies and exploration operations to locate in British Columbia.	Implement competitive tax and regulatory measures to restore Vancouver as the premier global mining finance hub.	Business & Economy	Headquarters attraction initiative	Net increase in mining corporate headquarters in BC
`PROSP-40`	20	Create Future Mining Jobs Blueprint with educational institutions	Develop a Future Mining Jobs Blueprint with industry so secondary schools, colleges and universities train British Columbians for the jobs mines will need.	Establish tailored curricula and apprenticeships across post-secondary institutions for mining technology and engineering.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	Educational coordination	Publish blueprint and align post-secondary seats
`PROSP-41`	20	Expand Mining Exploration Tax Credit and advocate flow-through eligibility	Expand the Mining Exploration Tax Credit and press Ottawa to make federal exploration credits permanent and extend flow-through eligibility into engineering and feasibility work.	Enhance the provincial METC and lobbies the federal government to extend flow-through share deductions to pre-construction engineering.	Business & Economy	Part of $10M/year mining envelope	Expand provincial METC; lobby federal flow-through expansion
`PROSP-42`	20	Identify open exploration zones through land-use planning maps	Map for growth. We will identify where exploration is welcome and keep it open, with land-use planning enabling responsible exploration.	Clarify mineral tenure rights by mapping areas explicitly open for mineral claims without retroactive prohibitions.	Planning & Permits	Geospatial planning	Publish definitive exploration zoning atlas
`PROSP-43`	20	Fast-track permits and incentives for value-added mineral processing	Value-add in mining. Explore the business case for more value-added processing and, where there is investor interest, fast track permits and provide incentives to encourage more value-added projects.	Incentivize in-province refining, smelting, and battery precursor manufacturing facilities.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Incentive framework	Fast-tracked approval queue for downstream processing
`PROSP-44`	20	Designate mineral corridor roads, rail, and ports as provincially significant	Define provincially significant infrastructure. Treat roads, rail and port access serving mineral districts as provincially significant infrastructure.	Provide priority provincial capital maintenance and streamlined statutory approvals for resource access transportation corridors.	Public Works, Transportation	Infrastructure prioritization	Statutory classification of mineral transport routes
`PROSP-45`	21	Build First Nations technical and administrative capacity for mining reviews	Expand First Nations participation. We will engage with First Nations and Indigenous resource groups to help build administrative and technical capacity so consultation is done properly and on time.	Provide dedicated funding grants to First Nations band offices to hire independent geologists and technical analysts for timely referral reviews.	Budget & Governance, Reconciliation	Consultation capacity grants	Direct capacity grants to First Nations for referral processing
`PROSP-46`	21	Joint public-private infrastructure investment in remote mining regions	Upgrade mining communities, exploring joint public-private investment in electrical grids and roads, particularly in remote regions.	Partner with mining consortiums to co-fund high-voltage transmission lines and all-weather haul roads.	Public Works	P3 capital framework	Co-investment partnerships in remote utility and road corridors
`PROSP-47`	21	Provide competitive industrial power rates and permit timelines for mines	Provide competitive power for mining. Existing mines and smelters will have competitive industrial power rates, competitive carbon costs and fixed timelines for operating permits and life-of-mine extensions.	Establish competitive industrial hydro tariffs and fixed turnaround windows for life-of-mine amendments.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Hydro tariff structure	Guaranteed service standards for life-of-mine permit renewals
`PROSP-48`	21	Foster junior-mining partnerships with major producers and accelerators	Encourage junior-mining partnerships with global miners, major companies, incubators and accelerators.	Create networking and co-financing programs pairing early-stage exploration ventures with major mining houses.	Business & Economy	Industry partnership program	Junior miner accelerator program launch
`PROSP-49`	21	Reinvest $25M over 5 years in Geoscience BC	Support geoscience innovation by making BC the first place our mining innovators prove and deploy technology. We will reinvest $5 million annually for five years in Geoscience BC, where mineral research alone has generated a seven-times return on investment.	Restore provincial core grant funding for Geoscience BC public earth science data mapping.	Business & Economy	$5 million/year for 5 years ($25M total)	$5M annual disbursement to Geoscience BC
`PROSP-50`	21	Enforce strict environmental reclamation standards ('You build it, you clean it')	Maintain high environmental, safety and reclamation standards. Faster decisions do not mean weaker rules. You build it, you clean it.	Guarantee full reclamation bonding and environmental compliance while accelerating front-end approvals.	Climate & Environment, Planning & Permits	Enforcement	100% reclamation security bonding enforcement
`PROSP-51`	21	Establish service-standard timelines and Treaty 8 plans for gas drilling	Produce the gas here. We will establish service-standard timelines for low-impact development, scale requirements to project footprints and develop long-term plans with Treaty 8 nations so drilling can return to the levels the coast requires. We will approve LNG projects and their pipelines, get BC resources to tidewater at world prices and make British Columbia the Pacific Basin’s most trusted energy partner by 2035.	Set statutory approval timelines for northeast gas drilling, partners with Treaty 8 First Nations, and fast-tracks pipeline approvals.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits, Reconciliation	Regulatory	Statutory turnaround times; Pacific Basin energy partner by 2035
`PROSP-52`	22	Maximize value of natural gas liquids and condensate for Canadian oil sector	Make BC gas work twice. More natural-gas production also produces condensate needed by Canada’s oil industry, creating additional Canadian energy and provincial revenue.	Encourage liquids-rich Montney play production to supply diluent/condensate to Alberta oil sands operations.	Business & Economy	Royalty revenue generation	Increased provincial condensate recovery
`PROSP-53`	22	Rebuild Indigenous loan equity-financing program on Alberta/Saskatchewan models	Honour existing First Nations agreements on LNG, pipelines and transmission and rebuild BC’s equity-financing program using the Alberta and Saskatchewan models.	Restructure provincial Indigenous loan guarantee corporation to enable First Nations commercial equity stakes in energy pipelines and power projects.	Business & Economy, Reconciliation	Loan guarantee facility	Adopt AB/SK Indigenous Opportunities Corporation equity model
`PROSP-54`	22	Prohibit municipal bans on natural gas connections and heating technologies	Build resource infrastructure. We will expand gas transmission and hydrogen infrastructure, keep natural gas available in every community and stop municipal bans on gas connections and mandatory heating technologies.	Enact provincial legislation overriding municipal bylaws that restrict gas hookups in new residential construction.	Housing, Planning & Permits, Public Works	Legislative preemption	Statutory prohibition of municipal gas hookup bans
`PROSP-55`	22	Expand domestic electricity generation to eliminate power import dependence	BC energy for BC. British Columbia imported $2.1 billion of electricity over the last three years. We will expand domestic generation from every available source and reduce unnecessary dependence on imported electricity.	Ramp up in-province clean generation capacity to replace expensive power imports from US and Alberta markets.	Business & Economy, Public Works	BC Hydro capital procurement	Eliminate net electricity import dependency
`PROSP-56`	22	Designate major regional transmission corridors with fixed in-service dates	Build the grid. Transmission into the northwest, northeast and southern Interior will be provincially significant infrastructure with fixed in-service dates so mines, LNG, manufacturing, and communities have new power rather than competing for existing household supply.	Statutorily designate northern/interior transmission corridors as provincially significant infrastructure with binding in-service target dates.	Public Works	Capital infrastructure plan	Fixed in-service completion dates for regional transmission lines
`PROSP-57`	23	Authorize private off-grid power sales directly to industrial projects	Unlock private off-grid power. Private producers will be able to sell electricity directly to off-grid projects such as mines, with investors carrying the financial risk and existing environmental, safety and Indigenous consultation requirements remaining intact.	Deregulate bilateral power purchase agreements between private independent power producers and off-grid remote industrial operations.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Regulatory deregulation	Authorize direct bilateral off-grid power sales
`PROSP-58`	23	End prescriptive power regulations and permit industrial self-generation	Restore energy choice. Along with the Step Code reforms elsewhere in this platform, we will end prescriptive power rules and allow industry to choose appropriate supply, including self-generation.	Remove BC Utilities Commission restrictions barring industrial facilities from generating their own onsite electricity.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Regulatory	Legalize industrial on-site self-generation
`PROSP-59`	23	Support BC Hydro capital upgrades to expand dam capacity and lifespan	Hydroelectricity: Support BC Hydro capital upgrades that increase capacity and extend the life of existing dams.	Fund turbine replacements, penstock upgrades, and reservoir management across heritage hydro assets.	Public Works	Utility capital plan	BC Hydro dam life extension and capacity upgrades
`PROSP-60`	23	Support geothermal, wind, solar, and run-of-river projects on business case	Geothermal: Support projects where the business case demonstrates reliable and economic generation. • Wind, solar and run-of-river hydro: Support development where economics and reliability make sense for BC	Open utility procurement calls to geothermal, wind, solar, and run-of-river clean energy technologies evaluated on economic cost-effectiveness and dispatchable reliability.	Climate & Environment, Public Works	Utility power procurement	Technology-neutral economic procurement criteria
`PROSP-61`	23	Support hydrogen production and refuelling capacity where taxpayers see a return	Hydrogen: Support expanded production and refuelling capacity where taxpayers can realize a return.	Back commercial hydrogen production hubs tied to measurable economic returns and industrial uptake.	Climate & Environment, Business & Economy	Targeted return-generating support	Hydrogen infrastructure investments with verified return
`PROSP-62`	24	Restore salmon stocks with evidence-based predator management	Restore salmon stocks through evidence-based consideration of all contributing factors, including predator imbalance.	Deploy targeted pinniped/seal management and river habitat restoration to rebuild wild Pacific salmon runs.	Climate & Environment	Fisheries management	Predator control measures and habitat restoration
`PROSP-63`	24	Consult coastal, Indigenous, commercial, and tourism fishing operators	Listen to fishing communities, including coastal and Indigenous communities, commercial harvesters and tourism operators.	Establish structured regional advisory panels for maritime stakeholders in provincial fisheries management.	Business & Economy, Reconciliation	Advisory stakeholder roundtables	Permanent coastal fisheries advisory body
`PROSP-64`	24	Advocate federal recognition and science-based permits for aquaculture	Follow the science on aquaculture. We will ask Ottawa to recognize responsibly raised and harvested coastal food as part of BC’s food security and permit responsible aquaculture where evidence demonstrates it does not harm wild salmon.	Oppose federal blanket bans on ocean open-net finfish farming where peer-reviewed science confirms negligible transmission risk.	Climate & Environment, Business & Economy	Intergovernmental advocacy	Federal permits for responsible marine finfish aquaculture
`PROSP-65`	24	Realign climate policy around real protection, jobs, and measurable outcomes	The Conservative Party of BC takes seriously the need to reduce global emissions. That is why every climate decision we make will pass three tests: Does it protect people from fires, floods, heat and drought? Does it cut emissions rather than just move them, and the jobs that go with them, overseas to somewhere dirtier? And what are the measurable results?	Establish a three-part test for environmental policies prioritizing local climate resilience over economic leakage.	Climate & Environment	Policy framework	Mandatory three-test climate assessment on all provincial policies
`PROSP-66`	24	Shift wildfire funding upstream to prevention, fuel breaks, and FireSmart	Forest fire budgeting. As part of our Wildfire Action Plan (see A Safer BC), we will budget for wildfire at what it costs and move money upstream towards prevention. This includes active forest management, prescribed and cultural burning, more fuel breaks around communities, predictable FireSmart funding for municipalities and rapid initial attack, with hectares treated reported every year.	Budget realistic upfront wildfire prevention allocations and publishes annual hectares of community fuel reduction treated.	Climate & Environment, Public Safety	Part of wildfire budget shift ($43M operating envelope)	Annual public reporting of fuel treatment hectares; predictable FireSmart grants
`PROSP-67`	25	Invest in dikes, drainage, and water storage in Fraser Valley, Interior, and coast	Flood, drought and heat. The same goes for flood, drought and heat: dikes, drainage and water storage for the Fraser Valley, the Interior and the coast.	Direct capital funding into Fraser Valley diking districts, agricultural reservoirs, and municipal stormwater retention.	Climate & Environment, Public Works	Infrastructure capital allocation	Capital upgrades for dikes, pumps, and water reservoirs
`PROSP-68`	25	Accredit avoided global emissions and forest carbon offsets in BC inventory	Tracking emissions accurately. We will count emissions where they occur and report BC’s emissions alongside emissions avoided through cleaner BC exports. Gas replacing coal overseas reduces global emissions; moving a BC mill to a dirtier jurisdiction does not. The full value of our forests will be counted in our favour as emissions offsets. BC can be a significant part of the global solution through cleaner energy exports.	Revise official greenhouse gas reporting accounting for LNG coal displacement abroad and provincial standing forest carbon sinks.	Climate & Environment	Methodological reporting	Incorporate avoided export emissions & forest sinks into BC inventory
`PROSP-69`	25	Enact made-in-BC species-at-risk law and establish independent wildlife commission	Manage wildlife responsibly. Wildlife management will be science-based, with hunters, anglers and First Nations at the table. We will establish sustainable fish and wildlife population objectives; dedicate licence and tag revenue to an independent fish and wildlife commission; put more conservation officers in the field; and enact a made-in-BC species-at-risk law so BC habitat decisions are made here rather than imposed by Ottawa.	Replace federal intervention with provincial legislation, dedicates 100% of hunting/fishing tag fees to wildlife management, and hires more Conservation Officers.	Climate & Environment, Budget & Governance, Public Safety	Part of $7M/year environment & wildlife envelope	Pass made-in-BC Species at Risk Act; establish independent commission
`PROSP-70`	25	Increase enforcement against illegal dumping, graffiti, and park vandalism	Pride in our parks. Our natural landscape is one of our greatest assets and it must be preserved for all British Columbians. We will increase enforcement to keep parks and wilderness pristine and crack down on illegal dumping, graffiti and vandalism.	Deploy park rangers and surveillance deterrents across provincial parks and backcountry logging access corridors.	Climate & Environment, Public Safety, Parks & Recreation	Part of $7M/year parks & environment envelope	Increased enforcement staff and anti-dumping citations
`PROSP-71`	25	Establish footprint-scaled environmental rules and published decision timelines	Sustainable environmental protections. We will establish one set of outcome-based rules, scaled to a project’s footprint and decided on published timelines. Where affected First Nations hold an ownership stake, their agreement will be on the record and the assessment will proceed on that basis.	Replace open-ended environmental review delays with proportionate regulatory tracks based on site disturbance footprint.	Budget & Governance, Planning & Permits, Reconciliation	Regulatory	Published statutory environmental assessment timelines
`PROSP-72`	26	Launch BC Future Corridors transportation infrastructure capital initiative	BC Future Corridors. We will build the roads, bridges, bypasses, lane expansions, rail and public transit a growing economy needs to keep people and goods moving.	Prioritize high-throughput transit, highway widening, and bypass construction across vital trade corridors.	Public Works, Transportation	Within reprioritized provincial capital plan	Deliver priority highway, bypass, and transit corridors
`PROSP-73`	27	Mandate commercial truck dash cameras and enforce strictest safety penalties	Make trucking safety a priority. We will investigate companies that break the rules or employ unqualified commercial drivers and impose the strictest available penalties. Mandate dash cams in alignment with Government of Canada standards.	Crack down on non-compliant trucking firms and unqualified commercial drivers while mandating dashcams.	Public Safety, Transportation	Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement (CVSE)	Mandatory dash cam regulation; enhanced safety auditing
`PROSP-74`	27	Support demand-driven SkyTrain, RapidBus, bus, and ferry service expansions	Expand transit where it makes sense. We will support SkyTrain, BRT/RapidBus, bus, and ferry expansion where population and ridership demonstrate the need.	Fund public transit expansion projects that exhibit proven passenger demand and cost-effective ridership metrics.	Public Works, Transportation	Capital and operating transit funding	Deliver transit expansion in verified ridership growth corridors
`PROSP-75`	27	Re-establish the provincial Small Business Roundtable	Re-establish the Small Business Roundtable so small businesses have a direct and meaningful voice in legislation, regulation and policy affecting their livelihoods.	Reconstitute the permanent government-industry advisory body to evaluate small business impacts of proposed statutes.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Secretariat support	Formally reconstitute Small Business Roundtable
`PROSP-76`	27	Raise Employer Health Tax payroll exemption and index to inflation	Raise the Employer Health Tax exemption indexed to inflation.	Increase the payroll threshold at which employers begin paying the EHT and indexes the cutoff annually to CPI inflation.	Business & Economy	Tax relief (staged upon fiscal balance)	Increased EHT exemption indexed annually to inflation
`PROSP-77`	27	Review and modernize WorkSafeBC workplace regulations and policies	Review WorkSafeBC rules to modernize policies and accommodate changing workforces and business environments.	Conduct an independent review of occupational safety regulations to eliminate excessive compliance burdens.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Policy review	WorkSafeBC operational policy review and modernization
`PROSP-78`	27	Modernize BC Registry Services for instant corporate registration	Modernize BC Registry Services. With modern technology, checking a business name and registering a company should take minutes or hours, not days or weeks.	Upgrade provincial registry digital infrastructure to enable same-day automated business incorporation and name approvals.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Digital registry modernization	Name approval & registration in minutes or hours
`PROSP-79`	28	Transfer liquor, cannabis, wine, and beer regulation to Economic Development	Ensure liquor, cannabis, wine, and beer regulation supports economic development. Move regulation into the Ministry of Economic Development and work with industry on economic-development and job-creation strategies, while maintaining common-sense regulation and consumer safety, particularly for youth.	Remove craft beverage and retail regulation from public safety/enforcement oversight to treat it as an economic sector.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Ministry restructuring	Transfer regulatory mandate to Ministry of Economic Development
`PROSP-80`	28	Lower the provincial small-business corporate income tax rate	Lower the small-business tax rate as growth allows, and as we return to fiscal balance.	Commit to cutting the small business corporate tax rate as provincial revenue increases and the deficit narrows.	Business & Economy	Tax cut (conditional on fiscal balance)	Statutory reduction in small-business tax rate
`PROSP-81`	28	Pass the Home-Based Craft Food Act for cottage food producers	Pass the Home-Based Craft Food Act to bring common sense to the regulation of small home producers and allow small sellers to sell more products tax free.	Exempt low-risk home food entrepreneurs from commercial kitchen requirements and raises sales tax exemption thresholds.	Business & Economy, Planning & Permits	Legislative	Enact Home-Based Craft Food Act
`PROSP-82`	28	Expand film, television, and digital media training and intellectual property	Support our film, television and digital industry. We will compete aggressively for the work, ensure we train the creative workforce of the future, and encourage home-grown BC productions and IP.	Protect film and digital animation tax competitiveness and supports local intellectual property ownership.	Business & Economy, Arts & Culture	Tax credit competitiveness	Enhanced creative workforce training & domestic IP incentives
`PROSP-83`	28	Harmonize BC aviation fuel targets with federal framework	Aviation fuel targets. We will align BC’s aviation fuel targets with the Canadian federal framework to make air travel in BC cheaper for passengers and provide regulatory certainty. Preserving affordable flights and reliable regional service allows BC tourism, industry and regional communities to thrive.	Eliminate punitive provincial aviation fuel surcharges that exceed federal requirements to protect rural flight routes.	Business & Economy, Transportation	Aviation fuel tax alignment	Full alignment with federal aviation fuel standards
`PROSP-84`	28	Develop Resort Municipality Strategy in consultation with towns	Develop a Resort Municipality Strategy. Work in consultation with the municipalities on a plan to help ensure they can expand their tourism opportunities.	Partner with designated resort communities to expand tourism infrastructure funding and season-extension events.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Strategy development	Deliver Resort Municipality Strategy
`PROSP-85`	29	Launch BC Ferry Fleet Renewal Strategy and reshore vessel shipbuilding	Review current fleet renewal contracts. We should not be building ships in China. We will launch a BC Ferry Fleet Renewal Strategy designed to reshore more current and future ferry and vessel-production work to BC.	Audit existing overseas contracts and require domestic procurement preferences for future BC Ferries newbuilds.	Business & Economy, Public Works, Transportation	BC Ferries capital plan	Review Chinese shipyard contracts; reshore shipbuilding to BC
`PROSP-86`	29	Establish BC Ferries Passenger Charter of Rights and reduce board redundancy	Establish a BC Ferries Passenger Charter of Rights with clear standards for reliability, on-time performance, capacity, affordability and customer service, and hold leadership accountable and reduce board-level redundancy.	Create binding customer service benchmarks, compensation for prolonged delays, and trims administrative board layers.	Budget & Governance, Transportation	Corporate governance reform	Enact Passenger Charter of Rights; reduce board redundancy
`PROSP-87`	29	Renegotiate federal ferry funding agreement to achieve Atlantic parity	Fight for BC’s fair share of federal ferry funding. Renegotiate ferry funding agreement with the federal government to secure funding levels comparable to Atlantic ferry services.	Lobby Ottawa to dramatically increase federal operating and capital contributions for coastal marine highway routes.	Budget & Governance, Transportation	Intergovernmental revenue recovery	Parity with Atlantic Canada federal ferry subsidies
`PROSP-88`	29	Provide reliable high-speed Wi-Fi on BC Ferries routes and terminals	Deliver Reliable Wi-Fi on BC Ferries. Major routes and terminals will have dependable high-speed Wi-Fi using competitive private-sector procurement.	Contract private telecom providers to deliver seamless high-bandwidth wireless internet on major ferry vessels and terminals.	Public Works, Transportation	Private sector competitive contract	High-speed Wi-Fi across major routes and terminals
`PROSP-89`	30	Expand BC tech sector access to provincial public procurement	Create better access to investment and fair opportunities in public procurement. Stronger connections between research and industry will allow British Columbia companies to reach more customers and grow here.	Reform government procurement scoring to allow domestic tech startups to bid on provincial public software contracts.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Procurement reform	Increased domestic tech share of public IT tenders
`PROSP-90`	30	Provide provincial tax incentives to retain intellectual property and patents in BC	Keep BC inventions and jobs in BC. We will ensure that our provincial tax code incentivizes intellectual property developed and commercialized here, including patents and software, to stay here and for their developers to grow and hire here.	Create a provincial patent box or IP tax concession reducing corporate tax rates on commercialized local discoveries.	Business & Economy	Part of $25M/year tech innovation envelope	Provincial patent and software IP tax incentive regime
`PROSP-91`	30	Partner with Ottawa on flow-through share incentives for advanced tech	Unlock private investment in breakthrough technology. We will work with Ottawa to extend flow-through investment incentives to capital-intensive technology sectors and advanced manufacturing.	Advocate adapting the successful mining flow-through share tax model to high-tech and cleantech hardware ventures.	Business & Economy	Part of $25M/year tech innovation envelope	Extension of flow-through shares to advanced tech
`PROSP-92`	30	Restore the Premier's Technology Council	Premier’s Technology Council. The BC NDP shut it down without explanation. We will restore it to receive advice on economic development, government efficiency and strengthening conditions for technology jobs.	Re-establish the advisory council of technology founders, venture capitalists, and scientists reporting to the Premier.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Part of $25M/year tech innovation envelope	Reconstitute Premier's Technology Council
`PROSP-93`	30	Implement Responsible AI Strategy with privacy and vulnerable group safeguards	A Responsible AI strategy. The NDP has failed to do so after 14 months, and despite a dedicated Minister of State for AI. Our strategy will balance enormous opportunities for economic growth, environmental stewardship and government savings with appropriate privacy protections and safeguards for youth, seniors, vulnerable people and workers.	Establish a provincial ethical framework deploying AI for government productivity while regulating biometric and data privacy.	Budget & Governance	Strategy implementation	Publish and enact Responsible AI Strategy

A Healthy BC (30 Promises)

Code	Page	Title	Verbatim Platform Statement	Neutral Policy Summary	Categories	Costing / Fiscal Impact	Measurable Target / Verification Standard
`HLTH-01`	32	Introduce Universal Health-Care Guarantee for surgical wait times	Protect universal public health care and introduce a Universal Health-Care Guarantee: publicly funded treatment through another qualified provider when medically recommended surgical wait benchmarks are exceeded.	Guarantee that when waitlists exceed clinical maximums, patients receive publicly covered surgeries at accredited private/out-of-province clinics.	Health & Social Services	Part of $205M/year universal access envelope	Guaranteed publicly funded care when wait benchmarks exceeded
`HLTH-02`	32	Launch 100-day Patients First healthcare reform review	Launch the 100-day Patients First review to identify reforms from other universal public systems that cut waits, expand capacity, keep ERs open, and strengthen rural services, without user fees.	Evaluate universal public systems (e.g. Europe/Australasia) to import structural efficiencies into BC's healthcare model.	Health & Social Services, Budget & Governance	Review panel	Complete Patients First review within 100 days
`HLTH-03`	32	Establish $50M Rural Health Emergency Fund and flexible staffing for ERs	Keep rural ERs and maternity wards open, backed by flexible staffing and a $50-million Rural Health Emergency Fund.	Deploy rapid-relief locum doctors, traveling maternity nurses, and financial bonuses to prevent emergency room shutdowns.	Health & Social Services	$50 million emergency fund	Zero avoidable rural ER and maternity ward closures
`HLTH-04`	33	Expand rural medical transport capabilities to improve health outcomes	Rural health care transport. Increase access to rural medical transport capabilities to save lives and improve health outcomes.	Augment air ambulance helicopter coverage and highway patient transport vehicles in isolated communities.	Health & Social Services, Transportation	Part of $205M/year universal care envelope	Expanded rural medical evacuation and transport availability
`HLTH-05`	32	Repeal and reform Health Professions and Occupations Act	We will fix the NDP’s Health Professions and Occupations Act which intrudes on their independence and let them do the job they trained for. We will put patients and families at the centre of the system.	Repeal contentious sections of Bill 36 to restore autonomy to professional regulatory colleges and clinical practitioners.	Health & Social Services, Budget & Governance	Legislative amendment	Repeal/overhaul HPOA (Bill 36)
`HLTH-06`	33	Expand scope of practice and enforce drug laws in hospitals to reduce burnout	We will work with doctors, nurses and other health professionals to improve patient care, train and recruit more doctors, nurses, and staff, remove barriers that prevent qualified professionals from using their full skills, and enforce safety and drug laws in hospitals and clinics to reduce burnout.	Permit healthcare professionals to work to the full extent of their training, recruits new doctors/nurses, and bans open illicit drug consumption in hospitals.	Health & Social Services, Public Safety	Part of $205M/year universal care envelope	Full scope utilization; strict hospital safety enforcement
`HLTH-07`	33	Deploy technology to reduce healthcare administrative paperwork	Proven technology can reduce paperwork and give professionals more time with patients. We will direct resources towards care and publish clear information about access and outcomes so you can judge what works and what doesn't.	Automate charting and referral workflows while publishing public hospital clinical outcome scorecards.	Health & Social Services, Budget & Governance	Healthcare IT modernization	Reduction in clinician paperwork hours; public outcomes dashboard
`HLTH-08`	34	Restore previous seniors' property tax deferral terms	Restore the seniors' property tax deferral. Restore the tax deferral terms so seniors are not taxed out of their homes and can remain in the communities where they are secure.	Roll out a universal shingles vaccine program across BC to cut hospitalizations and ER visits among older adults.	Business & Economy, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $350M/year seniors envelope	Restoration of original deferral program eligibility
`HLTH-09`	34	Deliver more long-term care beds by reviewing design requirements	More long-term care beds. We will work with care providers, residents, families and builders to review design requirements, protect safety and quality of care, and deliver more affordable beds sooner.	Streamline facility construction standards to lower the per-bed capital cost and speed up completion of senior homes.	Housing, Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Capital design reform	Revised building specs reducing per-bed construction cost
`HLTH-10`	34	Provide portable public funding vouchers for 7,200 seniors on LTC waitlists	Choice for seniors. We will provide portable public funding for long-term care for the 7,200 people waiting, so eligible seniors and their families have a choice among qualified providers, including public, non-profit and private options.	Issue funding vouchers attached to the patient, usable across accredited public, non-profit, or private care facilities.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $350M/year seniors envelope	Funding vouchers for all 7,200 waitlisted seniors
`HLTH-11`	32	Expand consumer-directed publicly funded home care choices	Expand long-term care and help seniors age at home, including consumer-directed, publicly funded home-care choices from accredited providers.	Allow seniors to allocate their provincial care budget directly to accredited home-care aides of their choosing.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $350M/year seniors envelope	Consumer-directed funding model implemented
`HLTH-12`	35	Expand HandyDART service and enforce contractor quality standards	HandyDART. We will expand HandyDART services to areas of greatest demand, ensuring seniors have access to affordable, reliable transportation, and we will enforce service quality standards for HandyDART contractors to improve transportation reliability for seniors.	Expand door-to-door transit for mobility-impaired individuals and penalizes contractors for missed or late pickups.	Accessibility & Inclusion, Transportation	Part of $350M/year seniors envelope	Service expansion in peak zones; contractor reliability standards
`HLTH-13`	35	Provide universal free shingles vaccines for BC seniors	A free shingles vaccine program will reduce doctor visits, emergency room trips, hospital stays, and long-term pain for older adults in British Columbia, saving money over time by preventing avoidable care.	Cover the full cost of two-dose Shingrix vaccinations under Pharmacare for all eligible seniors.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $350M/year seniors envelope	100% publicly funded shingles vaccination for seniors
`HLTH-14`	35	Preserve Autism Funding Program and halt centralized hub transition	Extend the existing Autism Funding Program. The transition of autism support to the Disability Benefit and Disability Supplement will be reviewed to ensure that no families lose access to the financial support they need.	Maintain direct individualized funding grants to parents of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.	Health & Social Services, Education & Childcare, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $200M/year support envelope	Halt hub transition; protect individual direct funding
`HLTH-15`	35	Guarantee parental right to choose independent care providers	Ensure families retain access to independent support providers of their choice. We will never compel families to transition to a centralized care model.	Guarantee that parents can select independent speech, behavioral, and physical therapists rather than government-assigned staff.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Statutory guarantee	Provider freedom of choice enshrined in policy
`HLTH-16`	35	Strengthen rural specialized pediatric therapy and travel support	Strengthen support for families in rural BC, with measures including travel assistance, mobile therapy, outreach, virtual care options, and flexible direct funding.	Deploy mobile diagnostic clinics and subsidizes medical travel costs for rural families requiring pediatric therapies.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $200M/year support envelope	Mobile therapy units and travel subsidies deployed
`HLTH-17`	35	Increase provincial disability assistance by $100/month with annual reviews	Increase disability assistance and review it every year. We will increase provincial disability-assistance rates by $100 per month and establish an annual review of rates.	Raise Persons with Disabilities (PWD) income assistance rates by $100 per month and establish mandatory annual cost-of-living reviews.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $200M/year support envelope	+$100/month PWD rate; annual statutory rate review
`HLTH-18`	35	Raise PWD single-person earnings exemption to $30,000 annually	Let people with disabilities earn more without losing their benefits. We will increase the annual earnings exemption for a single person receiving PWD assistance from $16,200 to $30,000, allowing people to earn substantially more before their disability assistance is reduced.	Nearly double the annual PWD earnings exemption threshold from $16,200 to $30,000 for single recipients.	Health & Social Services, Business & Economy, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $200M/year support envelope	Increase exemption from $16,200 to $30,000
`HLTH-19`	36	End disability assistance clawbacks based on spousal income	Protect the financial independence of people with disabilities by ending reductions to disability assistance based on a spouse's income.	Abolish the 'marriage penalty' so individuals with disabilities do not lose provincial benefit entitlements when marrying or cohabiting.	Health & Social Services, Accessibility & Inclusion	Part of $200M/year support envelope	Statutory elimination of spousal income clawbacks
`HLTH-20`	36	Expand access to psychiatric, community mental health, and residential care	Improve access to mental health care. We will expand timely access to psychiatric services, community mental health care, crisis response and appropriate residential treatment, with stronger early interventions.	Fund regional psychiatric beds, community outpatient mental health clinics, and specialized emergency crisis response teams.	Health & Social Services	Part of $95M/year treatment envelope	Expanded psychiatric and residential facility capacity
`HLTH-21`	36	Appoint independent review panel for the Mental Health Act	Conduct an independent review of the Mental Health Act to address a broad range of issues including brain injuries, schizophrenia and dementia.	Initiate a formal review to update involuntary detention criteria, clinical treatment standards, and patient legal protections.	Health & Social Services, Budget & Governance, Public Safety	Review commission	Independent panel appointment and Mental Health Act report
`HLTH-22`	36	Transition provincial addiction response to Recovery-Oriented System of Care	Implement a recovery-oriented system of care. We will restore an evidence-based approach to addiction focused on prevention, treatment, and recovery.	Reorient healthcare metrics, contracts, and facilities towards sustained abstinence, clinical rehabilitation, and workforce integration.	Health & Social Services	Systemic model transition	Implementation of Alberta Model-style ROSC
`HLTH-23`	36	Expand clinical detox, recovery housing, and aftercare in rural/northern BC	We will expand detoxification, clinical treatment, recovery housing and aftercare across British Columbia, including regional capacity for rural and northern communities. Treatment will connect vulnerable people with housing, employment, primary care and family support.	Build specialized residential recovery centers outside the Lower Mainland to provide care close to home.	Health & Social Services, Housing, Public Safety	Part of $95M/year treatment envelope	New rural and northern detox and recovery beds
`HLTH-24`	36	Coordinate multi-agency upstream interventions for at-risk youth	We will strengthen upstream intervention for vulnerable children and youth, particularly those already receiving provincial services or at risk of falling through gaps between systems. We will improve coordination between child and family services, anti-drug education in schools, mental health and addiction services, education and housing so young people do not lose critical supports as they transition into adulthood.	Unify child welfare, addiction care, and transitional housing caseworkers to support youth aging out of foster care.	Health & Social Services, Education & Childcare	Inter-agency coordination	Integrated cross-ministry casework protocol
`HLTH-25`	37	Work toward addiction treatment on demand without waiting lists	People who ask for help should not simply be put on another waiting list. We will work toward treatment on demand, with immediate access to detox, evidence-based medications, residential treatment and outpatient programs as required.	Eliminate intake wait times for medical detox and inpatient beds for individuals voluntarily seeking rehabilitation.	Health & Social Services	Part of $95M/year treatment envelope	Immediate same-day detox and rehab admission target
`HLTH-26`	37	Enact compassionate mandatory care for severe addiction and brain injury	For people whose severe addiction, mental health challenges, or acquired brain injury leaves them incapable of caring for themselves or at immediate risk of serious harm, we will provide mandatory care. It is not safe or respectful to leave these individuals to suffer on the streets. They should be off the street and in care until they no longer pose a threat to themselves or others.	Introduce involuntary institutional care pathways for individuals unable to make rational life-safety decisions.	Health & Social Services, Public Safety	Inpatient secure bed infrastructure	Legislation authorizing secure involuntary medical care
`HLTH-27`	37	Create refundable $500/child BC Children's Activity Credit	Create a refundable BC Children's Activity Credit that covers up to $500 per child each year for eligible sports, recreation, music, arts and camps.	Provide a direct refundable tax credit up to $500 annually per child to reimburse youth athletic and artistic registration fees.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy, Parks & Recreation, Arts & Culture	Part of $125M/year active kids envelope	Up to $500 refundable tax credit per child annually
`HLTH-28`	37	Expand school meal programs in high-need elementary and secondary schools	Expand school meal programs in high-need communities. No child in British Columbia should have to go hungry at school, ever.	Augment breakfast and lunch feeding programs in vulnerable and low-income school catchments.	Health & Social Services, Education & Childcare	Part of $125M/year active kids envelope	Expanded meal coverage across high-need school districts
`HLTH-29`	37	Double Playground Equipment Program to $10M/year for 50 schools annually	Double the Playground Equipment Program to $10 million a year, to help 50 schools replace aging playground equipment each year. Children deserve places to play, and parents should not have to spend years fundraising for them.	Double capital funding grants from $5M to $10M annually to install accessible playgrounds at 50 schools per year.	Education & Childcare, Parks & Recreation, Public Works	$10 million/year ongoing capital	$10M/year total; 50 school playground replacements/year
`HLTH-30`	37	Establish municipal recreation facilities capital matching fund	Recreational facilities. Every child should have a chance to play sports and be active. We will create a matching funding program to encourage municipalities to build more fields, arenas, pools, and recreation facilities so families and children have more opportunities to get off the couch and into physical activity.	Provide 50/50 provincial capital matching grants to local governments building community sports infrastructure.	Parks & Recreation, Public Works	Part of $125M/year active kids envelope	Provincial matching grant program established

A Safer BC (18 Promises)

Code	Page	Title	Verbatim Platform Statement	Neutral Policy Summary	Categories	Costing / Fiscal Impact	Measurable Target / Verification Standard
`SAFE-01`	39	Add police capacity: 250 police recruits, 500 RCMP, 30 sheriffs, and 150 civilian staff	Add police capacity: 250 more police recruits, 500 more RCMP, 30 sheriffs, and 150 civilian staff over five years.	Expand front-line police capacity with 250 municipal police recruits, 500 provincial RCMP officers, 30 sheriffs, and 150 civilian staff over five years.	Public Safety	Part of $178M/year public safety envelope	+250 police recruits, +500 RCMP, +30 sheriffs, +150 civilian staff over 5 years
`SAFE-02`	39	Increase enforcement by 1,000 personnel and expand peace officer authorities	We will increase enforcement by 1,000 new law enforcement officers, including police, prosecutors, sheriffs, judges, and support staff and increase peace officer authorities to enforce the law strictly from street crime to organized gangs and money laundering.	Increase justice and law enforcement personnel by 1,000 officers and expand statutory peace officer authorities to strictly enforce laws from street crime to gangs and money laundering.	Public Safety	Legislative amendment	1,000 total personnel added; statutory authority expanded for peace officers
`SAFE-03`	39	Enforce strict bail, warrant compliance, and dedicated repeat-offender courts	Stop the revolving door for repeat and violent offenders: strengthen bail and warrant enforcement, establish a dedicated repeat-offender court stream and expand electronic monitoring.	Establish rapid-response warrant execution units, GPS ankle tracking, and specialized judicial trial streams for prolific offenders.	Public Safety	Part of $178M/year public safety envelope	Dedicated repeat-offender court docket; expanded GPS monitoring
`SAFE-04`	39	Implement Anti-Extortion Action Plan with specialized investigators	Implement an Anti-Extortion Action Plan with specialized investigators and clear reporting and protection pathways for threatened businesses and families.	Create a dedicated investigative squad targeting organized extortion syndicates intimidating South Asian and other business owners.	Public Safety	Part of $178M/year public safety envelope	Specialized anti-extortion unit and secure reporting hotline
`SAFE-05`	39	Partner with federal government to deport non-citizen criminals	We will work with the federal government to remove non-citizen criminals from Canada.	Direct provincial corrections and law enforcement to coordinate immediate deportation referrals with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).	Budget & Governance, Public Safety	Intergovernmental protocol	Formal CBSA referral and deportation protocol
`SAFE-06`	40	End government-supplied hard drugs and expand drug treatment courts	End the existing “safe supply” approach and redirect the focus to prevention, treatment and recovery; enforce safety and drug rules in hospitals, shelters and supportive housing, and expand the use of drug courts.	Cancel pharmaceutical hydromorphone/opioid distribution programs and divert non-violent drug offenders into court-mandated treatment.	Health & Social Services, Public Safety	Redirects existing drug distribution budget	Cease taxpayer-funded safe supply; expand Drug Treatment Courts
`SAFE-07`	40	Hire 50 Crown prosecutors, pursue 20 trial judges, and pilot 7-day trials	Speed up justice: hire 50 Crown prosecutors, pursue 20 additional trial judges and deploy to high-need target communities, and launch the Seven-Day Trial Pilot to speed up straightforward criminal cases.	Clear court backlogs to avoid Jordan-decision case dismissals by expanding prosecution teams and running weekend court sessions.	Budget & Governance, Public Safety	Part of $178M/year public safety envelope	+50 Crown prosecutors; +20 judges; launch Seven-Day Trial Pilot
`SAFE-08`	40	Focus law enforcement on illegal firearms rather than legal gun owners	Target illegal guns, not lawful hunters, farmers and gun owners.	Direct police anti-gang units to intercept cross-border weapons trafficking while refusing provincial enforcement resources for federal hunting rifle buybacks.	Public Safety	Law enforcement directive	Focus gang guns units; protect lawful hunters and sport shooters
`SAFE-09`	40	Prohibit imposition of low-barrier drug facilities on unwilling communities	We will stop forcing drug-friendly facilities on communities.	Require municipal approval and neighborhood consent before any harm reduction or supportive housing contract is awarded.	Public Safety, Planning & Permits	Policy / Siting rules	Mandatory local consent for supportive facilities
`SAFE-10`	40	End public disorder and open drug consumption in public spaces	We will end the public disorder on our streets and in our public spaces.	Enforce strict municipal and provincial statutes against open drug usage, aggressive panhandling, and street encampments.	Public Safety, Parks & Recreation	Enforcement operations	Zero tolerance for open drug consumption in parks and streets
`SAFE-11`	40	Reform and consolidate Overdose Prevention Sites into treatment-connected hubs	Conduct a review and reform of OPSes and injection/inhalation sites in consultation with local communities, with the goal of fewer and better-situated options that effectively provide a path to treatment and recovery.	Audit existing consumption sites to close problematic locations near schools and relocate sites into comprehensive medical recovery pathways.	Health & Social Services, Public Safety	Operational realignment	Fewer, better-situated OPS locations with direct treatment off-ramps
`SAFE-12`	40	Expand provincial security infrastructure funding for vulnerable religious communities	Expand security funding for vulnerable religious communities.	Increase matching capital grants for security cameras, alarms, and guards at gurdwaras, synagogues, mosques, and churches facing hate crime threats.	Public Safety	$2 million/year ongoing grant funding	$2M annual security infrastructure grant program
`SAFE-13`	41	Integrate police and clinical teams in frontline crisis response	We will move from “safe supply” to care and recovery, connecting people to treatment and support, with public safety and care working together on the response.	Pair psychiatric nurses directly with municipal police patrol units on mental health emergency calls.	Health & Social Services, Public Safety	Operating protocol	Province-wide clinical-police co-response deployment
`SAFE-14`	41	Mandate post-treatment and post-release discharge plans for housing and care	Recovery must be supported beyond the initial intervention. People leaving treatment or corrections will have appropriate plans for care, housing and follow-up.	Require correctional centers and detox clinics to ensure departing individuals have verified housing and primary care attachments.	Housing, Health & Social Services, Public Safety	Discharge planning protocols	100% discharge planning mandate across institutions
`SAFE-15`	42	Establish Wildfire Response Cabinet Committee chaired by Premier	Wildfire Response Cabinet Committee: To coordinate government resources and prepare for Summer 2027, chaired by the Premier, with a mandate to implement the BC Wildfire Action Plan and coordinate quickly and nimbly with local municipal leaders and emergency responders fighting large and out-of-control wildfires.	Create a permanent executive committee with emergency procurement authority to coordinate disaster response across ministries.	Budget & Governance, Public Safety	Executive committee	Premier-chaired cabinet committee operational for Summer 2027
`SAFE-16`	42	Invest $400M to acquire dedicated provincial aerial firefighting fleet	$400M Wildfire Aircraft Fleet Expansion: Secure delivery of new aerial firefighting capabilities, including waterbombers to create a BC-based firefighting fleet to supplement existing contracted services.	Purchase amphibious waterbombers and bird-dog planes owned by BC, with off-season revenue recovery through Southern Hemisphere leases.	Public Safety, Public Works	$400 million capital over first term; leasing revenue offset	Delivery of BC-owned waterbomber and aircraft fleet
`SAFE-17`	42	Establish $100M Wildfire Innovation Fund over four years	$100M Wildfire Innovation Fund: To fund the development and procurement of technology here in BC for the early detection, monitoring, suppression and prevention of wildfires, which will reduce long-term damage and cost.	Grant $25M annually to BC tech and aerospace vendors deploying thermal satellites, drone swarms, and AI smoke sensors.	Business & Economy, Public Safety	$100 million total drawn at $25M/year over 4 years	$25M annual technology procurement disbursement
`SAFE-18`	42	Launch Community Protection Forestry pool to clear wildfire hazards	Community Protection Forestry: A set share of timber allocation will go into a dedicated pool to clear out high-risk areas. The resource will pay for the work, the work will create local jobs, and the jobs will protect the community.	Fund fuel thinning and perimeter clearcuts around threatened municipalities by allowing loggers to commercialize salvage timber.	Climate & Environment, Public Safety, Planning & Permits	Self-funding via harvested timber salvage	Dedicated timber allocation pool for community fire breaks

A Strong & Proud BC (22 Promises)

Code	Page	Title	Verbatim Platform Statement	Neutral Policy Summary	Categories	Costing / Fiscal Impact	Measurable Target / Verification Standard
`PRD-01`	43	Restore daily singing of O Canada and fly Canadian and BC flags at all schools	We will bring back the singing of O Canada at the beginning of the school day and proudly fly our Canadian and BC flags at every school.	Mandate daily national anthem recitation and flags on school grounds across all public school districts.	Education & Childcare, Arts & Culture	Administrative guideline	Daily anthem and provincial/national flags at 100% of schools
`PRD-02`	44	Restore letter grades for grades 4 to 9 and standardized provincial exams	Restore academic standards: focus on evidence-based literacy and mathematics, restore letter grades for grades 4 to 9 and bring back consistent, supervised, curriculum-based provincial examinations to raise standards.	Replace proficiency scales with traditional percentage/letter grades (A, B, C, F) and reintroduces mandatory provincial exams.	Education & Childcare	Curriculum & assessment reform	Letter grades reinstated for Gr 4-9; standardized provincial exams restored
`PRD-03`	44	Enact parental curriculum transparency, advance notice, and opt-out rights	Increase parental transparency and choice, including access to curriculum materials, appropriate notification and opt-out rights, and repeal of SOGI 123.	Grant parents statutory authority to inspect classroom materials in advance and withdraw children from sensitive lessons.	Education & Childcare, Budget & Governance	Legislative / Regulatory	Statutory parental notification, curriculum access, and opt-out
`PRD-04`	45	Repeal SOGI 123 and implement direct anti-bullying protections	We will repeal SOGI 123 and instead address bullying directly. We will protect students on an ongoing basis from any harassment based on personal characteristics.	Eliminate the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity educational resource kit and replaces it with universal anti-harassment policies.	Education & Childcare, Public Safety	Curriculum change	Formal repeal of SOGI 123 resource materials
`PRD-05`	44	Reintroduce shop classes and expand dual-credit vocational apprenticeships	Restore pathways into trades and work: bring back shop classes, expand apprenticeships, dual-credit programs and paid work experience	Rebuild technical workshops in high schools and funds dual-credit tuition for students completing trades hours while in secondary school.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	Capital and operating education funding	Reintroduce shop classes; expand dual-credit enrollment
`PRD-06`	44	Pass the Respect Local Democracy Act separating provincial and municipal elections	Pass a Respect Local Democracy Act. We will pass a law that will permanently separate the election calendars of provincial and municipal elections and bar provincial elections from being held within 60 days of municipal elections.	Enact statutory blackout preventing snap provincial elections from overlapping or occurring within two months of civic local votes.	Budget & Governance	Legislative	Statutory bar on provincial elections within 60 days of civic votes
`PRD-07`	45	Establish order in schools and enable School Liaison Officer programs	Schools should be safe places to learn, with clear expectations and respect for every child. We will make it easier for educators to establish order, and we will enable School Liaison Officer programs.	Empower educators to establish order in schools and authorize school districts to reinstate School Liaison Officer programs.	Education & Childcare, Public Safety	Educational policy	Classroom order guidelines; School Liaison Officer (SLO) programs enabled
`PRD-08`	45	Mandate practical life skills curriculum including financial literacy and Holocaust education	Prepare students for life. Before graduation, students will learn financial literacy—budgeting, saving, interest and credit—alongside civics, citizenship and digital and AI safety. Students will also complete a Holocaust-education unit.	Make financial literacy, civic literacy, AI safety, and Holocaust education compulsory prerequisites for BC high school graduation.	Education & Childcare	Curriculum update	Mandatory graduation units: finance, civics, AI safety, Holocaust
`PRD-09`	45	Build industrial shop facilities in all new secondary schools	Connect high school education to trades, careers and opportunity. Give students more opportunities to begin career training and qualifications before graduation. We will bring back shop classes and build shop facilities in new schools.	Require all future secondary school capital constructions to include fully equipped industrial and vocational work bays.	Education & Childcare, Public Works	Within capital plan for new schools	Mandatory industrial shop facilities in new high schools
`PRD-10`	45	Facilitate Red Seal tradespeople and experts teaching vocational classes	Expand dual-credit programs, apprenticeships and paid work experience with post-secondary institutions and employers. We will make it easier for schools to hire qualified Red Seal tradespeople, musicians, athletes and other experts.	Create alternate teaching certification bridges exempting certified tradespeople from traditional multi-year education degrees.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	Teacher certification reform	Simplified hiring pathway for Red Seal instructors
`PRD-11`	45	Guarantee apprentice employment continuity during technical classroom training	We will make it easier for apprentices to stay employed during technical training and work with employers to expand training in skilled trades and other occupations where BC needs workers.	Subsidize wage supplements and employer retention agreements while apprentices complete 6-to-10 week technical classroom blocks.	Education & Childcare, Business & Economy	Apprenticeship training program	Employer retention incentive for apprentice training
`PRD-12`	46	Repeal DRIPA and restore Section 35 constitutional framework	Protect private property rights: - Repeal DRIPA - Repeal section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act and NDP litigation directives. - Restore the section 35 constitutional framework.	Repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and removes UNDRIP statutory alignment clauses from the Interpretation Act.	Budget & Governance, Reconciliation	Legislative repeal	Repeal DRIPA and Interpretation Act Section 8.1
`PRD-13`	46	Pass Property Rights Defence Act to guarantee fee-simple land title	Property Rights Defence Act. We will protect private-property rights by upholding the validity of the Land Title Act on all fee-simple properties in BC.	Enact statute establishing that Aboriginal title claims cannot impair or extinguish fee-simple private land ownership in British Columbia.	Housing, Budget & Governance	Legislative	Enact Property Rights Defence Act
`PRD-14`	46	Pass Aboriginal Title Transparency Act to disclose active land claims	Aboriginal Title Transparency Act. We will publish maps and information about active claims, negotiations, legal actions and agreements affecting public or private land before they become binding.	Mandate public disclosure of territorial overlap maps and draft government-to-government agreements prior to ratification.	Budget & Governance, Reconciliation	Transparency portal	Enact transparency act; publish public claim maps
`PRD-15`	46	Enact statutory right of equal public access to Crown land and provincial parks	Restore equal access to Crown land and provincial parks: guarantee public access to Crown land, beaches and backcountry for all British Columbians in law, subject only to legitimate conservation and safety requirements.	Pass legislation guaranteeing universal non-discriminatory public recreational access to backcountry roads, beaches, and parks.	Budget & Governance, Parks & Recreation	Legislative guarantee	Statutory right of public backcountry and Crown land access
`PRD-16`	47	Pursue economic reconciliation through resource revenue sharing and equity	We will pursue reconciliation through practical cooperation, clear and fair treaty agreements and economic opportunities that benefit First Nations communities and the province. Revenue sharing, ownership and meaningful participation will help us work toward real reconciliation by helping communities shape development and share in growing prosperity.	Replace transfer payments with direct equity participation, co-ownership, and resource royalty revenue-sharing.	Business & Economy, Reconciliation	Resource revenue sharing framework	Direct equity and resource royalty sharing agreements
`PRD-17`	47	Seek BC's fair share of national infrastructure and federal defence spending	We will seek British Columbia's fair share of national infrastructure and defence investment and support the businesses and workers who can deliver it.	Challenge per-capita infrastructure allocations from Ottawa to ensure Western Canadian port and military defense equity.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance, Public Works	Federal lobbying	Securing proportional per-capita federal capital allocations
`PRD-18`	47	Promote regional arts, culture, and heritage as tourism drivers	Promote arts and culture as drivers of tourism across BC. We will support and market festivals, music, arts, exhibitions and ethnic and cultural events, bringing economic activity to communities throughout BC.	Market local festivals and community events to attract international tourism outside the Vancouver urban core.	Business & Economy, Arts & Culture	Part of $5M/year proud BC envelope	Provincial marketing and grants for regional cultural festivals
`PRD-19`	47	Celebrate BC history and pioneer stories in museums and institutions	We will celebrate BC’s rich history and the stories of the people who built BC in our museums and institutions and celebrate the great and positive stories of the men and women of all backgrounds who built our province.	Direct museum curators and cultural funding to showcase historical settlement, resource engineering, and industrial development narratives.	Arts & Culture	Museum guidelines	Curatorial support for comprehensive BC pioneer history
`PRD-20`	48	Appoint BC Special Representative in Washington DC	We will appoint a BC rep in Washington, D.C., joining Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec in defending our interests against attempts to punish BC products, including softwood lumber.	Establish a permanent provincial trade diplomatic envoy in Washington to lobby against tariffs and protectionist US legislation.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Part of $5M/year proud BC envelope	Appoint Washington envoy and establish BC trade bureau
`PRD-21`	48	Establish Premier's Advisory Council on Investment	Appoint a Premier's Advisory Council on Investment. BC business experts will provide practical advice from people who actually build and grow businesses here.	Form a business leadership cabinet advising directly on removing bottlenecks to capital deployment in the province.	Business & Economy, Budget & Governance	Part of $5M/year proud BC envelope	Formal appointment of investment council
`PRD-22`	48	Host annual 'BC Open for Business' Investment Summit	Hold a “BC Open for Business” Investment Summit. We will bring global investors, Canadian pension plans and private equity funds to BC to showcase opportunities created by a consistently pro-business, pro-growth government.	Convene sovereign wealth funds, major banks, and institutional capital to attract foreign direct investment into British Columbia.	Business & Economy	Conference revenue / sponsorship offset	Annual international investor summit hosted in BC

Fiscal Framework & Restraint (9 Promises)

Code	Page	Title	Verbatim Platform Statement	Neutral Policy Summary	Categories	Costing / Fiscal Impact	Measurable Target / Verification Standard
`FISC-01`	59	Fiscal Anchor 1: Lower deficit each year after first budget adjusted for inflation	From our first budget, the government will be held to four fiscal anchors: 1. The deficit falls every year after our first budget, adjusted for inflation.	Require by statute that the provincial deficit decline each year following the first full budget, adjusted for inflation.	Budget & Governance	Fiscal rule	Inflation-adjusted deficit decreases annually
`FISC-02`	59	Fiscal Anchor 2: Shrink provincial deficit as a share of GDP annually	2. The deficit shrinks as a share of the economy every year.	Require by statute that the annual deficit contract as a percentage of provincial nominal GDP each year.	Budget & Governance	Fiscal rule	Deficit-to-GDP ratio decreases each fiscal year
`FISC-03`	59	Fiscal Anchor 3: Limit operating spending growth below economic growth rate	3. Operating spending grows more slowly than the economy, so government takes a smaller share of what British Columbians earn.	Restrict provincial operating budget increases to a percentage below nominal GDP expansion rate.	Budget & Governance	Fiscal rule	Annual operating spend growth < nominal GDP growth
`FISC-04`	59	Fiscal Anchor 4: Mandatory quarterly public reporting against fiscal anchors	4. Every quarterly report measures progress against these anchors, in public. If one is missed, the Finance Minister will say why and how it will be corrected.	Require ministerial public explanation and corrective measures if any quarterly budget update misses target anchors.	Budget & Governance	Statutory accountability	Quarterly public scorecards; ministerial corrective statements
`FISC-05`	66	Cut provincial Contingencies Vote by $2 billion annually	Cut the slush fund. Cut the Contingencies Vote from $5 billion to $4 billion to $3 billion – ultimately, $1 billion below what the NDP budgeted last year – moving the expected cost of wildfire and signed wage settlements into ministry base budgets, where British Columbians can see them, and reporting every draw on what remains. $2 billion a year from 2027/28.	Reduce contingency slush allocations by $1B in 2026/27 and $2B annually thereafter ($7B cumulative savings over 4 years).	Budget & Governance	$1B in 2026/27; $2B/year thereafter ($7B savings over 4 years)	Contingencies reduced to $3B ongoing; $2B/year saved
`FISC-06`	66	Freeze non-frontline civil service hiring and achieve savings through attrition	Freeze administrative and management hiring and leave positions unfilled as people retire or move on. No frontline worker is laid off. $1.03 billion a year by 2029/30.	Implement immediate administrative hiring freeze without laying off front-line nurses, teachers, or officers, saving $2.009B over 4 years.	Budget & Governance	Saves $309M (2027/28), $670M (2028/29), $1.03B (2029/30)	$1.03B/year ongoing savings by 2029/30 via natural attrition
`FISC-07`	66	Conduct core spending review of non-essential government ministries	A core review of every ministry outside health, education and child care, social development, children and family development, the Attorney General and public safety.	Require remaining ministries to trim non-essential overhead to save $763M annually by 2029/30 ($1.853B total over 4 years).	Budget & Governance	Saves $436M (2027/28), $654M (2028/29), $763M (2029/30)	$763M/year ongoing savings by 2029/30
`FISC-08`	67	Cut external consultants and professional service contracts by 20%	Cut outside consultants and contracts. Cut spending on outside consultants and professional-services contracts by 20 per cent in ministries, and hold health authorities, school districts, universities, colleges and Crown Corporations to the same target. $50 million this year and $275 million a year from 2027/28 in ministries alone; savings in the broader public sector, which does not publish what it spends on consultants, are not counted.	Mandate an immediate 20% reduction in external advisory, accounting, and consulting contracts ($875M total savings over 4 years).	Budget & Governance	Saves $50M (2026/27), $275M/year from 2027/28 ($875M over 4 years)	20% cut to outside consultant contracts; $275M/year saved
`FISC-09`	58	Restart 7 shelved long-term care home construction projects at lower per-bed cost	Restart the long-term care homes the NDP shelved, redesigned to cost less per bed	Resume paused construction on elderly care facilities in Fort St. John, Abbotsford, Campbell River, Chilliwack, and Kelowna.	Housing, Health & Social Services, Public Works	$1.43 billion existing capital plan re-activation (seven homes)	Restart 7 long-term care facilities; redesign to cut per-bed cost

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