Where the parties stand, issue by issue
Pick an issue to see each party’s position side by side. Each position links to the public source it comes from.
3 questions: B.C. should raise income taxes on its highest earners to help pay for health care and other public services; B.C. should cut provincial income taxes for most workers, even if it means less revenue for public services; B.C. should introduce an annual tax on extreme wealth, such as net worth above $50 million.
2 questions: B.C. should substantially expand LNG production and exports, even if that makes its climate targets harder to meet; B.C. should keep its legislated climate targets and limit emissions from the oil and gas sector, even if that slows some resource projects.
2 questions: B.C. should set fixed legal deadlines for permitting major resource projects, even if it means faster environmental reviews; B.C. should strictly limit the electricity available to new AI data centres, even if it means turning away some investment.
1 question: The province should directly fund far more non-market and affordable housing, even if that requires higher taxes.
1 question: Public health funding should be able to pay private and non-profit providers, not just public ones, to shorten waits for care.
3 questions: B.C. should expand involuntary care for people with severe addiction or mental illness who cannot care for themselves; Using illegal drugs in public places should be treated as a criminal offence, not mainly as a health issue; B.C. should end prescribed “safer supply” of drugs.
2 questions: Schools should stop using the SOGI 123 resources on sexual orientation and gender identity; B.C. should resume expanding $10-a-day child care toward a universal system, even if it adds to the deficit.
1 question: B.C. should repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
1 question: People seriously injured in crashes should be able to sue at-fault drivers, instead of relying only on ICBC’s no-fault benefits.
1 question: The province should significantly increase transit funding, even if it means new costs for drivers such as road pricing or a vehicle levy.