Where the parties stand on drugs & public safety
Each party in the compass, on each drugs & public safety question in the questionnaire. Verified positions come from the party’s own published material, its record in government or attributable reporting. Where there is none, a clearly labelled AI-assisted estimate is shown instead. How positions are found.
B.C. should expand involuntary care for people with severe addiction or mental illness who cannot care for themselves.
BC Greens · Emily Lowan
Somewhat disagree
Fight the toxic drugs crisis with effective harm reduction and real investment in voluntary care.
Published party materialOur Plan for British Columbia ↗
BC NDP · David Eby
Somewhat agree
one of those pieces includes involuntary care here in the region
Condition: Eby’s remarks as reported by Kelowna Capital News, not a party publication.
Conservative Party of BC · Lorne Doerkson (interim)
Strongly agree
Introduce compassionate intervention so that people whose severe addiction, mental illness or brain injury are taken off the street and into care.
Published party materialSafe Streets For BC ↗
Using illegal drugs in public places should be treated as a criminal offence, not mainly as a health issue.
BC Greens · Emily Lowan
Strongly disagree
Treat drug use as a health and social issue, not a criminal one, by decriminalising possession of drugs for personal use.
Published party materialBC Greens Toxic Drugs Policy Brief (PDF) ↗
BC NDP · David Eby
Somewhat agree
We are not going back to the old policy of decriminalized, public drug use in British Columbia
Condition: Eby quoted by Global News, January 2026 (government record).
Reputable reportingB.C. not returning to ‘decriminalized public drug use,’ premier says ↗
Conservative Party of BC · Lorne Doerkson (interim)
Strongly agree
The Conservative Party of BC will take back our streets by empowering police officers to enforce the law, ending open drug use in our towns and cities.
Published party materialSafe Streets For BC ↗
B.C. should end prescribed “safer supply” of drugs.
BC Greens · Emily Lowan
Strongly disagree
Provide regulated, pharmaceutical alternatives to the illicit drug supply to reduce fatalities associated with substance use.
Published party materialBC Greens Toxic Drugs Policy Brief (PDF) ↗
BC NDP · David Eby
Somewhat disagree
all patients have to be witnessed by a pharmacist while they consume their medication
Why the model reads it this way: In February 2025 the NDP government moved prescribed safer supply to witnessed consumption rather than ending it. It has made no 2026 campaign commitment either way.
Reputable reportingInferred · moderate confidenceBC Restricts Safer Supply, Promises Pharmacy Crackdown ↗
Conservative Party of BC · Lorne Doerkson (interim)
Strongly agree
End the NDP’s failed “safe supply” experiment and expand access to naloxone.
Published party materialSafe Streets For BC ↗