Where the parties stand on health care
Each party in the compass, on each health care 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.
Public health funding should be able to pay private and non-profit providers, not just public ones, to shorten waits for care.
BC Greens · Emily Lowan
Strongly disagree
Increase funding for nurses in the public system to support safe nurse-to-patient ratios and phase out reliance on private agency nurses and for-profit staffing agencies.
Published party materialBC Greens Healthcare Policy Brief (PDF) ↗
BC NDP · David Eby
Somewhat disagree
Fair wages for care workers: Bringing 5,000 care-home workers back into the public health employer system to ensure stable staffing, better continuity of care, and fair pay.
Published party materialDavid Eby’s plan will strengthen health care for seniors ↗
Conservative Party of BC · Lorne Doerkson (interim)
Somewhat agree
Seniors waiting for a bed will also receive portable public funding, giving them and their families a real choice among qualified providers, including non-government options with strong performance safeguards.
Condition: The party also commits to keeping health care universal and publicly funded.
Published party materialConservatives Will Build the Long-Term-Care Beds the NDP Shelved ↗