Conservative Party of BC
Conservative Party of BC, led by Lorne Doerkson (interim), is running candidates in the 2026 B.C. election. Its published plan and announcements cover taxes & spending, among other issues. Among its sourced positions, the party disagrees that B.C. should raise income taxes on its highest earners to help pay for health care and other public services; agrees that B.C. should cut provincial income taxes for most workers, even if it means less revenue for public services.
Verified positions
Positions supported by the party’s own published material, its record in government, or attributable reporting. These enter the questionnaire comparison without an inference label.
his new government will never raise taxes on British Columbians
his government will cut provincial income taxes by $1,000 a year for nearly every working British Columbian
Qualification: The party also pledges no cuts to health care; it has not said how the tax cut would be paid for.
his new government will never raise taxes on British Columbians
Conservative Party of BC releases its ambitious plan to turn BC Into the energy superpower the world needs after a lost NDP decade, doubling LNG production by 2032, tripling by 2035
End emissions limits that are currently stopping further investment in BC beyond LNG Canada and driving projects to hostile countries and countries with worse environmental and social records.
Pass a 120 Day Permitting Act for major projects;
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.
Qualification: The party also commits to keeping health care universal and publicly funded.
Introduce compassionate intervention so that people whose severe addiction, mental illness or brain injury are taken off the street and into care.
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.
End the NDP’s failed “safe supply” experiment and expand access to naloxone.
But I do believe that SOGI has to be repealed.
Qualification: Statement by leader Lorne Doerkson, published on the party’s plan page.
So the reality is it (DRIPA) has to be repealed…
Qualification: Statement by leader Lorne Doerkson on September 28, 2026, published on the party’s plan page.
We will provide more choice for consumers, meaningful rights to full compensation for people seriously injured by reckless drivers, and protect timely and adequate treatment and rehabilitation.
AI-inferred positions
These are transparent estimates drawn from related public material, not statements the party made in answer to these exact questions. Each estimate is flagged with its source, confidence, and model reasoning, and is used only where no verified position is available.
Get the North Coast transmission line built on a fixed deadline, hold regular calls for new power so LNG never competes with homes and businesses for electricity, and give plants carbon-price certainty that rewards the cleanest operators without charging BC exporters costs their competitors don’t pay.
Why the model reads it this way: The Conservatives have no data-centre policy. Their energy plan focuses on adding power supply and attracting investment rather than rationing electricity, which suggests they would not favour strict caps.
A BC Conservative government led by Lorne Doerkson will bring down the cost of building and buying a home so more homes get built and families can afford to live in them.
Why the model reads it this way: The Conservatives’ only housing commitment is to lower the cost of building and buying homes, and they pledge no new taxes. Funding much more non-market housing through higher taxes conflicts with both.
his new government will never raise taxes on British Columbians
Why the model reads it this way: The Conservatives have made no child-care commitment. A no-new-taxes pledge and a stated aim of reducing the deficit make expansion that adds to the deficit unlikely.
his new government will never raise taxes on British Columbians
Why the model reads it this way: The Conservatives pledge no new taxes and have made no transit-funding commitment, so new driver levies or road pricing are estimated as strongly opposed.