B.C. voters will head to the polls Saturday to vote for a new provincial government.
Five top parties are competing for seats in the legislature, and they’ve all put forward platforms outlining their campaign commitments.
You can read the promises of the five parties on issues that have made headlines during the 2026 provincial election campaign.
Housing
B.C. NDP
New Democrats want to increase the speculation and vacancy tax by one percentage point and introduce a new unsold condo tax on large developer-owned finished condos that have been vacant and unsold for more than a year.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives promise to change the building code and say it is not Victoria’s place to tell local governments where to build housing.
The party wants to review costs and delays that impede building housing.
B.C. Green Party
The Greens plan to restart the Community Housing Fund and Indigenous Housing Fund, with a goal to build and protect 26,000 housing units per year.
They want to start vacancy control that ties rent increases to a unit rather than a tenant and prohibit no-pet clauses in rental contracts.
The party promises to protect 2,000 affordable rental homes yearly by increasing funding for the Rental Protection Fund.
CentreBC
CentreBC wants to set a provincial standard of approving rezonings within six months and eight weeks for building permits, with one set of rules across municipalities and if a deadline is missed, the builder gets their fees back.
The party promises to buy materials in bulk to support a goal of building 5,000 pre-fabricated and B.C.-made mass-timber homes a year by 2030.
The party wants to raise the renter’s tax credit from $400 to $600 a year.
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OneBC
OneBC wants to block rent control programs.
Health care
B.C. NDP
The NDP wants to eliminate hospital reliance on private temp agencies and phase out private agency nurses.
It promises to triple the targeted U.S. health-care recruitment campaign and add 1,000 training seats for nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health workers and care aides.
The party plans to fund a perinatal mental health unit at B.C. Women’s Hospital.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives have committed to completing the new Surrey hospital and building a new women’s and children’s hospital in Surrey.
They want to expand long-term care and help seniors age at home and increase access to rural medical transport capabilities. The party has promised to keep the system universal and publicly funded.
Lorne Doerkson and the B.C. Conservative Party have promised to keep the system universal and publicly funded. (Nav Rahi/CBC)
B.C. Green Party
The B.C. Green Party is pledging funding to establish community health centres in every riding in the province.
It wants to increase funding for nurses in the public system and end reliance on private agency nurses.
CentreBC
CentreBC has promised to provide a family doctor or nurse practitioner to anyone who wants one by the end of 2031.
The party pledges to add 600 more nurse practitioner positions by 2030 and 100 more medical residency spots by the same year.
It has committed to designing a children’s hospital for Surrey and Langley with construction planned for 2031.
OneBC
OneBC supports private health care alongside public health care and moving spending from administration and human resources to front-line employees and resources.
It wants to repeal the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA), which regulates health professions in B.C.
Public safety
B.C. NDP
The NDP say they’ve hired more than 250 RCMP officers, added 240 new police training seats and built two involuntary care facilities with two more facilities promised.
The party says it has created programs that are now monitoring almost 450 repeat violent offenders.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives promise to add police capacity, including 250 police recruits, 500 RCMP, 30 sheriffs and 150 civilian staff over five years.
It wants to hire 50 Crown prosecutors and pursue 20 more trial judges for high-need communities.
The B.C. Green Party wants to adopt recommendations from a special committee on reforming the Police Act. Leader Emily Lowan is pictured in October. (Nav Rahi/CBC)
B.C. Green Party
The Greens say they will disband the RCMP’s Critical Response Unit, create a specialized task force to investigate cold cases of violence against Indigenous women, children and 2Spirit peoples and invest in health services for men who use violence against others.
The party also wants to adopt recommendations from a special committee on reforming the Police Act to begin policing reforms.
CentreBC
CentreBC says it would hire 100 more provincial RCMP officers per year for five years. It would review how bail is working in B.C.
The party wants to add 60 more Crown prosecutors with support staff by 2030-31.
OneBC
OneBC says it will instruct prosecutors to consider past charges or convictions of offenders as an indicator of future danger to the public. It would disincentivize dropping charges against those who abuse the criminal justice system.
It will also work with the federal government to counter organized drug and firearm smuggling.
B.C.’s parties are laying out their visions for education ahead of the Oct. 24 election. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Education
B.C. NDP
The NDP says it has supported 250 new or upgraded schools, increased the number of teachers by 22 per cent since 2017, and increased the number of education assistants by 46 per cent and school counsellors by 74 per cent.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives pledge to restore letter grades for grades 4 to 9. They want to repeal SOGI 123, a teaching resource on sexual orientation and gender identity, and include parental notification and opt-out rights.
B.C. Green Party
The Green Party promises to reallocate private school funding to the public school system in a phased approach, enact a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classrooms and create a universal school food program.
It supports expanding the SOGI 123 initiative.
CentreBC
CentreBC has a goal of getting 25,000 new school seats by 2031.
By 2030, the party wants to have one counsellor for every 400 students and add 1,500 more education assistants, as well as fund behaviour support teams in every district.
OneBC
OneBC is running on getting rid of SOGI 123 in schools and instituting a Parental Bill of Rights to guarantee informed consent and classroom transparency for parents of minor-age students.
Reconciliation
B.C. NDP
The NDP says it will expand guardian programs with First Nations. Its platform does not include promises about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), which establishes a framework for reconciliation in B.C.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives would repeal DRIPA.
The party says it would uphold “the validity of the Land Title Act on all fee-simple properties in B.C.”
It says it will ensure First Nations benefit from any federal funding for the forestry industry.
B.C. Green Party
The Greens say they will “remove uncertainty and opacity that currently exists by implementing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act through legislation.”
It supports the modern treaties process and would enact an Indigenous Languages Act to guarantee language rights and provide communities with funding for language preservation.
CentreBC, led by Elenore Sturko, says it will repeal DRIPA and part of the Interpretation Act and replace them with a new law built on negotiated treaties. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
CentreBC
CentreBC says it will repeal DRIPA and part of the Interpretation Act. It says it will replace them with a new law built on negotiated treaties.
It says it would publish draft agreements on treaties at least 60 days before signing.
The party says it will create a $20-million-per-year fund for First Nations that are preparing or running their own child and family services under federal law.
OneBC
OneBC says it will repeal DRIPA and halt all voluntary transfers of cash, land and control over public resources to “band governments.”
It wants to advocate to repeal the federal Indian Act and have the names of public institutions and places be primarily in English.
The party says it will end the practice of “mandatory land acknowledgements within the government and government-funded institutions.”
Child care
B.C. NDP
The NDP says more than 64,000 new child-care spaces have been created since 2018. The party is pledging to add 7,200 before- and after-school spaces on school grounds.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives support 24-hour child-care spaces for shift workers and first responders and want to increase the B.C. Family Benefit and the Affordable Child Care Benefit.
The party wants to fund independent child-care providers and include them in $10-a-day spaces and promises to prioritize $10-a-day spaces for families with the highest need.
The B.C. NDP, led by David Eby, says it will add 7,200 before- and after-school spaces on school grounds. (Nav Rahi/CBC)
B.C. Green Party
The Greens are committing to make $10-a-day child care available to all families in B.C. and use it as a foundation for universal child-care coverage by 2031. The party wants to create one point of registration for $10-a-day spaces.
CentreBC
CentreBC says it would create 20,000 new $10-a-day spaces by 2030, beginning in communities with the longest waitlists.
OneBC
OneBC’s platform does not include promises around child care.
Environment and climate
B.C. NDP
The NDP promise to invest $4 million annually to double the Youth Climate Corps and connect them with paid positions.
It wants to provide $50 million per year in rebates and incentives to install more heat pumps and invest $16 million per year to triple public electric-vehicle charging ports over the next decade.
The party says it wants to work to “virtually eliminate methane emissions by 2035.”
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives want to budget for wildfire and move money toward prevention, including active forest management, prescribed and cultural burning, more fuel breaks around communities and predictable FireSmart funding for municipalities.
It wants to repeal CleanBC, a government plan to lower climate-changing emissions by 40 per cent by 2030.
B.C. Green Party
The Greens want to require major policies and infrastructure investments to be assessed against the province’s climate targets. It would maintain long-term climate targets and establish interim targets.
It would end approvals for new fracking expansion, LNG terminals and expansions and new fossil-fuel pipelines in B.C.
The party wants to reform the province’s oil and gas royalty framework and expand support for heat pumps, insulation and energy-efficiency upgrades.
CentreBC
CentreBC says it will create an independent Climate Accountability Office. The party says it will set a 2030 target of 20 per cent below 2007 emissions and maintain targets for 2040 and 2050.
It promises to cut oil and gas methane 75 per cent below 2014 levels by 2030 and ensure at least $100 million per year from industrial carbon pricing goes to the CleanBC Industry Fund.
OneBC
OneBC’s platform does not include promises around the environment. It wants to eliminate the province’s energy step code, which sets out performance requirements for energy efficiency in new buildings.
B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan, from left to right, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby, and B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson pose for a photo before the B.C. election provincial leaders’ debate on Oct. 14, 2026. Top parties have made a range of promises to improve access to mental health supports and offer a variety of treatment options. (Ethan Cairns/CBC)
Mental health and addictions
B.C. NDP
The NDP says there are more than 2,000 mental health beds for involuntary care when people are in severe crisis and it is building new involuntary care beds across the province.
B.C. Conservatives
The B.C. Conservatives pledge to end the safe supply approach and focus on prevention, treatment and recovery.
They want to expand detox, clinical treatment and recovery housing across B.C. and enforce mandatory treatment for people incapable of caring for themselves or at immediate risk of serious harm.
B.C. Green Party
The Greens are promising to provide pharmaceutical alternatives to the illicit drug supply, enhance access to supervised consumption sites and increase access to transitional housing projects. They support decriminalizing possession of drugs for personal use and building out mobile and 24-hour overdose prevention sites.
CentreBC
CentreBC says it will hire 100 more provincial RCMP officers per year for five years and will oppose drug-buying clubs, also known as compassion clubs.
The party has promised to build 1,000 new supportive homes with on-site health care by 2031 and it wants to fund 1,500 rent supplements for scattered-site homes and 400 complex-care spaces.
OneBC
OneBC wants to eliminate safe supply programs, cancel new drug consumption sites and turn current sites into drug recovery centres.
It also pledges to institute “involuntary drug rehab.”
Transportation
B.C. NDP
The NDP has promised to extend the freeze on ICBC basic auto insurance rates for three years. It says it will suspend 10 cents per litre of the provincial motor fuel tax on gas and diesel.
The party pledges to set up free transit for low-income seniors and launch a locals-first ferry reservation pilot.
The B.C. Conservatives say they will replace the George Massey Tunnel with a new 10-lane bridge, if elected. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives want to build a new 10-lane George Massey Bridge and abandon the tunnel replacement project. They also want to increase rail capacity through the Fraser Canyon and advance key rail grade separations in communities, including Maple Ridge and Coquitlam.
The party says it would keep ICBC as a public option and no-fault insurance would continue, but some lawsuits would be allowed with capped legal fees.
B.C. Green Party
The Greens pledge to double the number of buses on the roads in its first term and phase in free transit beginning with youth under 25 and seniors over 65. They promise to bring the SkyTrain to UBC. The party also wants to work with the federal government to increase funding for B.C. Ferries.
The Greens support the no-fault model for car crashes and want to amend legislation to set out that reasonable costs related to an accident should be covered.
CentreBC
CentreBC promises ICBC would stay public with basic insurance rates frozen until spring of next year. After that, it will hold increases at or below inflation through 2030.
Its priority transportation projects include the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain, Fraser River Tunnel, widening Highway 1 to Chilliwack and North Coast road connections.
It promises to fund a 15 per cent increase in transit service by 2030 and create a commuter credit with 15 per cent back on monthly and annual transit passes and multi-trip B.C. Ferries fares.
OneBC
OneBC wants to end no-fault insurance and “phase out the ICBC insurance monopoly.”
Taxes
B.C. NDP
The NDP plans to increase income tax rates on the top two brackets by two percentage points for income earned above $190,405 per year, and create a new tax bracket at 24.5 per cent for individuals who earn more than $1 million annually.
The party also wants to introduce a $5,000 refundable tax credit to small businesses that hire a person aged 18 to 30 for their first full-time, 12-month job.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives promise to provide an income tax cut of $1,000 by raising the provincial basic personal amount to $32,000.
It pledges to introduce a PST exemption on productive capital, including taxable machinery, equipment and business software for three years, and no PST on major-project construction until the project begins operating.
It also wants to implement a first job tax credit for businesses on the first $5,000 of payroll for a young British Columbian’s first job.
OneBC wants to introduce 25 per cent tax cuts for all tax brackets. OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie is pictured. (Mike Zimmer/CBC)
B.C. Green Party
The Greens want to introduce a progressive tax on wealth above $50 million. They say they would close wealth-tax loopholes through stronger valuation rules, reporting and enforcement, and establish a minimum effective tax for large corporations.
CentreBC
CentreBC says it would lower the rate on the first income bracket from 5.6 per cent to 5.06 per cent. It would index tax brackets to inflation.
OneBC
OneBC wants to introduce 25 per cent tax cuts for all tax brackets, including corporate, and also take two per cent off the provincial sales tax.
Where to follow election night results:
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Online: Up-to-the-minute live updates at cbc.ca/bc. CBC’s election special will also stream live on CBC Gem, YouTube and TikTok.
TV: Live on CBC Television (check your TV service provider for channel).
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