CentreBC\u2019s Sturko promises
\nmanufacturing boost<\/p>\n
Published 3:46 pm Friday, October 9, 2026<\/p>\n
A CentreBC government would double the funds available to manufacturing companies in the province.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the message from CentreBC leader \u2013 and Surrey South candidate \u2013 Elenore Sturko, who made the announcement during a campaign stop in Bridgeview in North Surrey on Friday morning (Oct. 9).<\/p>\n
She said that, if CentreBC forms a government following the Oct. 24 provincial election, it plans to double B.C.\u2019s Manufacturing Jobs Fund to $60 million, providing new funding streams for companies that build prefabricated homes, make mass timber and finished wood products, process and store B.C. food in the province, and upgrade their plants to keep pace with demand for B.C. products.<\/p>\n
Sturko told Peace Arch News that the increase in investment in the manufacturing sector is part of the broader platform for the party \u2013 to be released on Saturday (Oct. 10), with the opening of a new campaign headquarters in South Surrey.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of a suite of funding that will help diversify the economy by investing in value-added projects,\u201d the former Surrey South and Surrey-Cloverdale MLA said.<\/p>\n
As an example she offered the B.C. wood industry, in which she would like to see lumber being used in making finished products, rather than \u201cshipping logs out of the province,\u201d with an emphasis on prefabrication to meet housing needs.<\/p>\n
Similarly, she said, CentreBC would like to focus on food security and sustainability of agriculture, by keeping food manufacturing, and storage in province for products that would be sold both internally and also to other parts of Canada, and ultimately across the globe.<\/p>\n
Sturko said the party has also committed to increasing funding for job training to $60 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith all of the new developments (in manufacturing) we need trained, skilled professionals to make sure that we get the products we need and also that B.C. residents are first in line for the jobs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She noted that the CentreBC\u2019s platform is based on costed-out programs where the sources of revenue are known, rather than guessed at, and every grant project, and what it created, would have a public scorecard<\/p>\n
\u201cBritish Columbians deserve to see credible plans that are measurable and achievable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone can say anything (during an election) \u2013 but at the end of the day we have to make sure we\u2019re honest with British Columbians.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sturko\u2019s \u2013 and CentreBC\u2019s \u2013 new campaign headquarters will be located at 3566 King George Blvd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CentreBC\u2019s Sturko promises manufacturing boost Published 3:46 pm Friday, October 9, 2026 By Alex Browne\/Peace Arch News A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[903,49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-927896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}