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The BC NDP says it will invest up to $90 million to create involuntary care beds at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver, adding to existing centres in Surrey and Maple Ridge.
The BC Green Party published a mental health platform on 17 October 2026 that would add a mental health response option to 911, cover six annual visits to a psychologist under the provincial health plan, and update BC's Mental Health Act.
David Eby promised on October 14 to fund a unit at B.C. Women's Hospital where new parents in a mental health crisis could be treated alongside their babies.