BC Green Party on cost of living
What BC Green Party has published about cost of living and affordability, and what it has not.
COST OF LIVING AND AFFORDABILITY
BC Green Party on cost of living
Under the heading "A Life You Can Afford", the BC Green Party lists commitments on child care, income assistance and wages.
On 2026-09-28 the party published a child care plan. It says it would lift the freeze on new $10-a-day child care spaces that it says came in with Budget 2026, and reach free child care for every family by 2031.
The party’s Our Plan page, read on 2026-09-30, says its full platform is still to come.
5 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS
What they say they will do
Lift the freeze on $10-a-day child care
The party would make $10-a-day spaces available again across the province and use that system to reach universal free child care.
- Deadline
- Universal free child care by 2031, the party says.
- Who has the power
- A provincial budget and ministry program decision.
BC Green PartyBC Green PartyBlack Press Media (Sooke News Mirror)Victoria Buzz
One registration point for child care
Families would register once for $10-a-day spaces across BC, in place of separate waitlists at each centre.
A wage grid for early childhood educators
The party would set a wage grid for early childhood educators, reaching $35 to $45 an hour based on training and years worked, with paid practicums, pensions and health benefits.
- Deadline
- $35 to $45 an hour by 2028, the party says.
Raise income and disability assistance above the poverty line
The party would raise social and disability assistance rates above the poverty line, tie them to inflation and end clawbacks.
- Who has the power
- The province sets income and disability assistance rates.
Faster minimum wage increases and sectoral bargaining
The party would raise the minimum wage faster toward a living wage and give every worker the chance to join a union through bargaining across a whole sector.
- Who has the power
- The province sets the minimum wage and labour law.
What is not published
- The party gives no cost for its child care plan or its assistance rate increase.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about this
What would the Greens do about $10-a-day child care?
The party says it would lift the freeze on new $10-a-day spaces and reach free child care for every family by 2031.
Sources
A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true.
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- BC Greens announce plan to support renters, unveil two new candidates for South Island SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC Greens announce plan to lift the freeze on $10-a-day daycare, with universal free child care by 2031 SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
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