Centre BC BC provincial 2026
Centre BC on taxes and budget
What Centre BC has published about provincial taxes and the budget, and what it has not.
PROVINCIAL TAXES AND THE BUDGET
Centre BC on taxes and budget
The party’s vision page says it would balance the budget over the long term through better investments and spending, while protecting health care, education and social supports.
After the 2026 budget, the party called it “a blueprint for bankruptcy” and pointed to its $13.3 billion deficit. In November 2025 it called for “a credible path to fiscal balance”.
In July 2026, Karin Kirkpatrick wrote that any yearly payment BC receives from a new oil pipeline should go by law into a separate BC Energy Future Fund.
2 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS
What they say they will do
Balance the budget over the long term
The party says it would balance the budget over the long term while protecting health care, education and social supports. It gives no year.
- Who has the power
- The provincial budget, passed by the legislature.
A BC Energy Future Fund in law
Payments the Province receives from a pipeline would go by law into a separate BC Energy Future Fund for the energy transition.
- Who has the power
- A provincial law passed by the legislature.
What is not published
- These positions were published before Elenore Sturko became leader on 2026-09-22. voche.me has not found a statement from her that adopts or drops them.
- The party has published no 2026 election platform. Its policy page says the full platform is still being written.
- The party gives no year for a balanced budget and no costed plan.
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.
- Registered political parties in British Columbia Elections BC · checked
- Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election Elections BC · checked
- Current party standings, 43rd Parliament Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · checked
- Statement of votes, 2024 provincial general election Elections BC · checked
- Annual allowances paid to political parties Elections BC · checked
- Financial Reports and Political Contributions System Elections BC · checked
- CentreBC home page SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- Get to know Elenore Sturko SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- Our Vision for B.C. SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- Our Values SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- Our Policy Philosophy and Process SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- Resources: constitution, bylaws and party rules SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- CentreBC news SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · checked
- Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick officially launches CentreBC SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC sets five hard conditions for any Northern Pipeline SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC unveils 3-step plan on transnational extortion in Surrey SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC on the NDP Look West plan SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC demands provincial action on closure of Crofton mill SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion: Ending intimate partner violence requires more than announcements SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Budget 2026: Managing Decline is Not Leadership SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Budget 2026: A Blueprint for Bankruptcy SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion: The Hard Work of Certainty SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC prepares for first AGM, leadership change, and next phase of growth SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion: Healthcare crisis was never a surprise SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion: B.C. schools and artificial intelligence SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC completes first AGM SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion: Ottawa and B.C. moved toward CentreBC pipeline conditions SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Former cabinet minister Mike Bernier to lead CentreBC SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion: BC deserves better than chaos or extremism SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Statement: British Columbians deserve answers as wildfires rage SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Opinion on HIV care funding at Spectrum Health SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Statement: Reconciliation, Certainty, and Prosperity SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC names Lakhwinder Jhaj as candidate for Abbotsford-Mission by-election SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- News release: Milobar flips again SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko welcomes Andrew Weaver as candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head SAYS SO ITSELFCentreBC · published · checked
- Ex-BC United MLA who ran as independent registers new Centre BC provincial party Global News · published · checked
- Former B.C. MLA launches new pragmatic, centrist party Global News · published · checked
- Candidates finalized for Abbotsford-Mission byelection Abbotsford News · published · checked
- Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader Vista Radio (AM 1150) · published · checked
- Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar CBC News · published · checked
- Peter Milobar new leader of CentreBC CJDC-TV · published · checked
- CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call Vista Radio (AM 1150) · published · checked
- Kamloops Centre MLA Milobar rejoins BC Conservatives CFJC Today · published · checked
- Andrew Weaver is back as a CentreBC candidate The Tyee · published · checked
- Elenore Sturko’s political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC Times Colonist (The Canadian Press) · published · checked
- Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South Peace Arch News · published · checked
- First weekend of provincial campaigns wraps in B.C. CBC News · published · checked