[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":5984},["ShallowReactive",2],{"district-cariboo-chilcotin":3,"district-facts-cariboo-chilcotin":1194,"district-profile-cariboo-chilcotin":2118,"parties-all":2383},[4,116,233],{"slug":5,"name":6,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":10,"palette":11,"party":12,"portrait":11,"headline":14,"dossier":15,"sample":77,"acclamation":11},"douglas-gook","Douglas Gook","MLA","cariboo-chilcotin","","fern",null,{"name":13},"BC Green Party","BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Cariboo-Chilcotin. No statement from him was found.",{"checkedAt":16,"through":17,"introduction":18,"recordIntro":19,"researchGaps":20,"sources":21,"scheduleSummary":45,"scheduleSourceIds":46,"events":47,"promises":65,"programs":112,"talks":113,"accountability":114,"coverage":115},"2026-10-03","2026-10-24","A researched record of Douglas Gook's BC Green Party candidacy in Cariboo-Chilcotin. voche.me found no statement from him and no past public role on record, so the commitments listed are the party's.","No public role is on record in this profile, so there is no voting record or minutes to review.","No campaign website, social media account, biography or 2026 news report naming Douglas Gook as the BC Green candidate in Cariboo-Chilcotin was found on 2026-10-03. The BC Greens' candidates page lists 33 candidates and none for this district, and a direct request for a page under his name returned HTTP 404. The name search was limited because the search tool had reached its usage limit. It was run through public search pages. Google returned no results page, DuckDuckGo showed a challenge page, and Bing returned results under the same name that describe earlier election candidacies. No page opened in this review states that the same person is the 2026 candidate, so those results were not opened, used or saved, and a person must confirm the identity before anything from them is added. His work history, community roles, positions on issues, endorsements and campaign finances were not found. No all-candidates meeting in the district was found. A Facebook page for a regional Green group answered a direct request, but social media was not searched, so nothing from it was used.",[22,28,32,37,41],{"id":23,"label":24,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":27,"checkedAt":16},"elections-bc-list","Provincial candidate list","Elections BC","Official record","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.elections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FGE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF",{"id":29,"label":30,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":31,"checkedAt":16},"ebc-election","2026 provincial election: key dates","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002F2026-provincial-election\u002F",{"id":33,"label":34,"publisher":13,"kind":35,"url":36,"checkedAt":16},"party-candidates","Candidates 2026","Campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fcandidates-2026\u002F",{"id":38,"label":39,"publisher":13,"kind":35,"url":40,"checkedAt":16},"party-home","Home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcgreens.ca\u002F",{"id":42,"label":43,"publisher":13,"kind":35,"url":44,"checkedAt":16},"party-plan","Our Plan for British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Four-plan\u002F","No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[29],[48,59],{"id":49,"date":50,"title":51,"kind":52,"time":53,"venue":54,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":56,"detail":57,"sourceIds":58},"advance-voting","2026-10-16","Advance voting opens","Voting","October 16 to 21","Voting places listed by Elections BC","not-applicable","Voting days are for voters. They say nothing about where the candidate will be.","Elections BC lists advance voting from October 16 to October 21, 2026.",[29],{"id":60,"date":17,"title":61,"kind":52,"time":62,"venue":54,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":56,"detail":63,"sourceIds":64},"final-voting-day","Final Voting Day","All day","Elections BC lists October 24, 2026 as Final Voting Day.",[29],[66,79,84,91,98,105],{"id":67,"title":68,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":72,"evidence":73,"nextCheck":74,"sourceIds":75,"issue":76,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"party-affordable-homes","Build and protect 26,000 non-market homes a year (party platform)","2026","Housing","Campaign pledge","The BC Greens' plan page says: \"Build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year, and make it easier and quicker to build all forms of housing.\"","This is the party's platform. The page does not name Douglas Gook, and voche.me found no statement in which he repeats it.","Does he support this, and by what date?",[42],"housing",false,"first reader",{"id":80,"title":81,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":82,"evidence":73,"nextCheck":74,"sourceIds":83,"issue":76,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"party-vacancy-control","Pass vacancy control (party platform)","The BC Greens' plan page says: \"Pass vacancy control to ensure landlords can't raise the rent every time a tenant moves out.\"",[42],{"id":85,"title":86,"cycle":69,"topic":87,"status":71,"pledge":88,"evidence":73,"nextCheck":74,"sourceIds":89,"issue":90,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"party-health-centres","Build Community Health Centres in every region (party platform)","Public services","The BC Greens' plan page says: \"Build Community Health Centres in every region, with team-based care and long-term support.\"",[42],"health-care",{"id":92,"title":93,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":95,"evidence":73,"nextCheck":74,"sourceIds":96,"issue":97,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"party-windfall-tax","Windfall tax on mega-corporations and a Fair Share Act (party platform)","Economy","The BC Greens' plan page says: a windfall tax on mega-corporations, and a Fair Share Act that the plan says would raise more than $13 billion in revenue.",[42],"taxes-budget",{"id":99,"title":100,"cycle":69,"topic":101,"status":71,"pledge":102,"evidence":73,"nextCheck":74,"sourceIds":103,"issue":104,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"party-stop-fossil","Stop new fossil fuel development (party platform)","Climate","The BC Greens' plan page says: \"Stop new fossil fuel development.\"",[42],"climate-environment",{"id":106,"title":107,"cycle":69,"topic":108,"status":71,"pledge":109,"evidence":73,"nextCheck":74,"sourceIds":110,"issue":111,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"party-proportional","Proportional representation legislation in the first 100 days (party platform)","Governance","The BC Greens' plan page says: \"Deliver proportional representation legislation within the first 100 days.\"",[42],"governance",[],[],[],[],{"slug":117,"name":118,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":119,"palette":11,"party":120,"portrait":123,"headline":132,"dossier":133,"sample":77,"acclamation":11},"kathryn-askew","Kathryn Askew","sand",{"name":121,"url":122},"BC NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002F",{"src":124,"smallSrc":125,"width":126,"height":127,"alt":128,"credit":129,"sourceUrl":130,"position":131},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fkathryn-askew-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fkathryn-askew-320.webp",640,800,"Kathryn Askew, from her BC NDP campaign page.","BC NDP campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fkathrynaskew.bcndp.ca\u002F","50% 30%","BC NDP candidate for MLA in Cariboo-Chilcotin, a retired teacher from Canim Lake.",{"checkedAt":16,"through":17,"introduction":134,"recordIntro":135,"researchGaps":136,"sources":137,"scheduleSummary":45,"scheduleSourceIds":175,"events":176,"promises":181,"programs":225,"talks":226,"accountability":227,"coverage":228},"A researched record of Kathryn Askew's candidacy for the BC NDP in Cariboo-Chilcotin. Her own statements found on 2026-10-03 are two sentences the Williams Lake Tribune quotes from a party release. The other commitments are the party's platform, and none names Askew.","voche.me found no elected office in her record, so it found no voting record to review. Her union and community roles come from her campaign page and are listed as the campaign's account.","The sources for her career are her campaign page and a party release repeated by the Williams Lake Tribune. voche.me found no teachers' union, school district, award body, fire department, Legion or community club page that confirms the 32 years of teaching, the local president and bargaining chair roles, the national award or the volunteer work. The campaign page does not name the local union, the award or the years, so none of them could be looked up. A 1999 BCTF Teacher magazine page names a Kathryn Askew who lost a race for second vice-president at the federation's annual meeting. The page gives no district or school, so voche.me did not tie it to this candidate. A person who can confirm it with the BCTF may add it. No campaign website other than the party-hosted page and no social media account of her own was found: the social links on her page go to the party's accounts. The party's October 1, 2026 release that named her was not found on the BC NDP releases page on 2026-10-03, and the BC NDP team page loads its candidate list by script and held no readable names. No interview, forum answer, endorsement or campaign finance record was found. The 2026 platform items are the party's. Nominations close at 1 p.m. PT on October 3, 2026, so the list of candidates may change. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[138,139,141,145,148,152,156,160,164,171],{"id":23,"label":24,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":27,"publishedAt":16,"checkedAt":16},{"id":140,"label":30,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":31,"checkedAt":16},"ebc-key-dates",{"id":142,"label":143,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":144,"checkedAt":16},"sov-2024","Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf",{"id":146,"label":147,"publisher":121,"kind":35,"url":130,"checkedAt":16},"askew-site","Kathryn Askew and David Eby's BC NDP team: campaign page",{"id":149,"label":150,"publisher":121,"kind":35,"url":151,"checkedAt":16},"ndp-riding","Cariboo-Chilcotin BC NDP page","https:\u002F\u002Fcariboochilcotin.bcndp.ca\u002F",{"id":153,"label":154,"publisher":121,"kind":35,"url":155,"checkedAt":16},"ndp-team","Our BC NDP team","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Fteam",{"id":157,"label":158,"publisher":121,"kind":35,"url":159,"checkedAt":16},"ndp-releases","Releases page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases",{"id":161,"label":162,"publisher":121,"kind":35,"url":163,"checkedAt":16},"ndp-platform","Platform page, Action for You","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Faction-for-you",{"id":165,"label":166,"publisher":167,"kind":168,"url":169,"publishedAt":170,"checkedAt":16},"wlt-named","Retired school teacher named BC NDP candidate for Cariboo-Chilcotin","Williams Lake Tribune","Reporting","https:\u002F\u002Fwltribune.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F01\u002Fretired-school-teacher-named-bc-ndp-candidate-for-cariboo-chilcoin\u002F","2026-10-01",{"id":172,"label":166,"publisher":173,"kind":168,"url":174,"publishedAt":170,"checkedAt":16},"freepress-named","100 Mile Free Press","https:\u002F\u002F100milefreepress.net\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F01\u002Fretired-school-teacher-named-bc-ndp-candidate-for-cariboo-chilcoin\u002F",[140],[177,179],{"id":49,"date":50,"title":51,"kind":52,"time":53,"venue":54,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":56,"detail":57,"sourceIds":178},[140],{"id":60,"date":17,"title":61,"kind":52,"time":62,"venue":54,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":56,"detail":63,"sourceIds":180},[140],[182,193,202,209,214,219],{"id":183,"title":184,"cycle":69,"topic":185,"status":71,"pledge":186,"evidence":187,"nextCheck":188,"sourceIds":189,"issue":190,"own":191,"quote":192,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-own-schools","Schools and public services","Education","Said, in words the Williams Lake Tribune quotes from a party release, that she saw the damage caused by cuts to schools and public services under the previous government and that there is more work to do.","Her words, as quoted by the Williams Lake Tribune on October 1, 2026. voche.me did not find the release on the party site. The statement names no measure, number, cost or date, and does not say which government she means.","Which change to schools or public services would she bring forward, with a cost and a date?",[165,172],"education",true,"I saw the damage caused by cuts to schools and public services under the previous government, and I know there is more work to do,",{"id":194,"title":195,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":196,"evidence":197,"nextCheck":198,"sourceIds":199,"issue":200,"own":191,"quote":201,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-own-reason","Why she is running: jobs, housing, health care and education","Said, in words the Williams Lake Tribune quotes from a party release, that she is running with the BC NDP because she believes in David Eby's leadership and in building a B.C. where people can find good jobs, afford a home and count on quality health care and education.","Her words, as quoted by the Williams Lake Tribune on October 1, 2026. This is a statement of approach. It names no measure, number, cost or date, so voche.me tags it as a general statement.","Which measure on jobs, housing or health care would she name for the district?",[165,172],"other","I’m running with the BC NDP because I believe in David Eby’s leadership and in building a B.C. where people can find good jobs, afford a home and count on quality healthcare and education.",{"id":203,"title":204,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":205,"evidence":206,"nextCheck":207,"sourceIds":208,"issue":76,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-party-housing","BC NDP housing position","The BC NDP platform page says zoning changes adopted by 97% of local governments are paving the way for 300,000 more homes across B.C. The page does not name Askew.","Party text. voche.me found no statement by Askew on this issue beyond the quotes recorded separately.","Does Askew speak on this issue in the district during the campaign?",[161],{"id":210,"title":211,"cycle":69,"topic":87,"status":71,"pledge":212,"evidence":206,"nextCheck":207,"sourceIds":213,"issue":90,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-party-health","BC NDP health care position","The BC NDP platform page says the party will keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and other health care workers. The page does not name Askew.",[161],{"id":215,"title":216,"cycle":69,"topic":185,"status":71,"pledge":217,"evidence":206,"nextCheck":207,"sourceIds":218,"issue":190,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-party-education","BC NDP education position","The BC NDP platform page says David Eby and the party are hiring teachers and building schools across B.C. to support smaller class sizes. The page does not name Askew.",[161],{"id":220,"title":221,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":222,"evidence":206,"nextCheck":207,"sourceIds":223,"issue":224,"own":77,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-party-economy","BC NDP economy position","The BC NDP platform page says the party is doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29. The page does not name Askew.",[161],"economy-jobs",[],[],[],[229],{"id":230,"date":170,"title":166,"publisher":167,"format":168,"summary":231,"sourceIds":232},"coverage-wlt-named","Reports that the BC NDP named Askew, of Canim Lake, as its candidate against Conservative Lorne Doerkson. It repeats the party release's account of her teaching career, union roles and volunteer work, and quotes two statements from her. The 100 Mile Free Press carried the same report.",[165,172],{"slug":234,"name":235,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":236,"palette":11,"party":237,"portrait":240,"headline":245,"dossier":246,"sample":77,"acclamation":11},"lorne-doerkson","Lorne Doerkson","blue",{"name":238,"url":239},"Conservative Party of BC","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002F",{"src":241,"smallSrc":242,"width":126,"height":127,"alt":243,"credit":238,"sourceUrl":244,"position":131},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Florne-doerkson-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Florne-doerkson-320.webp","Lorne Doerkson, from the Conservative Party of BC candidate page.","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fmla\u002Florne-doerkson\u002F","Interim leader of the Conservative Party of BC and MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin since 2020, running for re-election.",{"checkedAt":16,"through":17,"introduction":247,"recordIntro":248,"researchGaps":249,"sources":250,"scheduleSummary":605,"scheduleSourceIds":606,"events":607,"promises":627,"programs":821,"talks":946,"accountability":1076,"coverage":1100},"A researched record of Lorne Doerkson’s 20 commitments, 19 dated actions and 25 public statements from 2026, with 20 news items. They come from the legislature record, party releases and news reports.","Recorded votes and bills where the legislature record names him. A vote at first reading only allows a bill to be introduced for debate.","Checked again on 2026-10-03. The party’s platform page still says the platform is coming soon and lists 17 plan titles with no text, so the only detailed party plans are the LNG plan and the Wildfire Action Plan, both read through party releases. The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF has a broken text layer and was read only through releases that summarize it. His Facebook and Instagram pages show only a page title to a direct read, so nothing from them is used. The domains lornedoerkson.ca and lornedoerkson.com redirect to a parked-domain page with no campaign content, and no link ties them to him, so nothing from them is used. His role as deputy house leader comes from news reports and was not checked in an official record. His roles under BC United (critic for rural development, deputy whip) come from Yahoo News Canada only. His work history comes from his party’s page and from a Vancouver Sun profile that gives no dates; no employer was asked. The transcripts for his estimates debates and his Bill 15, Bill 14 and Bill 9 speeches were read in part only, and the 2026 votes on procedural motions, on Bill 6, Bill 12, Bill M217, Bill M241 and on the MLA orientation course motions are in the vote index but were not itemized here. Two Castanet reports of October 2 and 3 on his Kelowna and Summerland stops could not be opened (HTTP 403). Headlines on October 3 about his response to the Chilliwack North candidate and about OneBC talks were seen but the pages were not found, so no response from him on the candidate calls is recorded. A headline gives 400 million dollars for the water bombers; that page was not opened, and the half billion dollar figure comes from his own words in two reports. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Cariboo-Chilcotin and no leaders’ debate date were found. Campaign finances were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[251,253,256,261,263,267,272,276,281,286,291,296,301,306,311,316,321,326,331,336,341,346,351,356,359,363,367,372,376,381,386,391,396,400,404,408,414,419,425,431,437,441,446,451,456,461,466,470,476,481,485,489,494,499,504,509,514,518,523,528,533,537,541,545,548,553,557,561,565,570,574,578,582,586,591,596,600],{"id":23,"label":252,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":27,"checkedAt":16},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election",{"id":254,"label":255,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":31,"checkedAt":16},"elections-bc-2026","2026 provincial general election: key dates",{"id":257,"label":258,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":259,"publishedAt":260,"checkedAt":16},"register","Registered political parties, information as of October 3, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FRegistered-Political-Parties-Information.pdf","2026-09-30",{"id":142,"label":262,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":144,"checkedAt":260},"Statement of votes, 2024 provincial general election",{"id":264,"label":265,"publisher":25,"kind":26,"url":266,"checkedAt":260},"sov-2020","Statement of votes, 2020 provincial general election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2020-provincial-general-election.pdf",{"id":268,"label":269,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":271,"checkedAt":16},"hansard-index-2026","Members index to debates, 2026, entry for Lorne Doerkson","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-members-indexmhds.htm",{"id":273,"label":274,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":275,"checkedAt":16},"votes-index-2026","Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Lorne Doerkson","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votesd.htm",{"id":277,"label":278,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":279,"publishedAt":280,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-118","Debates of February 18, 2026 (afternoon): question period on forestry","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260218pm-Hansard-n118.html","2026-02-18",{"id":282,"label":283,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":284,"publishedAt":285,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-128","Debates of March 2, 2026 (morning): statement on seniors care and Bill M231","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260302am-Hansard-n128.html","2026-03-02",{"id":287,"label":288,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":289,"publishedAt":290,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-133","Debates of March 5, 2026 (morning): question period on mill job losses","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260305am-Hansard-n133.html","2026-03-05",{"id":292,"label":293,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":294,"publishedAt":295,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-135","Debates of March 9, 2026 (morning): motion on clean water","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260309am-Hansard-n135.html","2026-03-09",{"id":297,"label":298,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":299,"publishedAt":300,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-137","Debates of March 10, 2026 (morning): question period on land title and private property","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260310am-Hansard-n137.html","2026-03-10",{"id":302,"label":303,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":304,"publishedAt":305,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-150","Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): question period on highways; Bill 15 debate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260413pm-Hansard-n150.html","2026-04-13",{"id":307,"label":308,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":309,"publishedAt":310,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-151","Debates of April 14, 2026 (morning): question period on the 100 Mile House emergency department; petitions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260414am-Hansard-n151.html","2026-04-14",{"id":312,"label":313,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":314,"publishedAt":315,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-155","Debates of April 16, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 14 debate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260416pm-Hansard-n155.html","2026-04-16",{"id":317,"label":318,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":319,"publishedAt":320,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-158","Debates of April 21, 2026 (morning): question period on DRIPA advice contract","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260421am-Hansard-n158.html","2026-04-21",{"id":322,"label":323,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":324,"publishedAt":325,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-164","Debates of April 27, 2026 (afternoon): question period on food bank use","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260427pm-Hansard-n164.html","2026-04-27",{"id":327,"label":328,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":329,"publishedAt":330,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-165","Debates of April 28, 2026 (morning): question period on DRIPA consultation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260428am-Hansard-n165.html","2026-04-28",{"id":332,"label":333,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":334,"publishedAt":335,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-167","Debates of April 29, 2026 (afternoon): question period on FIFA World Cup costs","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260429pm-Hansard-n167.html","2026-04-29",{"id":337,"label":338,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":339,"publishedAt":340,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-172","Debates of May 5, 2026 (morning): petition; Bill 9 debate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260505am-Hansard-n172.html","2026-05-05",{"id":342,"label":343,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":344,"publishedAt":345,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-182","Debates of May 25, 2026 (morning): statement on Cariboo-Chilcotin events","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260525am-Hansard-n182.html","2026-05-25",{"id":347,"label":348,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":349,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-184","Debates of May 26, 2026 (morning): first reading of Bill M247","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260526am-Hansard-n184.html","2026-05-26",{"id":352,"label":353,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":354,"publishedAt":355,"checkedAt":260},"hansard-187","Debates of May 28, 2026 (morning): question period on crime in Williams 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plan","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fstatement-from-interim-leader-lorne-doerkson-on-the-ndps-housing-tax-plan\u002F","2026-09-25",{"id":373,"label":374,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":375,"publishedAt":371,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-trump","Standing up to Trump takes action, not press releases","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fstanding-up-to-trump-takes-action-not-press-releases\u002F",{"id":377,"label":378,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":379,"publishedAt":380,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-mlas-approved","Every Conservative Party of BC MLA approved to run as a candidate","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fevery-conservative-party-of-bc-mla-approved-to-run-as-a-candidate\u002F","2026-09-23",{"id":382,"label":383,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":384,"publishedAt":385,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-no-new-taxes","Conservative Party of BC pledges no new taxes on British Columbians","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fconservative-party-of-bc-pledges-no-new-taxes-on-british-columbians\u002F","2026-09-27",{"id":387,"label":388,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":389,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-energy","Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fmake-british-columbia-an-energy-superpower\u002F","2026-09-28",{"id":392,"label":393,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":394,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-lng","BC Conservatives welcome LNG Canada Phase 2 (statement by Claire Rattée)","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fbc-conservatives-welcome-lng-canada-phase-2-we-will-treat-energy-as-an-urgent-mission\u002F","2026-09-29",{"id":397,"label":398,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":399,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-pst-alcohol","Conservatives to remove PST from Canadian alcohol","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fconservatives-to-remove-pst-from-canadian-alcohol\u002F",{"id":401,"label":402,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":403,"publishedAt":260,"checkedAt":260},"cpbc-ndtr","Statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fconservative-party-of-bc-statement-on-national-day-of-truth-and-reconciliation\u002F",{"id":405,"label":406,"publisher":235,"kind":35,"url":407,"checkedAt":260},"x-profile","Lorne Doerkson on X (@LDoerkson)","https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FLDoerkson",{"id":409,"label":410,"publisher":411,"kind":168,"url":412,"publishedAt":413,"checkedAt":260},"mcn-hopes","Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA has hopes for 2026","My Cariboo Now","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mycariboonow.com\u002F115400\u002Fnews\u002Fmla\u002Fcariboo-chilcotin-mla\u002F","2026-01-03",{"id":415,"label":416,"publisher":173,"kind":168,"url":417,"publishedAt":418,"checkedAt":260},"freepress-milobar","Cariboo Chilcotin MLA endorses Peter Milobar for BC Conservative leader","https:\u002F\u002F100milefreepress.net\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F19\u002Fcariboo-chilcotin-mla-endorses-peter-milobar-for-bc-conservative-leader\u002F","2026-05-19",{"id":420,"label":421,"publisher":422,"kind":168,"url":423,"publishedAt":424,"checkedAt":260},"cfjc-wildfire","Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA calling for state of emergency in response to wildfires","CFJC Today","https:\u002F\u002Fcfjctoday.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F01\u002Fcariboo-chilcotin-mla-calling-for-state-of-emergency-in-response-to-wildfires\u002F","2026-08-01",{"id":426,"label":427,"publisher":428,"kind":168,"url":429,"publishedAt":430,"checkedAt":260},"cbc-findlay-resigns","Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the B.C. Conservative Party","CBC News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fkerry-lynne-findlay-resigns-as-leader-of-the-b-c-conservative-party-9.7351532","2026-09-20",{"id":432,"label":433,"publisher":434,"kind":168,"url":435,"publishedAt":436,"checkedAt":260},"cbc-doerkson-named","Lorne Doerkson named B.C. Conservatives interim leader following Findlay resignation","CBC News · Karin Larsen","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Florne-doerkson-named-b-c-conservatives-interim-leader-9.7352318","2026-09-21",{"id":438,"label":439,"publisher":411,"kind":168,"url":440,"publishedAt":436,"checkedAt":260},"mcn-interim","Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA named interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mycariboonow.com\u002F316373\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Fcariboo-chilcotin-mla-named-interim-leader-of-the-b-c-conservatives\u002F",{"id":442,"label":443,"publisher":444,"kind":168,"url":445,"publishedAt":436,"checkedAt":260},"abby-interim","B.C. Conservatives appoint Lorne Doerkson interim leader as ousted MLAs rejoin party","Abbotsford News (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Fabbynews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F21\u002Fb-c-conservatives-appoint-lorne-doerkson-interim-leader\u002F",{"id":447,"label":448,"publisher":449,"kind":168,"url":450,"publishedAt":436,"checkedAt":260},"yahoo-who","Who is Lorne Doerkson? Meet the B.C. Conservatives’ new interim leader","Yahoo News Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fca.news.yahoo.com\u002Florne-doerkson-meet-b-c-220506975.html",{"id":452,"label":453,"publisher":454,"kind":168,"url":455,"publishedAt":436,"checkedAt":260},"global-findlay-timeline","A look back at Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s 4 months as BC Conservative leader","Global News","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12066889\u002Fkerry-lynne-findlay-timeline-resignation\u002F",{"id":457,"label":458,"publisher":173,"kind":168,"url":459,"publishedAt":460,"checkedAt":260},"freepress-election-call","B.C. Conservative Leader Doerkson responds to election call","https:\u002F\u002F100milefreepress.net\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fb-c-conservative-leader-doerkson-responds-to-election-call\u002F","2026-09-22",{"id":462,"label":463,"publisher":464,"kind":168,"url":465,"publishedAt":380,"checkedAt":260},"cp-doerkson-rule","B.C. Conservatives vow new rule to keep Doerkson leader, as Rustad exits","The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity.ca","https:\u002F\u002Fenergeticcity.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fleader-of-b-c-conservatives-says-they-are-united-ready-after-snap-election-call\u002F",{"id":467,"label":468,"publisher":173,"kind":168,"url":469,"publishedAt":371,"checkedAt":260},"freepress-findlay-tie","B.C. NDP works to tie Doerkson to former Conservative leader Findlay","https:\u002F\u002F100milefreepress.net\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Fb-c-ndp-works-to-tie-doerkson-to-former-conservative-leader-findlay\u002F",{"id":471,"label":472,"publisher":428,"kind":473,"url":474,"publishedAt":475,"checkedAt":260},"cbc-doerkson-values","Lorne Doerkson talks values as he leads B.C. Conservatives into election","Interview","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Florne-doerkson-leader-bc-conservatives-election-season-9.7357295","2026-09-26",{"id":477,"label":478,"publisher":479,"kind":168,"url":480,"publishedAt":475,"checkedAt":260},"globe-reins","Lorne Doerkson takes the reins of B.C. Conservatives, with a party to rebuild and election ahead","The Globe and Mail","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theglobeandmail.com\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Farticle-lorne-doerkson-takes-the-reins-of-bc-conservatives-with-a-party-to\u002F",{"id":482,"label":483,"publisher":173,"kind":168,"url":484,"publishedAt":385,"checkedAt":260},"freepress-surrey","No new taxes: BC Conservative leader brings fiscal message to Surrey campaign stop","https:\u002F\u002F100milefreepress.net\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F27\u002Fno-new-taxes-bc-conservative-leader-brings-fiscal-message-to-surrey-campaign-stop\u002F",{"id":486,"label":487,"publisher":454,"kind":168,"url":488,"publishedAt":385,"checkedAt":260},"global-no-new-taxes","BC Conservatives promise no new taxes if elected","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12075070\u002Fbc-election-september-27-conservative-platform\u002F",{"id":490,"label":491,"publisher":492,"kind":168,"url":493,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":260},"bpm-lng-triple","B.C. Conservative leader pledges to triple LNG production","Agassiz Harrison Observer (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Fagassizharrisonobserver.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fb-c-conservative-leader-pledges-to-triple-lng-production\u002F",{"id":495,"label":496,"publisher":497,"kind":168,"url":498,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":260},"yahoo-week2","Party leaders make economic, budget promises in Week 2 of B.C. election campaign","The Canadian Press, via Yahoo Finance Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fca.finance.yahoo.com\u002Fnews\u002Fb-c-eby-says-cut-185020397.html",{"id":500,"label":501,"publisher":502,"kind":168,"url":503,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":260},"bpm-pst-alcohol","Doerkson promises to cut PST on Canadian alcohol","The Northern View (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Fthenorthernview.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fdoerkson-promises-to-cut-pst-on-canadian-alcohol\u002F",{"id":505,"label":506,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":507,"publishedAt":508,"checkedAt":16},"hansard-116","Debates of February 12, 2026 (afternoon): appointment of the Assistant Deputy Speaker","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260212pm-Hansard-n116.html","2026-02-12",{"id":510,"label":511,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":512,"publishedAt":513,"checkedAt":16},"hansard-140","Debates of March 12, 2026 (morning): first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260312am-Hansard-n140.html","2026-03-12",{"id":515,"label":516,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":517,"publishedAt":513,"checkedAt":16},"hansard-141","Debates of March 12, 2026 (afternoon): Motion 13 on the Human Rights Code","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260312pm-Hansard-n141.html",{"id":519,"label":520,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":521,"publishedAt":522,"checkedAt":16},"hansard-174","Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 9 delay motion and second reading votes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260506pm-Hansard-n174.html","2026-05-06",{"id":524,"label":525,"publisher":270,"kind":26,"url":526,"publishedAt":527,"checkedAt":16},"hansard-179","Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): K’ómoks Treaty Act second reading votes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html","2026-05-20",{"id":529,"label":530,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":531,"publishedAt":532,"checkedAt":16},"cpbc-wildfire-plan","Fighting Wildfires. Protecting Communities.","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Ffighting-wildfires-protecting-communities\u002F","2026-10-02",{"id":534,"label":535,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":536,"publishedAt":170,"checkedAt":16},"cpbc-cochairs","B.C. Conservatives Announce Iain Black and Christine Day as Campaign Co-Chairs","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fb-c-conservatives-announce-iain-black-and-christine-day-as-campaign-co-chairs\u002F",{"id":538,"label":539,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":540,"publishedAt":170,"checkedAt":16},"cpbc-pacific-link","Conservative Party of BC Welcomes Designation of Pacific Link Pipeline","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fconservative-party-of-bc-welcomes-designation-of-pacific-link-pipeline\u002F",{"id":542,"label":543,"publisher":238,"kind":35,"url":544,"publishedAt":16,"checkedAt":16},"cpbc-ndp-ad","NDP Attack Ad Packs Multiple Falsehoods Into 30 seconds","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fndp-attack-ad-packs-multiple-falsehoods-into-30-seconds\u002F",{"id":546,"label":547,"publisher":235,"kind":35,"url":407,"checkedAt":16},"x-oct3","Lorne Doerkson on X (@LDoerkson), read October 3, 2026",{"id":549,"label":550,"publisher":551,"kind":168,"url":552,"publishedAt":532,"checkedAt":16},"cp-waterbombers","B.C. Conservative interim leader Doerkson promises to buy firefighting water bombers","The Canadian Press (read on Energeticcity.ca)","https:\u002F\u002Fenergeticcity.ca\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F02\u002Fb-c-conservative-interim-leader-doerkson-promises-to-buy-firefighting-water-bombers\u002F",{"id":554,"label":555,"publisher":454,"kind":168,"url":556,"publishedAt":532,"checkedAt":16},"global-okanagan","BC NDP promises to cap grocery profits while Conservatives unveil wildfire plan","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12086006\u002Fbc-ndp-promises-grocery-cap-profits-bc-conservatives-wildfire-plan\u002F",{"id":558,"label":559,"publisher":479,"kind":168,"url":560,"publishedAt":170,"checkedAt":16},"globe-pipeline","B.C.’s Eby promises to lower gas prices, while Doerkson praises pipeline as election campaigns continues","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theglobeandmail.com\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Farticle-bcs-eby-vows-to-temporary-suspend-gas-tax-regulate-pump-price-under-if\u002F",{"id":562,"label":563,"publisher":479,"kind":168,"url":564,"publishedAt":385,"checkedAt":16},"globe-years","Doerkson could lead party for years without leadership vote, B.C. Conservatives say","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theglobeandmail.com\u002Fcanada\u002Farticle-doerkson-could-lead-party-years-without-leadership-vote-bc\u002F",{"id":566,"label":567,"publisher":568,"kind":168,"url":569,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":16},"vsun-meet","Meet Lorne Doerkson, B.C. Conservative leader who suddenly finds himself gunning for premier","Vancouver Sun","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouversun.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmeet-bc-conservative-leader-lorne-doerkson",{"id":571,"label":572,"publisher":568,"kind":168,"url":573,"publishedAt":532,"checkedAt":16},"vsun-palmer","NDP should focus on issues, not Doerkson’s interim status: Dosanjh","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouversun.com\u002Fopinion\u002Fcolumnists\u002Fvaughn-palmer-bc-ndp-should-focus-on-issues-not-interim-status-conservative-leader",{"id":575,"label":576,"publisher":428,"kind":168,"url":577,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":16},"cbc-sogi","Where do B.C.’s provincial political parties stand on SOGI in schools?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fsogi-123-bc-provincial-parties-election-9.7359291",{"id":579,"label":580,"publisher":428,"kind":168,"url":581,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":16},"cbc-kamloops-candidates","‘We will not be intimidated,’ Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc chief says of white nationalist gathering","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fbc-candidates-against-white-nationalist-gathering-9.7360498",{"id":583,"label":584,"publisher":479,"kind":168,"url":585,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":16},"globe-kamloops","Apparent white nationalists’ gathering in Kamloops, B.C., widely condemned","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theglobeandmail.com\u002Fcanada\u002Farticle-apparent-white-nationalists-gathering-in-kamloops-bc-widely-condemned\u002F",{"id":587,"label":588,"publisher":589,"kind":168,"url":590,"publishedAt":532,"checkedAt":16},"citynews-brodie","OneBC interim leader Dallas Brodie says she is open to election deal with Conservatives","CityNews Vancouver (The Canadian Press)","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.citynews.ca\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F02\u002Fbc-election-dallas-brodie-onebc-conservatives\u002F",{"id":592,"label":593,"publisher":594,"kind":168,"url":595,"publishedAt":260,"checkedAt":16},"citynews-pst","LNG Phase 2, PST pause on Canadian booze, renter protection in B.C. campaign spotlight","CityNews Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.citynews.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F30\u002Fbc-election-campaign-lng-pst-renter-protection\u002F",{"id":597,"label":598,"publisher":594,"kind":168,"url":599,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":16},"citynews-natres","B.C. campaign trail: Conservatives, NDP share natural resource development plans","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.citynews.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fbc-election-campaign-day-7-parties-natural-resource-development\u002F",{"id":601,"label":602,"publisher":603,"kind":168,"url":604,"publishedAt":532,"checkedAt":16},"cowichan-chilliwack","NDP calls for Conservatives to drop Chilliwack candidate over LGBTQ+ remarks","Lake Cowichan Gazette (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Flakecowichangazette.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F02\u002Fndp-calls-for-conservatives-to-drop-chilliwack-candidate-over-lgbtq-remarks\u002F","No campaign event for Lorne Doerkson in Cariboo-Chilcotin was confirmed by an organizer on 2026-10-03. His party events page listed none that day. The dates below are voting dates.",[254],[608,614,619],{"id":49,"date":50,"title":609,"kind":52,"time":610,"venue":611,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":612,"detail":57,"sourceIds":613},"Advance voting begins","See Elections BC","Advance voting places in Cariboo-Chilcotin","A voting day for electors.",[254],{"id":615,"date":17,"title":616,"kind":52,"time":610,"venue":617,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":612,"detail":63,"sourceIds":618},"election-day","General voting day","Voting places in Cariboo-Chilcotin",[254],{"id":620,"date":621,"title":622,"kind":52,"time":610,"venue":623,"attendance":55,"attendanceNote":624,"detail":625,"sourceIds":626},"vote-by-mail-deadline","2026-10-18","Last day to request a vote-by-mail package","Online or by phone, from Elections BC","A deadline for electors.","Elections BC lists October 18, 2026 as the last day to request a vote-by-mail package online or by phone.",[254],[628,636,644,658,671,679,689,700,708,716,724,732,740,752,760,770,782,790,805,813],{"id":629,"title":630,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":631,"evidence":632,"nextCheck":633,"sourceIds":634,"issue":76,"own":191,"quote":635,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-housing-cost","Lower the cost of building and buying a home","In a party statement on September 25, 2026, Doerkson said a Conservative government he leads would bring down the cost of building and buying a home, so more homes get built. He opposed the NDP plan to tax unsold condominiums.","A statement of aim. It names no measure, number, cost or date. The party platform page lists a housing plan called \"Get BC Building\" with no text published by September 30, 2026.","Which tax, fee or permit rule would he change to lower the cost of building?",[368,364],"A BC Conservative government led by Lorne Doerkson will bring down the cost of building and buying a home so more homes get built and families can afford to live in them.",{"id":637,"title":638,"cycle":69,"topic":87,"status":71,"pledge":639,"evidence":640,"nextCheck":641,"sourceIds":642,"issue":90,"own":191,"quote":643,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-er-open","Keep rural emergency departments open","In January 2026 Doerkson told My Cariboo Now that rural hospitals must stay open. In April 2026 he asked in question period why the 100 Mile House emergency department had closed 16 times that year. On September 27, 2026 he said over a million people in the province have no doctor.","A position. He names no staffing measure, cost or date. He presented petitions on the 100 Mile House emergency department on April 14 and May 5, 2026.","What would a Conservative government do to keep the 100 Mile House emergency department open, and when?",[409,307,482],"It’s just imperative, particularly in rural BC that we be in a position to keep these facilities open.",{"id":645,"title":646,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":647,"evidence":648,"nextCheck":649,"sourceIds":650,"issue":651,"own":191,"quote":652,"states":653,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-no-new-taxes","No new taxes and no tax increases","On September 27, 2026 in Surrey, Doerkson pledged that his government would not raise existing taxes or introduce new ones. The party release says this holds for the whole time he governs.","He names the rule and the length of time. He gives no list of the taxes covered and no estimate of the effect on the budget. On September 27 he said the pledge has no exceptions, gimmicks or accounting tricks, and he did not directly answer reporters on how the party would handle the $13.8-billion deficit without new or higher taxes (The Globe and Mail). On September 28 CityNews reported that he said economic activity from the LNG plan would fund the pledge.","Which taxes does the pledge cover, and how would the budget make up the difference?",[482,382,486,562,597],"cost-of-living","As the premier, I will never allow our government to raise taxes on hardworking taxpayers in this great province.",{"mechanism":654,"timeline":656},{"fragment":655,"sourceId":482},"we will commit to not raising taxes and we will not introduce new taxes",{"fragment":657,"sourceId":382},"Doerkson vows no new taxes on British Columbians throughout the entirety of his government",{"id":659,"title":660,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":661,"evidence":662,"nextCheck":663,"sourceIds":664,"issue":651,"own":191,"quote":665,"states":666,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-pst-alcohol","Remove the PST on Canadian beer, wine and spirits","On September 29, 2026 in Langley, Doerkson promised to remove the provincial sales tax on Canadian beer, wine and spirits until the trade dispute with the United States is over. He said U.S. liquor would stay off store shelves until then.","Black Press Media gives the tax as 10 per cent. Asked about the cost, he said there would be some losses. No dollar figure was given, and the end date depends on the trade dispute. CityNews Vancouver reported on September 30 that the cost of the pause to the provincial budget was left unstated. Global News gave the lost revenue as 250 million dollars a year without naming a source for the figure.","What is the yearly cost of the tax cut to the provincial budget?",[500,397,592,554],"My Conservative government will remove PST temporarily at the till on all Canadian beer, wine, and spirits until this trade conflict is over and resolved",{"mechanism":667,"target":669},{"fragment":668,"sourceId":397},"committed today to remove the PST at the till on Canadian beer, wine and spirits",{"fragment":670,"sourceId":500},"promised to remove the 10 per cent PST from Canadian-produced wine, beer, and spirits",{"id":672,"title":673,"cycle":69,"topic":70,"status":71,"pledge":674,"evidence":675,"nextCheck":676,"sourceIds":677,"issue":651,"own":191,"quote":678,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-affordability","Make affordability a top priority","In Surrey on September 27, 2026, Doerkson said that as premier he would make the affordability crisis a top priority.","A statement of priority. It names no measure beyond the tax pledge.","Which cost-of-living measures besides taxes would he bring in?",[482],"I’m announcing that if I am premier, I will make the affordability crisis a top priority for our new government",{"id":680,"title":681,"cycle":69,"topic":682,"status":71,"pledge":683,"evidence":684,"nextCheck":685,"sourceIds":686,"issue":687,"own":191,"quote":688,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-crime","Act on repeat offenders and crime","Public safety","In question period on May 28, 2026, Doerkson described a repeat offender in Williams Lake released six hours after an arrest, and asked why the government had let crime reach that point. The Globe and Mail reports he named crime as one of the party’s priorities.","A position. He names no bail, court or policing measure, cost or date. The party platform title \"Safe and Secure\" had no published text by September 30, 2026.","Which measure on bail or policing would a Conservative government adopt?",[352,477,364],"public-safety","Why has this government allowed our streets to get to such a point that we are forced to make decisions like this on our city councils?",{"id":690,"title":691,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":692,"evidence":693,"nextCheck":694,"sourceIds":695,"issue":224,"own":191,"quote":696,"states":697,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-lng","Double LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035","A party release on September 28, 2026 says Doerkson published his BC Energy Superpower Plan, which aims to double the province’s LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035, with faster approvals for projects.","The release gives the dates. It gives no cost and no production volume of its own beyond describing current output. A September 29 party statement by Claire Ratté lists a 120 Day Permitting Act as part of the plan; that statement does not name Doerkson.","What production volume and which approval law would the plan set out?",[387,490,495],"We have everything we need to become an energy superpower.",{"timeline":698},{"fragment":699,"sourceId":387},"doubling the province’s LNG production by 2032 and tripling it by 2035",{"id":701,"title":702,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":703,"evidence":704,"nextCheck":705,"sourceIds":706,"issue":224,"own":191,"quote":707,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-forestry","Support the forest industry","In question period on February 18 and March 5, 2026, Doerkson said forestry is in crisis and asked what the government would do for workers who lost jobs, including at the West Fraser mill in 100 Mile House.","A position. He names no measure, cost or date. The party platform title \"Forestry for the Future\" had no published text by September 30, 2026.","What measure on harvest levels or support for workers would he adopt?",[277,287,364],"Forestry is in crisis.",{"id":709,"title":710,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":711,"evidence":712,"nextCheck":713,"sourceIds":714,"issue":97,"own":191,"quote":715,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-deficit","Return to balanced budgets","On September 28, 2026 Doerkson said the province cannot keep running a deficit of $14 billion and that it must get back to balanced budgets. He said he could not commit to how quickly.","He gives no date and no plan for reaching a balanced budget, as The Canadian Press notes.","In which year would a Conservative budget be balanced?",[495],"We can’t be dealing with a $14-billion deficit in British Columbia",{"id":717,"title":718,"cycle":69,"topic":185,"status":71,"pledge":719,"evidence":720,"nextCheck":721,"sourceIds":722,"issue":190,"own":191,"quote":723,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-sogi","Remove SOGI resources from schools","In a CBC interview published September 26, 2026, Doerkson said SOGI, the sexual orientation and gender identity teaching resources, has to be removed, and that schools should focus on reading and arithmetic.","A position. He names no date or replacement program. He also said he supports the LGBTQ community. CBC News reported on September 28, 2026 that he said a Conservative government would repeal SOGI 123 and refocus classrooms on reading, writing and math, and that he called SOGI a \"lightning rod for division\".","Would removal happen by ministry order, and from what date?",[471,482,575],"I think that SOGI has to be removed.",{"id":725,"title":726,"cycle":69,"topic":101,"status":71,"pledge":727,"evidence":728,"nextCheck":729,"sourceIds":730,"issue":104,"own":191,"quote":731,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-wildfire","More wildfire resources for the South Cariboo","On August 1, 2026, as fires grew in the South Cariboo, Doerkson asked the Premier and the Minister of Forests to declare a state of emergency and send every available resource.","A request made as an opposition MLA. It names no cost or plan for future fire seasons.","What wildfire measures would a Conservative government fund?",[420],"I am calling on Premier [David] Eby and the Minister of Forests to declare a local state of emergency and deploy every available resource to the South Cariboo immediately to protect lives, communities, and the firefighters on the front lines",{"id":733,"title":734,"cycle":69,"topic":101,"status":71,"pledge":735,"evidence":736,"nextCheck":737,"sourceIds":738,"issue":104,"own":191,"quote":739,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-climate","Climate change is a serious challenge","Asked by CBC on September 26, 2026 about climate change, Doerkson spoke of the fire season and drought in Cariboo-Chilcotin and said there are serious challenges ahead.","A statement of view. It names no emissions measure. The party energy plan proposes to end emissions limits on new LNG investment.","Would a Conservative government keep any provincial emissions target?",[471],"I believe that there are very serious challenges ahead of us with respect to climate change.",{"id":741,"title":742,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":743,"evidence":744,"nextCheck":745,"sourceIds":746,"issue":747,"own":191,"quote":748,"states":749,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-dripa-repeal","Repeal DRIPA as the first priority","On September 22, 2026 Doerkson named repeal of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act as his top priority if his party wins, according to Black Press Media and The Globe and Mail. He said this is not an attack on Indigenous people.","Repeal would need a bill. He gives no date and says nothing about what would replace the Act.","Would a repeal bill come in the first session, and what would replace the Act?",[457,477,377],"indigenous-reconciliation","The reality is, is that we need clarity on policies that have been put in place over the last decades to get things moving in this province.",{"mechanism":750},{"fragment":751,"sourceId":457},"Doerkson named repealing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act as his top priority",{"id":753,"title":754,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":755,"evidence":756,"nextCheck":757,"sourceIds":758,"issue":747,"own":191,"quote":759,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-economic-reconciliation","Economic reconciliation with Indigenous communities","In a statement on September 30, 2026, Doerkson said he is committed to doing his part on reconciliation, including economic reconciliation.","A statement of approach. It names no agreement, program or cost.","Which revenue-sharing or ownership measures would he support?",[401,471],"As Leader, I am committed to doing my part, including on economic reconciliation, and I am proud to have multiple strong Indigenous voices and leaders running as candidates.",{"id":761,"title":762,"cycle":69,"topic":763,"status":71,"pledge":764,"evidence":765,"nextCheck":766,"sourceIds":767,"issue":768,"own":191,"quote":769,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-highways","Fix highways in Cariboo-Chilcotin","Transportation","In question period on April 13, 2026, Doerkson said roads in his district are in poor and unsafe condition, noted that a full four-laning of the Cariboo connector was cancelled, and asked the government to commit to improvements.","A position. He names no project list, cost or date. He also presented a petition from 94 residents on Canim Lake South Road and Mahood Lake Road on April 14, 2026.","Which highway projects would a Conservative government fund first?",[302,307],"transportation","Will this government stand up and support the residents of Cariboo-Chilcotin and get serious about the improvements to our highways and infrastructure, yes or no?",{"id":771,"title":772,"cycle":69,"topic":108,"status":773,"pledge":774,"evidence":775,"nextCheck":776,"sourceIds":777,"issue":111,"own":191,"quote":778,"states":779,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-crown-land","Publish every Crown land and tenure transfer","Not established","On May 26, 2026 Doerkson introduced Bill M247, the Crown Land and Financial Transparency Act. He said it would require the minister to publish each year a list of Crown land and tenure transfers with prices and new owners, and set up a committee to review transfers.","A private member’s bill at first reading. It gives no cost. voche.me found no later stage of the bill in the 2026 index.","Would a Conservative government bring the bill back as a government bill?",[347,268],"This bill ensures that decisions about our shared Crown land are open, accountable and considerate of the people and communities who depend upon it.",{"mechanism":780},{"fragment":781,"sourceId":347},"I rise today to introduce the Crown Land and Financial Transparency Act",{"id":783,"title":784,"cycle":69,"topic":108,"status":71,"pledge":785,"evidence":786,"nextCheck":787,"sourceIds":788,"issue":111,"own":191,"quote":789,"reviewedAt":260,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-foi","Keep freedom of information open","In the Bill 9 debate on May 5, 2026, Doerkson opposed new grounds to refuse freedom of information requests, giving a wildfire case in his district as an example.","A position against a government bill. He voted no at second and third reading. He names no change of his own.","Would a Conservative government reverse the Bill 9 changes?",[337,273],"The very last thing that this building should be doing is trying to keep information from its residents, the residents that pay us to do this work.",{"id":791,"title":792,"cycle":69,"topic":101,"status":71,"pledge":793,"evidence":794,"nextCheck":795,"sourceIds":796,"issue":104,"own":191,"quote":797,"states":798,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-wildfire-plan","Buy a provincial water bomber fleet and fund wildfire prevention","On October 2, 2026 in Summerland, Doerkson announced a Wildfire Action Plan. A party release says a Conservative government would buy firefighting aircraft including water bombers, reduce dangerous forest fuels around communities, make prescribed burns easier to use without lowering safety standards, let qualified firefighting resources work faster in emergencies, and create a dedicated fund for early detection and prevention technology. He told reporters the plan is an investment of half a billion dollars.","The release lists five measures. The cost of half a billion dollars comes from his words to Global News and The Canadian Press, which also reports he said the province could rent the aircraft to other jurisdictions when they are not needed. The NDP forest minister, Ravi Parmar, asked how he would pay for it and said a B.C. company is already converting 10 federal aircraft into water bombers.","How many aircraft would be bought, in which budget year, and what would the yearly running cost be?",[529,549,554],"Our government will clear the dangerous fuel around our communities, spot fires early, cut the red tape on controlled burns, and let our firefighters work together when it matters most.",{"mechanism":799,"cost":801,"timeline":803},{"fragment":800,"sourceId":529},"Create a dedicated fund to invest in early detection and prevention technologies",{"fragment":802,"sourceId":554},"investment in our province of a half a billion dollars",{"fragment":804,"sourceId":529},"so our province is prepared for next summer",{"id":806,"title":807,"cycle":69,"topic":87,"status":71,"pledge":808,"evidence":809,"nextCheck":810,"sourceIds":811,"issue":90,"own":191,"quote":812,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-no-health-cuts","Protect health care and education budgets","On October 2, 2026 Doerkson said the wildfire plan would protect health care and education budgets by avoiding emergency firefighting costs. Global News reported that he said he would not be cutting services. A party release of October 3 says he has said many times that a Conservative government will not cut health care.","A statement of aim. The October 3 release is the party's account of what he has said. The Canadian Press quotes him in the sentence given here, and Global News paraphrases him.","What yearly health care spending would a Conservative government set, and how would it be paid for without new taxes?",[549,554,542],"we will safeguard our health care and education budgets by avoiding billions in emergency suppression costs and economic loss",{"id":814,"title":815,"cycle":69,"topic":94,"status":71,"pledge":816,"evidence":817,"nextCheck":818,"sourceIds":819,"issue":224,"outsideOffice":191,"own":191,"quote":820,"reviewedAt":16,"reviewedBy":78},"promise-pacific-link","Support the Pacific Link Pipeline and ask for a working group with Alberta and Ottawa","On October 1, 2026, after the federal government designated the Pacific Link Pipeline a project of national interest, Doerkson said his government would support projects with a strong business case alongside protections for the environment, and that as soon as he becomes Premier he would ask for a trilateral working group with Alberta and Ottawa.","A position and a request to two other governments. The Globe and Mail reported that he said his party supports a second pipeline from northern Alberta to the southern coast of B.C.","Which provincial permits or laws would a Conservative government change for the pipeline, and by when?",[538,558],"As soon as I become Premier, I will ask for a trilateral working group between Alberta and Ottawa to ensure all such concerns are properly addressed.",[822,830,836,842,849,856,863,870,877,883,889,893,900,907,914,920,927,933,940],{"id":823,"date":824,"title":825,"summary":826,"sourceIds":827,"status":828,"context":829,"issue":97},"vote-budget","2026-02-26","Voted no on the 2026 budget motion","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting no on the budget motion, and no at third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 on May 28, 2026.",[273],"Recorded vote, no","The index records his vote. The motion text is in the transcript of February 26, 2026, which voche.me did not open.",{"id":831,"date":355,"title":832,"summary":833,"sourceIds":834,"status":828,"context":835,"issue":747},"vote-komoks-treaty","Voted no on third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes on an amendment moved by Van Popta, then no at second reading on May 20 and no at third reading on May 28, 2026.",[273],"The index records his votes. It does not record a speech by him on the bill.",{"id":837,"date":355,"title":838,"summary":839,"sourceIds":840,"status":828,"context":841,"issue":111},"vote-foi-bill","Voted no on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting no at second reading on May 6 and at third reading on May 28, 2026. He spoke against the bill on May 5.",[273,337],"The index records his votes; the transcript records his speech.",{"id":843,"date":350,"title":844,"summary":845,"sourceIds":846,"status":847,"context":848,"issue":111},"bill-m247","Introduced the Crown Land and Financial Transparency Act (Bill M247)","Doerkson moved first reading of his private member’s bill and explained its aims in the House.",[347],"Introduced at first reading","voche.me found no later stage in the 2026 index.",{"id":850,"date":320,"title":851,"summary":852,"sourceIds":853,"status":854,"context":855,"issue":104},"vote-forests-bill","Voted yes on third reading of the Forests Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 14)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes at third reading. He spoke in the second reading debate on April 16, 2026.",[273,312],"Recorded vote, yes","The index records his vote.",{"id":857,"date":858,"title":859,"summary":860,"sourceIds":861,"status":854,"context":862,"issue":224},"vote-m233","2026-04-20","Voted yes at second reading of the Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act (Bill M233)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes at second reading of this private member’s bill.",[273],"The index does not say what the bill contains, and voche.me did not open the bill text.",{"id":864,"date":865,"title":866,"summary":867,"sourceIds":868,"status":854,"context":869,"issue":111},"vote-m203","2026-03-31","Voted yes on a motion on merit oversight in the public service (Motion M203)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes on Motion M203.",[273],"The index gives the motion title only.",{"id":871,"date":872,"title":873,"summary":874,"sourceIds":875,"status":854,"context":876,"issue":200},"vote-dripa-repeal-1r","2026-04-22","Voted yes on first reading of a bill to repeal DRIPA","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act.",[273],"First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.",{"id":878,"date":824,"title":879,"summary":880,"sourceIds":881,"status":854,"context":882,"issue":200},"vote-human-rights-1r","Voted yes on first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes at first reading.",[273,477],"First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The Globe and Mail reports he has said such votes allowed debate and did not signal support. On March 12, 2026 he also voted yes on Motion 13, which affirmed support for the B.C. Human Rights Code and the Tribunal (see the entry on Motion 13).",{"id":884,"date":885,"title":886,"summary":880,"sourceIds":887,"status":854,"context":888,"issue":200},"vote-gender-1r","2026-02-19","Voted yes on first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act",[273,477],"First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate. The Globe and Mail reports he has said such votes allowed debate and did not signal support.",{"id":890,"date":290,"title":891,"summary":880,"sourceIds":892,"status":854,"context":876,"issue":200},"vote-m235-1r","Voted yes on first reading of the Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act (Bill M235)",[273],{"id":894,"date":340,"title":895,"summary":896,"sourceIds":897,"status":898,"context":899,"issue":200},"petitions-100-mile","Presented petitions on the 100 Mile House emergency department","Doerkson presented a petition signed by 3,311 people on April 14, 2026, and one signed by 55 people on May 5, 2026, asking for the emergency department to stay open.",[307,337],"Presented in the House","A petition records a request. It does not show an outcome.",{"id":901,"date":508,"title":902,"summary":903,"sourceIds":904,"status":905,"context":906,"issue":200},"appointment-assistant-deputy-speaker","Appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker for the 2026 session","The House approved a motion moved by Á’a:líya Warbus that Doerkson be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker for the session. The transcripts of March 12 and May 20 note him in the chair during parts of those sittings.",[505,510,524],"Appointed by motion of the House","The legislature's member data lists no roles for him. The index of debates lists this appointment under his name. News reports also call him deputy house leader, which voche.me could not confirm in an official record.",{"id":908,"date":290,"title":909,"summary":910,"sourceIds":911,"status":912,"context":913,"issue":97},"vote-bill-3","Voted no on the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting no at second reading on February 26, 2026 and no at third reading on March 5, 2026.",[273],"Recorded votes, no","The index records the votes. voche.me did not open the bill text or the debate.",{"id":915,"date":916,"title":917,"summary":918,"sourceIds":919,"status":912,"context":913,"issue":97},"vote-bill-2","2026-04-01","Voted no on the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting no at second reading on March 9, 2026 and no at third reading on April 1, 2026.",[273],{"id":921,"date":513,"title":922,"summary":923,"sourceIds":924,"status":925,"context":926,"issue":200},"vote-motion-13","Voted yes on Motion 13 supporting the Human Rights Code, and yes on an amendment to it","Minister Mike Farnworth moved Motion 13 to affirm unequivocal support for the B.C. Human Rights Code and the Tribunal's powers to enforce it. The Opposition House Leader moved an amendment to replace the words after \"Human Rights Code\" with \"and protecting all people from hate and discrimination\". Doerkson voted yes on the amendment, which failed 36 to 50, and yes on the motion, which passed 83 to 3.",[273,515],"Recorded votes, yes and yes","The same index lists him voting yes on first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act on February 26, 2026. A first reading vote only lets a bill be introduced for debate.",{"id":928,"date":513,"title":929,"summary":930,"sourceIds":931,"status":854,"context":932,"issue":200},"vote-defunding-1r","Voted yes on first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act","The recorded vote index lists Doerkson voting yes at first reading. The bill's sponsor, Tara Armstrong, said it would suspend non-essential provincial funding to any Indigenous group that has started an Aboriginal title claim affecting private property.",[273,510],"A first reading vote only lets a bill be introduced for debate. voche.me found no later vote on the bill in the 2026 index.",{"id":934,"date":522,"title":935,"summary":936,"sourceIds":937,"status":938,"context":939,"issue":111},"vote-bill9-delay","Voted yes on a six-month delay of Bill 9, then no on its second reading","During the sitting of May 6, 2026 the House voted on an amendment to delay second reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act (Bill 9) by six months. Doerkson voted yes, and it failed 42 to 48. He then voted no on second reading, which passed 48 to 42, and no on a motion to send the bill to the Committee of the Whole.",[273,519],"Recorded votes, yes then no","His vote against third reading on May 28, 2026 is listed separately.",{"id":941,"date":527,"title":942,"summary":943,"sourceIds":944,"status":938,"context":945,"issue":747},"vote-komoks-2r","Voted yes on a motion to send the K’ómoks Treaty Act to a committee, then no on second reading","On May 20, 2026 the House voted on an amendment to hold second reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20) and refer its subject matter to the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs. Doerkson voted yes, and it failed 44 to 48. He then voted no on second reading, which passed 48 to 42.",[273,524],"His no vote at third reading on May 28, 2026 is listed separately.",[947,953,959,964,969,974,979,984,990,996,1001,1006,1011,1016,1021,1026,1031,1036,1041,1046,1051,1056,1061,1066,1071],{"id":948,"date":280,"title":949,"format":950,"summary":951,"sourceIds":952},"talk-forestry","Question period on forestry","Debate coverage","Doerkson said forestry is in crisis and asked why the government had turned its back on the industry.",[277],{"id":954,"date":285,"title":955,"format":956,"summary":957,"sourceIds":958},"talk-seniors","Statement on long-term care and home support","Speech","Doerkson spoke on long-term care beds far from family, unreliable home support and emergency closures in his district.",[282],{"id":960,"date":300,"title":961,"format":950,"summary":962,"sourceIds":963},"talk-land-title","Question period on land title and private property","Doerkson asked what the Attorney General would do to protect private property after the Cowichan court ruling.",[297],{"id":965,"date":310,"title":966,"format":950,"summary":967,"sourceIds":968},"talk-er","Question period on the 100 Mile House emergency department","Doerkson said the emergency department had closed 24 times the year before and 16 times so far that year.",[307],{"id":970,"date":325,"title":971,"format":950,"summary":972,"sourceIds":973},"talk-food-banks","Question period on food bank use","Doerkson asked the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction about rising food bank use and children who go hungry.",[322],{"id":975,"date":340,"title":976,"format":956,"summary":977,"sourceIds":978},"talk-bill9","Speech against Bill 9 on freedom of information","Doerkson opposed new grounds to refuse requests, giving a wildfire case in his district as an example.",[337],{"id":980,"date":355,"title":981,"format":950,"summary":982,"sourceIds":983},"talk-crime","Question period on crime in Williams Lake","Doerkson described a repeat offender released after an attack on an RCMP officer and asked why the government had let crime reach that point.",[352],{"id":985,"date":424,"title":986,"format":987,"summary":988,"sourceIds":989},"talk-wildfire","Call for a state of emergency over South Cariboo wildfires","Statement","Doerkson asked the Premier and the Minister of Forests to declare a state of emergency and send more resources.",[420],{"id":991,"date":460,"title":992,"format":993,"summary":994,"sourceIds":995},"talk-election-call","First news conference after the election call","Press conference","Doerkson called the snap election cynical and named repeal of DRIPA as his top priority.",[457],{"id":997,"date":475,"title":998,"format":473,"summary":999,"sourceIds":1000},"talk-cbc","Interview with CBC’s The Early Edition","Doerkson spoke on party unity, Donald Trump, SOGI, residential schools, First Nations and climate change.",[471,575],{"id":1002,"date":385,"title":1003,"format":993,"summary":1004,"sourceIds":1005},"talk-surrey","No new taxes announcement in Surrey","Doerkson pledged no new taxes and no tax increases, and spoke on doctor shortages and emergency closures.",[482,382],{"id":1007,"date":390,"title":1008,"format":993,"summary":1009,"sourceIds":1010},"talk-lng","BC Energy Superpower Plan announcement","Doerkson announced the party plan to double LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035, and spoke on the deficit.",[387,490,495],{"id":1012,"date":395,"title":1013,"format":993,"summary":1014,"sourceIds":1015},"talk-pst","PST on Canadian alcohol announcement in Langley","Doerkson promised to remove the PST on Canadian beer, wine and spirits during the trade dispute.",[500,397],{"id":1017,"date":260,"title":1018,"format":987,"summary":1019,"sourceIds":1020},"talk-ndtr","Statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation","Doerkson spoke of residential schools and said he is committed to economic reconciliation.",[401],{"id":1022,"date":290,"title":1023,"format":950,"summary":1024,"sourceIds":1025},"talk-mill-jobs","Question period on forestry job losses at the 100 Mile House mill","Doerkson described a conversation with a couple who lost their jobs at the West Fraser mill in 100 Mile House after 17 and a half years, and asked the Premier what he would say to them. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar answered.",[287],{"id":1027,"date":295,"title":1028,"format":956,"summary":1029,"sourceIds":1030},"talk-clean-water","Speech on clean water for small communities (Motion M201)","Doerkson spoke in support of M201 and said the well at Tatla Lake, which serves a medical clinic, a restaurant and a community hall, has had arsenic readings and that applications to the province for help had not succeeded. He called on the province and the federal government for support.",[292],{"id":1032,"date":305,"title":1033,"format":950,"summary":1034,"sourceIds":1035},"talk-highways","Question period on highway project costs","Doerkson cited a 34 percent cost overrun on the Kicking Horse Canyon project and a rise from 35 million to 85 million dollars on the Illecillewaet highway project, and asked the government to commit to highway improvements in Cariboo-Chilcotin. Mike Farnworth answered with the province's list of infrastructure projects.",[302],{"id":1037,"date":305,"title":1038,"format":956,"summary":1039,"sourceIds":1040},"talk-bill15","Speech on permit delays in the Environmental Assessment Amendment Act (Bill 15)","Doerkson said Bill 15 takes some good steps and that the timelines need attention. He gave the example of a logging company in his riding with 200 employees (his figure) that had waited since the previous September or October for a permit, and said unclear timelines make investors look at other places. He continued his remarks on April 14.",[302,307],{"id":1042,"date":320,"title":1043,"format":950,"summary":1044,"sourceIds":1045},"talk-dripa-contract","Question period on a contract for advice on changing DRIPA","Doerkson said a recently retired deputy minister had been hired for 250,000 dollars to advise on changes to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which would no longer come before the House, and asked whether the Premier had rejected that advice. Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert answered that career public servants give advice to governments of every party.",[317],{"id":1047,"date":330,"title":1048,"format":950,"summary":1049,"sourceIds":1050},"talk-dripa-consultation","Question period on who speaks for British Columbians in talks on DRIPA","Doerkson quoted a published comment that the province is co-governing with leaders who are not elected by all British Columbians, and asked who in government speaks for the 5.7 million people not at the table. Attorney General Niki Sharma answered that elected members represent the public.",[327],{"id":1052,"date":335,"title":1053,"format":950,"summary":1054,"sourceIds":1055},"talk-fifa","Question period on provincial money for FIFA World Cup security","Doerkson noted that the federal government had committed 100 million dollars for security costs in Vancouver and asked how much the province was committing and where it appears in the budget. Minister Nina Krieger said a colleague would give an update on the full costs in the coming weeks.",[332],{"id":1057,"date":385,"title":1058,"format":987,"summary":1059,"sourceIds":1060},"talk-kamloops-gathering","Statement on a masked gathering on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc land","CBC News reports that Doerkson condemned the gathering in a social media post, calling it hateful and meant to intimidate. The Globe and Mail reports that on September 28 he called the demonstration \"disgusting\", as did Premier David Eby and Green leader Emily Lowan.",[579,583],{"id":1062,"date":170,"title":1063,"format":987,"summary":1064,"sourceIds":1065},"talk-pacific-link","Statement and Vancouver campaign event on the Pacific Link Pipeline","Doerkson said he welcomed the federal designation of the pipeline and said his government would ask for a working group between B.C., Alberta and Ottawa. At the Vancouver event he also criticised the NDP fuel tax plan by recalling the 1,000 dollar relief promise of the 2024 campaign.",[538,558],{"id":1067,"date":532,"title":1068,"format":993,"summary":1069,"sourceIds":1070},"talk-wildfire-plan","Wildfire Action Plan announcement in Summerland","Doerkson announced the plan beside a property destroyed in the Bald Range wildfire and said a provincial water bomber fleet would save money in emergency suppression costs. He described the investment as half a billion dollars. Asked about cost, he said the aircraft could be rented to other jurisdictions.",[529,549,554,546],{"id":1072,"date":532,"title":1073,"format":987,"summary":1074,"sourceIds":1075},"talk-onebc-cooperation","Answer on electoral co-operation with OneBC","The Canadian Press reports that Doerkson said conversations with OneBC have taken place but that nothing is formal. OneBC interim leader Dallas Brodie said her party would withdraw its candidate in Kelowna-Centre in exchange for talks.",[587],[1077,1085,1093],{"id":1078,"date":475,"title":1079,"category":1080,"summary":1081,"sourceIds":1082,"response":1083,"outcome":1084},"first-reading-votes","Votes to introduce bills on the Human Rights Code and gender identity","Policy dispute","The recorded vote index shows Doerkson voted yes at first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act on February 26, 2026 and of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act on February 19, 2026. The Globe and Mail reported that some people online pointed to these votes after he became leader.",[273,477,515],"Doerkson has said the votes allowed debate and did not signify support, according to The Globe and Mail.","voche.me found no later vote on either bill in the 2026 index. The same index lists him voting yes on March 12, 2026 on Motion 13, which affirmed support for the Human Rights Code and passed 83 to 3.",{"id":1086,"date":371,"title":1087,"category":1088,"summary":1089,"sourceIds":1090,"response":1091,"outcome":1092},"interim-leader-rule","Whether an interim leader can stay on as leader","Campaign dispute","The party constitution bars an interim leader from becoming permanent leader, and a change needs a two-thirds vote of members, according to The Canadian Press and The Globe and Mail. NDP candidate Niki Sharma said the Conservatives cannot guarantee who would be premier if they win. A legal opinion the party gave to The Globe and Mail, dated September 25, says that if the party wins he would be invited to serve as Premier and could remain leader until the board calls a leadership election, which the opinion says could be more than 18 months away. An NDP campaign spokesperson called it a flimsy technicality. The Vancouver Sun reports that former NDP premier Ujjal Dosanjh said the NDP should stop questioning it and that the leader of a party with a majority would be premier. Elections BC told The Globe and Mail that the Election Act has no rule against an interim leader becoming premier and that this is the first time a major party has run a general election under an interim leader.",[462,467,477,490,562,571,257,357],"The party board said it would change the constitution to keep him as leader. Doerkson told Black Press Media the matter had been dealt with inside the party and that he would hold the position for four years if elected. He told The Globe and Mail on September 27 that his leadership \"is not up for conversation\".","On October 3, 2026 the Elections BC party register still lists him as interim leader, while the party's candidate page now calls him Leader. voche.me found no record of a members' vote on the constitution change by that date.",{"id":1094,"date":532,"title":1095,"category":1088,"summary":1096,"sourceIds":1097,"response":1098,"outcome":1099},"candidate-removal-calls","NDP calls on him to drop two Conservative candidates over earlier remarks","Black Press Media reports that on October 2, 2026 NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert called on Doerkson to drop Chilliwack North candidate Heather Maahs over comments she made in 2022 about LGBTQ+ people and the SOGI resource, and pointed to her 2025 invitation of a Christian lobby group to the legislature. It reports that on October 1 NDP candidate Jennifer Whiteside called for the North Island candidate to be dropped over her 2022 remarks about COVID-19 vaccines.",[601,23],"The reporter asked the party, the Chilliwack North candidate and Doerkson for comment. The party sent a statement from a Vancouver-West End candidate that criticised the NDP and said the party supports anti-bullying programs and age-appropriate classroom content. The article carries no statement from Doerkson.","Nominations closed at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026. The Elections BC list of October 3 shows both candidates in their ridings with the affiliation Conservative.",[1101,1105,1110,1115,1120,1125,1131,1136,1141,1146,1151,1155,1159,1163,1168,1173,1177,1181,1185,1190],{"id":1102,"date":413,"title":410,"publisher":411,"format":168,"summary":1103,"sourceIds":1104},"news-hopes","Doerkson names forestry, land title and hospital closures as his concerns for the year.",[409],{"id":1106,"date":418,"title":1107,"publisher":173,"format":168,"summary":1108,"sourceIds":1109},"news-milobar","Doerkson endorses Peter Milobar for party leader","Reports his endorsement of Milobar in the Conservative leadership race won by Kerry-Lynne Findlay.",[415],{"id":1111,"date":424,"title":1112,"publisher":422,"format":168,"summary":1113,"sourceIds":1114},"news-wildfire","Call for a state of emergency over wildfires","Reports his call for more firefighting resources in the South Cariboo.",[420],{"id":1116,"date":436,"title":1117,"publisher":428,"format":168,"summary":1118,"sourceIds":1119},"news-named","Named interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives","Reports that the caucus recommended him and the party board approved him after Findlay resigned.",[432],{"id":1121,"date":436,"title":1122,"publisher":449,"format":168,"summary":1123,"sourceIds":1124},"news-who","Who is Lorne Doerkson?","Profiles his 2020 and 2024 elections, his move from BC United to the Conservatives, and his roles in the House.",[447],{"id":1126,"date":380,"title":1127,"publisher":1128,"format":168,"summary":1129,"sourceIds":1130},"news-rule","Party vows rule change to keep Doerkson as leader","The Canadian Press","Reports the board’s plan to change the constitution and his work to bring members back to caucus.",[462],{"id":1132,"date":475,"title":1133,"publisher":479,"format":168,"summary":1134,"sourceIds":1135},"news-globe","Doerkson takes the reins of the B.C. Conservatives","Profiles how he became leader, his priorities and the questions about his leadership.",[477],{"id":1137,"date":385,"title":1138,"publisher":454,"format":168,"summary":1139,"sourceIds":1140},"news-taxes","Conservatives promise no new taxes","Reports his tax pledge in Surrey.",[486],{"id":1142,"date":390,"title":1143,"publisher":1128,"format":168,"summary":1144,"sourceIds":1145},"news-week2","Leaders make economic and budget promises","Reports his LNG plan and his comments on the deficit.",[495],{"id":1147,"date":395,"title":501,"publisher":1148,"format":168,"summary":1149,"sourceIds":1150},"news-pst","Black Press Media","Reports the PST pledge and his answer on its cost.",[500],{"id":1152,"date":390,"title":567,"publisher":568,"format":168,"summary":1153,"sourceIds":1154},"news-vsun-profile","Profiles his career, his community roles and how he became leader. It reports a Liaison Strategies poll in which 21 percent of those surveyed had a favourable view of him, 29 percent an unfavourable view and 50 percent were unsure or unfamiliar.",[566],{"id":1156,"date":385,"title":563,"publisher":479,"format":168,"summary":1157,"sourceIds":1158},"news-globe-years","Reports the party's legal opinion on his leadership, the NDP response and his tax pledge in Surrey.",[562],{"id":1160,"date":395,"title":598,"publisher":594,"format":168,"summary":1161,"sourceIds":1162},"news-natres","Reports his Energy Superpower Plan and his statement that economic activity from it would fund the no new taxes pledge.",[597],{"id":1164,"date":390,"title":1165,"publisher":428,"format":168,"summary":1166,"sourceIds":1167},"news-sogi","Where do B.C.'s provincial political parties stand on SOGI in schools?","Compares the positions of the parties. It reports that he says a Conservative government would repeal SOGI 123.",[575],{"id":1169,"date":395,"title":1170,"publisher":479,"format":168,"summary":1171,"sourceIds":1172},"news-kamloops","Apparent white nationalists' gathering in Kamloops, B.C., widely condemned","Reports the condemnation of a masked gathering on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc land by the party leaders, including Doerkson.",[583],{"id":1174,"date":170,"title":559,"publisher":479,"format":168,"summary":1175,"sourceIds":1176},"news-pacific","Reports his welcome of the Pacific Link Pipeline designation and his criticism of the NDP fuel tax plan.",[558],{"id":1178,"date":532,"title":550,"publisher":1128,"format":168,"summary":1179,"sourceIds":1180},"news-water-bombers","Reports the Wildfire Action Plan, his cost answer and the NDP forest minister's question about how it would be paid for.",[549],{"id":1182,"date":532,"title":555,"publisher":454,"format":168,"summary":1183,"sourceIds":1184},"news-wildfire-global","Reports the 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The report names Williams Lake, Clinton, 100 Mile House, Cache Creek and Ashcroft as communities along Highway 97, and Anahim Lake as a community along Highway 20. It says the district is bounded to the north by Cariboo Regional District Electoral Area K, to the west by the Cariboo Regional District, and to the south and east by the borders of Ashcroft and Thompson-Nicola Regional District Electoral Area J.","BC Geographical Names places Williams Lake on the east side of the Fraser River between 100 Mile House and Quesnel, and Clinton on the west side of the Bonaparte River between Cache Creek and 70 Mile House. Ashcroft lies on the east side of the Thompson River, below Kamloops Lake. The Chilcotin River flows southeast into the Fraser River south of Williams Lake. The commission extended the district south to Cache Creek and Ashcroft because they share Highway 97 with 100 Mile House and Williams Lake. It left Barriere and Clearwater in a Kamloops district, because reaching Cariboo-Chilcotin from there means crossing a mountain pass on secondary highways.","Elections BC's 2024 results file lists voting places across the district, from Ashcroft, Savona and Walhachin in the south to Anahim Lake and Tatla Lake in the west. They include the Bonaparte First Nation Band Office, the Canim Lake Band Office, the Skeetchestn Band Admin Bldg, the Toosey Admin Office, the Tsideldel Cultural Centre, the Yunesit’in Health Centre and the Naghtaneqed Elem-Jr Sec School. The school district says that school stands in the Nemiah Valley, three hours southwest of Williams Lake.",[2126,2127,2128,2129,2130,2131,2132],"commission","bcgnis-williams-lake","bcgnis-clinton","bcgnis-ashcroft","bcgnis-chilcotin-river","ebc-results","sd27-naghtaneqed",[2134,2135,2136,2137,2138,2139,2140,2141,2142,2143,2144,2145,2146,2147,2148,2149,2150,2151,2152,2153,2154,2155,2156,2157,2158,2159,2160,2161],"Williams Lake","100 Mile House","108 Mile Ranch","150 Mile House","70 Mile House","Interlakes","Forest Grove","Lone Butte","Canim Lake","Clinton","Cache Creek","Ashcroft","Savona","Walhachin","Loon Lake","Lac Le Jeune","Dog Creek","Anahim Lake","Tatla Lake","Nemiah Valley","Tl'etinqox (Anaham)","Tsi Del Del (Alexis Creek and Redstone)","Yunesit'in (Stone)","Tl'esqox (Toosey)","Xeni Gwet'in (Nemiah)","Tsq'escen' (Canim Lake)","Skeetchestn","Bonaparte",[2163,2166,2169,2172,2175,2178,2181,2184,2187,2190],{"question":2164,"answer":2165},"Where is Cariboo-Chilcotin?","Cariboo-Chilcotin is a provincial electoral district in the southern Cariboo and on the Chilcotin Plateau of central British Columbia. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report gives its area as 55,800 square kilometres and its population as 41,302. It includes communities along Highway 97 such as Williams Lake, Clinton, 100 Mile House, Cache Creek and Ashcroft, and Anahim Lake on Highway 20.",{"question":2167,"answer":2168},"Which communities are in Cariboo-Chilcotin?","Cariboo-Chilcotin includes Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, Clinton, Cache Creek, Ashcroft and Anahim Lake, according to the commission's 2023 final report. Elections BC's 2024 results file also places voting places in 108 Mile Ranch, 150 Mile House, 70 Mile House, Canim Lake, Dog Creek, Tatla Lake, Savona and Walhachin, and at the offices of Bonaparte, Skeetchestn, Toosey and Tsideldel.",{"question":2170,"answer":2171},"Who won Cariboo-Chilcotin in the 2024 provincial election?","Lorne Doerkson of the Conservative Party won Cariboo-Chilcotin in 2024 with 13,714 votes, 69.59% of the valid vote. Michael Moses of the BC NDP received 5,992 votes, 30.41%. Turnout was 60.04% of 32,975 registered voters. Doerkson also won the district in 2020, and Donna Barnett of the BC Liberal Party won it in 2009, 2013 and 2017.",{"question":2173,"answer":2174},"Who represented the Cariboo before the name Cariboo-Chilcotin?","Alexander Vaughan Fraser of Social Credit won the Cariboo district in 1969, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1986, according to Elections BC's volume for 1871 to 1986. In 1975 he received 14,194 votes, 69.87%. David Zirnhelt of the NDP won a Cariboo by-election on 20 September 1989 with 14,091 votes, 56.26%, and then won Cariboo South in 1991 and 1996.",{"question":2176,"answer":2177},"When was the name Cariboo-Chilcotin first used?","The name Cariboo-Chilcotin first appears in Elections BC's volumes at the 2009 general election, held under the Electoral Districts Act of 2008, which raised the number of districts from 79 to 85. Donna Barnett of the BC Liberal Party won it with 6,259 votes, 47.85%. From 1991 to 2005 the volumes list districts named Cariboo North and Cariboo South.",{"question":2179,"answer":2180},"How did the boundaries of Cariboo-Chilcotin change in 2023?","The commission's 2023 final report extended Cariboo-Chilcotin south to include Cache Creek and Ashcroft, which were in Fraser-Nicola. The district's population rose from 33,987 to 41,302 and its area from 44,512 to 55,800 square kilometres. The preliminary proposal called the district Cariboo-North Thompson, and the final report changed the name to Cariboo-Chilcotin.",{"question":2182,"answer":2183},"How many people live in Cariboo-Chilcotin?","The 2021 census counted 41,310 people in Cariboo-Chilcotin, with a median age of 50.8 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. English was the first language of 89.5% of residents, German of 1.8% and French of 1%. Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) was the first language of 1%. People with Indigenous identity made up 20.6% of the population, which is 8,390 people.",{"question":2185,"answer":2186},"Whose traditional territory is Cariboo-Chilcotin on?","Several Nations describe territory in Cariboo-Chilcotin in their own words. The Tŝilhqot'in Nation has six communities, and Williams Lake First Nation, Tsq'escen' First Nation and Skeetchestn Indian Band belong to the Secwépemc Nation. Ulkatcho First Nation, centred in Anahim Lake, is a Dakelh (Carrier) Nation. The sources below link to the pages where each Nation speaks for itself.",{"question":2188,"answer":2189},"What did the Supreme Court decide about Tsilhqot'in title?","Cariboo-Chilcotin includes Tŝilhqot'in communities such as Tl'etinqox and Yunesit'in. A Government of Canada release says that on 26 June 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada declared that the Tsilhqot'in have Aboriginal title over 1,750 square kilometres in the interior of British Columbia near Williams Lake. The Province and the Nation signed the Nenqay Deni Accord, dated 11 February 2016.",{"question":2191,"answer":2192},"What happened in Cariboo-Chilcotin during the 2017 wildfires?","Cariboo-Chilcotin lay under the largest fire in British Columbia's recorded history in 2017. The BC Flood and Wildfire Review reports that the Plateau Complex on the Chilcotin Plateau covered 545,151 hectares, and that Williams Lake was under an evacuation order from 15 July to 27 July. The Province declared a state of emergency on 7 July and lifted it on 15 September.",[2194,2210,2222,2231,2240,2249,2257],{"id":2195,"title":2196,"paragraphs":2197,"sourceIds":2201},"first-peoples","Tŝilhqot'in, Secwépemc and Dakelh homelands",[2198,2199,2200],"Several Nations describe parts of this district as their homeland, each in its own words. The Tŝilhqot'in Nation has six communities. The Tŝilhqot'in Stewardship Agreement for 2024 to 2027 is signed by the Province, the Nation and the Tŝilhqot'in National Government, and it lists the six as Xeni Gwet'in First Nations Government, Tsideldel First Nation, Tl'etinqox Government, ʔEsdilagh First Nation, Toosey First Nation and Yunesit'in Government. A 2017 release of the Government of Canada names the same six with their common English names, including Anaham for Tl'etinqox, Stone for Yunesit'in and Nemiah for Xeni Gwet'in. BC Geographical Names records that the name Chilcotin River comes from the Tŝilhqot'in language and gives more than one proposed meaning, including \"ochre river people\".","Williams Lake First Nation calls its people T'exelcemc and says they are members of the Secwépemc Nation who have lived across Secwepemcul'ecw for over 6500 years. Tsq'escen' First Nation, formerly the Canim Lake Band, says the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation consists of 17 Nations, and it gives its traditional area in the Cariboo as 21,260 square kilometres. Its reserve land lies east of 100 Mile House on the Canim-Hendrix Lake Road. The Skeetchestn Indian Band, at Deadman's Creek near Savona, says its ancestors wintered in pit house villages on both sides of Kamloops Lake before its reserve was established in 1877. The Province lists the Bonaparte Indian Band, west of Cache Creek, as a member of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.","In the west of the district, Ulkatcho First Nation describes its people as belonging to the Dakelh (Carrier) Nation. Its name refers to the people of the high country. It says its ancestral lands include the Anahim Lake area, the Itcha-Ilgachuz ranges and the Dean River watershed, and that its community is centred in Anahim Lake. The Nation's history page says Ulkatcho Village was a trading and potlatch centre where trails met, with routes to the Fraser River, the Central Coast and the Chilcotin Plateau.",[2202,2203,2130,2204,2205,2206,2207,2208,2209],"tsa-2024","canada-lou-2017","wlfn-culture","tsqescen","skeetchestn","bcgov-bonaparte","ulkatcho-about","ulkatcho-history",{"id":2211,"title":2212,"paragraphs":2213,"sourceIds":2217},"cariboo-road","The Cariboo Road and its roadhouses, 1861 to 1868",[2214,2215,2216],"Gold found in the Cariboo led the colony to build a road. The Canadian Encyclopedia says the Cariboo Road, 650 km long between Yale and Barkerville, was begun in 1862 and opened in 1865. Royal Engineers built the hardest sections and private contractors built the rest. Ashcroft became the third starting point of the road, after Yale and Lillooet.","Roadhouses along the route grew into towns. BC Geographical Names records that the first building at what is now Clinton opened on New Year's Day 1861 and was called 47 Mile House. After the Cariboo Wagon Road was completed in 1863, the place was renamed for Henry Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, who was Colonial Secretary. The record also notes an Indigenous village called Pil-te-'uk, meaning white earth, on nearby Junction Creek, shown on George Dawson's 1895 survey map. 100 Mile House grew around a roadhouse 100 miles north of Lillooet on the Cariboo Road. Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall started the ranch near Ashcroft in 1862 and named it after their family village in Gloucestershire, England. Cache Creek's post office opened on 4 January 1868, with Charles Augustus Semlin, a future Premier of British Columbia, as postmaster.","Williams Lake takes its name from Chief William of the Sugar Cane reserve. BC Geographical Names gives the earlier Indigenous name as Columetza, meaning the gathering place of the lordly ones, and says the present name was in use by 28 April 1860, when John Telfer received a pre-emption at Williams Lake.",[2218,2219,2128,2220,2129,2221,2127],"cdn-enc-cariboo-road","cdn-enc-ashcroft","bcgnis-100-mile-house","bcgnis-cache-creek",{"id":2223,"title":2224,"paragraphs":2225,"sourceIds":2228},"chilcotin-war","The Chilcotin War and the six chiefs, 1864 to 2018",[2226,2227],"The Prime Minister's statement of 26 March 2018 says that in the spring of 1864 the Tsilhqot'in chiefs led a war party in defence of their homelands against a colonial road crew that wanted to build a road through Tsilhqot'in territory. It says the chiefs were invited under false pretenses to negotiate peace, then arrested and convicted. Five chiefs were hanged on 26 October 1864, and a sixth, Chief Ahan, was hanged later.","In the House of Commons the Prime Minister said: \"We confirm without reservation that Chief Lhats'assin, Chief Biyil, Chief Tilaghed, Chief Taqed, Chief Chayses, and Chief Ahan are fully exonerated of any crime or wrongdoing.\" The statement describes the six as leaders and warriors of the Tsilhqot'in Nation who acted in accordance with their laws and traditions.",[2229,2230],"pm-exoneration-2018","pm-transcript-2018",{"id":2232,"title":2233,"paragraphs":2234,"sourceIds":2237},"railway-towns","The railways and the new municipalities, 1884 to 1991",[2235,2236],"The Canadian Pacific Railway reached Ashcroft in 1884, and the Canadian Encyclopedia says the town then served as a major supply centre for the goldfields in the north. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway was incorporated in Vancouver in 1912, and the Clinton and District Historical and Cultural Museum says it reached Clinton in 1916, when the company was bankrupt. In 1918 the government of Premier John Oliver took responsibility for it. The first work train reached Williams Lake on 15 September 1919. The line reached Quesnel in 1921 and Prince George in 1952.","The Government of Canada says the first Williams Lake Stampede, held in 1919, coincided with the building of the railway through the area. Municipal status came later. BC Geographical Names records Williams Lake as a village on 15 March 1929, a town on 15 February 1965 and a city on 5 November 1981. Ashcroft became a village on 27 June 1952, Cache Creek a local district on 25 February 1959, and Clinton a village on 16 July 1963. 100 Mile House became a village on 27 July 1965 and a district municipality on 13 June 1991.",[2219,2238,2239,2127,2129,2221,2128,2220],"clinton-museum","canada-stampede",{"id":2241,"title":2242,"paragraphs":2243,"sourceIds":2246},"st-josephs-mission","St. Joseph's Mission, 1886 to 1981, and the investigation of 2021 to 2023",[2244,2245],"Williams Lake First Nation says St. Joseph's Mission operated as an Indian Residential School between 1886 and 1981. The Catholic Oblates administered it as part of the residential school system set up by the Government of Canada, and it stood near T'exelc, the community core of the First Nation. The Province lists the First Nation's community as 8 km south of Williams Lake.","The First Nation began an investigation of the site in July 2021, using ground penetrating radar, magnetometry and terrestrial LiDAR, along with archival research and 21 survivor interviews. It announced the first phase on 25 January 2022: a survey of 14 hectares found 93 reflections with characteristics indicative of human burials. It announced the second phase on 25 January 2023, which found 66 reflections with characteristics indicative of potential human remains.",[2247,2248],"wlfn-sjm","bcgov-wlfn",{"id":2250,"title":2251,"paragraphs":2252,"sourceIds":2256},"tsilhqotin-title","Tŝilhqot'in title and the agreements, 2014 to 2024",[2253,2254,2255],"A release of the Government of Canada says that on 26 June 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada declared that the Tsilhqot'in have Aboriginal title over 1,750 square kilometres in the interior of British Columbia near Williams Lake. On 27 January 2017 Canada and the Tsilhqot'in Nation signed a Letter of Understanding as a first step towards reconciliation. The Province and the Nation had already agreed the Nenqay Deni Accord, a reconciliation framework agreement dated 11 February 2016.","The current Tŝilhqot'in Stewardship Agreement is dated 1 April 2024 and replaces the earlier stewardship agreements. It sets out how the Province and the Nation take part in decisions about land and resources, and it lists Aboriginal title among the rights recognized and affirmed by section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Province acknowledges in it that Aboriginal Rights exist within the agreement area.","Williams Lake First Nation follows a separate path. The Province lists it at Stage 5 of the British Columbia treaty process, final agreement negotiations, after an Incremental Treaty Agreement in 2016 and an Agreement-in-Principle signed with the Province and Canada in July 2018.",[2203,2202,2248],{"id":2258,"title":2259,"paragraphs":2260,"sourceIds":2263},"wildfires-2017","The wildfires of July 2017",[2261,2262],"The independent BC Flood and Wildfire Review reports that more than 160 new fires began on 7 July 2017, mostly from lightning, in the Cariboo and Kamloops Fire Centre areas. The Province declared a state of emergency that day and lifted it on 15 September. Across British Columbia the 2017 fires burned 1,216,046 hectares and cost $568,000,000 to fight, and the review puts the number of evacuees at 65,000.","In this district the review lists the Plateau Complex on the Chilcotin Plateau, a group of separate fires that merged into 545,151 hectares and became the largest fire in the province's recorded history. It lists the Hanceville Complex at 241,160 hectares and the Central Cariboo Complex around Williams Lake and Soda Creek at 31,181 hectares. Williams Lake was under an evacuation order from 15 July to 27 July. The Gustafsen fire burned 5,700 hectares just west of 100 Mile House. The Elephant Hill fire, found on 6 July, reached 191,865 hectares between Ashcroft and Highway 24. It burned properties on the Ashcroft Indian Band and in the Boston Flats mobile home park, and the entire village of Cache Creek was evacuated.",[2264],"bc-flood-wildfire-review",{},{"paragraphs":2267,"sourceIds":2272},[2268,2269,2270,2271],"Elections BC's volume for 1871 to 1986 lists a district named Cariboo from the first general election of 1871. Alexander Vaughan Fraser of the Social Credit Party won it in 1969, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1986. In 1975 he received 14,194 votes (69.87%), ahead of Grethyll Verda Adams of the New Democratic Party with 6,122 (30.13%). In 1986 Cariboo elected two members, and the volume prints Fraser (14,594 votes, 30.31%) and T. Neil Vant (12,715 votes, 26.40%) as the winners, both for Social Credit.","Multi-member districts ended with the Electoral Districts Act (SBC 1990 c. 39), assented to on 27 July 1990 and in effect from 19 September 1991, which set out 75 single-member districts. David Zirnhelt of the NDP won a by-election in Cariboo on 20 September 1989 with 14,091 votes (56.26%), ahead of Joe Wark of Social Credit with 9,292 (37.10%). From 1991 the volumes list Cariboo North and Cariboo South instead. In Cariboo South Zirnhelt won in 1991 with 6,369 votes (45.37%) and in 1996 with 6,372 (41.45%). Walt Cobb of the Liberal Party won in 2001 with 10,259 (62.21%). Charlie Wyse of the NDP won in 2005 with 7,277 (45.99%) against Cobb's 7,163 (45.27%).","The Electoral Districts Act of 2008 (SBC 2008 c. 14), assented to on 1 May 2008, raised the number of districts from 79 to 85 and took effect on 14 April 2009. The name Cariboo-Chilcotin first appears in the volumes at the 2009 general election. Donna Barnett of the BC Liberal Party won it in 2009 with 6,259 votes (47.85%), ahead of Charlie Wyse of the BC NDP with 6,171 (47.18%). She won again in 2013 with 7,679 (56.18%) and in 2017 with 8,517 (58.77%). Lorne Doerkson won in 2020 for the BC Liberal Party with 6,600 votes (51.25%) and in 2024 for the Conservative Party with 13,714 (69.59%), against Michael Moses of the BC NDP with 5,992 (30.41%).","The commission's 2023 final report extended Cariboo-Chilcotin south to include Cache Creek and Ashcroft, which were in Fraser-Nicola. Its table of the 87 current districts gives the earlier Cariboo-Chilcotin 33,987 people and 44,512 square kilometres. Its table of the proposed districts gives the new one 41,302 people and 55,800 square kilometres. The report shows that its preliminary proposal called the district Cariboo-North Thompson, and the final report changed the name to Cariboo-Chilcotin. Elections BC's conversion table lists the earlier districts that overlap the new one: Cariboo-Chilcotin with 58 voting areas, Fraser-Nicola with 19, Cariboo North with 6, and Kamloops-North Thompson and Kamloops-South Thompson with 3 each.",[2273,2274,2275,2131,2126],"ebc-1871-1986","ebc-1987-2001","ebc-2002-2013",[2277,2282,2285,2288,2291,2294,2298,2302,2306,2309,2313,2316,2319,2322,2325,2328,2333,2336,2339,2343,2347,2350,2353,2356,2361,2363,2368,2372,2376],{"id":2126,"label":2278,"publisher":2279,"kind":2280,"url":2281,"checkedAt":2108},"Final report, April 3, 2023","British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission","government","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002FBCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf",{"id":2273,"label":2283,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"url":2284,"checkedAt":2108},"Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871 to 1986","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf",{"id":2274,"label":2286,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"url":2287,"checkedAt":2108},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987 to 2001","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2275,"label":2289,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"url":2290,"checkedAt":2108},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2131,"label":2292,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"url":2293,"checkedAt":2108},"Provincial Voting Results","https:\u002F\u002Fcatalogue.data.gov.bc.ca\u002Fdataset\u002F44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935",{"id":2202,"label":2295,"publisher":2296,"kind":2280,"url":2297,"checkedAt":2108},"Tŝilhqot'in Stewardship Agreement, 2024 to 2027","Government of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fassets\u002Fgov\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Fagreements\u002Ftng_stewardship_agreement_2024_to_2027_renewal.pdf",{"id":2203,"label":2299,"publisher":2300,"kind":2280,"url":2301,"checkedAt":2108},"Tsilhqot'in and Canada take first steps towards reconciliation with signing of Letter of Understanding","Government of Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada.ca\u002Fen\u002Findigenous-northern-affairs\u002Fnews\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Ftsilhqot-canada-take-first-steps-towards-reconciliation-signing-letter-understanding.html",{"id":2229,"label":2303,"publisher":2304,"kind":2280,"url":2305,"checkedAt":2108},"Prime Minister delivers statement of exoneration for six Tsilhqot'in Chiefs","Prime Minister of Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pm.gc.ca\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-releases\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F26\u002Fprime-minister-delivers-statement-exoneration-six-tsilhqotin-chiefs",{"id":2230,"label":2307,"publisher":2304,"kind":2280,"url":2308,"checkedAt":2108},"Transcript: Prime Minister Trudeau delivers a statement of exoneration for six Tsilhqot'in Chiefs","https:\u002F\u002Fpm.gc.ca\u002Fen\u002Fnode\u002F484",{"id":2130,"label":2310,"publisher":2311,"kind":2280,"url":2312,"checkedAt":2108},"Chilcotin River, BC Geographical Names record","BC Geographical Names Office","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F5858.html",{"id":2127,"label":2314,"publisher":2311,"kind":2280,"url":2315,"checkedAt":2108},"Williams Lake, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F25533.html",{"id":2220,"label":2317,"publisher":2311,"kind":2280,"url":2318,"checkedAt":2108},"100 Mile House, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F30137.html",{"id":2221,"label":2320,"publisher":2311,"kind":2280,"url":2321,"checkedAt":2108},"Cache Creek, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F27638.html",{"id":2128,"label":2323,"publisher":2311,"kind":2280,"url":2324,"checkedAt":2108},"Clinton, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F29466.html",{"id":2129,"label":2326,"publisher":2311,"kind":2280,"url":2327,"checkedAt":2108},"Ashcroft, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F27623.html",{"id":2204,"label":2329,"publisher":2330,"kind":2331,"url":2332,"checkedAt":2108},"Culture and Language","Williams Lake First Nation (T'exelc)","first-nation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wlfn.ca\u002Fabout-wlfn\u002Fculture-language\u002F",{"id":2247,"label":2334,"publisher":2330,"kind":2331,"url":2335,"checkedAt":2108},"St. Joseph's Mission Investigation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wlfn.ca\u002Fabout-wlfn\u002Fsjm-investigation\u002F",{"id":2205,"label":2337,"publisher":2337,"kind":2331,"url":2338,"checkedAt":2108},"Tsq̓éscen̓ First Nation","https:\u002F\u002Ftsqescen.ca\u002F",{"id":2206,"label":2340,"publisher":2341,"kind":2331,"url":2342,"checkedAt":2108},"About","Skeetchestn Indian Band","https:\u002F\u002Fskeetchestn.ca\u002Fabout-2\u002F",{"id":2208,"label":2344,"publisher":2345,"kind":2331,"url":2346,"checkedAt":2108},"Our Nation, Our Story","Ulkatcho First Nation","https:\u002F\u002Fulkatcho.ca\u002Fabout",{"id":2209,"label":2348,"publisher":2345,"kind":2331,"url":2349,"checkedAt":2108},"History","https:\u002F\u002Fulkatcho.ca\u002Fhistory",{"id":2248,"label":2351,"publisher":2296,"kind":2280,"url":2352,"checkedAt":2108},"Williams Lake First Nation (T'exelc), First Nations A-Z listing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Ffirst-nations-negotiations\u002Ffirst-nations-a-z-listing\u002Fwilliams-lake-first-nation",{"id":2207,"label":2354,"publisher":2296,"kind":2280,"url":2355,"checkedAt":2108},"Bonaparte Indian Band, First Nations A-Z listing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Ffirst-nations-negotiations\u002Ffirst-nations-a-z-listing\u002Fbonaparte-indian-band",{"id":2218,"label":2357,"publisher":2358,"kind":2359,"url":2360,"checkedAt":2108},"Cariboo Road","The Canadian Encyclopedia","reference","https:\u002F\u002Fthecanadianencyclopedia.ca\u002Fen\u002Farticle\u002Fcariboo-road",{"id":2219,"label":2145,"publisher":2358,"kind":2359,"url":2362,"checkedAt":2108},"https:\u002F\u002Fthecanadianencyclopedia.ca\u002Fen\u002Farticle\u002Fashcroft",{"id":2238,"label":2364,"publisher":2365,"kind":2366,"url":2367,"checkedAt":2108},"On to Williams Lake","Clinton and District Historical and Cultural Museum","archive","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.clintonmuseumbc.org\u002Fgallery\u002Fpacific-greater-eastern-railroad-near-clinton",{"id":2239,"label":2369,"publisher":2370,"kind":2280,"url":2371,"checkedAt":2108},"The Government of Canada supports a commemorative project to mark the 100th anniversary of the Williams Lake Stampede","Canadian Heritage","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada.ca\u002Fen\u002Fcanadian-heritage\u002Fnews\u002F2019\u002F08\u002Fthe-government-of-canada-supports-a-commemorative-project-to-mark-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-williams-lake-stampede.html",{"id":2264,"label":2373,"publisher":2374,"kind":2280,"url":2375,"checkedAt":2108},"Addressing the New Normal: 21st Century Disaster Management in British Columbia","BC Flood and Wildfire Review, Government of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fassets\u002Fgov\u002Fpublic-safety-and-emergency-services\u002Femergency-preparedness-response-recovery\u002Fembc\u002Fbc-flood-and-wildfire-review-addressing-the-new-normal-21st-century-disaster-management-in-bc-web.pdf",{"id":2132,"label":2377,"publisher":2378,"kind":2280,"url":2379,"checkedAt":2108},"About us, Naghtaneqed Elementary\u002FJunior Secondary School","School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin","https:\u002F\u002Fngh.sd27.bc.ca\u002Fabout-us","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistricts\u002Fcariboo-chilcotin","Cariboo-Chilcotin is a provincial electoral district in the southern Cariboo and on the Chilcotin Plateau of central British Columbia. It takes in Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, Clinton, Cache Creek, Ashcroft and Anahim Lake, together with Tŝilhqot'in, Secwépemc and Dakelh communities. The 2021 census counted 41,310 people in it, and the Electoral Boundaries Commission gives its area as 55,800 square kilometres.","m_e6SJr8GPyLbOEMMCiaso8EUct_RQqXHDXtdrJfrzM",[2384,3052,3157,3684,4017,4590,4701,4808,5328,5436],{"id":2385,"aliases":2386,"checkedAt":260,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2107,"founded":2387,"headline":2393,"history":2394,"leadership":2457,"logo":2468,"meta":2472,"money":2473,"name":13,"news":2498,"overview":2535,"palette":2540,"platform":2545,"questions":2872,"record":2898,"registeredName":2938,"rosterLabel":13,"slug":2939,"sources":2940,"stem":3045,"summary":3046,"website":2471,"wordmark":3047,"__hash__":3051},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-green-party.json",[],{"year":2388,"note":2389,"cites":2390},1983,"Adriane Carr founded the party in February 1983, according to CBC News.",[2391,2392],"cbc-birth","knowbc-green","BC Green Party: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":2395,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2448,"gaps":2454},[2396,2400,2404,2408,2412,2417,2423,2428,2433,2440],{"title":2397,"body":2398,"cites":2399},"Founded in February 1983","Adriane Carr, then a geography teacher at Langara College, founded the party in February 1983, two months before a provincial election. It ran four candidates that year and won 0.19 percent of the vote.",[2391,2392],{"title":2401,"body":2402,"cites":2403},"First MLA elected in 2013","Andrew Weaver won a Victoria-area seat in the 2013 election, the party’s first seat in the legislature.",[2392],{"title":2405,"body":2406,"cites":2407},"Three MLAs and support for an NDP government in 2017","Under Andrew Weaver the party elected 3 MLAs in 2017 and agreed to support an NDP government.",[2392],{"title":2409,"body":2410,"cites":2411},"Three seats kept in 2020","Under leader Sonia Furstenau the party kept 3 seats in the October 2020 election, which the NDP won with a majority.",[2392],{"date":2413,"title":2414,"body":2415,"cites":2416},"2024-10-19","2024 election: 2 seats","The party ran 69 candidates, won 173,377 votes (8.24 percent) and elected Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote. Leader Sonia Furstenau lost in Victoria-Beacon Hill with 9,644 votes (33.50 percent).",[142],{"date":2418,"title":2419,"body":2420,"cites":2421},"2024-12-13","Co-operation accord with the NDP government announced","The NDP government and the Greens announced the Co-operation and Responsible Government Accord, which named shared goals such as community health centres, transit in under-served areas and a look at electoral reform.",[2422],"cbc-accord-2024",{"title":2424,"body":2425,"cites":2426},"Sonia Furstenau steps down, January 2025","Sonia Furstenau stepped down as leader in January 2025 after losing her seat. Jeremy Valeriote acted as interim leader.",[2427],"cbc-lowan-leader",{"date":2429,"title":2430,"body":2431,"cites":2432},"2025-09-24","Emily Lowan elected leader","Emily Lowan won the leadership on the first ballot with 3,189 votes. Jonathan Kerr received 1,908 and Adam Bremner-Akins 128.",[2427],{"date":2434,"title":2435,"body":2436,"cites":2437},"2026-02-09","Greens end the accord","The party said it would not renew the accord with the NDP government, and its two MLAs began voting bill by bill.",[2438,2439],"cbc-accord-end","global-accord-end",{"date":380,"title":2441,"body":2442,"cites":2443},"Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands","Rob Botterell said he would not seek re-election, and Emily Lowan announced she would run in his district.",[2444,2445,2446],"bp-lowan-saanich","vicbuzz-lowan-saanich","green-election-plans","researched",[2449,2450,2451,2452,2453],"CBC News archive article on the party’s founding","The Encyclopedia of British Columbia entry on KnowBC","Elections BC statement of votes, 2024","CBC News and Global News reports from 2024 to 2026","The party’s About us page, used for leads only",[2455,2456],"Results of elections before 2024 are taken from the encyclopedia entry and have not been checked against Elections BC reports.","Leaders between 1985 and 2013 are not listed.",[2458,2463],{"role":2459,"name":2460,"since":2429,"cites":2461},"Leader","Emily Lowan",[257,2427,2462],"cbc-leaders-2026",{"role":2464,"name":2465,"cites":2466},"Executive director","Alex Brunke",[2467],"green-hudema",{"src":2469,"alt":2470,"sourceUrl":2471,"checkedAt":260},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-green-party.webp","BC Green Party logo","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002F",{},{"searchUrl":2474,"filings":2475,"notes":2487,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2491,"gaps":2495},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FWelcome.aspx",[2476,2481,2484],{"period":69,"kind":2477,"note":2478,"cites":2479},"Annual allowance paid by Elections BC","$163,841.27 on January 15 and $163,841.26 on July 15, a total of $327,682.53, based on the party’s 2024 votes.",[2480],"ebc-annual-allowances",{"period":1893,"kind":2477,"note":2482,"cites":2483},"$160,481.03 on January 15 and $160,266.42 on July 15, a total of $320,747.45, based on the party’s 2024 votes.",[2480],{"period":1898,"kind":2477,"note":2485,"cites":2486},"$257,156.66 on January 15 and $257,156.66 on July 15, a total of $514,313.32, based on the party’s 2020 votes.",[2480],[2488,2489,2490],"Elections BC pays a yearly allowance to a registered party whose candidates won at least 2 percent of all valid votes in the last general election, or at least 5 percent of the votes in the districts where it ran candidates.","For 2026, the allowance is $1.89 for each valid vote the party received in the 2024 election. It is paid in two equal parts, on January 15 and July 15.","Parties file their financial reports with Elections BC. Anyone can read the filed reports in the Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.",[2492,2493,2494],"Elections BC annual allowances page","Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, opening page","Elections BC provincial financing page",[2496,2497],"The party’s annual financial reports (donations and spending) have not been opened and transcribed yet. The reports sit behind a search form, and this review did not go through it.","No figure for 2026 election spending is on the public record yet.",{"entries":2499,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2530,"gaps":2533},[2500,2504,2508,2513,2517,2522,2526],{"date":2434,"publisher":428,"title":2501,"url":2502,"summary":2503},"B.C. Greens pull out of governing accord with B.C. NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fb-c-greens-pull-out-of-governing-accord-with-b-c-ndp-9.7081452","The Greens said they would not sign a new co-operation accord with the NDP government, saying health centres, transit and electoral reform had stalled. Jeremy Valeriote said he and Rob Botterell would vote bill by bill.",{"date":2434,"publisher":454,"title":2505,"url":2506,"summary":2507},"BC Green Party says it won't renew co-operation agreement with BC NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11659582\u002Fbc-green-party-wont-renew-co-operation-agreement-bc-ndp\u002F","Emily Lowan said the decision to call an election rested with the NDP majority. Deputy Premier Niki Sharma said the two sides could not agree because the Greens would not rule out voting with the Conservatives on confidence votes.",{"date":460,"publisher":2509,"title":2510,"url":2511,"summary":2512},"CBC News (The Canadian Press)","Meet the party leaders running in B.C.'s provincial election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fbc-provincial-election-party-leaders-list-9.7354333","A profile of each party leader. It says Emily Lowan has led the Greens since 2025, has no seat, and leads two MLAs, Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote.",{"date":380,"publisher":1148,"title":2514,"url":2515,"summary":2516},"B.C. Greens Leader Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands","https:\u002F\u002Fvernonmorningstar.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fb-c-greens-leader-lowan-to-run-in-saanich-north-and-the-islands\u002F","Rob Botterell said he would not run again and that the choice was his own. Lowan said most of the party’s election resources would go to the south of Vancouver Island, and that cost of living is its top issue.",{"date":380,"publisher":2518,"title":2519,"url":2520,"summary":2521},"Victoria Buzz","BC Greens leader Emily Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands","https:\u002F\u002Fvictoriabuzz.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fbc-greens-leader-emily-lowan-to-run-in-saanich-north-and-the-islands\u002F","Botterell endorsed Lowan in his district, and Jeremy Valeriote said he would seek re-election in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.",{"date":390,"publisher":1148,"title":2523,"url":2524,"summary":2525},"BC Greens announce new candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake, childcare plans","https:\u002F\u002Fsookenewsmirror.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fbc-greens-announce-new-candidate-for-victoria-swan-lake-childcare-plans\u002F","Lowan announced a plan to restart the $10-a-day child care expansion and reach universal free child care by 2031, and named Carolyn Howe as the candidate in Victoria-Swan Lake.",{"date":395,"publisher":2518,"title":2527,"url":2528,"summary":2529},"BC Greens focus on renters and childcare as NDP and Conservatives roll out economic plans","https:\u002F\u002Fvictoriabuzz.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fbc-greens-focus-on-renters-and-childcare-as-ndp-and-conservatives-roll-out-economic-plans\u002F","The Greens announced vacancy control and other renter measures, and opposed the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion, which the NDP and Conservatives support.",[2531,2532],"Web searches for the party and its leader with 2026, September 2026","Each article listed here, opened and read",[2534],"No coverage index before February 2026 has been compiled for this year.",[2536,2537,2538,2539],"The BC Green Party elected Rob Botterell (Saanich North and the Islands) and Jeremy Valeriote (West Vancouver-Sea to Sky) in the 2024 election, and the legislature’s records read on 2026-09-30 list both as Green members.","Emily Lowan has led the party since 2025-09-24, when members elected her on the first ballot. She has no seat in the legislature. She is running in Saanich North and the Islands, where Rob Botterell is not seeking re-election.","The party says it is running on four commitments: \"A Life You Can Afford\", \"Care You Can Count On\", \"Economic Fairness for All\" and \"Fight for the Future\". It says it would pay for its plan by taxing the richest people and large corporations more.","In the 2024 election the party ran 69 candidates, received 173,377 votes (8.24 percent) and elected 2 MLAs, according to Elections BC.",{"accent":2541,"onAccent":2542,"tint":2543,"ink":2544},"#15803D","#FFFFFF","#e8f2ec","#1F2933",[2546,2605,2638,2679,2696,2732,2741,2775,2810,2829,2853],{"issue":76,"paragraphs":2547,"proposals":2552,"questions":2594,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2599,"gaps":2603},[2548,2549,2550,2551],"The BC Green Party says it would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year, and make it easier and faster to build all forms of housing.","On 2026-09-29 the party published a plan for renters. It says it would bring back vacancy control, which ties the allowed rent increase to the home instead of the tenant, so a landlord could not raise the rent each time a tenant moves out. The party says yearly increases would still be set by the Residential Tenancy Branch.","The party blames the BC NDP government for cancelling the Community Housing Fund and says it would restart that fund on day one.","The party’s Our Plan page, read on 2026-09-30, says its full platform is still to come.",[2553,2560,2566,2570,2575,2580,2585,2590],{"title":2554,"detail":2555,"authority":2556,"cites":2557},"Restart the Community Housing Fund and the Indigenous Housing Fund","The party says it would immediately restart both funds, with a goal of building and protecting 26,000 housing units a year.","The provincial government funds these programs through BC Housing and the provincial budget.",[2558,2559],"green-renters","green-our-plan",{"title":2561,"detail":2562,"authority":2563,"cites":2564},"Vacancy control on rents","Rent increases would be tied to the rental unit, so a new tenant would pay the same rent as the one before, plus the allowed yearly increase.","A change to the Residential Tenancy Act, passed by the legislature.",[2558,2559,2565],"vicbuzz-renters-childcare",{"title":2567,"detail":2568,"authority":2563,"cites":2569},"End blanket no-pet clauses in rental contracts","The party would amend the Residential Tenancy Act to prohibit blanket no-pets clauses and write guidelines on pets in rentals instead.",[2558,2565],{"title":2571,"detail":2572,"authority":2573,"cites":2574},"Protect 2,000 low-rent homes each year","The party would add money and support to the Rental Protection Fund so that 2,000 deeply affordable rental homes are protected each year.","A provincial budget decision.",[2558],{"title":2576,"detail":2577,"authority":2578,"cites":2579},"More direct rent help","The party would increase support through the Rental Assistance Program and the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program for renters who cannot afford market rents.","Provincial rent support programs.",[2558],{"title":2581,"detail":2582,"authority":2583,"cites":2584},"A rent review when local rents fall","Renters could ask the Residential Tenancy Branch for a yearly rent review when market rents in their city are going down.","The province runs the Residential Tenancy Branch.",[2558],{"title":2586,"detail":2587,"authority":2588,"cites":2589},"Deposits held by the Residential Tenancy Branch","The branch would collect and hold damage deposits, and would publish the rent data it gathers this way.","A change to provincial tenancy law.",[2558],{"title":2591,"detail":2592,"cites":2593},"Housing designed by Indigenous communities","The party would fund Indigenous-led complex care housing, with rent supplements set aside for Indigenous people and run with guidance from Indigenous organizations.",[2558],[2595],{"question":2596,"answer":2597,"cites":2598},"What is vacancy control?","It is a rule that ties the allowed rent increase to the home. Today in BC, rent increases are limited while a tenant stays, but a landlord can set a new rent when the tenant leaves. The BC Green Party says it would end that gap.",[2558,2565],[2600,2601,2602],"The BC Green Party Our Plan page, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Four-plan\u002F","The renter plan release of 2026-09-29 and its policy brief","Every BC Green Party media release listed from 2026-07-29 to 2026-09-30, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fmedia-releases\u002F",[2604],"The party gives no cost and no year-by-year schedule for the housing plan.",{"issue":90,"paragraphs":2606,"proposals":2609,"questions":2634,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2635,"gaps":2636},[2607,2608,2551],"Under the heading \"Care You Can Count On\", the BC Green Party lists five health commitments. The party gives no cost and no date for them.","In August 2026 the party criticised the government’s decision to cancel a planned overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver. Party leader Emily Lowan and MLA Rob Botterell called for a regulated drug supply and voluntary treatment.",[2610,2615,2620,2624,2629],{"title":2611,"detail":2612,"authority":2613,"cites":2614},"Community Health Centres in every region","The party says it would build Community Health Centres in every region, with team-based care and long-term support.","Provincial health funding, delivered through the health authorities.",[2559],{"title":2616,"detail":2617,"cites":2618},"Finish safe nurse-to-patient ratios","The party says it would finish delivering safe nurse-to-patient ratios. It says the government legislated the ratios and then let the rollout stall.",[2559,2619],"green-snap",{"title":2621,"detail":2622,"cites":2623},"Keep public health money in public care","The party says every public health dollar would stay in public care.",[2559],{"title":2625,"detail":2626,"authority":2627,"cites":2628},"Mental health care covered by the public system","The party says mental health care would be covered through the public health system.","Provincial health funding.",[2559],{"title":2630,"detail":2631,"cites":2632},"Harm reduction and voluntary care for the toxic drug crisis","The party says it would respond to the toxic drug crisis with harm reduction and more money for voluntary care, and it has called for a regulated drug supply.",[2559,2633],"green-health-minister",[],[2600,2602],[2637],"The party has published no health cost, no timeline, and no count of the Community Health Centres it would build.",{"issue":651,"paragraphs":2639,"proposals":2642,"questions":2670,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2675,"gaps":2677},[2640,2641,2551],"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.",[2643,2651,2655,2660,2665],{"title":2644,"detail":2645,"authority":2646,"deadline":2647,"cites":2648},"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.","A provincial budget and ministry program decision.","Universal free child care by 2031, the party says.",[2649,2559,2650,2565],"green-childcare","bp-childcare",{"title":2652,"detail":2653,"cites":2654},"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.",[2649,2650],{"title":2656,"detail":2657,"deadline":2658,"cites":2659},"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.","$35 to $45 an hour by 2028, the party says.",[2649,2650],{"title":2661,"detail":2662,"authority":2663,"cites":2664},"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.","The province sets income and disability assistance rates.",[2559],{"title":2666,"detail":2667,"authority":2668,"cites":2669},"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.","The province sets the minimum wage and labour law.",[2559],[2671],{"question":2672,"answer":2673,"cites":2674},"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.",[2649,2650],[2600,2676,2602],"The child care release of 2026-09-28 and its policy brief",[2678],"The party gives no cost for its child care plan or its assistance rate increase.",{"issue":687,"paragraphs":2680,"proposals":2684,"questions":2691,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2692,"gaps":2694},[2681,2682,2683,2551],"The BC Green Party’s Our Plan page has no section on policing, courts or prisons.","In its statement for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the party says it would create a task force to investigate and prosecute cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and Two-Spirit people.","In an August 2026 release, MLA Rob Botterell argued that public safety and harm reduction can be pursued together, with a regulated supply, voluntary services and supportive housing.",[2685],{"title":2686,"detail":2687,"authority":2688,"cites":2689},"Task force on missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and Two-Spirit people","The task force would investigate and prosecute cases under civilian oversight from Indigenous communities, and follow the Red Women Rising report.","The province funds policing and runs prosecutions.",[2690],"green-tdr",[],[2600,2693,2602],"The statement of 2026-09-30 on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation",[2695],"The party has published no 2026 plan on police funding, courts, bail or prisons.",{"issue":224,"paragraphs":2697,"proposals":2701,"questions":2726,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2727,"gaps":2730},[2698,2699,2700,2551],"Under the heading \"Economic Fairness for All\", the BC Green Party says the province should get a larger return from its natural resources.","The party opposes the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion. On 2026-09-29 Emily Lowan said public money should go to renewable energy and Canadian-owned industry. The party says Phase 2 will create at most 150 permanent jobs; voche.me has not checked that figure.","In August and September 2026 the party called for the new Oil and Gas Royalty Framework to be put on hold. MLA Rob Botterell said he had asked the Auditor General to investigate a gas royalty forecasting error.",[2702,2709,2713,2717,2722],{"title":2703,"detail":2704,"authority":2705,"cites":2706},"A new royalty deal for oil and gas","The party would end fossil fuel subsidies, take back control of royalty rates, and make existing LNG projects pay their own power costs.","The province collects resource royalties and sets their terms.",[2559,2707,2708],"green-royalty","green-royalty-ag",{"title":2710,"detail":2711,"cites":2712},"Community and Indigenous ownership of resources","The party says BC should get stronger public returns from its natural resources, with community and Indigenous ownership.",[2559],{"title":2714,"detail":2715,"cites":2716},"Commercial rent control for small business","The party says it would support small businesses through commercial rent control and Community Wealth Building.",[2559],{"title":2718,"detail":2719,"authority":2720,"cites":2721},"Selective logging and wood processing jobs","The party would move forestry to selective logging and more value-added wood products, and would fully fund old-growth deferrals with fair pay to First Nations and forestry communities.","The province manages Crown forests.",[2559],{"title":2723,"detail":2724,"cites":2725},"Update mining laws","The party says it would modernise mining laws to protect communities and focus on the minerals BC needs for renewable energy.",[2559],[],[2600,2728,2729,2602],"The LNG Canada statement of 2026-09-29","The royalty releases of 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-17",[2731],"The party gives no cost or revenue figure for its royalty changes in the 2026 plan page.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":2733,"proposals":2734,"questions":2735,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2737,"gaps":2739},[],[],[],"none-published",[2600,2602,2738],"The party’s 2024 platform page, read for context only, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fpolicy-book\u002F",[2740],"On 2026-09-30 the party had published no 2026 commitment on K to 12 schools, teachers, colleges or university tuition. Its child care plan is listed under cost of living.",{"issue":104,"paragraphs":2742,"proposals":2745,"questions":2769,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2770,"gaps":2772},[2743,2744,2551],"Under the heading \"Fight for the Future\", the BC Green Party says it would stop new fossil fuel development and adopt a climate plan that it says follows the science.","On 2026-08-04 Emily Lowan called on the government to declare a state of emergency over wildfires and to double the FireSmart budget.",[2746,2752,2756,2760,2764],{"title":2747,"detail":2748,"authority":2749,"cites":2750},"Stop new fossil fuel development","The party says it would stop new fossil fuel development in BC.","Provincial permits and environmental assessment.",[2559,2751],"green-lng",{"title":2753,"detail":2754,"cites":2755},"A climate plan based on the science","The party says it would put in place a climate plan that protects this and future generations.",[2559],{"title":2757,"detail":2758,"cites":2759},"Clean energy and home retrofits","The party would support clean energy and home energy upgrades that it says would lower bills and create union jobs.",[2559,2751],{"title":2761,"detail":2762,"cites":2763},"Fund old-growth deferrals","The party would fully fund deferrals on old-growth logging, with fair payment to First Nations and forestry communities.",[2559],{"title":2765,"detail":2766,"cites":2767},"Wildfire measures","The party called for a wildfire state of emergency, twice the FireSmart budget, the recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review, and its own Clean Air Act, which it says it introduced in 2024 and 2025.",[2768],"green-wildfire",[],[2600,2771,2728,2602],"The wildfire statement of 2026-08-04",[2773,2774],"The party names no emissions target and no date for its climate plan.","voche.me has not checked the legislature record for the Clean Air Act the party says it introduced.",{"issue":747,"paragraphs":2776,"proposals":2778,"questions":2805,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2806,"gaps":2808},[2777,2551],"On 2026-09-30 the BC Green Party published an Indigenous rights policy brief. It says it would put the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act into effect through legislation, and it calls on Premier David Eby to apologise to the Cowichan and Gitxaała for his government’s handling of that law.",[2779,2784,2788,2792,2797,2801],{"title":2780,"detail":2781,"authority":2782,"cites":2783},"Put the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act into effect through legislation","The party says this would remove uncertainty about how the law applies.","An act of the legislature.",[2690],{"title":2785,"detail":2786,"authority":2782,"cites":2787},"An Indigenous Languages Act","The law would guarantee Indigenous language rights and fund language work in communities.",[2690],{"title":2789,"detail":2790,"cites":2791},"Indigenous names on government ID","Government-issued identification would accept all Indigenous languages, so people can use their own names.",[2690],{"title":2793,"detail":2794,"authority":2795,"cites":2796},"A standing committee on Crown and Indigenous relations","The party would re-establish and rename the legislature’s Aboriginal Affairs committee, with a public expert advisory committee on Indigenous rights and constitutional law.","The legislature sets up its own committees.",[2690],{"title":2798,"detail":2799,"cites":2800},"Support modern treaties and a dispute process","The party would improve the modern treaty process and build, with Indigenous peoples, a way to settle disputes before they reach court.",[2690],{"title":2802,"detail":2803,"cites":2804},"Public education on the Declaration Act","The party would fund public education on the law, and training for MLAs and public servants on Indigenous history.",[2690],[],[2807,2600,2602],"The statement and policy brief of 2026-09-30",[2809],"The party gives no cost or timeline for these measures.",{"issue":768,"paragraphs":2811,"proposals":2814,"questions":2825,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2826,"gaps":2827},[2812,2813,2551],"The BC Green Party says it would make transit \"fast, frequent, and free\". The party says its tax plan would pay for free transit, along with health centres and child care.","MLA Jeremy Valeriote names regional transit and passenger rail among the priorities he has worked on since 2024, according to a party release.",[2815,2820],{"title":2816,"detail":2817,"authority":2818,"cites":2819},"Fast, frequent and free transit","The party says public transit would be fast, frequent and free to ride.","The province funds transit.",[2559,2446],{"title":2821,"detail":2822,"cites":2823},"Passenger rail on the old CN line","In September 2026 Jeremy Valeriote joined a media event on the BC Rail Corridor Alliance’s push to reuse the closed CN rail line between Squamish and 100 Mile House, the party says.",[2824,2446],"green-rail",[],[2600,2602],[2828],"The 2026 plan page gives no cost and no start date for free transit.",{"issue":97,"paragraphs":2830,"proposals":2833,"questions":2848,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2849,"gaps":2850},[2831,2832,2551],"The BC Green Party calls its tax plan the Fair Share Act. It says the act would make people worth more than $100 million and large corporations pay more, and would raise more than $13 billion for Community Health Centres, free transit and child care. voche.me has not checked that figure.","In its 2024 platform the party published a revenue estimate and later corrected one line of it: on 2024-10-02 it said an excess corporate profits tax would raise $410 million a year, where the platform had said $4,100 million.",[2834,2840,2844],{"title":2835,"detail":2836,"cost":2837,"authority":2838,"cites":2839},"Tax the richest people in BC","The party says the few hundred richest people in BC would pay more tax.","More than $13 billion in revenue from the Fair Share Act as a whole, the party says.","Provincial income and property taxes are set by the legislature.",[2559],{"title":2841,"detail":2842,"cites":2843},"A windfall tax on large corporations","The party would tax windfall profits of large corporations to pay for health centres and transit and to reduce the provincial debt.",[2559],{"title":2845,"detail":2846,"cites":2847},"End subsidies to fossil fuel companies","The party says it would end the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive.",[2559,2751],[],[2600,2738,2602],[2851,2852],"The 2026 plan page does not show how the $13 billion figure is calculated.","The party has published no 2026 costing of its full platform.",{"issue":111,"paragraphs":2854,"proposals":2857,"questions":2868,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2869,"gaps":2870},[2855,2856,2551],"The BC Green Party says it would bring in proportional representation, a voting system where the share of seats follows the share of votes, within its first 100 days.","In August 2026 MLA Rob Botterell said he had written to the Auditor General to ask for an independent investigation into a gas royalty forecasting error in Budget 2026.",[2858,2864],{"title":2859,"detail":2860,"authority":2861,"deadline":2862,"cites":2863},"Proportional representation law","The party says it would pass legislation for proportional representation.","The province decides election rules through acts of the legislature.","Within the first 100 days, the party says.",[2559],{"title":2865,"detail":2866,"cites":2867},"Auditor General review of royalty forecasts","The party asked the Auditor General to investigate how the royalty forecasting error entered Budget 2026 and to recommend safeguards.",[2708],[],[2600,2602],[2871],"voche.me has not checked whether the Auditor General agreed to the request.",[2873,2877,2881,2886,2890,2894],{"question":2874,"answer":2875,"cites":2876},"Who leads the BC Green Party?","Emily Lowan. Members elected her leader on 2025-09-24, and Elections BC lists her as the party’s leader. She has no seat in the legislature.",[257,2427],{"question":2878,"answer":2879,"cites":2880},"Where is Emily Lowan running?","In Saanich North and the Islands. The sitting Green MLA there, Rob Botterell, is not running again.",[2444,2446],{"question":2882,"answer":2883,"cites":2884},"How many seats does the party hold now?","2 of 93, held by Jeremy Valeriote and Rob Botterell, according to the legislature on 2026-09-30.",[2885],"standings",{"question":2887,"answer":2888,"cites":2889},"Did the Greens support the NDP government?","From December 2024 the two parties had a co-operation accord. The Greens ended it on 2026-02-09, and their MLAs now vote bill by bill.",[2422,2438],{"question":2891,"answer":2892,"cites":2893},"Has the party published a full platform?","On 2026-09-30 its plan page listed four groups of commitments and said the full platform is coming soon. The party has also released separate plans for renters, child care and Indigenous rights.",[2559,2558,2649,2690],{"question":2895,"answer":2896,"cites":2897},"How would the party pay for its plan?","The party says a Fair Share Act would tax people worth more than $100 million and large corporations, and would raise more than $13 billion. voche.me has not checked that figure.",[2559],{"entries":2899,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":2930,"gaps":2933},[2900,2906,2910,2914,2918,2922,2926],{"title":2901,"body":2902,"cites":2903},"Both Green MLAs voted against the 2026 budget","The legislature’s 2026 voting record lists Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote as voting Nay on the budget motion, and Nay at second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2).",[2904,2905],"leg-votes-botterell","leg-votes-valeriote",{"title":2907,"body":2908,"cites":2909},"Both Green MLAs voted against the Supply Act, 2026-2027","Bill 22 is the act that approves government spending for the year. Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Nay at third reading.",[2904,2905],{"title":2911,"body":2912,"cites":2913},"Both Green MLAs voted against the 2026 freedom of information changes","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Nay at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9). Botterell moved an amendment to clause 13 of the bill and is recorded as voting Yea on it.",[2904,2905],{"title":2915,"body":2916,"cites":2917},"Both Green MLAs voted for the K’ómoks Treaty Act","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Yea at second and third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20).",[2904,2905],{"title":2919,"body":2920,"cites":2921},"Both Green MLAs voted for the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Yea at third reading of Bill 14.",[2904,2905],{"title":2923,"body":2924,"cites":2925},"Both Green MLAs voted for the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Yea at third reading of Bill 12.",[2904,2905],{"title":2927,"body":2928,"cites":2929},"Both Green MLAs voted against introducing bills to repeal the Declaration Act and the Human Rights Code","Rob Botterell and Jeremy Valeriote are each recorded as voting Nay at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act and of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act. 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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation first ran in a British Columbia election in 1933.",[3165,3166],"knowbc-ndp","tyee-lookback","The governing party, led by Premier David Eby",{"entries":3169,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3221,"gaps":3226},[3170,3174,3178,3182,3186,3190,3194,3200,3205,3210,3215],{"title":3171,"body":3172,"cites":3173},"1933: the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation enters B.C. politics","The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the party the NDP grew from, ran in its first B.C. election in 1933 and won 7 seats with 31.5% of the vote, The Tyee reported.",[3166],{"title":3175,"body":3176,"cites":3177},"1961: the New Democratic Party of B.C. is formed","In October 1961, at a convention in Vancouver, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation joined with organized labour and took the name New Democratic Party. Robert Strachan stayed on as leader.",[3165],{"title":3179,"body":3180,"cites":3181},"1972: first NDP government","Dave Barrett led the NDP to its first provincial win in 1972, with 38 of 55 seats. The party lost power in 1975.",[3165,3166],{"title":3183,"body":3184,"cites":3185},"1991 and 1996: two wins in a row","Mike Harcourt led the party back to power in 1991 with 51 of 75 seats. Glen Clark won again in 1996 with 39 of 75 seats, the first time the NDP won two B.C. elections in a row.",[3165,3166],{"title":3187,"body":3188,"cites":3189},"2001: reduced to two seats","The NDP under Ujjal Dosanjh won two seats in the 2001 election.",[3165],{"title":3191,"body":3192,"cites":3193},"2017: minority government under John Horgan","The NDP won two fewer seats than the Liberals in 2017 but formed a minority government with the support of three Green Party members.",[3165],{"date":3195,"title":3196,"body":3197,"cites":3198},"2020-10-24","2020: majority government","The NDP won 57 seats with 898,384 valid votes, 47.69% of the total, in the 2020 election.",[3199],"ebc-sov2020",{"title":3201,"body":3202,"cites":3203},"2022: David Eby becomes leader","David Eby became leader with no opponent left in the race, after the party disqualified Anjali Appadurai. He replaced John Horgan as premier.",[3204,2462,3165],"cbc-eby-acclaimed",{"date":2413,"title":3206,"body":3207,"cites":3208},"2024: a one-seat majority","The NDP won 47 of 93 seats with 944,579 valid votes, 44.87% of the total. The Conservative Party won 44 seats.",[3209,2462],"ebc-sov2024",{"title":3211,"body":3212,"cites":3213},"2025 convention","By the party’s own account, members at its November 2025 convention supported Eby’s leadership with more than 82% and elected former MLA Aman Singh as party president.",[3214],"rel-convention2025",{"date":460,"title":3216,"body":3217,"cites":3218},"Early election called","Eby called an election for October 24, 2026, two years ahead of schedule, and a by-election set for September 26 in Abbotsford-Mission was cancelled.",[3219,3220],"news-cbc-call","news-abby-cands",[3222,3223,3224,3225],"Elections BC statements of votes for 2020 and 2024","The Encyclopedia of British Columbia entry on the NDP","The Tyee’s 2005 history of the party’s election results","CBC reporting on the 2022 leadership race",[3227,3228],"Vote counts before 2020 were taken from The Tyee and the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, and have not been checked against Elections BC reports.","The exact date Eby became leader has not been confirmed from a source dated after the event.",[3230],{"role":2459,"name":3231,"cites":3232},"David Eby",[257,2462],{"src":3234,"alt":3235,"sourceUrl":122,"checkedAt":260},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-ndp.webp","BC NDP logo",{},{"searchUrl":3238,"filings":3239,"notes":3247,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3251,"gaps":3255},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FOptions.aspx",[3240,3244],{"period":1893,"kind":2477,"note":3241,"cites":3242},"$873,628.28 on January 15, 2025 and $873,842.87 on July 15, 2025, based on the party’s votes in the 2024 election. This is public money paid to the party, and it is separate from the party’s own financial reports.",[3243],"ebc-allowances",{"period":69,"kind":2477,"note":3245,"cites":3246},"$892,627.16 on January 15, 2026 and $892,627.15 on July 15, 2026. That is $1.89 for each of the 944,579 valid votes the party received in 2024.",[3243,3209],[3248,3249,3250],"Elections BC pays a yearly allowance to each party whose candidates won at least 2% of all valid votes, or at least 5% of the valid votes in the districts where it ran candidates, in the last general election.","In 2026 a person can give at most $1,513.29 in total to one registered party, including its candidates and constituency associations. A cash gift must be $100 or less.","The party’s own annual and election financial reports are filed with Elections BC and can be read in its Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.",[3252,3253,3254],"The Elections BC annual allowances page","The Elections BC page on making a political contribution","The Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System",[3256],"The party’s own annual financial reports and its 2024 election financing report have not been opened and transcribed. The Elections BC search runs through a form that did not return results to a direct request on September 30, 2026.",{"entries":3258,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3285,"gaps":3288},[3259,3263,3268,3273,3276,3281],{"date":460,"publisher":428,"title":3260,"url":3261,"summary":3262},"British Columbia’s next provincial election set for Oct. 24 after Eby calls early vote","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Flivestory\u002Fbritish-columbia-snap-election-2026-ndp-leader-david-eby-9.7349059","Eby called the election two years ahead of schedule, citing the trade conflict with the United States. The CBC reported that opponents called the move opportunist, and that health minister Ravi Kahlon and former emergency management minister Kelly Greene would not run again.",{"date":380,"publisher":3264,"title":3265,"url":3266,"summary":3267},"Peace Arch News (Black Press)","Eby focuses on U.S. health worker recruitment at Surrey border stop","https:\u002F\u002Farrowlakesnews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Feby-focuses-on-u-s-health-worker-recruitment-at-surrey-border-stop\u002F","At the Peace Arch border crossing, Eby promised to triple the recruitment of U.S. health workers with a $15 million campaign, aiming for more than 2,400 recruits.",{"date":371,"publisher":3269,"title":3270,"url":3271,"summary":3272},"Maple Ridge News (Black Press)","Eby promises increase to B.C.’s speculation tax, create new “Unsold Condo Tax”","https:\u002F\u002Fmapleridgenews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Feby-promises-increase-to-b-c-s-speculation-tax-create-new-unsold-condo-tax\u002F","Eby promised a new tax on finished condos left unsold for more than a year and a higher speculation and vacancy tax. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson said new taxes on housing end up in the price families pay.",{"date":390,"publisher":1128,"title":496,"url":3274,"summary":3275},"https:\u002F\u002Fenergeticcity.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fb-c-election-campaigns-enter-second-week-with-candidate-policy-announcements\u002F","In Prince Rupert, Eby promised to double critical mineral exports within five years and said growth and an end to wasteful spending would bring down the deficit. An economist from the Business Council of B.C. said provincial spending has been out of control since 2021.",{"date":390,"publisher":3277,"title":3278,"url":3279,"summary":3280},"Abbotsford News (Black Press)","Kropp, Alexis, Jhaj and Monds named Abbotsford-Mission candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fabbynews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fgasper-alexis-jhaj-and-monds-to-seek-abbotsford-mission-seat\u002F","Former NDP MLA Pam Alexis will run in Abbotsford-Mission in the general election. The by-election she had been running in, set for September 26, was cancelled on September 22 when the general election was called.",{"date":395,"publisher":1128,"title":3282,"url":3283,"summary":3284},"LNG Canada to go ahead with Phase 2 in Kitimat, B.C.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bnnbloomberg.ca\u002Fbusiness\u002Fcompany-news\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Flng-canada-to-go-ahead-with-phase-2-expansion-project-in-kitimat-bc\u002F","LNG Canada announced its final decision to build Phase 2 in Kitimat, doubling capacity to 28 million tonnes a year. The BC NDP claimed a share of the credit in its own release the same day.",[3286,3287],"CBC News, The Canadian Press and Black Press coverage of the campaign from September 22 to September 30, 2026","A web search for the party and its leader with the 2026 election",[3289],"Global News and CTV News pages returned no readable article text to a direct request, and the Times Colonist refused the request, so their coverage is not listed.",[3291,3292,3293,3294],"The BC NDP won 47 of the 93 seats in the 2024 election, with 44.87% of the valid votes, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.","It won the 2024 election with 47 seats and 44.87% of the valid votes. The CBC reported that its majority depended on one seat, confirmed by a recount in Surrey-Guildford.","David Eby is the party’s leader and the premier. He called the election on September 22, 2026, two years ahead of schedule. He said the province needed a government able to meet the “existential moment” of the trade conflict with the United States.","The party describes its campaign as a plan to reduce dependence on the U.S. economy, lower costs and recruit more health workers. It said it would release the details during the campaign.",{"accent":3296,"onAccent":2542,"tint":3297,"ink":2544},"#B45309","#f8eee6",[3299,3334,3364,3377,3388,3440,3447,3459,3472,3479,3499],{"issue":76,"headline":3300,"summary":3301,"paragraphs":3302,"proposals":3306,"questions":3322,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3327,"gaps":3331},"A tax on unsold condos and a higher tax on empty homes","The BC NDP would create an Unsold Condo Tax on finished condos left unsold for more than a year, and raise the speculation and vacancy tax by one percentage point.",[3303,3304,3305],"The BC NDP announced its housing promises for this campaign in Burnaby on September 25, 2026. Both promises change taxes on homes that stand empty.","The party says its speculation and vacancy tax, a yearly tax on homes left empty, has already turned 20,000 empty units into homes. That is the party’s own figure, and voche.me has not checked it.","The party’s “Results for You” page lists housing actions it says it took in government, such as rules that allow townhouses, duplexes and triplexes, and limits on short-term rentals. The page carries no date, and some of its figures refer to 2024.",[3307,3316],{"title":3308,"detail":3309,"cost":3310,"authority":3311,"cites":3312},"A new Unsold Condo Tax","Developers who leave a finished condo unsold for more than one year would pay a tax that starts at 2% and rises by 1% for each further year. The party says this could bring up to 5,000 condos onto the market.","The party has not published how much the tax would raise.","A provincial tax. The legislature would have to pass it.",[3313,3314,3315],"rel-condos","news-maple-condo","news-nnw-condo",{"title":3317,"detail":3318,"cost":3319,"authority":3320,"cites":3321},"A higher speculation and vacancy tax","The tax would rise by one percentage point: from 1% to 2% for owners in Canada and from 4% to 5% for foreign owners. The party says any extra money would go to building affordable homes.","The party has not published how much the change would raise.","A provincial tax. The legislature sets the rates.",[3313,3315],[3323],{"question":3324,"answer":3325,"cites":3326},"What is the Unsold Condo Tax?","It is a tax the BC NDP says it would create for finished condos that a developer has not sold after one year. The rate would start at 2% in the second year and rise by 1% each year after that. The Black Press report says the rate would apply to the condo’s assessed value.",[3313,3314],[3328,3329,3330],"The BC NDP media centre, every release from the election call on September 22, 2026 to September 30, 2026","The BC NDP “Results for You” page","Independent reports of the September 25 announcement by Black Press and The Canadian Press",[3332,3333],"The party has not published how much money either tax change would raise.","No new target for the number of homes to be built was found in the 2026 campaign releases.",{"issue":90,"headline":3335,"summary":3336,"paragraphs":3337,"proposals":3340,"questions":3358,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3359,"gaps":3361},"Triple the recruitment of U.S. health workers","The BC NDP would triple its campaign to recruit health workers from the United States, with $15 million reported as the cost, and offer loan forgiveness and moving help to Canadian health workers who come home.",[3338,3339],"The BC NDP’s main health care promise in this campaign is to hire more health workers from the United States. David Eby announced it at the Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey on September 23, 2026.","The party says more than 800 doctors, nurses and other health workers from the United States have already accepted jobs in British Columbia. It also says a million more people have been connected to a family doctor since 2018. These are the party’s own figures.",[3341,3349,3354],{"title":3342,"detail":3343,"cost":3344,"authority":3345,"cites":3346},"Triple the recruitment of health workers from the United States","The campaign to recruit U.S. health workers would become three times larger. Black Press reported that Eby said it would cost $15 million and aim to raise the number of recruits from 800 to more than 2,400. The party says it would reach into states with laws that restrict reproductive health care.","$15 million, as reported by Black Press","A provincial health program.",[3347,3348],"rel-health","news-arrow-health",{"title":3350,"detail":3351,"cost":3352,"cites":3353},"Bring Canadian health workers home from the United States","Canadian health workers who live and work in the United States would be offered help to return, including loan forgiveness and help with moving costs. Recruiters would focus on cancer care, emergency departments and rural communities.","Not published",[3347,3348],{"title":3355,"detail":3356,"cost":3352,"cites":3357},"Free help with moving through Health Match BC","Health Match BC would offer a free relocation process planned around each worker.",[3347],[],[3328,3329,3360],"The Black Press report of the September 23 announcement",[3362,3363],"The party has not published the cost of the loan forgiveness or the moving help.","No date is given for reaching 2,400 recruits.",{"issue":651,"headline":3365,"summary":3366,"paragraphs":3367,"proposals":3371,"questions":3372,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3373,"gaps":3375},"Past measures, and no new cost figure yet","The BC NDP says it will keep costs down for families during the trade conflict, and points to past measures on car insurance, health premiums and bridge tolls. No new measure with a dollar figure was published by September 30, 2026.",[3368,3369,3370],"At the start of the campaign the BC NDP said it would support workers and businesses hurt by U.S. tariffs and keep costs down for families. As of September 30, 2026 it had not published a new cost-of-living measure with a dollar figure.","The party says a typical working family with an income of $100,000 pays $3,000 less in provincial tax than under the BC Liberal government. This is the party’s own claim, and voche.me has not checked it.","Its “Results for You” page lists past measures the party says it took, such as cutting ICBC car insurance rates, ending Medical Services Plan premiums and removing bridge tolls. The page carries no date.",[],[],[3328,3329,3374],"The BC NDP home page",[3376],"No new cost-of-living measure with a cost or a date was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":687,"headline":3378,"summary":3379,"paragraphs":3380,"proposals":3383,"questions":3384,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3385,"gaps":3386},"No new public safety promise yet","The BC NDP had not announced a public safety promise by September 30, 2026. Its website describes past actions on bail, repeat offenders and Indigenous Justice Centres.",[3381,3382],"The BC NDP had not announced a public safety promise in this campaign by September 30, 2026.","Its “Results for You” page describes what the party says it has done: stricter bail rules, which it says it pushed the federal government to adopt, teams that monitor people who repeatedly commit violent crimes, and more Indigenous Justice Centres. These are the party’s own descriptions. The page carries no date.",[],[],[3328,3329],[3387],"No new public safety commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":224,"headline":3389,"summary":3390,"paragraphs":3391,"proposals":3394,"questions":3430,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3435,"gaps":3437},"Double mineral exports and buy B.C. and Canadian materials","The BC NDP would double critical mineral exports within five years, expand the Port of Prince Rupert, and require public projects to use B.C. and Canadian materials where a local supplier can deliver on budget and on time.",[3392,3393],"Most of the BC NDP’s campaign promises so far are about trade with the United States and new resource projects. The party says the goal is an economy that depends less on the United States.","On September 29, 2026 the party said it had “secured” the final decision to build Phase 2 of LNG Canada in Kitimat. The decision was announced by the companies that own LNG Canada, and the federal government welcomed it. The party’s description of its own role is its claim.",[3395,3403,3409,3414,3420,3425],{"title":3396,"detail":3397,"authority":3398,"deadline":3399,"cites":3400},"Double critical mineral exports within five years","British Columbia would double its production and export of critical minerals within five years. The party would run environmental reviews and permits at the same time, which it says would cut approval times by more than 60%, and set fixed time limits for exploration permits.","Mine permits and environmental reviews are provincial.","Within five years",[3401,3402],"rel-minerals","news-energetic-week2",{"title":3404,"detail":3405,"authority":3406,"cites":3407},"Build the North Coast Transmission Line with Canadian steel","BC Hydro would be told to build 70% of the towers in the first phase and 100% of the towers in the second phase with Canadian steel.","The party says BC Hydro would be directed to do this.",[3408,3401],"rel-buybc",{"title":3410,"detail":3411,"authority":3412,"cites":3413},"“Built in B.C. and Canada” buying rules","Ministries, provincial agencies and health authorities would have to use goods and materials made in British Columbia or Canada on public projects when a supplier here can deliver on budget and on time. Goods made in the United States would count against the minimum.","Provincial rules for provincial projects. Cities would be encouraged to follow.",[3408],{"title":3415,"detail":3416,"authority":3417,"deadline":3418,"cites":3419},"Expand the Port of Prince Rupert","The party says it would work with the Prince Rupert Port Authority, its partners and the federal government to expand the port. The Canadian Press reported that Eby said the aim is to make it the second-largest port of its kind in Canada by 2030.","The party says it would work with the port authority and the federal government, so the Province cannot do this alone.","2030",[3401,3402],{"title":3421,"detail":3422,"cost":3423,"cites":3424},"$5 million for cruise tourism in Prince Rupert","A re-elected BC NDP government would give $5 million to the Prince Rupert Port Authority to expand cruise ship operations.","$5 million",[3401],{"title":3426,"detail":3427,"cites":3428},"Keep U.S. alcohol off store shelves","U.S. alcohol would stay off the shelves until there is a fair trade deal for forest workers.",[3429],"rel-launch",[3431],{"question":3432,"answer":3433,"cites":3434},"What are the “Built in B.C. and Canada” rules?","They are buying rules the BC NDP says it would set for public projects. Ministries, provincial agencies and health authorities would have to use wood, steel, aluminum and cement made in British Columbia or Canada when a local supplier can deliver on budget and on time.",[3408],[3328,3436],"The Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[3438,3439],"The party has not published the cost of the mining and permit changes.","The party gave no cost for the buying rules.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":3441,"proposals":3442,"questions":3443,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3444,"gaps":3445},[],[],[],[3328,3329],[3446],"No school, teacher or tuition commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":104,"headline":3448,"summary":3449,"paragraphs":3450,"proposals":3454,"questions":3455,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3456,"gaps":3457},"No new climate promise yet","The BC NDP had not announced a climate promise by September 30, 2026. It says part of the LNG Canada Phase 2 revenue will go to climate programs.",[3451,3452,3453],"The BC NDP had not announced a climate promise in this campaign by September 30, 2026.","In its release on LNG Canada Phase 2, the party said part of the Province’s revenue from the project will go to climate action programs, and that the project’s emissions are expected to be lower than those of other LNG plants. These are the party’s claims.","Its “Results for You” page says the party has put $1.1 billion into communities preparing for climate impacts. The page carries no date.",[],[],[3328,3329],[3458],"No emissions target or new climate program was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":747,"headline":3460,"summary":3461,"paragraphs":3462,"proposals":3466,"questions":3467,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3468,"gaps":3470},"No campaign position on DRIPA yet","The BC NDP had not published a campaign position on the Indigenous rights law by September 30, 2026. In April 2026 its government dropped a plan to bring in a bill that session to pause parts of the law.",[3463,3464,3465],"The BC NDP had not published a campaign position on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), the provincial law on Indigenous rights, by September 30, 2026.","In April 2026 the government dropped its plan to bring in a bill that session to pause parts of DRIPA. The Canadian Press reported that it now wants to work out a joint approach with First Nations. See the record section.","The party’s mining plan says exploration permits would come with “meaningful First Nations engagement”. On September 30, 2026 Eby issued a statement for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that called the appearance of a masked group on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc lands “a cowardly act of hate”.",[],[],[3328,3469],"Independent reports on DRIPA from April 2026",[3471],"No campaign commitment on DRIPA, treaties or title agreements was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":768,"paragraphs":3473,"proposals":3474,"questions":3475,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3476,"gaps":3477},[],[],[],[3328,3329],[3478],"No highway, transit or ferry commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":97,"headline":3480,"summary":3481,"paragraphs":3482,"proposals":3486,"questions":3493,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3494,"gaps":3495},"Grow the economy to bring the deficit down","Eby said growing the economy would help reduce the deficit and that wasteful spending must end. No date for a balanced budget was given.",[3483,3484,3485],"The Canadian Press reported on September 28, 2026 that Eby said growing the economy would help reduce the deficit, which it reported as $13.8 billion. Eby also said: “We’ve got to end wasteful spending.”","The party says it has asked the top 2% of earners, speculators and owners of homes worth more than $3 million to pay more so that others pay less. This is how the party describes its tax record.","The two housing tax changes are listed under housing.",[3487],{"title":3488,"detail":3489,"cost":3490,"deadline":3491,"cites":3492},"Lower the deficit by growing the economy","Eby said growing the economy would help reduce the deficit and that wasteful spending must end, according to The Canadian Press.","No figures published","No date for a balanced budget was given",[3402],[],[3328,3436],[3496,3497,3498],"The party has not published a date for a balanced budget.","No costed platform had been published by September 30, 2026.","The party has not said which spending it counts as wasteful.",{"issue":111,"paragraphs":3500,"proposals":3501,"questions":3502,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3503,"gaps":3504},[],[],[],[3328,3329],[3505],"No commitment on legislature rules, ethics, transparency or elections was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",[3507,3511,3515,3519,3523],{"question":3508,"answer":3509,"cites":3510},"Who leads the BC NDP?","David Eby, according to Elections BC’s register of parties as of September 30, 2026. He is also the premier.",[257,2462],{"question":3512,"answer":3513,"cites":3514},"Why was this election called early?","Eby said the province needed a government able to answer the trade conflict with the United States. The CBC reported that opponents called the timing opportunist.",[3219],{"question":3516,"answer":3517,"cites":3518},"Has the BC NDP published a full platform?","Not by September 30, 2026. The party said it would release its plan during the campaign, and so far it has announced promises one at a time in news releases.",[3429,157],{"question":3520,"answer":3521,"cites":3522},"How did the BC NDP do in 2024?","It won 47 of 93 seats with 44.87% of the valid votes. 47 is the smallest number of seats that makes a majority in a legislature of 93.",[3209,2462],{"question":3524,"answer":3525,"cites":3526},"How much public money does the party receive?","Elections BC paid the BC NDP $1,785,254.31 in annual allowances in 2026, in two payments, at $1.89 for each vote it won in 2024.",[3243,3209],{"entries":3528,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3559,"gaps":3563},[3529,3535,3540,3546,3552],{"date":3530,"title":3531,"body":3532,"cites":3533},"2026-02-17","Budget 2026 forecasts a $13.3 billion deficit","Finance Minister Brenda Bailey’s budget forecast a $13.3 billion deficit for 2026-27. It raised the lowest income tax rate from 5% to 5.6%, raised the speculation and vacancy tax from 3% to 4%, and planned 15,000 fewer public sector jobs over three years, the CBC reported.",[3534],"cbc-budget2026",{"date":305,"title":3536,"body":3537,"cites":3538},"The DRIPA bill will not decide whether the government stays in power","Mike Farnworth, the minister who manages government business in the legislature, said a bill to pause parts of DRIPA would not come that week. He said that when it came, its defeat would not bring down the government. The Tyee reported that Vancouver-Strathcona MLA Joan Phillip had said she would not support pausing parts of the law, and that Farnworth said the government would not have enough votes on its own.",[3539],"tyee-dripa",{"date":3541,"title":3542,"body":3543,"cites":3544},"2026-04-19","Government says it will not bring in DRIPA legislation this session","The premier’s office confirmed the government would not introduce legislation on DRIPA during that session. The Canadian Press reported a draft government document that described a joint approach with First Nations.",[3545],"cp24-dripa-joint",{"date":3547,"title":3548,"body":3549,"cites":3550},"2026-08-10","Final 2025-26 deficit is $7.7 billion","The government’s financial update put the deficit for the year ending in March 2026 at $7.7 billion, $3.3 billion below forecast. The Canadian Press reported the government gave higher revenue and lower spending on building projects as the reasons.",[3551],"nobs-deficit",{"date":395,"title":3553,"body":3554,"cites":3555},"LNG Canada decides to build Phase 2","The companies that own LNG Canada announced their final decision to build Phase 2 in Kitimat, which would double its capacity to 28 million tonnes a year. The federal government welcomed it. The BC NDP says its work with the federal government and the company helped secure the decision.",[3556,3557,3558],"bnn-lng","pm-lng","rel-lng",[3560,3561,3562],"Independent reporting in 2026 on the government’s budget, the Indigenous rights law and major projects","The Prime Minister’s release on LNG Canada Phase 2","The BC NDP media centre",[3564,3565],"The recorded votes of named NDP members on the 2026 budget and other bills have not been checked in the legislature’s vote index.","The July 2026 agreement between Eby and Prime Minister Carney that the party describes has not been checked against a government source.","bc-ndp",[3568,3569,3572,3574,3576,3578,3580,3584,3588,3591,3594,3596,3599,3602,3605,3609,3612,3616,3619,3622,3626,3630,3631,3633,3637,3639,3640,3644,3646,3647,3650,3654,3658,3662,3664,3667,3672],{"id":257,"label":2942,"url":259,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":3570,"label":3571,"url":27,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"ebc-roster","Candidate list for the October 24, 2026 general election",{"id":3573,"label":2946,"url":2947,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"leg-standings",{"id":3209,"label":3575,"url":144,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election",{"id":3199,"label":3577,"url":266,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Statement of Votes, 2020 Provincial General Election",{"id":3243,"label":3579,"url":2958,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Annual allowances to political parties",{"id":3581,"label":3582,"url":3583,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"ebc-contrib-rules","Making a political contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fprovincial-elections\u002Fprovincial-financing\u002Fmaking-a-political-contribution\u002F",{"id":3585,"label":3586,"url":3587,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"ebc-fin-reporting","Financial reporting and political contributions","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Ffinancial-reporting-and-political-contributions\u002F",{"id":3589,"label":3590,"url":3238,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"ebc-pcs","Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, provincial search",{"id":3592,"label":3593,"url":122,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"ndp-home","BC NDP home page",{"id":157,"label":3595,"url":159,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"BC NDP media centre",{"id":3597,"label":3598,"url":163,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"ndp-action","Results for You",{"id":3429,"label":3600,"url":3601,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":460,"checkedAt":260},"David Eby launches election with plan to build B.C. strong amid Trump’s attacks","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fdavid-eby-launches-election-plan-build-bc-strong-amid-trumps-attacks",{"id":3347,"label":3603,"url":3604,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":380,"checkedAt":260},"Eby to triple U.S. health worker recruitment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Feby-triple-us-health-worker-recruitment",{"id":3408,"label":3606,"url":3607,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":3608,"checkedAt":260},"Eby pledges new “Built in B.C. and Canada” buying rules","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Feby-pledges-new-built-bc-and-canada-buying-rules","2026-09-24",{"id":3313,"label":3610,"url":3611,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":371,"checkedAt":260},"Eby to turn more empty condos into homes people can afford","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Feby-turn-more-empty-condos-homes-people-can-afford",{"id":3613,"label":3614,"url":3615,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":385,"checkedAt":260},"rel-taxclaim","Doerkson’s first campaign commitment confirms healthcare to “take the brunt” of their cuts","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fdoerksons-first-campaign-commitment-confirms-healthcare-take-brunt-their-cuts",{"id":3401,"label":3617,"url":3618,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":260},"Eby to double critical mineral exports, expand Port of Prince Rupert","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Feby-double-critical-mineral-exports-expand-port-prince-rupert",{"id":3558,"label":3620,"url":3621,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":260},"David Eby secures largest private sector investment in Canadian history","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fdavid-eby-secures-largest-private-sector-investment-canadian-history",{"id":3623,"label":3624,"url":3625,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":260,"checkedAt":260},"rel-trc","Statement from BC NDP leader David Eby marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fstatement-bc-ndp-leader-david-eby-marking-national-day-truth-and-reconciliation-and-orange",{"id":3214,"label":3627,"url":3628,"publisher":121,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":3629,"checkedAt":260},"David Eby and BC NDP focused on working together and fighting for people at 2025 Convention","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fdavid-eby-and-bc-ndp-focused-working-together-and-fighting-people-2025-convention","2025-11-17",{"id":3219,"label":3260,"url":3261,"publisher":428,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":460,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2462,"label":3632,"url":2511,"publisher":2509,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":460,"checkedAt":260},"Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election",{"id":3204,"label":3634,"url":3635,"publisher":428,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":3636,"checkedAt":260},"Premier designate David Eby says B.C. NDP leadership acclamation “not how any of us expected this to end”","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fdavid-eby-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6623522","2022-10-20",{"id":3348,"label":3265,"url":3266,"publisher":3638,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":380,"checkedAt":260},"Peace Arch News (Black Press), republished by Arrow Lakes News",{"id":3314,"label":3270,"url":3271,"publisher":3269,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":371,"checkedAt":260},{"id":3315,"label":3641,"url":3642,"publisher":3643,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":371,"checkedAt":260},"B.C.’s Eby says NDP would tax new, unsold condos, raise speculation, vacancy fees","https:\u002F\u002Fnationalnewswatch.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Fb-c-s-eby-says-ndp-would-tax-new-unsold-condos-raise-speculation-vacancy-fees","The Canadian Press, via National Newswatch",{"id":3402,"label":496,"url":3274,"publisher":3645,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":260},"The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity",{"id":3220,"label":3278,"url":3279,"publisher":3277,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":260},{"id":3534,"label":3648,"url":3649,"publisher":428,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":3530,"checkedAt":260},"B.C. budget includes tax increases, 15K public job cuts, projected $13B deficit","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fb-c-budget-2026-9.7094451",{"id":3539,"label":3651,"url":3652,"publisher":3653,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":310,"checkedAt":260},"BC Backs Off on DRIPA Amendments. For Now","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F14\u002FBC-Backs-Off-DRIPA-Amendments\u002F","The Tyee",{"id":3545,"label":3655,"url":3656,"publisher":3657,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":3541,"checkedAt":260},"First Nations say Eby backs down again, now seeks joint path on B.C. Indigenous law","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cp24.com\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F20\u002Ffirst-nations-say-eby-backs-down-again-on-bc-indigenous-law\u002F","The Canadian Press, via CP24",{"id":3551,"label":3659,"url":3660,"publisher":3661,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":3547,"checkedAt":260},"The provincial deficit dropped by $3.3 billion to $7.7 billion in 2025\u002F26: Bailey","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationalobserver.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F10\u002Fnews\u002Fprovincial-deficit-dropped-33-billion-77-billion-202526-bailey","The Canadian Press, via Canada’s National Observer",{"id":3556,"label":3282,"url":3283,"publisher":3663,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":260},"The Canadian Press, via BNN Bloomberg",{"id":3557,"label":3665,"url":3666,"publisher":2304,"kind":2280,"publishedAt":395,"checkedAt":260},"Prime Minister Carney welcomes LNG Canada Phase 2","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pm.gc.ca\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-releases\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fprime-minister-carney-welcomes-lng-canada-phase-2-second-largest",{"id":3165,"label":3668,"url":3669,"publisher":3670,"kind":3671,"checkedAt":260},"New Democratic Party, Encyclopedia of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knowbc.com\u002Fknowbc\u002FBooks\u002FEncyclopedia-of-BC\u002FN\u002FNew-Democratic-Party","KnowBC (Encyclopedia of British Columbia, Harbour Publishing)","academic",{"id":3166,"label":3673,"url":3674,"publisher":3653,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":3675,"checkedAt":260},"The New Democratic Party: A Look Back","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FElection\u002FBattleground\u002F2005\u002F05\u002F11\u002FNDPLookback\u002Fprint.html","2005-05-11","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-ndp","The BC NDP won 47 of the 93 seats in the 2024 election and is led by Premier David Eby, who called this early election. Its campaign promises so far cover recruiting U.S. health workers, a tax on unsold condos, mineral exports and buying rules for public projects.",{"src":3679,"alt":3235,"width":3680,"height":3681,"sourceUrl":3682,"checkedAt":260},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-ndp-wordmark.webp",480,116,"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party_logo_2017.svg","xg9AiK-HU3eqMni0JpeASxZRMAnOLJL3lExzNfouWEc",{"id":3685,"aliases":3686,"checkedAt":260,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2107,"founded":3687,"headline":3693,"history":3694,"leadership":3727,"logo":3744,"meta":3749,"money":3750,"name":3763,"news":3764,"overview":3779,"palette":3785,"platform":3788,"questions":3930,"record":3956,"registeredName":3763,"rosterLabel":3963,"slug":3964,"sources":3965,"stem":4011,"summary":4012,"website":11,"wordmark":4013,"__hash__":4016},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcanwest-party.json",[],{"year":3688,"note":3689,"cites":3690},2026,"Registration with Elections BC took effect on 4 February 2026. Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders announced the party on 29 March 2026.",[3691,257,3692],"bc-gazette-registration","singtao-2026-04-01","CanWest Party: a new party based in Richmond",{"entries":3695,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3718,"gaps":3724},[3696,3701,3707,3713],{"date":3697,"title":3698,"body":3699,"cites":3700},"2026-02-04","Registered with Elections BC","Registration of CanWest Party as a provincial political party took effect on 4 February 2026. The Chief Electoral Officer published the notice in the British Columbia Gazette on 12 February 2026.",[3691],{"date":3702,"title":3703,"body":3704,"cites":3705},"2026-03-29","Founders announce the party","Wei Ping Chen and three other people announced the party at a news conference. The party posted a statement from the event in Chinese, with a five-point platform on the economy, public order and drugs, medical waits, education and the environment.",[3692,3706],"site-event",{"date":3708,"title":3709,"body":3710,"cites":3711},"2026-09-11","No CanWest candidates in the Richmond city election","The City of Richmond declared its candidates for the 17 October 2026 local election. None of the candidates for mayor, council or school trustee runs for CanWest Party, and Wei Ping Chen is absent from the list of candidates for mayor. In March the founders had said Chen would run for mayor.",[3712,3692],"richmond-declaration",{"date":260,"title":3714,"body":3715,"cites":3716},"Lawrence Chen on the provincial candidate list","Elections BC's candidate list for the 2026 provincial general election, printed on 30 September 2026, names Lawrence Chen as the CanWest Party candidate in Richmond Centre.",[3717],"candidate-list",[3719,3720,3721,3722,3723],"British Columbia Gazette notice of registration","Elections BC register of political parties and its list of party names used in the last 10 years","Sing Tao Daily report of 1 April 2026","City of Richmond declaration of candidates, 11 September 2026","Elections BC 2026 provincial candidate list",[3725,3726],"The party registered in 2026, so it has no results from earlier provincial elections.","Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen founded another party in 2007. voche.me has not checked that party's records.",[3728,3731,3736,3740],{"role":2459,"name":3729,"cites":3730},"Wei Ping Chen",[257,3706],{"role":3732,"name":3733,"cites":3734},"President, as the party's contact page lists it","Lawrence Chen",[3735],"site-contact",{"role":3737,"name":3738,"cites":3739},"Vice president, as the party's website lists it","Ting Gang Chen",[3735,3706],{"role":3741,"name":3742,"cites":3743},"Secretary general, as the party's news conference page lists it","Peter Kong",[3706],{"src":3745,"alt":3746,"sourceUrl":3747,"checkedAt":3748},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcanwest-party.webp","CanWest Party logo","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235214\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fimage\u002Fparty-logo%20copy.jpg","2026-10-05",{},{"searchUrl":3751,"filings":3752,"notes":3753,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3757,"gaps":3761},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002F",[],[3754,3755,3756],"Elections BC keeps a public search of the financial reports that provincial parties file. On 30 September 2026 a search for the names CanWest and CWP returned no reports, and the search form's list of parties had no entry for CanWest Party.","Elections BC says only parties eligible for an annual allowance must file interim financial reports during the year.","The party's own pages ask for a membership fee of $20 a year or $500 for life, and for donations by e-transfer. Its donation page states that the contribution limit for one person is $1,513.29. That figure is the party's statement, and voche.me has not checked it against Elections BC.",[3758,3759,3760],"Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, provincial financial reports, searched for CanWest and for CWP on 2026-09-30","Elections BC provincial electoral finance questions and answers, read 2026-09-30","The party's membership and donation pages, read 2026-09-30",[3762],"No financial report from CanWest Party was on the public search on 30 September 2026. voche.me has not checked when the party's first annual report is due.","CanWest Party",{"entries":3765,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3771,"gaps":3776},[3766],{"date":916,"publisher":3767,"title":3768,"url":3769,"summary":3770},"Sing Tao Daily (Canada)","列治文華人宣布成立新政黨 能發揮多少作用？","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.singtao.ca\u002F7463172\u002F2026-04-01\u002Fnews-%E5%88%97%E6%B2%BB%E6%96%87%E8%8F%AF%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B%E6%96%B0%E6%94%BF%E9%BB%A8++%E8%83%BD%E7%99%BC%E6%8F%AE%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E4%BD%9C%E7%94%A8%EF%BC%9F\u002F","Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen (陳衛平), Yang Nan, Shi Jun and Chen Tinggang announced CanWest Party on the evening of Sunday 29 March. They named a weak economy, drugs, poor public safety, rising living costs and longer waits for medical care as their reasons. Chen said he would run for mayor of Richmond, with Yang and Shi running for council. Two community commentators quoted in the report said a new party needs full policy plans and regular work at council meetings before voters will listen to it.",[3772,3773,3774,3775],"Web searches in English and Chinese for \"CanWest Party\", the leader's name and Richmond, 2026-09-30","Sing Tao Daily report of 1 April 2026, read in full","Richmond News BC Votes 2026 page","cacnews.ca report on the founding of the party",[3777,3778],"Richmond News and cacnews.ca refused direct reads on 30 September 2026, so voche.me could not check their pages.","voche.me found no English-language reporting about the party.",[3780,3781,3782,3783,3784],"CanWest Party is a provincial political party registered with Elections BC. Its registration took effect on 4 February 2026. Its name on the ballot is CWP, and Elections BC's register names Wei Ping Chen as its leader.","Elections BC's candidate list for the 2026 provincial general election names Lawrence Chen as the CanWest Party candidate in Richmond Centre. Nominations stay open until 1 p.m. on 3 October 2026.","The party says its platform is to develop the economy, promote community safety, build good relations between neighbours, ensure equality among all races, keep taxes low and create a better environment. Its website states these goals in one or two sentences each, with no costs, dates or named laws.","Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen and three other people announced the party on Sunday 29 March 2026, and that the party said its first goal was the Richmond city election in October 2026. The City of Richmond's list of local candidates, declared on 11 September 2026, has no candidate running for CanWest Party.","The website that carries the party's name is www.canada2.net. It opens only without the secure \"https\" prefix, so voche.me links to copies saved in the Internet Archive on 30 September 2026. On that date the home page still said the next provincial election would be in autumn 2028. Two of its pages carry the heading \"People's Party of British Columbia\". Its contact page names Lawrence Chen as president, and its news conference page names Wei Ping Chen as president. The site's mailing address is the same one Elections BC's register gives for the party.",{"accent":3786,"onAccent":2542,"tint":3787,"ink":2544},"#7E22CE","#f2e9fa",[3789,3800,3816,3823,3844,3863,3877,3896,3903,3910,3922],{"issue":76,"paragraphs":3790,"proposals":3791,"questions":3792,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3793,"gaps":3798},[],[],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],"The party website www.canada2.net, read on 2026-09-30: home, mission, news conference, membership, donation and contact pages, and a candidate profile page (2026.htm)","www.canwestparty.ca, the address printed on the contact page, which did not answer on 2026-09-30","Sing Tao Daily report of 1 April 2026 on the founding of the party","Web searches in English and Chinese for the party name and its leader, 2026-09-30",[3799],"The party website holds no statement on housing, rent or zoning.",{"issue":90,"headline":3801,"summary":3802,"paragraphs":3803,"proposals":3806,"questions":3813,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3814,"gaps":3815},"Shorter waits for medical care","CanWest Party says it would improve medical services and shorten the time patients wait.",[3804,3805],"CanWest Party lists better medical services as the third point of the platform in its 29 March 2026 news conference statement. The statement says patients wait too long, and that the party would work to shorten those waits. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders named longer and longer waits for medical care as one of the problems that led them to start the party.",[3807],{"title":3808,"detail":3809,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3812},"Improve medical services and shorten waits","CanWest Party says it would improve medical services and shorten the long time patients now wait.","The party does not say which government body would act, or which law, program or budget it would use.","The party gives no cost or date.",[3706],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[],{"issue":651,"paragraphs":3817,"proposals":3818,"questions":3819,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3820,"gaps":3821},[],[],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[3822],"Sing Tao Daily reported on 1 April 2026 that the founders named rising living costs as one reason for starting the party. The party website holds no proposal on prices, rent, energy rates or car insurance.",{"issue":687,"headline":3824,"summary":3825,"paragraphs":3826,"proposals":3830,"questions":3841,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3842,"gaps":3843},"Stronger public security and no drugs in communities","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security and opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3827,3828,3829],"CanWest Party lists community safety on its home page, and its mission page puts \"No drugs\" first in its platform. The mission page says the party would strengthen public security so that residents can live in a safe city.","The party's 29 March 2026 news conference statement lists stronger public order as the second point of its platform, and says the party opposes drugs coming into communities. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders named drug problems and poor public safety among the reasons they started the party. The party names no measure, cost or date for this goal.",[3831,3837],{"title":3832,"detail":3833,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3834},"Strengthen public security","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security so that residents can live in a safe city.",[3835,3836],"site-mission","site-home",{"title":3838,"detail":3839,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3840},"Keep drugs out of communities","CanWest Party lists \"No drugs\" in its platform and says it opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3835,3706],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[],{"issue":224,"headline":3845,"summary":3846,"paragraphs":3847,"proposals":3851,"questions":3860,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3861,"gaps":3862},"Help local business invest and hire","CanWest Party says it would help local businesses invest and create jobs, and that economic policy should follow market demand.",[3848,3849,3850],"CanWest Party lists developing the economy first on its home page. Its mission page says the party will encourage and help local industrial and commercial businesses to invest and create more jobs in BC.","The party's 29 March 2026 news conference statement says Canada's economy is doing poorly, and that economic policy should keep up with changes in society and follow what the market needs. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","The party names no program, tax change, cost or date for these goals.",[3852,3856],{"title":3853,"detail":3854,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3855},"Help local businesses invest and create jobs","CanWest Party says it will encourage and assist local industrial and commercial businesses to invest and create more jobs in BC.",[3835],{"title":3857,"detail":3858,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3859},"Economic policy that follows market demand","CanWest Party says economic policy should keep up with changes in society, and each policy should follow what the market needs.",[3706],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[],{"issue":190,"headline":3864,"summary":3865,"paragraphs":3866,"proposals":3869,"questions":3874,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3875,"gaps":3876},"Improve the school system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and moral education.",[3867,3868],"CanWest Party lists education as the fourth point of the platform in its 29 March 2026 news conference statement. The statement says the party would improve the education system and improve moral education, meaning the teaching of values and right conduct. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","The party does not say which level of schooling it means, and names no measure, cost or date.",[3870],{"title":3871,"detail":3872,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3873},"Improve the education system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and improve moral education.",[3706],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[],{"issue":104,"headline":3878,"summary":3879,"paragraphs":3880,"proposals":3884,"questions":3893,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3894,"gaps":3895},"Environmental protection and a better environment","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and make neighbourhoods more beautiful.",[3881,3882,3883],"CanWest Party lists \"create a better environment\" on its home page. Its mission page says the party would strengthen environmental protection and \"strive to create a garden-like city.\"","The fifth point of the platform in its 29 March 2026 news conference statement is to make homes and neighbourhoods more beautiful and to protect the environment. voche.me translated the news conference statement from Chinese.","The party names no measure, cost or date for these goals.",[3885,3889],{"title":3886,"detail":3887,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3888},"Strengthen environmental protection","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and create a better environment.",[3835,3836],{"title":3890,"detail":3891,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3892},"Make neighbourhoods more beautiful","CanWest Party lists making homes and neighbourhoods more beautiful, together with protecting the environment, as the fifth point of its platform.",[3706],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[],{"issue":747,"paragraphs":3897,"proposals":3898,"questions":3899,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3900,"gaps":3901},[],[],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[3902],"The party website holds no statement on Indigenous rights, treaties or reconciliation.",{"issue":768,"paragraphs":3904,"proposals":3905,"questions":3906,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3907,"gaps":3908},[],[],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[3909],"The party website holds no statement on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":97,"headline":3911,"summary":3912,"paragraphs":3913,"proposals":3915,"questions":3919,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3920,"gaps":3921},"Low tax","CanWest Party lists low tax among its platform points.",[3914],"CanWest Party lists \"low tax\" among its platform points on its home page. It does not say which provincial tax it means, what rate it wants, or how it would pay for the change.",[3916],{"title":3911,"detail":3917,"authority":3810,"cost":3811,"cites":3918},"CanWest Party says it supports low tax. It names no tax, rate or effect on the provincial budget.",[3836],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[],{"issue":111,"paragraphs":3923,"proposals":3924,"questions":3925,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3926,"gaps":3927},[],[],[],[3794,3795,3796,3797],[3928,3929],"The party website holds no statement on legislature rules, ethics, openness or election rules.","The mission page says the party supports equality among all races and good relations between ethnic groups and between neighbours. These goals do not fit any of the eleven issue areas, so the overview describes them.",[3931,3935,3939,3943,3947,3951],{"question":3932,"answer":3933,"cites":3934},"Who leads CanWest Party?","Elections BC's register names Wei Ping Chen as leader. The party's news conference page names him as president, and its contact page names Lawrence Chen as president. Sing Tao Daily reported that Wei Ping Chen founded another party in 2007 and has run in provincial and city elections at least six times without winning.",[257,3706,3735,3692],{"question":3936,"answer":3937,"cites":3938},"Who is running for CanWest Party?","Elections BC's candidate list names Lawrence Chen as the party's candidate in Richmond Centre. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on 3 October 2026, so the list can still change.",[3717],{"question":3940,"answer":3941,"cites":3942},"What does CanWest Party stand for?","The party says it would develop the economy, strengthen community safety and keep drugs out of communities, shorten medical waits, improve education, protect the environment, keep taxes low and support equality among all races. It gives no costs, dates or named laws for these goals.",[3836,3835,3706],{"question":3944,"answer":3945,"cites":3946},"When was CanWest Party founded?","Its registration with Elections BC took effect on 4 February 2026. Sing Tao Daily reported that the founders announced the party at a news conference on 29 March 2026.",[3691,3692],{"question":3948,"answer":3949,"cites":3950},"Is CanWest Party running in the Richmond city election?","In March 2026 the founders said Wei Ping Chen would run for mayor of Richmond. The City of Richmond's list of candidates, declared on 11 September 2026, has no candidate running for CanWest Party, and Chen is absent from the list for mayor.",[3692,3712],{"question":3952,"answer":3953,"cites":3954},"Where can I see CanWest Party's finances?","Search Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System. On 30 September 2026 it held no report from CanWest Party.",[3955],"frpc-search",{"entries":3957,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":3958,"gaps":3961},[],[3959,3960],"Legislature party standings for the 43rd Parliament, read 2026-09-30","Elections BC register of political parties, read 2026-09-30",[3962],"The legislature's member list, read on 30 September 2026, names no member for CanWest Party, so there are no votes or bills to record for it.","CWP","canwest-party",[3966,3967,3969,3973,3977,3978,3981,3985,3988,3991,3994,3997,4001,4005,4007],{"id":257,"label":2942,"url":259,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":3717,"label":3968,"url":27,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 provincial general election",{"id":3691,"label":3970,"url":3971,"publisher":3972,"kind":2280,"publishedAt":508,"checkedAt":260},"British Columbia Gazette, notice of registration of CanWest Party","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fbcgaz1\u002Fbcgaz1\u002F244336396","King's Printer for British Columbia",{"id":3974,"label":3975,"url":3976,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"party-names-10-years","Political party names used in the last 10 years","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FPolitical-Party-Names-Used-In-Last-10-Years.pdf",{"id":2885,"label":2946,"url":2947,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":3955,"label":3979,"url":3980,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Provincial financial reports search for the name CanWest","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FFRSearchResults.aspx?PFN=CanWest&PK=0&P=(ALL)&FTK=0&FT=(ALL)&FNK=0&FN=(ALL)&EV=(ALL)&ED=(ALL)&RTK=0&RT=(ALL)",{"id":3982,"label":3983,"url":3984,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"ebc-finance-faq","Provincial electoral finance questions and answers","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Felectoral-finance-faq\u002F",{"id":3836,"label":3986,"url":3987,"publisher":3763,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"CanWest Party home page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235214\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002F",{"id":3835,"label":3989,"url":3990,"publisher":3763,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"CanWest Party mission page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235302\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fmission.htm",{"id":3706,"label":3992,"url":3993,"publisher":3763,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"CanWest Party statement from its 29 March 2026 news conference, in Chinese (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235236\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fevent.htm",{"id":3735,"label":3995,"url":3996,"publisher":3763,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"CanWest Party contact page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235329\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fcontact.htm",{"id":3998,"label":3999,"url":4000,"publisher":3763,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"site-donate","CanWest Party donation page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235355\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fdonate.htm",{"id":4002,"label":4003,"url":4004,"publisher":3763,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"site-join","CanWest Party membership page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235421\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fjoin.htm",{"id":3692,"label":4006,"url":3769,"publisher":3767,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":916,"checkedAt":260},"Sing Tao Daily: Richmond Chinese residents announce a new party",{"id":3712,"label":4008,"url":4009,"publisher":4010,"kind":2280,"publishedAt":3708,"checkedAt":260},"City of Richmond declaration of candidates, 2026 local election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.richmond.ca\u002F__shared\u002Fassets\u002FDeclaration_of_Candidates_-_2026_Election79709.pdf","City of Richmond","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcanwest-party","CanWest Party registered with Elections BC in February 2026, and the register names Wei Ping Chen as its leader. Lawrence Chen is on Elections BC's candidate list for the party in Richmond Centre. Its website lists short goals with no costs or dates.",{"src":4014,"alt":3746,"width":3680,"height":4015,"sourceUrl":3747,"checkedAt":3748},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcanwest-party-wordmark.webp",55,"eye3sHK2blVK5WWvCPt5U9Na8mSQdd82Zw4dJbrBBDU",{"id":4018,"aliases":4019,"checkedAt":260,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2107,"founded":4021,"headline":4028,"history":4029,"leadership":4096,"logo":4104,"meta":4108,"money":4109,"name":4118,"news":4119,"overview":4167,"palette":4174,"platform":4177,"questions":4405,"record":4435,"registeredName":4118,"rosterLabel":4020,"slug":4444,"sources":4445,"stem":4584,"summary":4585,"website":4455,"wordmark":4586,"__hash__":4589},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcentre-bc.json",[4020],"CentreBC",{"year":4022,"note":4023,"cites":4024},2025,"Global News reported on 2025-04-04 that the party had registered with Elections BC, with Karin Kirkpatrick as leader. The party says it was founded on 2025-03-28.",[4025,4026,4027],"global-register","global-launch","rel-agm","Centre BC: leader, positions and history for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":4030,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4088,"gaps":4092},[4031,4036,4042,4048,4055,4062,4068,4076,4082],{"date":4032,"title":4033,"body":4034,"cites":4035},"2025-04-10","Launched by Karin Kirkpatrick","Karin Kirkpatrick, MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano from 2020 to 2024, launched CentreBC outside the legislature. Elections BC had approved the party earlier that month. The party says it was founded on 2025-03-28.",[4025,4026,3429,4027],{"date":4037,"title":4038,"body":4039,"cites":4040},"2026-03-19","Kirkpatrick says she will step down","In a letter to members, Kirkpatrick said she would step down as leader at the party’s first annual general meeting, and that three people had resigned from the party executive.",[4041],"rel-agm-prep",{"date":4043,"title":4044,"body":4045,"cites":4046},"2026-06-20","First annual general meeting","The party says members adopted a constitution and bylaws, acclaimed Mike Wignall as president, and that Kirkpatrick stepped down as leader.",[4027,4047],"resources",{"date":4049,"title":4050,"body":4051,"cites":4052},"2026-07-18","Mike Bernier named leader","The party’s executive council named Mike Bernier, a former Minister of Education and MLA for Peace River South, as leader.",[4053,4054],"rel-bernier","cbc-milobar-live",{"date":4056,"title":4057,"body":4058,"cites":4059},"2026-08-30","Candidate for the Abbotsford-Mission by-election","The party named Lakhwinder Jhaj as its candidate in the by-election set for 2026-09-26.",[4060,4061],"rel-jhaj","abby-cands",{"date":2997,"title":4063,"body":4064,"cites":4065},"Eight MLAs join, Peter Milobar becomes leader","Bernier stepped aside. Peter Milobar, Bruce Banman, Rosalyn Bird, Ian Paton, Elenore Sturko, Áʼa꞉líya Warbus, Teresa Wat and Donegal Wilson joined the party, and Milobar became leader.",[4066,4054,4067],"am-join","cjdc-milobar",{"date":460,"title":4069,"body":4070,"cites":4071},"Seven MLAs return to the Conservatives, Sturko becomes leader","On the day the election was called, Milobar and six of the MLAs went back to the BC Conservatives. Sturko stayed and became leader.",[4072,4073,4074,4075],"am-defect","cfjc-milobar","rel-milobar","tc-sturko",{"date":380,"title":4077,"body":4078,"cites":4079},"Andrew Weaver named candidate","The party named Andrew Weaver, a former BC Green leader who represented Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 2013 to 2020, as its candidate there.",[4080,4081],"rel-weaver","tyee-weaver",{"date":371,"title":4083,"body":4084,"cites":4085},"Sturko to run in Surrey South","Sturko said she would run in Surrey South, the district she first won in a 2022 by-election.",[4086,4087],"pan-surrey-south","leader",[4089,4090,4091],"Global News reports from April 2025","CentreBC news posts from 2025 and 2026","Reporting from CBC News, Vista Radio, CFJC Today, CJDC-TV, The Tyee, The Canadian Press and Peace Arch News in September 2026",[4093,4094,4095],"The founding date of 2025-03-28 comes from the party. Elections BC’s registration date has not been checked in an Elections BC record.","Mike Wignall’s election as president and the adoption of the constitution are reported only by the party.","The Abbotsford-Mission by-election was set for 2026-09-26. voche.me has not checked an Elections BC notice on whether it went ahead.",[4097,4100],{"role":2459,"name":4098,"since":460,"cites":4099},"Elenore Sturko",[257,4073,4075,4080],{"role":4101,"name":4102,"cites":4103},"President","Mike Wignall",[4027,4073,4072],{"src":4105,"alt":4106,"sourceUrl":4107,"checkedAt":3748},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcentre-bc.webp","Centre BC logo","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fcropped-Centrebc-favicon512x512-2026.jpg",{},{"searchUrl":2474,"filings":4110,"notes":4111,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4114,"gaps":4116},[],[4112,4113,2490],"Elections BC pays a yearly allowance to a registered party whose candidates won at least 2 percent of all valid votes in the last general election, or at least 5 percent of the votes in the districts where it ran candidates. Centre BC was registered after the 2024 election. Elections BC’s allowance page lists payments for 2025 and 2026 to the BC Green Party, the BC NDP and the Conservative Party, and lists none to Centre BC.","In June 2026 the party told its members that its first year ended with more money coming in than going out, and with no debt. Those are the party’s own figures, and voche.me has not checked them against a filed report.",[2492,2493,4115],"CentreBC AGM release of 2026-06-20",[4117,2497],"The party’s annual financial reports have not been opened. The reports sit behind a search form, and this review did not use it.","Centre BC",{"entries":4120,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4162,"gaps":4164},[4121,4127,4132,4136,4140,4144,4148,4153,4158],{"date":4122,"publisher":4123,"title":4124,"url":4125,"summary":4126},"2026-09-05","Abbotsford News","Candidates finalized for Abbotsford-Mission byelection","https:\u002F\u002Fabbynews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F05\u002Fcandidates-finalized-for-abbotsford-mission-byelection\u002F","Lists Lakhwinder Jhaj as the CentreBC candidate in the Abbotsford-Mission by-election, against Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and three others.",{"date":2997,"publisher":4128,"title":4129,"url":4130,"summary":4131},"Vista Radio (AM 1150)","Former B.C. Conservatives join forces with CentreBC, with Milobar tapped as new leader","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.am1150.ca\u002F89429\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Fformer-b-c-conservatives-join-forces-with-centrebc-with-milobar-tapped-as-new-leader\u002F","Mike Bernier stepped aside so Peter Milobar could lead CentreBC. Elenore Sturko and six former Conservative MLAs joined with Milobar.",{"date":2997,"publisher":428,"title":4133,"url":4134,"summary":4135},"Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Flivestory\u002Fbritish-columbia-politics-independents-bc-centre-conservatives-9.7350118","Names the eight MLAs who joined CentreBC. Milobar said the party would focus on the economy and public safety and stay out of culture wars.",{"date":460,"publisher":4128,"title":4137,"url":4138,"summary":4139},"CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.am1150.ca\u002F89578\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Fcentrebc-mlas-defect-back-to-the-b-c-conservatives-after-snap-election-call\u002F","Milobar and six MLAs went back to the Conservatives on the day the election was called. Sturko said she would stay with CentreBC. Party president Mike Wignall said Milobar had not discussed the move with the party executive.",{"date":460,"publisher":422,"title":4141,"url":4142,"summary":4143},"Kamloops Centre MLA Milobar rejoins BC Conservatives","https:\u002F\u002Fcfjctoday.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fkamloops-centre-mla-milobar-rejoins-bc-conservatives\u002F","Reports that Sturko did not return to the Conservatives and will lead CentreBC, and quotes her saying she has found a political home with the party.",{"date":3608,"publisher":3653,"title":4145,"url":4146,"summary":4147},"Andrew Weaver is back as a CentreBC candidate","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F24\u002FAndrew-Weaver-Back-CentreBC-Candidate\u002F","Former Green leader Andrew Weaver will run for CentreBC in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. He said he decided after the MLAs went back to the Conservatives, and that he joined the party in December.",{"date":371,"publisher":4149,"title":4150,"url":4151,"summary":4152},"Times Colonist (The Canadian Press)","Elenore Sturko’s roller-coaster political ride lands her as leader of CentreBC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002F2026-bc-votes\u002Felenore-sturkos-roller-coaster-political-ride-lands-her-as-leader-of-centrebc-12824686","Sturko describes the meeting where Milobar told the MLAs of the offer to return to the Conservatives, and says she agreed to lead the party when asked.",{"date":371,"publisher":4154,"title":4155,"url":4156,"summary":4157},"Peace Arch News","Centre BC leader Elenore Sturko running in Surrey South for provincial election","https:\u002F\u002Fpeacearchnews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F25\u002Fcentre-bc-leader-elenore-sturko-running-in-surrey-south-for-provincial-election\u002F","Sturko said she will run in Surrey South, where she was first elected in 2022, and that the party offers a choice for voters who do not want the NDP or the Conservatives.",{"date":390,"publisher":428,"title":4159,"url":4160,"summary":4161},"First weekend of provincial campaigns wraps in B.C. with new promises, renewed criticisms","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Ffirst-weekend-of-bc-elections-9.7360550","Sturko campaigned in Surrey and said CentreBC is centred on social responsibility, fiscal responsibility and being a home for liberals.",[4163,2532],"Web searches for CentreBC, Centre BC and Elenore Sturko with 2026, September 2026",[4165,4166],"A Prince George Citizen article on Sturko as leader and a Castanet article on the 2025 launch refused direct reads, so they are left out.","Coverage from January to August 2026 has not been compiled.",[4168,4169,4170,4171,4172,4173],"Elections BC lists Elenore Sturko as the leader of Centre BC, and its ballot name as CentreBC. Sturko won Surrey-Cloverdale in 2024 for the Conservative Party, with 10,268 votes (48.31 percent), according to Elections BC. The legislature’s member list, read on 2026-09-30, gives her party as Independent.","Sturko became leader on 2026-09-22. Four days earlier, she and seven other MLAs who had left the BC Conservative caucus joined the party, and Peter Milobar became its leader. On 2026-09-22, the day the election was called, Milobar and the six others went back to the Conservatives. Sturko stayed and took over as leader.","Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick founded the party. Elections BC approved it in early April 2025, and it launched outside the legislature on 2025-04-10. Kirkpatrick stepped down in June 2026, and Mike Bernier led the party from 2026-07-18 until Milobar replaced him.","The party says it gives a voice to voters who want strong public services and a strong private sector, and wants “a balanced approach to government”. Its president, Mike Wignall, says it is building another option to the BC NDP and the BC Conservatives. Sturko told CBC News the party is built on social responsibility, fiscal responsibility and being “a home for liberals”.","The party says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas, and that a full platform will follow. Its earlier releases set out positions on the cost of food, child care, extortion in Surrey, forestry, pipelines and Indigenous title. All of them were published before Sturko became leader.","Former BC Green leader Andrew Weaver is running for the party in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, the party and The Tyee report. The party was registered after the 2024 election, so it has no result from that election.",{"accent":4175,"onAccent":2542,"tint":4176,"ink":2544},"#BE123C","#f9e7ec",[4178,4198,4224,4245,4278,4310,4324,4339,4366,4374,4396],{"issue":76,"paragraphs":4179,"proposals":4183,"questions":4190,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4191,"gaps":4194},[4180,4181,4182],"The party’s vision page says it wants a province “where everyone has access to housing”. It gives no housing target.","In February 2026, under leader Karin Kirkpatrick, the party said housing policy should be judged by how affordable homes become for people.","In July 2026, leader Mike Bernier wrote that the party would tackle housing costs “with real supply, not slogans”.",[4184],{"title":4185,"detail":4186,"authority":4187,"cites":4188},"Measure housing policy by affordability","The party said in February 2026 that housing policy should be judged by how affordable homes become for people, and linked to that result.","Provincial housing policy and the ministry responsible for housing.",[4189],"rel-budget-decline",[],[4192,4193],"The CentreBC Our Policy, Our Vision and Our Values pages, https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-policy\u002F","Every CentreBC news post listed from 2025-02-12 to 2026-09-23, https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002F",[4195,4196,4197],"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 number of homes, no cost and no date.",{"issue":90,"paragraphs":4199,"proposals":4204,"questions":4220,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4221,"gaps":4222},[4200,4201,4202,4203],"The party’s vision page lists “accessible, well-funded healthcare and mental health supports” among its goals.","In February 2026 the party said it would expand home care for seniors and cut paperwork for doctors so they can see more patients.","In a June 2026 opinion piece, Karin Kirkpatrick blamed the government for delaying long-term care projects and phase 2 of the Burnaby Hospital, and called for health planning based on the growth of the senior population.","In August 2026, Mike Bernier wrote that the Ministry of Health should show the effect on patients before it changes how a clinic is paid, and that money for complex care such as HIV care should be part of the base funding.",[4205,4210,4215],{"title":4206,"detail":4207,"authority":4208,"cites":4209},"Expand home care for seniors","The party said in February 2026 that it would expand home care so seniors can stay at home longer.","The Ministry of Health and the regional health authorities.",[4189],{"title":4211,"detail":4212,"authority":4213,"cites":4214},"Less paperwork for doctors","The party said in February 2026 that it would reduce the paperwork doctors must do, so they can spend more time with patients.","The Ministry of Health.",[4189],{"title":4216,"detail":4217,"authority":4213,"cites":4218},"Check the effect on patients before changing clinic funding","Mike Bernier wrote in August 2026 that before a funding model changes, the Ministry of Health should have to show how patients would keep their care, and that funding for complex care, including HIV care, should be built into the base model.",[4219],"rel-hiv",[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,4223],"The party gives no cost and no date for its health positions.",{"issue":651,"paragraphs":4225,"proposals":4229,"questions":4241,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4242,"gaps":4243},[4226,4227,4228],"In February 2026, under Karin Kirkpatrick, the party said it would remove the provincial sales tax (PST) on food production and farm equipment to lower the price of food grown in BC.","In the same release, the party said it would treat child care as essential to the economy and make $10-a-day child care available to every family.","After the 2026 budget, the party criticised the increase in the lowest income tax rate, the pause in adjusting tax brackets for inflation, and the cut to tax credits for low-income families.",[4230,4236],{"title":4231,"detail":4232,"authority":4233,"cites":4234},"Remove PST on food production and farm equipment","The party said it would remove the provincial sales tax on food production and farm equipment, to lower the price of food grown in BC.","A change to the Provincial Sales Tax Act, passed by the legislature.",[4189,4235],"rel-budget-bankrupt",{"title":4237,"detail":4238,"authority":4239,"cites":4240},"$10-a-day child care for every family","The party said it would treat child care as essential to the economy and reach the goal of $10-a-day child care for every family.","The provincial child care budget and the ministry responsible for child care.",[4189],[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,4244],"The party gives no cost for either measure.",{"issue":687,"paragraphs":4246,"proposals":4250,"questions":4274,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4275,"gaps":4276},[4247,4248,4249],"In November 2025 the party published a three-step plan on extortion threats against businesses in Surrey. The release quotes party spokesperson Trevor Loke.","In February 2026, a CentreBC opinion piece by Rachelle Chartrand, then a party regional director, called for one provincial lead official on intimate partner violence.","The party’s vision page lists “public safety backed by strong justice and treatment systems”.",[4251,4257,4263,4268],{"title":4252,"detail":4253,"authority":4254,"cites":4255},"A unit in Surrey to follow and freeze extortion money","The party proposed a Surrey unit made up of Canada’s financial crimes agency (FINTRAC), the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency, to trace money and freeze assets within hours.","The party asked both the Province and the federal government to set it up. The three agencies are federal.",[4256],"rel-extortion",{"title":4258,"detail":4259,"cost":4260,"authority":4261,"cites":4262},"Help for businesses that receive threats","The party proposed a reporting website in several languages, security grants of $2,000 to $5,000 for businesses, and a standard of protection within 48 hours of a threat being reported.","$2,000 to $5,000 per business grant; no total given.","The party asked the Province and the federal government to fund it.",[4256],{"title":4264,"detail":4265,"authority":4266,"cites":4267},"A court track for extortion cases","The party proposed a pilot with its own court list and a special Crown prosecutor team for extortion cases.","The BC Prosecution Service and the provincial courts.",[4256],{"title":4269,"detail":4270,"authority":4271,"cites":4272},"One provincial lead on intimate partner violence","The opinion piece called for a provincial lead in the public safety ministry or the Attorney General’s office, with power to coordinate ministries and track progress against public timelines.","The provincial government, through the Attorney General or the public safety ministry.",[4273],"rel-ipv",[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,4277],"The extortion plan gives no total cost.",{"issue":224,"paragraphs":4279,"proposals":4283,"questions":4306,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4307,"gaps":4308},[4280,4281,4282],"In October 2025, under Karin Kirkpatrick, the party set five conditions for any pipeline to the North Coast: Indigenous co-ownership, a BC Energy Future Fund, safety and climate rules, local jobs and buying, and a clear legal path with full public information.","After the Crofton pulp mill closure was announced in December 2025, the party called for income support and retraining for workers, a steadier supply of wood for mills, faster permits, and a fund to help forestry towns through price drops.","The party’s values page says it supports small business and “responsible resource development”.",[4284,4291,4297,4302],{"title":4285,"detail":4286,"authority":4287,"cites":4288},"Five conditions for any pipeline","Indigenous co-ownership, a BC Energy Future Fund, safety and climate rules, local jobs and local buying, and a clear legal path with full public information. The party said a project that does not meet them should not be built.","Pipelines that cross provinces are approved by the federal government. The Province sets permits and its own conditions.",[4289,4290],"rel-pipeline-2025","rel-pipeline-2026",{"title":4292,"detail":4293,"authority":4294,"cites":4295},"Support for laid-off forestry workers","Bridge income, fast retraining and apprenticeships, and mental health, money and career help for workers who lose their jobs.","Provincial ministries for forests and for jobs and training.",[4296],"rel-crofton",{"title":4298,"detail":4299,"authority":4300,"cites":4301},"Changes to forest rules","A steadier wood supply through changes to the rights to cut timber on public land, faster cutting permits and road approvals, and changes to stumpage, the fee the Province charges for timber cut on public land.","The Ministry of Forests and provincial forest law.",[4296],{"title":4303,"detail":4304,"authority":2573,"cites":4305},"Forestry Stability and Transition Fund","A provincial fund to protect forestry communities when world prices fall.",[4296],[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,4309],"The party gives no cost for its forestry fund.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":4311,"proposals":4314,"questions":4321,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4322,"gaps":4323},[4312,4313],"The party’s vision page lists “a modernized education system that equips our youth for the future”.","In June 2026 the party published an opinion piece by Rachelle Chartrand, a teacher and the party’s Communications Chair, on artificial intelligence in schools. It said a CentreBC provincial strategy would make every graduate able to use AI, set rules for AI use from kindergarten to university, and pay for teacher training.",[4315],{"title":4316,"detail":4317,"authority":4318,"cites":4319},"A provincial plan for artificial intelligence in schools","Every student graduates able to use AI, the curriculum puts more weight on critical thinking and creativity, the Province sets rules for AI use from kindergarten to post-secondary, and teachers get training.","The Ministry of Education and Child Care and the ministry for post-secondary education.",[4320],"rel-ai",[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,3811],{"issue":104,"paragraphs":4325,"proposals":4329,"questions":4335,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4336,"gaps":4337},[4326,4327,4328],"The party’s vision page says it would use evidence-based solutions to fight climate change, protect biodiversity and invest in green technology, while also supporting mining, forestry and energy.","Safety and climate rules are one of the five conditions the party set in October 2025 for any pipeline.","In August 2026 the party asked why the government had declared a provincial state of emergency for wildfires in 2023 and had not done so in 2026.",[4330],{"title":4331,"detail":4332,"authority":4333,"cites":4334},"Safety and climate rules for any pipeline","The party said any pipeline must meet safety and climate rules that protect ecosystems, as one of its five conditions.","The federal government approves pipelines that cross provinces. The Province sets its own permits.",[4289],[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,4338],"The party has published no emissions target and no position on carbon pricing that voche.me found.",{"issue":747,"paragraphs":4340,"proposals":4344,"questions":4363,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4364,"gaps":4365},[4341,4342,4343],"In August 2026, leader Mike Bernier wrote that promises to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) are “more about political messaging than practical solutions”, and listed what CentreBC would do instead.","In March 2026 the party wrote that modern treaties such as Nisga’a and Tsawwassen show that negotiated agreements bring stability, and called for good-faith negotiation over court cases.","Indigenous co-ownership is the first of the party’s five conditions for any pipeline.",[4345,4351,4355,4359],{"title":4346,"detail":4347,"authority":4348,"cites":4349},"One provincial framework for treaties and agreements","A single framework that sets negotiating mandates, funding, standards and timelines for treaties and reconciliation agreements across all ministries and provincial agencies.","The provincial government, through the ministry responsible for Indigenous relations.",[4350],"rel-dripa",{"title":4352,"detail":4353,"cites":4354},"Bring everyone in earlier","First Nations, local governments, workers, businesses and environmental experts would meet earlier in a process, with public accountability.",[4350],{"title":4356,"detail":4357,"cites":4358},"Agreements by sector","Agreements for forestry, mining, energy, infrastructure and housing that support both reconciliation and economic development.",[4350],{"title":4360,"detail":4361,"cites":4362},"Measure results","Track results such as Indigenous economic participation, investment certainty, environmental care and community well-being.",[4350],[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,3811],{"issue":768,"paragraphs":4367,"proposals":4369,"questions":4370,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4371,"gaps":4372},[4368],"The party’s vision page lists “long-term infrastructure and transportation investments” among its goals. At its launch in April 2025, Karin Kirkpatrick said the party would run on a long-term approach to investing in infrastructure.",[],[],[4192,4193],[4196,4373],"The party has named no highway, transit or ferry project and gives no cost.",{"issue":97,"paragraphs":4375,"proposals":4379,"questions":4392,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4393,"gaps":4394},[4376,4377,4378],"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.",[4380,4387],{"title":4381,"detail":4382,"authority":4383,"cites":4384},"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.","The provincial budget, passed by the legislature.",[4385,4386],"vision","rel-lookwest",{"title":4388,"detail":4389,"authority":4390,"cites":4391},"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.","A provincial law passed by the legislature.",[4290,4289],[],[4192,4193],[4195,4196,4395],"The party gives no year for a balanced budget and no costed plan.",{"issue":111,"paragraphs":4397,"proposals":4400,"questions":4401,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4402,"gaps":4403},[4398,4399],"The party’s vision page lists “transparent, accountable, and ethical leadership”. Its values page says it wants to bring back civility and respectful debate in politics.","The party’s policy page says each proposal is tested against five questions: whether it fits the party’s values, has evidence behind it, is affordable, can be carried out, and leaves the province stronger.",[],[],[4192,4193],[4196,4404],"The party has made no specific proposal on legislature rules, ethics law or elections that voche.me found.",[4406,4410,4414,4418,4423,4427,4431],{"question":4407,"answer":4408,"cites":4409},"Who leads Centre BC?","Elenore Sturko, the MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale. She became leader on 2026-09-22, and Elections BC lists her as leader.",[257,4073,4075],{"question":4411,"answer":4412,"cites":4413},"Where is Elenore Sturko running?","She says she is running in Surrey South, where she was first elected in 2022. Elections BC’s list of accepted nominations did not show her name on 2026-09-30. Nominations close on 2026-10-03.",[4086,4087,2944],{"question":4415,"answer":4416,"cites":4417},"What happened with the MLAs who joined in September?","Eight MLAs joined on 2026-09-18 and Peter Milobar became leader. On 2026-09-22 Milobar and six others returned to the BC Conservatives. Sturko stayed.",[4066,4072,4073],{"question":4419,"answer":4420,"cites":4421},"Has the party published a platform?","Its policy page, read on 2026-09-30, says its Policy Committee is still writing its first policy areas and that a full platform will follow. Earlier releases set out positions on food costs, child care, extortion, forestry, pipelines and Indigenous title.",[4422,4189,4256,4350],"policy",{"question":4424,"answer":4425,"cites":4426},"Who founded the party?","Karin Kirkpatrick, who was elected as a BC Liberal in 2020 and sat for BC United until 2024. Elections BC approved the party in April 2025.",[4025,4026],{"question":4428,"answer":4429,"cites":4430},"Is Andrew Weaver running for Centre BC?","Yes. The party named him its candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head on 2026-09-23. He represented that district from 2013 to 2020 as a BC Green.",[4080,4081],{"question":4432,"answer":4433,"cites":4434},"Does the party get public money from Elections BC?","Elections BC’s allowance page lists payments for 2025 and 2026 only to the BC Green Party, the BC NDP and the Conservative Party. Centre BC did not exist at the 2024 election, which sets who qualifies.",[2480],{"entries":4436,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4437,"gaps":4441},[],[4438,4439,4440],"The legislature’s party standings, read through its data service on 2026-09-30","The legislature’s 2026 index of standing votes for Elenore Sturko, https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votess.htm","CentreBC news posts from 2025-02-12 to 2026-09-23",[4442,4443],"The legislature lists no member under Centre BC on 2026-09-30, and gives Elenore Sturko’s party as Independent.","Sturko’s 2026 recorded votes are in the vote index, but voche.me has not matched each vote to a date. None is listed here, because a vote cast before she joined the party on 2026-09-18 belongs to her as an Independent.","centre-bc",[4446,4447,4448,4449,4450,4451,4452,4456,4459,4462,4466,4469,4472,4476,4479,4483,4487,4491,4495,4499,4503,4506,4511,4514,4518,4522,4525,4529,4532,4537,4542,4546,4550,4553,4556,4559,4563,4566,4567,4568,4570,4574,4575,4576,4577,4579,4581],{"id":257,"label":2942,"url":259,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2944,"label":252,"url":27,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2885,"label":2946,"url":2947,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":142,"label":262,"url":144,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2480,"label":2957,"url":2958,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2960,"label":2961,"url":2474,"publisher":25,"kind":2962,"checkedAt":260},{"id":4453,"label":4454,"url":4455,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"home","CentreBC home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002F",{"id":4087,"label":4457,"url":4458,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"Get to know Elenore Sturko","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fleader\u002F",{"id":4385,"label":4460,"url":4461,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"Our Vision for B.C.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fvision\u002F",{"id":4463,"label":4464,"url":4465,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"values","Our Values","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-core-values\u002F",{"id":4422,"label":4467,"url":4468,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"Our Policy Philosophy and Process","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-policy\u002F",{"id":4047,"label":4470,"url":4471,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"Resources: constitution, bylaws and party rules","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fresources\u002F",{"id":4473,"label":4474,"url":4475,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"news-page","CentreBC news","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002F",{"id":3429,"label":4477,"url":4478,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":4032,"checkedAt":260},"Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick officially launches CentreBC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fformer-mla-karin-kirkpatrick-officially-launches-centrebc\u002F",{"id":4289,"label":4480,"url":4481,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":4482,"checkedAt":260},"CentreBC sets five hard conditions for any Northern Pipeline","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fnews-release-centrebc-sets-five-hard-conditions-for-any-northern-pipeline\u002F","2025-10-23",{"id":4256,"label":4484,"url":4485,"publisher":4020,"kind":2966,"publishedAt":4486,"checkedAt":260},"CentreBC unveils 3-step plan on transnational extortion in 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Total income $7,570,987.95, including $2,346,337.60 in political contributions and $1,685,633.05 in annual allowance. Total expenses $4,296,347.49. Loans payable $2,500,000.00 at December 31, 2025. The auditors’ report adds one limit: it says an audit cannot fully confirm that a political party recorded all its contributions, other income and expenses.",[4886],{"period":4901,"kind":4902,"url":4903,"note":4904,"cites":4905},"2024 calendar year","Statements of assets, liabilities, income and expenses","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F04\u002FCPBC-Financial-Statements-2024.pdf","As posted on the party’s website, the election year. Total income $6,796,983.48, including $6,660,323.98 in political contributions. Total expenses $12,055,280.55, including $3,050,898.84 on advertising. Loans payable $5,000,000.00 in total at December 31, 2024.",[4906],"cpbc-financials-2024",{"period":4908,"kind":4909,"url":4910,"note":4911,"cites":4912},"2025 and 2026 annual allowances","Public allowance paid by Elections BC","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Fannual-allowances\u002F","Elections BC pays each qualifying party $1.85 (2025) or $1.89 (2026) per vote received in 2024. It paid the Conservatives $1,685,633.05 in 2025 and $1,722,079.17 in 2026, in two payments each year.",[3243],[4914,4915,4916],"The two reports above are copies the party posted on its own website. The copies filed with Elections BC are in its Financial Reports and Political Contributions System.","The 2025 report shows a surplus for the year of $3,274,640.46. The 2024 statements show a deficit for the year of $5,258,297.07.","Reports for the 2026 election campaign are filed after election day and are not yet public.",[4918,2492,4919,4920],"Elections BC financial reporting page","Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System welcome page","Financial PDF files posted on conservativebc.ca",[4922,4923,4924],"The Elections BC search system returned an error page to a direct read, so the filed copies were not compared line by line with the party’s posted copies.","The 2024 statements posted by the party include no auditors’ report.","Lists of individual contributors were not read or copied.",{"entries":4926,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4961,"gaps":4964},[4927,4932,4934,4936,4941,4943,4945,4949,4951,4953,4956,4958],{"date":4845,"publisher":4928,"title":4929,"url":4930,"summary":4931},"Black Press Media (Chilliwack Progress)","Kerry-Lynne Findlay will be the next leader of the B.C. Conservative Party","https:\u002F\u002Ftheprogress.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F30\u002Fkerry-lynne-findlay-will-be-the-next-leader-of-the-b-c-conservative-party\u002F","Findlay won the leadership on the fourth round with 51 per cent to Caroline Elliott’s 49 per cent. The party reported 25,695 votes cast.",{"date":430,"publisher":428,"title":427,"url":429,"summary":4933},"Findlay resigned hours after MLA Linda Hepner left caucus, the 14th member to leave since Findlay became leader in May.",{"date":436,"publisher":428,"title":433,"url":435,"summary":4935},"The remaining caucus recommended Doerkson, the MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, and the party board approved him as interim leader.",{"date":436,"publisher":4937,"title":4938,"url":4939,"summary":4940},"The Canadian Press, via CBC News","5 MLAs, including former leader, returning to B.C. Conservative caucus as prospect of election looms","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fjohn-rustad-rejoins-b-c-conservative-caucus-9.7352398","Doerkson readmitted John Rustad, Trevor Halford, Scott McInnis, Linda Hepner and Claire Rattée to caucus.",{"date":460,"publisher":4128,"title":4137,"url":4138,"summary":4942},"Peter Milobar and six MLAs who had joined CentreBC returned to the Conservatives on the day the election was called. Elenore Sturko stayed with CentreBC.",{"date":380,"publisher":464,"title":463,"url":465,"summary":4944},"The party constitution bars an interim leader from taking the job permanently. The board said it would seek a change, which needs a two-thirds vote at a members’ meeting.",{"date":380,"publisher":428,"title":4946,"url":4947,"summary":4948},"Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad not running for re-election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Frustad-election-bc-9.7356107","The party confirmed Rustad, who led it in 2024 and left the leadership on December 4, 2025, will not run in Nechako Lakes.",{"date":475,"publisher":428,"title":472,"url":474,"summary":4950},"In an interview, Doerkson said SOGI resources should be removed from schools and called U.S. President Donald Trump a bully.",{"date":385,"publisher":454,"title":487,"url":488,"summary":4952},"Doerkson pledged in Surrey that his government would not raise existing taxes or bring in new ones.",{"date":390,"publisher":4954,"title":491,"url":493,"summary":4955},"Black Press Media (Agassiz Harrison Observer)","Doerkson released the party’s LNG plan. NDP candidate Ravi Parmar said the NDP’s current path would produce more.",{"date":390,"publisher":497,"title":496,"url":498,"summary":4957},"Doerkson gave no timeline for balancing the budget. David Eby said the Conservative tax pledge would mean cuts to health care and education.",{"date":395,"publisher":4959,"title":501,"url":503,"summary":4960},"Black Press Media (The Northern View)","At a Langley winery, Doerkson promised to remove the 10 per cent PST on Canadian wine, beer and spirits until the trade dispute with the U.S. ends.",[4962,4963],"Web searches for the party, its leader and its pledges, May to September 2026","Every article listed here, opened and read in full on 2026-09-30",[4965,4966],"Reporting from before May 2026 has not been indexed here, apart from the history entries.","Paywalled coverage, including The Globe and Mail, was not read.",[4968,4969,4970,4971,4972],"In the 2024 election the party ran 93 candidates, won 44 of 93 seats and received 911,153 votes, 43.28 per cent of the valid votes, according to Elections BC’s statement of votes. That result made it the Official Opposition.","Elections BC’s register of parties, dated September 30, 2026, names Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, as interim leader. CBC News reported that the remaining caucus recommended him and the party’s board approved him after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned on Sunday, September 20. The party’s own site calls him leader.","During Findlay’s time as leader, from May to September 2026, 14 members left the Conservative caucus, according to CBC News. After Doerkson took over, reporting from September 21 and 22 says John Rustad, Trevor Halford, Scott McInnis, Linda Hepner, Claire Rattée, Brennan Day, Peter Milobar and six other members who had joined CentreBC returned to the Conservatives. The legislature’s member records, read September 30, still list Brennan Day, Peter Milobar, Bruce Banman, Rosalyn Bird, Ian Paton, Teresa Wat, Á’a:líya Warbus and Donegal Wilson as Independent.","Elections BC accepts nominations until October 3, 2026, and its candidate list grows as nominations are accepted. The party’s team page lists its candidates by district, and Doerkson told CBC News the party is working to run a candidate in every district.","The party says it offers “real change” to make the province “safer and more affordable”. Its stated campaign commitments so far are no new taxes, removal of the PST on Canadian alcohol during the U.S. trade dispute, a plan to double LNG production by 2032, and repeal of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.",{"accent":4974,"onAccent":2542,"tint":4975,"ink":2544},"#1D4ED8","#e8edfb",[4977,4994,5004,5024,5033,5066,5076,5095,5117,5125,5140],{"issue":76,"paragraphs":4978,"proposals":4981,"questions":4982,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":4987,"gaps":4991},[4979,4980],"The party’s platform page lists a policy area called “Get BC Building”, described in one line as “a plan to end the housing shortage and make life more affordable”. No text of that plan was published on the site by September 30, 2026.","In a September 25 statement, Lorne Doerkson said a Conservative government “will bring down the cost of building and buying a home so more homes get built”. He criticized the NDP plan announced that week to tax unsold condominiums. The statement names no specific measure.",[],[4983],{"question":4984,"answer":4985,"cites":4986},"Has the party published a housing plan?","By September 30, 2026 it had published a title and a one-line description, “Get BC Building”, and a statement from Doerkson promising to bring down the cost of building and buying a home.",[364,368],[4988,4989,4990],"The party’s platform page, conservativebc.ca\u002Four-platform, read 2026-09-30","All 11 party news releases listed on conservativebc.ca\u002Flatest-news-updates, September 23 to 30, 2026","The PDF files the party has posted on its website, listed through the site’s public media index",[4992,4993],"The platform page marks the platform “coming soon”. Its policy titles do not open to any published text as of 2026-09-30.","No housing measure with a cost, a date or a named law was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":90,"paragraphs":4995,"proposals":4998,"questions":4999,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5000,"gaps":5002},[4996,4997],"The party’s platform page lists five health titles: “Putting Patients First” (“Expanding Access to Care and Ending Long Wait Times”), “BC Recovers” (a plan on overdoses and addiction), “Real Support For Mental Wellness”, “Next Gen Reproductive Health” and “Standing Up for Seniors”. None of them opened to published text on September 30, 2026.","NDP Leader David Eby says the Conservative tax pledge would mean cuts to health care and education, pointing to remarks Tony Luck made in February 2024, The Canadian Press reported. Black Press Media reported Luck’s reply on September 28: “I do not intend to cut the health-care budget.”",[],[],[4988,4989,4990,5001],"Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 28, 2026",[4992,5003],"No health measure with a cost or a date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":651,"paragraphs":5005,"proposals":5009,"questions":5019,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5020,"gaps":5022},[5006,5007,5008],"The party’s two cost-of-living commitments so far are about taxes: a pledge of no new taxes, and removal of the provincial sales tax on Canadian alcohol while the U.S. trade dispute lasts.","Black Press Media reported that Doerkson, asked about the cost of the alcohol tax cut, said the budget would lose some revenue. The party has published no estimate of that cost.","The platform page also lists “Common Sense Childcare”, described as a plan to expand affordable childcare spots and work with independent childcare providers. No text of that plan was published by September 30, 2026.",[5010,5015],{"title":660,"detail":5011,"authority":5012,"deadline":5013,"cites":5014},"The party says a Conservative government would remove the provincial sales tax at the till on Canadian beer, wine and spirits for as long as the U.S. trade dispute lasts. Doerkson also said U.S. liquor would stay off store shelves until the dispute is resolved.","The provincial sales tax rate is set by provincial law, so the legislature and the finance ministry can change it.","For the length of the U.S. trade dispute, by the party’s account.",[397,500],{"title":646,"detail":5016,"authority":5017,"cites":5018},"Doerkson pledged on September 27, 2026 that his government would not raise existing taxes or introduce new ones, for its whole term.","Provincial tax rates are set by the legislature.",[382,486],[],[4988,4989,4990,5021],"Global News, Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 27 to 29, 2026",[5023],"The party has published no cost for the alcohol tax cut and no list of which taxes the pledge covers.",{"issue":687,"paragraphs":5025,"proposals":5028,"questions":5029,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5030,"gaps":5031},[5026,5027],"The party’s platform page lists “Safe and Secure”, described as “a plan to restore public safety and rebuilding confidence in our justice system”, and “BC Recovers”, a plan on the overdose and addictions crisis. Neither opened to published text on September 30, 2026.","The party’s September 29 release on its Surrey candidates says they will “restore safety to Surrey’s streets” and mentions extortion and violence against small businesses. It names no measure.",[],[],[4988,4989,4990],[4992,5032],"No public safety measure with a cost, a date or a named law was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":224,"paragraphs":5034,"proposals":5038,"questions":5061,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5062,"gaps":5064},[5035,5036,5037],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan, published September 28, 2026, is the only detailed plan the party had released by September 30. Its goal is to more than double natural gas production by 2032 and more than triple it by 2035.","The plan says the NDP slowed LNG projects. The NDP disputes the targets: Forests minister and NDP candidate Ravi Parmar called it a “ChatGPT plan” and said the NDP’s current path would more than triple LNG production by 2035, as Black Press Media reported.","The platform page also lists titles on food production (“Grown in BC”), mining, forestry and technology. None opened to published text on September 30, 2026.",[5039,5045,5049,5053,5057],{"title":5040,"detail":5041,"deadline":5042,"cites":5043},"Double natural gas production by 2032 and triple it by 2035","The plan sets a goal of more than doubling natural gas production by 2032 and more than tripling it by 2035, and designating the gas reserves of the Montney Formation a strategic provincial asset.","2032 and 2035",[5044,387,392],"cpbc-energy-plan",{"title":5046,"detail":5047,"authority":4390,"cites":5048},"A 120-day approval law for major projects","The party says it would pass a “120 Day Permitting Act” and match provincial permits, approvals and consultation to the federal Bill C-39, so projects led by the province are approved within one year.",[392,5044],{"title":5050,"detail":5051,"cites":5052},"Resource corridors and pipeline expansions","The plan would set up resource development corridors for pipelines and power lines, and support the second phase of Coastal GasLink, Prince Rupert Gas Transmission and Enbridge’s Sunrise expansion.",[5044],{"title":5054,"detail":5055,"cites":5056},"Trade missions led by the premier","The plan promises trade missions led by the premier to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and South and Southeast Asia, energy agreements with buyers, energy security agreements with those countries, and sales to European buyers starting with Germany.",[5044],{"title":5058,"detail":5059,"cites":5060},"Bring LNG company head offices to BC","The plan says the party would contact companies that left BC’s LNG sector, naming ExxonMobil, Chevron, Petronas and Woodside, and encourage LNG and gas companies to base their head offices in the province.",[5044],[],[4988,4989,4990,5063,5001],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF, 9 pages",[5065,4992],"The plan gives no cost estimate and no expected revenue figure.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":5067,"proposals":5070,"questions":5071,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5072,"gaps":5074},[5068,5069],"The party’s platform page lists “Excellence in Education”, described as “a plan for common sense change to put learning first and restore excellence in education”. No text of that plan was published by September 30, 2026.","In an interview with CBC News published September 26, 2026, Doerkson said “I think that SOGI has to be removed”, referring to the sexual orientation and gender identity resources used in schools, and said schools should focus on arithmetic and reading.",[],[],[4988,4989,4990,5073],"CBC News interview with Lorne Doerkson, September 26, 2026",[4992,5075],"The party has published no written education policy that states the SOGI position.",{"issue":104,"paragraphs":5077,"proposals":5081,"questions":5090,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5091,"gaps":5093},[5078,5079,5080],"The energy plan published September 28, 2026 would end emissions limits that the party says stop new investment beyond LNG Canada, and would replace what it calls the “costly and confusing carbon tax framework” for LNG with “stable guidance”. It also asks the federal government to credit BC for emissions cuts abroad when BC gas replaces coal.","In his September 26 interview with CBC News, Doerkson said he believes climate change brings serious challenges, speaking of drought and the wildfire season in Cariboo-Chilcotin.","The platform page lists “Powering BC” as an energy title. It did not open to published text on September 30, 2026.",[5082,5086],{"title":5083,"detail":5084,"cites":5085},"End emissions limits that affect new LNG projects","The plan would end emissions limits the party says are stopping investment beyond LNG Canada, and review barriers to investment in the CleanBC plan with industry.",[5044],{"title":5087,"detail":5088,"cites":5089},"Replace the carbon tax framework for LNG","The plan would replace the carbon tax framework that applies to new LNG development with guidance that, in the party’s words, rewards operators without penalizing BC exports against U.S. and Qatari competitors.",[5044],[],[4988,4989,4990,5092,5073],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF",[5094,4992],"The party has published no emissions target.",{"issue":747,"paragraphs":5096,"proposals":5101,"questions":5112,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5113,"gaps":5115},[5097,5098,5099,5100],"The party’s September 23, 2026 release says it will run on a plan to “repeal DRIPA”, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act passed in 2019.","In April 2026, Conservative MLA Trevor Halford introduced a bill to repeal that act. It was defeated at first reading, 44 votes to 47. Lorne Doerkson was among the 44 members recorded in favour.","The energy plan says the party would honour First Nations agreements on resources, pipelines and power lines, and expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of projects on their territory.","The platform page lists “Economic Reconciliation, Healthy Communities”, described as a plan for partnerships, economic development and respect for Indigenous governance. It did not open to published text on September 30, 2026.",[5102,5108],{"title":5103,"detail":5104,"authority":5105,"cites":5106},"Repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act","The party says it will repeal DRIPA. The bill Trevor Halford introduced on April 22, 2026 would have done this; it was defeated at first reading.","DRIPA is a provincial law, so the legislature can repeal it.",[377,5107],"hansard-20260422pm",{"title":5109,"detail":5110,"cites":5111},"Expand loan guarantees for First Nations ownership","The energy plan would expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of the projects on their territory, and would work with the First Nations Major Projects Coalition.",[5044],[],[4988,4989,4990,5114,5092],"Hansard for April 22, 2026",[5116,4992],"The party has published no plan for what would replace DRIPA.",{"issue":768,"paragraphs":5118,"proposals":5120,"questions":5121,"state":2447,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5122,"gaps":5123},[5119],"The party’s platform page lists “Get BC Moving”, described in one line: “Conservatives will do what it takes to get BC moving again, in every part of the province.” No text of that plan was published by September 30, 2026.",[],[],[4988,4989,4990],[4992,5124],"No transportation project, cost or date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":97,"paragraphs":5126,"proposals":5130,"questions":5135,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5136,"gaps":5138},[5127,5128,5129],"The party’s main budget commitment is its no-new-taxes pledge of September 27, 2026. Its release says the NDP raised the lowest income tax rate from 5.06 per cent to 5.60 per cent; that figure is the party’s own statement.","The Canadian Press reported on September 28 that Doerkson gave no details on how a Conservative government would balance the budget. He said it would be “almost impossible to commit to how quickly we will be able to arrive at balanced budgets”.","The platform page lists “A Free and Prosperous BC”, described as a plan to encourage investment and “get government working for taxpayers”. It did not open to published text on September 30, 2026.",[5131],{"title":5132,"detail":5133,"authority":5017,"cites":5134},"No new taxes for a full term","Doerkson pledged that his government would not introduce new taxes or raise existing ones throughout its term.",[382,486],[],[4988,4989,4990,5137],"Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[5139,4992],"The party has published no costed fiscal plan and no date for a balanced budget.",{"issue":111,"paragraphs":5141,"proposals":5142,"questions":5143,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5144,"gaps":5146},[],[],[],[4988,4989,4990,5145],"The party’s official documents page (constitution and policy declaration, shown as page viewers only)",[5147,5148],"No platform title or release on legislature rules, ethics, transparency or elections was found on the party’s site on 2026-09-30.","The constitution and policy declaration on the official documents page load in a page viewer that did not return readable text.",[5150,5155,5159,5163,5168,5172,5176],{"question":5151,"answer":5152,"cites":5153},"Who leads the Conservative Party of BC?","Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, is interim leader. Elections BC’s register lists him, and he took over on September 20, 2026, after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned. One candidate page on the party’s site carries the words “Interim Conservative Party Leader” under Caroline Elliott’s name; Elections BC and news reports name Doerkson.",[257,452,432,5154],"cpbc-elliott",{"question":5156,"answer":5157,"cites":5158},"Can an interim leader stay on as premier?","The party constitution bars an interim leader from taking the job permanently, The Canadian Press reported. The party board said it would seek a change, which needs a two-thirds vote of members at a general meeting.",[462],{"question":5160,"answer":5161,"cites":5162},"How did the party do in the 2024 election?","It ran 93 candidates, won 44 of 93 seats and received 43.28 per cent of the valid votes, according to Elections BC. That made it the Official Opposition.",[142,432],{"question":5164,"answer":5165,"cites":5166},"Did the members who left in 2026 come back?","Reporting from September 21 and 22, 2026 says John Rustad, Trevor Halford, Scott McInnis, Linda Hepner and Claire Rattée were readmitted, and Peter Milobar and six other members who had joined CentreBC returned. Elenore Sturko stayed with CentreBC.",[5167,4858,4859],"cbc-rustad-rejoins",{"question":5169,"answer":5170,"cites":5171},"Is Jordan Kealy a Conservative candidate?","Kealy won Peace River North as a Conservative in 2024 and left the caucus in March 2025. The legislature lists him as Independent, and Elections BC’s candidate list shows him as Independent, with Curtis Whitford as the Conservative candidate in Peace River North.",[142,4836,3573,2944],{"question":5173,"answer":5174,"cites":5175},"Has the party released a full platform?","By September 30, 2026, its platform page said “coming soon” and listed 17 policy titles. The one detailed document was the BC Energy Superpower Plan on natural gas and LNG, released September 28.",[364,5044],{"question":5177,"answer":5178,"cites":5179},"How is the party funded?","In 2025 the party reported $2,346,337.60 in political contributions and received $1,685,633.05 in public annual allowance from Elections BC, out of total income of $7,570,987.95.",[4886,3243],{"entries":5181,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5204,"gaps":5208},[5182,5187,5191,5196,5200],{"date":916,"title":5183,"body":5184,"cites":5185},"Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2), third reading","The vote was tied 46 to 46, and the Speaker voted to pass the bill. Lorne Doerkson, John Rustad, Trevor Halford and Claire Rattée were among the 46 members recorded against.",[5186],"hansard-20260401pm",{"date":872,"title":5188,"body":5189,"cites":5190},"Bill to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, first reading","Trevor Halford introduced the bill. It was defeated 44 to 47. Lorne Doerkson and John Rustad were among the 44 recorded in favour; the two Green members voted against with the NDP.",[5107],{"date":355,"title":5192,"body":5193,"cites":5194},"K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20), third reading","The bill passed 53 to 39. Lorne Doerkson, Trevor Halford, Claire Rattée and Peter Milobar were among the 39 recorded against. Five members elected as Conservatives in 2024 voted for it: Á’a:líya Warbus, John Rustad, Ian Paton, Brennan Day and Lawrence Mok.",[5195,142],"hansard-20260528pm",{"date":355,"title":5197,"body":5198,"cites":5199},"Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9), third reading","The vote was tied 46 to 46, and the Speaker voted to pass the bill. Lorne Doerkson and John Rustad were among the 46 recorded against, as were the two Green members.",[5195],{"date":355,"title":5201,"body":5202,"cites":5203},"Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22), third reading","The bill, which approves the province’s spending for the year, passed 46 to 45. Lorne Doerkson reported the bill from committee and then was among the 45 members recorded against it.",[5195],[5205,5206,5207],"The 2026 recorded-vote index for Lorne Doerkson, 43rd Parliament, 2nd session","Hansard transcripts for April 1, April 22 and May 28, 2026","The 2024 statement of votes, for which members were elected as Conservatives",[5209,5210,5211],"Only recorded divisions from the spring 2026 sitting were read. Votes decided by voice name nobody and are left out.","Votes from the 2025 sittings have not been reviewed for this record.","The division lists give member names only. 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The party’s first Elections BC financial report covers a period that begins on 2025-06-09.",[4026,5442,5443],"cbc-launch","afr-2025","OneBC: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":5446,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5502,"gaps":5505},[5447,5451,5455,5460,5465,5472,5477,5483,5490,5496],{"date":2413,"title":5448,"body":5449,"cites":5450},"Brodie and Armstrong elected as Conservatives","Dallas Brodie won Vancouver-Quilchena for the Conservative Party with 11,464 votes (51.58 percent). Tara Armstrong won Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream for the Conservative Party with 14,303 votes (53.92 percent). OneBC did not yet exist.",[142],{"title":5452,"body":5453,"cites":5454},"Brodie removed from the Conservative caucus, March 2025","Conservative leader John Rustad removed Brodie from caucus over podcast comments that he said mocked residential school survivors. 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Armstrong said she stood by her choice to sit as an Independent.",[5482],"bp-brodie-back",{"date":5484,"title":5485,"body":5486,"cites":5487},"2026-05-21","Recall petition issued against Brodie","Elections BC issued a recall petition in Vancouver-Quilchena with Brodie as its subject. It needed 15,232 signatures by 2026-07-20.",[5488,5489],"ebc-recall-issued","nnw-recall",{"date":5491,"title":5492,"body":5493,"cites":5494},"2026-07-20","Recall petition fails","Elections BC said the petition failed, with just under 3,700 signatures handed in.",[5495],"cfjc-recall-fails",{"date":460,"title":5497,"body":5498,"cites":5499},"Chapman announces move as election is called","Surrey South MLA Brent Chapman announced on X that he was leaving the Conservatives for OneBC, shortly before the election was called. The clerk’s office said the party standings did not change, and the legislature still lists him as a Conservative.",[5500,5501,2885],"bp-chapman","tc-party-status",[2451,5503,5504],"Reporting on the party launch, the December 2025 leadership dispute, the 2026 recall petition and the 2026 election call","Elections BC recall news release",[5506],"No independent source states the exact date of Brodie’s removal from the Conservative caucus; the sources read give March 2025.",[5508],{"role":4875,"name":5509,"since":5478,"cites":5510},"Dallas Brodie",[257,5511,5482],"site-leadership",{"src":5513,"alt":5514,"sourceUrl":5515,"checkedAt":3748},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fonebc.webp","OneBC logo","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002F",{},{"searchUrl":2474,"filings":5518,"notes":5525,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5529,"gaps":5532},[5519],{"period":5520,"kind":5521,"url":5522,"note":5523,"cites":5524},"2025-06-09 to 2025-12-31","Annual financial report (amendment 2, filed 2026-07-17)","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002Fpublished\u002F100150495.pdf","Political contributions $177,568.50: 101 contributors gave more than $250 ($91,484.50) and 1,755 gave $250 or less ($86,084). Total income $178,338.50. Total expenses $40,580.25, including $11,244.10 for professional services, $6,590.88 for banking and payment fees, $6,016.46 for travel and $5,567.87 for advertising. Surplus for the period $137,758.25. The report shows no annual allowance.",[5443,3955],[5526,5527,5528],"The party filed its original 2025 report on 2026-03-30, then amendments on 2026-06-24 and 2026-07-17. The figures above come from the latest amendment.","At 2025-12-31 the party reported $150,673.78 in assets and $13,730.53 in liabilities.","Elections BC pays a yearly allowance based on votes in the last general election. OneBC did not exist at the 2024 election, and its 2025 report shows $0.00 in annual allowance.",[5530,5531,2492],"Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, financial reports searched for OneBC on 2026-09-30","OneBC 2025 annual financial report, amendment 2, pages 1 to 4",[5533,5534],"The lists of individual contributors in the report were not transcribed.","No report for 2026 or for the 2026 campaign is on the public record yet.","OneBC",{"entries":5537,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5564,"gaps":5566},[5538,5543,5547,5551,5555,5559],{"date":5539,"publisher":1128,"title":5540,"url":5541,"summary":5542},"2026-05-14","Recall petition to be issued against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie","https:\u002F\u002Fnationalnewswatch.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F14\u002Frecall-petition-to-be-issued-against-onebc-legislator-dallas-brodie","Elections BC approved an application to recall Brodie. The application said she had put her new party ahead of the people of Vancouver-Quilchena. The campaign needed 15,232 signatures by July 20.",{"date":5491,"publisher":1128,"title":5544,"url":5545,"summary":5546},"Elections BC announces failure of recall petition against Vancouver MLA Dallas Brodie","https:\u002F\u002Fcfjctoday.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F20\u002Felections-bc-announces-failure-of-recall-petition-against-vancouver-mla-dallas-brodie\u002F","Elections BC said the recall petition failed. The person behind it handed in just under 3,700 signatures, below the more than 15,000 needed.",{"date":460,"publisher":1148,"title":5548,"url":5549,"summary":5550},"Surrey South MLA Chapman leaving B.C. Conservatives for One BC","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fsurrey-south-mla-chapman-leaving-b-c-conservatives-for-one-bc\u002F","Brent Chapman said in a statement on X that he was leaving the Conservatives for OneBC. He said the Conservative Party had changed since he joined, and named the treatment of his wife, former leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.",{"date":460,"publisher":454,"title":5552,"url":5553,"summary":5554},"Here are the B.C. party leaders as voters go to the polls","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12068973\u002Fwho-are-bc-party-leaders-2026-election\u002F","The profile names Brodie as OneBC’s interim leader and describes her removal from the Conservative caucus, her split with Tara Armstrong, and her failed 2025 bill on land acknowledgements.",{"date":3608,"publisher":1128,"title":5556,"url":5557,"summary":5558},"OneBC overwhelmed with candidates but fails to get party status","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002F2026-bc-votes\u002Fonebc-overwhelmed-with-candidates-but-fails-to-get-party-status-12821173","The clerk’s office said Chapman did not tell the Speaker or the clerk of his move before the legislature was dissolved, so OneBC did not gain official party status.",{"date":395,"publisher":5560,"title":5561,"url":5562,"summary":5563},"Western Standard","Day 8 of the 2026 BC Election: Carney comes to town","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.westernstandard.news\u002Fbc\u002Fday-8-of-the-2026-bc-election-carney-comes-to-town\u002F77389","Brodie said OneBC would not run against what she called true conservatives. The outlet, citing CTV, listed eight Conservative candidates the party would not oppose, and reported that OneBC named candidates in Prince George-Valemount, Vernon-Lumby and Langley-Willowbrook.",[5565,2532],"Web searches for OneBC and Dallas Brodie with 2026, election, recall, Chapman and candidates",[5567],"Two articles could not be read because the sites refused both direct reads and WebFetch: Prince George Citizen, \"OneBC names candidate to target Conservative Bird\", and Castanet, \"OneBC names candidate for riding held by former party member Tara Armstrong\".",[5569,5570,5571,5572,5573],"Elections BC lists Dallas Brodie as the interim leader of OneBC. The legislature lists her as an Independent member for Vancouver-Quilchena, a seat she won for the BC Conservatives in 2024. The party says she is its candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena in 2026.","Brodie and Tara Armstrong launched the party in June 2025, after Brodie was removed from the Conservative caucus and Armstrong left it. Armstrong left OneBC in December 2025 and now sits as an Independent.","OneBC has no official party status in the legislature. On 2026-09-22 Brent Chapman, elected as a Conservative in Surrey South, announced he was joining OneBC. The clerk of the legislature said he did not tell the Speaker or the clerk before the legislature was dissolved, so the party standings did not change.","The party says it would cut every income tax rate by 25 percent, cut the provincial sales tax by 2 points, repeal DRIPA, remove SOGI 123 from classrooms, allow private health care alongside public care, and balance the budget within 4 years.","OneBC did not exist at the 2024 election, so it has no 2024 result. Its first annual financial report, for 2025, shows $177,568.50 in political contributions.",{"accent":5575,"onAccent":2542,"tint":5576,"ink":2544},"#0F766E","#e7f1f1",[5578,5604,5633,5641,5671,5691,5719,5726,5763,5770,5801],{"issue":76,"paragraphs":5579,"proposals":5582,"questions":5599,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5600,"gaps":5603},[5580,5581],"OneBC says it would make home ownership possible again for people with regular incomes, by opening new land for building and removing taxes that it says push up housing prices.","The party gives no cost or start date for any of these proposals.",[5583,5589,5594],{"title":5584,"detail":5585,"authority":5586,"cites":5587},"Remove the Step Code","The party says it would eliminate the Step Code, which it says raises housing costs with green building requirements it calls unnecessary.","The provincial government.",[5588,3836],"site-priorities",{"title":5590,"detail":5591,"authority":5592,"cites":5593},"Block city rent control","The party says it would block rent control programs run by cities, which it says discourage new building and new rental units.","A provincial law or rule that limits what cities can do.",[5588,3836],{"title":5595,"detail":5596,"authority":5597,"cites":5598},"Open new land for homes","The party says it would open new land for development and remove taxes that it says raise housing prices. It does not name the land or the taxes.","The party does not say who would act.",[3836],[],[5601,5602],"OneBC priorities page (1bc.ca\u002Fpriorities), read 2026-09-30","OneBC home page plan summary (1bc.ca), read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":90,"paragraphs":5605,"proposals":5608,"questions":5629,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5630,"gaps":5632},[5606,5607,5581],"OneBC says it would allow private health care alongside fully funded public health care, and move spending from administration to front-line staff.","On addiction, the party says it would end safe supply and drug consumption programs, turn existing consumption sites into recovery centres, and use involuntary treatment and housing for people with severe addiction.",[5609,5614,5618,5623],{"title":5610,"detail":5611,"authority":5612,"cites":5613},"Private care alongside public care","The party says it would allow private health care alongside fully funded public health care.","A provincial law on how health care is paid for and delivered.",[5588,3836,5442],{"title":5615,"detail":5616,"authority":2573,"cites":5617},"Move administration money to front-line care","The party says it would shift administration and human resources spending to front-line employees and resources.",[5588],{"title":5619,"detail":5620,"authority":5621,"cites":5622},"End safe supply and consumption sites","The party says it would end safe supply and drug consumption programs, cancel all new consumption sites and turn current sites into recovery centres.","Provincial health programs.",[5588],{"title":5624,"detail":5625,"authority":5626,"cites":5627},"Involuntary treatment for severe addiction","The party says it would provide involuntary drug rehab and housing for people who are severely addicted.","A provincial law and provincial health programs.",[5588,5628],"site-petitions",[],[5601,5602,5631],"OneBC petitions page, read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":651,"paragraphs":5634,"proposals":5635,"questions":5636,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5637,"gaps":5639},[],[],[],[5601,5602,5638],"OneBC candidate, leadership and petitions pages, read 2026-09-30",[5640],"The party’s pages list no proposal on prices, energy or car insurance rates, rebates or the minimum wage. Its tax cut proposals are under Taxes and budget.",{"issue":687,"paragraphs":5642,"proposals":5644,"questions":5668,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5669,"gaps":5670},[5643,5581],"OneBC says it would focus the justice system on repeat and violent offenders, and end decriminalization programs for drug use.",[5645,5650,5654,5659,5664],{"title":5646,"detail":5647,"authority":5648,"cites":5649},"Focus on repeat and violent offenders","The party says prosecutors would be told to treat past charges or convictions as a sign of future danger to the public.","Provincial instructions to Crown prosecutors.",[5588],{"title":5651,"detail":5652,"authority":5586,"cites":5653},"End decriminalization","The party says it would roll back all decriminalization programs and act against open drug use.",[5588],{"title":5655,"detail":5656,"authority":5657,"cites":5658},"Protect ports from smuggling","The party says it would work with the federal government against international criminal groups that bring drugs and firearms into the country through ports.","Needs the federal government.",[5588,3836],{"title":5660,"detail":5661,"authority":5662,"cites":5663},"No province role in federal firearm buy-backs","The party says the Province would not take part in any federal buy-back or confiscation of legally owned firearms, would pay for legal help for owners, and would run a provincial storage program for such firearms.","A provincial government decision.",[5588],{"title":5665,"detail":5666,"authority":5597,"cites":5667},"No masks at protests","The party lists a ban on wearing masks during protests. It gives no further detail.",[5588],[],[5601,5602],[],{"issue":224,"paragraphs":5672,"proposals":5674,"questions":5688,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5689,"gaps":5690},[5673,5581],"OneBC says the government’s role is to create conditions in which private business can do well, and that its role is not to create jobs itself.",[5675,5680,5684],{"title":5676,"detail":5677,"authority":5678,"cites":5679},"A pipeline to the north coast","The party says it would approve a pipeline to the Port of Prince Rupert or Kitimat to move Canadian energy to foreign markets.","The party does not say which government would approve it.",[5588,3836],{"title":5681,"detail":5682,"authority":5586,"cites":5683},"Review all provincial rules","The party says it would audit more than 176,000 provincial regulations to cut what it calls bureaucratic bloat. voche.me has not checked the figure.",[5588,3836],{"title":5685,"detail":5686,"authority":5586,"cites":5687},"More logging and lower stumpage fees","The party says it would increase the allowable yearly cut, reduce stumpage fees paid by lumber companies, and speed up permits and consultations for the forest industry.",[5588,3836],[],[5601,5602],[],{"issue":190,"paragraphs":5692,"proposals":5695,"questions":5715,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5716,"gaps":5718},[5693,5694,5581],"OneBC says it would remove SOGI 123 and what it calls politicized content from classrooms, and bring back standardized tests in reading, writing and math.","On its home page the party also says it would give public, private and home schooling equal funding, and make education an essential service by law. CBC News reported in June 2025 that the party wanted to take away teachers’ right to strike.",[5696,5701,5705,5710],{"title":5697,"detail":5698,"authority":5699,"cites":5700},"Remove SOGI 123","The party says it would remove SOGI 123 and politicized content from classrooms.","The provincial education ministry.",[5588,3836],{"title":5702,"detail":5703,"authority":5699,"cites":5704},"Bring back standardized testing","The party says it would bring back standardized tests that focus on reading, writing and math.",[5588,3836],{"title":5706,"detail":5707,"authority":5708,"cites":5709},"A Parental Bill of Rights","The party says it would pass a Parental Bill of Rights that guarantees informed consent and classroom openness for parents of minor-age students.","A bill passed by the legislature.",[5588,3836],{"title":5711,"detail":5712,"authority":5713,"cites":5714},"Equal funding and an essential service","The party says it would equalize funding for public, private and home schooling, and make education an essential service by law.","A provincial budget decision and a bill passed by the legislature.",[3836,5442],[],[5601,5602,5717],"CBC News report on the party launch, 2025-06-13",[],{"issue":104,"paragraphs":5720,"proposals":5721,"questions":5722,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5723,"gaps":5724},[],[],[],[5601,5602,5631],[5725],"The party’s home page says it is on a mission to preserve the environment, but its pages list no proposal on emissions, carbon pricing, wildfire or water. Its forestry proposals are under Economy and jobs.",{"issue":747,"paragraphs":5727,"proposals":5730,"questions":5758,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5759,"gaps":5762},[5728,5729,5581],"OneBC says it would repeal DRIPA, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and declare that UNDRIP has no force and effect in BC.","The party runs a petition asking the government to put the repeal of DRIPA to a referendum. The legislature’s 2026 index records Brodie asking the government about a referendum on repeal during question period.",[5731,5737,5741,5745,5750,5754],{"title":5732,"detail":5733,"authority":5708,"cites":5734},"Repeal DRIPA","The party says it would repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC.",[5588,3836,5735,5736],"site-dripa","leg-index-brodie-2026",{"title":5738,"detail":5739,"authority":5586,"cites":5740},"Stop transfers to band governments","The party says it would halt all voluntary transfers of cash, land and control over public resources to band governments.",[5588,3836],{"title":5742,"detail":5743,"authority":5597,"cites":5744},"Oversight of band spending","The party says it would restore oversight and accountability for spending by Indigenous bands.",[5588],{"title":5746,"detail":5747,"authority":5748,"cites":5749},"Repeal the Indian Act and turn reserves into townships","The party says it would demand changes to the Constitution to repeal the Indian Act, turn reserves into townships, and put all British Columbians under one law.","Needs the federal government and changes to the Constitution.",[5588,3836],{"title":5751,"detail":5752,"authority":5586,"cites":5753},"English names for public places","The party says it would restore the original names of public institutions and places, and that names must be mainly in English.",[5588,3836],{"title":5755,"detail":5756,"authority":5708,"cites":5757},"End required land acknowledgements","The party says it would end required land acknowledgements in government and in bodies funded by government. In October 2025 Brodie introduced a bill to ban some land acknowledgements, and the legislature voted it down at first reading.",[5588,5464],[],[5601,5602,5760,5761],"OneBC DRIPA referendum petition page, read 2026-09-30","Legislature 2026 Hansard index for Dallas Brodie",[],{"issue":768,"paragraphs":5764,"proposals":5765,"questions":5766,"state":2736,"indexable":77,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5767,"gaps":5768},[],[],[],[5601,5602,5631],[5769],"The party’s home page mentions public infrastructure, but its pages list no proposal on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":97,"paragraphs":5771,"proposals":5776,"questions":5797,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5798,"gaps":5800},[5772,5773,5774,5775],"OneBC says it would cut every income tax rate by 25 percent, including the corporate rate, and cut the provincial sales tax by 2 points.","The party says it would balance the budget within 4 years, aim for surpluses after that, and put part of each surplus toward paying down debt.","In June 2025 Global News reported that the party then promised a 50 percent tax cut on incomes under $100,000. The party’s pages read on 2026-09-30 give the 25 percent figure.","The party gives no cost for its tax cuts.",[5777,5782,5787,5793],{"title":5778,"detail":5779,"authority":5780,"cites":5781},"Cut income tax by 25 percent","The party says it would cut every personal and corporate income tax bracket by 25 percent.","Provincial tax rates, set by a bill passed by the legislature.",[5588,3836],{"title":5783,"detail":5784,"authority":5785,"cites":5786},"Cut the PST by 2 points","The party says it would take 2 percent off the provincial sales tax.","The PST rate, set by a bill passed by the legislature.",[5588,3836],{"title":5788,"detail":5789,"authority":5790,"cites":5791,"deadline":5792},"Balanced budgets","The party says it would balance the budget within 4 years and aim for surpluses after that.","The provincial budget.",[5588],"Within 4 years",{"title":5794,"detail":5795,"authority":5790,"cites":5796},"Pay down debt","The party says a part of each budget surplus would go to paying down debt, to lower the cost of interest.",[5588],[],[5601,5602,5799],"Global News report on the party launch, 2025-06-12",[],{"issue":111,"paragraphs":5802,"proposals":5804,"questions":5815,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5816,"gaps":5817},[5803,5581],"OneBC says it would adopt what it calls the Western Canada Alliance plan, under which BC would work with Alberta and Saskatchewan to strengthen provincial powers and bargain together for western interests and energy projects.",[5805,5810],{"title":5806,"detail":5807,"authority":5808,"cites":5809},"Western Canada Alliance","The party says BC would work with the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan to strengthen provincial sovereignty and their bargaining position on western interests and energy projects.","The provincial government, with Alberta and Saskatchewan.",[5588],{"title":5811,"detail":5812,"authority":5813,"cites":5814},"A referendum on DRIPA","The party’s petition asks cabinet to recommend to the Lieutenant Governor that the repeal of DRIPA be put to voters.","The provincial cabinet.",[5735],[],[5601,5602,5760],[5818],"Global News reported in June 2025 that the party then wanted to end mail-in and early voting. The party’s pages read on 2026-09-30 do not list this, and voche.me has not found whether the party still proposes it.",[5820,5824,5828,5833,5838,5842,5846],{"question":5821,"answer":5822,"cites":5823},"Who leads OneBC?","Dallas Brodie, as interim leader. Elections BC lists her as leader. The party board said it removed her in December 2025, and she wrote on 2025-12-21 that she had regained control of the party.",[257,5470,5482],{"question":5825,"answer":5826,"cites":5827},"Does OneBC have official party status in the legislature?","No. It lost that status in December 2025 when Tara Armstrong left. The clerk’s office said Brent Chapman’s move in September 2026 came too late to change the party standings before the legislature was dissolved.",[5476,5501],{"question":5829,"answer":5830,"cites":5831},"Did Brent Chapman join OneBC?","He announced on 2026-09-22 that he was leaving the Conservatives for OneBC, and the party’s candidate page lists him in South Surrey. The legislature still lists him as a Conservative, because he did not notify the Speaker or the clerk before dissolution.",[5500,5832,2885,5501],"site-chapman",{"question":5834,"answer":5835,"cites":5836},"Where is Dallas Brodie running?","The party says she is its candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena. Elections BC’s list of accepted nominations, read on 2026-09-30, did not yet include her. Nominations close on 2026-10-03.",[5837,2944],"site-brodie",{"question":5839,"answer":5840,"cites":5841},"What does OneBC say about taxes?","The party says it would cut every income tax rate by 25 percent, cut the PST by 2 points and balance the budget within 4 years. It gives no cost for these plans.",[5588],{"question":5843,"answer":5844,"cites":5845},"What does OneBC say about reconciliation?","The party says it would repeal DRIPA, stop voluntary transfers of land and money to band governments, and end required land acknowledgements. It also asks for a referendum on repealing DRIPA.",[5588,5735],{"question":5847,"answer":5848,"cites":5849},"How much money did OneBC raise in 2025?","Its 2025 report to Elections BC shows $177,568.50 in political contributions for June to December 2025, and $40,580.25 in expenses.",[5443],{"entries":5851,"state":2447,"indexable":191,"checkedAt":260,"searched":5878,"gaps":5882},[5852,5857,5862,5866,5870,5874],{"date":4482,"title":5853,"body":5854,"cites":5855},"Land acknowledgement bill defeated at first reading","Dallas Brodie introduced the Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act. She said it would make it unlawful for publicly funded bodies and their staff to make or require some land acknowledgements. The legislature voted it down at first reading, 5 to 85. Brodie and Tara Armstrong, then both OneBC members, voted Yea.",[5464,5856],"leg-index-brodie-2025",{"title":5858,"body":5859,"cites":5860},"Brodie voted against the 2026 budget","The legislature’s 2026 voting record lists Dallas Brodie as voting Nay on the budget motion, Nay at second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2), and Nay at third reading of Bill 3. It lists her as voting Yea at third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22).",[5861],"leg-votes-brodie",{"title":5863,"body":5864,"cites":5865},"Brodie voted against the K’ómoks Treaty Act","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Yea on an amendment moved at second reading, and Nay at second and third reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20).",[5861],{"title":5867,"body":5868,"cites":5869},"Brodie voted against the 2026 freedom of information changes","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Nay at third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9).",[5861],{"title":5871,"body":5872,"cites":5873},"Brodie voted to introduce bills to repeal DRIPA and the Human Rights Code","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Yea at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act, the Human Rights Code Repeal Act, the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act, and the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act. She voted Nay on Motion 13, Support for human rights code and enforcement.",[5861],{"title":5875,"body":5876,"cites":5877},"Brodie voted for three bills at third reading","Dallas Brodie is recorded as voting Yea at third reading of the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14), the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12), and the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 6).",[5861],[5879,5880,5881],"Legislature 2026 voting record by member, Dallas Brodie","Legislature 2026 and 2025 Hansard indexes by member, Dallas Brodie","Hansard transcript of 2025-10-23, morning sitting",[5883,5884,5885],"The legislature lists Brodie as an Independent for the whole 2026 session. Her votes are hers, and no source says she cast them on behalf of the party.","Tara Armstrong’s votes from June to December 2025, when she was a OneBC member, have not been compiled.","Brodie’s 2025 votes, apart from the land acknowledgement bill, have not been compiled.","onebc",[5888,5889,5890,5891,5892,5894,5897,5900,5903,5906,5909,5910,5913,5915,5918,5921,5925,5928,5931,5934,5937,5940,5944,5949,5953,5957,5961,5963,5965,5969,5971,5973,5975],{"id":257,"label":2942,"url":259,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2944,"label":252,"url":27,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":2885,"label":2946,"url":2947,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":142,"label":262,"url":144,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":5861,"label":5893,"url":2952,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Dallas Brodie)",{"id":5736,"label":5895,"url":5896,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Hansard index by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Dallas Brodie)","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Members-Indexb.htm",{"id":5856,"label":5898,"url":5899,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Hansard index by member, 2025 session, surnames starting with B (Dallas Brodie)","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd1st\u002F2025-Members-Indexb.htm",{"id":5464,"label":5901,"url":5902,"publisher":2948,"kind":2280,"publishedAt":4482,"checkedAt":260},"Hansard, morning sitting of 23 October 2025 (Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act, first reading)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd1st\u002F20251023am-Hansard-n87.html",{"id":3955,"label":5904,"url":5905,"publisher":25,"kind":2962,"checkedAt":260},"Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, search for OneBC","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FFRSearchResults.aspx?PFN=OneBC&PK=0&P=(ALL)&FTK=0&FT=(ALL)&FNK=0&FN=(ALL)&EV=(ALL)&ED=(ALL)&RTK=0&RT=(ALL)",{"id":5443,"label":5907,"url":5522,"publisher":25,"kind":2962,"publishedAt":5908,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC 2025 annual financial report, amendment 2","2026-07-17",{"id":3243,"label":2957,"url":4910,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},{"id":5488,"label":5911,"url":5912,"publisher":25,"kind":2280,"checkedAt":260},"Recall petition to be issued in Vancouver-Quilchena","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Frecall-petition-to-be-issued-in-vancouver-quilchena\u002F",{"id":3836,"label":5914,"url":5515,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC home page",{"id":5588,"label":5916,"url":5917,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC: Our priorities","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fpriorities",{"id":5511,"label":5919,"url":5920,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC: Our leadership","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fleadership",{"id":5922,"label":5923,"url":5924,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"site-candidates","OneBC: Candidates","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fcandidates",{"id":5837,"label":5926,"url":5927,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC candidate page: Dallas Brodie","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdallas-brodie",{"id":5832,"label":5929,"url":5930,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC candidate page: Brent Chapman","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbrent-chapman",{"id":5628,"label":5932,"url":5933,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC: Petitions","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fpetitions",{"id":5735,"label":5935,"url":5936,"publisher":5535,"kind":2966,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC petition: Referendum on DRIPA","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fpetitions\u002Fdripa",{"id":4026,"label":5938,"url":5939,"publisher":454,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":5456,"checkedAt":260},"MLA expelled from BC Conservatives launches new OneBC party","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11238390\u002Fdallas-brodie-onebc\u002F",{"id":5442,"label":5941,"url":5942,"publisher":428,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":5943,"checkedAt":260},"2 MLAs form new B.C. political party that courts social conservatives","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fnew-bc-political-party-courts-social-conservatives-1.7560192","2025-06-13",{"id":5471,"label":5945,"url":5946,"publisher":5947,"kind":3024,"publishedAt":5948,"checkedAt":260},"OneBC leader Dallas Brodie removed, leaving party future in flux","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11577473\u002Fonebc-leader-dallas-brodie-removed\u002F","Global News (The Canadian 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