[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":6082},["ShallowReactive",2],{"district-cowichan-valley":3,"district-facts-cowichan-valley":1191,"district-profile-cowichan-valley":2123,"parties-all":2416},[4,103,964,1079],{"slug":5,"name":6,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":10,"palette":11,"party":12,"portrait":15,"headline":23,"dossier":24,"sample":96,"acclamation":11},"bert-chen","Bert Chen","MLA","cowichan-valley","","blue",null,{"name":13,"url":14},"Conservative Party of BC","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002F",{"src":16,"smallSrc":17,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":20,"credit":13,"sourceUrl":21,"position":22},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbert-chen-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbert-chen-320.webp",640,800,"Bert Chen, from the Conservative Party of BC candidate page.","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fcandidate\u002Fbert-chen\u002F","50% 30%","Conservative Party of BC candidate for MLA in Cowichan Valley. By the party's account, he owns a Vancouver Island construction management firm.",{"checkedAt":25,"through":26,"introduction":27,"recordIntro":28,"researchGaps":29,"sources":30,"scheduleSummary":64,"scheduleSourceIds":65,"events":66,"promises":84,"programs":99,"talks":100,"accountability":101,"coverage":102},"2026-10-03","2026-10-24","A researched record of Bert Chen's 2026 candidacy. voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record to review. The only statement of his views is the party's description of him on its own candidate page.","His past roles come from the party's page. None is a public office, so none earns a score.","No campaign website, personal social media account, news interview, all-candidates meeting or party news release naming him was found on 2026-10-03. The party candidate page links only to the party's own accounts. The list of 2026 nominations is open until 1 p.m. PT on October 3, so Elections BC can still add or change entries. His business, his work with First Nations, his sailing and his gas station childhood come only from the party page, which does not name the firm, any project or any community. The party page says he was long time finance director of the BC Elks Association. A BC Elks Association committee list for 2020 to 2021 (sites.google.com\u002Fsite\u002Fbcelksassociation\u002Fdirectory\u002Fbc-elks-association-committees-2020-2021) names a Bert Chen of Langley No. 259 as chairman of its Finance Committee, and no source read on this date says that person is this candidate, so the committee list is not used for any claim. A personal page at bertchen.ca (read on 2026-10-03) shows only a name, a contact line and links, and no source ties it to the candidate, so nothing from it is used. A Bert Chen who sat on the Conservative Party of Canada national council for Ontario is named in a 2021 National Observer article. The article places that person in Ontario and no source ties him to this candidate, so nothing from it is used. The party's platform page lists plan titles, says the platform is coming soon and does not name him. His commitment on permitting comes from the party page and has not been found in his own words. Campaign finances and endorsements were not found.",[31,37,41,45,49,53,57],{"id":32,"label":33,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":36,"checkedAt":25},"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":38,"label":39,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":40,"checkedAt":25},"ebc-election","2026 provincial election: key dates","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002F2026-provincial-election\u002F",{"id":42,"label":43,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":44,"checkedAt":25},"sov-2024","Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf",{"id":46,"label":47,"publisher":13,"kind":48,"url":21,"checkedAt":25},"party-candidate","Candidate page: Bert Chen","Campaign",{"id":50,"label":51,"publisher":13,"kind":48,"url":52,"checkedAt":25},"party-team","Our Team page","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Four-team\u002F",{"id":54,"label":55,"publisher":13,"kind":48,"url":56,"checkedAt":25},"party-platform","Our Platform page","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Four-platform\u002F",{"id":58,"label":59,"publisher":60,"kind":61,"url":62,"publishedAt":63,"checkedAt":25},"natobs-2021","Conservative on national council says members should review O'Toole's leadership","National Observer","Reporting","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationalobserver.com\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fnews\u002Fconservative-national-council-says-members-should-review-otooles-leadership","2021-09-22","No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The voting dates come from Elections BC.",[38],[67,78],{"id":68,"date":69,"title":70,"kind":71,"time":72,"venue":73,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":75,"detail":76,"sourceIds":77},"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.",[38],{"id":79,"date":26,"title":80,"kind":71,"time":81,"venue":73,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":75,"detail":82,"sourceIds":83},"final-voting-day","Final Voting Day","All day","Elections BC lists October 24, 2026 as Final Voting Day.",[38],[85],{"id":86,"title":87,"cycle":88,"topic":89,"status":90,"pledge":91,"evidence":92,"nextCheck":93,"sourceIds":94,"issue":95,"own":96,"quote":97,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-fast-track-projects","Grow the economy by fast tracking projects","2026","Economy","Campaign pledge","The party's candidate page for Bert Chen says he has seen the resource economy weakened by overly long permitting processes, and that BC needs to grow its economy by fast tracking projects to provide decent, stable jobs for hardworking British Columbians.","The page is written in the third person by the party, so this is the party's description of his view and voche.me has not found it in his own words. It names no project, permit, number, cost or date.","Which permits and which Cowichan Valley projects does he mean, and by how much would he shorten the process?",[46],"economy-jobs",false,"fast tracking projects to provide decent, stable jobs for hardworking British Columbians","first reader",[],[],[],[],{"slug":104,"name":105,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":106,"palette":11,"party":107,"portrait":110,"headline":116,"dossier":117,"sample":96,"acclamation":11},"debra-toporowski","Debra Toporowski","sand",{"name":108,"url":109},"BC NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002F",{"src":111,"smallSrc":112,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":113,"credit":114,"sourceUrl":115,"position":22},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdebra-toporowski-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdebra-toporowski-320.webp","Debra Toporowski, photo from the BC NDP campaign page.","BC NDP campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fdebratoporowski.bcndp.ca\u002F","MLA for Cowichan Valley since 2024, running again for the BC NDP.",{"checkedAt":25,"through":26,"introduction":118,"recordIntro":119,"researchGaps":120,"sources":121,"scheduleSummary":408,"scheduleSourceIds":409,"events":410,"promises":423,"programs":659,"talks":843,"accountability":937,"coverage":938},"A researched record of Debra Toporowski's 19 commitments, 29 dated actions and 18 public statements, with 6 news items. Most come from the legislature record.","Recorded votes and actions in the legislature where an official source names her, and releases that quote her. A government program belongs to the government. It is listed here only where a release quotes her or the record names her.","The campaign page lists no events and no platform of her own, and its events search returned no results. Her Facebook, Instagram and X pages showed a login screen or no posts and were not read. The caucus page for her answered HTTP 503 and was not read. The legislature's member record lists no roles for her, so her title as Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health rests on the Province's profile, the Premier's letter and a government release. Her title in the chair of committee sittings is not stated in the transcripts opened, and the count of 15 sittings covers the 33 transcripts voche.me opened, not every 2026 sitting. Transcripts of 2025 were not opened, although the 2025 index lists speeches by her, including her first speech. The Province's profile says she was appointed Indigenous Watershed Champion in 2021 and to the Pacific Salmon Commission in 2020 and was a member of the Cowichan Watershed Board. None of these was checked with the body concerned. Whether she won a seat or the chief's post in the Cowichan Tribes election of December 2021 was not checked beyond the council index, which lists a Toporowski in the council of 2019 to 2022 and none in 2022 to 2024. The Cowichan Tribes index spells her surname three ways, so the match rests on the resignation date reported by the Times Colonist. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on Bill 9, Bill 20 or the budget motion, on which she voted. The text of Bill 16 and its third reading were not opened. The amounts quoted from the Chemainus Valley Courier come from its report of releases, and the releases themselves were not opened. Campaign finances for 2026 and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[122,124,127,129,134,140,146,151,155,159,164,169,174,178,183,187,192,196,201,205,210,215,220,225,229,234,239,244,249,254,259,264,269,274,279,283,288,293,298,303,308,313,319,324,329,334,340,346,351,356,361,364,368,374,380,386,391,397,403],{"id":32,"label":123,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":36,"checkedAt":25},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election (list dated October 3, 2026)",{"id":125,"label":126,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":40,"checkedAt":25},"elections-bc-2026","2026 provincial general election: key dates",{"id":42,"label":128,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":44,"checkedAt":25},"Statement of votes, 2024 provincial general election",{"id":130,"label":131,"publisher":132,"kind":35,"url":133,"checkedAt":25},"legislature-record","Member record for Qwulti'stunaat - Debra Toporowski, 43rd Parliament","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fmembers",{"id":135,"label":136,"publisher":137,"kind":35,"url":138,"publishedAt":139,"checkedAt":25},"gov-ps-rural-health","Debra Toporowski, Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health (page last updated November 19, 2024)","Province of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fgovernments\u002Forganizational-structure\u002Fcabinet\u002Fcabinet-ministers\u002Fparliamentary-secretary-for-rural-health","2024-11-19",{"id":141,"label":142,"publisher":143,"kind":35,"url":144,"publishedAt":145,"checkedAt":25},"gov-ps-letter","Letter from the Premier to Debra Toporowski, Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health, November 18, 2024","Office of the Premier, Province of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fassets\u002Fgov\u002Fgovernment\u002Fministries-organizations\u002Fpremier-cabinet-mlas\u002Fminister-letter\u002Fhlth-toporowski_ps.pdf","2024-11-18",{"id":147,"label":148,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":150,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-index-2026","Members index to debates, 2026, entry for Debra Toporowski \u002F Qwulti'stunaat","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-members-indexmhds.htm",{"id":152,"label":153,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":154,"checkedAt":25},"votes-index-2026","Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Debra Toporowski \u002F Qwulti'stunaat","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votest.htm",{"id":156,"label":157,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":158,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-index-2025","Members index to debates, 2025, entry for Debra Toporowski \u002F Qwulti'stunaat","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd1st\u002F2025-Members-Indext.htm",{"id":160,"label":161,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":162,"publishedAt":163,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-119","Debates of February 19, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260219am-Hansard-n119.html","2026-02-19",{"id":165,"label":166,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":167,"publishedAt":168,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-122","Debates of February 23, 2026 (afternoon): statement on residential school denialism","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260223pm-Hansard-n122.html","2026-02-23",{"id":170,"label":171,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":172,"publishedAt":173,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-126","Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): votes on the Human Rights Code Repeal Act and the budget motion","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260226am-Hansard-n126.html","2026-02-26",{"id":175,"label":176,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":177,"publishedAt":173,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-127","Debates of February 26, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260226pm-Hansard-n127.html",{"id":179,"label":180,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":181,"publishedAt":182,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-133","Debates of March 5, 2026 (morning): statement on organ donation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260305am-Hansard-n133.html","2026-03-05",{"id":184,"label":185,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":186,"publishedAt":182,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-134","Debates of March 5, 2026 (afternoon): speech in the debate on Bill 2 and third reading vote on Bill 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260305pm-Hansard-n134.html",{"id":188,"label":189,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":190,"publishedAt":191,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-135","Debates of March 9, 2026 (morning): statement on International Women's Day","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260309am-Hansard-n135.html","2026-03-09",{"id":193,"label":194,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":195,"publishedAt":191,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-136","Debates of March 9, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill 2","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260309pm-Hansard-n136.html",{"id":197,"label":198,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":199,"publishedAt":200,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-140","Debates of March 12, 2026 (morning): first reading vote on 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":202,"label":203,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":204,"publishedAt":200,"checkedAt":25},"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":206,"label":207,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":208,"publishedAt":209,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-143","Debates of March 30, 2026 (afternoon): deferral of divisions and committee sitting","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260330pm-Hansard-n143.html","2026-03-30",{"id":211,"label":212,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":213,"publishedAt":214,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-144","Debates of March 31, 2026 (morning): statement on the Cowichan Valley and vote on Motion M203","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260331am-Hansard-n144.html","2026-03-31",{"id":216,"label":217,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":218,"publishedAt":219,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-146","Debates of April 1, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes on Bill 2 and Bill 12","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260401pm-Hansard-n146.html","2026-04-01",{"id":221,"label":222,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":223,"publishedAt":224,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-149","Debates of April 13, 2026 (morning): Bill M233 and Bill M214","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260413am-Hansard-n149.html","2026-04-13",{"id":226,"label":227,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":228,"publishedAt":224,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-150","Debates of April 13, 2026 (afternoon): committee sitting","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260413pm-Hansard-n150.html",{"id":230,"label":231,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":232,"publishedAt":233,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-151","Debates of April 14, 2026 (morning): statement on the Cowichan Valley Capitals","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260414am-Hansard-n151.html","2026-04-14",{"id":235,"label":236,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":237,"publishedAt":238,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-153","Debates of April 15, 2026 (afternoon): second reading of Bill 14, Forests Statutes Amendment Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260415pm-Hansard-n153.html","2026-04-15",{"id":240,"label":241,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":242,"publishedAt":243,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-155","Debates of April 16, 2026 (afternoon): second reading of Bill 16, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260416pm-Hansard-n155.html","2026-04-16",{"id":245,"label":246,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":247,"publishedAt":248,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-157","Debates of April 20, 2026 (afternoon): second reading vote on Bill M233","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260420pm-Hansard-n157.html","2026-04-20",{"id":250,"label":251,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":252,"publishedAt":253,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-159","Debates of April 21, 2026 (afternoon): third reading of Bill 14","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260421pm-Hansard-n159.html","2026-04-21",{"id":255,"label":256,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":257,"publishedAt":258,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-160","Debates of April 22, 2026 (afternoon): first reading vote on a bill to repeal DRIPA","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260422pm-Hansard-n160.html","2026-04-22",{"id":260,"label":261,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":262,"publishedAt":263,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-161","Debates of April 23, 2026 (morning): statement on the Clements Centre Society","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260423am-Hansard-n161.html","2026-04-23",{"id":265,"label":266,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":267,"publishedAt":268,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-164","Debates of April 27, 2026 (afternoon): statement on loss of heritage and vote on a subamendment to Motion M205","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260427pm-Hansard-n164.html","2026-04-27",{"id":270,"label":271,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":272,"publishedAt":273,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-166","Debates of April 28, 2026 (afternoon): committee stage of Bill 16, clause 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260428pm-Hansard-n166.html","2026-04-28",{"id":275,"label":276,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":277,"publishedAt":278,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-170","Debates of May 4, 2026 (morning): statement on Robert Barron and local journalism","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260504am-Hansard-n170.html","2026-05-04",{"id":280,"label":281,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":282,"publishedAt":278,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-171","Debates of May 4, 2026 (afternoon): vote on an amendment to Motion M205","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260504pm-Hansard-n171.html",{"id":284,"label":285,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":286,"publishedAt":287,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-174","Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon sitting, votes after midnight): votes on Bill 9 at second reading","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260506pm-Hansard-n174.html","2026-05-06",{"id":289,"label":290,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":291,"publishedAt":292,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-179","Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): second reading votes on Bill 20","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html","2026-05-20",{"id":294,"label":295,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":296,"publishedAt":297,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-180","Debates of May 21, 2026 (morning): statement on reconciliation and an amendment vote on Bill 9","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260521am-Hansard-n180.html","2026-05-21",{"id":299,"label":300,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":301,"publishedAt":302,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-183","Debates of May 25, 2026 (afternoon): vote on Motion M205 and committee stage of Bill 9","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260525pm-Hansard-n183.html","2026-05-25",{"id":304,"label":305,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":306,"publishedAt":307,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-185","Debates of May 26, 2026 (afternoon): committee votes on Bill 9, clause 13","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260526pm-Hansard-n185.html","2026-05-26",{"id":309,"label":310,"publisher":149,"kind":35,"url":311,"publishedAt":312,"checkedAt":25},"hansard-188","Debates of May 28, 2026 (afternoon): third reading votes and royal assent","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260528pm-Hansard-n188.html","2026-05-28",{"id":314,"label":315,"publisher":316,"kind":35,"url":317,"publishedAt":318,"checkedAt":25},"nc-results-2022","2022 Election Results","Municipality of North Cowichan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.northcowichan.ca\u002Fnews\u002F2022-election-results","2022-10-18",{"id":320,"label":321,"publisher":316,"kind":35,"url":322,"publishedAt":323,"checkedAt":25},"nc-resigns","Debra Toporowski resigns seat on Council","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.northcowichan.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fdebra-toporowski-resigns-seat-council","2024-10-31",{"id":325,"label":326,"publisher":316,"kind":35,"url":327,"publishedAt":328,"checkedAt":25},"nc-matters-nov2024","Council Matters for November 6, 2024","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.northcowichan.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcouncil-matters-november-6-2024","2024-11-06",{"id":330,"label":331,"publisher":332,"kind":35,"url":333,"checkedAt":25},"ct-past","Past Chief and Council Index","Cowichan Tribes","https:\u002F\u002Fcowichantribes.com\u002Ftribes-governance\u002Fchief-and-council\u002Fpast-chief-and-council-index",{"id":335,"label":336,"publisher":337,"kind":61,"url":338,"publishedAt":339,"checkedAt":25},"tc-tribes-seat","Cowichan Tribes council fills seat left vacant by newly elected MLA","Victoria Times Colonist","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fcowichan-tribes-council-fills-seat-left-vacant-by-newly-elected-mla-9886390","2024-11-30",{"id":341,"label":342,"publisher":343,"kind":61,"url":344,"publishedAt":345,"checkedAt":25},"sixmountains-tribes","Future of North Cowichan council potentially linked to Cowichan Tribes election","sixmountains.ca","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sixmountains.ca\u002Farticle\u002F57b1549f-5acf-4328-9b3e-ca9835610f27","2021-11-03",{"id":347,"label":348,"publisher":343,"kind":61,"url":349,"publishedAt":350,"checkedAt":25},"sixmountains-forum-2024","Crowd responds to Green candidate, independent during Cowichan Valley all-candidates meeting","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sixmountains.ca\u002Farticle\u002F310033d6-5b38-479e-bf0e-e4b90548f468","2024-10-06",{"id":352,"label":353,"publisher":337,"kind":48,"url":354,"publishedAt":355,"checkedAt":25},"tc-candidate-2024","Debra Toporowski, NDP candidate for Cowichan Valley (candidate questionnaire)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timescolonist.com\u002F2024-bc-votes\u002Fdebra-toporowski-ndp-candidate-for-cowichan-valley-9626379","2024-10-07",{"id":357,"label":358,"publisher":108,"kind":48,"url":359,"publishedAt":360,"checkedAt":25},"bcndp-nomination","Cowichan Valley, meet your candidate: Debra Toporowski nominated by BC NDP to take action on what matters to people","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fcowichan-valley-meet-your-candidate-debra-toporowski-nominated-bc-ndp-take-action-what","2024-05-11",{"id":362,"label":363,"publisher":108,"kind":48,"url":115,"checkedAt":25},"campaign-site","Debra Toporowski campaign page",{"id":365,"label":366,"publisher":108,"kind":48,"url":367,"checkedAt":25},"party-action-for-you","BC NDP platform page, Fighting for You and Your Family","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Faction-for-you",{"id":369,"label":370,"publisher":371,"kind":35,"url":372,"publishedAt":373,"checkedAt":25},"gov-hlth0094","New urgent and primary care centre opens in Cowichan","Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Health","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2025HLTH0094-001036","2025-10-20",{"id":375,"label":376,"publisher":377,"kind":35,"url":378,"publishedAt":379,"checkedAt":25},"gov-inf0055-2025","Cowichan's new hospital celebrates name, construction progress","Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Infrastructure","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2025INF0055-001108","2025-11-12",{"id":381,"label":382,"publisher":383,"kind":35,"url":384,"publishedAt":385,"checkedAt":25},"gov-hma0023","Opening new supportive housing in Duncan","Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2026HMA0023-000268","2026-03-16",{"id":387,"label":388,"publisher":377,"kind":35,"url":389,"publishedAt":390,"checkedAt":25},"gov-inf0035","Making progress to improve health care in Cowichan Valley","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002F2026INF0035-000628","2026-05-29",{"id":392,"label":393,"publisher":394,"kind":48,"url":395,"publishedAt":396,"checkedAt":25},"ladysmith-column","Guest column: Building more resilient future for Chemainus River, Halalt Nation (signed by Debra Toporowski)","Ladysmith Chronicle","https:\u002F\u002Fladysmithchronicle.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F19\u002Fguest-column-building-more-resilient-future-for-chemainus-river-halalt-nation\u002F","2026-05-19",{"id":398,"label":399,"publisher":400,"kind":61,"url":401,"publishedAt":402,"checkedAt":25},"cvcourier-emergency","Cowichan Tribes to get $32K for emergency preparedness","Chemainus Valley Courier","https:\u002F\u002Fchemainusvalleycourier.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F26\u002Fcowichan-tribes-to-get-32k-for-emergency-preparedness","2026-09-26",{"id":404,"label":405,"publisher":400,"kind":61,"url":406,"publishedAt":407,"checkedAt":25},"cvcourier-childcare","51 new before-and-after school care spaces coming to North Cowichan","https:\u002F\u002Fchemainusvalleycourier.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F27\u002F51-new-before-and-after-school-care-spaces-coming-to-north-cowichan","2026-09-27","No campaign event for Debra Toporowski was confirmed by an organizer on 2026-10-03. The dates below are voting days.",[125],[411,418],{"id":68,"date":69,"title":412,"kind":71,"time":413,"venue":414,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":415,"detail":416,"sourceIds":417},"Advance voting begins","See Elections BC","Advance voting places in Cowichan Valley","A voting day for electors.","Elections BC lists advance voting on October 16 to 21, 2026.",[125],{"id":419,"date":26,"title":420,"kind":71,"time":413,"venue":421,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":415,"detail":82,"sourceIds":422},"election-day","General voting day","Voting places in Cowichan Valley",[125],[424,445,458,473,488,502,516,524,539,558,571,586,599,609,617,625,638,645,652],{"id":425,"title":426,"cycle":88,"topic":427,"status":428,"pledge":429,"evidence":430,"nextCheck":431,"sourceIds":432,"issue":433,"own":434,"quote":435,"states":436,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-hospital","Finish the Quw'utsun Valley Hospital near Duncan","Public services","In progress","In the debate on Bill 2 on March 5, 2026, Toporowski said Budget 2026 keeps the new Cowichan hospital project on schedule, that construction is anticipated to be completed in 2026, and that the doors open to patients in 2027. A government release of May 29, 2026 quotes her and says construction is 90% complete, with opening to patients expected in mid-2027.","The $1.4 billion total and the date of mid-2027 come from the May 29 release. The 90% figure is the Ministry of Infrastructure's. voche.me did not open the project's contract or schedule.","Does the hospital open to patients in mid-2027?",[184,387],"health-care",true,"Construction is anticipated to be completed in 2026, with the doors opening to patients in 2027",{"mechanism":437,"target":439,"cost":441,"timeline":443},{"fragment":438,"sourceId":184},"Budget 2026 keeps this project on track as part of nearly $38 billion in capital investment",{"fragment":440,"sourceId":184},"The nine-storey, 204-bed hospital",{"fragment":442,"sourceId":387},"This project represents a $1.4-billion investment in health care in the region",{"fragment":444,"sourceId":184},"doors opening to patients in 2027",{"id":446,"title":447,"cycle":88,"topic":427,"status":428,"pledge":448,"evidence":449,"nextCheck":450,"sourceIds":451,"issue":433,"own":434,"quote":452,"states":453,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-upcc","Cowichan Urgent and Primary Care Centre","In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski described the Cowichan Urgent and Primary Care Centre in Duncan as a new service, with over $12 million in start-up and improvements and a team of 30 health professionals. The October 20, 2025 release quotes her, as MLA and parliamentary secretary for rural health, welcoming the centre for the First Nations around Duncan.","The centre opened on October 20, 2025 by appointment, and the release says it will be staffed by more than 30 full-time-equivalent providers as hiring progresses. voche.me found no later staffing count.","How many providers work at the centre once hiring is complete?",[184,369],"This new UPCC is great news for people living in and around Duncan",{"cost":454,"target":456},{"fragment":455,"sourceId":184},"over $12 million in start-up and improvements",{"fragment":457,"sourceId":184},"a team of 30 health professionals",{"id":459,"title":460,"cycle":88,"topic":461,"status":428,"pledge":462,"evidence":463,"nextCheck":464,"sourceIds":465,"issue":466,"own":434,"quote":467,"states":468,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-child-care","Stabilize child care funding and pause new providers","Childcare","In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski said Budget 2026 adds another $330 million to stabilize the child care system, that the Province will pause enrolment of new providers into operating funding models and the $10-a-day ChildCareBC program, and that families and providers now in the program will see no changes.","She gives the amount and the pause. She gives no end date for the pause.","When does the pause on new providers end?",[184],"cost-of-living","This funding will maintain lower fees and the spaces and support for operators and educators achieved over the past eight years.",{"mechanism":469,"cost":471},{"fragment":470,"sourceId":184},"the province will pause the enrolment for new providers into operating funding models and the $10-a-day ChildCareBC program",{"fragment":472,"sourceId":184},"adds another $330 million to stabilize the child care system",{"id":474,"title":475,"cycle":88,"topic":461,"status":428,"pledge":476,"evidence":477,"nextCheck":478,"sourceIds":479,"issue":466,"own":434,"quote":480,"states":481,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-school-age-care","Before-and-after school care in North Cowichan","The Chemainus Valley Courier reported on September 27, 2026 and quotes Toporowski on 51 new before-and-after school childcare spaces at Tansor Elementary and Chemainus Elementary Community School for the coming school year.","The Courier reports $5 million in capital funding and $20 million in operating costs over three years. voche.me did not find the Province's own announcement.","Do the 51 spaces open in the school year that follows?",[404],"These new seats will repurpose existing spaces on school grounds to provide even more families with convenient, high quality childcare options.",{"target":482,"cost":484,"timeline":486},{"fragment":483,"sourceId":404},"51 new before-and-after school childcare spaces",{"fragment":485,"sourceId":404},"The province is providing $5 million in capital funding through the Ministry of Infrastructure",{"fragment":487,"sourceId":404},"The upcoming school year",{"id":489,"title":490,"cycle":88,"topic":491,"status":428,"pledge":492,"evidence":493,"nextCheck":494,"sourceIds":495,"issue":496,"own":434,"quote":497,"states":498,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-education-budget","New teacher and student services funding","Education","In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski said Budget 2026 includes $634 million in new funding for teachers, student services and inclusive learning, with $169 million in the classroom enhancement fund and $3.9 billion in capital funding for seismic upgrades and growth.","She names the amounts. She gives no number of teachers or date.","How many teachers does the $169 million pay for in School District 79?",[184],"education","Budget 2026 includes $634 million in new funding for teachers, student services, and to support inclusive learning",{"cost":499,"mechanism":500},{"fragment":497,"sourceId":184},{"fragment":501,"sourceId":184},"$169 million invested in the classroom enhancement fund will result in more teachers for everyone",{"id":503,"title":504,"cycle":88,"topic":89,"status":505,"pledge":506,"evidence":507,"nextCheck":508,"sourceIds":509,"issue":95,"own":434,"quote":510,"states":511,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-forestry","Local jobs and mills through B.C. Timber Sales changes","Approved","In debate on April 15, 2026, Toporowski spoke for Bill 14, the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, which lets B.C. Timber Sales develop new timber sale licences. She said the changes would increase fibre supply by as much as 500,000 cubic metres and support local mills, contractors and wildfire risk reduction. The vote index records her voting yes at third reading on April 21, 2026, when the transcript records the bill approved unanimously on a division.","She gives the supply figure and says the changes will not by themselves end mill curtailments. voche.me did not open the bill's royal assent or the Ministry of Forests figures.","Does fibre supply to local mills rise by the stated amount?",[235,152,250],"we should welcome reforms that help local fibres stay local, support good jobs and strengthen stewardship for the next generation",{"mechanism":512,"target":514},{"fragment":513,"sourceId":235},"These amendments enable B.C. Timber Sales to develop and auction a suite of new timber sale licences",{"fragment":515,"sourceId":235},"The changes will increase fibre supply by as much as 500,000 cubic metres",{"id":517,"title":518,"cycle":88,"topic":89,"status":90,"pledge":519,"evidence":520,"nextCheck":521,"sourceIds":522,"issue":95,"own":434,"quote":523,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-pla","Keep project labour agreements on public projects","In debate on April 13, 2026, Toporowski spoke against Bill M233, a private member's bill that would stop the Province from using project labour agreements and community benefits agreements on public building projects. She said these agreements bring local hiring, training and good wages. The House rejected the bill at second reading on April 20, 2026 by 42 votes to 48, and she voted no.","A position on a bill. She names no new measure, cost or date. The result comes from the April 20 transcript.","Would a new government keep community benefits agreements on major projects?",[221,152,245],"That is what makes PLAs and CBAs not only practical but fair.",{"id":525,"title":526,"cycle":88,"topic":527,"status":428,"pledge":528,"evidence":529,"nextCheck":530,"sourceIds":531,"issue":532,"own":434,"quote":533,"states":534,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-public-safety","Funds to reduce repeat offending","Public safety","In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski said Budget 2026 provides $139 million over three years to reduce repeat violent offending and chronic property crime and to support timely access to justice, including $16 million for a new chronic property offending intervention initiative.","She names the amounts. She gives no target for fewer offences.","Does repeat offending fall in the Cowichan Valley?",[184],"public-safety","Budget 2026 provides $139 million over three years to reduce repeat violent offending and chronic property crime and support timely access to justice.",{"cost":535,"mechanism":537},{"fragment":536,"sourceId":184},"$139 million over three years",{"fragment":538,"sourceId":184},"$16 million for the new chronic property offending intervention initiative",{"id":540,"title":541,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":428,"pledge":543,"evidence":544,"nextCheck":545,"sourceIds":546,"issue":547,"own":434,"quote":548,"states":549,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-supportive-housing","Supportive homes in Duncan","Housing","A government release of March 16, 2026 quotes Toporowski on 48 new permanent supportive homes at 260 White Rd. in Duncan, which she said give people experiencing or at risk of homelessness a safe place indoors. The release gives the week of March 23, 2026 for move-in.","The release names grants from the Province through BC Housing and from the federal government. voche.me did not confirm that residents moved in.","Did residents move in by the stated week?",[381],"housing","More people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness will have a safe place to come indoors and bring stability to their lives.",{"mechanism":550,"target":552,"cost":554,"timeline":556},{"fragment":551,"sourceId":381},"The new homes are owned by the Province through BC Housing.",{"fragment":553,"sourceId":381},"the opening of 48 new homes",{"fragment":555,"sourceId":381},"provided $2.4 million from the Affordable Housing Fund",{"fragment":557,"sourceId":381},"Residents are expected to move in the week of March 23, 2026",{"id":559,"title":560,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":428,"pledge":561,"evidence":562,"nextCheck":563,"sourceIds":564,"issue":547,"own":434,"quote":565,"states":566,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-rivers-edge","Homes for Cowichan Tribes at River's Edge","In the March 5, 2026 debate, Toporowski named a $74 million project to build nearly 200 homes for Cowichan Tribes at River's Edge, and a 92-unit co-op housing development on Sherman Road in North Cowichan, as projects that moved forward.","She describes projects underway and gives no completion date. voche.me did not open a record from BC Housing or the Tribes.","When do the River's Edge homes open?",[184],"The largest investment last year in my riding was $74 million in building nearly 200 homes for Cowichan Tribes at River's Edge",{"cost":567,"target":569},{"fragment":568,"sourceId":184},"$74 million in building nearly 200 homes for Cowichan Tribes at River's Edge",{"fragment":570,"sourceId":184},"nearly 200 homes",{"id":572,"title":573,"cycle":88,"topic":574,"status":90,"pledge":575,"evidence":576,"nextCheck":577,"sourceIds":578,"issue":579,"own":434,"quote":580,"states":581,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-flood-resilience","Keep funding flood and hazard protection","Climate","In a column signed by Toporowski on May 19, 2026, she wrote about a $400,000 investment in the Halalt Nation for a Chemainus River flood resilience project, paid through the Province's Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding program, and wrote that the Province must keep investing in projects that protect communities.","She gives the amount for one project and says more than $18 million is invested through the program this year. She gives no amount for future years.","Does the Province fund further flood projects in the Cowichan Valley?",[392],"climate-environment","we must keep investing in projects that protect our communities, support Indigenous leadership, and build a safer future for everyone who calls this region home.",{"cost":582,"mechanism":584},{"fragment":583,"sourceId":392},"$400,000 investment in the Halalt Nation for the Silaqwa’ulh (Chemainus) riverscape and flood resilience project",{"fragment":585,"sourceId":392},"delivered through the province’s Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding (DRIF) program",{"id":587,"title":588,"cycle":88,"topic":574,"status":428,"pledge":589,"evidence":590,"nextCheck":591,"sourceIds":592,"issue":579,"own":434,"quote":593,"states":594,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-evacuation-planning","Evacuation planning funds for Cowichan Tribes","The Chemainus Valley Courier reported on September 26, 2026 that Toporowski said Cowichan Tribes will receive $32,000 from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund for evacuation route mapping and a public notification plan.","The amount comes from her statement as the Courier reports it. voche.me did not find the Province's own announcement.","Does the evacuation plan get published?",[398],"This funding will ensure that communities have the resources that they need to develop and communicate evacuation plans and emergency notifications as quickly as possible.",{"cost":595,"mechanism":597},{"fragment":596,"sourceId":398},"the First Nation is receiving $32,000",{"fragment":598,"sourceId":398},"Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF)",{"id":600,"title":601,"cycle":88,"topic":602,"status":90,"pledge":603,"evidence":604,"nextCheck":605,"sourceIds":606,"issue":607,"own":434,"quote":608,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-reconciliation-title","Reconciliation, land and title","Governance","In a members' statement on May 21, 2026, Toporowski said the song Beds Are Burning connects directly to the work of reconciliation, to the question of land and title and to the need for meaningful partnership with Indigenous Peoples.","A statement of position. She names no bill, cost or date.","Does she name a provincial measure on land and title?",[294],"indigenous-reconciliation","It connects directly to the work of reconciliation, to the question of land and title and to the need for meaningful partnership with Indigenous Peoples.",{"id":610,"title":611,"cycle":88,"topic":491,"status":90,"pledge":612,"evidence":613,"nextCheck":614,"sourceIds":615,"issue":607,"own":434,"quote":616,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-truth-telling","Truth-telling about residential schools in schools","In a members' statement on February 23, 2026, Toporowski said truth-telling should be at the centre of education and that schools, workplaces and communities should create space for honest discussion of the residential school system's legacy.","A statement of position. She names no curriculum change, cost or date.","Does she propose a change to the school curriculum?",[165],"To stop this, we need truth-telling at the centre of education, teaching the full story, grounded in evidence and survivors’ testimony.",{"id":618,"title":619,"cycle":88,"topic":602,"status":90,"pledge":620,"evidence":621,"nextCheck":622,"sourceIds":623,"issue":607,"own":434,"quote":624,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-iwd","Change the systems that harmed Indigenous women","In a statement on March 9, 2026, Toporowski said Indigenous women have called for the full implementation of the calls for justice of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and that the Legislature should be serious about changing the systems that harmed them.","A statement of position. She names no provincial bill, cost or date.","Which calls for justice does she say the Province should carry out?",[188],"If we are serious about honouring Indigenous women on International Women’s Day, then we must be serious about changing the systems that harmed them.",{"id":626,"title":627,"cycle":88,"topic":602,"status":628,"pledge":629,"evidence":630,"nextCheck":631,"sourceIds":632,"issue":633,"own":434,"quote":634,"states":635,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-bill-16","Support for Bill 16, changes to several laws","Not established","In second reading debate on April 16, 2026, Toporowski spoke for Bill 16, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, which among other changes sets a 60-day deadline for most judicial review applications and lets the Utilities Commission charge fuel producers fees.","She reads the bill's purposes. The vote index records her casting the deciding vote as Chair on clause 3 in committee on April 28, 2026. voche.me did not open the third reading or royal assent.","Did Bill 16 pass third reading, and with which changes?",[240,152,270],"governance","The amendments will lead to faster, more predictable judicial reviews, stronger protections of cabinet and Treasury Board confidentiality and reduced court costs and delays.",{"mechanism":636},{"fragment":637,"sourceId":240},"The amendments will also introduce a clear 60-day deadline to apply for the judicial review in most cases",{"id":639,"title":640,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":90,"pledge":641,"evidence":642,"nextCheck":643,"sourceIds":644,"issue":547,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-party-housing","BC NDP housing plan","The BC NDP platform page, read on 2026-10-03, says David Eby's housing plan removed local zoning barriers to build 300,000 more middle-class homes and says the conservative parties would scrap it. The page does not name Toporowski.","Party text. Her 2026 statements on housing cover supportive homes in Duncan and homes for Cowichan Tribes only.","Does she speak on housing supply during the campaign?",[365],{"id":646,"title":647,"cycle":88,"topic":427,"status":90,"pledge":648,"evidence":649,"nextCheck":650,"sourceIds":651,"issue":433,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-party-health","BC NDP health care plan","The BC NDP platform page says to keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses and health care workers, and lists 24 new and expanded hospitals and 48 urgent primary care centres. The page does not name Toporowski.","Party text. Her own 2026 statements on health cover the Cowichan hospital and the Duncan primary care centre.","Does she name a rural health measure of her own during the campaign?",[365],{"id":653,"title":654,"cycle":88,"topic":574,"status":90,"pledge":655,"evidence":656,"nextCheck":657,"sourceIds":658,"issue":579,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-party-climate","BC NDP climate and land position","The BC NDP platform page lists Protecting our air, land, and water as a heading and says the party has protected 20% of B.C.'s land and water and aims for 30% by 2030. The heading also appears on her campaign page. Neither page states a measure of her own.","Party text. Her 2026 flood resilience column is the nearest statement of her own.","Does she name a climate measure of her own during the campaign?",[365,362],[660,668,674,680,686,693,699,705,711,717,722,728,733,739,745,751,757,764,769,776,783,790,797,803,809,816,822,828,835],{"id":661,"date":173,"title":662,"summary":663,"sourceIds":664,"status":665,"context":666,"issue":667},"vote-budget-motion","Voted yes on the 2026 budget motion","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes on the budget motion. The transcript of February 26 records a tie of 46 to 46, and the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.",[152,170],"Recorded vote, yes","The Speaker said the motion was a confidence matter, a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House.","taxes-budget",{"id":669,"date":182,"title":670,"summary":671,"sourceIds":672,"status":665,"context":673,"issue":667},"vote-bill-3","Voted yes on second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at second reading and at third reading. The transcripts record 48 to 43 at second reading on February 26 and 46 to 42 at third reading on March 5.",[152,175,184],"The index lists no speech by her on Bill 3.",{"id":675,"date":219,"title":676,"summary":677,"sourceIds":678,"status":665,"context":679,"issue":667},"vote-bill-2","Voted yes on second and third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at second reading and at third reading. The transcripts record 46 to 45 at second reading on March 9 and a tie of 46 to 46 at third reading on April 1, when the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.",[152,193,216],"The Speaker said Bill 2 was a confidence matter. Her speech of March 5 was in the debate on Bill 2.",{"id":681,"date":312,"title":682,"summary":683,"sourceIds":684,"status":665,"context":685,"issue":667},"vote-supply-act","Voted yes on third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at third reading. The transcript records the result as 46 to 45.",[152,309],"The Supply Act approves the spending in the budget.",{"id":687,"date":248,"title":688,"summary":689,"sourceIds":690,"status":691,"context":692,"issue":95},"vote-m233","Voted no on second reading of Bill M233, the Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no. She spoke against the bill on April 13, 2026. The bill failed at second reading by 42 votes to 48.",[152,221,245],"Recorded vote, no","Bill M233 is a private member's bill.",{"id":694,"date":253,"title":695,"summary":696,"sourceIds":697,"status":665,"context":698,"issue":95},"vote-bill-14","Voted yes on third reading of the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes at third reading. The transcript records the bill approved unanimously on a division. She spoke for the bill on April 15, 2026.",[152,235,250],"The bill lets B.C. Timber Sales develop new kinds of timber sale licences.",{"id":700,"date":312,"title":701,"summary":702,"sourceIds":703,"status":665,"context":704,"issue":633},"vote-bill-9","Voted on the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9) at several stages","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no on an amendment to second reading and yes at second reading, on the motion to send the bill to Committee of the Whole, on amendments to clauses 2 and 13 moved by Gibson, and yes at third reading. The transcripts record 48 to 42 at second reading, shortly after 3 a.m. on May 7, and a tie of 46 to 46 at third reading on May 28, when the Speaker cast the deciding vote in favour.",[152,284,294,304,309],"The Speaker said Bill 9 had been declared a confidence matter. The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on the bill.",{"id":706,"date":312,"title":707,"summary":708,"sourceIds":709,"status":665,"context":710,"issue":607},"vote-komoks-treaty","Voted yes on second and third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no on an amendment moved by Van Popta and yes at second reading on May 20 and at third reading on May 28, 2026. The transcripts record 44 to 48 against the amendment, 48 to 42 at second reading and 53 to 39 at third reading.",[152,289,309],"The 2026 speech index lists no speech by her on the bill.",{"id":712,"date":258,"title":713,"summary":714,"sourceIds":715,"status":691,"context":716,"issue":607},"vote-dripa-repeal","Voted no on first reading of a bill to repeal DRIPA","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act. The House rejected first reading by 44 votes to 47.",[152,255],"First reading is the vote to introduce a bill for debate.",{"id":718,"date":200,"title":719,"summary":720,"sourceIds":721,"status":691,"context":716,"issue":607},"vote-defunding-title","Voted no on first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no. The House rejected first reading by 38 votes to 49.",[152,197],{"id":723,"date":163,"title":724,"summary":725,"sourceIds":726,"status":691,"context":716,"issue":727},"vote-gender-bill","Voted no on first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no at first reading. The House rejected first reading by 38 votes to 49.",[152,160],"other",{"id":729,"date":173,"title":730,"summary":731,"sourceIds":732,"status":691,"context":716,"issue":727},"vote-hrc-repeal","Voted no on first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no at first reading. The House rejected first reading by 37 votes to 50.",[152,170],{"id":734,"date":200,"title":735,"summary":736,"sourceIds":737,"status":665,"context":738,"issue":727},"vote-motion-13","Voted yes on Motion 13 supporting the B.C. Human Rights Code","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes on the motion, which passed 83 to 3, and no on an amendment that failed 36 to 50.",[152,202],"The index does not list a speech by her on the motion.",{"id":740,"date":302,"title":741,"summary":742,"sourceIds":743,"status":665,"context":744,"issue":633},"vote-m205","Voted yes on the motion for a required MLA orientation course (Motion M205)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes on the motion, yes on an amendment moved by Blatherwick and no on a subamendment moved by Giddens. The transcripts record the subamendment tied 45 to 45 on April 27, the amendment passing 46 to 45 on May 4, and the motion as amended passing 48 to 40 on May 25.",[152,265,280,299],"The amendment added public policy topics to the course.",{"id":746,"date":214,"title":747,"summary":748,"sourceIds":749,"status":691,"context":750,"issue":633},"vote-m203","Voted no on Motion M203, Merit oversight in public service","The vote index lists Toporowski voting no. The transcript records the motion rejected by 45 votes to 46.",[152,211],"The index lists the motion under this title.",{"id":752,"date":219,"title":753,"summary":754,"sourceIds":755,"status":665,"context":756,"issue":496},"vote-bill-12","Voted yes on third reading of the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)","The vote index lists Toporowski voting yes. The bill passed by 86 votes to 4.",[152,216],"The index lists no speech by her on the bill.",{"id":758,"date":273,"title":759,"summary":760,"sourceIds":761,"status":762,"context":763,"issue":727},"chair-casting-bill-16","Casting vote as Chair on clause 3 of Bill 16","The vote index lists a casting vote as Chair by Toporowski on clause 3 of the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026. The transcript records a committee division of 5 to 5, and the Chair voting in favour of the clause.",[152,270],"Casting vote as Chair","The Chair said the vote keeps the bill in its original form, as adopted at second reading. A casting vote is the deciding vote when a vote is tied. It follows the rules of the House and states no position of the member.",{"id":765,"date":302,"title":766,"summary":767,"sourceIds":768,"status":762,"context":763,"issue":727},"chair-casting-bill-9","Casting vote as Chair on an amendment to clause 13 of Bill 9","The vote index lists a casting vote as Chair by Toporowski on an amendment to clause 13 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 moved by Botterell. The transcript records a committee division of 5 to 5, and the Chair voting against the amendment.",[152,299],{"id":770,"date":307,"title":771,"summary":772,"sourceIds":773,"status":774,"context":775,"issue":727},"chair-sittings","In the chair of committee sittings","Hansard records Debra Toporowski \u002F Qwulti'stunaat in the chair, presiding over a committee, in 15 of the 33 transcripts of 2026 sittings that voche.me opened: February 26, March 5, March 9, March 12, March 30, April 13, April 16, April 20, April 21, April 27, April 28, May 4, May 6, May 25 and May 26, 2026.",[175,184,193,202,206,226,240,245,250,265,270,280,284,299,304],"Recorded in Hansard","The transcripts name no title for the role, and the legislature's member record lists no roles for her. The count covers the 33 transcripts voche.me opened, which are not every 2026 sitting.",{"id":777,"date":145,"title":778,"summary":779,"sourceIds":780,"status":781,"context":782,"issue":727},"program-ps-appointed","Appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health","The Premier's letter of November 18, 2024 congratulates Toporowski on her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health in the Ministry of Health. The Province's profile, last updated November 19, 2024, gives the same title and month.",[141,135],"Appointed","The legislature's member record lists no roles for her. A government release of October 20, 2025 quotes her under the same title.",{"id":784,"date":373,"title":785,"summary":786,"sourceIds":787,"status":788,"context":789,"issue":727},"program-cowichan-upcc","Cowichan Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens in Duncan","The Ministry of Health release says the centre opened on October 20, 2025 and will be staffed by more than 30 full-time-equivalent providers as hiring progresses. It quotes Toporowski, as MLA and parliamentary secretary for rural health.",[369],"Opened","The centre belongs to the Ministry of Health and Island Health. The release names no role of hers in the work.",{"id":791,"date":379,"title":792,"summary":793,"sourceIds":794,"status":795,"context":796,"issue":727},"program-hospital-name","New Cowichan hospital named Quw'utsun Valley Hospital","A release of November 12, 2025 gives the hospital the name Quw'utsun Valley Hospital, in Hul'q'umi'num' Quw'utsun Hulitun-ew't-hw, and says construction was 75% complete. It quotes Toporowski on the naming.",[375],"Announced","The project belongs to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Island Health. The release names no role of hers in the work.",{"id":798,"date":390,"title":799,"summary":800,"sourceIds":801,"status":802,"context":796,"issue":727},"program-hospital-90","Hospital construction reaches 90% completion","A release of May 29, 2026 says construction of the 204-bed hospital is 90% complete and that it is expected to open to patients in mid-2027. It quotes Toporowski.",[387],"In construction",{"id":804,"date":385,"title":805,"summary":806,"sourceIds":807,"status":795,"context":808,"issue":727},"program-supportive-homes","Supportive housing at 260 White Rd. in Duncan","A release of March 16, 2026 announces 48 permanent supportive homes in Duncan and North Cowichan, with residents expected to move in the week of March 23, 2026. It quotes Toporowski.",[381],"The homes belong to BC Housing and are run by Connective. The release names no role of hers in the work.",{"id":810,"date":396,"title":811,"summary":812,"sourceIds":813,"status":814,"context":815,"issue":727},"program-halalt-flood","Flood resilience funding for the Halalt Nation","Toporowski wrote in a signed column that a $400,000 investment in the Halalt Nation for the Silaqwa'ulh (Chemainus) riverscape and flood resilience project is paid through the Province's Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding program.",[392],"Announced by the MLA; official record not opened","The column is her own account. voche.me did not open the Province's release for the grant.",{"id":817,"date":402,"title":588,"summary":818,"sourceIds":819,"status":820,"context":821,"issue":727},"program-cepf","The Chemainus Valley Courier reports that Cowichan Tribes will receive $32,000 from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund and quotes Toporowski on the funding.",[398],"Reported funding","The fund belongs to the Province's emergency management ministry. The article names no role of hers in the work.",{"id":823,"date":407,"title":824,"summary":825,"sourceIds":826,"status":820,"context":827,"issue":727},"program-school-age-care","New before-and-after school care spaces in North Cowichan","The Chemainus Valley Courier reports 51 new before-and-after school childcare spaces at two North Cowichan schools and quotes Toporowski.",[404],"The program belongs to the Ministries of Infrastructure and of Education and Child Care. The article names no role of hers in the work.",{"id":829,"date":323,"title":830,"summary":831,"sourceIds":832,"status":833,"context":834,"issue":727},"program-nc-council-resign","Resigned her North Cowichan council seat","North Cowichan's release says she stepped down from council effective immediately after her election as MLA, after a leave of absence from September 5, 2024 to campaign. Council made new appointments on November 6, 2024 and said a by-election would follow.",[320,325],"Recorded by the municipality","The release lists committees she served on, including chair of the First Nations Committee, and says she served as acting mayor.",{"id":836,"date":837,"title":838,"summary":839,"sourceIds":840,"status":841,"context":842,"issue":727},"program-nc-reelected-2022","2022-10-15","Elected again to North Cowichan council in 2022","The municipality's results page lists TOPOROWSKI, Debra third among the six elected councillors, with 3,903 votes.",[314],"Elected","The page lists vote counts for the councillor candidates and gives the date it was made official as October 18, 2022.",[844,850,856,861,866,872,877,882,887,892,897,902,907,912,917,922,927,932],{"id":845,"date":360,"title":846,"format":847,"summary":848,"sourceIds":849},"talk-nomination-2024","Statement on her BC NDP nomination","Statement","In the party's release she said people in the Cowichan Valley face housing, health care and affordability challenges and that she was ready to work for them. The release is campaign material.",[357],{"id":851,"date":350,"title":852,"format":853,"summary":854,"sourceIds":855},"talk-forum-2024","Answers at the 2024 all-candidates meeting on holding two council seats","Debate coverage","Asked about conflict of interest (a clash between two duties) and holding several roles, she said she had stepped out of council debates involving the Tribes and that she would step down from North Cowichan if she won the seat.",[347],{"id":857,"date":168,"title":858,"format":847,"summary":859,"sourceIds":860},"talk-residential-schools","Statement on residential school denialism","Toporowski said denial of the residential school system distorts history and harms survivors, and called for truth-telling in education and support for Indigenous-led education groups.",[165],{"id":862,"date":182,"title":863,"format":847,"summary":864,"sourceIds":865},"talk-organ-donation","Statement on organ donation","Toporowski urged people to register as organ donors with B.C. Transplant and to tell their families, and said more than one million people have registered.",[179],{"id":867,"date":182,"title":868,"format":869,"summary":870,"sourceIds":871},"talk-budget-debate","Speech in the debate on Bill 2 and Budget 2026","Speech","Toporowski spoke for Budget 2026 and its effects in the Cowichan Valley: the new hospital, the primary care centre, schools, child care, rural economic funds, public safety funds and housing.",[184],{"id":873,"date":191,"title":874,"format":847,"summary":875,"sourceIds":876},"talk-iwd","Statement on International Women's Day and Indigenous women","Toporowski spoke about Indigenous women's leadership and the history of laws that harmed them, and said the calls for justice of the national inquiry should be fully carried out.",[188],{"id":878,"date":214,"title":879,"format":847,"summary":880,"sourceIds":881},"talk-valley-statement","Statement on the Cowichan Valley","Toporowski described the Cowichan Valley's landscape and the responsibility to protect it, referring to the Cowichan Tribes' long relationship with the land.",[211],{"id":883,"date":224,"title":884,"format":853,"summary":885,"sourceIds":886},"talk-m233","Debate on Bill M233 and project labour agreements","Toporowski spoke against Bill M233 and for project labour and community benefits agreements on public projects, and read a letter from a construction electrician working on the Cowichan hospital.",[221],{"id":888,"date":233,"title":889,"format":847,"summary":890,"sourceIds":891},"talk-capitals","Statement on the Cowichan Valley Capitals","Toporowski congratulated the junior hockey team on winning a series and thanked its players, staff, volunteers and fans.",[230],{"id":893,"date":238,"title":894,"format":869,"summary":895,"sourceIds":896},"talk-bill-14","Speech on Bill 14, B.C. Timber Sales","Toporowski spoke for Bill 14 and described forestry in the Cowichan Valley, the new licence types and the expected fibre supply.",[235],{"id":898,"date":243,"title":899,"format":869,"summary":900,"sourceIds":901},"talk-bill-16","Second reading speech on Bill 16","Toporowski spoke for Bill 16, covering the changes to the Judicial Review Procedure Act, the Fuel Price Transparency Act, the University Endowment Land Act and the Correction Act.",[240],{"id":903,"date":263,"title":904,"format":847,"summary":905,"sourceIds":906},"talk-clements","Statement on the Clements Centre Society","Toporowski recognized the society's services for children and adults with developmental disabilities in the Cowichan region since 1957.",[260],{"id":908,"date":268,"title":909,"format":847,"summary":910,"sourceIds":911},"talk-heritage","Statement on the loss of heritage","Toporowski spoke about the loss of language, ceremony and sacred places across generations, and about what remains protected and rebuilt.",[265],{"id":913,"date":278,"title":914,"format":847,"summary":915,"sourceIds":916},"talk-barron","Statement on local journalism and Robert Barron","Toporowski thanked a local journalist for his writing on Cowichan Valley history and said local newspapers connect neighbours and make civic life visible.",[275],{"id":918,"date":396,"title":919,"format":847,"summary":920,"sourceIds":921},"talk-column-halalt","Signed column on Chemainus River flood resilience","Toporowski wrote that a $400,000 investment in a Halalt Nation flood resilience project responds to a long history of flooding on the Chemainus River, and that the Province must keep investing in such projects.",[392],{"id":923,"date":297,"title":924,"format":847,"summary":925,"sourceIds":926},"talk-beds-burning","Statement on reconciliation and a song","Toporowski said her favourite song, Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil, speaks to land, justice and reconciliation, and thanked a member across the House who had named the same song.",[294],{"id":928,"date":402,"title":929,"format":847,"summary":930,"sourceIds":931},"talk-courier-emergency","Comment on evacuation planning funds","Toporowski told the Chemainus Valley Courier that Cowichan Tribes would receive $32,000 and that the money helps communities prepare evacuation plans and emergency notices.",[398],{"id":933,"date":407,"title":934,"format":847,"summary":935,"sourceIds":936},"talk-courier-childcare","Comment on school-age child care spaces","The Chemainus Valley Courier quotes Toporowski on 51 new before-and-after school spaces at two North Cowichan schools.",[404],[],[939,943,947,952,956,960],{"id":940,"date":345,"title":342,"publisher":343,"format":61,"summary":941,"sourceIds":942},"news-tribes-2021","Reports that she sat on both councils and was among nine candidates for Chief of Cowichan Tribes in the election of December 3, 2021, while also running for councillor. It reports that she stepped out of a North Cowichan vote in October 2020 on consultation with First Nations about the municipal forest reserve, and did not take part in a later decision to sign an agreement with local First Nations on the reserve.",[341],{"id":944,"date":350,"title":348,"publisher":343,"format":61,"summary":945,"sourceIds":946},"news-forum-2024","Reports the 2024 all-candidates meeting, including her answer on holding two council seats.",[347],{"id":948,"date":355,"title":949,"publisher":337,"format":61,"summary":950,"sourceIds":951},"news-questionnaire-2024","Debra Toporowski, NDP candidate for Cowichan Valley","Her answers to the paper's 2024 candidate questionnaire, as she submitted them.",[352],{"id":953,"date":339,"title":336,"publisher":337,"format":61,"summary":954,"sourceIds":955},"news-tribes-seat-2024","Reports that D'Arcy Joe Jr. took her Cowichan Tribes council seat after her election as MLA and that she also resigned from North Cowichan council on October 31.",[335],{"id":957,"date":402,"title":399,"publisher":400,"format":61,"summary":958,"sourceIds":959},"news-courier-emergency","Reports $32,000 for Cowichan Tribes evacuation planning and quotes her.",[398],{"id":961,"date":407,"title":405,"publisher":400,"format":61,"summary":962,"sourceIds":963},"news-courier-childcare","Reports 51 new school-age child care spaces at two North Cowichan schools and quotes her.",[404],{"slug":965,"name":966,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":967,"palette":11,"party":968,"portrait":11,"headline":971,"dossier":972,"sample":96,"acclamation":11},"james-chumsa","James Chumsa","rose",{"name":969,"url":970},"Communist Party of BC","https:\u002F\u002Fcpcbc.ca\u002F","Communist Party of BC candidate for MLA in Cowichan Valley.",{"checkedAt":25,"through":26,"introduction":973,"recordIntro":974,"researchGaps":975,"sources":976,"scheduleSummary":997,"scheduleSourceIds":998,"events":999,"promises":1005,"programs":1075,"talks":1076,"accountability":1077,"coverage":1078},"A researched record of what voche.me could find about James Chumsa's 2026 candidacy in Cowichan Valley. On 2026-10-03 the only source that names him as a candidate is the Elections BC candidate list. BC Ballot, a voter guide, repeats it.","No public role is on record for him in the sources voche.me opened, so there is no voting or council record to review. The legislature member files held by voche.me do not list his name.","No campaign website, party candidate page, party release or news report naming James Chumsa as a candidate was found on 2026-10-03. The search box on the Communist Party of BC's site returned two older articles that carry the author name James Chumsa-Jones (2018-08-25) and James Chumsa (2019-08-22). Neither page gives an author biography or says the writer is the candidate, so voche.me has not treated the two as one person and uses nothing from them. The party's home page does not name him, and no title in its list of posts dated 2026 does. The party's Our Platform page names no candidate, and its Contact Us page lists no candidates. BC Ballot's page for him gives only his name, party and district, and says no previous run, term or finance report is on record for him, which is BC Ballot's own statement. The Cowichan Valley Citizen's search box for his surname returned no result, and its election news page of 2026-10-03 named only municipal candidates. A search of Bluesky accounts for his surname returned accounts under similar names with no statement tying any of them to this candidacy, so nothing from them is used. Instagram and X were not searched directly because they ask for a sign-in. His biography, work, past roles, own commitments, all-candidates meetings in the district, campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date. No published photo tied to the campaign was found, so the page has no portrait. The party's Our Platform page does not say which election it was written for, and its opening paragraph describes a snap election called by Premier David Eby, so voche.me lists its commitments as party text only. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[977,978,979,980,984,987,993],{"id":32,"label":33,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":36,"checkedAt":25},{"id":38,"label":39,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":40,"checkedAt":25},{"id":42,"label":43,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":44,"checkedAt":25},{"id":981,"label":982,"publisher":969,"kind":48,"url":983,"checkedAt":25},"cpbc-platform","Our Platform","https:\u002F\u002Fcpcbc.ca\u002Four-platform\u002F",{"id":985,"label":986,"publisher":969,"kind":48,"url":970,"checkedAt":25},"cpbc-home","Home page",{"id":988,"label":989,"publisher":990,"kind":991,"url":992,"checkedAt":25},"bcballot-candidate","James Chumsa, candidate in Cowichan Valley","BC Ballot","Event listing","https:\u002F\u002Fbcballot.ca\u002Fridings\u002Fcowichan-valley\u002Fjames-chumsa\u002F",{"id":994,"label":995,"publisher":990,"kind":991,"url":996,"checkedAt":25},"bcballot-riding","Cowichan Valley","https:\u002F\u002Fbcballot.ca\u002Fridings\u002Fcowichan-valley\u002F","No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[38],[1000,1003],{"id":68,"date":69,"title":70,"kind":71,"time":72,"venue":73,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":1001,"detail":76,"sourceIds":1002},"Voting days are for voters.",[38],{"id":79,"date":26,"title":80,"kind":71,"time":81,"venue":73,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":1001,"detail":82,"sourceIds":1004},[38],[1006,1013,1019,1025,1031,1039,1045,1051,1057,1063,1069],{"id":1007,"title":1008,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":90,"pledge":1009,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1011,"sourceIds":1012,"issue":547,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-vacancy-control-rent-cap","Party platform: vacancy control and a rent limit","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would set vacancy controls that tie rents to the unit, and limit rents to 20 percent of a family's income.","Party text. It does not name James Chumsa, and voche.me found no statement in which he repeats it. The page does not say which election it was written for, and its opening paragraph describes a snap election called by Premier David Eby.","Does the party publish the wording of the law?",[981],{"id":1014,"title":1015,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":90,"pledge":1016,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1017,"sourceIds":1018,"issue":547,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-public-housing","Party platform: 100,000 social and low-income homes","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would build 100,000 units of new renovated social and low-income public housing.","Does the party give a cost or a date for this target?",[981],{"id":1020,"title":1021,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":90,"pledge":1022,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1023,"sourceIds":1024,"issue":466,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-min-wage-30","Party platform: $30 minimum wage","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would raise the BC minimum wage to $30, adjusted each year to inflation.","By what date would the wage reach $30?",[981],{"id":1026,"title":1027,"cycle":88,"topic":89,"status":90,"pledge":1028,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1029,"sourceIds":1030,"issue":667,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-income-tax-50k","Party platform: no income tax under $50,000","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would abolish income tax on earnings under $50,000 and fund services through progressive provincial taxation.","What would the change cost the provincial budget?",[981],{"id":1032,"title":1033,"cycle":88,"topic":1034,"status":90,"pledge":1035,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1036,"sourceIds":1037,"issue":1038,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-free-transit","Party platform: free public transit","Transportation","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would make public transit free for all, build a province-wide bus system and place transit under public ownership.","What would free transit cost, and by when?",[981],"transportation",{"id":1040,"title":1041,"cycle":88,"topic":574,"status":90,"pledge":1042,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1043,"sourceIds":1044,"issue":579,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-lng-subsidies","Party platform: cancel LNG subsidies","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would cancel taxpayer subsidies to the LNG industry and cancel the Ksi Lisims project.","Which projects would this affect?",[981],{"id":1046,"title":1047,"cycle":88,"topic":427,"status":90,"pledge":1048,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1049,"sourceIds":1050,"issue":433,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-end-p3","Party platform: end P3 projects and contracting out","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would stop the erosion of public health care through P3 private contracting, expand hospital beds and cut surgery wait times.","How many beds, and at what cost?",[981],{"id":1052,"title":1053,"cycle":88,"topic":491,"status":90,"pledge":1054,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1055,"sourceIds":1056,"issue":496,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-education-funding","Party platform: $1,000 more per student","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would increase public education spending by $1,000 per student to reach the Canadian average.","What would the increase cost in total?",[981],{"id":1058,"title":1059,"cycle":88,"topic":527,"status":90,"pledge":1060,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1061,"sourceIds":1062,"issue":532,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-police-spending","Party platform: reduce police spending","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would reduce police spending and remove the province's authority to order municipalities to increase policing budgets.","Which law would be changed?",[981],{"id":1064,"title":1065,"cycle":88,"topic":602,"status":90,"pledge":1066,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1067,"sourceIds":1068,"issue":633,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-proportional-representation","Party platform: mixed member proportional representation","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would replace first past the post with mixed member proportional representation and set MLA salaries at the average wage of a BC worker.","Is a bill introduced?",[981],{"id":1070,"title":1071,"cycle":88,"topic":602,"status":90,"pledge":1072,"evidence":1010,"nextCheck":1073,"sourceIds":1074,"issue":607,"own":96,"reviewedAt":25,"reviewedBy":98},"party-land-back-dripa","Party platform: Land Back and DRIPA","The Communist Party of BC's Our Platform page says the party would support the Land Back demand, ensure Indigenous inherent title to all traditional territories, and stop the attacks on Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.","How would title be recognised in law?",[981],[],[],[],[],{"slug":1080,"name":1081,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":1082,"palette":11,"party":1083,"portrait":1086,"headline":1092,"dossier":1093,"sample":96,"acclamation":11},"justin-douglas","Justin Douglas","fern",{"name":1084,"url":1085},"BC Green Party","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002F",{"src":1087,"smallSrc":1088,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":1089,"credit":1084,"sourceUrl":1090,"position":1091},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjustin-douglas-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjustin-douglas-320.webp","Justin Douglas, from the BC Green Party candidate page.","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fcandidates-2026\u002Fjustin-douglas\u002F","50% 35%","BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Cowichan Valley, described by the party as a small-business owner and lawyer by training.",{"checkedAt":1094,"through":26,"introduction":1095,"recordIntro":1096,"researchGaps":1097,"sources":1098,"scheduleSummary":1109,"scheduleSourceIds":1110,"events":1111,"promises":1116,"programs":1187,"talks":1188,"accountability":1189,"coverage":1190},"2026-09-30","A researched record of what Justin Douglas and the BC Green Party have published about his 2026 campaign in Cowichan Valley. voche.me found no elected office in his record, so it found no voting record to review.","No public role is on record for him, so no dated action is scored.","No campaign website of his own was found. His Instagram account (@justinalexdouglas), linked from the party page, shows only a sign-in page to a direct read, so no post from it is used. No news report, all-candidates meeting or party release naming him was found on 2026-09-30, and the party's events list holds no event in Cowichan Valley. His degrees, his legal and community work, and his role as co-founder of EMBER Studios Duncan and VIT Management are stated by the party only; the EMBER Studios Duncan website does not name its owners, and no page for VIT Management was found. The party says his writing covers the criminalization of poverty. A 2011 article on that subject by an author named Justin Douglas appears in Appeal, the University of Victoria law review, but no page ties that author to this candidate, so it is left out. His campaign finances and endorsements were not found on this date.",[1099,1101,1102,1103,1105],{"id":32,"label":1100,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":36,"checkedAt":1094},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election",{"id":38,"label":39,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":40,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":42,"label":128,"publisher":34,"kind":35,"url":44,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":46,"label":1104,"publisher":1084,"kind":48,"url":1090,"checkedAt":1094},"Candidate page: Justin Douglas, Cowichan Valley",{"id":1106,"label":1107,"publisher":1084,"kind":48,"url":1108,"checkedAt":1094},"party-plan","Our Plan for British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Four-plan\u002F","No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-09-30. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[38],[1112,1114],{"id":68,"date":69,"title":70,"kind":71,"time":72,"venue":73,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":75,"detail":76,"sourceIds":1113},[38],{"id":79,"date":26,"title":80,"kind":71,"time":81,"venue":73,"attendance":74,"attendanceNote":75,"detail":82,"sourceIds":1115},[38],[1117,1125,1132,1138,1146,1153,1158,1162,1167,1172,1177,1182],{"id":1118,"title":1119,"cycle":88,"topic":427,"status":90,"pledge":1120,"evidence":1121,"nextCheck":1122,"sourceIds":1123,"issue":466,"own":434,"quote":1124,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-public-services","Strengthen public services and social programs","His party candidate page lists strengthening public services and social programs among his priorities.","The page is the party's description of him and names no program, number, cost or date. voche.me files it under cost of living because social programs such as income assistance fall there; the page does not say which services he means.","Which services and programs, and with what money?",[46],"His priorities include strengthening public services and social programs, protecting the environment, supporting a fair economy, and ensuring people across the Cowichan Valley are represented in the decisions that shape their future.",{"id":1126,"title":1127,"cycle":88,"topic":574,"status":90,"pledge":1128,"evidence":1129,"nextCheck":1130,"sourceIds":1131,"issue":579,"own":434,"quote":1124,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-environment","Protect the environment","His party candidate page lists protecting the environment among his priorities.","The page names no measure, number, cost or date.","Which provincial measures would he support for the Cowichan Valley?",[46],{"id":1133,"title":1134,"cycle":88,"topic":89,"status":90,"pledge":1135,"evidence":1129,"nextCheck":1136,"sourceIds":1137,"issue":95,"own":434,"quote":1124,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-fair-economy","Support a fair economy","His party candidate page lists supporting a fair economy among his priorities.","What would he change for workers and small businesses?",[46],{"id":1139,"title":1140,"cycle":88,"topic":602,"status":90,"pledge":1141,"evidence":1142,"nextCheck":1143,"sourceIds":1144,"issue":633,"own":434,"quote":1145,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"promise-local-voice","A strong voice for the Cowichan Valley","He is quoted on his party page saying he wants the people of the Cowichan Valley to have a strong voice in the decisions that affect their lives. The page says he believes government should be accountable to the people it serves.","The page names no rule change, number, cost or date.","Which changes to how the Province makes decisions would he support?",[46],"I want to ensure that the people of the Cowichan Valley have a strong voice in the decisions that affect their lives.",{"id":1147,"title":1148,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":90,"pledge":1149,"evidence":1150,"nextCheck":1151,"sourceIds":1152,"issue":547,"own":96,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"party-non-market-homes","Build 26,000 non-market homes a year","The BC Greens platform page says the party would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year.","This is the party's platform. The page does not name Justin Douglas, and voche.me has not found a statement in his own words that repeats it.","Does he repeat this commitment in his own campaign?",[1106],{"id":1154,"title":1155,"cycle":88,"topic":542,"status":90,"pledge":1156,"evidence":1150,"nextCheck":1151,"sourceIds":1157,"issue":466,"own":96,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"party-vacancy-control","Vacancy control for renters","The BC Greens platform page says the party would pass vacancy control, so landlords cannot raise the rent each time a tenant moves out.",[1106],{"id":1032,"title":1159,"cycle":88,"topic":1034,"status":90,"pledge":1160,"evidence":1150,"nextCheck":1151,"sourceIds":1161,"issue":1038,"own":96,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"Fast, frequent and free transit","The BC Greens platform page says the party would make transit fast, frequent and free.",[1106],{"id":1163,"title":1164,"cycle":88,"topic":427,"status":90,"pledge":1165,"evidence":1150,"nextCheck":1151,"sourceIds":1166,"issue":433,"own":96,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"party-community-health-centres","Community health centres in every region","The BC Greens platform page says the party would build community health centres in every region, with team-based care.",[1106],{"id":1168,"title":1169,"cycle":88,"topic":89,"status":90,"pledge":1170,"evidence":1150,"nextCheck":1151,"sourceIds":1171,"issue":667,"own":96,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"party-fair-share-act","Fair Share Act","The BC Greens platform page says a Fair Share Act would make people worth more than $100 million pay more, and that it would raise more than $13 billion.",[1106],{"id":1173,"title":1174,"cycle":88,"topic":574,"status":90,"pledge":1175,"evidence":1150,"nextCheck":1151,"sourceIds":1176,"issue":579,"own":96,"reviewedAt":1094,"reviewedBy":98},"party-fossil-fuel","Stop new fossil fuel 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occupations",1260,5.1,{"label":1796,"count":1308,"value":1471,"bc":1797},"Occupations in manufacturing and utilities",3.4,{"label":1799,"count":1800,"value":1801,"bc":1553},"Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport",725,2.9,{"label":1803,"count":1804,"value":1450,"bc":1446},"Legislative and senior management occupations",215,{"place":1806,"mode":1822,"duration":1839},[1807,1811,1813,1817],{"label":1808,"value":1541,"bc":1809,"count":1810},"Worked at home",22.6,3705,{"label":1812,"value":1321,"bc":1320,"count":1499},"Worked outside Canada",{"label":1814,"value":1815,"bc":1574,"count":1816},"No fixed workplace address",17.5,4070,{"label":1818,"value":1819,"bc":1820,"count":1821},"Worked at a usual workplace",66.5,61.6,15480,[1823,1828,1831,1835,1837],{"label":1824,"value":1825,"bc":1826,"count":1827},"Car, truck or van",89.5,79.9,17500,{"label":1829,"value":1451,"bc":1660,"count":1830},"Public transit",205,{"label":1832,"value":1833,"bc":1597,"count":1834},"On foot",6.1,1190,{"label":1836,"value":1451,"bc":1206,"count":1830},"Bicycle",{"label":1838,"value":1239,"bc":1239,"count":1556},"Other method",[1840,1844,1849,1853,1857],{"label":1841,"value":1842,"bc":1274,"count":1843},"Less than 15 minutes",42.6,8325,{"label":1845,"value":1846,"bc":1847,"count":1848},"15 to 29 minutes",31.9,34,6230,{"label":1850,"value":1851,"bc":1525,"count":1852},"30 to 44 minutes",11.7,2280,{"label":1854,"value":1395,"bc":1855,"count":1856},"45 to 59 minutes",7.3,1175,{"label":1858,"value":1859,"bc":1263,"count":1860},"60 minutes and over",7.9,1545,[1862,1867,1872,1877,1880],{"label":1863,"value":1864,"bc":1865,"count":1866},"Lived at the same address",59.4,56.2,30590,{"label":1868,"value":1869,"bc":1870,"count":1871},"Moved within the same municipality",10.5,16.1,5395,{"label":1873,"value":1874,"bc":1875,"count":1876},"Moved from elsewhere in BC",23.4,17,12050,{"label":1878,"value":1394,"bc":1367,"count":1879},"Moved from another province",2505,{"label":1881,"value":1882,"bc":1833,"count":1883},"Moved from another country",1.8,935,[1885],{"name":1202,"votingAreas":1203,"members":1886,"elections":1901},[1887,1892,1895,1898],{"parliament":1888,"from":1889,"to":1890,"name":1891,"party":9,"fromResults":434},42,"2020","2024","Doug Routley",{"parliament":1893,"from":1894,"to":1889,"name":1891,"party":108},41,"2017",{"parliament":1896,"from":1897,"to":1894,"name":1891,"party":108},40,"2013",{"parliament":1899,"from":1900,"to":1897,"name":1891,"party":108},39,"2009",[1902,1921,1943,1972],{"event":1903,"year":1904,"kind":1905,"validVotes":1906,"rejected":1907,"candidates":1908},"2020 General Election",2020,"general",25841,269,[1909,1912,1916],{"name":1891,"party":108,"votes":1910,"share":1911,"elected":434},12787,49.48,{"name":1913,"party":1084,"votes":1914,"share":1915,"elected":96},"Chris Istace",7700,29.8,{"name":1917,"party":1918,"votes":1919,"share":1920,"elected":96},"Duck (don) Paterson","BC Liberal Party",5354,20.72,{"event":1922,"year":1923,"kind":1905,"validVotes":1924,"rejected":1925,"candidates":1926},"2017 General Election",2017,26181,198,[1927,1930,1934,1938],{"name":1891,"party":108,"votes":1928,"share":1929,"elected":434},12276,46.89,{"name":1931,"party":1918,"votes":1932,"share":1933,"elected":96},"Alana DeLong",7379,28.18,{"name":1935,"party":1084,"votes":1936,"share":1937,"elected":96},"Lia Marie Constance Versaevel",6252,23.88,{"name":1939,"party":1940,"votes":1941,"share":1942,"elected":96},"P. Anna Paddon","Independent",274,1.05,{"event":1944,"year":1945,"kind":1905,"validVotes":1946,"rejected":1947,"candidates":1948},"2013 General Election",2013,24978,98,[1949,1952,1956,1960,1965,1969],{"name":1891,"party":108,"votes":1950,"share":1951,"elected":434},11542,46.21,{"name":1953,"party":1918,"votes":1954,"share":1955,"elected":96},"Amanda Lee Jacobson",7685,30.77,{"name":1957,"party":1084,"votes":1958,"share":1959,"elected":96},"Mayo McDonough",3430,13.73,{"name":1961,"party":1962,"votes":1963,"share":1964,"elected":96},"John James Donald Sherry","Conservative",1603,6.42,{"name":1966,"party":1940,"votes":1967,"share":1968,"elected":96},"Murray McNab",647,2.59,{"name":1939,"party":1940,"votes":1970,"share":1971,"elected":96},71,0.28,{"event":1973,"year":1974,"kind":1905,"validVotes":1975,"rejected":1976,"candidates":1977},"2009 General Election",2009,23720,142,[1978,1981,1985,1988],{"name":1891,"party":108,"votes":1979,"share":1980,"elected":434},12888,54.33,{"name":1982,"party":1918,"votes":1983,"share":1984,"elected":96},"Rob Hutchins",8426,35.52,{"name":1986,"party":1084,"votes":1987,"share":1748,"elected":96},"Ian Elliott Gartshore",2135,{"name":1989,"party":1990,"votes":1991,"share":1992,"elected":96},"Ronald James Fuson","BC Refed",271,1.14,[1994,2020,2035,2065,2087],{"event":1995,"year":1996,"kind":1905,"validVotes":1997,"rejected":1899,"registered":1998,"turnout":1999,"candidates":2000},"2024 Provincial General Election",2024,29118,45901,63.52,[2001,2004,2009,2013,2017],{"name":105,"party":108,"votes":2002,"share":2003,"elected":434},11795,40.51,{"name":2005,"party":2006,"votes":2007,"share":2008,"elected":96},"John Koury","Conservative Party",10946,37.59,{"name":2010,"party":1084,"votes":2011,"share":2012,"elected":96},"Cammy Lockwood",5773,19.83,{"name":2014,"party":1940,"votes":2015,"share":2016,"elected":96},"Eden Haythornthwaite",341,1.17,{"name":2018,"party":9,"votes":2019,"share":1450,"elected":96},"Jon Coleman",263,{"event":1903,"year":1904,"kind":1905,"validVotes":2021,"rejected":1515,"candidates":2022},29540,[2023,2027,2031],{"name":2024,"party":1084,"votes":2025,"share":2026,"elected":434},"Sonia Furstenau",13059,44.21,{"name":2028,"party":108,"votes":2029,"share":2030,"elected":96},"Rob Douglas",11875,40.2,{"name":2032,"party":1918,"votes":2033,"share":2034,"elected":96},"Tanya Kaul",4606,15.59,{"event":1922,"year":1923,"kind":1905,"validVotes":2036,"rejected":2037,"candidates":2038},30742,100,[2039,2042,2046,2050,2054,2059,2062],{"name":2024,"party":1084,"votes":2040,"share":2041,"elected":434},11449,37.24,{"name":2043,"party":108,"votes":2044,"share":2045,"elected":96},"Lori Lynn Iannidinardo",9723,31.63,{"name":2047,"party":1918,"votes":2048,"share":2049,"elected":96},"Steve Housser",8502,27.66,{"name":2051,"party":1940,"votes":2052,"share":2053,"elected":96},"Ian Morrison",502,1.63,{"name":2055,"party":2056,"votes":2057,"share":2058,"elected":96},"James Robert Anderson","Libertarian",302,0.98,{"name":2060,"party":1940,"votes":1571,"share":2061,"elected":96},"Samuel Lockhart",0.47,{"name":2014,"party":1940,"votes":2063,"share":2064,"elected":96},119,0.39,{"event":1944,"year":1945,"kind":1905,"validVotes":2066,"rejected":1197,"candidates":2067},26646,[2068,2072,2075,2079,2083],{"name":2069,"party":108,"votes":2070,"share":2071,"elected":434},"Bill Routley",10696,40.14,{"name":2047,"party":1918,"votes":2073,"share":2074,"elected":96},9299,34.9,{"name":2076,"party":1084,"votes":2077,"share":2078,"elected":96},"Kerry Davis",5102,19.15,{"name":2080,"party":1962,"votes":2081,"share":2082,"elected":96},"Damir Wallener",1223,4.59,{"name":2084,"party":1940,"votes":2085,"share":2086,"elected":96},"Heather Alanna Campbell",326,1.22,{"event":1973,"year":1974,"kind":1905,"validVotes":2088,"rejected":1482,"candidates":2089},25927,[2090,2093,2097,2101,2105],{"name":2069,"party":108,"votes":2091,"share":2092,"elected":434},12548,48.4,{"name":2094,"party":1918,"votes":2095,"share":2096,"elected":96},"Cathy Basskin",9258,35.71,{"name":2098,"party":1084,"votes":2099,"share":2100,"elected":96},"Simon Lindley",3058,11.79,{"name":2102,"party":1962,"votes":2103,"share":2104,"elected":96},"Stewart Jason Murray",924,3.56,{"name":2106,"party":1990,"votes":2107,"share":2108,"elected":96},"Michial Rupert Moore",139,0.54,"json","2026-10-08",[2112,2116,2117,2118,2119],{"parliament":2113,"from":2114,"to":88,"name":2115,"party":108},43,"2025","Qwulti'stunaat - Debra Toporowski",{"parliament":1888,"from":1889,"to":1890,"name":2024,"party":1084},{"parliament":1893,"from":1894,"to":1889,"name":2024,"party":1084},{"parliament":1896,"from":1897,"to":1894,"name":2069,"party":108},{"parliament":1899,"from":1900,"to":1897,"name":2069,"party":108},{},"elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistrict-facts\u002Fcowichan-valley","FgBHubQc-ylmXRX4FZy4KzSM6lmFpD3law_YDEVv_tg",{"id":2124,"area":2125,"checkedAt":2110,"communities":2137,"extension":2109,"faq":2154,"history":2185,"meta":2263,"name":995,"seat":2264,"slug":8,"sources":2277,"stem":2413,"summary":2414,"__hash__":2415},"districtProfiles\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistricts\u002Fcowichan-valley.json",{"paragraphs":2126,"sourceIds":2130},[2127,2128,2129],"Cowichan Valley lies on southern Vancouver Island. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says the district includes Duncan, Lake Cowichan and North Cowichan, as well as Thetis, Penelakut and Valdez Islands (spelled Valdes Island by BC Geographical Names). Its northern boundary follows Cowichan Valley Regional District Electoral Area G, and its southern boundary follows Electoral Areas D, E and F. The eastern boundary extends to the Strait of Georgia, and the western boundary follows the Gordon River and forest service roads around Lake Cowichan. The report gives the district 55,158 people and an area of 2,320 square kilometres.","BC Geographical Names places Cowichan Lake west of Duncan, at the head of the Cowichan River. The Canadian Heritage Rivers System says the Cowichan River is 47 kilometres long and was designated in 2003. The Municipality of North Cowichan says it covers 195 square kilometres, with 40 kilometres of ocean shoreline on the east coast of Vancouver Island, and that the 2021 census counted 31,990 people there. Canada's Historic Places register puts Youbou on the north shore of Cowichan Lake, 38 kilometres west of Duncan at the end of Highway 18.","Elections BC's conversion table shows that the district has 86 voting areas: 64 from the earlier Cowichan Valley district, 22 from Nanaimo-North Cowichan and 2 from Mid Island-Pacific Rim. The commission proposed adding Chemainus and Cherry Creek to balance the district's population with its neighbours. It also added Thetis, Penelakut and Valdez Islands, after hearing that Thetis and Penelakut residents reach services through Chemainus and that Valdez has no public transportation links.",[2131,2132,2133,2134,2135,2136],"commission","bcgnis-cowichan-lake","chrs-cowichan","northcowichan-about","historicplaces-youbou","ebc-conversion",[2138,2139,2140,2141,2142,2143,2144,2145,2146,2147,2148,2149,2150,332,2151,2152,2153],"Duncan","North Cowichan","Chemainus","Crofton","Maple Bay","Quamichan","Cherry Creek","Lake Cowichan","Youbou","Honeymoon Bay","Thetis Island","Penelakut Island","Valdes Island","Halalt First Nation","Penelakut Tribe","Ts'uubaa-asatx (Lake Cowichan First Nation)",[2155,2158,2161,2164,2167,2170,2173,2176,2179,2182],{"question":2156,"answer":2157},"Where is Cowichan Valley?","Cowichan Valley is a provincial electoral district on southern Vancouver Island. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it includes Duncan, Lake Cowichan and North Cowichan, as well as Thetis, Penelakut and Valdez Islands. The commission gives the district 55,158 people and an area of 2,320 square kilometres. Its eastern boundary extends to the Strait of Georgia, and its western boundary follows the Gordon River and forest service roads around Lake Cowichan.",{"question":2159,"answer":2160},"Which communities are in Cowichan Valley?","Cowichan Valley includes the City of Duncan, the Town of Lake Cowichan and the Municipality of North Cowichan, which holds Chemainus, Crofton and Maple Bay. Elections BC's 2024 results list 14 voting places in the district, among them halls at Youbou, Honeymoon Bay and Thetis Island, the Cowichan Tribes Dining Hall, the Halalt First Nation Gym and the Penelakut Band Office. The commission added Cherry Creek to the district in 2023.",{"question":2162,"answer":2163},"Who is the MLA for Cowichan Valley?","The Legislative Assembly's records list Qwulti'stunaat - Debra Toporowski of the BC NDP as the member for Cowichan Valley in the 43rd Parliament. She won the seat in the 2024 provincial general election with 11,795 votes (40.51%). John Koury of the Conservative Party received 10,946 votes (37.59%), and Cammy Lockwood of the BC Green Party received 5,773 (19.83%).",{"question":2165,"answer":2166},"Who held the Cowichan Valley seat before Debra Toporowski?","Sonia Furstenau of the BC Green Party held Cowichan Valley in the 41st and 42nd Parliaments, from 2017 to 2024, according to the Legislative Assembly's records. She won in 2017 with 11,449 votes (37.24%) and in 2020 with 13,059 votes (44.21%). Before her, Bill Routley of the BC NDP held the seat in the 39th and 40th Parliaments, from 2009 to 2017.",{"question":2168,"answer":2169},"How did Cowichan Valley vote in 2024?","In 2024 Debra Toporowski of the BC NDP won Cowichan Valley with 11,795 votes (40.51%). John Koury of the Conservative Party received 10,946 (37.59%) and Cammy Lockwood of the BC Green Party 5,773 (19.83%). Eden Haythornthwaite, an independent, received 341 votes (1.17%), and Jon Coleman, with no affiliation, received 263 (0.90%). Turnout was 63.52% of 45,901 registered voters.",{"question":2171,"answer":2172},"How did the boundaries of Cowichan Valley change in 2023?","In 2023 the Electoral Boundaries Commission kept the name Cowichan Valley and added Chemainus and Cherry Creek to balance its population with its neighbours. It also added Thetis, Penelakut and Valdez Islands because of their transport links with Chemainus. Elections BC's conversion table shows 86 voting areas in the district: 64 from the earlier Cowichan Valley, 22 from Nanaimo-North Cowichan and 2 from Mid Island-Pacific Rim.",{"question":2174,"answer":2175},"Whose territory is Cowichan Valley on?","Cowichan Valley lies on the traditional territories of several First Nations. The Municipality of North Cowichan says it sits on the territories of the Quw'utsun First Nation, which it describes as including Cowichan Tribes, Halalt First Nation, Lyackson First Nation, Penelakut Tribe and Stz'uminus First Nation, and on the territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. Cowichan Tribes gives its core traditional territory as 376,308 hectares.",{"question":2177,"answer":2178},"Who lives in Cowichan Valley?","The 2021 census counted 55,165 people in Cowichan Valley. The median age was 50.4 years against 42.8 for British Columbia. Indigenous identity was reported by 14.4 per cent of residents, which is 7,775 people, and 11.9 per cent were immigrants against 29 per cent in the province. Among residents, 2,095 were born in the United Kingdom.",{"question":2180,"answer":2181},"When did Duncan become a city?","Duncan, in the Cowichan Valley district, was incorporated as a city on 4 March 1912, according to BC Geographical Names. It takes its name from William Chalmers Duncan, whose farm, Alderlea, stood there in the 1860s. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway opened in August 1886 and opened a station at Duncan's Crossing the following year. Kenneth Duncan, the son of William Duncan, became the city's first mayor.",{"question":2183,"answer":2184},"What happened to the Crofton mill in the Cowichan Valley district?","Domtar announced on 2 December 2025 that it would permanently close the Crofton mill, which sits in the Crofton community of the Municipality of North Cowichan, in the Cowichan Valley district. A timeline in The Discourse, dated 26 February 2026, says the mill opened in 1957 under BC Forest Products and employed 350 people at the time of the announcement.",[2186,2199,2211,2223,2233,2241,2251],{"id":2187,"title":2188,"paragraphs":2189,"sourceIds":2192},"first-peoples","Hul'q'umi'num-speaking peoples of the valley",[2190,2191],"Cowichan Tribes, which names itself Quw'utsun, describes its people as Hul'q'umi'num people, meaning people who speak the Hul'q'umi'num language. Its history page says archaeological evidence dates its existence back 4,500 years, and that its historical memory says it has been here since time immemorial. The Nation says its ancestors Syalutsa and Stutsun were the first to settle the region. It places its traditional lands around the Cowichan Lake and river drainage, the Koksilah River drainage, Cowichan Bay and Maple Bay, and says some estimated its population at 15,000. Its core traditional territory measures 376,308 hectares. It lists seven traditional villages, among them Quamichan (Kwa'mutsun), Comiaken (Qw'umiyiqun), Koksilah (Xwulqw'selu), Clemclemaluts (Lhumlhumuluts') and Khenipsen (Xinupsum).","Other Nations name their own places in the district. Halalt First Nation says its people come from the village xeláltxw, which means marked houses or painted houses, once at the place where the Silver Bridge crosses the Cowichan River at the edge of Duncan. Its residents later moved to Willy Island, off the mouth of the Chemainus River, and in the 1920s to the Westholme reserve (Halalt No. 2). BC Geographical Names gives Kaatza, translated as the lake, as the Hul'q'umi'num name for Cowichan Lake. It also records Láyksen as the Hul'q'umi'num name for Valdes Island, the traditional homeland of the Lyackson First Nation.",[2193,2194,2195,2196,2197,2132,2198],"cowichan-history","cowichan-pre-contact","cowichan-reserves","cowichan-territory","halalt","bcgnis-valdes",{"id":2200,"title":2201,"paragraphs":2202,"sourceIds":2205},"settlers-1850-1862","The Cowichan name and the settlers of 1862",[2203,2204],"BC Geographical Names records that Hudson's Bay Company officers named Cowichan Bay in or near 1850 after the Coast Salish Nation living there. The geographic board adopted the name Cowichan Harbour on 30 June 1908 and changed it to Cowichan Bay on 8 October 1924. The same office records that a settler named Thomas George Askew, who arrived in 1856, first applied the name Chemainus to the district, and that a post office opened at Chemainus on 1 July 1871.","The Cowichan Tribes history page says Governor James Douglas arrived in Cowichan lands with military forces in 1853 and 1856, and that in 1862 a group of settlers, which the Nation puts at 100, came to the valley with a gunboat. The Nation says smallpox, measles and other illnesses killed 90 per cent of Cowichan people, and that Douglas promised payment for the occupied land. In its words, \"Governor Douglas' promise to us remains dishonoured to this day.\" BC Geographical Names records that William Chalmers Duncan reached Victoria in May 1862 and was one of the settlers Douglas brought to Cowichan Bay that August. His farm, Alderlea, later gave Duncan its name.",[2206,2207,2208,2209,2210],"bcgnis-cowichan-bay","bcgnis-chemainus-river","bcgnis-chemainus","cowichan-colonisation","bcgnis-duncan",{"id":2212,"title":2213,"paragraphs":2214,"sourceIds":2217},"railway-and-mines-1873-1912","Municipality, railway and copper mines, 1873 to 1912",[2215,2216],"The Municipality of North Cowichan was incorporated on 18 June 1873 and is the fifth oldest municipality in British Columbia, according to the municipality. The Canadian Encyclopedia says a sawmill was built at Chemainus in 1862. BC Geographical Names records that the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway opened in August 1886 and that the level crossing near William Duncan's farm was named Duncan's Crossing. The railway opened Duncan's Station there the following year, and a post office named Duncan's Station opened on 1 October 1899.","The Encyclopedia of British Columbia says Mount Sicker was the site of three copper mines and two townsites between 1897 and 1907. Henry Croft built a smelter at Osborne Bay in 1902. BC Geographical Names records that the Crofton post office opened on 1 May 1902 and that Croft had laid out the townsite. The City of Duncan was incorporated on 4 March 1912, and Kenneth Duncan, the son of William Duncan, became its first mayor. North Cowichan's own history page says the urban part of the district separated that year to form the city.",[2134,2218,2219,2210,2220,2221,2222],"bcgnis-north-cowichan","can-encyclopedia-north-cowichan","knowbc-sicker","bcgnis-crofton","duncan-history",{"id":2224,"title":2225,"paragraphs":2226,"sourceIds":2229},"forests-and-mills-1913-1965","Sawmills, a pulp mill and a forest museum, 1913 to 1965",[2227,2228],"Canada's Historic Places register records that the Empire Lumber Company founded the Youbou Mill on the north shore of Cowichan Lake in 1913, and that the mill and its community employed many South Asian Canadian immigrants, more of them after 1947. The Province of British Columbia recognized the site as a heritage site on 7 February 2020. BC Geographical Names records that a post office opened at Lake Cowichan in 1890 under the name Sutton Green, became the Cowichan Lake post office in November of that year and took the name Lake Cowichan Post Office on 1 December 1922. The village of Lake Cowichan was incorporated on 19 August 1944.","A timeline in The Discourse records that the Crofton pulp mill opened in 1957 under BC Forest Products, which projected 300 employees and chose the site after a three-year survey of water supply from the Cowichan River. In 1963 the company announced an $18.5 million expansion. The BC Forest Discovery Centre says its founder, Gerry Wellburn, opened a museum to the public in Duncan on 24 May 1965. It drew 16,881 visitors that year, took the name British Columbia Forest Museum in 1976 and has had its present name since 1999.",[2135,2230,2231,2232],"bcgnis-lake-cowichan","discourse-crofton","bcfdc-about",{"id":2234,"title":2235,"paragraphs":2236,"sourceIds":2239},"mill-closures-1982-2026","Murals in Chemainus and mill closures, 1982 to 2026",[2237,2238],"The Chemainus Festival of Murals Society says five murals appeared on the walls of local businesses in the summer of 1982. It says the town's sawmill, its main employer, closed in 1983, that Chemainus won a New York downtown revitalization award within a year, and that the Festival of Murals Society was formed in 1987. The society says Mayor Graham Bruce and businessman Karl Schutz led the effort, and the town now has more than 70 murals and sculptures.","The Youbou Mill closed in 2001, according to Canada's Historic Places register. The Discourse reports that Domtar announced on 2 December 2025 that it would permanently close the Crofton mill, citing \"poor pricing for pulp and a lack of access to affordable fiber in B.C.\" The mill employed 350 people. The article, dated 26 February 2026, says the mill closed in 2026 and that a small maintenance team stayed on past April 2026 for environmental compliance.",[2240,2135,2231],"muraltown",{"id":2242,"title":2243,"paragraphs":2244,"sourceIds":2247},"gulf-islands","Penelakut, Valdez and Thetis islands",[2245,2246],"BC Geographical Names records that the name of Kuper Island was changed to Penelakut Island on 29 June 2010, to reflect traditional usage proposed by the Penelakut Nation. The traditional Halkomelem name, Puneluxtth, refers to a village on the northeast side of the island, and the record says archaeological evidence shows people lived there for 4,500 to 9,000 years before Europeans arrived. The Penelakut Tribe describes itself as a Hul'qumi'num speaking community with 1,001 registered members, half of them on reserve and half off reserve. Its reserves include Penelakut Island, Tsussie, Tent Island and the northern tip of Galiano Island.","The Kuper Island Industrial School operated from 1890 to 1975, Al Jazeera reported. In July 2021 the Penelakut Tribe said in a statement that more than 160 undocumented and unmarked graves had been found at the site. BC Geographical Names records that Captain Richards of the Royal Navy named Valdes Island in 1859 after the Spanish naval officer Cayetano Valdes, who explored these waters in 1792. In 2023 the commission placed Thetis, Penelakut and Valdez Islands, as its report spells the last, in Cowichan Valley because of their links with Chemainus.",[2248,2249,2250,2198,2131],"bcgnis-penelakut","penelakut","aljazeera-penelakut",{"id":2252,"title":2253,"paragraphs":2254,"sourceIds":2257},"treaty-and-courts-2019-2026","Treaty talks and the Cowichan title ruling, 2019 to 2026",[2255,2256],"The Province lists the Hul'q'umi'num Treaty Group as five Nations: Cowichan Tribes, Halalt First Nation, Lake Cowichan First Nation, Lyackson First Nation and Penelakut Tribe. The BC Treaty Commission records that the group signed the Transition to Stage 5 and Treaty Revitalization Agreement on 26 August 2019, and that the parties are in Stage 5 negotiations. The Province also lists an Incremental Treaty Agreement with the Ts'uubaa-asatx First Nation, as Lake Cowichan First Nation is also known, dated 2023.","On 7 August 2025 the Supreme Court of British Columbia gave its decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada. The plaintiffs were Cowichan Tribes, Stz'uminus First Nation, Penelakut Tribe and Halalt First Nation. The court declared Aboriginal title to part of the land claimed on Lulu Island in Richmond, the site of the Nation's village, and recognized a right to fish for food on the south arm of the Fraser River. In a statement dated 2 March 2026, the Province and five Cowichan chiefs said the Nation and the Province are negotiating, and that both sides are continuing their appeals to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.",[2258,2259,2260,2261,2262],"bcgov-htg","bctreaty-htg","bcgov-lake-cowichan-fn","jfk-cowichan-decision","bcgov-cowichan-statement",{},{"paragraphs":2265,"sourceIds":2270},[2266,2267,2268,2269],"Elections BC's volume for 1871 to 1986 lists a two-member district named Cowichan at the first general election of 1871, where William Smithe won with 58 votes (29.59%) and John Paton Booth with 47 (23.98%). Henry Croft won Cowichan by acclamation in 1886 and with 146 votes (34.27%) in 1890, and BC Geographical Names records that he laid out the townsite of Crofton. The same volume prints Cowichan-Alberni, Cowichan-Newcastle and, from 1966, Cowichan-Malahat, where Barbara Brookman Wallace of the New Democratic Party is listed as the member for 1975, 1979 and 1983.","From 1991 the volumes print Cowichan-Ladysmith. Jan Pullinger of the New Democratic Party won it in 1991 with 11,038 votes (48.53%) and in 1996 with 12,249 votes (49.85%). Graham P. Bruce of the Liberal Party won in 2001 with 12,707 votes (52.21%). Doug Routley of the New Democratic Party won in 2005 with 14,014 votes (50.02%), ahead of Graham Bruce with 11,425 (40.78%). The volume for 2002 to 2013 records that the Electoral Districts Act (S.B.C. 2008, c.14) received Royal Assent on May 1, 2008, set 85 districts, and came into effect on April 14, 2009.","The name Cowichan Valley appears in that volume from the 2009 election, won by Bill Routley of the BC NDP with 12,548 votes (48.40%) against 9,258 (35.71%) for Cathy Basskin of the BC Liberal Party. He won again in 2013 with 10,696 votes (40.14%). The earlier Nanaimo-North Cowichan, which supplies 22 of the present district's 86 voting areas, elected Doug Routley of the BC NDP in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020. Sonia Furstenau of the BC Green Party won Cowichan Valley in 2017 with 11,449 votes (37.24%), ahead of Lori Lynn Iannidinardo of the BC NDP with 9,723 (31.63%). She won again in 2020 with 13,059 votes (44.21%), ahead of Rob Douglas of the BC NDP with 11,875 (40.20%).","In 2024 Debra Toporowski of the BC NDP won with 11,795 votes (40.51%), ahead of John Koury of the Conservative Party with 10,946 (37.59%). Turnout was 63.52% of 45,901 registered voters. The Legislative Assembly's member records list her as Qwulti'stunaat - Debra Toporowski in the 43rd Parliament. The commission's 2023 final report keeps the name Cowichan Valley, gives the district 55,158 people, 2.6 per cent from the average district, and adds Chemainus, Cherry Creek and Thetis, Penelakut and Valdez Islands.",[2271,2272,2273,2274,2275,2136,2276,2131,2221],"ebc-1871-1986","ebc-1987-2001","ebc-2002-2013","ebc-results","ebc-statement-2024","legislature",[2278,2283,2286,2289,2292,2295,2297,2300,2302,2306,2309,2312,2315,2318,2321,2324,2328,2331,2335,2338,2343,2347,2350,2353,2356,2359,2362,2365,2368,2370,2372,2376,2380,2384,2388,2392,2396,2400,2404,2409],{"id":2131,"label":2279,"publisher":2280,"kind":2281,"url":2282,"checkedAt":2110},"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":2271,"label":2284,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"url":2285,"checkedAt":2110},"Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871 to 1986","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf",{"id":2272,"label":2287,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"url":2288,"checkedAt":2110},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987 to 2001","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2273,"label":2290,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"url":2291,"checkedAt":2110},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2274,"label":2293,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"url":2294,"checkedAt":2110},"Provincial Voting Results","https:\u002F\u002Fcatalogue.data.gov.bc.ca\u002Fdataset\u002F44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935",{"id":2275,"label":2296,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"url":44,"checkedAt":2110},"Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election",{"id":2136,"label":2298,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"url":2299,"checkedAt":2110},"Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024","https:\u002F\u002Fcatalogue.data.gov.bc.ca\u002Fdataset\u002Ffb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36",{"id":2276,"label":2301,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"url":133,"checkedAt":2110},"Members of the Legislative Assembly, 35th to 43rd Parliament",{"id":2193,"label":2303,"publisher":332,"kind":2304,"url":2305,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Tribes, History","first-nation","https:\u002F\u002Fcowichantribes.com\u002Fabout-cowichan-tribes\u002Fhistory",{"id":2194,"label":2307,"publisher":332,"kind":2304,"url":2308,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Tribes, Pre-European Contact","https:\u002F\u002Fcowichantribes.com\u002Fabout-cowichan-tribes\u002Fhistory\u002Fpre-european-contact",{"id":2209,"label":2310,"publisher":332,"kind":2304,"url":2311,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Tribes, Colonisation","https:\u002F\u002Fcowichantribes.com\u002Fabout-cowichan-tribes\u002Fhistory\u002Fcolonisation",{"id":2195,"label":2313,"publisher":332,"kind":2304,"url":2314,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Tribes, Reserves","https:\u002F\u002Fcowichantribes.com\u002Fabout-cowichan-tribes\u002Fland-base\u002Freserves",{"id":2196,"label":2316,"publisher":332,"kind":2304,"url":2317,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Tribes, Traditional Territory","https:\u002F\u002Fcowichantribes.com\u002Fabout-cowichan-tribes\u002Fland-base\u002Ftraditional-territory",{"id":2197,"label":2319,"publisher":2151,"kind":2304,"url":2320,"checkedAt":2110},"Halalt First Nation home page","https:\u002F\u002Fhalalt.org\u002F",{"id":2249,"label":2322,"publisher":2152,"kind":2304,"url":2323,"checkedAt":2110},"About Penelakut Tribe","https:\u002F\u002Fpenelakut.ca\u002Fabout\u002F",{"id":2258,"label":2325,"publisher":2326,"kind":2281,"url":2327,"checkedAt":2110},"Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group","Government of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Ffirst-nations-negotiations\u002Ffirst-nations-a-z-listing\u002Fhul-qumi-num-treaty-group",{"id":2260,"label":2329,"publisher":2326,"kind":2281,"url":2330,"checkedAt":2110},"Lake Cowichan First Nation (Ts'uubaa-asatx)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Ffirst-nations-negotiations\u002Ffirst-nations-a-z-listing\u002Flake-cowichan-first-nation",{"id":2259,"label":2332,"publisher":2333,"kind":2281,"url":2334,"checkedAt":2110},"Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Transition to Stage 5 and Treaty Revitalization Agreement","BC Treaty Commission","https:\u002F\u002Fbctreaty.ca\u002Ftreaty_agreement\u002Fhulquminum-treaty-group-transition-stage-5-and-treaty-revitalization-agreement",{"id":2262,"label":2336,"publisher":2326,"kind":2281,"url":2337,"checkedAt":2110},"Statement by the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and Cowichan (Quw'utsun) Nation chiefs, March 2, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Farchive.news.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fnews_releases_2024-2028\u002F2026IRR0002-000206.htm",{"id":2261,"label":2339,"publisher":2340,"kind":2341,"url":2342,"checkedAt":2110},"Landmark Decision in Cowichan Tribes Case","JFK Law Corporation","organization","https:\u002F\u002Fjfklaw.ca\u002Flandmark-decision-in-cowichan-tribes-case\u002F",{"id":2206,"label":2344,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2346,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Bay","BC Geographical Names Office","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F40528.html",{"id":2132,"label":2348,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2349,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan Lake","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F4083.html",{"id":2210,"label":2351,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2352,"checkedAt":2110},"Duncan, city","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F15595.html",{"id":2218,"label":2354,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2355,"checkedAt":2110},"North Cowichan, district municipality","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F17071.html",{"id":2208,"label":2357,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2358,"checkedAt":2110},"Chemainus, community","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F38318.html",{"id":2207,"label":2360,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2361,"checkedAt":2110},"Chemainus River","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F40495.html",{"id":2221,"label":2363,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2364,"checkedAt":2110},"Crofton, community","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F35135.html",{"id":2230,"label":2366,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2367,"checkedAt":2110},"Lake Cowichan, town","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F7359.html",{"id":2248,"label":2149,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2369,"checkedAt":2110},"https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F61741.html",{"id":2198,"label":2150,"publisher":2345,"kind":2281,"url":2371,"checkedAt":2110},"https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F23524.html",{"id":2133,"label":2373,"publisher":2374,"kind":2281,"url":2375,"checkedAt":2110},"Cowichan River","Canadian Heritage Rivers System","https:\u002F\u002Fchrs.ca\u002Frivers\u002Fcowichan-river\u002F",{"id":2135,"label":2377,"publisher":2378,"kind":2281,"url":2379,"checkedAt":2110},"Youbou Mill","Canada's Historic Places","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.historicplaces.ca\u002Fen\u002Frep-reg\u002Fplace-lieu.aspx?id=22917",{"id":2134,"label":2381,"publisher":316,"kind":2382,"url":2383,"checkedAt":2110},"About North Cowichan","municipal","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.northcowichan.ca\u002Fnode\u002F121",{"id":2222,"label":2385,"publisher":2386,"kind":2382,"url":2387,"checkedAt":2110},"History and Heritage","City of Duncan","https:\u002F\u002Fduncan.ca\u002F?p=237",{"id":2232,"label":2389,"publisher":2390,"kind":2341,"url":2391,"checkedAt":2110},"BC Forest Discovery Centre, About","BC Forest Discovery Centre","https:\u002F\u002Fbcforestdiscoverycentre.com\u002Fabout\u002F",{"id":2240,"label":2393,"publisher":2394,"kind":2341,"url":2395,"checkedAt":2110},"The Story of Chemainus and its Murals","Chemainus Festival of Murals Society","https:\u002F\u002Fmuraltown.com\u002Fchemainus-murals-history\u002F",{"id":2219,"label":2139,"publisher":2397,"kind":2398,"url":2399,"checkedAt":2110},"The Canadian Encyclopedia","reference","https:\u002F\u002Fthecanadianencyclopedia.ca\u002Fen\u002Farticle\u002Fnorth-cowichan",{"id":2220,"label":2401,"publisher":2402,"kind":2398,"url":2403,"checkedAt":2110},"Sicker, Mount","Encyclopedia of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knowbc.com\u002Flimited\u002FBooks\u002FEncyclopedia-of-BC\u002FS\u002FSicker-Mount",{"id":2231,"label":2405,"publisher":2406,"kind":2407,"url":2408,"checkedAt":2110},"A timeline of the Crofton mill, by Eric Richards, 26 February 2026","The Discourse","news","https:\u002F\u002Fthediscourse.ca\u002Fcowichan-valley\u002Fa-timeline-of-the-crofton-mill",{"id":2250,"label":2410,"publisher":2411,"kind":2407,"url":2412,"checkedAt":2110},"More unmarked residential school graves discovered in Canada, 13 July 2021","Al Jazeera","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aljazeera.com\u002Famp\u002Fnews\u002F2021\u002F7\u002F13\u002Fmore-unmarked-residential-school-graves-discovered-in-canada","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistricts\u002Fcowichan-valley","Cowichan Valley is a provincial electoral district on southern Vancouver Island, between the Strait of Georgia and Cowichan Lake. It takes in the City of Duncan, the Municipality of North Cowichan with Chemainus and Crofton, the Town of Lake Cowichan with Youbou and Honeymoon Bay, and Thetis, Penelakut and Valdes islands. The 2021 census counted 55,165 people in it, and the Electoral Boundaries Commission gives its area as 2,320 square kilometres.","b-fadaGDozpqgpmDsmQIZ7rd8sxZk-9RLi-hNiX5cAw",[2417,3091,3196,3729,4063,4638,4751,4856,5428,5536],{"id":2418,"aliases":2419,"checkedAt":1094,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2109,"founded":2420,"headline":2426,"history":2427,"leadership":2491,"logo":2503,"meta":2506,"money":2507,"name":1084,"news":2532,"overview":2575,"palette":2580,"platform":2585,"questions":2910,"record":2936,"registeredName":2976,"rosterLabel":1084,"slug":2977,"sources":2978,"stem":3084,"summary":3085,"website":1085,"wordmark":3086,"__hash__":3090},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-green-party.json",[],{"year":2421,"note":2422,"cites":2423},1983,"Adriane Carr founded the party in February 1983, according to CBC News.",[2424,2425],"cbc-birth","knowbc-green","BC Green Party: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":2428,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2482,"gaps":2488},[2429,2433,2437,2441,2445,2450,2456,2461,2466,2473],{"title":2430,"body":2431,"cites":2432},"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.",[2424,2425],{"title":2434,"body":2435,"cites":2436},"First MLA elected in 2013","Andrew Weaver won a Victoria-area seat in the 2013 election, the party’s first seat in the legislature.",[2425],{"title":2438,"body":2439,"cites":2440},"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.",[2425],{"title":2442,"body":2443,"cites":2444},"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.",[2425],{"date":2446,"title":2447,"body":2448,"cites":2449},"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).",[42],{"date":2451,"title":2452,"body":2453,"cites":2454},"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.",[2455],"cbc-accord-2024",{"title":2457,"body":2458,"cites":2459},"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.",[2460],"cbc-lowan-leader",{"date":2462,"title":2463,"body":2464,"cites":2465},"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.",[2460],{"date":2467,"title":2468,"body":2469,"cites":2470},"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.",[2471,2472],"cbc-accord-end","global-accord-end",{"date":2474,"title":2475,"body":2476,"cites":2477},"2026-09-23","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.",[2478,2479,2480],"bp-lowan-saanich","vicbuzz-lowan-saanich","green-election-plans","researched",[2483,2484,2485,2486,2487],"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",[2489,2490],"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.",[2492,2498],{"role":2493,"name":2494,"since":2462,"cites":2495},"Leader","Emily Lowan",[2496,2460,2497],"register","cbc-leaders-2026",{"role":2499,"name":2500,"cites":2501},"Executive director","Alex Brunke",[2502],"green-hudema",{"src":2504,"alt":2505,"sourceUrl":1085,"checkedAt":1094},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-green-party.webp","BC Green Party logo",{},{"searchUrl":2508,"filings":2509,"notes":2521,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2525,"gaps":2529},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FWelcome.aspx",[2510,2515,2518],{"period":88,"kind":2511,"note":2512,"cites":2513},"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.",[2514],"ebc-annual-allowances",{"period":2114,"kind":2511,"note":2516,"cites":2517},"$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.",[2514],{"period":1890,"kind":2511,"note":2519,"cites":2520},"$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.",[2514],[2522,2523,2524],"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.",[2526,2527,2528],"Elections BC annual allowances page","Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, opening page","Elections BC provincial financing page",[2530,2531],"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":2533,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2570,"gaps":2573},[2534,2539,2544,2550,2555,2560,2565],{"date":2467,"publisher":2535,"title":2536,"url":2537,"summary":2538},"CBC News","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":2467,"publisher":2540,"title":2541,"url":2542,"summary":2543},"Global News","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":2545,"publisher":2546,"title":2547,"url":2548,"summary":2549},"2026-09-22","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":2474,"publisher":2551,"title":2552,"url":2553,"summary":2554},"Black Press Media","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":2474,"publisher":2556,"title":2557,"url":2558,"summary":2559},"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":2561,"publisher":2551,"title":2562,"url":2563,"summary":2564},"2026-09-28","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":2566,"publisher":2556,"title":2567,"url":2568,"summary":2569},"2026-09-29","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.",[2571,2572],"Web searches for the party and its leader with 2026, September 2026","Each article listed here, opened and read",[2574],"No coverage index before February 2026 has been compiled for this year.",[2576,2577,2578,2579],"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":2581,"onAccent":2582,"tint":2583,"ink":2584},"#15803D","#FFFFFF","#e8f2ec","#1F2933",[2586,2645,2678,2719,2736,2772,2781,2814,2849,2867,2891],{"issue":547,"paragraphs":2587,"proposals":2592,"questions":2634,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2639,"gaps":2643},[2588,2589,2590,2591],"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.",[2593,2600,2606,2610,2615,2620,2625,2630],{"title":2594,"detail":2595,"authority":2596,"cites":2597},"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.",[2598,2599],"green-renters","green-our-plan",{"title":2601,"detail":2602,"authority":2603,"cites":2604},"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.",[2598,2599,2605],"vicbuzz-renters-childcare",{"title":2607,"detail":2608,"authority":2603,"cites":2609},"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.",[2598,2605],{"title":2611,"detail":2612,"authority":2613,"cites":2614},"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.",[2598],{"title":2616,"detail":2617,"authority":2618,"cites":2619},"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.",[2598],{"title":2621,"detail":2622,"authority":2623,"cites":2624},"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.",[2598],{"title":2626,"detail":2627,"authority":2628,"cites":2629},"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.",[2598],{"title":2631,"detail":2632,"cites":2633},"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.",[2598],[2635],{"question":2636,"answer":2637,"cites":2638},"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.",[2598,2605],[2640,2641,2642],"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",[2644],"The party gives no cost and no year-by-year schedule for the housing plan.",{"issue":433,"paragraphs":2646,"proposals":2649,"questions":2674,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2675,"gaps":2676},[2647,2648,2591],"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.",[2650,2655,2660,2664,2669],{"title":2651,"detail":2652,"authority":2653,"cites":2654},"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.",[2599],{"title":2656,"detail":2657,"cites":2658},"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.",[2599,2659],"green-snap",{"title":2661,"detail":2662,"cites":2663},"Keep public health money in public care","The party says every public health dollar would stay in public care.",[2599],{"title":2665,"detail":2666,"authority":2667,"cites":2668},"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.",[2599],{"title":2670,"detail":2671,"cites":2672},"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.",[2599,2673],"green-health-minister",[],[2640,2642],[2677],"The party has published no health cost, no timeline, and no count of the Community Health Centres it would build.",{"issue":466,"paragraphs":2679,"proposals":2682,"questions":2710,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2715,"gaps":2717},[2680,2681,2591],"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.",[2683,2691,2695,2700,2705],{"title":2684,"detail":2685,"authority":2686,"deadline":2687,"cites":2688},"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.",[2689,2599,2690,2605],"green-childcare","bp-childcare",{"title":2692,"detail":2693,"cites":2694},"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.",[2689,2690],{"title":2696,"detail":2697,"deadline":2698,"cites":2699},"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.",[2689,2690],{"title":2701,"detail":2702,"authority":2703,"cites":2704},"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.",[2599],{"title":2706,"detail":2707,"authority":2708,"cites":2709},"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.",[2599],[2711],{"question":2712,"answer":2713,"cites":2714},"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.",[2689,2690],[2640,2716,2642],"The child care release of 2026-09-28 and its policy brief",[2718],"The party gives no cost for its child care plan or its assistance rate increase.",{"issue":532,"paragraphs":2720,"proposals":2724,"questions":2731,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2732,"gaps":2734},[2721,2722,2723,2591],"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.",[2725],{"title":2726,"detail":2727,"authority":2728,"cites":2729},"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.",[2730],"green-tdr",[],[2640,2733,2642],"The statement of 2026-09-30 on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation",[2735],"The party has published no 2026 plan on police funding, courts, bail or prisons.",{"issue":95,"paragraphs":2737,"proposals":2741,"questions":2766,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2767,"gaps":2770},[2738,2739,2740,2591],"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.",[2742,2749,2753,2757,2762],{"title":2743,"detail":2744,"authority":2745,"cites":2746},"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.",[2599,2747,2748],"green-royalty","green-royalty-ag",{"title":2750,"detail":2751,"cites":2752},"Community and Indigenous ownership of resources","The party says BC should get stronger public returns from its natural resources, with community and Indigenous ownership.",[2599],{"title":2754,"detail":2755,"cites":2756},"Commercial rent control for small business","The party says it would support small businesses through commercial rent control and Community Wealth Building.",[2599],{"title":2758,"detail":2759,"authority":2760,"cites":2761},"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.",[2599],{"title":2763,"detail":2764,"cites":2765},"Update mining laws","The party says it would modernise mining laws to protect communities and focus on the minerals BC needs for renewable energy.",[2599],[],[2640,2768,2769,2642],"The LNG Canada statement of 2026-09-29","The royalty releases of 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-17",[2771],"The party gives no cost or revenue figure for its royalty changes in the 2026 plan page.",{"issue":496,"paragraphs":2773,"proposals":2774,"questions":2775,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2777,"gaps":2779},[],[],[],"none-published",[2640,2642,2778],"The party’s 2024 platform page, read for context only, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fpolicy-book\u002F",[2780],"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":579,"paragraphs":2782,"proposals":2785,"questions":2808,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2809,"gaps":2811},[2783,2784,2591],"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.",[2786,2791,2795,2799,2803],{"title":1174,"detail":2787,"authority":2788,"cites":2789},"The party says it would stop new fossil fuel development in BC.","Provincial permits and environmental assessment.",[2599,2790],"green-lng",{"title":2792,"detail":2793,"cites":2794},"A climate plan based on the science","The party says it would put in place a climate plan that protects this and future generations.",[2599],{"title":2796,"detail":2797,"cites":2798},"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.",[2599,2790],{"title":2800,"detail":2801,"cites":2802},"Fund old-growth deferrals","The party would fully fund deferrals on old-growth logging, with fair payment to First Nations and forestry communities.",[2599],{"title":2804,"detail":2805,"cites":2806},"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.",[2807],"green-wildfire",[],[2640,2810,2768,2642],"The wildfire statement of 2026-08-04",[2812,2813],"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":607,"paragraphs":2815,"proposals":2817,"questions":2844,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2845,"gaps":2847},[2816,2591],"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.",[2818,2823,2827,2831,2836,2840],{"title":2819,"detail":2820,"authority":2821,"cites":2822},"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.",[2730],{"title":2824,"detail":2825,"authority":2821,"cites":2826},"An Indigenous Languages Act","The law would guarantee Indigenous language rights and fund language work in communities.",[2730],{"title":2828,"detail":2829,"cites":2830},"Indigenous names on government ID","Government-issued identification would accept all Indigenous languages, so people can use their own names.",[2730],{"title":2832,"detail":2833,"authority":2834,"cites":2835},"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.",[2730],{"title":2837,"detail":2838,"cites":2839},"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.",[2730],{"title":2841,"detail":2842,"cites":2843},"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.",[2730],[],[2846,2640,2642],"The statement and policy brief of 2026-09-30",[2848],"The party gives no cost or timeline for these measures.",{"issue":1038,"paragraphs":2850,"proposals":2853,"questions":2863,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2864,"gaps":2865},[2851,2852,2591],"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.",[2854,2858],{"title":1159,"detail":2855,"authority":2856,"cites":2857},"The party says public transit would be fast, frequent and free to ride.","The province funds transit.",[2599,2480],{"title":2859,"detail":2860,"cites":2861},"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.",[2862,2480],"green-rail",[],[2640,2642],[2866],"The 2026 plan page gives no cost and no start date for free transit.",{"issue":667,"paragraphs":2868,"proposals":2871,"questions":2886,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2887,"gaps":2888},[2869,2870,2591],"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.",[2872,2878,2882],{"title":2873,"detail":2874,"cost":2875,"authority":2876,"cites":2877},"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.",[2599],{"title":2879,"detail":2880,"cites":2881},"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.",[2599],{"title":2883,"detail":2884,"cites":2885},"End subsidies to fossil fuel companies","The party says it would end the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive.",[2599,2790],[],[2640,2778,2642],[2889,2890],"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":633,"paragraphs":2892,"proposals":2895,"questions":2906,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2907,"gaps":2908},[2893,2894,2591],"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.",[2896,2902],{"title":2897,"detail":2898,"authority":2899,"deadline":2900,"cites":2901},"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.",[2599],{"title":2903,"detail":2904,"cites":2905},"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.",[2748],[],[2640,2642],[2909],"voche.me has not checked whether the Auditor General agreed to the request.",[2911,2915,2919,2924,2928,2932],{"question":2912,"answer":2913,"cites":2914},"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.",[2496,2460],{"question":2916,"answer":2917,"cites":2918},"Where is Emily Lowan running?","In Saanich North and the Islands. The sitting Green MLA there, Rob Botterell, is not running again.",[2478,2480],{"question":2920,"answer":2921,"cites":2922},"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.",[2923],"standings",{"question":2925,"answer":2926,"cites":2927},"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.",[2455,2471],{"question":2929,"answer":2930,"cites":2931},"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.",[2599,2598,2689,2730],{"question":2933,"answer":2934,"cites":2935},"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.",[2599],{"entries":2937,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":2968,"gaps":2971},[2938,2944,2948,2952,2956,2960,2964],{"title":2939,"body":2940,"cites":2941},"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).",[2942,2943],"leg-votes-botterell","leg-votes-valeriote",{"title":2945,"body":2946,"cites":2947},"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.",[2942,2943],{"title":2949,"body":2950,"cites":2951},"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.",[2942,2943],{"title":2953,"body":2954,"cites":2955},"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).",[2942,2943],{"title":2957,"body":2958,"cites":2959},"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.",[2942,2943],{"title":2961,"body":2962,"cites":2963},"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.",[2942,2943],{"title":2965,"body":2966,"cites":2967},"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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2031","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fannounce-plan-to-lift-the-freeze-on-10-a-day-daycare-with-universal-free-child-care-by-2031-alongside-new-candidate-for-victoria-swan-lake\u002F",{"id":2730,"label":3025,"url":3026,"publisher":1084,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":1094,"checkedAt":1094},"BC Greens' statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fstatement-on-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\u002F",{"id":2790,"label":3028,"url":3029,"publisher":1084,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":2566,"checkedAt":1094},"Statement from Emily Lowan on LNG Canada Phase 2","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fstatement-from-emily-lowan-on-lng-canada-phase-2\u002F",{"id":2480,"label":3031,"url":3032,"publisher":1084,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":2474,"checkedAt":1094},"Emily Lowan announces election 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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation first ran in a British Columbia election in 1933.",[3204,3205],"knowbc-ndp","tyee-lookback","The governing party, led by Premier David Eby",{"entries":3208,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3260,"gaps":3265},[3209,3213,3217,3221,3225,3229,3233,3239,3244,3249,3254],{"title":3210,"body":3211,"cites":3212},"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.",[3205],{"title":3214,"body":3215,"cites":3216},"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.",[3204],{"title":3218,"body":3219,"cites":3220},"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.",[3204,3205],{"title":3222,"body":3223,"cites":3224},"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.",[3204,3205],{"title":3226,"body":3227,"cites":3228},"2001: reduced to two seats","The NDP under Ujjal Dosanjh won two seats in the 2001 election.",[3204],{"title":3230,"body":3231,"cites":3232},"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.",[3204],{"date":3234,"title":3235,"body":3236,"cites":3237},"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.",[3238],"ebc-sov2020",{"title":3240,"body":3241,"cites":3242},"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.",[3243,2497,3204],"cbc-eby-acclaimed",{"date":2446,"title":3245,"body":3246,"cites":3247},"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.",[3248,2497],"ebc-sov2024",{"title":3250,"body":3251,"cites":3252},"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.",[3253],"rel-convention2025",{"date":2545,"title":3255,"body":3256,"cites":3257},"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.",[3258,3259],"news-cbc-call","news-abby-cands",[3261,3262,3263,3264],"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",[3266,3267],"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.",[3269],{"role":2493,"name":3270,"cites":3271},"David Eby",[2496,2497],{"src":3273,"alt":3274,"sourceUrl":109,"checkedAt":1094},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-ndp.webp","BC NDP logo",{},{"searchUrl":3277,"filings":3278,"notes":3286,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3290,"gaps":3294},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FOptions.aspx",[3279,3283],{"period":2114,"kind":2511,"note":3280,"cites":3281},"$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.",[3282],"ebc-allowances",{"period":88,"kind":2511,"note":3284,"cites":3285},"$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.",[3282,3248],[3287,3288,3289],"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.",[3291,3292,3293],"The Elections BC annual allowances page","The Elections BC page on making a political contribution","The Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System",[3295],"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":3297,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3327,"gaps":3330},[3298,3302,3307,3313,3318,3323],{"date":2545,"publisher":2535,"title":3299,"url":3300,"summary":3301},"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":2474,"publisher":3303,"title":3304,"url":3305,"summary":3306},"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":3308,"publisher":3309,"title":3310,"url":3311,"summary":3312},"2026-09-25","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":2561,"publisher":3314,"title":3315,"url":3316,"summary":3317},"The Canadian Press","Party leaders make economic, budget promises in Week 2 of B.C. election campaign","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":2561,"publisher":3319,"title":3320,"url":3321,"summary":3322},"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":2566,"publisher":3314,"title":3324,"url":3325,"summary":3326},"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.",[3328,3329],"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",[3331],"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.",[3333,3334,3335,3336],"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":3338,"onAccent":2582,"tint":3339,"ink":2584},"#B45309","#f8eee6",[3341,3376,3406,3419,3430,3482,3489,3501,3514,3521,3541],{"issue":547,"headline":3342,"summary":3343,"paragraphs":3344,"proposals":3348,"questions":3364,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3369,"gaps":3373},"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.",[3345,3346,3347],"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.",[3349,3358],{"title":3350,"detail":3351,"cost":3352,"authority":3353,"cites":3354},"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.",[3355,3356,3357],"rel-condos","news-maple-condo","news-nnw-condo",{"title":3359,"detail":3360,"cost":3361,"authority":3362,"cites":3363},"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.",[3355,3357],[3365],{"question":3366,"answer":3367,"cites":3368},"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.",[3355,3356],[3370,3371,3372],"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",[3374,3375],"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":433,"headline":3377,"summary":3378,"paragraphs":3379,"proposals":3382,"questions":3400,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3401,"gaps":3403},"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.",[3380,3381],"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.",[3383,3391,3396],{"title":3384,"detail":3385,"cost":3386,"authority":3387,"cites":3388},"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.",[3389,3390],"rel-health","news-arrow-health",{"title":3392,"detail":3393,"cost":3394,"cites":3395},"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",[3389,3390],{"title":3397,"detail":3398,"cost":3394,"cites":3399},"Free help with moving through Health Match BC","Health Match BC would offer a free relocation process planned around each worker.",[3389],[],[3370,3371,3402],"The Black Press report of the September 23 announcement",[3404,3405],"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":466,"headline":3407,"summary":3408,"paragraphs":3409,"proposals":3413,"questions":3414,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3415,"gaps":3417},"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.",[3410,3411,3412],"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.",[],[],[3370,3371,3416],"The BC NDP home page",[3418],"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":532,"headline":3420,"summary":3421,"paragraphs":3422,"proposals":3425,"questions":3426,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3427,"gaps":3428},"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.",[3423,3424],"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.",[],[],[3370,3371],[3429],"No new public safety commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":95,"headline":3431,"summary":3432,"paragraphs":3433,"proposals":3436,"questions":3472,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3477,"gaps":3479},"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.",[3434,3435],"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.",[3437,3445,3451,3456,3462,3467],{"title":3438,"detail":3439,"authority":3440,"deadline":3441,"cites":3442},"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",[3443,3444],"rel-minerals","news-energetic-week2",{"title":3446,"detail":3447,"authority":3448,"cites":3449},"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.",[3450,3443],"rel-buybc",{"title":3452,"detail":3453,"authority":3454,"cites":3455},"“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.",[3450],{"title":3457,"detail":3458,"authority":3459,"deadline":3460,"cites":3461},"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",[3443,3444],{"title":3463,"detail":3464,"cost":3465,"cites":3466},"$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",[3443],{"title":3468,"detail":3469,"cites":3470},"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.",[3471],"rel-launch",[3473],{"question":3474,"answer":3475,"cites":3476},"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.",[3450],[3370,3478],"The Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[3480,3481],"The party has not published the cost of the mining and permit changes.","The party gave no cost for the buying rules.",{"issue":496,"paragraphs":3483,"proposals":3484,"questions":3485,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3486,"gaps":3487},[],[],[],[3370,3371],[3488],"No school, teacher or tuition commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":579,"headline":3490,"summary":3491,"paragraphs":3492,"proposals":3496,"questions":3497,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3498,"gaps":3499},"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.",[3493,3494,3495],"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.",[],[],[3370,3371],[3500],"No emissions target or new climate program was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":607,"headline":3502,"summary":3503,"paragraphs":3504,"proposals":3508,"questions":3509,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3510,"gaps":3512},"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.",[3505,3506,3507],"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”.",[],[],[3370,3511],"Independent reports on DRIPA from April 2026",[3513],"No campaign commitment on DRIPA, treaties or title agreements was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":1038,"paragraphs":3515,"proposals":3516,"questions":3517,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3518,"gaps":3519},[],[],[],[3370,3371],[3520],"No highway, transit or ferry commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":667,"headline":3522,"summary":3523,"paragraphs":3524,"proposals":3528,"questions":3535,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3536,"gaps":3537},"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.",[3525,3526,3527],"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.",[3529],{"title":3530,"detail":3531,"cost":3532,"deadline":3533,"cites":3534},"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",[3444],[],[3370,3478],[3538,3539,3540],"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":633,"paragraphs":3542,"proposals":3543,"questions":3544,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3545,"gaps":3546},[],[],[],[3370,3371],[3547],"No commitment on legislature rules, ethics, transparency or elections was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",[3549,3553,3557,3562,3566],{"question":3550,"answer":3551,"cites":3552},"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.",[2496,2497],{"question":3554,"answer":3555,"cites":3556},"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.",[3258],{"question":3558,"answer":3559,"cites":3560},"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.",[3471,3561],"ndp-releases",{"question":3563,"answer":3564,"cites":3565},"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.",[3248,2497],{"question":3567,"answer":3568,"cites":3569},"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.",[3282,3248],{"entries":3571,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3602,"gaps":3606},[3572,3578,3583,3589,3595],{"date":3573,"title":3574,"body":3575,"cites":3576},"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.",[3577],"cbc-budget2026",{"date":224,"title":3579,"body":3580,"cites":3581},"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.",[3582],"tyee-dripa",{"date":3584,"title":3585,"body":3586,"cites":3587},"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.",[3588],"cp24-dripa-joint",{"date":3590,"title":3591,"body":3592,"cites":3593},"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.",[3594],"nobs-deficit",{"date":2566,"title":3596,"body":3597,"cites":3598},"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.",[3599,3600,3601],"bnn-lng","pm-lng","rel-lng",[3603,3604,3605],"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",[3607,3608],"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",[3611,3612,3615,3617,3618,3621,3623,3627,3631,3634,3637,3640,3643,3646,3649,3653,3656,3660,3663,3666,3670,3674,3675,3677,3681,3683,3684,3688,3690,3691,3694,3698,3702,3706,3708,3712,3717],{"id":2496,"label":2980,"url":2981,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":3613,"label":3614,"url":36,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"ebc-roster","Candidate list for the October 24, 2026 general election",{"id":3616,"label":2985,"url":2986,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"leg-standings",{"id":3248,"label":2296,"url":44,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":3238,"label":3619,"url":3620,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Statement of Votes, 2020 Provincial General Election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2020-provincial-general-election.pdf",{"id":3282,"label":3622,"url":2996,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Annual allowances to political parties",{"id":3624,"label":3625,"url":3626,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"ebc-contrib-rules","Making a political contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fprovincial-elections\u002Fprovincial-financing\u002Fmaking-a-political-contribution\u002F",{"id":3628,"label":3629,"url":3630,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"ebc-fin-reporting","Financial reporting and political contributions","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Ffinancial-reporting-and-political-contributions\u002F",{"id":3632,"label":3633,"url":3277,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"ebc-pcs","Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, provincial search",{"id":3635,"label":3636,"url":109,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"ndp-home","BC NDP home page",{"id":3561,"label":3638,"url":3639,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"BC NDP media centre","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases",{"id":3641,"label":3642,"url":367,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"ndp-action","Results for You",{"id":3471,"label":3644,"url":3645,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":2545,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3389,"label":3647,"url":3648,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":2474,"checkedAt":1094},"Eby to triple U.S. health worker recruitment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Feby-triple-us-health-worker-recruitment",{"id":3450,"label":3650,"url":3651,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":3652,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3355,"label":3654,"url":3655,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":3308,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3657,"label":3658,"url":3659,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":407,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3443,"label":3661,"url":3662,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":2561,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3601,"label":3664,"url":3665,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":2566,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3667,"label":3668,"url":3669,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":1094,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3253,"label":3671,"url":3672,"publisher":108,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":3673,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3258,"label":3299,"url":3300,"publisher":2535,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":2545,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2497,"label":3676,"url":2548,"publisher":2546,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":2545,"checkedAt":1094},"Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election",{"id":3243,"label":3678,"url":3679,"publisher":2535,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3680,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3390,"label":3304,"url":3305,"publisher":3682,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":2474,"checkedAt":1094},"Peace Arch News (Black Press), republished by Arrow Lakes News",{"id":3356,"label":3310,"url":3311,"publisher":3309,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3308,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":3357,"label":3685,"url":3686,"publisher":3687,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3308,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3444,"label":3315,"url":3316,"publisher":3689,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":2561,"checkedAt":1094},"The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity",{"id":3259,"label":3320,"url":3321,"publisher":3319,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":2561,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":3577,"label":3692,"url":3693,"publisher":2535,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3573,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3582,"label":3695,"url":3696,"publisher":3697,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":233,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3588,"label":3699,"url":3700,"publisher":3701,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3584,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3594,"label":3703,"url":3704,"publisher":3705,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3590,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3599,"label":3324,"url":3325,"publisher":3707,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":2566,"checkedAt":1094},"The Canadian Press, via BNN Bloomberg",{"id":3600,"label":3709,"url":3710,"publisher":3711,"kind":2281,"publishedAt":2566,"checkedAt":1094},"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","Prime Minister of Canada",{"id":3204,"label":3713,"url":3714,"publisher":3715,"kind":3716,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3205,"label":3718,"url":3719,"publisher":3697,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":3720,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3724,"alt":3274,"width":3725,"height":3726,"sourceUrl":3727,"checkedAt":1094},"\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":3730,"aliases":3731,"checkedAt":1094,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2109,"founded":3732,"headline":3738,"history":3739,"leadership":3772,"logo":3789,"meta":3794,"money":3795,"name":3808,"news":3809,"overview":3824,"palette":3830,"platform":3833,"questions":3975,"record":4001,"registeredName":3808,"rosterLabel":4008,"slug":4009,"sources":4010,"stem":4057,"summary":4058,"website":11,"wordmark":4059,"__hash__":4062},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcanwest-party.json",[],{"year":3733,"note":3734,"cites":3735},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.",[3736,2496,3737],"bc-gazette-registration","singtao-2026-04-01","CanWest Party: a new party based in Richmond",{"entries":3740,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3763,"gaps":3769},[3741,3746,3752,3758],{"date":3742,"title":3743,"body":3744,"cites":3745},"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.",[3736],{"date":3747,"title":3748,"body":3749,"cites":3750},"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.",[3737,3751],"site-event",{"date":3753,"title":3754,"body":3755,"cites":3756},"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.",[3757,3737],"richmond-declaration",{"date":1094,"title":3759,"body":3760,"cites":3761},"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.",[3762],"candidate-list",[3764,3765,3766,3767,3768],"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",[3770,3771],"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.",[3773,3776,3781,3785],{"role":2493,"name":3774,"cites":3775},"Wei Ping Chen",[2496,3751],{"role":3777,"name":3778,"cites":3779},"President, as the party's contact page lists it","Lawrence Chen",[3780],"site-contact",{"role":3782,"name":3783,"cites":3784},"Vice president, as the party's website lists it","Ting Gang Chen",[3780,3751],{"role":3786,"name":3787,"cites":3788},"Secretary general, as the party's news conference page lists it","Peter Kong",[3751],{"src":3790,"alt":3791,"sourceUrl":3792,"checkedAt":3793},"\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":3796,"filings":3797,"notes":3798,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3802,"gaps":3806},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002F",[],[3799,3800,3801],"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.",[3803,3804,3805],"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",[3807],"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":3810,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3816,"gaps":3821},[3811],{"date":219,"publisher":3812,"title":3813,"url":3814,"summary":3815},"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.",[3817,3818,3819,3820],"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",[3822,3823],"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.",[3825,3826,3827,3828,3829],"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":3831,"onAccent":2582,"tint":3832,"ink":2584},"#7E22CE","#f2e9fa",[3834,3845,3861,3868,3889,3908,3922,3941,3948,3955,3967],{"issue":547,"paragraphs":3835,"proposals":3836,"questions":3837,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3838,"gaps":3843},[],[],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],"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",[3844],"The party website holds no statement on housing, rent or zoning.",{"issue":433,"headline":3846,"summary":3847,"paragraphs":3848,"proposals":3851,"questions":3858,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3859,"gaps":3860},"Shorter waits for medical care","CanWest Party says it would improve medical services and shorten the time patients wait.",[3849,3850],"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.",[3852],{"title":3853,"detail":3854,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3857},"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.",[3751],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[],{"issue":466,"paragraphs":3862,"proposals":3863,"questions":3864,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3865,"gaps":3866},[],[],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[3867],"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":532,"headline":3869,"summary":3870,"paragraphs":3871,"proposals":3875,"questions":3886,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3887,"gaps":3888},"Stronger public security and no drugs in communities","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security and opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3872,3873,3874],"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.",[3876,3882],{"title":3877,"detail":3878,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3879},"Strengthen public security","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security so that residents can live in a safe city.",[3880,3881],"site-mission","site-home",{"title":3883,"detail":3884,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3885},"Keep drugs out of communities","CanWest Party lists \"No drugs\" in its platform and says it opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3880,3751],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[],{"issue":95,"headline":3890,"summary":3891,"paragraphs":3892,"proposals":3896,"questions":3905,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3906,"gaps":3907},"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.",[3893,3894,3895],"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.",[3897,3901],{"title":3898,"detail":3899,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3900},"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.",[3880],{"title":3902,"detail":3903,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3904},"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.",[3751],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[],{"issue":496,"headline":3909,"summary":3910,"paragraphs":3911,"proposals":3914,"questions":3919,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3920,"gaps":3921},"Improve the school system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and moral education.",[3912,3913],"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.",[3915],{"title":3916,"detail":3917,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3918},"Improve the education system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and improve moral education.",[3751],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[],{"issue":579,"headline":3923,"summary":3924,"paragraphs":3925,"proposals":3929,"questions":3938,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3939,"gaps":3940},"Environmental protection and a better environment","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and make neighbourhoods more beautiful.",[3926,3927,3928],"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.",[3930,3934],{"title":3931,"detail":3932,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3933},"Strengthen environmental protection","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and create a better environment.",[3880,3881],{"title":3935,"detail":3936,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3937},"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.",[3751],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[],{"issue":607,"paragraphs":3942,"proposals":3943,"questions":3944,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3945,"gaps":3946},[],[],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[3947],"The party website holds no statement on Indigenous rights, treaties or reconciliation.",{"issue":1038,"paragraphs":3949,"proposals":3950,"questions":3951,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3952,"gaps":3953},[],[],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[3954],"The party website holds no statement on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":667,"headline":3956,"summary":3957,"paragraphs":3958,"proposals":3960,"questions":3964,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3965,"gaps":3966},"Low tax","CanWest Party lists low tax among its platform points.",[3959],"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.",[3961],{"title":3956,"detail":3962,"authority":3855,"cost":3856,"cites":3963},"CanWest Party says it supports low tax. It names no tax, rate or effect on the provincial budget.",[3881],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[],{"issue":633,"paragraphs":3968,"proposals":3969,"questions":3970,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":3971,"gaps":3972},[],[],[],[3839,3840,3841,3842],[3973,3974],"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.",[3976,3980,3984,3988,3992,3996],{"question":3977,"answer":3978,"cites":3979},"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.",[2496,3751,3780,3737],{"question":3981,"answer":3982,"cites":3983},"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.",[3762],{"question":3985,"answer":3986,"cites":3987},"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.",[3881,3880,3751],{"question":3989,"answer":3990,"cites":3991},"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.",[3736,3737],{"question":3993,"answer":3994,"cites":3995},"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.",[3737,3757],{"question":3997,"answer":3998,"cites":3999},"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.",[4000],"frpc-search",{"entries":4002,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4003,"gaps":4006},[],[4004,4005],"Legislature party standings for the 43rd Parliament, read 2026-09-30","Elections BC register of political parties, read 2026-09-30",[4007],"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",[4011,4012,4014,4019,4023,4024,4027,4031,4034,4037,4040,4043,4047,4051,4053],{"id":2496,"label":2980,"url":2981,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":3762,"label":4013,"url":36,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 provincial general election",{"id":3736,"label":4015,"url":4016,"publisher":4017,"kind":2281,"publishedAt":4018,"checkedAt":1094},"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","2026-02-12",{"id":4020,"label":4021,"url":4022,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"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":2923,"label":2985,"url":2986,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":4000,"label":4025,"url":4026,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"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":4028,"label":4029,"url":4030,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"ebc-finance-faq","Provincial electoral finance questions and answers","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Felectoral-finance-faq\u002F",{"id":3881,"label":4032,"url":4033,"publisher":3808,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"CanWest Party home page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235214\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002F",{"id":3880,"label":4035,"url":4036,"publisher":3808,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"CanWest Party mission page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235302\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fmission.htm",{"id":3751,"label":4038,"url":4039,"publisher":3808,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3780,"label":4041,"url":4042,"publisher":3808,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"CanWest Party contact page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235329\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fcontact.htm",{"id":4044,"label":4045,"url":4046,"publisher":3808,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"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":4048,"label":4049,"url":4050,"publisher":3808,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"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":3737,"label":4052,"url":3814,"publisher":3812,"kind":2407,"publishedAt":219,"checkedAt":1094},"Sing Tao Daily: Richmond Chinese residents announce a new party",{"id":3757,"label":4054,"url":4055,"publisher":4056,"kind":2281,"publishedAt":3753,"checkedAt":1094},"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":4060,"alt":3791,"width":3725,"height":4061,"sourceUrl":3792,"checkedAt":3793},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcanwest-party-wordmark.webp",55,"eye3sHK2blVK5WWvCPt5U9Na8mSQdd82Zw4dJbrBBDU",{"id":4064,"aliases":4065,"checkedAt":1094,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2109,"founded":4067,"headline":4074,"history":4075,"leadership":4142,"logo":4150,"meta":4154,"money":4155,"name":4164,"news":4165,"overview":4214,"palette":4221,"platform":4224,"questions":4452,"record":4482,"registeredName":4164,"rosterLabel":4066,"slug":4491,"sources":4492,"stem":4631,"summary":4632,"website":4502,"wordmark":4633,"__hash__":4637},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcentre-bc.json",[4066],"CentreBC",{"year":4068,"note":4069,"cites":4070},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.",[4071,4072,4073],"global-register","global-launch","rel-agm","Centre BC: leader, positions and history for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":4076,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4134,"gaps":4138},[4077,4082,4088,4094,4101,4108,4114,4122,4128],{"date":4078,"title":4079,"body":4080,"cites":4081},"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.",[4071,4072,3471,4073],{"date":4083,"title":4084,"body":4085,"cites":4086},"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.",[4087],"rel-agm-prep",{"date":4089,"title":4090,"body":4091,"cites":4092},"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.",[4073,4093],"resources",{"date":4095,"title":4096,"body":4097,"cites":4098},"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.",[4099,4100],"rel-bernier","cbc-milobar-live",{"date":4102,"title":4103,"body":4104,"cites":4105},"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.",[4106,4107],"rel-jhaj","abby-cands",{"date":3036,"title":4109,"body":4110,"cites":4111},"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.",[4112,4100,4113],"am-join","cjdc-milobar",{"date":2545,"title":4115,"body":4116,"cites":4117},"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.",[4118,4119,4120,4121],"am-defect","cfjc-milobar","rel-milobar","tc-sturko",{"date":2474,"title":4123,"body":4124,"cites":4125},"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.",[4126,4127],"rel-weaver","tyee-weaver",{"date":3308,"title":4129,"body":4130,"cites":4131},"Sturko to run in Surrey South","Sturko said she would run in Surrey South, the district she first won in a 2022 by-election.",[4132,4133],"pan-surrey-south","leader",[4135,4136,4137],"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",[4139,4140,4141],"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.",[4143,4146],{"role":2493,"name":4144,"since":2545,"cites":4145},"Elenore Sturko",[2496,4119,4121,4126],{"role":4147,"name":4148,"cites":4149},"President","Mike Wignall",[4073,4119,4118],{"src":4151,"alt":4152,"sourceUrl":4153,"checkedAt":3793},"\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":2508,"filings":4156,"notes":4157,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4160,"gaps":4162},[],[4158,4159,2524],"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.",[2526,2527,4161],"CentreBC AGM release of 2026-06-20",[4163,2531],"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":4166,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4209,"gaps":4211},[4167,4173,4178,4182,4186,4191,4195,4200,4205],{"date":4168,"publisher":4169,"title":4170,"url":4171,"summary":4172},"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":3036,"publisher":4174,"title":4175,"url":4176,"summary":4177},"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":3036,"publisher":2535,"title":4179,"url":4180,"summary":4181},"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":2545,"publisher":4174,"title":4183,"url":4184,"summary":4185},"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":2545,"publisher":4187,"title":4188,"url":4189,"summary":4190},"CFJC Today","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":3652,"publisher":3697,"title":4192,"url":4193,"summary":4194},"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":3308,"publisher":4196,"title":4197,"url":4198,"summary":4199},"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":3308,"publisher":4201,"title":4202,"url":4203,"summary":4204},"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":2561,"publisher":2535,"title":4206,"url":4207,"summary":4208},"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.",[4210,2572],"Web searches for CentreBC, Centre BC and Elenore Sturko with 2026, September 2026",[4212,4213],"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.",[4215,4216,4217,4218,4219,4220],"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":4222,"onAccent":2582,"tint":4223,"ink":2584},"#BE123C","#f9e7ec",[4225,4245,4271,4292,4325,4357,4371,4386,4413,4421,4443],{"issue":547,"paragraphs":4226,"proposals":4230,"questions":4237,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4238,"gaps":4241},[4227,4228,4229],"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”.",[4231],{"title":4232,"detail":4233,"authority":4234,"cites":4235},"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.",[4236],"rel-budget-decline",[],[4239,4240],"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",[4242,4243,4244],"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":433,"paragraphs":4246,"proposals":4251,"questions":4267,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4268,"gaps":4269},[4247,4248,4249,4250],"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.",[4252,4257,4262],{"title":4253,"detail":4254,"authority":4255,"cites":4256},"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.",[4236],{"title":4258,"detail":4259,"authority":4260,"cites":4261},"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.",[4236],{"title":4263,"detail":4264,"authority":4260,"cites":4265},"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.",[4266],"rel-hiv",[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,4270],"The party gives no cost and no date for its health positions.",{"issue":466,"paragraphs":4272,"proposals":4276,"questions":4288,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4289,"gaps":4290},[4273,4274,4275],"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.",[4277,4283],{"title":4278,"detail":4279,"authority":4280,"cites":4281},"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.",[4236,4282],"rel-budget-bankrupt",{"title":4284,"detail":4285,"authority":4286,"cites":4287},"$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.",[4236],[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,4291],"The party gives no cost for either measure.",{"issue":532,"paragraphs":4293,"proposals":4297,"questions":4321,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4322,"gaps":4323},[4294,4295,4296],"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”.",[4298,4304,4310,4315],{"title":4299,"detail":4300,"authority":4301,"cites":4302},"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.",[4303],"rel-extortion",{"title":4305,"detail":4306,"cost":4307,"authority":4308,"cites":4309},"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.",[4303],{"title":4311,"detail":4312,"authority":4313,"cites":4314},"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.",[4303],{"title":4316,"detail":4317,"authority":4318,"cites":4319},"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.",[4320],"rel-ipv",[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,4324],"The extortion plan gives no total cost.",{"issue":95,"paragraphs":4326,"proposals":4330,"questions":4353,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4354,"gaps":4355},[4327,4328,4329],"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”.",[4331,4338,4344,4349],{"title":4332,"detail":4333,"authority":4334,"cites":4335},"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.",[4336,4337],"rel-pipeline-2025","rel-pipeline-2026",{"title":4339,"detail":4340,"authority":4341,"cites":4342},"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.",[4343],"rel-crofton",{"title":4345,"detail":4346,"authority":4347,"cites":4348},"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.",[4343],{"title":4350,"detail":4351,"authority":2613,"cites":4352},"Forestry Stability and Transition Fund","A provincial fund to protect forestry communities when world prices fall.",[4343],[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,4356],"The party gives no cost for its forestry fund.",{"issue":496,"paragraphs":4358,"proposals":4361,"questions":4368,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4369,"gaps":4370},[4359,4360],"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.",[4362],{"title":4363,"detail":4364,"authority":4365,"cites":4366},"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.",[4367],"rel-ai",[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,3856],{"issue":579,"paragraphs":4372,"proposals":4376,"questions":4382,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4383,"gaps":4384},[4373,4374,4375],"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.",[4377],{"title":4378,"detail":4379,"authority":4380,"cites":4381},"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.",[4336],[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,4385],"The party has published no emissions target and no position on carbon pricing that voche.me found.",{"issue":607,"paragraphs":4387,"proposals":4391,"questions":4410,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4411,"gaps":4412},[4388,4389,4390],"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.",[4392,4398,4402,4406],{"title":4393,"detail":4394,"authority":4395,"cites":4396},"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.",[4397],"rel-dripa",{"title":4399,"detail":4400,"cites":4401},"Bring everyone in earlier","First Nations, local governments, workers, businesses and environmental experts would meet earlier in a process, with public accountability.",[4397],{"title":4403,"detail":4404,"cites":4405},"Agreements by sector","Agreements for forestry, mining, energy, infrastructure and housing that support both reconciliation and economic development.",[4397],{"title":4407,"detail":4408,"cites":4409},"Measure results","Track results such as Indigenous economic participation, investment certainty, environmental care and community well-being.",[4397],[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,3856],{"issue":1038,"paragraphs":4414,"proposals":4416,"questions":4417,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4418,"gaps":4419},[4415],"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.",[],[],[4239,4240],[4243,4420],"The party has named no highway, transit or ferry project and gives no cost.",{"issue":667,"paragraphs":4422,"proposals":4426,"questions":4439,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4440,"gaps":4441},[4423,4424,4425],"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.",[4427,4434],{"title":4428,"detail":4429,"authority":4430,"cites":4431},"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.",[4432,4433],"vision","rel-lookwest",{"title":4435,"detail":4436,"authority":4437,"cites":4438},"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.",[4337,4336],[],[4239,4240],[4242,4243,4442],"The party gives no year for a balanced budget and no costed plan.",{"issue":633,"paragraphs":4444,"proposals":4447,"questions":4448,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4449,"gaps":4450},[4445,4446],"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.",[],[],[4239,4240],[4243,4451],"The party has made no specific proposal on legislature rules, ethics law or elections that voche.me found.",[4453,4457,4461,4465,4470,4474,4478],{"question":4454,"answer":4455,"cites":4456},"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.",[2496,4119,4121],{"question":4458,"answer":4459,"cites":4460},"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.",[4132,4133,2983],{"question":4462,"answer":4463,"cites":4464},"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.",[4112,4118,4119],{"question":4466,"answer":4467,"cites":4468},"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.",[4469,4236,4303,4397],"policy",{"question":4471,"answer":4472,"cites":4473},"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.",[4071,4072],{"question":4475,"answer":4476,"cites":4477},"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.",[4126,4127],{"question":4479,"answer":4480,"cites":4481},"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.",[2514],{"entries":4483,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":4484,"gaps":4488},[],[4485,4486,4487],"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",[4489,4490],"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",[4493,4494,4495,4496,4497,4498,4499,4503,4506,4509,4513,4516,4519,4523,4526,4530,4534,4538,4542,4546,4550,4553,4558,4561,4565,4569,4572,4576,4579,4584,4589,4593,4597,4600,4603,4606,4610,4613,4614,4615,4617,4621,4622,4623,4624,4626,4628],{"id":2496,"label":2980,"url":2981,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2983,"label":1100,"url":36,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2923,"label":2985,"url":2986,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":42,"label":128,"url":44,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2514,"label":2995,"url":2996,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2998,"label":2999,"url":2508,"publisher":34,"kind":3000,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":4500,"label":4501,"url":4502,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"home","CentreBC home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002F",{"id":4133,"label":4504,"url":4505,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"Get to know Elenore Sturko","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fleader\u002F",{"id":4432,"label":4507,"url":4508,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"Our Vision for B.C.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fvision\u002F",{"id":4510,"label":4511,"url":4512,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"values","Our Values","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-core-values\u002F",{"id":4469,"label":4514,"url":4515,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"Our Policy Philosophy and Process","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-policy\u002F",{"id":4093,"label":4517,"url":4518,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"Resources: constitution, bylaws and party rules","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fresources\u002F",{"id":4520,"label":4521,"url":4522,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"news-page","CentreBC news","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002F",{"id":3471,"label":4524,"url":4525,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4078,"checkedAt":1094},"Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick officially launches CentreBC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fformer-mla-karin-kirkpatrick-officially-launches-centrebc\u002F",{"id":4336,"label":4527,"url":4528,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4529,"checkedAt":1094},"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":4303,"label":4531,"url":4532,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4533,"checkedAt":1094},"CentreBC unveils 3-step plan on transnational extortion in Surrey","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fcentrebc-unveils-3-step-plan-to-crush-transnational-extortion-terrorizing-surrey\u002F","2025-11-06",{"id":4433,"label":4535,"url":4536,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4537,"checkedAt":1094},"CentreBC on the NDP Look West plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fcentrebc-slams-ndp-look-west-plan-as-more-empty-promises\u002F","2025-11-19",{"id":4343,"label":4539,"url":4540,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4541,"checkedAt":1094},"CentreBC demands provincial action on closure of Crofton mill","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fcentrebc-demands-provincial-action-on-closure-of-crofton-mill\u002F","2025-12-05",{"id":4320,"label":4543,"url":4544,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4545,"checkedAt":1094},"Opinion: Ending intimate partner violence requires more than announcements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fopinion-ending-intimate-partner-violence-requires-more-than-announcements\u002F","2026-02-11",{"id":4236,"label":4547,"url":4548,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4549,"checkedAt":1094},"Budget 2026: Managing Decline is Not Leadership","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-2026-managing-decline-is-not-leadership\u002F","2026-02-16",{"id":4282,"label":4551,"url":4552,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":163,"checkedAt":1094},"Budget 2026: A Blueprint for Bankruptcy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-2026-a-blueprint-for-bankruptcy\u002F",{"id":4554,"label":4555,"url":4556,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4557,"checkedAt":1094},"rel-certainty","Opinion: The Hard Work of Certainty","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fopinion-the-hard-work-of-certainty-resolving-bcs-original-sin\u002F","2026-03-06",{"id":4087,"label":4559,"url":4560,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4083,"checkedAt":1094},"CentreBC prepares for first AGM, leadership change, and next phase of growth","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcentrebc-agm-next-phase-of-growth\u002F",{"id":3389,"label":4562,"url":4563,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4564,"checkedAt":1094},"Opinion: Healthcare crisis was never a surprise","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fopinion-healthcare-crisis-was-never-a-surprise\u002F","2026-06-08",{"id":4367,"label":4566,"url":4567,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4568,"checkedAt":1094},"Opinion: B.C. schools and artificial intelligence","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fai-strategy-vacuum\u002F","2026-06-18",{"id":4073,"label":4570,"url":4571,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4089,"checkedAt":1094},"CentreBC completes first AGM","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fcentrebc-completes-landmark-first-agm\u002F",{"id":4337,"label":4573,"url":4574,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4575,"checkedAt":1094},"Opinion: Ottawa and B.C. moved toward CentreBC pipeline conditions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fottawa-and-bc-just-moved-toward-centrebc-pipeline-conditions\u002F","2026-07-07",{"id":4099,"label":4577,"url":4578,"publisher":4066,"kind":3004,"publishedAt":4095,"checkedAt":1094},"Former cabinet minister Mike Bernier to lead 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Conservatives interim leader following Findlay resignation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Florne-doerkson-named-b-c-conservatives-interim-leader-9.7352318","The remaining caucus recommended Doerkson, the MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, and the party board approved him as interim leader.",{"date":3060,"publisher":4994,"title":4995,"url":4996,"summary":4997},"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":2545,"publisher":4174,"title":4183,"url":4184,"summary":4999},"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":2474,"publisher":5001,"title":5002,"url":5003,"summary":5004},"The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity.ca","B.C. Conservatives vow new rule to keep Doerkson leader, as Rustad exits","https:\u002F\u002Fenergeticcity.ca\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002Fleader-of-b-c-conservatives-says-they-are-united-ready-after-snap-election-call\u002F","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":2474,"publisher":2535,"title":5006,"url":5007,"summary":5008},"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":402,"publisher":2535,"title":5010,"url":5011,"summary":5012},"Lorne Doerkson talks values as he leads B.C. Conservatives into election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Florne-doerkson-leader-bc-conservatives-election-season-9.7357295","In an interview, Doerkson said SOGI resources should be removed from schools and called U.S. President Donald Trump a bully.",{"date":407,"publisher":2540,"title":5014,"url":5015,"summary":5016},"BC Conservatives promise no new taxes if elected","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12075070\u002Fbc-election-september-27-conservative-platform\u002F","Doerkson pledged in Surrey that his government would not raise existing taxes or bring in new ones.",{"date":2561,"publisher":5018,"title":5019,"url":5020,"summary":5021},"Black Press Media (Agassiz Harrison Observer)","B.C. Conservative leader pledges to triple LNG production","https:\u002F\u002Fagassizharrisonobserver.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fb-c-conservative-leader-pledges-to-triple-lng-production\u002F","Doerkson released the party’s LNG plan. NDP candidate Ravi Parmar said the NDP’s current path would produce more.",{"date":2561,"publisher":5023,"title":3315,"url":5024,"summary":5025},"The Canadian Press, via Yahoo Finance Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fca.finance.yahoo.com\u002Fnews\u002Fb-c-eby-says-cut-185020397.html","Doerkson gave no timeline for balancing the budget. David Eby said the Conservative tax pledge would mean cuts to health care and education.",{"date":2566,"publisher":5027,"title":5028,"url":5029,"summary":5030},"Black Press Media (The Northern View)","Doerkson promises to cut PST on Canadian alcohol","https:\u002F\u002Fthenorthernview.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F29\u002Fdoerkson-promises-to-cut-pst-on-canadian-alcohol\u002F","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.",[5032,5033],"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",[5035,5036],"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.",[5038,5039,5040,5041,5042],"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":5044,"onAccent":2582,"tint":5045,"ink":2584},"#1D4ED8","#e8edfb",[5047,5065,5075,5101,5110,5145,5155,5174,5196,5204,5219],{"issue":547,"paragraphs":5048,"proposals":5051,"questions":5052,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5058,"gaps":5062},[5049,5050],"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.",[],[5053],{"question":5054,"answer":5055,"cites":5056},"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.",[981,5057],"cpbc-housing-tax",[5059,5060,5061],"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",[5063,5064],"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":433,"paragraphs":5066,"proposals":5069,"questions":5070,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5071,"gaps":5073},[5067,5068],"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.”",[],[],[5059,5060,5061,5072],"Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 28, 2026",[5063,5074],"No health measure with a cost or a date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":466,"paragraphs":5076,"proposals":5080,"questions":5096,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5097,"gaps":5099},[5077,5078,5079],"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.",[5081,5089],{"title":5082,"detail":5083,"authority":5084,"deadline":5085,"cites":5086},"Remove the PST on Canadian beer, wine and spirits","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.",[5087,5088],"cpbc-pst-alcohol","bpm-pst-alcohol",{"title":5090,"detail":5091,"authority":5092,"cites":5093},"No new taxes and no tax increases","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.",[5094,5095],"cpbc-no-new-taxes","global-no-new-taxes",[],[5059,5060,5061,5098],"Global News, Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 27 to 29, 2026",[5100],"The party has published no cost for the alcohol tax cut and no list of which taxes the pledge covers.",{"issue":532,"paragraphs":5102,"proposals":5105,"questions":5106,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5107,"gaps":5108},[5103,5104],"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.",[],[],[5059,5060,5061],[5063,5109],"No public safety measure with a cost, a date or a named law was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":95,"paragraphs":5111,"proposals":5115,"questions":5140,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5141,"gaps":5143},[5112,5113,5114],"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.",[5116,5124,5128,5132,5136],{"title":5117,"detail":5118,"deadline":5119,"cites":5120},"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",[5121,5122,5123],"cpbc-energy-plan","cpbc-energy","cpbc-lng",{"title":5125,"detail":5126,"authority":4437,"cites":5127},"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.",[5123,5121],{"title":5129,"detail":5130,"cites":5131},"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.",[5121],{"title":5133,"detail":5134,"cites":5135},"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.",[5121],{"title":5137,"detail":5138,"cites":5139},"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.",[5121],[],[5059,5060,5061,5142,5072],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF, 9 pages",[5144,5063],"The plan gives no cost estimate and no expected revenue figure.",{"issue":496,"paragraphs":5146,"proposals":5149,"questions":5150,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5151,"gaps":5153},[5147,5148],"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.",[],[],[5059,5060,5061,5152],"CBC News interview with Lorne Doerkson, September 26, 2026",[5063,5154],"The party has published no written education policy that states the SOGI position.",{"issue":579,"paragraphs":5156,"proposals":5160,"questions":5169,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5170,"gaps":5172},[5157,5158,5159],"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.",[5161,5165],{"title":5162,"detail":5163,"cites":5164},"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.",[5121],{"title":5166,"detail":5167,"cites":5168},"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.",[5121],[],[5059,5060,5061,5171,5152],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF",[5173,5063],"The party has published no emissions target.",{"issue":607,"paragraphs":5175,"proposals":5180,"questions":5191,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5192,"gaps":5194},[5176,5177,5178,5179],"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.",[5181,5187],{"title":5182,"detail":5183,"authority":5184,"cites":5185},"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.",[4915,5186],"hansard-20260422pm",{"title":5188,"detail":5189,"cites":5190},"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.",[5121],[],[5059,5060,5061,5193,5171],"Hansard for April 22, 2026",[5195,5063],"The party has published no plan for what would replace DRIPA.",{"issue":1038,"paragraphs":5197,"proposals":5199,"questions":5200,"state":2481,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5201,"gaps":5202},[5198],"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.",[],[],[5059,5060,5061],[5063,5203],"No transportation project, cost or date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":667,"paragraphs":5205,"proposals":5209,"questions":5214,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5215,"gaps":5217},[5206,5207,5208],"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.",[5210],{"title":5211,"detail":5212,"authority":5092,"cites":5213},"No new taxes for a full term","Doerkson pledged that his government would not introduce new taxes or raise existing ones throughout its term.",[5094,5095],[],[5059,5060,5061,5216],"Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[5218,5063],"The party has published no costed fiscal plan and no date for a balanced budget.",{"issue":633,"paragraphs":5220,"proposals":5221,"questions":5222,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5223,"gaps":5225},[],[],[],[5059,5060,5061,5224],"The party’s official documents page (constitution and policy declaration, shown as page viewers only)",[5226,5227],"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.",[5229,5234,5239,5243,5248,5252,5256],{"question":5230,"answer":5231,"cites":5232},"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.",[2496,4904,4930,5233],"cpbc-elliott",{"question":5235,"answer":5236,"cites":5237},"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.",[5238],"cp-doerkson-rule",{"question":5240,"answer":5241,"cites":5242},"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.",[42,4930],{"question":5244,"answer":5245,"cites":5246},"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.",[5247,4909,4910],"cbc-rustad-rejoins",{"question":5249,"answer":5250,"cites":5251},"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.",[42,4884,3616,2983],{"question":5253,"answer":5254,"cites":5255},"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.",[981,5121],{"question":5257,"answer":5258,"cites":5259},"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.",[4939,3282],{"entries":5261,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5284,"gaps":5288},[5262,5267,5271,5276,5280],{"date":219,"title":5263,"body":5264,"cites":5265},"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.",[5266],"hansard-20260401pm",{"date":258,"title":5268,"body":5269,"cites":5270},"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.",[5186],{"date":312,"title":5272,"body":5273,"cites":5274},"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.",[5275,42],"hansard-20260528pm",{"date":312,"title":5277,"body":5278,"cites":5279},"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.",[5275],{"date":312,"title":5281,"body":5282,"cites":5283},"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.",[5275],[5285,5286,5287],"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",[5289,5290,5291],"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. Each member’s party at the time of a vote was not checked vote by vote, so this record names members and makes no party-wide count.","Conservative Party of British Columbia","conservative-party-of-bc",[5295,5297,5298,5299,5301,5303,5306,5308,5310,5312,5314,5316,5319,5323,5326,5328,5332,5335,5338,5341,5344,5347,5350,5353,5357,5361,5365,5369,5373,5377,5380,5382,5384,5385,5386,5389,5390,5391,5392,5393,5394,5399,5401,5402,5404,5406,5407,5408,5412,5417],{"id":2496,"label":5296,"url":2981,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"publishedAt":1094,"checkedAt":1094},"Registered political parties in British Columbia, as of September 30, 2026",{"id":2983,"label":1100,"url":36,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":42,"label":128,"url":44,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":3616,"label":5300,"url":2986,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Current party standings",{"id":3282,"label":5302,"url":4963,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Annual 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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":5590,"publisher":3314,"title":5643,"url":5644,"summary":5645},"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":2545,"publisher":2551,"title":5647,"url":5648,"summary":5649},"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":2545,"publisher":2540,"title":5651,"url":5652,"summary":5653},"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":3652,"publisher":3314,"title":5655,"url":5656,"summary":5657},"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":2566,"publisher":5659,"title":5660,"url":5661,"summary":5662},"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.",[5664,2572],"Web searches for OneBC and Dallas Brodie with 2026, election, recall, Chapman and candidates",[5666],"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\".",[5668,5669,5670,5671,5672],"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":5674,"onAccent":2582,"tint":5675,"ink":2584},"#0F766E","#e7f1f1",[5677,5703,5732,5740,5770,5790,5818,5825,5862,5869,5900],{"issue":547,"paragraphs":5678,"proposals":5681,"questions":5698,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5699,"gaps":5702},[5679,5680],"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.",[5682,5688,5693],{"title":5683,"detail":5684,"authority":5685,"cites":5686},"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.",[5687,3881],"site-priorities",{"title":5689,"detail":5690,"authority":5691,"cites":5692},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5694,"detail":5695,"authority":5696,"cites":5697},"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.",[3881],[],[5700,5701],"OneBC priorities page (1bc.ca\u002Fpriorities), read 2026-09-30","OneBC home page plan summary (1bc.ca), read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":433,"paragraphs":5704,"proposals":5707,"questions":5728,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5729,"gaps":5731},[5705,5706,5680],"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.",[5708,5713,5717,5722],{"title":5709,"detail":5710,"authority":5711,"cites":5712},"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.",[5687,3881,5542],{"title":5714,"detail":5715,"authority":2613,"cites":5716},"Move administration money to front-line care","The party says it would shift administration and human resources spending to front-line employees and resources.",[5687],{"title":5718,"detail":5719,"authority":5720,"cites":5721},"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.",[5687],{"title":5723,"detail":5724,"authority":5725,"cites":5726},"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.",[5687,5727],"site-petitions",[],[5700,5701,5730],"OneBC petitions page, read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":466,"paragraphs":5733,"proposals":5734,"questions":5735,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5736,"gaps":5738},[],[],[],[5700,5701,5737],"OneBC candidate, leadership and petitions pages, read 2026-09-30",[5739],"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":532,"paragraphs":5741,"proposals":5743,"questions":5767,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5768,"gaps":5769},[5742,5680],"OneBC says it would focus the justice system on repeat and violent offenders, and end decriminalization programs for drug use.",[5744,5749,5753,5758,5763],{"title":5745,"detail":5746,"authority":5747,"cites":5748},"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.",[5687],{"title":5750,"detail":5751,"authority":5685,"cites":5752},"End decriminalization","The party says it would roll back all decriminalization programs and act against open drug use.",[5687],{"title":5754,"detail":5755,"authority":5756,"cites":5757},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5759,"detail":5760,"authority":5761,"cites":5762},"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.",[5687],{"title":5764,"detail":5765,"authority":5696,"cites":5766},"No masks at protests","The party lists a ban on wearing masks during protests. It gives no further detail.",[5687],[],[5700,5701],[],{"issue":95,"paragraphs":5771,"proposals":5773,"questions":5787,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5788,"gaps":5789},[5772,5680],"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.",[5774,5779,5783],{"title":5775,"detail":5776,"authority":5777,"cites":5778},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5780,"detail":5781,"authority":5685,"cites":5782},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5784,"detail":5785,"authority":5685,"cites":5786},"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.",[5687,3881],[],[5700,5701],[],{"issue":496,"paragraphs":5791,"proposals":5794,"questions":5814,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5815,"gaps":5817},[5792,5793,5680],"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.",[5795,5800,5804,5809],{"title":5796,"detail":5797,"authority":5798,"cites":5799},"Remove SOGI 123","The party says it would remove SOGI 123 and politicized content from classrooms.","The provincial education ministry.",[5687,3881],{"title":5801,"detail":5802,"authority":5798,"cites":5803},"Bring back standardized testing","The party says it would bring back standardized tests that focus on reading, writing and math.",[5687,3881],{"title":5805,"detail":5806,"authority":5807,"cites":5808},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5810,"detail":5811,"authority":5812,"cites":5813},"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.",[3881,5542],[],[5700,5701,5816],"CBC News report on the party launch, 2025-06-13",[],{"issue":579,"paragraphs":5819,"proposals":5820,"questions":5821,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5822,"gaps":5823},[],[],[],[5700,5701,5730],[5824],"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":607,"paragraphs":5826,"proposals":5829,"questions":5857,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5858,"gaps":5861},[5827,5828,5680],"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.",[5830,5836,5840,5844,5849,5853],{"title":5831,"detail":5832,"authority":5807,"cites":5833},"Repeal DRIPA","The party says it would repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC.",[5687,3881,5834,5835],"site-dripa","leg-index-brodie-2026",{"title":5837,"detail":5838,"authority":5685,"cites":5839},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5841,"detail":5842,"authority":5696,"cites":5843},"Oversight of band spending","The party says it would restore oversight and accountability for spending by Indigenous bands.",[5687],{"title":5845,"detail":5846,"authority":5847,"cites":5848},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5850,"detail":5851,"authority":5685,"cites":5852},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5854,"detail":5855,"authority":5807,"cites":5856},"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.",[5687,5564],[],[5700,5701,5859,5860],"OneBC DRIPA referendum petition page, read 2026-09-30","Legislature 2026 Hansard index for Dallas Brodie",[],{"issue":1038,"paragraphs":5863,"proposals":5864,"questions":5865,"state":2776,"indexable":96,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5866,"gaps":5867},[],[],[],[5700,5701,5730],[5868],"The party’s home page mentions public infrastructure, but its pages list no proposal on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":667,"paragraphs":5870,"proposals":5875,"questions":5896,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5897,"gaps":5899},[5871,5872,5873,5874],"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.",[5876,5881,5886,5892],{"title":5877,"detail":5878,"authority":5879,"cites":5880},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5882,"detail":5883,"authority":5884,"cites":5885},"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.",[5687,3881],{"title":5887,"detail":5888,"authority":5889,"cites":5890,"deadline":5891},"Balanced budgets","The party says it would balance the budget within 4 years and aim for surpluses after that.","The provincial budget.",[5687],"Within 4 years",{"title":5893,"detail":5894,"authority":5889,"cites":5895},"Pay down debt","The party says a part of each budget surplus would go to paying down debt, to lower the cost of interest.",[5687],[],[5700,5701,5898],"Global News report on the party launch, 2025-06-12",[],{"issue":633,"paragraphs":5901,"proposals":5903,"questions":5914,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5915,"gaps":5916},[5902,5680],"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.",[5904,5909],{"title":5905,"detail":5906,"authority":5907,"cites":5908},"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.",[5687],{"title":5910,"detail":5911,"authority":5912,"cites":5913},"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.",[5834],[],[5700,5701,5859],[5917],"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.",[5919,5923,5927,5932,5937,5941,5945],{"question":5920,"answer":5921,"cites":5922},"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.",[2496,5570,5582],{"question":5924,"answer":5925,"cites":5926},"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.",[5576,5600],{"question":5928,"answer":5929,"cites":5930},"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.",[5599,5931,2923,5600],"site-chapman",{"question":5933,"answer":5934,"cites":5935},"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.",[5936,2983],"site-brodie",{"question":5938,"answer":5939,"cites":5940},"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.",[5687],{"question":5942,"answer":5943,"cites":5944},"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.",[5687,5834],{"question":5946,"answer":5947,"cites":5948},"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.",[5543],{"entries":5950,"state":2481,"indexable":434,"checkedAt":1094,"searched":5977,"gaps":5981},[5951,5956,5961,5965,5969,5973],{"date":4529,"title":5952,"body":5953,"cites":5954},"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.",[5564,5955],"leg-index-brodie-2025",{"title":5957,"body":5958,"cites":5959},"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).",[5960],"leg-votes-brodie",{"title":5962,"body":5963,"cites":5964},"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).",[5960],{"title":5966,"body":5967,"cites":5968},"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).",[5960],{"title":5970,"body":5971,"cites":5972},"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.",[5960],{"title":5974,"body":5975,"cites":5976},"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).",[5960],[5978,5979,5980],"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",[5982,5983,5984],"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",[5987,5988,5989,5990,5991,5993,5996,5999,6002,6005,6008,6009,6012,6014,6017,6020,6024,6027,6030,6033,6036,6039,6043,6048,6052,6056,6060,6062,6064,6068,6070,6072,6074],{"id":2496,"label":2980,"url":2981,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2983,"label":1100,"url":36,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":2923,"label":2985,"url":2986,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":42,"label":128,"url":44,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":5960,"label":5992,"url":2990,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Dallas Brodie)",{"id":5835,"label":5994,"url":5995,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"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":5955,"label":5997,"url":5998,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"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":5564,"label":6000,"url":6001,"publisher":132,"kind":2281,"publishedAt":4529,"checkedAt":1094},"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":4000,"label":6003,"url":6004,"publisher":34,"kind":3000,"checkedAt":1094},"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":5543,"label":6006,"url":5621,"publisher":34,"kind":3000,"publishedAt":6007,"checkedAt":1094},"OneBC 2025 annual financial report, amendment 2","2026-07-17",{"id":3282,"label":2995,"url":4963,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},{"id":5587,"label":6010,"url":6011,"publisher":34,"kind":2281,"checkedAt":1094},"Recall petition to be issued in Vancouver-Quilchena","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Frecall-petition-to-be-issued-in-vancouver-quilchena\u002F",{"id":3881,"label":6013,"url":5614,"publisher":5634,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"OneBC home page",{"id":5687,"label":6015,"url":6016,"publisher":5634,"kind":3004,"checkedAt":1094},"OneBC: Our 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