[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":6084},["ShallowReactive",2],{"district-delta-south":3,"district-facts-delta-south":1305,"district-profile-delta-south":2179,"parties-all":2431},[4,691,926,1222],{"slug":5,"name":6,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":10,"palette":11,"party":12,"portrait":15,"headline":24,"dossier":25,"sample":370,"acclamation":11},"ian-paton","Ian Paton","MLA","delta-south","","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":21,"sourceUrl":22,"position":23},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fian-paton-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fian-paton-320.webp",640,800,"Ian Paton, from the Conservative Party of BC candidate page.","Conservative Party of BC campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Fmla\u002Fian-paton\u002F","50% 30%","MLA for Delta South since 2017, running as the Conservative Party of BC candidate.",{"checkedAt":26,"through":27,"introduction":28,"recordIntro":29,"researchGaps":30,"sources":31,"scheduleSummary":248,"scheduleSourceIds":249,"events":250,"promises":268,"programs":371,"talks":551,"accountability":651,"coverage":660},"2026-10-03","2026-10-24","A researched record of Ian Paton's 9 commitments, 30 dated actions and 19 public statements, with 7 news items and 1 public dispute. Most come from the legislature record and from news reports of his move between parties.","Recorded votes and actions in the legislature where an official source names him. A government program is the government's; it is listed here only where the record names him or he asked about it. voche.me read no bill text. Each vote entry says what was opened.","No campaign website was found. The address ianpatonmla.ca, which a search listed as his website, did not answer a direct request on 2026-10-03, and the party's page for him holds a biography and a donation form with no news items. His Facebook and Instagram pages returned no readable text. His X profile shows recent posts with a month and day and no year, so those posts are not used. The post of April 29, 2026 was opened by its own address, which shows the full date. The Conservative platform page shows 17 headings with one-line descriptions, carries the words \"coming soon\" and names no candidate. The legislature's data service gives three different party labels for him: Independent in its 43rd Parliament entry, British Columbia United in the party field of the member entry itself, and Conservative Party of British Columbia for the 2024 election. voche.me did not find a legislature statement of the date of each change. The public member pages on leg.bc.ca load their data by script and were not read. voche.me found no statement by Paton or the party that gives a reason for his return to the Conservatives on September 22, 2026, so none is given. It also found no source on whether he holds a critic role since that date. The vote index lists recorded votes that voche.me opened only as index lines: Bill 2, Bill 9 third reading, the Supply Act, Bill 14, the K'ómoks Treaty Act, the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act, Motion 13, the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act, Bills M235, M233, M217, M226 and M241, Bills 6 and 12, Motions M205, M203 and 15. The text of those bills and motions was not read. Introductions of guests were read and not used. His Labour ministry budget questions of May 4 and the end of his Bill 10 speech were not used. The Delta Optimist and Business in Vancouver pages answered HTTP 403 and were not read, so the Delta Optimist candidate updates and the June 2026 report on his role in the Conservative leader's team are not used. His claims about his councillor years, farm and committees come from the party's page and have not been checked with the District of Delta or the legislature. No outcome of the RCMP interview was found. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Delta South was found. Campaign finances for 2026 and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[32,38,42,46,51,56,60,65,70,74,79,84,89,94,98,103,108,113,118,123,128,133,138,143,147,152,157,161,165,169,174,178,184,190,195,201,207,212,218,222,227,232,237,242],{"id":33,"label":34,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":37,"publishedAt":26,"checkedAt":26},"elections-bc-list","Provincial candidate list, 2026 general election (list printed October 3, 2026)","Elections BC","Official record","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.elections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Ffin\u002FGE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF",{"id":39,"label":40,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":41,"checkedAt":26},"elections-bc-2026","2026 provincial general election: key dates","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002F2026-provincial-election\u002F",{"id":43,"label":44,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":45,"checkedAt":26},"sov-2024","Statement of votes, 2024 provincial general election, Delta South","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf",{"id":47,"label":48,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":50,"checkedAt":26},"leg-member-record","Member record for Ian Paton, 43rd Parliament (data service behind leg.bc.ca\u002Fmembers)","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fgraphql",{"id":52,"label":53,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":55,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-index-2026","Members index to debates, 2026, entry for Ian Paton","Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hansard","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-members-indexmhds.htm",{"id":57,"label":58,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":59,"checkedAt":26},"votes-index-2026","Index of recorded votes by member, 2026, entry for Ian Paton","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.lims.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhdms\u002Ffile\u002FIndex\u002F43rd2nd\u002F2026-Votesp.htm",{"id":61,"label":62,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":63,"publishedAt":64,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-120","Debates of February 19, 2026 (afternoon): budget debate speech","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260219pm-Hansard-n120.html","2026-02-19",{"id":66,"label":67,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":68,"publishedAt":69,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-126","Debates of February 26, 2026 (morning): statement on Westham Island, question on the Delta long-term-care project, vote on the budget motion","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260226am-Hansard-n126.html","2026-02-26",{"id":71,"label":72,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":73,"publishedAt":69,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-127","Debates of February 26, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 5 (Trade Recognition Act), second reading debate and division on Bill 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260226pm-Hansard-n127.html",{"id":75,"label":76,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":77,"publishedAt":78,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-134","Debates of March 5, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 5 committee questions and third reading division on Bill 3","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260305pm-Hansard-n134.html","2026-03-05",{"id":80,"label":81,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":82,"publishedAt":83,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-138","Debates of March 10, 2026 (afternoon): Bill 10 (Labour Statutes Amendment Act) debate","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260310pm-Hansard-n138.html","2026-03-10",{"id":85,"label":86,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":87,"publishedAt":88,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-142","Debates of March 30, 2026 (morning): Motion 201 on clean water","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260330am-Hansard-n142.html","2026-03-30",{"id":90,"label":91,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":92,"publishedAt":93,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-151","Debates of April 14, 2026 (morning): question on the Agricultural Land Commission and start of the Agriculture ministry budget review","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260414am-Hansard-n151.html","2026-04-14",{"id":95,"label":96,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":97,"publishedAt":93,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-152","Debates of April 14, 2026 (afternoon): Agriculture ministry budget review","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260414pm-Hansard-n152.html",{"id":99,"label":100,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":101,"publishedAt":102,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-153","Debates of April 15, 2026 (afternoon): Agriculture ministry budget review, second day","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260415pm-Hansard-n153.html","2026-04-15",{"id":104,"label":105,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":106,"publishedAt":107,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-157","Debates of April 20, 2026 (afternoon): Emergency Management and Climate Readiness ministry budget review","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260420pm-Hansard-n157.html","2026-04-20",{"id":109,"label":110,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":111,"publishedAt":112,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-160","Debates of April 22, 2026 (afternoon): petition on aerial spraying and first reading vote on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260422pm-Hansard-n160.html","2026-04-22",{"id":114,"label":115,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":116,"publishedAt":117,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-163","Debates of April 27, 2026 (morning): private members' statement on agriculture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260427am-Hansard-n163.html","2026-04-27",{"id":119,"label":120,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":121,"publishedAt":122,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-167","Debates of April 29, 2026 (afternoon): question period, long-term-care project in Delta","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260429pm-Hansard-n167.html","2026-04-29",{"id":124,"label":125,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":126,"publishedAt":127,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-171","Debates of May 4, 2026 (afternoon): question period, long-term-care project in Delta","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260504pm-Hansard-n171.html","2026-05-04",{"id":129,"label":130,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":131,"publishedAt":132,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-172","Debates of May 5, 2026 (morning): statement for B.C. Beef Day","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260505am-Hansard-n172.html","2026-05-05",{"id":134,"label":135,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":136,"publishedAt":137,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-174","Debates of May 6, 2026 (afternoon and overnight): Bill 9 (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260506pm-Hansard-n174.html","2026-05-06",{"id":139,"label":140,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":141,"publishedAt":142,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-175","Debates of May 7, 2026 (morning): question on the Cattlemen's lawsuit over the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260507am-Hansard-n175.html","2026-05-07",{"id":144,"label":145,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":146,"publishedAt":142,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-176","Debates of May 7, 2026 (afternoon): Transportation ministry budget review","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260507pm-Hansard-n176.html",{"id":148,"label":149,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":150,"publishedAt":151,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-177","Debates of May 19, 2026 (morning): statement for B.C. Dairy Day","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260519am-Hansard-n177.html","2026-05-19",{"id":153,"label":154,"publisher":54,"kind":36,"url":155,"publishedAt":156,"checkedAt":26},"hansard-179","Debates of May 20, 2026 (afternoon): point of order","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leg.bc.ca\u002Fhansard-content\u002FDebates\u002F43rd2nd\u002F20260520pm-Hansard-n179.html","2026-05-20",{"id":158,"label":159,"publisher":13,"kind":160,"url":22,"checkedAt":26},"cons-mla-page","Ian Paton, Conservative Party of BC candidate page","Campaign",{"id":162,"label":163,"publisher":13,"kind":160,"url":164,"checkedAt":26},"cons-team","Our Team, Conservative Party of BC","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Four-team\u002F",{"id":166,"label":167,"publisher":13,"kind":160,"url":168,"checkedAt":26},"cons-platform","Our Platform, Conservative Party of BC","https:\u002F\u002Fconservativebc.ca\u002Four-platform\u002F",{"id":170,"label":171,"publisher":172,"kind":160,"url":173,"checkedAt":26},"x-page","Ian Paton (@IanPatonDelta) on X, profile page","X","https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FIanPatonDelta",{"id":175,"label":176,"publisher":172,"kind":160,"url":177,"publishedAt":122,"checkedAt":26},"x-ltc-post","Ian Paton on X, post of April 29, 2026 on the Beedie Long Term Care project","https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FIanPatonDelta\u002Fstatus\u002F2049606696650359109",{"id":179,"label":180,"publisher":181,"kind":182,"url":183,"checkedAt":26},"voice-ditches","Delta South MLA Paton ditches BC Conservatives (includes his statement)","Indo-Canadian Voice","Reporting","https:\u002F\u002Fvoiceonline.com\u002Fdelta-south-mla-paton-ditches-bc-conservatives\u002F",{"id":185,"label":186,"publisher":187,"kind":182,"url":188,"publishedAt":189,"checkedAt":26},"cbc-leaves","Ian Paton leaves B.C. Conservative caucus, says he plans to form a new political party with Peter Milobar","CBC News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fhis-departure-follows-that-of-peter-milobar-mla-for-kamloops-centre-on-aug-14-9.7318269","2026-08-24",{"id":191,"label":192,"publisher":193,"kind":182,"url":194,"publishedAt":189,"checkedAt":26},"ndr-leaves","Delta MLA Ian Paton leaves B.C. Conservatives, plans to form new party with Milobar","North Delta Reporter (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F24\u002Fian-paton-leaves-b-c-conservatives-plans-to-form-new-party-with-peter-milobar\u002F",{"id":196,"label":197,"publisher":198,"kind":182,"url":199,"publishedAt":200,"checkedAt":26},"vicnews-rcmp","B.C. MLA says RCMP to interview him over Conservative leader allegations","Victoria News (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Fvicnews.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F01\u002Fb-c-mla-says-rcmp-to-interview-him-over-conservative-leader-allegations\u002F","2026-09-01",{"id":202,"label":203,"publisher":204,"kind":182,"url":205,"publishedAt":206,"checkedAt":26},"globe-rcmp","B.C. MLA Ian Paton questioned by Mounties over allegation Conservatives offered him a job if he'd step down","The Globe and Mail","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theglobeandmail.com\u002Fcanada\u002Farticle-bc-mla-ian-paton-questioned-by-mounties-over-allegation-conservatives\u002F","2026-09-02",{"id":208,"label":209,"publisher":210,"kind":182,"url":211,"checkedAt":26},"global-timeline","A look back at Kerry-Lynne Findlay's 4 months as BC Conservative leader","Global News","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F12066889\u002Fkerry-lynne-findlay-timeline-resignation\u002F",{"id":213,"label":214,"publisher":215,"kind":182,"url":216,"publishedAt":217,"checkedAt":26},"chek-centrebc","Conservatives in chaos as eight join CentreBC and Eby says no decision on early vote (The Canadian Press)","CHEK News","https:\u002F\u002Fcheknews.ca\u002Feby-says-no-decision-on-election-as-three-exit-conservative-caucus-1348783\u002F","2026-09-18",{"id":219,"label":220,"publisher":187,"kind":182,"url":221,"publishedAt":217,"checkedAt":26},"cbc-centrebc","Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls (live story)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Flivestory\u002Fbritish-columbia-politics-independents-bc-centre-conservatives-9.7350118",{"id":223,"label":224,"publisher":187,"kind":182,"url":225,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":26},"cbc-confused","Confused by what's going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fbc-election-why-conservatives-resigned-9.7353012","2026-09-22",{"id":228,"label":229,"publisher":230,"kind":182,"url":231,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":26},"sitka-milobar-rejoin","Sturko becomes leader of CentreBC after Milobar, other MLAs leave to rejoin BC Conservatives","Sitka Media","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sitkamedia.ca\u002Fbreaking-milobar-some-mlas-leave-centrebc-to-rejoin-bc-conservatives\u002F",{"id":233,"label":234,"publisher":235,"kind":182,"url":236,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":26},"cfjc-milobar-rejoins","Kamloops Centre MLA Milobar rejoins BC Conservatives","CFJC Today","https:\u002F\u002Fcfjctoday.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F22\u002Fkamloops-centre-mla-milobar-rejoins-bc-conservatives\u002F",{"id":238,"label":239,"publisher":240,"kind":182,"url":241,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":26},"am1150-defect-back","CentreBC MLAs defect back to the B.C. Conservatives after snap election call","AM 1150","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.am1150.ca\u002F89578\u002Fnews\u002Fpolitics\u002Fcentrebc-mlas-defect-back-to-the-b-c-conservatives-after-snap-election-call\u002F",{"id":243,"label":244,"publisher":245,"kind":182,"url":246,"publishedAt":247,"checkedAt":26},"surrey-ltc-cancelled","Construction contract cancelled for Delta long-term care project","Surrey Now-Leader (Black Press Media)","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F30\u002Fbreaking-construction-contract-cancelled-for-delta-long-term-care-project\u002F","2026-04-30","No campaign event for Ian Paton was found on 2026-10-03. The dates below are voting days.",[39],[251,262],{"id":252,"date":253,"title":254,"kind":255,"time":256,"venue":257,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":259,"detail":260,"sourceIds":261},"advance-voting","2026-10-16","Advance voting begins","Voting","See Elections BC","Advance voting places in Delta South","not-applicable","A voting day for electors.","Elections BC lists advance voting on October 16 to 21, 2026.",[39],{"id":263,"date":27,"title":264,"kind":255,"time":256,"venue":265,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":259,"detail":266,"sourceIds":267},"election-day","General voting day","Voting places in Delta South","Elections BC lists October 24, 2026 as Final Voting Day.",[39],[269,286,300,315,325,333,342,353,363],{"id":270,"title":271,"topic":272,"status":273,"pledge":274,"evidence":275,"nextCheck":276,"sourceIds":277,"issue":278,"own":279,"quote":280,"states":281,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-restart-delta-ltc","Restart the Beedie long-term-care centre in Delta","Public services","Not established","On April 29, 2026 Paton asked the Minister of Infrastructure in question period when the cancelled Delta long-term-care project will start again. On February 26 he had described the Beedie centre as a 200-bed facility for Delta seniors. On April 30 he told reporters that, from what he understands, the project is cancelled.","Minister Bowinn Ma answered on April 29 that the project at Delta will continue and that work with Fraser Health to bring down the cost per bed is underway. She called the project re-paced (the government's word for rescheduled) and said re-paced projects had cost estimates of up to $1.8 million per bed. The Surrey Now-Leader reported on April 30 that a Fraser Health memo confirms the construction contract was cancelled. Neither Paton nor the minister gave a restart date in the sources voche.me opened.","Does the Province publish a restart date and a cost per bed for the Delta project?",[66,119,124,243,175],"health-care",true,"Will the minister stand in this House today and tell the families of Delta when this cancelled project will start again?",{"target":282},{"fragment":283,"sourceId":66},"200-bed facility","2026","first reader",{"id":287,"title":288,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":291,"evidence":292,"nextCheck":293,"sourceIds":294,"issue":295,"own":279,"quote":296,"states":297,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-alc-funding","Increase Agricultural Land Commission funding","Economy","Campaign pledge","In the budget debate on February 19, 2026 Paton said the Agricultural Land Commission's operating budget has stayed at $5.5 million for several years and that the province must increase it to keep pace with inflation and workload. On April 14 and 15 he asked the minister where six staff cuts at the commission would fall.","He names the current figure of $5.5 million and asks for an increase. He gives no new amount and no date.","Does Paton or the Conservative Party state an amount and a date for a larger commission budget?",[61,95,99],"economy-jobs","the province must reinvest in the ALC, increase operational funding and ensure that resources keep pace with inflation, workloads and the growing challenges facing our farmland",{"mechanism":298},{"fragment":299,"sourceId":61},"increase operational funding",{"id":301,"title":302,"topic":303,"status":273,"pledge":304,"evidence":305,"nextCheck":306,"sourceIds":307,"issue":308,"own":279,"quote":309,"states":310,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-bill-9-delay","Delay Bill 9 on freedom of information by six months","Governance","On May 6, 2026 Paton spoke for an amendment that would delay second reading of Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, by six months. The debate ran past 1 a.m. on May 7. He said the time would let the House match the bill to the 2022 committee review of the act.","The Speaker put the amendment to a vote when the debate reached its time limit at 3 a.m. The vote ran from 3:05 a.m. to 3:10 a.m. and the amendment failed, 42 to 48. The vote index lists Paton voting yes on the amendment, no at second reading on May 6, and no at third reading on May 28.","Does Paton or the Conservative Party say what they would change in the act if elected?",[134,57],"governance","Six months is not too much to ask.",{"mechanism":311,"timeline":313},{"fragment":312,"sourceId":134},"that the motion for second reading of Bill 9 be amended by deleting the word “now” and substituting",{"fragment":314,"sourceId":134},"Six months to get it right.",{"id":316,"title":317,"topic":318,"status":290,"pledge":319,"evidence":320,"nextCheck":321,"sourceIds":322,"issue":323,"own":279,"quote":324,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-flood-strategy","Fund the B.C. flood strategy","Climate","On April 20, 2026, in the review of the Emergency Management and Climate Readiness ministry's budget, Paton said the 2026 budget holds no new money for flood prevention. He asked when the flood strategy will be funded.","He says the strategy is ready to be funded. He gives no amount and no date.","Does Paton or the Conservative Party state an amount and a date for the flood strategy?",[104],"climate-environment","It is ready to be funded, yet this budget is left with zero dollars for implementation.",{"id":326,"title":327,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":328,"evidence":329,"nextCheck":330,"sourceIds":331,"issue":295,"own":279,"quote":332,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-trade-barriers","Remove interprovincial trade barriers for farm products","On February 26, 2026, speaking on Bill 5, the Trade Recognition Act, Paton said it is time to finish removing interprovincial trade barriers. He listed meat inspection rules, trucking rules, packaging rules and wine and beer sales between provinces. On March 5 he asked the minister whether the bill would let B.C. wine and beer move freely to other provinces.","He gives no measure of his own beyond support for the bill. He cites an estimated cost of $1.7 billion a year to the agriculture sector. The speeches give no source for the estimate.","What trade rule would Paton change first, and by what date?",[71,75],"I think it’s time that we move on with getting this done, rather than standing here for another term and talking about how we can remove interprovincial trade barriers.",{"id":334,"title":335,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":336,"evidence":337,"nextCheck":338,"sourceIds":339,"issue":340,"own":279,"quote":341,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-fiscal-plan","A plan to end the deficit and tie spending growth to economic growth","In the budget debate on February 19, 2026 Paton criticized the projected deficit and the growth of provincial debt. He said the path forward needs a credible plan to eliminate structural deficits (a gap between spending and revenue that continues year after year) and spending growth tied to economic growth.","He names no deficit target, no tax change and no spending cut of his own in this speech. The Conservative platform page read on 2026-10-03 lists 17 headings with one-line descriptions and no budget figures.","Does the Conservative Party publish a costed budget plan before October 24, 2026?",[61,166],"taxes-budget","a credible plan to eliminate structural deficits; spending growth tied to economic growth",{"id":343,"title":344,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":345,"evidence":346,"nextCheck":347,"sourceIds":348,"issue":295,"own":279,"quote":349,"states":350,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-food-processing","Change the 50 percent rule for food processing on farmland","In the Agriculture ministry's budget review on April 14, 2026 Paton asked the minister whether she sees a future for food processing on the Agricultural Land Reserve and for removing the 50-50 rule. He said the rule discourages farmers from starting processing plants. He said he does not want processing plants on good farmland and that poor-quality parts of the reserve could be used.","He asks the minister and states no bill or date of his own. He names no sites.","What share of home-grown product, if any, would Paton set in place of the current rule?",[95],"the 50 percent rule is going to make farmers not want to start a processing plant",{"mechanism":351},{"fragment":352,"sourceId":95},"removing the 50-50 rule",{"id":354,"title":355,"topic":356,"status":290,"pledge":357,"evidence":358,"nextCheck":359,"sourceIds":360,"issue":361,"own":279,"quote":362,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-child-care-delta","More licensed child care spaces in Delta South","Childcare","In the budget debate on February 19, 2026 Paton said the provincial directory lists one $10-a-day child care location for all of Delta South and that parents need a space for their child now.","He states no number of spaces to be added and no date.","Does Paton or the Conservative Party state how many child care spaces they would add in Delta South?",[61],"other","They need a space for their child, and they need it now",{"id":364,"title":365,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":366,"evidence":367,"nextCheck":368,"sourceIds":369,"issue":295,"own":370,"cycle":284,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-party-grown-in-bc","Party platform heading: Grown in BC","The Conservative Party of BC platform page lists a heading, Grown in BC, described as a plan to double food production, strengthen the economic base and establish food security for B.C.","This is the party's text. The page gives no detail under the heading and names no candidate. voche.me found no statement by Paton in 2026 that repeats the plan to double food production.","Does the party publish the full Grown in BC plan, and does Paton repeat it?",[166],false,[372,379,385,391,398,404,410,417,423,429,435,442,449,455,462,468,475,479,483,488,493,497,502,507,512,519,525,530,537,544],{"id":373,"date":69,"title":374,"status":375,"summary":376,"context":377,"sourceIds":378,"issue":340},"vote-budget-motion","Voted no on the motion that sends the budget to the review of ministry spending","Recorded vote, no","The 2026 vote index lists Paton voting nay on the budget motion. The transcript records a tie of 46 to 46, and the Speaker voted in favour, so the motion passed.","The Speaker said the motion was a confidence matter, which is a vote that tests whether the government still has the support of the House, and that the Chair's vote should not decide that alone. The motion was that the Speaker leave the Chair for the House to go into Committee of Supply, where each ministry's spending is reviewed.",[57,66],{"id":380,"date":69,"title":381,"status":375,"summary":382,"context":383,"sourceIds":384,"issue":340},"vote-bill-3-2r","Voted no on second reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at second reading, which is the vote on the main idea of the bill. The transcript records the result as 48 to 43.","By its title the bill carries out measures in the 2026 budget. voche.me did not open the text of the bill.",[57,71],{"id":386,"date":78,"title":387,"status":375,"summary":388,"context":389,"sourceIds":390,"issue":340},"vote-bill-3-3r","Voted no on third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at third reading, which is the final vote on a bill. The transcript records the result as 46 to 42.","voche.me did not open the text of the bill.",[57,75],{"id":392,"date":393,"title":394,"status":375,"summary":395,"context":396,"sourceIds":397,"issue":340},"vote-bill-2-2r","2026-03-09","Voted no on second reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at second reading of Bill 2.","voche.me opened the vote index for this vote and not the transcript or the text of the bill.",[57],{"id":399,"date":400,"title":401,"status":375,"summary":402,"context":396,"sourceIds":403,"issue":340},"vote-bill-2-3r","2026-04-01","Voted no on third reading of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at third reading of Bill 2.",[57],{"id":405,"date":406,"title":407,"status":375,"summary":408,"context":396,"sourceIds":409,"issue":340},"vote-supply-act","2026-05-28","Voted no on third reading of the Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22)","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at third reading of Bill 22.",[57],{"id":411,"date":137,"title":412,"status":413,"summary":414,"context":415,"sourceIds":416,"issue":308},"vote-bill-9-delay","Voted yes on the amendment to delay second reading of Bill 9 by six months","Recorded vote, yes","The vote index lists Paton voting yea on the amendment, and the transcript records that it failed, 42 to 48. The vote came at 3:10 a.m. on May 7, during the sitting that began on May 6.","Earlier in the same sitting the vote index lists Paton voting nay on the government motion that set 3 a.m. as the time to end debate on Bill 9. That motion passed 48 to 41.",[57,134],{"id":418,"date":137,"title":419,"status":375,"summary":420,"context":421,"sourceIds":422,"issue":308},"vote-bill-9-2r","Voted no on second reading of Bill 9, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at second reading, which passed 48 to 42. The vote index also lists nay votes on the motion to send the bill to the Committee of the Whole House (the stage where the House goes through a bill clause by clause) on May 6, and on clause 7 on May 21.","The index also lists nay votes on an amendment to clause 2 moved by Diana Gibson on May 21 and on an amendment to clause 13 moved by Gibson on May 26.",[57,134],{"id":424,"date":406,"title":425,"status":375,"summary":426,"context":427,"sourceIds":428,"issue":308},"vote-bill-9-3r","Voted no on third reading of Bill 9","The vote index lists Paton voting nay at third reading of Bill 9.","voche.me opened the vote index for this vote and not the transcript of May 28.",[57],{"id":430,"date":431,"title":432,"status":413,"summary":433,"context":389,"sourceIds":434,"issue":361},"vote-bill-14-3r","2026-04-21","Voted yes on third reading of the Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14)","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at third reading of Bill 14.",[57],{"id":436,"date":156,"title":437,"status":438,"summary":439,"context":440,"sourceIds":441,"issue":361},"vote-komoks-2r","Votes on second reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)","Recorded votes, yes and no","The vote index lists Paton voting yea on an amendment to second reading moved by Misty Van Popta, and nay at second reading itself.","voche.me did not find a statement by Paton on this bill and did not open the transcript of May 20.",[57],{"id":443,"date":406,"title":444,"status":413,"summary":445,"context":446,"sourceIds":447,"issue":448},"vote-komoks-3r","Voted yes on third reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at third reading of Bill 20.","voche.me did not find a statement by Paton on this bill and did not open the transcript of May 28.",[57],"indigenous-reconciliation",{"id":450,"date":112,"title":451,"status":413,"summary":452,"context":453,"sourceIds":454,"issue":448},"vote-dripa-repeal","Voted yes at first reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Repeal Act","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at first reading, which is the vote to bring a bill into the House. The transcript records that the motion failed, 44 to 47.","Trevor Halford, who introduced the bill, said its purpose was to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.",[57,109],{"id":456,"date":457,"title":458,"status":413,"summary":459,"context":460,"sourceIds":461,"issue":448},"vote-title-claims","2026-03-12","Voted yes at first reading of the Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at first reading.","voche.me did not open the transcript or the text of the bill.",[57],{"id":463,"date":69,"title":464,"status":413,"summary":465,"context":466,"sourceIds":467,"issue":361},"vote-human-rights-repeal","Voted yes at first reading of the Human Rights Code Repeal Act","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at first reading. The transcript records that the motion failed, 37 to 50.","The member who introduced the bill said it would abolish the Human Rights Tribunal and repeal the human rights code.",[57,66],{"id":469,"date":457,"title":470,"status":471,"summary":472,"context":473,"sourceIds":474,"issue":361},"vote-motion-13","Voted yes on Motion 13, support for the human rights code and its enforcement","Recorded votes, yes","The vote index lists Paton voting yea on an amendment to the motion and yea on the motion itself.","voche.me did not open the transcript or the wording of the motion.",[57],{"id":476,"date":64,"title":477,"status":413,"summary":459,"context":460,"sourceIds":478,"issue":361},"vote-gender-bill","Voted yes at first reading of the Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act",[57],{"id":480,"date":78,"title":481,"status":413,"summary":459,"context":460,"sourceIds":482,"issue":361},"vote-drug-recovery","Voted yes at first reading of the Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act (Bill M235)",[57],{"id":484,"date":107,"title":485,"status":413,"summary":486,"context":460,"sourceIds":487,"issue":361},"vote-bill-m233","Voted yes at second reading of the Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act (Bill M233)","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at second reading.",[57],{"id":489,"date":400,"title":490,"status":413,"summary":491,"context":389,"sourceIds":492,"issue":361},"vote-bill-6","Voted yes on third reading of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 6)","The vote index lists Paton voting yea at third reading.",[57],{"id":494,"date":400,"title":495,"status":413,"summary":491,"context":389,"sourceIds":496,"issue":361},"vote-bill-12","Voted yes on third reading of the Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)",[57],{"id":498,"date":127,"title":499,"status":413,"summary":500,"context":389,"sourceIds":501,"issue":361},"vote-bill-m217","Voted yes on the report stage of the Dashboard Cameras in Commercial Vehicles Act (Bill M217)","The vote index lists Paton voting yea on the reporting of the bill as amended.",[57],{"id":503,"date":504,"title":505,"status":413,"summary":486,"context":389,"sourceIds":506,"issue":361},"vote-bill-m226","2026-02-23","Voted yes at second reading of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025 (Bill M226)",[57],{"id":508,"date":509,"title":510,"status":413,"summary":459,"context":389,"sourceIds":511,"issue":361},"vote-bill-m241","2026-04-13","Voted yes at first reading of the Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M241)",[57],{"id":513,"date":514,"title":515,"status":438,"summary":516,"context":517,"sourceIds":518,"issue":308},"vote-m205","2026-05-25","Votes on Motion M205, a mandatory orientation course for MLAs","The vote index lists Paton voting yea on a subamendment moved by Giddens on April 27, nay on an amendment moved by Blatherwick on May 4, and nay on the motion on May 25.","voche.me did not open the wording of the motion or the transcripts.",[57],{"id":520,"date":521,"title":522,"status":413,"summary":523,"context":473,"sourceIds":524,"issue":308},"vote-m203","2026-03-31","Voted yes on Motion M203, merit oversight in the public service","The vote index lists Paton voting yea on the motion.",[57],{"id":526,"date":112,"title":527,"status":375,"summary":528,"context":389,"sourceIds":529,"issue":361},"vote-motion-15","Voted no on Motion 15, sending Bill M237 to a review committee","The vote index lists Paton voting nay on the motion to send Bill M237 to the Insurance (Vehicle) Act Provisions Review Committee.",[57],{"id":531,"date":112,"title":532,"status":533,"summary":534,"context":535,"sourceIds":536,"issue":323},"program-petition-aerial-spraying","Presented a petition against aerial spraying for spongy moth","Petition presented","Paton presented a petition of 158 signatures from residents of Delta South and Tsawwassen. It asks the House to call on the Ministries of Forests and of Agriculture and Food to cancel the 2026 plans to spray from the air in Tsawwassen, Beach Grove and Squamish for spongy moth, and to end aerial spraying over B.C. communities permanently.","A petition passes on the request of residents. The transcript of the item records no position of his own on spraying.",[109,52],{"id":538,"date":102,"title":539,"status":540,"summary":541,"context":542,"sourceIds":543,"issue":295},"program-agriculture-estimates","Questioned the Agriculture minister in the review of her ministry's budget","Participated","On April 14 and 15, 2026 Paton questioned the minister on production insurance, the Agricultural Land Commission, the 50-50 processing rule, a $27.8 million land purchase for a plant and animal health centre in Abbotsford, wildlife damage payments and the closure of Hastings Racecourse.","The ministry budget review is the part of the session where members question a minister on that ministry's spending. His questions are his own words. The answers are the minister's.",[90,95,99],{"id":545,"date":122,"title":546,"status":547,"summary":548,"context":549,"sourceIds":550,"issue":361},"program-beedie-contract","Construction contract for the Beedie Long-Term Care Centre in Delta cancelled","Contract cancelled","The Surrey Now-Leader reported on April 30 that a Fraser Health memo confirms the Province cancelled the construction contract for the 200-bed Beedie Long-Term Care Centre and says the government remains committed to the project. In the House on April 29 Minister Bowinn Ma said the project at Delta will continue and that work with Fraser Health to bring down the cost per bed is underway.","A government and Fraser Health decision. Paton asked about it in question period on February 26, April 29 and May 4.",[243,119,124],[552,558,564,569,574,579,584,589,594,599,604,610,615,620,625,630,635,640,645],{"id":553,"date":64,"title":554,"format":555,"summary":556,"sourceIds":557},"talk-budget-debate-2026","Budget debate speech","Speech","Paton criticized spending and debt in the 2026 budget, said Delta's long-term-care project had been rescheduled, criticized the delay of the George Massey Tunnel replacement, said Delta South has one $10-a-day child care location, and said the Agricultural Land Commission's budget has stayed at $5.5 million for several years.",[61],{"id":559,"date":69,"title":560,"format":561,"summary":562,"sourceIds":563},"talk-westham-island","Members' statement on Westham Island and its bridge","Statement","Paton described Westham Island as farmland that grows more than 25 percent of B.C.'s seed potatoes and said the 1909 bridge, hit by a barge, left residents relying on water taxis and barges while TransLink repaired it.",[66],{"id":565,"date":69,"title":566,"format":555,"summary":567,"sourceIds":568},"talk-bill-5-second-reading","Speech on Bill 5, the Trade Recognition Act","Paton said the Conservative caucus supports removing interprovincial trade barriers and criticized the government for issuing no trade order in the 12 months after Bill 7 of 2025.",[71],{"id":570,"date":78,"title":571,"format":561,"summary":572,"sourceIds":573},"talk-bill-5-questions","Questions to the minister on Bill 5","Paton asked what consultation the Province had held with other provinces on milk quotas, meat inspection, trucking rules and packaging, and whether B.C. wine and beer would move freely across provinces after the bill passes.",[75],{"id":575,"date":83,"title":576,"format":555,"summary":577,"sourceIds":578},"talk-bill-10-farm-workers","Speech on Bill 10, the Labour Statutes Amendment Act","Paton said temporary foreign workers are essential to B.C. farms, including greenhouses in Delta, and warned against a sudden cut in their number. He said farms must follow the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act.",[80],{"id":580,"date":88,"title":581,"format":555,"summary":582,"sourceIds":583},"talk-clean-water-motion","Support for the motion on clean water","Paton said he supports Motion 201 on affordable, equitable and accessible clean water. He said farms need dependable water supplies and urged investment in irrigation, storage and water treatment.",[85],{"id":585,"date":93,"title":586,"format":561,"summary":587,"sourceIds":588},"talk-agri-estimates-2026","Opening of the Agriculture ministry budget review","Paton told the House he still lives on the farm where he was raised, said he returned to dairy farming in 1985, and asked about the Agricultural Land Commission's staffing, production insurance and the provincial sales tax on professional services used on farms.",[90,95],{"id":590,"date":107,"title":591,"format":561,"summary":592,"sourceIds":593},"talk-flood-prevention","Questions on flood prevention","Paton said the December atmospheric river caused at least $74 million in insured losses and that the budget holds no new money for flood prevention. He asked when the flood strategy will be funded.",[104],{"id":595,"date":117,"title":596,"format":561,"summary":597,"sourceIds":598},"talk-food-security-statement","Statement by a member on food security","Paton said B.C. needs to secure its food supply and said staffing cuts and a lack of investment have slowed decisions at the Agricultural Land Commission.",[114],{"id":600,"date":122,"title":601,"format":561,"summary":602,"sourceIds":603},"talk-beedie-question-period","Question period on the cancelled Delta long-term-care project","Paton asked when the cancelled project will start again and said the community raised nearly $20 million for it. He said he considers the project cancelled. Minister Bowinn Ma called it re-paced and said the project at Delta will continue while work to bring down the cost per bed is underway.",[119,175],{"id":605,"date":247,"title":606,"format":607,"summary":608,"sourceIds":609},"talk-reporters-april-30","Remarks to reporters on the contract cancellation","Press conference","At the legislature Paton told reporters that transparency was the main issue and that, from what he understands, the Delta project is cancelled. He asked what the penalties for cancelling would be.",[243],{"id":611,"date":132,"title":612,"format":561,"summary":613,"sourceIds":614},"talk-beef-day","Statement for B.C. Beef Day","Paton praised B.C. ranchers, named the rising cost of feed, fuel, equipment and labour, and said ranchers care for land and animals.",[129],{"id":616,"date":137,"title":617,"format":555,"summary":618,"sourceIds":619},"talk-bill-9-hoist","Overnight speech on Bill 9","Paton spoke for a six-month delay of Bill 9. He said the bill gives officials wider discretion and makes information harder to get, and that it does not clearly follow the 2022 committee review of the act.",[134],{"id":621,"date":142,"title":622,"format":561,"summary":623,"sourceIds":624},"talk-dripa-cattlemen","Question on the Cattlemen's lawsuit over the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act","Paton said that on May 6 the B.C. Cattlemen's Association filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and asked why the government attended Beef Day yet left the ranchers without support in court. He raised concerns about private property rights.",[139],{"id":626,"date":142,"title":627,"format":561,"summary":628,"sourceIds":629},"talk-westham-bridge-estimates","Questions on the Westham Island Bridge","In the Transportation ministry budget review Paton asked how a future bridge operator could avoid a repeat of the barge strike and whether there is a date for a new bridge to Westham Island.",[144],{"id":631,"date":151,"title":632,"format":561,"summary":633,"sourceIds":634},"talk-dairy-day","Statement for B.C. Dairy Day","Paton described a dairy farmer's working day, said he lived that routine for many years, and named rising costs of feed, fuel, equipment, transportation and labour.",[148],{"id":636,"date":189,"title":637,"format":561,"summary":638,"sourceIds":639},"talk-leaving-statement","Statement on leaving the Conservative caucus","In a written statement Paton said the new direction of the Conservative Party of BC under Kerry-Lynne Findlay is no longer aligned with his beliefs, that he would sit as an Independent, and that he intended to form a new party in the legislature with Peter Milobar. He wrote that his first responsibility as an MLA is to the people of Delta South.",[179,170],{"id":641,"date":189,"title":642,"format":607,"summary":643,"sourceIds":644},"talk-legislature-steps","News conference on the legislature steps with Peter Milobar","Paton said he told Findlay of his decision by text message that morning and that they had barely spoken since she became leader on May 30. He said she removed competent people from key caucus leadership roles and that some MLAs were kept from speaking to the media. He said he disliked an AI-generated video that showed Premier David Eby as a Soviet general.",[185,191],{"id":646,"date":206,"title":647,"format":648,"summary":649,"sourceIds":650},"talk-globe-interview","Interview with The Globe and Mail on the RCMP interview","Interview","Paton told The Globe and Mail that two RCMP officers interviewed him for one hour at Surrey headquarters on September 2, and repeated his account of a June 30 call asking whether he would resign his seat for Findlay.",[202],[652],{"id":653,"date":189,"title":654,"category":655,"summary":656,"response":657,"outcome":658,"sourceIds":659},"resignation-offer-allegation-2026","Allegation that the Conservative leader's office offered a job for his seat","Campaign dispute","Paton says that on June 30, 2026 the chief of staff of Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Chris Delaney, phoned him and asked whether he would resign his seat so that Findlay could run in a by-election (a vote to fill one empty seat). He says the offer was an advisory job on agriculture for the party with pay equal to his MLA salary, and he told The Globe and Mail this on September 2. The CBC reported on August 24 that he said there was no financial offer, and Black Press Media and The Globe and Mail report him saying the pay would equal his MLA salary. voche.me did not find an explanation of how those two statements fit together. Global News lists that on July 29 he said he had rejected requests to resign. Black Press Media reports that he declined and resigned as Lower Mainland lieutenant in Findlay's leadership team.","Findlay told CBC News on August 24: \"At no point did we discuss MLA Ian Paton stepping down in exchange for a job of any description.\" She said Paton had said he wanted to stay involved in agriculture if he left office and that the party would be open to discussing an unspecified advisory role if he was no longer a sitting MLA or caucus member. In a statement to The Globe and Mail on September 2 she said: \"I categorically reject any suggestion that I engaged in illegal or unethical conduct.\" She called the accusations a co-ordinated political attack.","Paton says two RCMP officers interviewed him for one hour on September 2. The RCMP, Canada's federal police, told Black Press Media that it generally does not confirm or deny an investigation until charges are laid. voche.me found no charge, court ruling or police finding by 2026-10-03. Findlay resigned as Conservative leader on September 20, 2026. The sources opened do not link her resignation to this allegation.",[185,191,196,202,208,223],[661,665,669,673,677,683,687],{"id":662,"date":189,"title":186,"publisher":187,"format":182,"summary":663,"sourceIds":664},"news-leaves-cbc","Reports that Paton left the caucus to sit as an Independent, that he and Milobar planned a new party with Milobar as interim leader, and Findlay's reply to his job-offer account.",[185],{"id":666,"date":189,"title":192,"publisher":193,"format":182,"summary":667,"sourceIds":668},"news-leaves-ndr","Reports his departure, his reasons in his own words and that he had resigned as Findlay's Lower Mainland lieutenant.",[191],{"id":670,"date":200,"title":197,"publisher":198,"format":182,"summary":671,"sourceIds":672},"news-rcmp-interview-vicnews","Reports that the RCMP was to interview Paton at 9:30 a.m. on September 2, Findlay's response and the RCMP's statement that it does not generally confirm investigations.",[196],{"id":674,"date":206,"title":203,"publisher":204,"format":182,"summary":675,"sourceIds":676},"news-rcmp-interview-globe","Reports his account of the interview and the June 30 call, and Findlay's rejection of the allegation.",[202],{"id":678,"date":217,"title":679,"publisher":680,"format":182,"summary":681,"sourceIds":682},"news-centrebc-chek","Conservatives in chaos as eight join CentreBC and Eby says no decision on early vote","CHEK News (The Canadian Press)","Reports that eight former Conservative legislators, including Paton and Milobar, announced they would join CentreBC, with Milobar as leader.",[213,219],{"id":684,"date":226,"title":229,"publisher":230,"format":182,"summary":685,"sourceIds":686},"news-return-sitka","Reports that Paton and five other MLAs returned to the Conservatives with Milobar on the day Premier Eby called the election, and that Elenore Sturko stayed with CentreBC.",[228,233,238],{"id":688,"date":247,"title":244,"publisher":245,"format":182,"summary":689,"sourceIds":690},"news-beedie-contract-surrey","Reports the cancelled construction contract, Paton's remarks to reporters and a statement from the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation.",[243],{"slug":692,"name":693,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":694,"palette":11,"party":695,"portrait":698,"headline":704,"dossier":705,"sample":370,"acclamation":11},"jason-mccormick","Jason McCormick","sand",{"name":696,"url":697},"BC NDP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002F",{"src":699,"smallSrc":700,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":701,"credit":702,"sourceUrl":703,"position":23},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjason-mccormick-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjason-mccormick-320.webp","Jason McCormick, from his BC NDP campaign page.","BC NDP campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fjasonmccormick.bcndp.ca\u002F","BC NDP candidate for MLA in Delta South, running for the seat a second time after his 2024 race.",{"checkedAt":706,"through":27,"introduction":707,"recordIntro":708,"researchGaps":709,"sources":710,"scheduleSummary":785,"scheduleSourceIds":786,"events":787,"promises":800,"programs":878,"talks":879,"accountability":914,"coverage":915},"2026-10-01","A researched record of Jason McCormick's 2026 candidacy in Delta South for the BC NDP, with his 2024 and 2025 campaigns. voche.me found no elected office in his record on 2026-10-01.","No public role is on record for this candidate in the sources voche.me read, so voche.me found no voting record to review. His earlier results come from Elections BC and Elections Canada.","The BC NDP release of September 26, 2026 that announced him was not found on the party's releases page, so his 2026 statement is taken from the Delta Optimist, which quotes it. The party's campaign page links only the party's own social media accounts, and searches found no account of his own, so no post is used. His work as a TransLink bus driver and his roles in cycling and the South Delta Basketball Association are stated by the party and by his own account in interviews; voche.me has not checked them with TransLink or those groups. His 2025 federal campaign profile says he helped build the Holly Park Pump Track in Ladner; no page voche.me read ties that work to him in a way it could check, so it is left out. The Delta Optimist and the North Delta Reporter report that Ian Paton is running for the BC Conservatives and that Jim McMurtry is running for OneBC in Delta South. On the Elections BC list stamped October 1, 2026 01:00:07 PM, McCormick was the only accepted candidate in the district, and nominations close October 3. No 2026 all-candidates meeting in Delta South was found on this date. His plans for schools, reconciliation, the provincial budget and governance, his campaign finances and his endorsements were not found. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[711,713,716,718,721,726,729,733,737,741,746,752,758,763,769,774,779],{"id":33,"label":712,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":37,"publishedAt":706,"checkedAt":706},"Provincial candidate list",{"id":714,"label":715,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":41,"checkedAt":706},"ebc-election","2026 provincial election: key dates",{"id":43,"label":717,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":45,"checkedAt":706},"Statement of Votes, 2024 provincial general election",{"id":719,"label":720,"publisher":49,"kind":36,"url":50,"checkedAt":706},"legislature-paton","Member record: Ian Paton",{"id":722,"label":723,"publisher":724,"kind":36,"url":725,"checkedAt":706},"elections-canada-2025","Election results since 2025: Delta (British Columbia)","Elections Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.elections.ca\u002Fscripts\u002Fvis\u002FPastResults?L=e&ED=59011&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=&PROV=BC&PROVID=59&MAPID=&QID=11&PAGEID=28&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1",{"id":727,"label":728,"publisher":696,"kind":160,"url":703,"checkedAt":706},"candidate-page","Campaign page: Jason McCormick, Delta South",{"id":730,"label":731,"publisher":696,"kind":160,"url":732,"checkedAt":706},"ndp-candidates","Our BC NDP team page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Fcandidates",{"id":734,"label":735,"publisher":696,"kind":160,"url":736,"checkedAt":706},"ndp-releases","Releases page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases",{"id":738,"label":739,"publisher":696,"kind":160,"url":740,"checkedAt":706},"ndp-platform","Platform page, Fighting for You and Your Family","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Faction-for-you",{"id":742,"label":743,"publisher":696,"kind":160,"url":744,"publishedAt":745,"checkedAt":706},"ndp-release-2024","Transportation advocate Jason McCormick to run with BC NDP in Delta South","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Ftransportation-advocate-jason-mccormick-run-bc-ndp-delta-south","2024-08-08",{"id":747,"label":748,"publisher":749,"kind":182,"url":750,"publishedAt":751,"checkedAt":706},"optimist-candidates","Here are the provincial candidates so far in Delta","Delta Optimist · Ian Jacques","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fhere-are-the-provincial-candidates-so-far-in-delta-12831811","2026-09-29",{"id":753,"label":754,"publisher":755,"kind":182,"url":756,"publishedAt":757,"checkedAt":706},"ndr-kahlon","Kahlon passes Delta North torch to BC Professional Fire Fighters president","North Delta Reporter · James Smith","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fkahlon-passes-delta-north-torch-to-bc-professional-fire-fighters-president\u002F","2026-09-28",{"id":759,"label":760,"publisher":749,"kind":182,"url":761,"publishedAt":762,"checkedAt":706},"optimist-2024-announce","NDP name provincial election candidate for Delta South","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fndp-candidate-announced-for-delta-south-9331350","2024-08-09",{"id":764,"label":765,"publisher":766,"kind":648,"url":767,"publishedAt":768,"checkedAt":706},"optimist-2024-profile","Meet NDP candidate Jason McCormick","Delta Optimist · Phil Melnychuk","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fjason-mccormick-is-running-for-the-ndp-in-delta-south-9599881","2024-10-06",{"id":770,"label":771,"publisher":766,"kind":182,"url":772,"publishedAt":773,"checkedAt":706},"optimist-2024-forum","Delta South candidates face non-stop BC election questions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fdelta-south-candidates-face-non-stop-bc-election-questions-9644724","2024-10-11",{"id":775,"label":776,"publisher":766,"kind":648,"url":777,"publishedAt":778,"checkedAt":706},"optimist-2025-federal","Jason McCormick ran for NDP in Delta South in October's provincial election. Now he's running in Delta in Canada's national election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fndper-in-delta-makes-it-a-four-way-race-for-federal-election-10446734","2025-03-29",{"id":780,"label":781,"publisher":782,"kind":648,"url":783,"publishedAt":784,"checkedAt":706},"optimist-2025-qa","Q&A with Jason McCormick (NDP)","Delta Optimist","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fqa-with-jason-mccormick-ndp-10549996","2025-04-24","No public appearance by the candidate was confirmed on 2026-10-01. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[714],[788,795],{"id":252,"date":253,"title":789,"kind":255,"time":790,"venue":791,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":792,"detail":793,"sourceIds":794},"Advance voting opens","October 16 to 21","Voting places listed by Elections BC","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.",[714],{"id":796,"date":27,"title":797,"kind":255,"time":798,"venue":791,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":792,"detail":266,"sourceIds":799},"final-voting-day","Final Voting Day","All day",[714],[801,811,819,827,837,845,854,863,870],{"id":802,"title":803,"cycle":284,"topic":804,"status":290,"pledge":805,"evidence":806,"nextCheck":807,"sourceIds":808,"issue":809,"own":279,"quote":810,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-get-to-work","Make it easier to get to work","Transportation","Said in the party release announcing his 2026 candidacy that it should be easier for people in Delta to get to work.","The words are from a BC NDP release quoted by the Delta Optimist. voche.me could not find the release on the party site. The statement names no route, project, cost or date.","Which transit or road measure in Delta South would he support, and at what cost?",[747],"transportation","We need to make it easier for people to get to work",{"id":812,"title":813,"cycle":284,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":814,"evidence":815,"nextCheck":816,"sourceIds":817,"issue":295,"own":279,"quote":818,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-local-jobs","Support good local jobs","Said in the same 2026 statement that good local jobs in Delta need support, and named the US trade dispute as a cause of higher costs and uncertainty.","Quoted by the Delta Optimist from a party release. The statement names no program, number of jobs, cost or date.","Which provincial measure would he support for jobs in Delta, and at what cost?",[747],"support good local jobs",{"id":820,"title":821,"cycle":284,"topic":822,"status":290,"pledge":823,"evidence":824,"nextCheck":825,"sourceIds":826,"issue":361,"own":279,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-young-people","More opportunities for young people","Education","Said in the same 2026 statement that young people in Delta need more opportunities.","Quoted by the Delta Optimist from a party release. The statement does not say what kind of opportunity, so it is not tied to a scored issue.","What would he do for young people in Delta, and how?",[747],{"id":828,"title":829,"cycle":284,"topic":830,"status":290,"pledge":831,"evidence":832,"nextCheck":833,"sourceIds":834,"issue":835,"own":279,"quote":836,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-homes","Build homes","Housing","His BC NDP campaign page says he and the party are ready to build homes for people.","Text on the party's page for him. It gives no number of homes, place, cost or date.","Does he name a housing measure for Delta South during the campaign?",[727],"housing","building homes for people",{"id":838,"title":839,"cycle":284,"topic":272,"status":290,"pledge":840,"evidence":841,"nextCheck":842,"sourceIds":843,"issue":278,"own":279,"quote":844,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-health","Strengthen public health care","His BC NDP campaign page says he and the party are ready to strengthen the public health care system.","Text on the party's page for him. It gives no measure, cost or date.","Does he name a health care measure for Delta South during the campaign?",[727],"strengthening our public healthcare system",{"id":846,"title":847,"cycle":284,"topic":830,"status":290,"pledge":848,"evidence":849,"nextCheck":850,"sourceIds":851,"issue":852,"own":279,"quote":853,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-costs","Make daily life more affordable","His BC NDP campaign page says he and the party are ready to make day-to-day life more affordable.","Text on the party's page for him. It names no rebate, rate or cost.","Does he name a cost of living measure during the campaign?",[727],"cost-of-living","making day-to-day life more affordable",{"id":855,"title":856,"cycle":284,"topic":857,"status":290,"pledge":858,"evidence":859,"nextCheck":860,"sourceIds":861,"issue":862,"own":370,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-party-safety","BC NDP public safety position","Public safety","The BC NDP platform page lists keeping people safe and communities strong as one of its headings. The page does not name McCormick.","Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by McCormick on public safety.","Does McCormick speak on public safety during the campaign?",[738],"public-safety",{"id":864,"title":865,"cycle":284,"topic":318,"status":290,"pledge":866,"evidence":867,"nextCheck":868,"sourceIds":869,"issue":323,"own":370,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-party-climate","BC NDP climate position","The BC NDP platform page lists protecting people from climate impacts as one of its headings. The page does not name McCormick.","Party text. voche.me found no 2026 statement by McCormick on climate.","Does McCormick name a climate or flood measure for Delta during the campaign?",[738],{"id":871,"title":872,"cycle":873,"topic":804,"status":290,"pledge":874,"evidence":875,"nextCheck":876,"sourceIds":877,"issue":809,"own":370,"reviewedAt":706,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-2024-translink","2024: more TransLink funding","Earlier term","At the 2024 all-candidates meeting he said the NDP would increase TransLink funding so that a $600 million shortfall would not happen, according to the Delta Optimist. In a 2024 interview he said Delta needs more bus service.","This is from the 2024 campaign. No 2026 page repeats it, so it is recorded as an earlier statement and earns no point for 2026.","Does he repeat a transit funding position in 2026?",[770,764],[],[880,886,891,897,904,909],{"id":881,"date":882,"title":883,"format":561,"summary":884,"sourceIds":885},"talk-candidacy-2026","2026-09-26","Statement on his 2026 candidacy","In the party release announcing him, quoted by the Delta Optimist, he named higher costs and the US trade dispute, and said he wants to take his work in Delta to the legislature.",[747],{"id":887,"date":784,"title":888,"format":648,"summary":889,"sourceIds":890},"talk-qa-2025","Answers to the Delta Optimist's federal election questions","As federal NDP candidate in Delta, he answered five questions in writing, on foreign interference, housing, the outgoing MP, his own strengths, and pharmacare and dental care.",[780],{"id":892,"date":893,"title":894,"format":648,"summary":895,"sourceIds":896},"talk-federal-2025","2025-03-28","Interview on joining the federal race","He told the Delta Optimist the party asked him to run federally in Delta, and named the economy as the main issue.",[775],{"id":898,"date":899,"title":900,"format":901,"summary":902,"sourceIds":903},"talk-forum-2024","2024-10-09","Delta South all-candidates meeting, 2024","Debate coverage","The Delta Optimist reported his answers at the Delta Chamber of Commerce meeting at Genesis Theatre in Ladner, on the budget, permits, health care, rent, TransLink funding and the Fraser River crossing.",[770],{"id":905,"date":768,"title":906,"format":648,"summary":907,"sourceIds":908},"talk-interview-2024","Delta Optimist interview, 2024","He answered the paper's five election questions on farming, transportation, housing, immigration and the carbon tax.",[764],{"id":910,"date":745,"title":911,"format":561,"summary":912,"sourceIds":913},"talk-release-2024","Quoted in the BC NDP release naming him in 2024","The party release announcing his 2024 candidacy quotes him on housing, health care and transit funding.",[742,759],[],[916,921],{"id":917,"date":751,"title":918,"publisher":749,"format":182,"summary":919,"sourceIds":920},"news-optimist-candidates","The provincial candidates so far in Delta","Lists the candidates announced in Delta North and Delta South, reports that he ran in 2024 and federally in 2025, and quotes his statement from the party release.",[747],{"id":922,"date":757,"title":923,"publisher":755,"format":182,"summary":924,"sourceIds":925},"news-ndr-kahlon","Kahlon passes Delta North to the fire fighters' president","Reports that the BC NDP announced him in Delta South on September 26, 2026, and names the other candidates announced in the district.",[753],{"slug":927,"name":928,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":929,"palette":11,"party":930,"portrait":933,"headline":938,"dossier":939,"sample":370,"acclamation":11},"jim-mcmurtry","Jim McMurtry","teal",{"name":931,"url":932},"OneBC","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002F",{"src":934,"smallSrc":935,"width":18,"height":19,"alt":936,"credit":931,"sourceUrl":937,"position":23},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjim-mcmurtry-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjim-mcmurtry-320.webp","Jim McMurtry, from the OneBC candidate page.","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fjmcmurtry","OneBC candidate for MLA in Delta South, a former teacher who is also running for the Delta school board.",{"checkedAt":940,"through":27,"introduction":941,"recordIntro":942,"researchGaps":943,"sources":944,"scheduleSummary":1036,"scheduleSourceIds":1037,"events":1038,"promises":1043,"programs":1132,"talks":1133,"accountability":1159,"coverage":1177},"2026-10-02","A researched record of Jim McMurtry's OneBC candidacy in Delta South, his school trustee campaign in Delta, his earlier provincial and federal candidacies, the dispute over his 2023 dismissal as a teacher, and the OneBC platform. voche.me found no public office held by him, and so no voting record to review, on 2026-10-02.","His earlier candidacies come from Elections BC and Elections Canada. His work history comes from OneBC and from reporting. voche.me found no dated public action by him in an office on 2026-10-02, so no record entry earns a score.","His campaign website, jimmcmurtry.com, is for the Delta school trustee race and does not describe his provincial campaign; its events page links two news reports about his OneBC candidacy. His X account, @JimMcMurtry01, is linked from the OneBC candidates page. X shows posts only after sign-in, so voche.me used nothing from it. OneBC says he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is the son of a former Chief Justice of Ontario; voche.me has not checked these with the university or another record. His teaching history comes from OneBC and from a biography he gave the North Delta Reporter, and voche.me has not checked it with the school districts. The Labour Relations Board lists two 2026 decisions in his case, but the decision files opened only through a script, so voche.me could not read them; their outcome is taken from the North Delta Reporter and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. voche.me found no published response from the Abbotsford School District to the court petition on 2026-10-02. The Delta Optimist reports that Ian Paton is running for the BC Conservatives in Delta South, but his name was not on the Elections BC list stamped October 1, 2026 11:00:06 PM; nominations close at 1 p.m. on October 3. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for the provincial race in Delta South was found on this date. The school trustee forum on October 1 was cancelled. His positions on the OneBC platform beyond schools, his campaign finances and his endorsements were not found. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[945,946,947,948,951,956,961,964,968,971,975,979,983,987,992,997,1003,1009,1014,1020,1024,1026,1030],{"id":33,"label":712,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":37,"checkedAt":940},{"id":714,"label":715,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":41,"checkedAt":940},{"id":43,"label":717,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":45,"checkedAt":940},{"id":722,"label":949,"publisher":724,"kind":36,"url":950,"checkedAt":940},"Official voting results, Cloverdale-Langley City, 2025 general election","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.elections.ca\u002Fscripts\u002Fvis\u002FPastResults?L=e&ED=59006&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=&PROV=BC&PROVID=59&MAPID=&QID=11&PAGEID=28&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1",{"id":952,"label":953,"publisher":954,"kind":36,"url":955,"checkedAt":940},"delta-candidates","Candidates, 2026 General Local and School Elections","City of Delta","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Felections\u002Fcandidates",{"id":957,"label":958,"publisher":959,"kind":36,"url":960,"checkedAt":940},"lrb-decisions","Decisions list, search for McMurtry","Labour Relations Board of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lrb.bc.ca\u002Fdecisions?parties=McMurtry",{"id":962,"label":963,"publisher":931,"kind":160,"url":937,"checkedAt":940},"party-candidate","Candidate page: Jim McMurtry",{"id":965,"label":966,"publisher":931,"kind":160,"url":967,"checkedAt":940},"party-candidates","Candidates page","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fcandidates",{"id":969,"label":970,"publisher":931,"kind":160,"url":932,"checkedAt":940},"party-home","Home page",{"id":972,"label":973,"publisher":931,"kind":160,"url":974,"checkedAt":940},"party-priorities","Our Priorities page","https:\u002F\u002F1bc.ca\u002Fpriorities",{"id":976,"label":977,"publisher":928,"kind":160,"url":978,"checkedAt":940},"campaign-site","Campaign for school trustee: home page","https:\u002F\u002Fjimmcmurtry.com\u002F",{"id":980,"label":981,"publisher":928,"kind":160,"url":982,"checkedAt":940},"campaign-events","Campaign for school trustee: events and news page","https:\u002F\u002Fjimmcmurtry.com\u002Fevents\u002F",{"id":984,"label":985,"publisher":782,"kind":160,"url":986,"publishedAt":706,"checkedAt":940},"optimist-meet","Meet Jim McMurtry (contributed profile)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002F2026-civic-election\u002Fmeet-jim-mcmurtry-12825456",{"id":988,"label":989,"publisher":782,"kind":182,"url":990,"publishedAt":991,"checkedAt":940},"optimist-first-onebc","Delta resident named as first OneBC candidate, will run in Delta South","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fdelta-resident-named-as-first-onebc-candidate-will-run-in-delta-south-11372106","2025-10-20",{"id":993,"label":994,"publisher":995,"kind":182,"url":996,"publishedAt":991,"checkedAt":940},"ws-first-candidate","Teacher fired for countering residential school narrative 'so excited' to be OneBC's first candidate","Western Standard","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.westernstandard.news\u002Fnews\u002Fexclusive-teacher-fired-for-countering-residential-school-narrative-so-excited-to-become-onebcs-first-candidate\u002F68371",{"id":998,"label":999,"publisher":1000,"kind":182,"url":1001,"publishedAt":1002,"checkedAt":940},"ricochet-tour","Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour","Ricochet Media","https:\u002F\u002Fricochet.media\u002Findigenous\u002Fwhere-are-the-bodies-trio-take-residential-school-denial-on-tour\u002F","2025-12-02",{"id":1004,"label":1005,"publisher":1006,"kind":182,"url":1007,"publishedAt":1008,"checkedAt":940},"abbynews-petition","Court petition filed on behalf of teacher fired for residential-school comments in Abbotsford","Abbotsford News","https:\u002F\u002Fabbynews.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F28\u002Fcourt-petition-filed-on-behalf-of-teacher-fired-for-residential-school-comments-in-abbotsford\u002F","2026-07-28",{"id":1010,"label":1011,"publisher":1012,"kind":160,"url":1013,"checkedAt":940},"jccf-case","Case page: veteran teacher was dismissed after classroom discussion","Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which funds his lawyers","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jccf.ca\u002Fcourt_cases\u002Fveteran-teacher-was-dismissed-after-classroom-discussion\u002F",{"id":1015,"label":1016,"publisher":1017,"kind":182,"url":1018,"publishedAt":1019,"checkedAt":940},"ndr-school-board","South Delta OneBC candidate running for school board","North Delta Reporter","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F16\u002Fsouth-delta-onebc-candidate-running-for-school-board\u002F","2026-09-16",{"id":1021,"label":1022,"publisher":749,"kind":182,"url":1023,"publishedAt":217,"checkedAt":940},"optimist-independents","Lots of independent choices on the ballot in Delta","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta-optimist.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Flots-of-independent-choices-on-the-ballot-in-delta-12788647",{"id":747,"label":1025,"publisher":749,"kind":182,"url":750,"publishedAt":751,"checkedAt":940},"Delta North and Delta South provincial election candidate updates",{"id":1027,"label":1028,"publisher":1017,"kind":182,"url":1029,"publishedAt":706,"checkedAt":940},"ndr-meeting-cancelled","Delta school trustee candidates meeting cancelled","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F01\u002Fdelta-school-trustee-candidates-meeting-cancelled\u002F",{"id":1031,"label":1032,"publisher":1033,"kind":182,"url":1034,"publishedAt":1035,"checkedAt":940},"snl-2025-candidates","Meet the candidates: Cloverdale-Langley City","Surrey Now-Leader (Cloverdale Reporter)","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002F2025\u002F04\u002F14\u002Fmeet-the-candidates-cloverdale-langley-city\u002F","2025-04-14","No public appearance by the candidate in the provincial race was confirmed on 2026-10-02. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[714],[1039,1041],{"id":252,"date":253,"title":789,"kind":255,"time":790,"venue":791,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":792,"detail":793,"sourceIds":1040},[714],{"id":796,"date":27,"title":797,"kind":255,"time":798,"venue":791,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":792,"detail":266,"sourceIds":1042},[714],[1044,1053,1061,1069,1076,1082,1088,1094,1100,1106,1112,1119,1125],{"id":1045,"title":1046,"cycle":284,"topic":822,"status":290,"pledge":1047,"evidence":1048,"nextCheck":1049,"sourceIds":1050,"issue":1051,"own":279,"quote":1052,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-land-acknowledgments","Against land acknowledgments in schools","He told the North Delta Reporter by email that he opposes land acknowledgments, compelled speech and closed debate in schools.","He said this as a candidate for Delta school trustee. It names no rule, bill, cost or date, and voche.me found no statement on what he would change as an MLA. OneBC's priorities page also lists ending mandatory land acknowledgments in government-funded institutions.","As an MLA, which provincial rule on land acknowledgments in schools would he change, and when?",[1015],"education","I oppose land acknowledgments and compelled speech and closed debate in schools.",{"id":1054,"title":1055,"cycle":284,"topic":822,"status":290,"pledge":1056,"evidence":1057,"nextCheck":1058,"sourceIds":1059,"issue":1051,"own":279,"quote":1060,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-sogi-pronouns","Concern about pronouns and SOGI material in schools","His school trustee campaign site says he is concerned about students being called \"they\" on report cards, being asked for their pronouns, and sexual education through SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) material.","This is from his school trustee campaign. It states a concern and names no rule, cost or date. OneBC's priorities page separately lists removing SOGI 123 from classrooms.","As an MLA, what would he change in provincial curriculum or report card rules, and when?",[976],"Jim is concerned by the instructional drift from education to political indoctrination, such as referring to boys and girls as “they” on report cards, asking for their pronouns, or premature sexual discussion through SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity); indeed, the Delta School District has a district-level SOGI coordinator speaking at elementary schools.",{"id":1062,"title":1063,"cycle":284,"topic":822,"status":290,"pledge":1064,"evidence":1065,"nextCheck":1066,"sourceIds":1067,"issue":1051,"own":279,"quote":1068,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"promise-merit-marking","Merit instead of equity marking","His school trustee campaign site says he is concerned about equity marking and other unfair academic competition, and that merit should be the guiding principle.","This is from his school trustee campaign. The site does not define equity marking, and it names no rule, cost or date.","Which marking rule would he change, and is it set by the Province or by school districts?",[976],"He is also concerned by equity marking and other unfair academic competition, believing that merit should be the guiding principle.",{"id":1070,"title":1071,"cycle":284,"topic":303,"status":290,"pledge":1072,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1074,"sourceIds":1075,"issue":448,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-repeal-dripa","Repeal DRIPA (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: repeal DRIPA, and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC. The page uses these short names and does not spell them out.","This is the party's platform. The page does not name Jim McMurtry, and voche.me found no statement in which he repeats it.","Does he support this, and what would happen to agreements already signed?",[972],{"id":1077,"title":1078,"cycle":284,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":1079,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1080,"sourceIds":1081,"issue":340,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-tax-cut","Cut income taxes by 25 percent (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: a 25 percent tax cut for every tax bracket, including corporate tax.","Does he support this, and how would the lost revenue be replaced?",[972],{"id":1083,"title":1084,"cycle":284,"topic":830,"status":290,"pledge":1085,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1086,"sourceIds":1087,"issue":852,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-pst","Cut the provincial sales tax by 2 points (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: 2 percentage points off the provincial sales tax.","Does he support this, and from what date?",[972],{"id":1089,"title":1090,"cycle":284,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":1091,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1092,"sourceIds":1093,"issue":295,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-forestry","Raise the allowable cut (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: increase the yearly allowable cut of timber, lower stumpage fees and speed up permit approvals for the forest industry.","Does he support this for forests in Delta South, and by how much?",[972],{"id":1095,"title":1096,"cycle":284,"topic":830,"status":290,"pledge":1097,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1098,"sourceIds":1099,"issue":835,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-step-code","End the Step Code (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: eliminate the Step Code, which the page says raises housing costs with green building requirements it calls unnecessary.","Does he support this, and what would replace the rules?",[972],{"id":1101,"title":1102,"cycle":284,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":1103,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1104,"sourceIds":1105,"issue":340,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-balanced-budget","Balanced budget in 4 years (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: balanced budgets within 4 years, with part of later surpluses used to pay down debt.","Does he support this, and which spending would change?",[972],{"id":1107,"title":1108,"cycle":284,"topic":272,"status":290,"pledge":1109,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1110,"sourceIds":1111,"issue":278,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-private-health","Private health care beside public care (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: private health care alongside fully funded public health care, and moving administration spending to frontline workers.","Does he support this, and what would it mean for hospitals in the district?",[972],{"id":1113,"title":1114,"cycle":284,"topic":822,"status":290,"pledge":1115,"evidence":1116,"nextCheck":1117,"sourceIds":1118,"issue":1051,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-testing","Standardized testing in schools (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: bring back standardized testing in reading, writing and mathematics, and remove SOGI 123 material from classrooms.","This is the party's platform. The page does not name Jim McMurtry. His school trustee campaign raises concerns about SOGI material, listed above, and voche.me found no statement in which he repeats the testing pledge.","Does he support this, and from which school year?",[972],{"id":1120,"title":1121,"cycle":284,"topic":857,"status":290,"pledge":1122,"evidence":1073,"nextCheck":1123,"sourceIds":1124,"issue":862,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-drug-policy","End drug consumption sites (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: end safer supply and drug consumption programs, roll back decriminalization, and provide involuntary treatment and housing for people with severe addiction.","Does he support this, and what treatment would be offered in the district?",[972],{"id":1126,"title":1127,"cycle":284,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":1128,"evidence":1129,"nextCheck":1130,"sourceIds":1131,"issue":323,"own":370,"reviewedAt":940,"reviewedBy":285},"party-pipeline","Approve a pipeline to the north coast (party platform)","OneBC's priorities page lists: approve a pipeline to the Port of Prince Rupert or Kitimat to move Canadian energy to foreign markets.","This is the party's platform. The page does not name Jim McMurtry, and voche.me found no statement in which he repeats it. voche.me tagged it under climate and environment because the page sets no emission rule beside it.","Does he support this, and with what conditions on emissions?",[972],[],[1134,1139,1144,1149,1155],{"id":1135,"date":1019,"title":1136,"format":561,"summary":1137,"sourceIds":1138},"talk-ndr-2026","Email statement on his school board run","In an email quoted by the North Delta Reporter, he said the focus of his school trustee campaign is what he calls indoctrination in schools, and that he opposes land acknowledgments, compelled speech and closed debate in schools.",[1015],{"id":1140,"date":1008,"title":1141,"format":561,"summary":1142,"sourceIds":1143},"talk-court-petition-2026","Statement on the court petition","Quoted in a Justice Centre release, reported by the Abbotsford News, as saying he was removed from teaching for speaking truthfully about residential schools and that he needed legal support.",[1004,1010],{"id":1145,"date":706,"title":1146,"format":561,"summary":1147,"sourceIds":1148},"talk-optimist-profile-2026","Contributed profile in the Delta Optimist","A profile marked as contributed in the Delta Optimist civic election section repeats the text of his school trustee campaign site.",[984],{"id":1150,"date":1151,"title":1152,"format":555,"summary":1153,"sourceIds":1154},"talk-tru-2025","2025-11-12","Remarks at Thompson Rivers University","Ricochet Media reports that he wore a sign repeating the statement he was dismissed for, and quotes him asking the crowd for evidence of murdered children at residential schools.",[998],{"id":892,"date":1035,"title":1156,"format":648,"summary":1157,"sourceIds":1158},"Federal candidate questionnaire","As the People's Party of Canada candidate in Cloverdale-Langley City, he listed his top priorities as creating wealth and jobs, rational spending on essential services and ending what he called woke indoctrination in schools. This is 2025 federal material.",[1031],[1160,1169],{"id":1161,"date":1162,"title":1163,"category":1164,"summary":1165,"response":1166,"outcome":1167,"sourceIds":1168},"acc-dismissal-lrb","2026-05-01","Dismissal as a teacher and his complaint against the teachers' union","Official finding","The North Delta Reporter reports that the Abbotsford School District suspended him in May 2021 and dismissed him from his on-call position on February 23, 2023. It quotes a district investigation report that called his comments about the Kamloops findings inflammatory, inappropriate and insensitive. The Abbotsford News reports that the court petition says he was also dismissed over other allegations, including not following COVID-19 safety rules. The B.C. Teachers' Federation filed a grievance for him, then decided after mediation in September 2025 not to take it to arbitration. He complained to the Labour Relations Board that the union had failed to represent him in a fair way. The board's decision list shows a decision on May 1, 2026 and a decision on his request for reconsideration on May 26, 2026.","He says he was removed from teaching for speaking truthfully about residential schools, and he disputes the other allegations, according to the Abbotsford News.","The North Delta Reporter reports that the Labour Relations Board sided with the teachers' federation in May 2026, and the Justice Centre says the board upheld the union's decision. voche.me could not open the board's decision files.",[1015,1004,957,1010],{"id":1170,"date":1008,"title":1171,"category":1172,"summary":1173,"response":1174,"outcome":1175,"sourceIds":1176},"acc-judicial-review","Petition for court review of the board decision","Civil lawsuit","Lawyers funded by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms filed a petition asking the Supreme Court of British Columbia to review the Labour Relations Board decision. The petition argues that a union must consider rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when it decides whether to take a grievance forward.","He says he is grateful for the legal support. The Abbotsford News reported that it had asked the Abbotsford School District for comment.","The Justice Centre says the petition remains before the court, and that a hearing will be scheduled after the parties exchange the board record and sworn statements. voche.me found no court ruling on 2026-10-02.",[1004,1010,1015],[1178,1183,1188,1193,1198,1203,1208,1212,1217],{"id":1179,"date":991,"title":1180,"publisher":782,"format":182,"summary":1181,"sourceIds":1182},"news-optimist-first-onebc","Named as OneBC's first candidate","Reports that OneBC named him its first candidate, to run in Delta South, and quotes the party release and leader Dallas Brodie.",[988],{"id":1184,"date":991,"title":1185,"publisher":995,"format":182,"summary":1186,"sourceIds":1187},"news-ws-first-candidate","Western Standard on his OneBC candidacy","Reports that he said it was exciting to represent the party.",[993],{"id":1189,"date":1002,"title":1190,"publisher":1000,"format":182,"summary":1191,"sourceIds":1192},"news-ricochet-tru","Event at Thompson Rivers University","Reports that he appeared with Dallas Brodie and Frances Widdowson at an unapproved event at Thompson Rivers University on November 12, 2025. The outlet and a historian it interviewed describe the event as residential school denial.",[998],{"id":1194,"date":1008,"title":1195,"publisher":1006,"format":182,"summary":1196,"sourceIds":1197},"news-abbynews-petition","Court petition filed in his dismissal case","Reports the petition for court review, the events of May 31, 2021 as the petition describes them, and the other allegations he disputes.",[1004],{"id":1199,"date":1019,"title":1200,"publisher":1017,"format":182,"summary":1201,"sourceIds":1202},"news-ndr-school-board","Running for Delta school board","Reports his school trustee candidacy, quotes his email, and sets out his dismissal, the union grievance, the board decision and his earlier candidacies.",[1015],{"id":1204,"date":217,"title":1205,"publisher":749,"format":182,"summary":1206,"sourceIds":1207},"news-optimist-independents","Independent candidates in Delta","Lists him among the four school trustee candidates who run with no local party.",[1021],{"id":917,"date":751,"title":1209,"publisher":749,"format":182,"summary":1210,"sourceIds":1211},"Delta provincial candidates","Reports that he is running in the provincial election in Delta as well as for school trustee, and that Ian Paton and Jason McCormick are running in Delta South.",[747],{"id":1213,"date":706,"title":1214,"publisher":1017,"format":182,"summary":1215,"sourceIds":1216},"news-ndr-forum","School trustee forum cancelled","Names him among 15 trustee candidates at the September 28 forum and reports that the October 1 forum was cancelled after two people died at a ceremony in Tsawwassen.",[1027],{"id":1218,"date":1035,"title":1219,"publisher":1033,"format":182,"summary":1220,"sourceIds":1221},"news-snl-2025","Federal candidate questionnaire, 2025","Publishes his answers as the People's Party of Canada candidate in Cloverdale-Langley City.",[1031],{"slug":1223,"name":1224,"office":7,"district":8,"number":9,"colour":1225,"palette":11,"party":1226,"portrait":11,"headline":1229,"dossier":1230,"sample":370,"acclamation":11},"skadi-green","Skadi Green","fern",{"name":1227,"url":1228},"BC Green Party","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002F","BC Green Party candidate for MLA in Delta South. No campaign page, platform or public statement of her own was found.",{"checkedAt":26,"through":27,"introduction":1231,"recordIntro":1232,"researchGaps":1233,"sources":1234,"scheduleSummary":1256,"scheduleSourceIds":1257,"events":1258,"promises":1263,"programs":1301,"talks":1302,"accountability":1303,"coverage":1304},"A researched record of Skadi Green's candidacy in Delta South. Elections BC lists her with the affiliation BC Green Party. voche.me found no page, report or statement by her or about her, so the commitments below are the party's platform.","voche.me found no elected or appointed public office for this candidate in the sources read on 2026-10-03, and so found no voting record to review. BC Ballot says it found no previous run, term or finance report for her; voche.me did not check those records itself.","No campaign website, BC Green Party candidate page, social media account, news report, all-candidates meeting or endorsement for Skadi Green was found on 2026-10-03. The party's candidates page lists 33 candidates and not her, the address where her page would sit returned HTTP 404, the party's site search finds nothing for her name, and its list of riding associations has no Delta South page. The party's site map lists an older news page whose address names a different Delta South nominee. It was not opened and is not used. The name search was limited: the WebSearch tool had reached its usage limit, Bing returned unrelated pages, DuckDuckGo showed a verification test, Google returned an error page and Google News returned no item naming her. No biography, occupation, education or earlier public role is recorded, and no municipal or school board record was searched because nothing links her to a public role. The Delta Optimist search page could not be opened (HTTP 403), so local news coverage was not checked there. The BC Green Party's own plan page says its full platform is coming soon. The questionnaire has not been sent.",[1235,1236,1237,1238,1242,1246,1252],{"id":33,"label":712,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":37,"checkedAt":26},{"id":714,"label":715,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":41,"checkedAt":26},{"id":43,"label":717,"publisher":35,"kind":36,"url":45,"checkedAt":26},{"id":1239,"label":1240,"publisher":1227,"kind":160,"url":1241,"checkedAt":26},"green-candidates","Candidates 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fcandidates-2026\u002F",{"id":1243,"label":1244,"publisher":1227,"kind":160,"url":1245,"checkedAt":26},"green-our-plan","Our Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Four-plan\u002F",{"id":1247,"label":1248,"publisher":1249,"kind":1250,"url":1251,"checkedAt":26},"bcballot","Skadi Green, Delta South","BC Ballot","Event listing","https:\u002F\u002Fbcballot.ca\u002Fridings\u002Fdelta-south\u002Fskadi-green\u002F",{"id":1253,"label":1254,"publisher":1249,"kind":1250,"url":1255,"checkedAt":26},"bcballot-riding","Delta South: candidates","https:\u002F\u002Fbcballot.ca\u002Fridings\u002Fdelta-south\u002F","No public appearance by the candidate was found on 2026-10-03. The two voting dates come from Elections BC.",[714],[1259,1261],{"id":252,"date":253,"title":789,"kind":255,"time":790,"venue":791,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":792,"detail":793,"sourceIds":1260},[714],{"id":796,"date":27,"title":797,"kind":255,"time":798,"venue":791,"attendance":258,"attendanceNote":792,"detail":266,"sourceIds":1262},[714],[1264,1271,1276,1281,1286,1291,1296],{"id":1265,"title":1266,"cycle":284,"topic":830,"status":290,"pledge":1267,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1270,"issue":835,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-non-market-homes","Party platform: 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 page. It does not name Skadi Green, and voche.me found no statement in her own words that repeats it.","Does she repeat this commitment in her own campaign?",[1243],{"id":1272,"title":1273,"cycle":284,"topic":830,"status":290,"pledge":1274,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1275,"issue":852,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-vacancy-control","Party platform: vacancy control on rents","The BC Greens platform page says the party would pass vacancy control, so landlords cannot raise the rent each time a tenant moves out.",[1243],{"id":1277,"title":1278,"cycle":284,"topic":804,"status":290,"pledge":1279,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1280,"issue":809,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-free-transit","Party platform: fast, frequent and free transit","The BC Greens platform page says the party would make transit fast, frequent and free.",[1243],{"id":1282,"title":1283,"cycle":284,"topic":272,"status":290,"pledge":1284,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1285,"issue":278,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-community-health-centres","Party platform: 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 and long-term support.",[1243],{"id":1287,"title":1288,"cycle":284,"topic":289,"status":290,"pledge":1289,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1290,"issue":340,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-fair-share","Party platform: Fair Share Act and windfall tax","The BC Greens platform page says the party's Fair Share Act would make the few hundred richest people in British Columbia pay their fair share, and that it would bring in a windfall tax on mega-corporations.",[1243],{"id":1292,"title":1293,"cycle":284,"topic":318,"status":290,"pledge":1294,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1295,"issue":323,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-no-new-fossil-fuel","Party platform: stop new fossil fuel development","The BC Greens platform page says the party would stop new fossil fuel development.",[1243],{"id":1297,"title":1298,"cycle":284,"topic":303,"status":290,"pledge":1299,"evidence":1268,"nextCheck":1269,"sourceIds":1300,"issue":308,"own":370,"reviewedAt":26,"reviewedBy":285},"party-pr","Party platform: proportional representation within 100 days","The BC Greens platform page says the party would deliver proportional representation legislation within the first 100 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The report gives its borders: the South Arm of the Fraser River and 64th Avenue in the north, the Canada-U.S. border in the south, Highway 91 and 120th Street in the east, and the Strait of Georgia in the west. The commission counted 51,908 people in the district, which is 3.5% below the average district population, over an area of 455 square kilometres.","The commission moved the area south of 64th Avenue out of Delta North and into Delta South, to spread the population of the two districts more evenly. Elections BC's conversion table matches the 78 voting areas of the district to the earlier districts: 75 in Delta South and 4 in Delta North. Elections BC's 2024 results list 15 voting places inside the district, among them Ladner Elementary, Port Guichon Elementary, English Bluff Elementary, Beach Grove Elementary and the South Delta Recreation Centre. The 2017 results list a voting place named Tsawwassen First Nation Rec Centre in Delta South.","The City of Delta says Ladner is bound on the west by the Strait of Georgia, on the south by Tsawwassen, on the east by North Delta and on the north by the Fraser River, and that Delta City Hall and Delta Hospital stand there. The governments' 2009 backgrounder places the Tsawwassen First Nation's lands between the BC Ferries terminal and the Deltaport container terminal, with the community straddling Highway 17 along the shore of the Strait of Georgia. Metro Vancouver's Boundary Bay Regional Park has a Dyke Trail that runs 17 kilometres from 17A Avenue to Mud Bay.",[2187,2188,2189,2190,2191],"commission","ebc-results","delta-ladner","bc-backgrounder-2009","metro-bb",[2193,2194,2195,2196,2197,2198,2199,2200],"Ladner","Tsawwassen","Tsawwassen First Nation","Boundary Bay","Beach Grove","Parkdale Gardens","Port Guichon","Westham Island",[2202,2205,2208,2211,2214,2217,2220,2223,2226,2229],{"question":2203,"answer":2204},"Where is Delta South?","Delta South is a provincial electoral district in the south and west of the City of Delta. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report gives its borders as the South Arm of the Fraser River and 64th Avenue in the north, the Canada-U.S. border in the south, Highway 91 and 120th Street in the east, and the Strait of Georgia in the west. Its area is 455 square kilometres.",{"question":2206,"answer":2207},"Which communities are in Delta South?","Delta South includes Ladner, Tsawwassen, Parkdale Gardens and Boundary Bay, according to the Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report. Elections BC's results also list voting places in the district at Port Guichon, Beach Grove and the Tsawwassen First Nation Rec Centre. The commission's map of the district also labels Westham, the island that holds the Reifel Bird Sanctuary.",{"question":2209,"answer":2210},"Who won Delta South in the 2024 provincial election?","Ian Paton won Delta South in 2024 as the Conservative Party candidate, with 14,491 votes, 55.07% of the valid vote. Jason McCormick of the BC NDP received 11,822 votes, 44.93%. Turnout was 65.04% of 40,611 registered voters. The Tyee reported on 25 August 2026 that Paton had left the BC Conservative caucus and would sit as an Independent.",{"question":2212,"answer":2213},"Who represented Delta South before Ian Paton?","Vicki Huntington represented Delta South before Ian Paton, as an Independent, after winning in 2009 with 9,977 votes and in 2013 with 11,376 votes. Val Roddick of the Liberal Party held the seat before her, from the by-election of 7 December 1999 through the elections of 2001 and 2005. Fred Gingell of the Liberal Party won it in 1991 and 1996.",{"question":2215,"answer":2216},"How close was the 2009 result in Delta South?","Vicki Huntington won Delta South in 2009 by 32 votes. She received 9,977 votes, 42.50%, as an Independent, and Wally Oppal of the BC Liberal Party received 9,945, 42.36%. Dileep Joseph Anthony Athaide of the BC NDP received 2,940 votes, Duane Laird of the BC Green Party 555 and John William Shavluk 60. In all, 23,477 valid votes were counted.",{"question":2218,"answer":2219},"When was Delta South created?","The name Delta South first appears in Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001, at the 35th general election on 17 October 1991. That year the number of electoral districts rose from 52 to 75 and all multi-member districts ended. Fred Gingell of the Liberal Party won Delta South in 1991 with 8,783 votes, 39.82%. In 1986 the earlier district named Delta, printed in Elections BC's older volume, elected two members.",{"question":2221,"answer":2222},"How did the boundaries of Delta South change in 2023?","The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report moved the area south of 64th Avenue out of Delta North and into Delta South, to spread the population more evenly between the two districts. Of the district's 78 voting areas, 75 were in the earlier Delta South and 4 in the earlier Delta North. The commission counts 51,908 people in Delta South, 3.5% below the average district.",{"question":2224,"answer":2225},"How many people live in Delta South?","The 2021 census counted 51,905 people in Delta South, with a median age of 49.2 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. English was the first language of 78% of residents, and 23.3% were immigrants. The most common countries of birth among immigrants were the United Kingdom with 2,140 people, China with 1,645 and India with 1,165. The median household income was $104,000.",{"question":2227,"answer":2228},"Whose traditional territory is Delta South on?","Delta South lies on the territory of the Tsawwassen, whose lands are inside the district. The City of Delta acknowledges the shared, traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and other Coast Salish Peoples. The Tsawwassen First Nation says its people have been here since time immemorial. Its Final Agreement took effect on 3 April 2009.",{"question":2230,"answer":2231},"What does the Tsawwassen treaty provide?","The Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement, in force since 3 April 2009, gives the Nation 724 hectares of land held in fee simple, which is full ownership, a capital transfer of $14.8 million over 10 years, and law-making authority alongside BC and Canadian laws. The governments' 2009 backgrounder also lists commercial salmon licences, tax exemptions for members living on Tsawwassen Lands, and membership for the Nation in the Greater Vancouver Regional District.",[2233,2245,2257,2266,2276,2288,2296],{"id":2234,"title":2235,"paragraphs":2236,"sourceIds":2240},"first-peoples","Tsawwassen, the land facing the sea",[2237,2238,2239],"The City of Delta acknowledges that its council meetings take place on the shared, traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and other Coast Salish Peoples. Mayor George V. Harvie read the wording at the council meeting of 10 May 2021. The governments' 2009 backgrounder on the treaty says the Tsawwassen are Coast Salish people of the Hun’qum’i’num linguistic group, that in their language Tsawwassen means \"the land facing the sea\", and that they travelled and fished the waters of Georgia Strait and the lower Fraser River.","The Tsawwassen First Nation says in its own timeline that its people have been here since time immemorial. The same timeline says that sites at Whalen Farm and Beach Grove document a people well established in their territory between 400 and 200 BC, and that carbon dating confirmed sites within the historic winter village at 2260 BC. The City of Delta's Tsawwassen page says the Nation's people have used this land since at least 200 B.C. The City's heritage passport marks the southern end of a village built on an ancient beach above Boundary Bay and says that urban growth has largely destroyed this archaeological site.","The passport says the Tsawwassen First Nation Reserve was created at the winter village site of the Tsawwassen people. The Nation's timeline records that a colonial reserve was formally established in 1871, that it was enlarged to 490 acres (198 hectares) in 1874, and that its first official survey was completed in 1881.",[2241,2190,2242,2243,2244],"delta-land-ack","tfn-timeline","delta-tsawwassen","delta-passport-1",{"id":2246,"title":2247,"paragraphs":2248,"sourceIds":2252},"ladners-landing","Ladner's Landing and the Municipality of Delta, 1867 to 1923",[2249,2250,2251],"BC Geographical Names says Ladner is named for William H. Ladner, who in 1867 pre-empted the land, one year before any other settlers arrived. He settled at Ladner's Landing in 1868 and pre-empted 160 acres. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says his brother Thomas settled nearby in 1870. The record for the community says Ladner's Landing Post Office opened on 1 March 1875 and became Ladner Post Office on 1 July 1895.","Canada's Historic Places register dates the Government Wharf at the foot of Elliott Street to 1873. It says the wharf served paddle steamers and other boats, carried mail and trade, and drew the Delta Cannery of 1878 and sawmills, with Chinese workers coming for the cannery jobs. The City's passport says Donald Chisholm bought and surveyed the town site in the 1880s, and the street still carries his name. The Delta Hotel greeted arrivals at the wharf from the 1880s until 1923, when it burned down.","BC Geographical Names records that Delta was incorporated as a district municipality, The Corporation of Delta, on 10 November 1879. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says William Ladner collected 25 of the 60 signatures on the petition and was elected reeve in 1880 and in 15 other years down to 1906. The passport says Ladner's Chinatown lined the dyke in the late 1800s and that much of it burned in 1929. A condominium and marina complex now covers the dyke and the field.",[2253,2254,2255,2244,2256],"bcgnis-ladner","dcb-ladner","historic-landing","bcgnis-delta",{"id":2258,"title":2259,"paragraphs":2260,"sourceIds":2264},"farms-rail-oysters","Dykes, a bridge, a railway and oysters, 1885 to 1963",[2261,2262,2263],"The City's passport says the farmers of East Delta built the first municipal dyke on Boundary Bay in 1892. The same plaque names the services they built in the area: East Delta School in 1888, St. Stephen's Church in 1891 and East Delta Community Hall in 1930. Canada's Historic Places register says the 1892 dyke let farming grow at Boundary Bay, and that Edwin Cammidge bought property there in 1885. The Cammidge house, a two-storey farmhouse built in 1914, moved in 1998 to Boundary Bay Regional Park. Metro Vancouver says its restoration was completed in 1999.","According to the passport, the Westham Island Bridge opened in March 1910 with a lavish banquet and ended the isolation of the island's residents. The railway reached Port Guichon in 1903, and the passport says the town then replaced Ladner as Delta's transportation centre. At first the train stopped on the wharf to meet steamships from Victoria. In 1924 the station moved to Savoy Street, and the line served the sawmill, hotel, farms and canneries of Port Guichon into the 1930s.","Oyster farming also shaped the shore. The passport says that between 1940 and 1963, 50% of the province's oyster production came from Boundary Bay, until water pollution forced the industry to close. A photograph in the passport shows Sikh workers at the B.C. Packers oyster plant in circa 1950.",[2244,2265,2191],"historic-cammidge",{"id":2267,"title":2268,"paragraphs":2269,"sourceIds":2273},"ferry-port","The ferry causeway and the Roberts Bank port, 1958 to 1997",[2270,2271,2272],"The Encyclopedia of British Columbia, published by KnowBC, says BC Ferry Corp began in 1958 during a labour dispute that shut down the privately owned ferry service between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Premier W.A.C. Bennett said his government would enter the ferry business. The ferries Sidney and Tsawwassen began operating in June 1960 between Swartz Bay, north of Victoria, and Tsawwassen.","The Tsawwassen First Nation's timeline says construction of the ferry terminal started in 1958, that the provincial government tore down the Nation's longhouse during the causeway work, and that the terminal and causeway were expanded in 1973, in 1976 and in 1991. The Nation says it began building a new longhouse on its reserve in 1995 and completed it in 1997.","The same timeline says construction of the Roberts Bank port began in 1968 and that by 1983 it had become a 113-hectare island with a rail line along its causeway. KnowBC says the coal terminal opened in 1970, was enlarged in 1983 and is operated by Westshore Terminals under a lease from the Port of Vancouver, and that the Deltaport container terminal opened in 1997.",[2274,2242,2275],"knowbc-ferry","knowbc-roberts",{"id":2277,"title":2278,"paragraphs":2279,"sourceIds":2283},"treaty","The Tsawwassen treaty, 1993 to 2009",[2280,2281,2282],"The Nation's timeline says it entered the formal treaty process in 1993. Its members voted on 10 December 2003 to approve an agreement in principle, and Chief Kim Baird signed it in March 2004. The Government of Canada says the Final Agreement was initialled in December 2006 and that Tsawwassen members ratified it in July 2007, with 70 percent of eligible members voting in favour. The three parties signed it on 6 December 2007. The BC Treaty Commission says Parliament gave it Royal Assent on 26 June 2008, and that it took effect on 3 April 2009.","The governments' backgrounder of 3 April 2009 sets out the terms in 2009 dollars. The land is 724 hectares, which includes 372 hectares of provincial Crown land and 290 hectares of the former reserve. A further 62 hectares of other lands stay under the Corporation of Delta's jurisdiction. The Nation holds the land in fee simple, which the governments describe as ownership that gives the Nation flexibility to manage land for short and long-term goals. The agreement provides a capital transfer of $14.8 million over 10 years, less outstanding negotiation loans, and $2 million for the release of mineral rights under former reserve lands. Annual transfers of $2.9 million are reviewed every five years, and one-time funding totals $16.8 million.","Members may harvest fish, wildlife and migratory birds for food, social and ceremonial purposes in specified areas. Canada issues commercial licences for up to 0.78 per cent of the Canadian commercial total catch of Fraser River sockeye, 3.27 per cent of the terminal commercial catch of Fraser River chum and 0.78 per cent of the Canadian commercial total catch of Fraser River pink salmon. Tsawwassen laws operate alongside BC and Canadian laws, and the Indian Act no longer applies to the Nation, its lands or its members except to determine Indian status. Members living on Tsawwassen Lands have statutory exemptions from income and property taxes for 12 years and from transaction taxes for eight years. The Nation's treaty page says it has a first right to buy up to 278 hectares of Brunswick Point lands for 80 years after the effective date, and that it became the first First Nation to join Metro Vancouver as a full member.",[2242,2284,2285,2190,2286,2287],"canada-2007","bctc-treaty","tfn-treaty","tfn-nation",{"id":2289,"title":2290,"paragraphs":2291,"sourceIds":2294},"treaty-lands","Tsawwassen Shores and Tsawwassen Mills, 2011 to 2018",[2292,2293],"The Nation's timeline says a neighbourhood plan in 2011 designated 110 hectares for commercial and residential development. In 2012 ground was broken on a 42-lot subdivision called Tsawwassen Shores, in partnership with Aquilini Development, and members voted that year to lease the commercial lands for Tsawwassen Mills and Tsawwassen Commons. In 2013 the Nation signed a 25-year lease on 155 hectares of agricultural land with three farms. In 2014 it signed a 99-year lease with Ivanhoe Cambridge for Tsawwassen Mills, which it calls the largest real estate deal in the province.","The joint implementation report of the three governments says Tsawwassen Mills opened on 5 October 2016 with 111,500 square metres of retail space, a 1,100-seat food hall and the work of several Tsawwassen First Nation artists. Stores then opened in Tsawwassen Commons, a 51,100 square metre retail development. The Nation's timeline adds that it completed the Highway 17 widening needed to reach its lands in 2016, and that a logistics facility with Amazon as its anchor tenant was completed in 2018.",[2242,2295],"tfn-impl",{"id":2297,"title":2298,"paragraphs":2299,"sourceIds":2303},"shore-and-village","Westham Island, Boundary Bay and Ladner traditions, 1896 to 2024",[2300,2301,2302],"BC Geographical Names lists the George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary as a migratory bird sanctuary established in 1967, with 376 hectares that overlap the Alaksen National Wildlife Area. KnowBC says it lies at the north end of Westham Island, that the land was leased from the farmer George H. Reifel, who donated it to the Crown in 1973, and that the BC Waterfowl Society operates it. The City of Delta calls Ladner the main hub of Delta's agriculture industry, with Westham Island farms and roadside farmstands.","Metro Vancouver describes Boundary Bay Regional Park as an Important Bird Area and a rest stop for thousands of birds on the Pacific Flyway migration route. The park includes Centennial Beach, and the Dyke Trail runs 17 kilometres from 17A Avenue to Mud Bay.","The City says Ladner Pioneer May Days has been part of its history since 1896 and runs each May, with a parade on the Sunday. On 29 February 2024 the City named Ladner Village and Tsawwassen at 56 Street among four primary strategic growth areas, and Council adopted its new Official Community Plan on 8 July 2024. The City says the plan helps it meet a Housing Target Order of 3,607 net new units over five years.",[2304,2305,2189,2191,2306,2307,2308],"bcgnis-reifel","knowbc-reifel","delta-may-days","delta-growth","delta-ocp",{},{"paragraphs":2311,"sourceIds":2316},[2312,2313,2314,2315],"Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001 first prints Delta South at the 35th general election, held on 17 October 1991. The volume's footnote records that the Royal Commission on Electoral Boundaries led to 75 districts in place of 52, each with one member. The volume for 1871 to 1986 prints no district named Delta South. It lists Delta, which elected two members in 1986. Fred Gingell of the Liberal Party won Delta South in 1991 with 8,783 votes (39.82%), ahead of John L. Savage of Social Credit with 6,713 (30.44%) and Brent Kennedy of the New Democratic Party with 6,559 (29.74%). Gingell won again in 1996 with 13,415 votes (58.78%), and Lloyd Macdonald of the NDP received 5,984 (26.22%).","The 1987 to 2001 volume records the death of Gingell on 6 July 1999. The by-election was held on 7 December 1999. Val Roddick of the Liberal Party won it with 10,577 votes (59.63%), and Bill Vander Zalm of the Reform Party of British Columbia, a former Premier, received 5,837 (32.91%). Roddick took her seat on 15 March 2000. She won in 2001 with 14,596 votes (67.00%), ahead of Rob La Belle of the BC Green Party with 3,650 (16.75%). In 2005 she won with 9,112 votes (37.48%), and Vicki Huntington, running as an Independent, received 8,043 (33.08%).","Huntington won in 2009 with 9,977 votes (42.50%), 32 votes ahead of Wally Oppal of the BC Liberal Party with 9,945 (42.36%). She won again in 2013 with 11,376 votes (47.80%). Ian Paton of the BC Liberal Party won in 2017 with 11,123 votes (44.10%), ahead of Nicholas Wong, an Independent, with 6,437 (25.52%). He won in 2020 with 12,828 votes (51.70%) and in 2024, as the Conservative Party candidate, with 14,491 votes (55.07%), ahead of Jason McCormick of the BC NDP with 11,822 (44.93%). Turnout in 2024 was 65.04% of 40,611 registered voters. The Tyee reported on 25 August 2026 that Paton had left the BC Conservative caucus and would sit as an Independent.","The commission's 2023 final report moved the area south of 64th Avenue out of Delta North and into Delta South. It says that after its preliminary report people told it the Delta neighbourhoods south of Kittson Parkway should not be moved from Delta South into Delta North, and that it confirmed its proposal as necessary to balance the populations of the two districts. Elections BC's conversion table matches the district's 78 voting areas to the earlier districts: 75 in Delta South and 4 in Delta North.",[2317,2318,2319,2188,2320,2187],"ebc-1987-2001","ebc-1871-1986","ebc-2002-2013","tyee-paton",[2322,2327,2330,2333,2336,2339,2343,2347,2350,2353,2357,2361,2365,2369,2373,2375,2377,2380,2383,2386,2390,2393,2396,2400,2403,2408,2413,2416,2419,2423],{"id":2187,"label":2323,"publisher":2324,"kind":2325,"url":2326,"checkedAt":2146},"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":2318,"label":2328,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"url":2329,"checkedAt":2146},"Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871 to 1986","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf",{"id":2317,"label":2331,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"url":2332,"checkedAt":2146},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987 to 2001","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2319,"label":2334,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"url":2335,"checkedAt":2146},"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002F2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf",{"id":2188,"label":2337,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"url":2338,"checkedAt":2146},"Provincial Voting Results","https:\u002F\u002Fcatalogue.data.gov.bc.ca\u002Fdataset\u002F44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935",{"id":2241,"label":2340,"publisher":954,"kind":2341,"url":2342,"checkedAt":2146},"The City of Delta Begins Making Indigenous Land Acknowledgement","municipal","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fcommunity-culture\u002Fhappening-delta\u002Fnews\u002Fcity-delta-begins-making-indigenous-land-acknowledgement",{"id":2242,"label":2344,"publisher":2195,"kind":2345,"url":2346,"checkedAt":2146},"Timeline of History","first-nation","https:\u002F\u002Ftsawwassenfirstnation.com\u002Fabout-tfn\u002Four-nation\u002Ftimeline-of-history\u002F",{"id":2287,"label":2348,"publisher":2195,"kind":2345,"url":2349,"checkedAt":2146},"Our Nation","https:\u002F\u002Ftsawwassenfirstnation.com\u002Fabout-tfn\u002Four-nation\u002F",{"id":2286,"label":2351,"publisher":2195,"kind":2345,"url":2352,"checkedAt":2146},"Treaty and Constitution","https:\u002F\u002Ftsawwassenfirstnation.com\u002Fgovernance-overview\u002Ftreaty-and-constitution\u002F",{"id":2190,"label":2354,"publisher":2355,"kind":2325,"url":2356,"checkedAt":2146},"Tsawwassen self-government provisions take effect, backgrounder, April 3, 2009","Province of British Columbia, Office of the Premier","https:\u002F\u002Farchive.news.gov.bc.ca\u002Freleases\u002Fnews_releases_2005-2009\u002F2009OTP0060-000606-Attachment1.htm",{"id":2284,"label":2358,"publisher":2359,"kind":2325,"url":2360,"checkedAt":2146},"Legislation for first modern treaty under the B.C. treaty process introduced in House of Commons, December 6, 2007","Government of Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada.ca\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Farchive\u002F2007\u002F12\u002Flegislation-first-modern-treaty-under-bc-treaty-process-introduced-house-commons.html",{"id":2285,"label":2362,"publisher":2363,"kind":2325,"url":2364,"checkedAt":2146},"Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement (Tsawwassen Treaty)","BC Treaty Commission","https:\u002F\u002Fbctreaty.ca\u002Ftreaty_agreement\u002Ftsawwassen-first-nation-tsawwassen-treaty\u002F",{"id":2295,"label":2366,"publisher":2367,"kind":2325,"url":2368,"checkedAt":2146},"Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Implementation Report 2015-2016, 2016-2017","Governments of Canada and British Columbia and Tsawwassen First Nation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fassets\u002Fgov\u002Fenvironment\u002Fnatural-resource-stewardship\u002Fconsulting-with-first-nations\u002Fagreements\u002Ftsawwassen_implementationreport_en_15_17_final_web.pdf",{"id":2244,"label":2370,"publisher":2371,"kind":2341,"url":2372,"checkedAt":2146},"Historic Sites in Delta, Heritage Passport, Volume I","City of Delta, Delta Heritage Advisory Commission","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fmedia\u002F330",{"id":2189,"label":2193,"publisher":954,"kind":2341,"url":2374,"checkedAt":2146},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002FLadner",{"id":2243,"label":2194,"publisher":954,"kind":2341,"url":2376,"checkedAt":2146},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002FTsawwassen",{"id":2306,"label":2378,"publisher":954,"kind":2341,"url":2379,"checkedAt":2146},"Ladner May Days","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fcommunity-culture\u002Fhappening-delta\u002Fnews\u002Fladner-may-days",{"id":2307,"label":2381,"publisher":954,"kind":2341,"url":2382,"checkedAt":2146},"Urban Growth Areas Released for City of Delta's OCP Update","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fcommunity-culture\u002Fhappening-delta\u002Fnews\u002Furban-growth-areas-released-city-deltas-ocp-update",{"id":2308,"label":2384,"publisher":954,"kind":2341,"url":2385,"checkedAt":2146},"City of Delta First to Adopt New Housing-Focused Official Community Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.delta.ca\u002Fcommunity-culture\u002Fhappening-delta\u002Fnews\u002Fcity-delta-first-adopt-new-housing-focused-official",{"id":2253,"label":2387,"publisher":2388,"kind":2325,"url":2389,"checkedAt":2146},"Ladner, BC Geographical Names record","BC Geographical Names Office","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F7313.html",{"id":2256,"label":2391,"publisher":2388,"kind":2325,"url":2392,"checkedAt":2146},"Delta, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F13789.html",{"id":2304,"label":2394,"publisher":2388,"kind":2325,"url":2395,"checkedAt":2146},"George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC Geographical Names record","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpub\u002Fbcgnws\u002Fnames\u002F66981.html",{"id":2255,"label":2397,"publisher":2398,"kind":2325,"url":2399,"checkedAt":2146},"Ladner's Landing","Canada's Historic Places, Parks Canada","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.historicplaces.ca\u002Fen\u002Frep-reg\u002Fplace-lieu.aspx?id=23358",{"id":2265,"label":2401,"publisher":2398,"kind":2325,"url":2402,"checkedAt":2146},"Cammidge Residence","https:\u002F\u002Fhistoricplaces.ca\u002Fen\u002Frep-reg\u002Fplace-lieu.aspx?id=15259",{"id":2254,"label":2404,"publisher":2405,"kind":2406,"url":2407,"checkedAt":2146},"Ladner, William Henry and Thomas","Dictionary of Canadian Biography","academic","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.biographi.ca\u002Fen\u002Fbio\u002Fladner_william_henry_13E.html",{"id":2274,"label":2409,"publisher":2410,"kind":2411,"url":2412,"checkedAt":2146},"BC Ferry Corp, Encyclopedia of British Columbia","KnowBC","reference","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knowbc.com\u002Flimited\u002FBooks\u002FEncyclopedia-of-BC\u002FB\u002FBC-Ferry-Corp",{"id":2275,"label":2414,"publisher":2410,"kind":2411,"url":2415,"checkedAt":2146},"Roberts Bank, Encyclopedia of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knowbc.com\u002Flimited\u002FBooks\u002FEncyclopedia-of-BC\u002FR\u002FRoberts-Bank",{"id":2305,"label":2417,"publisher":2410,"kind":2411,"url":2418,"checkedAt":2146},"Reifel, George C., Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Encyclopedia of British Columbia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knowbc.com\u002Flimited\u002FBooks\u002FEncyclopedia-of-BC\u002FR\u002FReifel-George-C.-Migratory-Bird-Sanctuary",{"id":2191,"label":2420,"publisher":2421,"kind":2325,"url":2422,"checkedAt":2146},"Boundary Bay Regional Park","Metro Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fmetrovancouver.org\u002Fservices\u002Fregional-parks\u002Fpark\u002Fboundary-bay-regional-park",{"id":2320,"label":2424,"publisher":2425,"kind":2426,"url":2427,"checkedAt":2146},"Findlay Loses Another BC Conservative MLA","The Tyee","news","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F08\u002F25\u002FFindlay-Loses-Another-BC-Conservative-MLA\u002F","elections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fdistricts\u002Fdelta-south","Delta South is a provincial electoral district in the south and west of the City of Delta, between the South Arm of the Fraser River and the Canada-U.S. border. It takes in Ladner, Tsawwassen, Parkdale Gardens and Boundary Bay, and the lands of the Tsawwassen First Nation, which has a treaty in force. The 2021 census counted 51,905 people in it, and its area is 455 square kilometres.","MM5gnsoIuy_Hn0kp8zmRxxYF8VPm1A0um3IOD53-OHI",[2432,3102,3208,3739,4073,4640,4752,4859,5434,5542],{"id":2433,"aliases":2434,"checkedAt":2435,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2145,"founded":2436,"headline":2442,"history":2443,"leadership":2507,"logo":2519,"meta":2522,"money":2523,"name":1227,"news":2548,"overview":2586,"palette":2591,"platform":2596,"questions":2922,"record":2948,"registeredName":2988,"rosterLabel":1227,"slug":2989,"sources":2990,"stem":3095,"summary":3096,"website":1228,"wordmark":3097,"__hash__":3101},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-green-party.json",[],"2026-09-30",{"year":2437,"note":2438,"cites":2439},1983,"Adriane Carr founded the party in February 1983, according to CBC News.",[2440,2441],"cbc-birth","knowbc-green","BC Green Party: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":2444,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2498,"gaps":2504},[2445,2449,2453,2457,2461,2466,2472,2477,2482,2489],{"title":2446,"body":2447,"cites":2448},"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.",[2440,2441],{"title":2450,"body":2451,"cites":2452},"First MLA elected in 2013","Andrew Weaver won a Victoria-area seat in the 2013 election, the party’s first seat in the legislature.",[2441],{"title":2454,"body":2455,"cites":2456},"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.",[2441],{"title":2458,"body":2459,"cites":2460},"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.",[2441],{"date":2462,"title":2463,"body":2464,"cites":2465},"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).",[43],{"date":2467,"title":2468,"body":2469,"cites":2470},"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.",[2471],"cbc-accord-2024",{"title":2473,"body":2474,"cites":2475},"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.",[2476],"cbc-lowan-leader",{"date":2478,"title":2479,"body":2480,"cites":2481},"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.",[2476],{"date":2483,"title":2484,"body":2485,"cites":2486},"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.",[2487,2488],"cbc-accord-end","global-accord-end",{"date":2490,"title":2491,"body":2492,"cites":2493},"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.",[2494,2495,2496],"bp-lowan-saanich","vicbuzz-lowan-saanich","green-election-plans","researched",[2499,2500,2501,2502,2503],"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",[2505,2506],"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.",[2508,2514],{"role":2509,"name":2510,"since":2478,"cites":2511},"Leader","Emily Lowan",[2512,2476,2513],"register","cbc-leaders-2026",{"role":2515,"name":2516,"cites":2517},"Executive director","Alex Brunke",[2518],"green-hudema",{"src":2520,"alt":2521,"sourceUrl":1228,"checkedAt":2435},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-green-party.webp","BC Green Party logo",{},{"searchUrl":2524,"filings":2525,"notes":2537,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2541,"gaps":2545},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FWelcome.aspx",[2526,2531,2534],{"period":284,"kind":2527,"note":2528,"cites":2529},"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.",[2530],"ebc-annual-allowances",{"period":2150,"kind":2527,"note":2532,"cites":2533},"$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.",[2530],{"period":2154,"kind":2527,"note":2535,"cites":2536},"$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.",[2530],[2538,2539,2540],"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.",[2542,2543,2544],"Elections BC annual allowances page","Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, opening page","Elections BC provincial financing page",[2546,2547],"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":2549,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2581,"gaps":2584},[2550,2554,2558,2563,2568,2573,2577],{"date":2483,"publisher":187,"title":2551,"url":2552,"summary":2553},"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":2483,"publisher":210,"title":2555,"url":2556,"summary":2557},"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":226,"publisher":2559,"title":2560,"url":2561,"summary":2562},"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":2490,"publisher":2564,"title":2565,"url":2566,"summary":2567},"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":2490,"publisher":2569,"title":2570,"url":2571,"summary":2572},"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":757,"publisher":2564,"title":2574,"url":2575,"summary":2576},"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":751,"publisher":2569,"title":2578,"url":2579,"summary":2580},"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.",[2582,2583],"Web searches for the party and its leader with 2026, September 2026","Each article listed here, opened and read",[2585],"No coverage index before February 2026 has been compiled for this year.",[2587,2588,2589,2590],"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":2592,"onAccent":2593,"tint":2594,"ink":2595},"#15803D","#FFFFFF","#e8f2ec","#1F2933",[2597,2655,2688,2729,2746,2782,2791,2825,2860,2879,2903],{"issue":835,"paragraphs":2598,"proposals":2603,"questions":2644,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2649,"gaps":2653},[2599,2600,2601,2602],"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.",[2604,2610,2616,2620,2625,2630,2635,2640],{"title":2605,"detail":2606,"authority":2607,"cites":2608},"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.",[2609,1243],"green-renters",{"title":2611,"detail":2612,"authority":2613,"cites":2614},"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.",[2609,1243,2615],"vicbuzz-renters-childcare",{"title":2617,"detail":2618,"authority":2613,"cites":2619},"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.",[2609,2615],{"title":2621,"detail":2622,"authority":2623,"cites":2624},"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.",[2609],{"title":2626,"detail":2627,"authority":2628,"cites":2629},"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.",[2609],{"title":2631,"detail":2632,"authority":2633,"cites":2634},"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.",[2609],{"title":2636,"detail":2637,"authority":2638,"cites":2639},"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.",[2609],{"title":2641,"detail":2642,"cites":2643},"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.",[2609],[2645],{"question":2646,"answer":2647,"cites":2648},"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.",[2609,2615],[2650,2651,2652],"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",[2654],"The party gives no cost and no year-by-year schedule for the housing plan.",{"issue":278,"paragraphs":2656,"proposals":2659,"questions":2684,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2685,"gaps":2686},[2657,2658,2602],"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.",[2660,2665,2670,2674,2679],{"title":2661,"detail":2662,"authority":2663,"cites":2664},"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.",[1243],{"title":2666,"detail":2667,"cites":2668},"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.",[1243,2669],"green-snap",{"title":2671,"detail":2672,"cites":2673},"Keep public health money in public care","The party says every public health dollar would stay in public care.",[1243],{"title":2675,"detail":2676,"authority":2677,"cites":2678},"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.",[1243],{"title":2680,"detail":2681,"cites":2682},"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.",[1243,2683],"green-health-minister",[],[2650,2652],[2687],"The party has published no health cost, no timeline, and no count of the Community Health Centres it would build.",{"issue":852,"paragraphs":2689,"proposals":2692,"questions":2720,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2725,"gaps":2727},[2690,2691,2602],"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.",[2693,2701,2705,2710,2715],{"title":2694,"detail":2695,"authority":2696,"deadline":2697,"cites":2698},"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.",[2699,1243,2700,2615],"green-childcare","bp-childcare",{"title":2702,"detail":2703,"cites":2704},"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.",[2699,2700],{"title":2706,"detail":2707,"deadline":2708,"cites":2709},"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.",[2699,2700],{"title":2711,"detail":2712,"authority":2713,"cites":2714},"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.",[1243],{"title":2716,"detail":2717,"authority":2718,"cites":2719},"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.",[1243],[2721],{"question":2722,"answer":2723,"cites":2724},"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.",[2699,2700],[2650,2726,2652],"The child care release of 2026-09-28 and its policy brief",[2728],"The party gives no cost for its child care plan or its assistance rate increase.",{"issue":862,"paragraphs":2730,"proposals":2734,"questions":2741,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2742,"gaps":2744},[2731,2732,2733,2602],"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.",[2735],{"title":2736,"detail":2737,"authority":2738,"cites":2739},"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.",[2740],"green-tdr",[],[2650,2743,2652],"The statement of 2026-09-30 on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation",[2745],"The party has published no 2026 plan on police funding, courts, bail or prisons.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":2747,"proposals":2751,"questions":2776,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2777,"gaps":2780},[2748,2749,2750,2602],"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.",[2752,2759,2763,2767,2772],{"title":2753,"detail":2754,"authority":2755,"cites":2756},"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.",[1243,2757,2758],"green-royalty","green-royalty-ag",{"title":2760,"detail":2761,"cites":2762},"Community and Indigenous ownership of resources","The party says BC should get stronger public returns from its natural resources, with community and Indigenous ownership.",[1243],{"title":2764,"detail":2765,"cites":2766},"Commercial rent control for small business","The party says it would support small businesses through commercial rent control and Community Wealth Building.",[1243],{"title":2768,"detail":2769,"authority":2770,"cites":2771},"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.",[1243],{"title":2773,"detail":2774,"cites":2775},"Update mining laws","The party says it would modernise mining laws to protect communities and focus on the minerals BC needs for renewable energy.",[1243],[],[2650,2778,2779,2652],"The LNG Canada statement of 2026-09-29","The royalty releases of 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-17",[2781],"The party gives no cost or revenue figure for its royalty changes in the 2026 plan page.",{"issue":1051,"paragraphs":2783,"proposals":2784,"questions":2785,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2787,"gaps":2789},[],[],[],"none-published",[2650,2652,2788],"The party’s 2024 platform page, read for context only, https:\u002F\u002Fbcgreens.ca\u002Fpolicy-book\u002F",[2790],"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":323,"paragraphs":2792,"proposals":2795,"questions":2819,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2820,"gaps":2822},[2793,2794,2602],"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.",[2796,2802,2806,2810,2814],{"title":2797,"detail":2798,"authority":2799,"cites":2800},"Stop new fossil fuel development","The party says it would stop new fossil fuel development in BC.","Provincial permits and environmental assessment.",[1243,2801],"green-lng",{"title":2803,"detail":2804,"cites":2805},"A climate plan based on the science","The party says it would put in place a climate plan that protects this and future generations.",[1243],{"title":2807,"detail":2808,"cites":2809},"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.",[1243,2801],{"title":2811,"detail":2812,"cites":2813},"Fund old-growth deferrals","The party would fully fund deferrals on old-growth logging, with fair payment to First Nations and forestry communities.",[1243],{"title":2815,"detail":2816,"cites":2817},"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.",[2818],"green-wildfire",[],[2650,2821,2778,2652],"The wildfire statement of 2026-08-04",[2823,2824],"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":448,"paragraphs":2826,"proposals":2828,"questions":2855,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2856,"gaps":2858},[2827,2602],"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.",[2829,2834,2838,2842,2847,2851],{"title":2830,"detail":2831,"authority":2832,"cites":2833},"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.",[2740],{"title":2835,"detail":2836,"authority":2832,"cites":2837},"An Indigenous Languages Act","The law would guarantee Indigenous language rights and fund language work in communities.",[2740],{"title":2839,"detail":2840,"cites":2841},"Indigenous names on government ID","Government-issued identification would accept all Indigenous languages, so people can use their own names.",[2740],{"title":2843,"detail":2844,"authority":2845,"cites":2846},"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.",[2740],{"title":2848,"detail":2849,"cites":2850},"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.",[2740],{"title":2852,"detail":2853,"cites":2854},"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.",[2740],[],[2857,2650,2652],"The statement and policy brief of 2026-09-30",[2859],"The party gives no cost or timeline for these measures.",{"issue":809,"paragraphs":2861,"proposals":2864,"questions":2875,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2876,"gaps":2877},[2862,2863,2602],"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.",[2865,2870],{"title":2866,"detail":2867,"authority":2868,"cites":2869},"Fast, frequent and free transit","The party says public transit would be fast, frequent and free to ride.","The province funds transit.",[1243,2496],{"title":2871,"detail":2872,"cites":2873},"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.",[2874,2496],"green-rail",[],[2650,2652],[2878],"The 2026 plan page gives no cost and no start date for free transit.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":2880,"proposals":2883,"questions":2898,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2899,"gaps":2900},[2881,2882,2602],"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.",[2884,2890,2894],{"title":2885,"detail":2886,"cost":2887,"authority":2888,"cites":2889},"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.",[1243],{"title":2891,"detail":2892,"cites":2893},"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.",[1243],{"title":2895,"detail":2896,"cites":2897},"End subsidies to fossil fuel companies","The party says it would end the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive.",[1243,2801],[],[2650,2788,2652],[2901,2902],"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":308,"paragraphs":2904,"proposals":2907,"questions":2918,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2919,"gaps":2920},[2905,2906,2602],"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.",[2908,2914],{"title":2909,"detail":2910,"authority":2911,"deadline":2912,"cites":2913},"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.",[1243],{"title":2915,"detail":2916,"cites":2917},"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.",[2758],[],[2650,2652],[2921],"voche.me has not checked whether the Auditor General agreed to the request.",[2923,2927,2931,2936,2940,2944],{"question":2924,"answer":2925,"cites":2926},"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.",[2512,2476],{"question":2928,"answer":2929,"cites":2930},"Where is Emily Lowan running?","In Saanich North and the Islands. The sitting Green MLA there, Rob Botterell, is not running again.",[2494,2496],{"question":2932,"answer":2933,"cites":2934},"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.",[2935],"standings",{"question":2937,"answer":2938,"cites":2939},"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.",[2471,2487],{"question":2941,"answer":2942,"cites":2943},"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.",[1243,2609,2699,2740],{"question":2945,"answer":2946,"cites":2947},"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.",[1243],{"entries":2949,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":2980,"gaps":2983},[2950,2956,2960,2964,2968,2972,2976],{"title":2951,"body":2952,"cites":2953},"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).",[2954,2955],"leg-votes-botterell","leg-votes-valeriote",{"title":2957,"body":2958,"cites":2959},"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.",[2954,2955],{"title":2961,"body":2962,"cites":2963},"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.",[2954,2955],{"title":2965,"body":2966,"cites":2967},"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).",[2954,2955],{"title":2969,"body":2970,"cites":2971},"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.",[2954,2955],{"title":2973,"body":2974,"cites":2975},"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.",[2954,2955],{"title":2977,"body":2978,"cites":2979},"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. First reading is the vote on whether a bill may be introduced.",[2954,2955],[2981,2982],"The legislature’s 2026 index of standing votes for Rob Botterell","The legislature’s 2026 index of standing votes for Jeremy Valeriote",[2984,2985,2986,2987],"The vote index gives the sitting and time of each vote. voche.me has not yet matched each vote to its calendar date.","Votes decided by voice record no names, so they are left out.","Votes before 2026 have not been checked.","Bills that Green MLAs introduced themselves have not been listed yet.","Green Party Political Association of British Columbia","bc-green-party",[2991,2994,2997,3000,3002,3005,3008,3011,3015,3019,3021,3025,3027,3031,3034,3037,3040,3043,3046,3049,3053,3057,3061,3065,3069,3073,3076,3077,3079,3080,3081,3082,3085,3089,3092,3093],{"id":2512,"label":2992,"url":2993,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Registered political parties in British 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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation first ran in a British Columbia election in 1933.",[3216,3217],"knowbc-ndp","tyee-lookback","The governing party, led by Premier David Eby",{"entries":3220,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3272,"gaps":3277},[3221,3225,3229,3233,3237,3241,3245,3251,3256,3261,3266],{"title":3222,"body":3223,"cites":3224},"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.",[3217],{"title":3226,"body":3227,"cites":3228},"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.",[3216],{"title":3230,"body":3231,"cites":3232},"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.",[3216,3217],{"title":3234,"body":3235,"cites":3236},"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.",[3216,3217],{"title":3238,"body":3239,"cites":3240},"2001: reduced to two seats","The NDP under Ujjal Dosanjh won two seats in the 2001 election.",[3216],{"title":3242,"body":3243,"cites":3244},"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.",[3216],{"date":3246,"title":3247,"body":3248,"cites":3249},"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.",[3250],"ebc-sov2020",{"title":3252,"body":3253,"cites":3254},"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.",[3255,2513,3216],"cbc-eby-acclaimed",{"date":2462,"title":3257,"body":3258,"cites":3259},"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.",[3260,2513],"ebc-sov2024",{"title":3262,"body":3263,"cites":3264},"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.",[3265],"rel-convention2025",{"date":226,"title":3267,"body":3268,"cites":3269},"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.",[3270,3271],"news-cbc-call","news-abby-cands",[3273,3274,3275,3276],"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",[3278,3279],"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.",[3281],{"role":2509,"name":3282,"cites":3283},"David Eby",[2512,2513],{"src":3285,"alt":3286,"sourceUrl":697,"checkedAt":2435},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fbc-ndp.webp","BC NDP logo",{},{"searchUrl":3289,"filings":3290,"notes":3298,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3302,"gaps":3306},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FOptions.aspx",[3291,3295],{"period":2150,"kind":2527,"note":3292,"cites":3293},"$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.",[3294],"ebc-allowances",{"period":284,"kind":2527,"note":3296,"cites":3297},"$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.",[3294,3260],[3299,3300,3301],"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.",[3303,3304,3305],"The Elections BC annual allowances page","The Elections BC page on making a political contribution","The Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System",[3307],"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":3309,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3339,"gaps":3342},[3310,3314,3319,3325,3330,3335],{"date":226,"publisher":187,"title":3311,"url":3312,"summary":3313},"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":2490,"publisher":3315,"title":3316,"url":3317,"summary":3318},"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":3320,"publisher":3321,"title":3322,"url":3323,"summary":3324},"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":757,"publisher":3326,"title":3327,"url":3328,"summary":3329},"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":757,"publisher":3331,"title":3332,"url":3333,"summary":3334},"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":751,"publisher":3326,"title":3336,"url":3337,"summary":3338},"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.",[3340,3341],"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",[3343],"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.",[3345,3346,3347,3348],"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":3350,"onAccent":2593,"tint":3351,"ink":2595},"#B45309","#f8eee6",[3353,3388,3418,3431,3442,3494,3501,3513,3526,3533,3553],{"issue":835,"headline":3354,"summary":3355,"paragraphs":3356,"proposals":3360,"questions":3376,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3381,"gaps":3385},"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.",[3357,3358,3359],"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.",[3361,3370],{"title":3362,"detail":3363,"cost":3364,"authority":3365,"cites":3366},"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.",[3367,3368,3369],"rel-condos","news-maple-condo","news-nnw-condo",{"title":3371,"detail":3372,"cost":3373,"authority":3374,"cites":3375},"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.",[3367,3369],[3377],{"question":3378,"answer":3379,"cites":3380},"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.",[3367,3368],[3382,3383,3384],"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",[3386,3387],"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":278,"headline":3389,"summary":3390,"paragraphs":3391,"proposals":3394,"questions":3412,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3413,"gaps":3415},"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.",[3392,3393],"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.",[3395,3403,3408],{"title":3396,"detail":3397,"cost":3398,"authority":3399,"cites":3400},"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.",[3401,3402],"rel-health","news-arrow-health",{"title":3404,"detail":3405,"cost":3406,"cites":3407},"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",[3401,3402],{"title":3409,"detail":3410,"cost":3406,"cites":3411},"Free help with moving through Health Match BC","Health Match BC would offer a free relocation process planned around each worker.",[3401],[],[3382,3383,3414],"The Black Press report of the September 23 announcement",[3416,3417],"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":852,"headline":3419,"summary":3420,"paragraphs":3421,"proposals":3425,"questions":3426,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3427,"gaps":3429},"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.",[3422,3423,3424],"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.",[],[],[3382,3383,3428],"The BC NDP home page",[3430],"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":862,"headline":3432,"summary":3433,"paragraphs":3434,"proposals":3437,"questions":3438,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3439,"gaps":3440},"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.",[3435,3436],"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.",[],[],[3382,3383],[3441],"No new public safety commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":295,"headline":3443,"summary":3444,"paragraphs":3445,"proposals":3448,"questions":3484,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3489,"gaps":3491},"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.",[3446,3447],"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.",[3449,3457,3463,3468,3474,3479],{"title":3450,"detail":3451,"authority":3452,"deadline":3453,"cites":3454},"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",[3455,3456],"rel-minerals","news-energetic-week2",{"title":3458,"detail":3459,"authority":3460,"cites":3461},"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.",[3462,3455],"rel-buybc",{"title":3464,"detail":3465,"authority":3466,"cites":3467},"“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.",[3462],{"title":3469,"detail":3470,"authority":3471,"deadline":3472,"cites":3473},"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",[3455,3456],{"title":3475,"detail":3476,"cost":3477,"cites":3478},"$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",[3455],{"title":3480,"detail":3481,"cites":3482},"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.",[3483],"rel-launch",[3485],{"question":3486,"answer":3487,"cites":3488},"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.",[3462],[3382,3490],"The Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[3492,3493],"The party has not published the cost of the mining and permit changes.","The party gave no cost for the buying rules.",{"issue":1051,"paragraphs":3495,"proposals":3496,"questions":3497,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3498,"gaps":3499},[],[],[],[3382,3383],[3500],"No school, teacher or tuition commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":323,"headline":3502,"summary":3503,"paragraphs":3504,"proposals":3508,"questions":3509,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3510,"gaps":3511},"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.",[3505,3506,3507],"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.",[],[],[3382,3383],[3512],"No emissions target or new climate program was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":448,"headline":3514,"summary":3515,"paragraphs":3516,"proposals":3520,"questions":3521,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3522,"gaps":3524},"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.",[3517,3518,3519],"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”.",[],[],[3382,3523],"Independent reports on DRIPA from April 2026",[3525],"No campaign commitment on DRIPA, treaties or title agreements was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":809,"paragraphs":3527,"proposals":3528,"questions":3529,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3530,"gaps":3531},[],[],[],[3382,3383],[3532],"No highway, transit or ferry commitment was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",{"issue":340,"headline":3534,"summary":3535,"paragraphs":3536,"proposals":3540,"questions":3547,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3548,"gaps":3549},"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.",[3537,3538,3539],"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.",[3541],{"title":3542,"detail":3543,"cost":3544,"deadline":3545,"cites":3546},"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",[3456],[],[3382,3490],[3550,3551,3552],"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":308,"paragraphs":3554,"proposals":3555,"questions":3556,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3557,"gaps":3558},[],[],[],[3382,3383],[3559],"No commitment on legislature rules, ethics, transparency or elections was found in the party’s releases up to September 30, 2026.",[3561,3565,3569,3573,3577],{"question":3562,"answer":3563,"cites":3564},"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.",[2512,2513],{"question":3566,"answer":3567,"cites":3568},"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.",[3270],{"question":3570,"answer":3571,"cites":3572},"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.",[3483,734],{"question":3574,"answer":3575,"cites":3576},"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.",[3260,2513],{"question":3578,"answer":3579,"cites":3580},"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.",[3294,3260],{"entries":3582,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3613,"gaps":3617},[3583,3589,3594,3600,3606],{"date":3584,"title":3585,"body":3586,"cites":3587},"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.",[3588],"cbc-budget2026",{"date":509,"title":3590,"body":3591,"cites":3592},"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.",[3593],"tyee-dripa",{"date":3595,"title":3596,"body":3597,"cites":3598},"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.",[3599],"cp24-dripa-joint",{"date":3601,"title":3602,"body":3603,"cites":3604},"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.",[3605],"nobs-deficit",{"date":751,"title":3607,"body":3608,"cites":3609},"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.",[3610,3611,3612],"bnn-lng","pm-lng","rel-lng",[3614,3615,3616],"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",[3618,3619],"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",[3622,3623,3626,3628,3630,3633,3635,3639,3643,3646,3649,3651,3654,3657,3660,3664,3667,3672,3675,3678,3682,3686,3687,3689,3693,3695,3696,3700,3702,3703,3706,3709,3713,3717,3719,3723,3727],{"id":2512,"label":2992,"url":2993,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":3624,"label":3625,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"ebc-roster","Candidate list for the October 24, 2026 general election",{"id":3627,"label":2998,"url":2999,"publisher":49,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"leg-standings",{"id":3260,"label":3629,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election",{"id":3250,"label":3631,"url":3632,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Statement of Votes, 2020 Provincial General Election","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fdocs\u002Frpt\u002Fstatement-of-votes-2020-provincial-general-election.pdf",{"id":3294,"label":3634,"url":3010,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Annual allowances to political parties",{"id":3636,"label":3637,"url":3638,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"ebc-contrib-rules","Making a political contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fprovincial-elections\u002Fprovincial-financing\u002Fmaking-a-political-contribution\u002F",{"id":3640,"label":3641,"url":3642,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"ebc-fin-reporting","Financial reporting and political contributions","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Ffinancial-reporting-and-political-contributions\u002F",{"id":3644,"label":3645,"url":3289,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"ebc-pcs","Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, provincial search",{"id":3647,"label":3648,"url":697,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"ndp-home","BC NDP home page",{"id":734,"label":3650,"url":736,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"BC NDP media centre",{"id":3652,"label":3653,"url":740,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"ndp-action","Results for You",{"id":3483,"label":3655,"url":3656,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3401,"label":3658,"url":3659,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":2490,"checkedAt":2435},"Eby to triple U.S. health worker recruitment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcndp.ca\u002Freleases\u002Feby-triple-us-health-worker-recruitment",{"id":3462,"label":3661,"url":3662,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":3663,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3367,"label":3665,"url":3666,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":3320,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3668,"label":3669,"url":3670,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":3671,"checkedAt":2435},"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","2026-09-27",{"id":3455,"label":3673,"url":3674,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":757,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3612,"label":3676,"url":3677,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":751,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3679,"label":3680,"url":3681,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":2435,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3265,"label":3683,"url":3684,"publisher":696,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":3685,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3270,"label":3311,"url":3312,"publisher":187,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":2513,"label":3688,"url":2561,"publisher":2559,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":226,"checkedAt":2435},"Meet the party leaders running in B.C.’s provincial election",{"id":3255,"label":3690,"url":3691,"publisher":187,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3692,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3402,"label":3316,"url":3317,"publisher":3694,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":2490,"checkedAt":2435},"Peace Arch News (Black Press), republished by Arrow Lakes News",{"id":3368,"label":3322,"url":3323,"publisher":3321,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3320,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":3369,"label":3697,"url":3698,"publisher":3699,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3320,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3456,"label":3327,"url":3328,"publisher":3701,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":757,"checkedAt":2435},"The Canadian Press, via Energeticcity",{"id":3271,"label":3332,"url":3333,"publisher":3331,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":757,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":3588,"label":3704,"url":3705,"publisher":187,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3584,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3593,"label":3707,"url":3708,"publisher":2425,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":93,"checkedAt":2435},"BC Backs Off on DRIPA Amendments. For Now","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F04\u002F14\u002FBC-Backs-Off-DRIPA-Amendments\u002F",{"id":3599,"label":3710,"url":3711,"publisher":3712,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3595,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3605,"label":3714,"url":3715,"publisher":3716,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3601,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3610,"label":3336,"url":3337,"publisher":3718,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":751,"checkedAt":2435},"The Canadian Press, via BNN Bloomberg",{"id":3611,"label":3720,"url":3721,"publisher":3722,"kind":2325,"publishedAt":751,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3216,"label":3724,"url":3725,"publisher":3726,"kind":2406,"checkedAt":2435},"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)",{"id":3217,"label":3728,"url":3729,"publisher":2425,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":3730,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3734,"alt":3286,"width":3735,"height":3736,"sourceUrl":3737,"checkedAt":2435},"\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":3740,"aliases":3741,"checkedAt":2435,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2145,"founded":3742,"headline":3748,"history":3749,"leadership":3782,"logo":3799,"meta":3804,"money":3805,"name":3818,"news":3819,"overview":3834,"palette":3840,"platform":3843,"questions":3985,"record":4011,"registeredName":3818,"rosterLabel":4018,"slug":4019,"sources":4020,"stem":4067,"summary":4068,"website":11,"wordmark":4069,"__hash__":4072},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcanwest-party.json",[],{"year":3743,"note":3744,"cites":3745},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.",[3746,2512,3747],"bc-gazette-registration","singtao-2026-04-01","CanWest Party: a new party based in Richmond",{"entries":3750,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3773,"gaps":3779},[3751,3756,3762,3768],{"date":3752,"title":3753,"body":3754,"cites":3755},"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.",[3746],{"date":3757,"title":3758,"body":3759,"cites":3760},"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.",[3747,3761],"site-event",{"date":3763,"title":3764,"body":3765,"cites":3766},"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.",[3767,3747],"richmond-declaration",{"date":2435,"title":3769,"body":3770,"cites":3771},"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.",[3772],"candidate-list",[3774,3775,3776,3777,3778],"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",[3780,3781],"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.",[3783,3786,3791,3795],{"role":2509,"name":3784,"cites":3785},"Wei Ping Chen",[2512,3761],{"role":3787,"name":3788,"cites":3789},"President, as the party's contact page lists it","Lawrence Chen",[3790],"site-contact",{"role":3792,"name":3793,"cites":3794},"Vice president, as the party's website lists it","Ting Gang Chen",[3790,3761],{"role":3796,"name":3797,"cites":3798},"Secretary general, as the party's news conference page lists it","Peter Kong",[3761],{"src":3800,"alt":3801,"sourceUrl":3802,"checkedAt":3803},"\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":3806,"filings":3807,"notes":3808,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3812,"gaps":3816},"https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002F",[],[3809,3810,3811],"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.",[3813,3814,3815],"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",[3817],"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":3820,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3826,"gaps":3831},[3821],{"date":400,"publisher":3822,"title":3823,"url":3824,"summary":3825},"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.",[3827,3828,3829,3830],"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",[3832,3833],"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.",[3835,3836,3837,3838,3839],"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":3841,"onAccent":2593,"tint":3842,"ink":2595},"#7E22CE","#f2e9fa",[3844,3855,3871,3878,3899,3918,3932,3951,3958,3965,3977],{"issue":835,"paragraphs":3845,"proposals":3846,"questions":3847,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3848,"gaps":3853},[],[],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],"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",[3854],"The party website holds no statement on housing, rent or zoning.",{"issue":278,"headline":3856,"summary":3857,"paragraphs":3858,"proposals":3861,"questions":3868,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3869,"gaps":3870},"Shorter waits for medical care","CanWest Party says it would improve medical services and shorten the time patients wait.",[3859,3860],"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.",[3862],{"title":3863,"detail":3864,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3867},"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.",[3761],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[],{"issue":852,"paragraphs":3872,"proposals":3873,"questions":3874,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3875,"gaps":3876},[],[],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[3877],"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":862,"headline":3879,"summary":3880,"paragraphs":3881,"proposals":3885,"questions":3896,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3897,"gaps":3898},"Stronger public security and no drugs in communities","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security and opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3882,3883,3884],"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.",[3886,3892],{"title":3887,"detail":3888,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3889},"Strengthen public security","CanWest Party says it would strengthen public security so that residents can live in a safe city.",[3890,3891],"site-mission","site-home",{"title":3893,"detail":3894,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3895},"Keep drugs out of communities","CanWest Party lists \"No drugs\" in its platform and says it opposes drugs coming into communities.",[3890,3761],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[],{"issue":295,"headline":3900,"summary":3901,"paragraphs":3902,"proposals":3906,"questions":3915,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3916,"gaps":3917},"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.",[3903,3904,3905],"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.",[3907,3911],{"title":3908,"detail":3909,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3910},"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.",[3890],{"title":3912,"detail":3913,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3914},"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.",[3761],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[],{"issue":1051,"headline":3919,"summary":3920,"paragraphs":3921,"proposals":3924,"questions":3929,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3930,"gaps":3931},"Improve the school system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and moral education.",[3922,3923],"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.",[3925],{"title":3926,"detail":3927,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3928},"Improve the education system and moral education","CanWest Party says it would improve the education system and improve moral education.",[3761],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[],{"issue":323,"headline":3933,"summary":3934,"paragraphs":3935,"proposals":3939,"questions":3948,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3949,"gaps":3950},"Environmental protection and a better environment","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and make neighbourhoods more beautiful.",[3936,3937,3938],"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.",[3940,3944],{"title":3941,"detail":3942,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3943},"Strengthen environmental protection","CanWest Party says it would strengthen environmental protection and create a better environment.",[3890,3891],{"title":3945,"detail":3946,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3947},"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.",[3761],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[],{"issue":448,"paragraphs":3952,"proposals":3953,"questions":3954,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3955,"gaps":3956},[],[],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[3957],"The party website holds no statement on Indigenous rights, treaties or reconciliation.",{"issue":809,"paragraphs":3959,"proposals":3960,"questions":3961,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3962,"gaps":3963},[],[],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[3964],"The party website holds no statement on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":340,"headline":3966,"summary":3967,"paragraphs":3968,"proposals":3970,"questions":3974,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3975,"gaps":3976},"Low tax","CanWest Party lists low tax among its platform points.",[3969],"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.",[3971],{"title":3966,"detail":3972,"authority":3865,"cost":3866,"cites":3973},"CanWest Party says it supports low tax. It names no tax, rate or effect on the provincial budget.",[3891],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[],{"issue":308,"paragraphs":3978,"proposals":3979,"questions":3980,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":3981,"gaps":3982},[],[],[],[3849,3850,3851,3852],[3983,3984],"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.",[3986,3990,3994,3998,4002,4006],{"question":3987,"answer":3988,"cites":3989},"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.",[2512,3761,3790,3747],{"question":3991,"answer":3992,"cites":3993},"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.",[3772],{"question":3995,"answer":3996,"cites":3997},"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.",[3891,3890,3761],{"question":3999,"answer":4000,"cites":4001},"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.",[3746,3747],{"question":4003,"answer":4004,"cites":4005},"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.",[3747,3767],{"question":4007,"answer":4008,"cites":4009},"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.",[4010],"frpc-search",{"entries":4012,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4013,"gaps":4016},[],[4014,4015],"Legislature party standings for the 43rd Parliament, read 2026-09-30","Elections BC register of political parties, read 2026-09-30",[4017],"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",[4021,4022,4024,4029,4033,4034,4037,4041,4044,4047,4050,4053,4057,4061,4063],{"id":2512,"label":2992,"url":2993,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":3772,"label":4023,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Provincial candidate list, 2026 provincial general election",{"id":3746,"label":4025,"url":4026,"publisher":4027,"kind":2325,"publishedAt":4028,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4030,"label":4031,"url":4032,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"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":2935,"label":2998,"url":2999,"publisher":49,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":4010,"label":4035,"url":4036,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4038,"label":4039,"url":4040,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"ebc-finance-faq","Provincial electoral finance questions and answers","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Fcandidates-parties\u002Felectoral-finance-faq\u002F",{"id":3891,"label":4042,"url":4043,"publisher":3818,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"CanWest Party home page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235214\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002F",{"id":3890,"label":4045,"url":4046,"publisher":3818,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"CanWest Party mission page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235302\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fmission.htm",{"id":3761,"label":4048,"url":4049,"publisher":3818,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3790,"label":4051,"url":4052,"publisher":3818,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"CanWest Party contact page (copy saved 2026-09-30)","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260930235329\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada2.net\u002Fcontact.htm",{"id":4054,"label":4055,"url":4056,"publisher":3818,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4058,"label":4059,"url":4060,"publisher":3818,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3747,"label":4062,"url":3824,"publisher":3822,"kind":2426,"publishedAt":400,"checkedAt":2435},"Sing Tao Daily: Richmond Chinese residents announce a new party",{"id":3767,"label":4064,"url":4065,"publisher":4066,"kind":2325,"publishedAt":3763,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4070,"alt":3801,"width":3735,"height":4071,"sourceUrl":3802,"checkedAt":3803},"\u002Fimages\u002Fparties\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fcanwest-party-wordmark.webp",55,"eye3sHK2blVK5WWvCPt5U9Na8mSQdd82Zw4dJbrBBDU",{"id":4074,"aliases":4075,"checkedAt":2435,"declaredColour":11,"extension":2145,"founded":4077,"headline":4084,"history":4085,"leadership":4152,"logo":4160,"meta":4164,"money":4165,"name":4174,"news":4175,"overview":4217,"palette":4224,"platform":4227,"questions":4455,"record":4485,"registeredName":4174,"rosterLabel":4076,"slug":4494,"sources":4495,"stem":4634,"summary":4635,"website":4505,"wordmark":4636,"__hash__":4639},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-provincial-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcentre-bc.json",[4076],"CentreBC",{"year":4078,"note":4079,"cites":4080},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.",[4081,4082,4083],"global-register","global-launch","rel-agm","Centre BC: leader, positions and history for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":4086,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4144,"gaps":4148},[4087,4092,4098,4104,4111,4118,4124,4132,4138],{"date":4088,"title":4089,"body":4090,"cites":4091},"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.",[4081,4082,3483,4083],{"date":4093,"title":4094,"body":4095,"cites":4096},"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.",[4097],"rel-agm-prep",{"date":4099,"title":4100,"body":4101,"cites":4102},"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.",[4083,4103],"resources",{"date":4105,"title":4106,"body":4107,"cites":4108},"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.",[4109,4110],"rel-bernier","cbc-milobar-live",{"date":4112,"title":4113,"body":4114,"cites":4115},"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.",[4116,4117],"rel-jhaj","abby-cands",{"date":217,"title":4119,"body":4120,"cites":4121},"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.",[4122,4110,4123],"am-join","cjdc-milobar",{"date":226,"title":4125,"body":4126,"cites":4127},"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.",[4128,4129,4130,4131],"am-defect","cfjc-milobar","rel-milobar","tc-sturko",{"date":2490,"title":4133,"body":4134,"cites":4135},"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.",[4136,4137],"rel-weaver","tyee-weaver",{"date":3320,"title":4139,"body":4140,"cites":4141},"Sturko to run in Surrey South","Sturko said she would run in Surrey South, the district she first won in a 2022 by-election.",[4142,4143],"pan-surrey-south","leader",[4145,4146,4147],"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",[4149,4150,4151],"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.",[4153,4156],{"role":2509,"name":4154,"since":226,"cites":4155},"Elenore Sturko",[2512,4129,4131,4136],{"role":4157,"name":4158,"cites":4159},"President","Mike Wignall",[4083,4129,4128],{"src":4161,"alt":4162,"sourceUrl":4163,"checkedAt":3803},"\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":2524,"filings":4166,"notes":4167,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4170,"gaps":4172},[],[4168,4169,2540],"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.",[2542,2543,4171],"CentreBC AGM release of 2026-06-20",[4173,2547],"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":4176,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4212,"gaps":4214},[4177,4182,4187,4190,4192,4194,4198,4203,4208],{"date":4178,"publisher":1006,"title":4179,"url":4180,"summary":4181},"2026-09-05","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":217,"publisher":4183,"title":4184,"url":4185,"summary":4186},"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":217,"publisher":187,"title":4188,"url":221,"summary":4189},"Centrists, former B.C. Conservatives join forces under Milobar as snap election speculation swirls","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":226,"publisher":4183,"title":239,"url":241,"summary":4191},"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":226,"publisher":235,"title":234,"url":236,"summary":4193},"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":3663,"publisher":2425,"title":4195,"url":4196,"summary":4197},"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":3320,"publisher":4199,"title":4200,"url":4201,"summary":4202},"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":3320,"publisher":4204,"title":4205,"url":4206,"summary":4207},"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":757,"publisher":187,"title":4209,"url":4210,"summary":4211},"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.",[4213,2583],"Web searches for CentreBC, Centre BC and Elenore Sturko with 2026, September 2026",[4215,4216],"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.",[4218,4219,4220,4221,4222,4223],"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":4225,"onAccent":2593,"tint":4226,"ink":2595},"#BE123C","#f9e7ec",[4228,4248,4274,4295,4328,4360,4374,4389,4416,4424,4446],{"issue":835,"paragraphs":4229,"proposals":4233,"questions":4240,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4241,"gaps":4244},[4230,4231,4232],"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”.",[4234],{"title":4235,"detail":4236,"authority":4237,"cites":4238},"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.",[4239],"rel-budget-decline",[],[4242,4243],"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",[4245,4246,4247],"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":278,"paragraphs":4249,"proposals":4254,"questions":4270,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4271,"gaps":4272},[4250,4251,4252,4253],"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.",[4255,4260,4265],{"title":4256,"detail":4257,"authority":4258,"cites":4259},"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.",[4239],{"title":4261,"detail":4262,"authority":4263,"cites":4264},"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.",[4239],{"title":4266,"detail":4267,"authority":4263,"cites":4268},"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.",[4269],"rel-hiv",[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,4273],"The party gives no cost and no date for its health positions.",{"issue":852,"paragraphs":4275,"proposals":4279,"questions":4291,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4292,"gaps":4293},[4276,4277,4278],"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.",[4280,4286],{"title":4281,"detail":4282,"authority":4283,"cites":4284},"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.",[4239,4285],"rel-budget-bankrupt",{"title":4287,"detail":4288,"authority":4289,"cites":4290},"$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.",[4239],[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,4294],"The party gives no cost for either measure.",{"issue":862,"paragraphs":4296,"proposals":4300,"questions":4324,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4325,"gaps":4326},[4297,4298,4299],"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”.",[4301,4307,4313,4318],{"title":4302,"detail":4303,"authority":4304,"cites":4305},"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.",[4306],"rel-extortion",{"title":4308,"detail":4309,"cost":4310,"authority":4311,"cites":4312},"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.",[4306],{"title":4314,"detail":4315,"authority":4316,"cites":4317},"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.",[4306],{"title":4319,"detail":4320,"authority":4321,"cites":4322},"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.",[4323],"rel-ipv",[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,4327],"The extortion plan gives no total cost.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":4329,"proposals":4333,"questions":4356,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4357,"gaps":4358},[4330,4331,4332],"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”.",[4334,4341,4347,4352],{"title":4335,"detail":4336,"authority":4337,"cites":4338},"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.",[4339,4340],"rel-pipeline-2025","rel-pipeline-2026",{"title":4342,"detail":4343,"authority":4344,"cites":4345},"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.",[4346],"rel-crofton",{"title":4348,"detail":4349,"authority":4350,"cites":4351},"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.",[4346],{"title":4353,"detail":4354,"authority":2623,"cites":4355},"Forestry Stability and Transition Fund","A provincial fund to protect forestry communities when world prices fall.",[4346],[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,4359],"The party gives no cost for its forestry fund.",{"issue":1051,"paragraphs":4361,"proposals":4364,"questions":4371,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4372,"gaps":4373},[4362,4363],"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.",[4365],{"title":4366,"detail":4367,"authority":4368,"cites":4369},"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.",[4370],"rel-ai",[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,3866],{"issue":323,"paragraphs":4375,"proposals":4379,"questions":4385,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4386,"gaps":4387},[4376,4377,4378],"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.",[4380],{"title":4381,"detail":4382,"authority":4383,"cites":4384},"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.",[4339],[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,4388],"The party has published no emissions target and no position on carbon pricing that voche.me found.",{"issue":448,"paragraphs":4390,"proposals":4394,"questions":4413,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4414,"gaps":4415},[4391,4392,4393],"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.",[4395,4401,4405,4409],{"title":4396,"detail":4397,"authority":4398,"cites":4399},"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.",[4400],"rel-dripa",{"title":4402,"detail":4403,"cites":4404},"Bring everyone in earlier","First Nations, local governments, workers, businesses and environmental experts would meet earlier in a process, with public accountability.",[4400],{"title":4406,"detail":4407,"cites":4408},"Agreements by sector","Agreements for forestry, mining, energy, infrastructure and housing that support both reconciliation and economic development.",[4400],{"title":4410,"detail":4411,"cites":4412},"Measure results","Track results such as Indigenous economic participation, investment certainty, environmental care and community well-being.",[4400],[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,3866],{"issue":809,"paragraphs":4417,"proposals":4419,"questions":4420,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4421,"gaps":4422},[4418],"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.",[],[],[4242,4243],[4246,4423],"The party has named no highway, transit or ferry project and gives no cost.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":4425,"proposals":4429,"questions":4442,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4443,"gaps":4444},[4426,4427,4428],"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.",[4430,4437],{"title":4431,"detail":4432,"authority":4433,"cites":4434},"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.",[4435,4436],"vision","rel-lookwest",{"title":4438,"detail":4439,"authority":4440,"cites":4441},"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.",[4340,4339],[],[4242,4243],[4245,4246,4445],"The party gives no year for a balanced budget and no costed plan.",{"issue":308,"paragraphs":4447,"proposals":4450,"questions":4451,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4452,"gaps":4453},[4448,4449],"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.",[],[],[4242,4243],[4246,4454],"The party has made no specific proposal on legislature rules, ethics law or elections that voche.me found.",[4456,4460,4464,4468,4473,4477,4481],{"question":4457,"answer":4458,"cites":4459},"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.",[2512,4129,4131],{"question":4461,"answer":4462,"cites":4463},"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.",[4142,4143,2995],{"question":4465,"answer":4466,"cites":4467},"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.",[4122,4128,4129],{"question":4469,"answer":4470,"cites":4471},"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.",[4472,4239,4306,4400],"policy",{"question":4474,"answer":4475,"cites":4476},"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.",[4081,4082],{"question":4478,"answer":4479,"cites":4480},"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.",[4136,4137],{"question":4482,"answer":4483,"cites":4484},"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.",[2530],{"entries":4486,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":4487,"gaps":4491},[],[4488,4489,4490],"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",[4492,4493],"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",[4496,4497,4498,4499,4500,4501,4502,4506,4509,4512,4516,4519,4522,4526,4529,4533,4537,4541,4545,4549,4553,4556,4561,4564,4568,4572,4575,4579,4582,4587,4592,4596,4600,4603,4606,4609,4613,4616,4617,4618,4620,4624,4625,4626,4627,4629,4631],{"id":2512,"label":2992,"url":2993,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":2995,"label":2996,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":2935,"label":2998,"url":2999,"publisher":49,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":43,"label":3001,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":2530,"label":3009,"url":3010,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":3012,"label":3013,"url":2524,"publisher":35,"kind":3014,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":4503,"label":4504,"url":4505,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"home","CentreBC home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002F",{"id":4143,"label":4507,"url":4508,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"Get to know Elenore Sturko","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fleader\u002F",{"id":4435,"label":4510,"url":4511,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"Our Vision for B.C.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fvision\u002F",{"id":4513,"label":4514,"url":4515,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"values","Our Values","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-core-values\u002F",{"id":4472,"label":4517,"url":4518,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"Our Policy Philosophy and Process","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Four-policy\u002F",{"id":4103,"label":4520,"url":4521,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"Resources: constitution, bylaws and party rules","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fresources\u002F",{"id":4523,"label":4524,"url":4525,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"checkedAt":2435},"news-page","CentreBC news","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002F",{"id":3483,"label":4527,"url":4528,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4088,"checkedAt":2435},"Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick officially launches CentreBC","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fformer-mla-karin-kirkpatrick-officially-launches-centrebc\u002F",{"id":4339,"label":4530,"url":4531,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4532,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4306,"label":4534,"url":4535,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4536,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4436,"label":4538,"url":4539,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4540,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4346,"label":4542,"url":4543,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4544,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4323,"label":4546,"url":4547,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4548,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4239,"label":4550,"url":4551,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4552,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4285,"label":4554,"url":4555,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":64,"checkedAt":2435},"Budget 2026: A Blueprint for Bankruptcy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-2026-a-blueprint-for-bankruptcy\u002F",{"id":4557,"label":4558,"url":4559,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4560,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4097,"label":4562,"url":4563,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4093,"checkedAt":2435},"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":3401,"label":4565,"url":4566,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4567,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4370,"label":4569,"url":4570,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4571,"checkedAt":2435},"Opinion: B.C. schools and artificial intelligence","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fai-strategy-vacuum\u002F","2026-06-18",{"id":4083,"label":4573,"url":4574,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4099,"checkedAt":2435},"CentreBC completes first AGM","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.centrebc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fnews-release\u002Fcentrebc-completes-landmark-first-agm\u002F",{"id":4340,"label":4576,"url":4577,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4578,"checkedAt":2435},"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":4109,"label":4580,"url":4581,"publisher":4076,"kind":3018,"publishedAt":4105,"checkedAt":2435},"Former cabinet minister Mike Bernier to lead 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Elenore Sturko stayed with CentreBC.",{"date":2490,"publisher":5004,"title":5005,"url":5006,"summary":5007},"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":2490,"publisher":187,"title":5009,"url":5010,"summary":5011},"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":882,"publisher":187,"title":5013,"url":5014,"summary":5015},"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":3671,"publisher":210,"title":5017,"url":5018,"summary":5019},"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":757,"publisher":5021,"title":5022,"url":5023,"summary":5024},"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":757,"publisher":5026,"title":3327,"url":5027,"summary":5028},"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":751,"publisher":5030,"title":5031,"url":5032,"summary":5033},"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.",[5035,5036],"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",[5038,5039],"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.",[5041,5042,5043,5044,5045],"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":5047,"onAccent":2593,"tint":5048,"ink":2595},"#1D4ED8","#e8edfb",[5050,5069,5079,5105,5114,5149,5159,5178,5200,5208,5223],{"issue":835,"paragraphs":5051,"proposals":5054,"questions":5055,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5062,"gaps":5066},[5052,5053],"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.",[],[5056],{"question":5057,"answer":5058,"cites":5059},"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.",[5060,5061],"cpbc-platform","cpbc-housing-tax",[5063,5064,5065],"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",[5067,5068],"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":278,"paragraphs":5070,"proposals":5073,"questions":5074,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5075,"gaps":5077},[5071,5072],"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.”",[],[],[5063,5064,5065,5076],"Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 28, 2026",[5067,5078],"No health measure with a cost or a date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":852,"paragraphs":5080,"proposals":5084,"questions":5100,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5101,"gaps":5103},[5081,5082,5083],"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.",[5085,5093],{"title":5086,"detail":5087,"authority":5088,"deadline":5089,"cites":5090},"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.",[5091,5092],"cpbc-pst-alcohol","bpm-pst-alcohol",{"title":5094,"detail":5095,"authority":5096,"cites":5097},"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.",[5098,5099],"cpbc-no-new-taxes","global-no-new-taxes",[],[5063,5064,5065,5102],"Global News, Black Press Media and Canadian Press reports of September 27 to 29, 2026",[5104],"The party has published no cost for the alcohol tax cut and no list of which taxes the pledge covers.",{"issue":862,"paragraphs":5106,"proposals":5109,"questions":5110,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5111,"gaps":5112},[5107,5108],"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.",[],[],[5063,5064,5065],[5067,5113],"No public safety measure with a cost, a date or a named law was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":5115,"proposals":5119,"questions":5144,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5145,"gaps":5147},[5116,5117,5118],"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.",[5120,5128,5132,5136,5140],{"title":5121,"detail":5122,"deadline":5123,"cites":5124},"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",[5125,5126,5127],"cpbc-energy-plan","cpbc-energy","cpbc-lng",{"title":5129,"detail":5130,"authority":4440,"cites":5131},"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.",[5127,5125],{"title":5133,"detail":5134,"cites":5135},"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.",[5125],{"title":5137,"detail":5138,"cites":5139},"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.",[5125],{"title":5141,"detail":5142,"cites":5143},"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.",[5125],[],[5063,5064,5065,5146,5076],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF, 9 pages",[5148,5067],"The plan gives no cost estimate and no expected revenue figure.",{"issue":1051,"paragraphs":5150,"proposals":5153,"questions":5154,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5155,"gaps":5157},[5151,5152],"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.",[],[],[5063,5064,5065,5156],"CBC News interview with Lorne Doerkson, September 26, 2026",[5067,5158],"The party has published no written education policy that states the SOGI position.",{"issue":323,"paragraphs":5160,"proposals":5164,"questions":5173,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5174,"gaps":5176},[5161,5162,5163],"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.",[5165,5169],{"title":5166,"detail":5167,"cites":5168},"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.",[5125],{"title":5170,"detail":5171,"cites":5172},"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.",[5125],[],[5063,5064,5065,5175,5156],"The BC Energy Superpower Plan PDF",[5177,5067],"The party has published no emissions target.",{"issue":448,"paragraphs":5179,"proposals":5184,"questions":5195,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5196,"gaps":5198},[5180,5181,5182,5183],"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.",[5185,5191],{"title":5186,"detail":5187,"authority":5188,"cites":5189},"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.",[4917,5190],"hansard-20260422pm",{"title":5192,"detail":5193,"cites":5194},"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.",[5125],[],[5063,5064,5065,5197,5175],"Hansard for April 22, 2026",[5199,5067],"The party has published no plan for what would replace DRIPA.",{"issue":809,"paragraphs":5201,"proposals":5203,"questions":5204,"state":2497,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5205,"gaps":5206},[5202],"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.",[],[],[5063,5064,5065],[5067,5207],"No transportation project, cost or date was found in the party’s material.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":5209,"proposals":5213,"questions":5218,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5219,"gaps":5221},[5210,5211,5212],"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.",[5214],{"title":5215,"detail":5216,"authority":5096,"cites":5217},"No new taxes for a full term","Doerkson pledged that his government would not introduce new taxes or raise existing ones throughout its term.",[5098,5099],[],[5063,5064,5065,5220],"Canadian Press report of September 28, 2026",[5222,5067],"The party has published no costed fiscal plan and no date for a balanced budget.",{"issue":308,"paragraphs":5224,"proposals":5225,"questions":5226,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5227,"gaps":5229},[],[],[],[5063,5064,5065,5228],"The party’s official documents page (constitution and policy declaration, shown as page viewers only)",[5230,5231],"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.",[5233,5238,5243,5247,5252,5256,5260],{"question":5234,"answer":5235,"cites":5236},"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.",[2512,4907,4932,5237],"cpbc-elliott",{"question":5239,"answer":5240,"cites":5241},"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.",[5242],"cp-doerkson-rule",{"question":5244,"answer":5245,"cites":5246},"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.",[43,4932],{"question":5248,"answer":5249,"cites":5250},"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.",[5251,4912,233],"cbc-rustad-rejoins",{"question":5253,"answer":5254,"cites":5255},"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.",[43,4887,3627,2995],{"question":5257,"answer":5258,"cites":5259},"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.",[5060,5125],{"question":5261,"answer":5262,"cites":5263},"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.",[4942,3294],{"entries":5265,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5288,"gaps":5292},[5266,5271,5275,5280,5284],{"date":400,"title":5267,"body":5268,"cites":5269},"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.",[5270],"hansard-20260401pm",{"date":112,"title":5272,"body":5273,"cites":5274},"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.",[5190],{"date":406,"title":5276,"body":5277,"cites":5278},"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.",[5279,43],"hansard-20260528pm",{"date":406,"title":5281,"body":5282,"cites":5283},"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.",[5279],{"date":406,"title":5285,"body":5286,"cites":5287},"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.",[5279],[5289,5290,5291],"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",[5293,5294,5295],"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",[5299,5301,5302,5303,5305,5307,5310,5312,5315,5317,5320,5322,5325,5329,5332,5334,5338,5341,5344,5347,5350,5353,5356,5359,5363,5367,5371,5375,5379,5383,5386,5388,5390,5391,5392,5394,5395,5396,5397,5398,5399,5404,5406,5407,5409,5411,5412,5413,5417,5422],{"id":2512,"label":5300,"url":2993,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"publishedAt":2435,"checkedAt":2435},"Registered political parties in British Columbia, as of September 30, 2026",{"id":2995,"label":2996,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":43,"label":3001,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":3627,"label":5304,"url":2999,"publisher":49,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Current party standings",{"id":3294,"label":5306,"url":4966,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Annual 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The party’s first Elections BC financial report covers a period that begins on 2025-06-09.",[4082,5548,5549],"cbc-launch","afr-2025","OneBC: leader, plan and record for the 2026 BC election",{"entries":5552,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5608,"gaps":5611},[5553,5557,5561,5566,5571,5578,5583,5589,5596,5602],{"date":2462,"title":5554,"body":5555,"cites":5556},"Brodie and Armstrong elected as Conservatives","Dallas Brodie won Vancouver-Quilchena for the Conservative Party with 11,464 votes (51.58 percent). Tara Armstrong won Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream for the Conservative Party with 14,303 votes (53.92 percent). OneBC did not yet exist.",[43],{"title":5558,"body":5559,"cites":5560},"Brodie removed from the Conservative caucus, March 2025","Conservative leader John Rustad removed Brodie from caucus over podcast comments that he said mocked residential school survivors. 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OneBC did not exist at the 2024 election, and its 2025 report shows $0.00 in annual allowance.",[5635,5636,2542],"Elections BC Financial Reports and Political Contributions System, financial reports searched for OneBC on 2026-09-30","OneBC 2025 annual financial report, amendment 2, pages 1 to 4",[5638,5639],"The lists of individual contributors in the report were not transcribed.","No report for 2026 or for the 2026 campaign is on the public record yet.",{"entries":5641,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5667,"gaps":5669},[5642,5647,5651,5655,5659,5663],{"date":5643,"publisher":3326,"title":5644,"url":5645,"summary":5646},"2026-05-14","Recall petition to be issued against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie","https:\u002F\u002Fnationalnewswatch.com\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F14\u002Frecall-petition-to-be-issued-against-onebc-legislator-dallas-brodie","Elections BC approved an application to recall Brodie. The application said she had put her new party ahead of the people of Vancouver-Quilchena. The campaign needed 15,232 signatures by July 20.",{"date":5597,"publisher":3326,"title":5648,"url":5649,"summary":5650},"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":226,"publisher":2564,"title":5652,"url":5653,"summary":5654},"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":226,"publisher":210,"title":5656,"url":5657,"summary":5658},"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":3663,"publisher":3326,"title":5660,"url":5661,"summary":5662},"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":751,"publisher":995,"title":5664,"url":5665,"summary":5666},"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.",[5668,2583],"Web searches for OneBC and Dallas Brodie with 2026, election, recall, Chapman and candidates",[5670],"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\".",[5672,5673,5674,5675,5676],"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":5678,"onAccent":2593,"tint":5679,"ink":2595},"#0F766E","#e7f1f1",[5681,5707,5736,5744,5774,5794,5822,5829,5866,5873,5904],{"issue":835,"paragraphs":5682,"proposals":5685,"questions":5702,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5703,"gaps":5706},[5683,5684],"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.",[5686,5692,5697],{"title":5687,"detail":5688,"authority":5689,"cites":5690},"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.",[5691,3891],"site-priorities",{"title":5693,"detail":5694,"authority":5695,"cites":5696},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5698,"detail":5699,"authority":5700,"cites":5701},"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.",[3891],[],[5704,5705],"OneBC priorities page (1bc.ca\u002Fpriorities), read 2026-09-30","OneBC home page plan summary (1bc.ca), read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":278,"paragraphs":5708,"proposals":5711,"questions":5732,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5733,"gaps":5735},[5709,5710,5684],"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.",[5712,5717,5721,5726],{"title":5713,"detail":5714,"authority":5715,"cites":5716},"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.",[5691,3891,5548],{"title":5718,"detail":5719,"authority":2623,"cites":5720},"Move administration money to front-line care","The party says it would shift administration and human resources spending to front-line employees and resources.",[5691],{"title":5722,"detail":5723,"authority":5724,"cites":5725},"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.",[5691],{"title":5727,"detail":5728,"authority":5729,"cites":5730},"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.",[5691,5731],"site-petitions",[],[5704,5705,5734],"OneBC petitions page, read 2026-09-30",[],{"issue":852,"paragraphs":5737,"proposals":5738,"questions":5739,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5740,"gaps":5742},[],[],[],[5704,5705,5741],"OneBC candidate, leadership and petitions pages, read 2026-09-30",[5743],"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":862,"paragraphs":5745,"proposals":5747,"questions":5771,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5772,"gaps":5773},[5746,5684],"OneBC says it would focus the justice system on repeat and violent offenders, and end decriminalization programs for drug use.",[5748,5753,5757,5762,5767],{"title":5749,"detail":5750,"authority":5751,"cites":5752},"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.",[5691],{"title":5754,"detail":5755,"authority":5689,"cites":5756},"End decriminalization","The party says it would roll back all decriminalization programs and act against open drug use.",[5691],{"title":5758,"detail":5759,"authority":5760,"cites":5761},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5763,"detail":5764,"authority":5765,"cites":5766},"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.",[5691],{"title":5768,"detail":5769,"authority":5700,"cites":5770},"No masks at protests","The party lists a ban on wearing masks during protests. It gives no further detail.",[5691],[],[5704,5705],[],{"issue":295,"paragraphs":5775,"proposals":5777,"questions":5791,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5792,"gaps":5793},[5776,5684],"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.",[5778,5783,5787],{"title":5779,"detail":5780,"authority":5781,"cites":5782},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5784,"detail":5785,"authority":5689,"cites":5786},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5788,"detail":5789,"authority":5689,"cites":5790},"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.",[5691,3891],[],[5704,5705],[],{"issue":1051,"paragraphs":5795,"proposals":5798,"questions":5818,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5819,"gaps":5821},[5796,5797,5684],"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.",[5799,5804,5808,5813],{"title":5800,"detail":5801,"authority":5802,"cites":5803},"Remove SOGI 123","The party says it would remove SOGI 123 and politicized content from classrooms.","The provincial education ministry.",[5691,3891],{"title":5805,"detail":5806,"authority":5802,"cites":5807},"Bring back standardized testing","The party says it would bring back standardized tests that focus on reading, writing and math.",[5691,3891],{"title":5809,"detail":5810,"authority":5811,"cites":5812},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5814,"detail":5815,"authority":5816,"cites":5817},"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.",[3891,5548],[],[5704,5705,5820],"CBC News report on the party launch, 2025-06-13",[],{"issue":323,"paragraphs":5823,"proposals":5824,"questions":5825,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5826,"gaps":5827},[],[],[],[5704,5705,5734],[5828],"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":448,"paragraphs":5830,"proposals":5833,"questions":5861,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5862,"gaps":5865},[5831,5832,5684],"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.",[5834,5840,5844,5848,5853,5857],{"title":5835,"detail":5836,"authority":5811,"cites":5837},"Repeal DRIPA","The party says it would repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC.",[5691,3891,5838,5839],"site-dripa","leg-index-brodie-2026",{"title":5841,"detail":5842,"authority":5689,"cites":5843},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5845,"detail":5846,"authority":5700,"cites":5847},"Oversight of band spending","The party says it would restore oversight and accountability for spending by Indigenous bands.",[5691],{"title":5849,"detail":5850,"authority":5851,"cites":5852},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5854,"detail":5855,"authority":5689,"cites":5856},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5858,"detail":5859,"authority":5811,"cites":5860},"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.",[5691,5570],[],[5704,5705,5863,5864],"OneBC DRIPA referendum petition page, read 2026-09-30","Legislature 2026 Hansard index for Dallas Brodie",[],{"issue":809,"paragraphs":5867,"proposals":5868,"questions":5869,"state":2786,"indexable":370,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5870,"gaps":5871},[],[],[],[5704,5705,5734],[5872],"The party’s home page mentions public infrastructure, but its pages list no proposal on highways, transit or ferries.",{"issue":340,"paragraphs":5874,"proposals":5879,"questions":5900,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5901,"gaps":5903},[5875,5876,5877,5878],"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.",[5880,5885,5890,5896],{"title":5881,"detail":5882,"authority":5883,"cites":5884},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5886,"detail":5887,"authority":5888,"cites":5889},"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.",[5691,3891],{"title":5891,"detail":5892,"authority":5893,"cites":5894,"deadline":5895},"Balanced budgets","The party says it would balance the budget within 4 years and aim for surpluses after that.","The provincial budget.",[5691],"Within 4 years",{"title":5897,"detail":5898,"authority":5893,"cites":5899},"Pay down debt","The party says a part of each budget surplus would go to paying down debt, to lower the cost of interest.",[5691],[],[5704,5705,5902],"Global News report on the party launch, 2025-06-12",[],{"issue":308,"paragraphs":5905,"proposals":5907,"questions":5918,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5919,"gaps":5920},[5906,5684],"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.",[5908,5913],{"title":5909,"detail":5910,"authority":5911,"cites":5912},"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.",[5691],{"title":5914,"detail":5915,"authority":5916,"cites":5917},"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.",[5838],[],[5704,5705,5863],[5921],"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.",[5923,5927,5931,5936,5941,5945,5949],{"question":5924,"answer":5925,"cites":5926},"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.",[2512,5576,5588],{"question":5928,"answer":5929,"cites":5930},"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.",[5582,5607],{"question":5932,"answer":5933,"cites":5934},"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.",[5606,5935,2935,5607],"site-chapman",{"question":5937,"answer":5938,"cites":5939},"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.",[5940,2995],"site-brodie",{"question":5942,"answer":5943,"cites":5944},"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.",[5691],{"question":5946,"answer":5947,"cites":5948},"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.",[5691,5838],{"question":5950,"answer":5951,"cites":5952},"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.",[5549],{"entries":5954,"state":2497,"indexable":279,"checkedAt":2435,"searched":5981,"gaps":5985},[5955,5960,5965,5969,5973,5977],{"date":4532,"title":5956,"body":5957,"cites":5958},"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.",[5570,5959],"leg-index-brodie-2025",{"title":5961,"body":5962,"cites":5963},"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).",[5964],"leg-votes-brodie",{"title":5966,"body":5967,"cites":5968},"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).",[5964],{"title":5970,"body":5971,"cites":5972},"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).",[5964],{"title":5974,"body":5975,"cites":5976},"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.",[5964],{"title":5978,"body":5979,"cites":5980},"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).",[5964],[5982,5983,5984],"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",[5986,5987,5988],"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",[5991,5992,5993,5994,5995,5997,6000,6003,6006,6009,6012,6013,6016,6018,6020,6023,6026,6029,6032,6035,6038,6041,6045,6050,6054,6058,6062,6064,6066,6069,6071,6073,6075],{"id":2512,"label":2992,"url":2993,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":2995,"label":2996,"url":37,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":2935,"label":2998,"url":2999,"publisher":49,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":43,"label":3001,"url":45,"publisher":35,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},{"id":5964,"label":5996,"url":3004,"publisher":49,"kind":2325,"checkedAt":2435},"Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Dallas 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