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Promises, promises: what B.C.91裸聊视频檚 parties are pledging on the campaign trail

Halfway through the election race, here are some of the most significant campaign planks
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B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks after the party released their election platform in Surrey, B.C., on October 3, 2024. With British Columbia91裸聊视频檚 New Democrats releasing their platform, two parties 聴 the NDP and the Greens 聴 have unveiled their full plan for the next government ahead of the election on Oct. 19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The British Columbia91裸聊视频檚 New Democrats released the party91裸聊视频檚 platform Thursday days after the Greens unveiled a plan for government ahead of the election on Oct. 19.

The B.C. Conservative Party has not released its platform, but has made a series of policy announcements and promises as election day approaches.

Here is a look at some of the top promises made by each major party:

NDP

91裸聊视频 Leader David Eby made perhaps the biggest promises in the fall campaign before it even began, promising that a re-elected NDP government would open involuntary-care facilities for those with overlapping addictions, mental illness, and brain injuries.

91裸聊视频 Eby also promised that the NDP would scrap B.C.91裸聊视频檚 long-standing carbon tax if the federal government dropped its requirement for the tax, and would instead shift the burden to 91裸聊视频渂ig polluters.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频 On the campaign trail, Eby has promised that the NDP will exempt $10,000 of individual income from taxes every year, which translates to an annual tax reduction of about $1,000 for most households and $500 for individuals.

91裸聊视频 Housing remains a central issue for the NDP, which vows to expand the existing speculation tax and prioritize building homes on public land, while also promising to eliminate no-pet clauses in purpose-built rentals.

91裸聊视频 The NDP has promises to complete the SkyTrain line to Langley as well as move toward SkyTrain or light rail to the North Shore of Metro Vancouver. Free transit for seniors during off-peak hours is also pledged.

91裸聊视频 The party pledges to freeze car insurance premiums that the NDP says have fallen 20 per cent annually due to changes made by Eby91裸聊视频檚 government.

Conservatives

91裸聊视频 One of B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad91裸聊视频檚 first announcements in the campaign was the 91裸聊视频淩ustad Rebate,91裸聊视频 a plan to exempt $3,000 a month of rent or mortgage interest costs from income taxes, beginning with $1,500 monthly in the 2026 budget.

91裸聊视频 Rustad has also promised to end the Insurance Corporation of B.C.91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渕onopoly91裸聊视频 on car insurance and open the market to other providers to lower prices for consumers.

91裸聊视频 The Conservatives have touted energy independence as a goal if they are elected, which includes a feasibility study into nuclear power as a possible future source in a bid for 91裸聊视频渁ffordable91裸聊视频 and 91裸聊视频渞eliable91裸聊视频 baseload electricity.

91裸聊视频 Rustad promised to eliminate existing provincial mandates on electric vehicles and heat pumps and would only support alternative energy sources such as solar and wind when it makes 91裸聊视频渆conomical91裸聊视频 sense.

91裸聊视频 The Conservatives have made public safety a major battleground issue and tied it to B.C.91裸聊视频檚 drug-decriminalization policy, vowing to implement 91裸聊视频渮ero-tolerance91裸聊视频 for public drug use while increasing the police presence.

91裸聊视频 The party has also put forward a plan for 91裸聊视频渆conomic reconciliation,91裸聊视频 where Indigenous communities partner with the province to support projects with 91裸聊视频渂oth economic and environmental benefits.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频 The Conservatives say they will end bans on plastic straws and cutlery and remove compulsory fees for plastic bags in order to 91裸聊视频渞estore freedom of choice and focus on real solutions for our environment.91裸聊视频

Greens

91裸聊视频 Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says her party91裸聊视频檚 platform is aimed at people91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渨ell-being91裸聊视频 and includes a promise to create frameworks to measure B.C.91裸聊视频檚 social and environmental performance instead of using GDP as the standard measurement.

91裸聊视频 Furstenau promised the Greens will address root causes of issues with long-term solutions, such as increasing social and disability insurance and 91裸聊视频渨raparound support91裸聊视频 for youth aging out of care to combat poverty.

91裸聊视频 A major part of the Green platform is promising to tax the wealthy, with proposals to double property tax rates for homes valued at $3 million or more and to implement an 18 per cent tax of corporate profits over $1 billion.

91裸聊视频 In turn, the Greens promise to invest on a number of climate action, renewable energy and infrastructural fronts, including $650 million annually for municipal infrastructure to support new housing and $250 million to expand child care.

91裸聊视频 The Greens have also promised a number of health-centric proposals, including removing all tobacco sales from pharmacies and making all vaccines free for B.C. residents.

91裸聊视频 The party is the only one in the B.C. election pledging to maintain the carbon tax with or without federal mandates, and Furstenau has also vowed to 91裸聊视频渋ntroduce a windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies,91裸聊视频 and redirect revenue from industrial carbon pricing to fund community climate action.





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