David Eby’s plan to build BC strong – it’s making a difference
We’ve been through a lot lately, and U.S. tariffs are making it worse. People are worried about their jobs, healthcare and costs.
David Eby and the BC NDP have a plan to build BC strong: create more jobs and opportunity here, strengthen our healthcare and protect people from rising costs.
We can’t afford conservative cuts and costs - or their chaos. They’ve said healthcare and education would “take the brunt” of their cuts. Their plans to scrap our ICBC changes would double car insurance costs. And their chaos would derail major projects that people are counting on. That’s a risk we can't afford - especially now.
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Jobs and opportunity, built here – Not selling out B.C. workers
British Columbians are under attack from Donald Trump. He is threatening our jobs and driving up costs.
David Eby is fighting for B.C. jobs and to build an economy that’s more self-reliant and less dependent on the United States.
- Finding new markets for B.C. products - B.C. exports to the US are down 6%, and non-US destinations are up 16% this year
- $130 billion in major projects on the way - more than any other province
- We have the fastest-growing GDP in the country since 2017 and the fastest-growing wages of any province
- B.C. has gained over 300,000 jobs since 2017, including 146,000 in the private sector.
The conservative parties want to play nice with Trump, not stand up to him. They would surrender to Trump and sell out B.C. workers.
- They've pushed to end the US liquor ban unconditionally as "a measure of good faith" with Trump.
- When Trump announced his tariffs, a Conservative MLA tweeted, “Eby needs to comply. For the greater good!”
- A Conservative MLA posted a graphic depicting Canada’s western provinces as a “Protectorate of the United States.”
Finding new markets for B.C. products
So far this year, overall exports are up 4.2%, and exports to non-US destinations are up 16%. B.C. is now the only province where less than 50% of exports go to the US. Mineral exports to markets outside the United States have grown 89% over the past decade, further diversifying B.C.’s trade relationships.
$130 billion in major projects on the way
$130 billion in major project investment is currently proposed in B.C., well on the way to our goal of $200 billion by 2035. These projects will create tens of thousands of jobs for British Columbians across the province and contribute billions more in economic activity and revenue to support services like healthcare and education.
Fastest-growing GDP in the country
Since 2017, B.C. has been an economic leader in Canada with the most GDP growth of large provinces and the highest capital investment growth per capita. Capital investment in B.C. has grown 123.9% since 2017, well ahead of Canada (67.2%) and Ontario (91.8%) – and nearly 4x Alberta (33.7%).
Wages growing faster than any other province
We’re building an economy that works for British Columbians and Canada. While leading in GDP growth, B.C. also has Canada’s highest real median income growth and the highest wage growth since 2017. We’ve made B.C.’s minimum wage the highest of any province and tied annual increases to inflation. And we reintroduced Skilled Trades Certification, contributing to an 8% increase in apprentices in one year, and helping our world-class skilled workers earn what they deserve.
Adding 300,000 more jobs
B.C. has gained over 300,000 jobs since 2017, including 146,000 in the private sector. And we’ve attracted $130 billion in proposed major project investment, projected to create tens of thousands more jobs in the coming years.
Doubling skilled trades training
We're doubling skilled trades training by 2028-29, boosting jobs and opportunities throughout the province so people can secure family-supporting jobs created through major projects and support key sectors.
Healthcare you can count on – Not making deep cuts
Good care has to be there when people need it.
David Eby has a healthcare plan that’s making a difference.
- A million more people connected to a family doctor, more to come
- 800 doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers recruited from the U.S. - joining the thousands of healthcare workers we’re training and hiring here.
- B.C. now has the most doctors per person of any province
- New medical school now open at SFU Surrey, training more doctors here
- 24 new and expanded hospitals complete and underway, 48 urgent primary care centres open - more to come
Protecting and strengthening healthcare is critical right now. And there’s a lot more work needed to get everyone the care they deserve - we can’t afford to stop now.
The conservative parties are planning big budget cuts that would impact healthcare.
- They’ve even acknowledged that healthcare will “take the brunt” of their cuts.
- They would cancel our US healthcare worker recruitment – they called it “irresponsible”.
We can’t afford conservative healthcare cuts. Let’s keep recruiting and training more doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers of all kinds.
A million more people connected to a family doctor
One million more people have been attached to a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2018 – 700,000 in the last three years alone, as more than 4,000 people get matched every week. And we’ve opened the new medical school in Surrey to train the next generation of doctors here.
Record-setting recruitment of doctors and nurses
We’ve hired over 1,400 family doctors – a 33% increase since 2017 that is double B.C.’s population growth rate – and more than tripled primary care nurse practitioners – 20x B.C.’s growth rate. B.C. now has the most doctors per capita in Canada. Since launching our US recruitment campaign just over a year ago, more than 800 US doctors, nurses, and health professionals have accepted jobs in B.C.’s public health-care system, and thousands more have expressed interest.
Western Canada’s first new medical school in 60 years
The first cohort of B.C.-trained doctors has now started at Western Canada's first new medical school in more than 60 years – the School of Medicine at Simon Fraser University in Surrey. Unlike other medical schools, students study year-round and will graduate one year sooner, training more doctors for our communities faster.
Over 900,000 people getting faster care at a pharmacy
Over 900,000 people have seen a pharmacist for minor ailments or free birth control since we launched the service in June 2023.
24 new and expanded hospitals and 48 urgent primary care centres
We've made the largest investment in health capital projects in B.C.’s history, catching up from years of neglect when conservatives were last in government. We’ve opened 48 urgent primary care centres; we’re building 24 new and expanded hospitals, with nine complete. We’re opening 15 integrated community health and social services centres, 15 First Nations Primary Care Centres, and 3 Nurse Practitioner-led Primary Care Clinics – with more to come.
Better care for seniors and women’s health
We’re building 37 long-term care homes – with more than 1,600 beds open and thousands more on the way – catching up with our communities, as almost no long-term care homes were built. And we’re making women’s health and ending unfair costs a priority – covering hundreds of thousands for free menopausal hormone therapy, free contraception, UTI treatment and birth control at a pharmacy, expanding midwifery services and access, becoming the first province to provide self-screening kits for cervical cancer, and covering the first round of IVF.
Protection from rising costs – Not giving the rich tax breaks
People should be able to build a good life here – with a paycheque that helps you get ahead.
David Eby has a plan to lower costs that’s making a difference – even as Trump threatens B.C. jobs and drives up costs here.
- Bringing down housing costs faster than any other province
- Reduced ICBC. rates by $500, then froze rates for 7 years
- Amongst the lowest middle-class taxes in Canada
- Cut childcare costs in half - on average, parents are saving more than $7,200 a year.
- Kept electricity rates among the lowest in North America
The conservative parties would give tax breaks to the wealthiest, paid for by hiking costs on working people. People can’t afford that, especially now.
- They are promising to roll back our changes at ICBC that have lowered costs by $500.
- They would double insurance rates with Alberta-style insurance and make you pay more.
- They would cancel David Eby’s housing plan that’s lowering rents and make renters pay more.
Bringing down housing costs faster than any other province
Rents are coming down faster here than anywhere in Canada, and home prices are stabilizing. In the last 3 years, average asking rents are down over 10%, and Vancouver asking rent is down 19% from its peak. Home ownership has risen faster in B.C. than the Canadian average.
Reduced ICBC rates by $500, then froze rates for 7 years
We lowered ICBC rates, froze basic premiums for seven years and gave back nearly $2.7B in refunds and rebates, keeping car insurance rates among Canada's lowest – hundreds of dollars less than in Alberta and Ontario. Since introducing Enhanced Care in 2021, the average customer has saved $496 on basic insurance premiums, helping people keep more money in their pockets during a period of rising costs.
Lowest middle-class taxes of any province
BC families earning less than $100,000 pay lower provincial taxes than in any other province in Canada. With tax benefits, many pay no net provincial income tax at all. This year, we increased the Tax Reduction Credit, reducing taxes for 40% of taxpayers. Over 276,000 families receive the B.C. Family Benefit every month and more than 560,000 renters get up to $400 from the renter’s tax credit.
Cut childcare costs in half
Since 2018, parents have saved more than $3.4 billion through ChildCareB.C.’s affordability programs. Parents are paying less than half of what they would otherwise pay – saving an average of $7,200 a year, per child – and affordable licensed care has been expanded to over 64,000 more kids. Parents of 24,800 children now pay $10 per day or less for child care.
Keeping B.C. electricity rates among the lowest in North America
B.C.'s electricity rates are among North America's lowest, with residential rates less than half what Albertans pay. The newly launched PowerSmart 2.0 is now helping B.C. Hydro customers save as much as one-third on their bill.
Standing with Team Canada – Not selling out British Columbians
Donald Trump is attacking our country and our sovereignty.
David Eby is standing with Mark Carney to push back against Trump. He’s fighting for who we are as Canadians and for B.C. to be free from the United States so people can build a brighter future here.
- Protecting what people depend on: supporting workers and businesses facing tariffs, bringing down costs for working families, and strengthening the healthcare British Columbians rely on more than ever during a trade war.
- Building a more self-reliant economy, less dependent on the US: working with the Prime Minister to open new markets beyond the U.S., building the infrastructure and homes B.C. needs, creating good-paying jobs, and training British Columbians so everyone can build a good life.
- Standing up to Trump: keeping U.S. alcohol off the shelves until we get a fair deal for forestry workers, supporting Canada’s countermeasures, and choosing Canadian goods.
The conservative parties are more interested in cozying up to Trump than standing with Team Canada. When Trump announced his tariffs, a Conservative MLA tweeted, “Eby needs to comply. For the greater good!” They'd roll over and undermine Team Canada. That would cost workers and set our economy back.
Keeping U.S. alcohol off the shelves
Thanks to bans on US liquor from B.C. and other provinces, total US alcohol exports to Canada plummeted from $744 million in 2024 to $208 million in 2025 – over $525 million in revenue losses for American producers that’s put huge pressure on Trump and his enablers.
Supporting Canada’s countermeasures
We are coordinating with other provinces and the federal government to support tough counter actions to defend British Columbians, our workers, and our sovereignty.
Buying B.C., Buying Canadian
BuyBC – which was eliminated when conservatives were in government last time and brought back by our BC NDP government in 2017 – has been key to supporting people and businesses through Trump’s trade war, with over 100 more businesses and nearly 2,000 products enrolling this year alone. It has driven over $100 million in new sales for B.C. food businesses. Now we’re expanding it beyond agriculture to help even more businesses find new markets. We also implemented procurement restrictions on goods and services for public agencies, excluding US suppliers.
Supporting workers and businesses facing tariffs
We’re rolling out comprehensive support to fill the gap and help B.C. businesses affected by US tariffs produce and sell more of their products locally as well as overseas – and protect B.C. jobs. We boosted the B.C. Manufacturing Jobs Fund, Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program, Integrated Marketplace program, and the BuyBC initiative.
Opening new markets beyond the U.S.
So far this year, exports to the U.S. are down 6%, and exports to non-U.S. destinations are up 16%. B.C. is now the only province where less than half of exports go to the US.
Working with Prime Minister Mark Carney to build generational prosperity
David Eby secured a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Prime Minister Mark Carney that sets British Columbia on a generational path to prosperity, unlocking jobs for workers and support for vital public services and infrastructure. The Prosperity Agreement includes a new federal commitment to delivering on port infrastructure and additional support for the forest and steel sectors in the face of U.S. tariffs.
Keeping housing costs down – Not giving control back to speculators
British Columbians work hard, but it’s still too hard to afford a good home here.
For too long, conservative politicians let speculators drive the cost of housing out of reach for people.
But now, David Eby’s housing plan is making a difference.
- Housing costs are coming down faster than anywhere else in Canada.
- Starting rents in B.C. are down over 10% since their peak in 2023 – and have gone down for 26 months straight.
- The average price for a home has come down.
- And we’ve eliminated local zoning barriers to build 300,000 more middle-class homes
The conservative parties would scrap David Eby’s housing plan – that means higher costs and fewer homes for people. Their approach means:
- Eliminating the speculation tax and restrictions on short term rentals like AirBnb
- Bringing back the old laws and red tape that blocked construction and caused this crisis
- Letting speculators drive up housing costs just like before
Bringing down housing costs faster than any other province
Rents are coming down faster here than anywhere in Canada, and home prices are stabilizing. In the last three years, average asking rents are down 12.0%, and Vancouver rents are down 19% from their peak. Home ownership has risen faster in B.C. than the Canadian average - but there’s a lot more to do to bring housing within reach for people.
Building more middle-class homes
326,000 more homes have been built in B.C. since 2017 – faster than the rest of Canada – with 38,000 in the last year alone. 97% of local governments have adopted zoning changes that are paving the way for 300,000 more homes across B.C.
Reining in the short-term rental market
Since we introduced short-term rental regulations, asking rents for long-term rentals have fallen across B.C., and average vacancy rates in communities with populations of 10,000 or more rose from 1.2% to 3.5% in 2025.
Stopping speculators and reducing empty homes
The Speculation and Vacancy Tax helped convert 20,000 empty units into homes for people in Metro Vancouver alone and has raised over half a billion dollars for more affordable homes to be built – ensuring those who choose to leave a second home empty contribute fairly to B.C.
Opening the door to home ownership
We’re opening the door to homeownership for more first-time homebuyers. Unlike in some other provinces, buyers in B.C. don’t pay PST – a savings of $56,000 on an $800,000 home. First-time homebuyers can reduce or eliminate the property transfer tax on their first home.
Investing in neighbourhoods
We’re building stronger communities with the $1-billion Growing Communities Fund, for local governments to build the child care facilities, rec centres, and transportation networks neighbourhoods need.
Safe, inclusive communities – Not ignoring gun laws and cutting victim services
Everyone should feel safe in their community.
David Eby is taking on the challenges that we’re seeing in our communities - strengthening enforcement to fight crime and strengthening services to address its underlying causes:
- Hired over 250 more RCMP officers to keep our communities safe and added 240 new police training seats to train more officers to fight crime (a 225% increase in seats)
- Led the country in securing stronger bail laws from Ottawa to keep people safe.
- Building new involuntary care facilities across B.C. - two open, two being built, more to come.
- New teams to tackle repeat violent offending that have successfully reduced police interactions by 50% and sped up charge approvals for high-risk violent offenders - and now expanded the model to go after shoplifting and vandalism
The conservative parties’ cuts would mean fewer resources to fight crime and support victims:
- The conservatives have said they would direct police to ignore federal gun safety laws – that would fuel gang activity and make people less safe.
- They’re planning big budget cuts that will impact the services people count on, just like before.
- Their record: cuts to health care, crime prevention and victim services funding.
Hiring 250 more police officers
We’ve hired over 250 more RCMP officers to keep our communities safe. And we’ve added 240 new police training seats to train more officers to fight crime (a 225% increase in seats). We’re now training up to 432 municipal police officer recruits every year.
Securing stronger bail laws
David Eby’s advocacy helped secure federal government action to address repeat violent offending and intimate-partner violence – including reforms to bail, sentencing and protections for victims – helping improve community safety and accountability.
Care for those who are too unwell to make safe decisions
Toxic drugs are extremely poisonous, leading to more people with brain injuries and severe challenges that put them at risk to themselves and others, unable to make decisions about their own care. There are over 2,000 mental health beds that can provide involuntary care when people are in severe crisis to keep them and others safe, and we’re building new involuntary care beds across the province.
Reducing repeat offender violence 56%
We created 12 Repeat Violent Offending Intervention Initiative hubs and related programs that are now monitoring nearly 450 repeat violent offenders. Police interactions with participants fell by nearly 50% and violent-offence interactions fell 56%. B.C.’s Crime Severity Index is down for the second year in a row, nearly 12% lower than in 2023 and at its lowest level in years.
Fighting extortion to keep businesses and families safe
We are supporting police efforts to investigate extortion threats and bring criminals to justice. The BC Extortion Task Force is solely focused on investigating extortion threats. Over 90 charges have been laid so far, six people have been sentenced, and the Canada Border Services Agency has deported over 50 people from BC related to extortion investigations. Extortion incidents have gone down significantly since the beginning of the year, and in August the Surrey Police Service said they had zero reports of extortion threats or shootings. But one incident is too many - we have to keep going.
Restoring victims services and sexual assault centres
We restored stable funding for sexual-assault centres cut when conservatives were last in government, and added four new sexual-assault centres in Vancouver, Kamloops, Prince George and Surrey, providing support for more than 475 victim-service and violence-against-women prevention programs throughout the province, including 70 sexual-assault services - supports when survivors need it most. We strengthened civil forfeiture – putting tens of millions of dollars in seized criminal proceeds to work for British Columbians in community projects to combat crime and support victims. And we doubled the application period for crime-victim benefits, giving survivors more access to support and financial assistance.
Care and treatment for mental health and addictions – Not cutting support
Mental health and addictions challenges impact so many families. People need to get the help they need when they ask for it.
We have a lot more work to do, but David Eby’s healthcare plan is improving access to treatment and care for people. We have to keep going.
- 860 new addiction treatment beds since 2017 - and doubled the number of beds for youth.
- Faster and easier access to treatment
- Over 2,000 beds offer involuntary care across B.C., with more on the way.
- 35 Foundry Centres open or on the way to provide young people with mental health and addictions services (helped over 84,000 youth since 2019).
The conservative parties’ health care cuts would mean cuts to mental health and addictions care and less help for people when they need it.
- They’ve said that healthcare is going to “take the brunt” of their cuts.
- The B.C. Conservative Shadow Cabinet Minister calls Access Central, which has connected over 40,000 callers to treatment services, “just a phone line”.
- It’s just like before: The B.C. Liberals made deep cuts to addictions care across B.C. when they were in government.
860 new addiction treatment beds
We increased treatment and recovery beds by over 22%, adding 860 beds to provide more care for people in more communities. 2,737 adults got inpatient treatment and recovery support in the first half of 2025-26, with even more capacity added since.
Faster access to treatment
We’ve cut wait times for treatment in Vancouver to just one day for urgent cases – and expanded the Road to Recovery program province-wide to bring those same results across B.C.
Opening 35 Foundry Centres for young British Columbians
We’ve opened 20 Foundry Centres with 15 more on the way to provide integrated health and wellness services to teens and young adults. People can also access virtual Foundry services from anywhere in the province. Foundry helped over 17,000 young British Columbians in 2025.
Providing 380,000 free or low-cost counselling sessions
Through HelpStartsHere, we’re connecting people to free, low-cost, and sliding-scale counselling through 44 community agencies across B.C. Since 2019, we've provided over 380,000 sessions to individuals and families.
Making sure people’s basic needs are met
After years of cuts when the conservatives were last in power, we’re reinvesting in the basics everyone needs for a stable foundation. We’re delivering nearly 1,500 temporary housing units and 9,900 permanent supportive homes, and we’ve doubled shelter spaces – nearly 6,500 in 58 communities - to help close encampments and support people who need our help.
Covering treatment medications
We expanded access to addiction treatment by making opioid agonist treatment medications free for all British Columbians – ensuring money isn’t a barrier to getting addiction treatment.
Protecting our air, land, and water – Not tearing up environmental protections
B.C. is the most beautiful place in the world - and we are on the front lines of climate change here.
David Eby and the B.C. NDP are taking action to protect this amazing place we call home, fight climate change and support a prosperous economy where we can all thrive.
- Protecting our lands and waters: protected the North Coast tanker bans and on track to meet our 30x30 goal to protect 30% of B.C. by 2030
- Building a cleaner economy: emissions per dollar of economic activity down
- Strengthening environmental protections: stronger environmental assessment processes
- Partnering with First Nations to improve stewardship: First Nations Guardian programs
- Supporting more people to make green choices in their own lives: heat pump incentives and more public EV charging ports
The risk is the conservative parties’ approach. We can’t afford to let them win and tear up environmental protections - especially as British Columbians are seeing firsthand the threat of climate change
- Taking a page right out of Trump’s playbook, they oppose our 30x30 goals. We can’t afford to let them win and roll back habitat conservation.
- They would cancel the Low Carbon Fuel Standard – increasing emissions, cutting good jobs and costing British Columbians more than $2.25 billion.
- You can’t have a serious discussion with them about climate change – they believe climate science is “a lie”
Protecting our lands and waters
We protected the North Coast Tanker Ban to protect some of the most pristine coastline in B.C. We’ve protected 20% of B.C.’s land and water, on our way to 30% by 2030. We established a $100 million Watershed Restoration Fund. And we’ve cleaned up more than 6,400 kilometres of shoreline.
Building a cleaner economy
We’re leveraging B.C.’s clean energy strength by investing in solutions such as the $36-billion expansion of B.C.’s electricity system, creating upwards of 12,500 good-paying jobs annually. B.C. now generates 98% of its electricity from clean and renewable sources, giving people and businesses access to one of the cleanest – and cheapest – electricity systems in North America. Pollution from B.C.’s oil and gas sector has fallen 10% since 2018, while the economy and private-sector jobs have grown and emissions per dollar of economic activity are down over 30%, with methane emissions down 48%.
Strengthening environmental protections
We overhauled the environmental assessment process to empower more participation from residents and communities and bring in some of the strongest enforcement measures in the country.
Partnering with First Nations to improve stewardship
First Nations Guardian programs are helping B.C. steward and care for the land and water through environmental monitoring, public safety, education and knowledge sharing. We’re expanding guardian programs with First Nations, increasing boots on the ground to protect and look after B.C.’s lands, waters and forests.
Supporting more people to make green choices in their own lives
Heat-pump rebates have helped heat pump sales grow 63% since 2020, now exceeding gas furnace sales. And we’ve increased EV charging ports across B.C., expanding the public network by 53% since 2023. Electric vehicles made up nearly 17.9% of all new light-duty passenger vehicles sold in B.C., the highest percentage for any province or territory in Canada, enabling the now $2.1 billion provincial EV sector to grow to 16,400 jobs.
More access to B.C. Parks
We’ve expanded recreation and conservation to nearly 1,050 provincial parks, recreation areas, conservancies, ecological reserves and protected areas covering more than 14 million hectares. More people are visiting B.C. Parks than ever – increasing 30% over the past six years – as we have expanded park access and added over 2,000 new campsites since 2017.
The best educated kids in the world – Not closing schools and fighting with teachers
Our kids deserve the best education possible so they can succeed.
David Eby and the BC NDP are hiring teachers and building schools across B.C. to support smaller class sizes and quality education for our kids.
- 250 new or upgraded schools complete or underway across B.C.
- Hired thousands more teachers, education assistants and school counsellors
- Increasing supports in schools so that kids get more individual attention and support to help them succeed
- More B.C. kids than ever before are successfully completing their K-12 education
The conservative parties are planning big budget cuts that would impact education - just like they did before when they closed schools and fought with teachers.
- They’ve acknowledged that education is going to “take the brunt” of their cuts
- When they were in government before, they closed 250 schools - we’re building 250 new and upgraded schools
- They fought B.C. teachers all the way to the Supreme Court to try to increase class sizes