In 2025, our BC NDP government stayed focused on one thing: making life better and more secure for regular working people, even as global politics and the economy turned upside down.

Over the last 12 months, our team of 47 MLAs has worked hard to stand up for BC in ways that matter to people — in the legislature, and at home in their riding with you. Here's how:

We stood up for BC workers

When Donald Trump announced new tariffs threatening BC workers and exporters (and threatened our sovereignty by suggesting we become the 51st state), we pushed back quickly. We pulled liquor from red states off store shelves, and got to work removing unfair trade barriers between provinces. And we worked to shift government contracts toward Canadian and trusted suppliers – putting BC workers and businesses first.

We invested in a stronger, more resilient BC economy for future generations

A stronger BC economy means one that doesn’t depend on trade with the US. This spring our BC NDP team worked to fast-track infrastructure projects — like schools, hospitals and road improvements — to get shovels in the ground faster, and connect workers with good-payng jobs. We moved forward on major natural-resource and renewable-energy projects, in full partnership with First Nations as equity owners, to drive tens of billions in investment and thousands of jobs.

One of these projects, the North Coast Transmission Line, will create 10,000 good-paying jobs and unlock clean electricity for industry and communities. And, at the same time, our new Look West strategy doubles investment in trades training so local workers are first in line for those opportunities.

We kept moving ahead on big transportation projects employing hundreds of BC workers, like the brand-new toll-free replacement for the Pattullo bridge. Stal̕əw̓asəm bridge will begin a phased opening before the end of the year.

We helped families like yours with everyday costs

The cost of everything is up in 2025, and people are feeling squeezed. So our BC NDP team did what we could to help you and your family pay less for things you need — and keep more money in your wallets.

We eliminated the consumer carbon tax so regular people aren’t paying more at the pump or on home heating, while ensuring big polluters still pay their fair share. We delivered a fifth ICBC rebate to drivers and kept basic car insurance rates frozen through 2026 – six straight years without an increase. Seniors with low incomes are also getting more help to pay the rent, so they can stay in their homes and communities.

Through the Clean Power Action Plan, we launched a second call for power that will generate enough clean electricity for 500,000 homes, building on a first call that attracted $6 billion in private investment. We also made heat pumps more affordable for low- and moderate-income households, helping families lower their energy bills, and their emissions, too.

We continued expanding affordable childcare, passing new legislation to expand child care on school grounds, so kids can learn and grow in familiar settings close to home.

We strengthened our health care system to make it work better for you

Working people need strong public health care they can rely on. This year, we stepped up recruitment of doctors, nurses and other health professionals from America, including faster credential recognition for nurses and a targeted campaign to bring them here. We’re training more health professionals, too — with the new medical school at SFU Surrey opening applications for its first cohort of students in Fall 2026.

We also passed legislation to stop employers from demanding sick notes when people are ill, freeing up doctors to focus on patients instead of paperwork. Then, in the fall, we passed job-protected medical leave so workers can take time to recover from illness or injury without risking their jobs.

We fought to make your community safer

To keep communities safer, we strengthened involuntary care laws with added protections for health-care workers, brought in tougher rules against non-consensual sharing of intimate images, led work with police and other governments fighting extortion in the South Asian community, and pushed for new federal bail rules to keep violent repeat offenders off the streets.

Across both the spring and fall sessions, our BC NDP team passed more than 30 pieces of legislation – all focused on growing a cleaner, stronger economy, lowering costs and protecting the services people count on.

We can't know what's coming in 2026, but we do know this: no matter what, our BC NDP will always stand on the side of working people, and making their lives better.