Fact Check: BC Conservatives scramble fake promise on new UPCCs
Why this matters to you:
- Promised on the trail, but missing from the plan: Doerkson promised 11 Urgent and Primary Care Centres that don’t appear in his platform or capital plan.
- Doubts from his own team: Conservative candidate Brennan Day has questioned whether these centres deliver value.
- Healthcare you can count on: Urgent care centres give you same-day care without a trip to the ER. Doerkson’s platform complains about spending too much on the infrastructure that builds them.
Interim leader Lorne Doerkson hasn’t explained himself for failing to include in his platform many of promises he had made on the campaign trail.
But he’s not done yet - today he promised 11 UPCCs that were nowhere to be seen in their platform.
The BC Conservatives made no mention of expanding primary care clinics in their platform and not a hint in their capital plan.
They did however complain that the BC NDP is investing too much in capital infrastructure.
And Courtenay–Comox, BC Conservative candidate Brennan Day has questioned whether UPCCs are "delivering value”.