Election 2026: Campaign Roundup - Day 31

Welcome to Day 31 of our British Columbia 2026 Campaign Roundup!

We're bringing you daily updates on all the policy proclamations, platform promises, and political point-scoring from the campaign trail.

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Campaign Roundup - Day 31:

• BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson pledged to work with the federal government to fund and build a SkyTrain extension along King George Boulevard to Surrey’s Newton Town Centre. Doerkson said the project would address years of delays in bringing rapid transit to the growing community, and promised a Conservative government would deliver major transit projects on time and on budget.
  
  
• The BC NDP said a re-elected government would also support a SkyTrain extension along King George Boulevard to Surrey’s Newton Town Centre. Leader David Eby pointed to the province’s $12 billion in major projects in Surrey, including a new hospital, a medical school at SFU Surrey and the SkyTrain extension to Langley.
  
  
• The BC NDP has announced plans to protect consumers from unfair pricing, including banning ticket scalping and predatory algorithmic pricing, expanding Consumer Protection BC’s powers, introducing right-to-repair legislation and restricting non-compete clauses. The party says the measures would address practices that drive up costs and limit consumer choice.
  
  
• CentreBC has pledged to provide 40,000 free cooling units by 2030 to low-income seniors and people at medical risk who live alone. The party says the commitment is aimed at protecting vulnerable British Columbians from extreme heat, citing the 2021 BC heat dome, which they say in their platform caused 619 deaths.
  
  
• With the election just days away, undecided voters could determine the outcome of a close race between the Conservatives and NDP. A recent Angus Reid Institute poll put the Conservatives three points ahead, a margin one political scientist described as “effectively a tie.” About 15% of voters surveyed remained undecided, while NDP voters were less certain of their choice than Conservative voters. Late campaign developments could sway these voters, while strategic voting may also influence the results in key ridings.

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