Election 2026: Campaign Roundup - Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of our British Columbia 2026 Campaign Roundup!

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Campaign Roundup - Day 7:

• The parties have outlined their positions on SOGI 123 and sexual orientation and gender identity resources in BC schools. The BC Conservatives and OneBC would repeal SOGI 123, while the BC Greens and CentreBC support the resource. NDP Leader David Eby says his party has ended its relationship with the foundation behind SOGI 123 but remains committed to preventing bullying and supporting students.
  
  
• BC NDP Leader David Eby has announced a plan to double the province’s critical-mineral production and exports within five years while expanding the Port of Prince Rupert. The plan includes faster mine approvals, expanding the North Coast Transmission Line, increasing smelting and refining capacity, and a $5 million investment in the Prince Rupert Port Authority for tourism.
  
  
• OneBC has released its full platform, outlining policies including 25% tax cuts across all tax brackets, a 2% reduction in the PST, a balanced budget within four years, private healthcare alongside a fully funded public system, the removal of SOGI 123 from classrooms, changes to Indigenous policy including repealing DRIPA, expanded forestry activity, eliminating safe supply programs, and measures targeting repeat and violent offenders. The platform also calls for a Western Canada Alliance with Alberta and Saskatchewan to strengthen provincial sovereignty and cooperation on Western Canadian interests and energy projects.
  
  
• The BC NDP has criticized OneBC’s platform, claiming its proposed 25% cuts to personal and corporate income taxes and reductions to the PST would create a $10.6 billion deficit. The NDP also argues that OneBC’s healthcare proposals would lead to cuts and longer wait times.
  
  
• OneBC leader Dallas Brodie says the party will work to “optimize the conservative movement” in BC and ensure voters have a conservative option across the province. Brodie criticized the BC Conservatives’ treatment of former leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and said OneBC would not oppose “true conservatives” who share its values, pointing to the Abbotsford-Mission by-election as an example of the approach.

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