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Affordability
ComparerTax measures and rebates
Promesse de BC Conservative
"We will cut provincial income taxes by $1,000 a year for nearly every working British Columbian and $2,000 for the average couple, providing much-needed relief to families struggling with the rising cost of living.
A Conservative government will raise BC’s basic personal exemption from $13,216 to $32,000, making it the most generous in Canada. For a typical two-income family, that means $167 more every month to help cover the rising cost of gas, groceries, and everyday essentials."
— conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Climate Change & the Environment
ComparerOil and gas development
Promesses de BC Conservative
"British Columbia has the resources, workers and strategic location to become a global energy leader. The BC Conservatives’ Energy Superpower Plan will get our province building again, doubling natural gas production by 2032 and tripling it by 2035, creating good-paying jobs, attracting billions in investment and generating new revenue for the services British Columbians rely on." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"We’ll cut unnecessary red tape, speed up project approvals, build the power and infrastructure needed for growth, bring investment and corporate headquarters back to B.C., and put First Nations partnership and ownership at the centre of new development." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Work with industry to assess barriers to investment from the CleanBC plan and end unnecessary regulatory burdens that have created complexity and driven away investment." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"End emissions limits that are currently stopping further investment in BC beyond LNG Canada and driving projects to hostile countries and countries with worse environmental and social records." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Replace the costly and confusing carbon tax framework, which is holding back new LNG development, with stable guidance that rewards operators without penalizing BC exports against US and Qatari competitors." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Harmonize project permitting, approvals and consultation to align with Bill C-39 to ensure BC led projects are approved within the new federal one year time frame. This will be directly supported by a 120 Day Approval Process in legislation." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Make B.C. natural gas the most competitive to produce, with legal permit deadlines and long-term development plans built in partnership with Treaty 8 nations." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Establish resource development corridors that enable linear infrastructure including new and existing pipeline expansions required to grow the sector, reducing impacts and improving coordination with Indigenous groups before projects begin." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"• Work with industry, First Nations and BC universities and colleges to develop a clear plan for building up the labour market for new projects.
• Bring an LNG focus on skills-to-employment strategy with a particular focus on future good-paying jobs in natural gas, LNG, and NGL operations for BC grads."
— BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"• The LNG sector has less of a presence in BC today than it did a decade ago. We will encourage the proponents of BC LNG and BC oil and gas to come back home to BC, to domicile here and increase their physical presence in the province where they operate.
• We will do this in a framework that has upside for the proponents through direct engagement: domiciling in BC has to be good for project proponents while increasing investment and benefits for BC."
— BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"• We will reach out to proponents that left BC's LNG sector under a hostile or ambivalent BC NDP government.
• This includes ExxonMobil (exited in 2018), Chevron (exited in 2019 and no buyer found in 2021 so they wound down investment in BC), Petronas (cancelled Pacific NorthWest LNG a week after the NDP took office), and Woodside (exited 2021).
• Given the current global context, as soon as BC's investment doors are open under a new BC Conservative government, we will engage with former and new proponents for investment in natural gas and LNG in BC."
— BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"We will urgently engage with First Nations, mayors, councils and proponents to ensure that the hospitals, schools and services in operating regions for natural gas and LNG are meeting top tier standards that can retain and attract BC talent with particular focus on support for Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Terrace and Dawson Creek and Fort St John as well as other cities and towns supporting the sector." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"We will reach out to foreign investors looking at Alaska. BC has advantages that should be attractive enough to bring their capital to BC and Canada." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"We will work with First Nations, investors and offtakers to expedite this project to a final go-ahead for construction." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"We will honour First Nations agreements on resources, pipelines and transmission, and expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of the projects on their territory." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"We will partner with the First Nations Major Projects Coalition to ensure BC is a good partner with First Nations and to work with proponents and other communities to increase investments through good faith, win-win partnerships." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
Power generation
Promesses de BC Conservative
"Allow significant increase in the domestic power needed for LNG development in BC, including driving growth in the renewable energy sector." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Include renewables, hydro and gas-fired plants in the regular calls for power." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13
Wildfires
Promesses de BC Conservative
- "Procure new firefighting aircraft, including waterbombers
- Reduce dangerous forest fuels around communities;
- Make prescribed fire easier to use without lowering safety standards;
- Allow qualified firefighting resources to work more quickly during emergencies;
- Create a dedicated fund to invest in early detection and prevention technologies."
— conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Education
ComparerLGBTQ+ students and bullying
Promesse de BC Conservative
“I’ll say this about SOGI. I think that it has become an absolute lightning rod for division in our province, and it has become a challenge. And I think that many people are confused about what SOGI has become in our school.
I firmly believe that we have to repeal SOGI. Obviously we have to provide a safe place for our kids. Just like I said in Bridgeview yesterday, I went as a child to the Bridgeview Elementary School and felt safe.
We need to continue that tradition. But I do believe that SOGI has to be repealed.”
— conservativebc.ca, 2026-10-13
Health & Healthcare
ComparerDiagnostic and procedure wait-times
Promesse de BC Conservative
"Within its first 100 days, a Conservative government will launch an expert commission to bring proven solutions from other public systems to BC, while ensuring British Columbians never need anything more than their health card to get care." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Drugs and addiction
Promesses de BC Conservative
"End the NDP’s failed “safe supply” experiment and expand access to naloxone." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Stop illegal drug use in hospitals, shelters and publicly funded supportive housing, so residents and staff are protected." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Emergency wait-times
Promesses de BC Conservative
"Within its first 100 days, a Conservative government will launch an expert commission to bring proven solutions from other public systems to BC, while ensuring British Columbians never need anything more than their health card to get care." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"A Conservative government will keep emergency rooms open. It will hire and retain more doctors and nurses, support rural medical practices at risk of closing, and invest $50 million into an emergency fund, all while protecting current health care funding." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Mental health
Promesses de BC Conservative
"Improve access to mental health care by expanding psychiatric services, crisis response and residential treatment." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act and amend the Act so officers can connect people with mandatory treatment." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Housing & Homelessness
ComparerHomeless services
Promesse de BC Conservative
"End street disorder by deploying more police to the hardest-hit neighbourhoods." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Jobs, Businesses, & Labour
ComparerTrump's Tariffs
Promesse de BC Conservative
Public Safety, Police, & the Justice System
ComparerPolicing
Promesses de BC Conservative
"Hire and deploy 250 more police officers by expanding the JIBC Police Academy." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Add 500 RCMP officers and 150 civilian staff over five years to restore policing in rural and regional communities where crime is rampant." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Trials and prosecutions
Promesses de BC Conservative
"Hire 50 new Crown prosecutors, work with Ottawa to fund 20 more trial judges, and add sheriff and court capacity so criminals no longer walk free because of delays." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
"Report public safety results openly, tracking repeat offending, bail compliance, court delays, treatment access and long-term recovery." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Reconciliation & Indigenous Nations
ComparerRights of Indigenous peoples
Promesse de BC Conservative
"[DRIPA] has not created the security for British Columbians that it was meant to achieve. We are in court everywhere in this province. So the reality is it (DRIPA) has to be repealed…The challenges we have faced with First Nations and working together have been, no question, a very serious challenge. DRIPA hasn’t helped that, sadly.
We need a genuine path forward. And trust me when I say this, I am committed to working with First Nations. I am committed to building these projects together with First Nations, for the benefit of all of us. And I want partnerships with First Nations.
We need to make everyone equally successful here. And equally, both in a number of different ways – financially, socially, in all respects – we have to work together with our First Nations. And trust me when I say this, I am very committed to that."
— conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Society & Government
ComparerBudgets, deficits, and provincial funding
Promesse de BC Conservative
"Lorne Doerkson, leader of the Conservative Party of BC pledged today that his new government will never raise taxes on British Columbians." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
Biographie
Professional Background:
Steve Kooner is a well known successful lawyer who has owned his own law firm, Steve Kooner Law Corporation, for over 17 years. Steve prides himself with being a solution oriented problem solving lawyer in the litigation area. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Major in Political Science from Simon Fraser University and a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Calgary. Steve and his law firm have received legal service awards such as Three Best Rated Award and Consumer Choice Award in recent years. Steve has also given back to the legal profession by providing mentorship to countless number of aspiring lawyers in the community and by formally taking on many articled students through the Law Society of British Columbia Admissions Program.
Community Involvement:
In addition to being a practicing lawyer, Steve is known for his significant community involvement. Steve has helped countless community organizations with community connecting and spreading awareness. Steve regularly engages in public speaking at events held by community organizations. Steve has spoken at community events of various sizes, which includes anywhere from a few people in a conference room to massive crowds in an arena. In 2023, Steve was awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Award by the Government of Canada for his significant community contribution. Also in 2023, Steve was named an Ambassador to a BCHL Junior Hockey Club.
Personal Background:
Steve was born in Vancouver and grew up in the lower mainland of British Columbia. Steve was born into an iconic music family, as Steve’s father is a former superstar Punjabi recording artist, who recorded with EMI and who had many hit songs in the 1980s. As a child, Steve’s parents taught him the value of hard work and generous giving. In line with this thinking, Steve was enrolled in the martial art of Taekwondo as a young child and he achieved a black belt at the age of 11. Steve was also always seen with his dad as a child learning about the music industry within the community.
Passion to Serve:
Steve has a passion to continue serving the community to make a difference.
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