"Commit to making quality $10-a-day child care available to families all across British Columbia by lifting the freeze on new $10-a-day enrolments introduced in Budget 202638, and use it as the foundation to later implement universal child care coverage by 2031." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Make registering for care simple; create one point of registration for $10/day spaces across BC, replacing today’s centre-by-centre waitlists so families no longer have to win a lottery to access affordable care." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Make it easier for early childhood centres to become, and remain, part of the $10/day spaces by reducing burdensome compliance paperwork. New spaces and priority registration going to public, non-profit and Indigenous-led centres, building a system rooted in community care, not private profit." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Create a universal early childhood education funding model to reduce administrative burdens for child care operators, allowing them to focus on quality care for children. This model will address wage grids, space creation, licensing, and staffing." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work with child care operators to support ongoing growth in capacity through capital upgrades to schools and existing facilities, a workforce development plan, and sufficient operational flexibility to meet the needs of families now and in the future." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Introduce legislation within the first 100 days to ban retailers from using consumers’ personal data to increase the price of goods for a specific consumer (‘surveillance pricing’), following the ‘Manitoba model’ led by Premier Kinew." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work with the Federal Government to ensure social media companies allow an easily accessible option to opt out of their algorithms - your feed, your choice." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Strengthen the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to make privacy, security, transparency and accountability mandatory, including requirements for privacy-impact assessments for use of AI, disclosure when AI is involved in decision-making, and opportunities to challenge or correct an AI-assisted decision." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Price Guard to cap profits on the basics: Set a hard ceiling on retail margins for everyday essentials, including milk, eggs, cheese, butter, and poultry, which already have wholesale price management. This applies to corporate retailers only and prevents them from unfairly marking up food for customers and from reducing compensation for local farmers." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Stop them from blocking competition: Ban anti-competitive real estate deals and property controls that big grocery chains use to keep independent competitors and smaller food retailers from opening up shop in your neighbourhood and charging you higher prices." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"End their hidden price games: Mandate clear, consistent per-unit pricing on the shelf in all stores. This ensures transparent, honest pricing so corporations can't use deceptive "shrinkflation" to quietly hide price hikes on smaller packages." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Stop predatory surveillance pricing: Strengthen consumer protection and privacy laws to prohibit AI-powered algorithmic pricing. This ensures big corporations can't exploit your personal data and market power to unfairly manipulate and raise prices at the register." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Support smaller local grocery stores: Invest in local food infrastructure by partnering with Ottawa to build an independent, regional wholesale food terminal in the Lower Mainland. This would let smaller independent grocers bypass the giants' distribution chains, ensuring big supermarkets aren't the only option." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Create a network of public grocery stores. Starting with 20 stores and a distribution hub, with an investment of $100 million in upfront establishment costs, the Green Grocers will support BC agricultural and food sovereignty by selling fresh BC produce and staple products at affordable prices." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"The stores will focus on providing BC farmers and planters with distribution and market access, while keeping costs on a basket of core goods 30% below market prices for consumers." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work with groups studying public grocery stores across Canada to ensure the program is delivering the suggested benefits and provide lessons for other levels of government and other provinces." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Build public wholesaling and distribution to supply Green Grocers, schools and hospitals. With a 30% locally produced food mandate, this would meaningfully build BC’s food security, from farm to warehouse." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Seek matching funding from the National Food Security Strategy’s $1 billion Food-Link fund." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Provide a direct supply of groceries to institutional purchasers, including the BC Greens proposed universal school food program, to provide greater volumes and help lower prices." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Set a new standard for grocery transparency by making detailed information on purchasing costs and supply chains publicly available, providing greater insight into how grocery prices are set and where our food comes from." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"To support families while Trump’s harmful actions cost British Columbians, David Eby’s plan will include suspending the provincial motor fuel tax by 10 cents per litre on gasoline and diesel." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Eby noted that Donald Trump did not just start a trade war with Canada; he also launched the war in Iran that caused global oil prices to spike. Oil and gas companies then used the conflict to unfairly inflate their margins by 20 cents a litre at the expense of drivers and truckers, based on the latest data from the BC Utilities Commission. This corporate price gouging has cost British Columbians an estimated $865 million in added fuel costs, while the four largest Canadian oil companies doubled their quarterly profits to a staggering $13.3 billion. Donald Trump is now threatening a ban on diesel exports, which would cause diesel prices to skyrocket.

To support families while Trump’s harmful actions cost British Columbians, David Eby’s plan will include suspending the provincial motor fuel tax by 10 cents per litre on gasoline and diesel. The plan also includes a “price guard”, which will empower the BC Utilities Commission to enforce strict pricing rules and cap excess industry margins. Taken together, these actions will provide direct relief at the pumps – saving drivers up to 30 cents a litre and $20 per tank for an average family vehicle. Short-haul truck drivers will save as much as $116 every time they fill up a tank of diesel."

— bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"By cleaning up the financial management at ICBC and implementing Enhanced Care, Eby saved the average driver an approximate $500 per year and froze rates for seven straight years – holding the line while premiums in Alberta have surged by 65%. Under Eby’s plan to protect British Columbians from rising costs, he will extend the freeze for three more years until spring 2030, which means that under the BC NDP, ICBC rates will have been frozen for a full decade." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Amend the legislation governing ICBC, to make clear that all reasonable costs relating to an accident should be covered." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Freeze domestic tuition and institutionally charged mandatory fees at public post-secondary institutions." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Work with the Federal Government to set a pathway to free post-secondary education." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Double the BC Access Grant, providing up to $8,000 per year for students with financial need, while also reviewing and increasing thresholds for students in programs longer than two years." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Bring university and college residences under provincial renter protections for the first time, with dedicated rules under the Residential Tenancy Act that cap increases in residence rates, including between academic years, set basic standards for fees, maintenance and housing agreements, protect students from arbitrary eviction, and provide access to independent dispute resolution." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Raise social assistance and disability assistance rates to the market-basket measure of poverty and index to inflation." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Implement a new targeted basic income benefit for all youth formerly in care, equal to the market-basket measure poverty line, until age 25." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"According to the Government, as of March 2025, there were 4,795 children and youth in care, and of that number, 3,260 were Indigenous, making up more than 68% of children and youth in care.

Youth in care can access Strengthening Abilities and Journeys to Empowerment (SAJE) until age 27, which includes partial fulfilment of the targeted income through Unconditional Income for youth leaving care, though it only partially fulfils the recommendation. This is a cash transfer of $1,250 per month until their 20th birthday. Between 20 and 27, this transitions into Conditional Income support of $1,250/mo based on enrollment in an education program. This program also includes access to guides and navigators; however, SAJE Navigators and Guides have unmanageable caseloads, leaving youth without proper support. These guides are crucial for many youth aging out of government care because of the complicated income and wrap-around supports offered through MCFD, and because many lack the familial and relational support other youth have for life planning and skill building.

In 2017, the BC Green Caucus made a study of basic income a requirement for entering the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA). The report was led by David Green, Professor at the University of British Columbia (Chair), Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Professor Emeritus at the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University, and Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary. The report is based on over 40 research studies commissioned by the panel and written by “some of the best public policy economists in Canada.” The panel consulted British Columbia residents through a web-based public engagement process and received over 450 submissions from individuals and community organizations. The panel held in-person consultations with stakeholders in May 2019, and the report incorporates findings from an online survey in 2020 that sampled approximately 2,000 British Columbians. The Committee’s report is available here: https://bcbasicincomepanel.ca/

The panel found that youth aging out of care are less likely to have graduated high school, are more likely to have used income assistance, and are more likely to be involved with the criminal justice system. Collectively, these costs and foregone tax revenue due to underemployment have a net present value per individual of $320,000 at age 19. They also found that the mortality rates of youth aging out of care are much higher than the rest of the population - 15% of the people aged 19 to 33 who died in 2015 were former children in care.

“Numerous researchers and investigators argue that these poor outcomes arise from a background of instability. Anyone taken out of their family home has, by definition, experienced a traumatic event and for many, it is simply one of many traumatic events.”

Accordingly, the Basic Income panel recommended a targeted basic income for former youth in care, equal to the market basket measure poverty line. The package of support for youth aging out of care was estimated to cost $120 to $190 million per annum in 2020; we have costed this at $250 million per annum to account for inflation over the past 6 years."

— Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Remove clawbacks to ensure people receive the full support that they need." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Create low-barrier access to assistance by eliminating intrusive checks that discourage individuals from seeking help, and making paperwork accessible to individuals with disabilities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Implement free, fast, frequent public transit. Our plan will prioritize doubling the number of buses on the roads within the first term." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"We will approach free transit in a phased approach, starting with youth aged under 25 and seniors 65 and over. We will make transit free for all once infrastructure improvements are made, funding stabilizes, and fast, frequent transit is established." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"We will approach free transit in a phased approach, starting with youth aged under 25 and seniors 65 and over. We will make transit free for all once infrastructure improvements are made, funding stabilizes, and fast, frequent transit is established." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Establish an all-party Parliamentary Committee to develop a consensus-based, long-term transport and transit funding model that updates the funding model for both BC Transit and TransLink." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Further increase the thresholds for Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters to provide greater monthly rental assistance for low-income seniors. The thresholds will be raised to $48,000 for single individuals and $53,000 for couples, ensuring more seniors qualify for support." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Increase direct support for renters unable to afford market rentals through the Rental Assistance Program (RAP) and the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) program." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"Develop and implement a rural seniors strategy to address the needs of seniors in rural communities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

"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