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Economic growth platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Economic growth.

BC Conservative
  • Exempt productive capital from PST for three years, including taxable machinery, equipment, and business software purchased or leased
  • Enact a cultural shift within the civil service towards a shared goal of "getting to yes" on industry-proposed projects

    "Work with industry in good faith. We will end the culture of suspicion that treats job creators and the builders of our economy like the bad guys. We will work with the civil service to enact a cultural shift towards working with industry in good faith, with a shared goal of “getting to yes” while upholding the high ethical and environmental standards expected by British Columbians." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Impose no PST on the construction of designated major projects until they are in service

    "Streamlining government. We will cut the costs that the province itself adds to every project. We will trust qualified professionals to do the work they are certified to do, as happened before 2018. And we will impose no PST on the construction of designated major projects until they are in service, so tax arrives with the revenue." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Appoint a Premier's Advisory Council on Investment

    "Appoint a Premier’s Advisory Council on Investment. BC business experts will provide practical advice from people who actually build and grow businesses here." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Hold an investment summit

    "Hold a “BC Open for Business” Investment Summit. We will bring global investors, Canadian pension plans and private equity funds to BC to showcase opportunities created by a consistently pro-business, pro-growth government." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Provide stable funding for regional economic trusts and other local institutions, and give First Nations, communities, and local governments a stronger role in shaping regional economic priorities

    "Strengthen regional economic trusts and other local institutions with stable funding, and give First Nations, communities and local governments a stronger role in shaping regional economic priorities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Develop a labour market impact assessment and strategy to respond to structural challenges from AI and new technologies

    "Develop a labour market impact assessment and strategy, in conjunction with business, unions, young people and academics, to respond to the structural employment challenges of AI and new technologies. This will include supports for workers displaced by new technologies, strategies for ensuring roles are available for young and inexperienced workers, and a review of how our employment insurance and social assistance systems need to adjust, such as moving to Universal Basic Income." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

    "Ban the use of AI for surveillance of workers at all jobsites. Work with labour groups to develop a comprehensive plan to address unemployment related to AI automation." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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