Climate Change & the Environment

Clean air platforms

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

BC Green
  • Set health-based indoor air standards for schools, childcare facilities, hospitals, long-term care and assisted living, post-secondary institutions, and other public buildings

    "Set health-based indoor air standards for schools, child care facilities, hospitals, long-term care and assisted living, post-secondary institutions and other public buildings, including standards for ventilation, filtration and fine particulate matter. This will ensure that every community has access to a designated clean air centre during wildfire smoke events." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require indoor air monitoring and public reporting in public institutions

    "Require indoor air monitoring and public reporting in public institutions, and make health-based indoor air standards enforceable through the Public Health Act, with clear inspection, compliance and response requirements when standards are not met." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Make indoor air standards enforceable through the Public Health Act

    "Require indoor air monitoring and public reporting in public institutions, and make health-based indoor air standards enforceable through the Public Health Act, with clear inspection, compliance and response requirements when standards are not met." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require public buildings to have wildfire smoke response plans, including access to effective filtration and cooling during smoke events
  • Direct WorkSafeBC to set enforceable wildfire smoke protections for workers

    "Direct WorkSafeBC to establish enforceable wildfire smoke protections for workers, including airquality action levels, maximum exposure periods, requirements for employers to make appropriate protective equipment available, measures to modify or reschedule work, stop-work thresholds for non-essential outdoor work, and protection from reprisal for workers who raise air-quality concerns. These standards will recognize that some parts of BC can experience prolonged periods of wildfire smoke and focus on giving workers and employers the tools to protect health while allowing essential work and economic activity to continue safely." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Require that new public and institutional buildings be designed to maintain healthy indoor air during wildfire smoke and extreme heat

    "Update provincial building standards so new public and institutional buildings are designed to maintain healthy indoor air during wildfire smoke and extreme heat." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require continuous, independent, publicly-reported air-quality monitoring around major industrial developments, including LNG facilities and oil and gas infrastructure

    "Require continuous, independent air-quality monitoring around major industrial developments, including LNG facilities and oil and gas infrastructure, with public reporting of pollutants of concern and clear requirements to investigate and respond when measured pollution exceeds permitted levels or differs significantly from reported emissions." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require environmental assessments and industrial permitting to consider cumulative air pollution within an airshed, rather than assessing each major project in isolation
  • Fund clean air upgrades to schools, hospitals, care facilities, and other public buildings

    "Fund upgrades to schools, hospitals, care facilities and other public buildings so they can meet the new clean-air standards, including high-efficiency filtration, ventilation and cooling." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Provide free or low-cost portable HEPA air cleaners and replacement filters for low-income households and people at greater risk from wildfire smoke

    "Provide portable HEPA air cleaners and replacement filters at little or no cost for low-income households and people at greater risk from wildfire smoke." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expand BC's air quality monitoring network, and make air quality info easy for the public to access

    "Expand BC’s air quality monitoring network where there are existing gaps and make local air quality information easy for the public to access." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

We don't have any OneBC policies on Clean air.
We don't have any CentreBC policies on Clean air.

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