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== Affordability ==
== Affordability ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Tax mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy to fund an affordability agenda: affordable, social housing, publicly-run grocery stores, fast, free transit, and universal childcare.
Tax mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy to fund an affordability agenda: affordable, social housing, publicly-run grocery stores, fast, free transit, and universal childcare.


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== Economy ==
== Economy ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Take back our economy for working people by investing in projects like community-owned renewables and green tech, making it easier to join and form a union, and reducing reliance on American markets.
Take back our economy for working people by investing in projects like community-owned renewables and green tech, making it easier to join and form a union, and reducing reliance on American markets.


=== Specific details ===
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* Our economy is captured by the billionaire-class and mega-corporations.
* The BC Greens are fighting to take back our economy for working people.
* When working people do well, our economy does well.
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* Invest in long-term economic prosperity.
** Build a community-owned renewable grid and invest in good, green jobs to deliver an efficient, sustainable province.
** Stabilize industries like forestry and fishing for long-term success.
** Fund a care economy that serves working families.
* Reduce dependence on unstable markets controlled by the US, like oil and gas, and end handouts to fossil fuel corporations.
* Give workers more power in their workplace by making unionization accessible and incentivizing worker co-ops.
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|Problem
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* Mega-corporations hollow out communities and give little back.
* The BC NDP subsidizes dying industries at the behest of lobbyists  instead of providing real alternatives.
* The Conservatives would rather let corporations steal BC’s wealth than give working people a better future.
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|Value
|Workers deserve an economy that puts them over the 1%.
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== Housing ==
== Housing ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Build affordable, publicly-owned homes, protect renters’ rights, and make it easier and quicker to get housing built.
Build affordable, publicly-owned homes, protect renters’ rights, and make it easier and quicker to get housing built.


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* Housing is being treated as a commodity, not a human right.
* People are being forced to choose between rent and groceries: our housing system is broken.
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* Build 26,000 affordable, publicly owned housing units annually.
* Strengthen renter protections and introduce vacancy control.
* Crack down on corporate speculation.
* Make it easier and quicker to build homes with zoning and tax reform.
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|Problem
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* Corporate real estate investors profit off of our suffering.
* The BC NDP are pretending the problem is fixing itself while defunding affordable housing initiatives.
* The Conservatives care more about investors making a profit than you ever owning a home
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|Value
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* Everyone deserves a safe, affordable home.
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== Healthcare ==
== Healthcare ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Put Community Health Centres in every region, put mental health under MSP, and stop privatization so no one falls through the cracks.
Put Community Health Centres in every region, put mental health under MSP, and stop privatization so no one falls through the cracks.


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* Our system is collapsing: ER closures, no family doctors, and mental health out of reach.
* Care is becoming profit-driven and privatized — that’s unacceptable.
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|Solutions
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* Put a health centre in every community for accessible, comprehensive primary care.
* Cover mental health as part of our public system.
* Focus on prevention and wellness, not just crisis response.
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|Problem
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* The BC NDP is focused on band-aid solutions like pushing a dependency on emergency rooms and private nursing contracts.
* The Conservatives want to defund and privatize our public system.
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|Value
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* Everyone should get care when they need it — not wait months or go broke.
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== Democracy ==
== Democracy ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
End the winner-takes-all system. Make every vote count with proportional representation (10% of the vote = 10% of the seats).
End the winner-takes-all system. Make every vote count with proportional representation (10% of the vote = 10% of the seats).


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* Government trust and transparency is at an all time low. Real democracy means knowing what our elected officials are doing.
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* Enact Proportional Representation, where a party’s share of seats at the Legislature is equal to their share of the vote.
* Ban corporate fossil fuel lobbying and make transparency for working people central to governance.
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|Problem
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* The BC NDP weakened transparency laws to keep working people out of the Legislature.
* The Conservatives want to throw open the doors of the legislature to the billionaire-class and mega-corporations.
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|Value
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* The Legislature belongs to working people  — our voice should matter.
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== Human Rights ==
== Human Rights ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Stand up for the vulnerable, like protecting trans youth and ending BC’s complicity in global human rights violations, not just when it’s easy.
Stand up for the vulnerable, like protecting trans youth and ending BC’s complicity in global human rights violations, not just when it’s easy.


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* Politicians and the 1% want working people fighting amongst each other so they don’t look up at the people actually making life harder: the billionaire-class.
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|Solutions
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* Stand up for vulnerable groups, not just when it’s easy.
* Stand firm in our values, like supporting trans youth and ending BC’s complicity in global human rights violations.
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|Problem
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* The billionaire-class props up culture wars to avoid accountability.
* The BC NDP capitulates to Conservative culture wars at every turn.
* The Conservatives fuel the fire of hatred to avoid giving working people real solutions.
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|Value
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* Our rights are intertwined — an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.
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== Climate ==
== Climate ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Protect our most valuable resources and build an economy based on long-term prosperity, not on resource markets that the US controls.
Protect our most valuable resources and build an economy based on long-term prosperity, not on resource markets that the US controls.


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* Every year, working families face wildfires, floods, and droughts, and our government is empowering the corporations who make it worse.
* When our climate thrives, so does our economy and our wellbeing.
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|Solutions
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* Stop tying our economy to dying industries controlled by the US, like fossil fuels.
* Stop logging of old growth, and ensure our forestry sector can last long-term.
* Build a community-owned renewable grid and invest in good, green jobs.
* Protect local farms and watersheds for food and water security.
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|Problem
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* Foreign fossil fuel corporations use our province as a profit extractor, and leave communities devastated when their resources dry up.
* The BC NDP says the right things, then backs foreign fossil fuel corporations with billions in public funding.
* The Conservatives pretend the problem doesn’t even exist.
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|Value
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* A province where working people and our environment thrives.
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== Toxic Drug Crisis ==
== Toxic Drug Crisis ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Support full treatment and wraparound care, and implement harm reduction — lead with compassion, not punishment.
Support full treatment and wraparound care, and implement harm reduction — lead with compassion, not punishment.


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* This is BC’s deadliest public health crisis, we can’t keep doing the same things and hoping it will get better.
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|Solutions
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* Invest in treatment and recovery that’s based on voluntary care, not punishment
* Expand harm reduction, with regulated alternatives and safe consumption sites.
* Build wraparound support, including housing, mental health, employment, and more.
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|Problem
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* The BC NDP implemented half-measures then abandoned people who use drugs after Conservative pressure.
* The Conservatives push punishment and the failed war on drugs, which helps no one.
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|Value
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* You can’t recover from addiction if you’re dead. We need to have basic support in place so people can start to get on their feet and recover.     
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== Reconciliation ==
== Reconciliation ==


=== Quick talking point ===
=== Quick policy point ===
Build a path of transparency and prosperity through legal reform, Indigenous-led investment, and shared environmental stewardship.
Build a path of transparency and prosperity through legal reform, Indigenous-led investment, and shared environmental stewardship.


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* Reconciliation is about ensuring every British Columbian has a seat at the table, and that we can chart a path of transparency and prosperity, together.
* Co-governance in climate and land stewardship
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|Solutions
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* Legal reform and transparent negotiations with Indigenous nations to end the system of government-caused court battles.
* Indigenous-led housing, health, and economic development
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|Problem
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* The BC NDP are complicit in misinformation about DRIPA. They have abandoned Indigenous rights to chase Conservative voters.
* The Conservatives fearmonger about Indigenous rights, and are using them as a testing ground for repealing all of our rights.
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|Value
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* When they come for the rights of Indigenous peoples, all of our rights are on the table. That’s why we need to work together.
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== References ==
== References ==
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DdXMUCJmsk5XflZpkTKXZkqRkD_TFstbY7lEyFxnI5A/edit?usp=sharing
 
* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DdXMUCJmsk5XflZpkTKXZkqRkD_TFstbY7lEyFxnI5A/edit?usp=sharing
* https://bcgreens.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/New-Politics-for-BC-Policy-Document.pdf
* https://bcgreens.ca/policy-book/
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