Monday, June 29, 2026
ADVT 
National

B.C. NDP platform pledges $3B a year on recovery

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Oct, 2020 05:36 PM
  • B.C. NDP platform pledges $3B a year on recovery

The NDP is promising a rent freeze in British Columbia until the end of next year, a one-time $1,000 recovery benefit for families and an expansion of $10-a-day daycare in its platform released today.

In a news release, the NDP says the plan builds on the work they've done over the past 3 1/2 years to improve health care and affordability, while creating jobs.

The platform is based heavily on the NDP record, with the majority of promises stemming from work already underway or expanding on their pledges.

The party says of 154 platform promises, 60 are new.

It also promises a new Recovery Investment Fund that includes an additional $3 billion a year to build schools, hospitals and other projects.

The NDP says that those projects will create 18,000 new jobs a year.

“Our plan provides the support people need right now and lays out a vision for how B.C. can emerge from the pandemic stronger and more secure than ever," NDP Leader John Horgan says in a news release.

MORE National ARTICLES

Ministry Dithers On Exemption; 'Sex Abuser' Hygienist Fights For Licence

Ministry Dithers On Exemption; 'Sex Abuser' Hygienist Fights For Licence
TORONTO - An exemption to a law that automatically branded a dental hygienist as a sexual abuser for cleaning his wife's teeth remains under government review more than four years after regulators proposed the change.

Ministry Dithers On Exemption; 'Sex Abuser' Hygienist Fights For Licence

Supreme Court To Hear If Sex-Offender Registries Unfair To Mentally Ill

Supreme Court To Hear If Sex-Offender Registries Unfair To Mentally Ill
TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada will have final say on the validity of laws requiring sex offenders to register when an accused is granted an absolute discharge after being found not criminally responsible.    

Supreme Court To Hear If Sex-Offender Registries Unfair To Mentally Ill

Power Play Of Aid After Thief Spoils Saskatchewan Hockey Team's Fundraiser

Power Play Of Aid After Thief Spoils Saskatchewan Hockey Team's Fundraiser
GRAND COULEE, Sask. - People in Ontario, Alberta and elsewhere are coming to the aid of a Saskatchewan minor hockey team whose recent fundraising bottle drive was put offside by a thief.

Power Play Of Aid After Thief Spoils Saskatchewan Hockey Team's Fundraiser

Five Meals A Week: Scientists Audit Garbage To Assess Household Food Waste

Five Meals A Week: Scientists Audit Garbage To Assess Household Food Waste
Michael Von Massow at the University of Guelph acknowledged it was, at times, messy.    

Five Meals A Week: Scientists Audit Garbage To Assess Household Food Waste

Charges Laid In Homicide Of Pregnant Kamloops, B.C., Mom, Angel Fehr

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say a second-degree murder charge has been laid 19 years after a pregnant mother of two was last seen in British Columbia.    

Charges Laid In Homicide Of Pregnant Kamloops, B.C., Mom, Angel Fehr

Surrey Gang Enforcement Team Expands Popular Gang Prevention Program

The Surrey RCMP Gang Enforcement Team (SGET) is launching a second module in their Shattering the Image anti-gang presentation series that focuses on the importance of mentorship and leadership for youth.

Surrey Gang Enforcement Team Expands Popular Gang Prevention Program