Environment and energy: where each party stands

Each party on the environment and energy

• BC Green

  • Fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations

    Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide conservation financing to support Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed.

    bcgreens.ca: BC Greens announce plan to reform forestry sector, protecting forests, jobs, and communities, October 4. Also posted: YouTube: Policy Announcement: Protect our Forests (w/Raj Sahota), October 5 · YouTube: Our forests (and forest economy) need protection, October 5 · Bluesky: Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide financing for Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed, October 5.

  • Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging

    Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide conservation financing to support Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed.

    bcgreens.ca: BC Greens announce plan to reform forestry sector, protecting forests, jobs, and communities, October 4. Also posted: YouTube: Policy Announcement: Protect our Forests (w/Raj Sahota), October 5 · YouTube: Our forests (and forest economy) need protection, October 5 · Bluesky: Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide financing for Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed, October 5.

  • Provide conservation financing to support Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed

    Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide conservation financing to support Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed.

    bcgreens.ca: BC Greens announce plan to reform forestry sector, protecting forests, jobs, and communities, October 4. Also posted: YouTube: Policy Announcement: Protect our Forests (w/Raj Sahota), October 5 · YouTube: Our forests (and forest economy) need protection, October 5 · Bluesky: Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide financing for Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed, October 5.

  All BC Green commitments on the environment and energy Show three BC Green commitments

  • End conventional clearcutting across BC’s public forests

    End conventional clearcutting across BC’s public forests. Work with First Nations, forest communities, workers and the industry to transition away from conventional clearcutting and toward forestry that maintains forest structure and reflects the ecology of each landscape.

    bcgreens.ca: BC Greens announce plan to reform forestry sector, protecting forests, jobs, and communities, October 4.

  • Ban the use of glyphosate and other chemical herbicides

    Ban the use of glyphosate and other chemical herbicides.

    bcgreens.ca: BC Greens announce plan to reform forestry sector, protecting forests, jobs, and communities, October 4.

  • Amend the Private Managed Forest Land Act to ensure basic ecological and cultural protections

    Amend the Private Managed Forest Land Act to ensure basic ecological and cultural protections on private land.

    bcgreens.ca: BC Greens announce plan to reform forestry sector, protecting forests, jobs, and communities, October 4.

  • Say no to the oil pipeline project and fight for the coast

    The BC Greens are the only party willing to defend our lands, our waters, and our jobs and say no to this project. We will fight for the coast and ensure public money goes into our communities, not out of them, to generate clean energy and home retrofits that cut your monthly bills, create good union jobs here in B.C., and ensure a healthy future for this generation and the next.

    bcgreens.ca: Eby won’t stand up for our coast. The BC Greens will, October 2.

  • Redirect public money from LNG projects to building out renewable energy backed by union jobs

    The BC Greens will put that money to work here instead—building out renewable energy, backed by good union jobs that don’t disappear the moment a foreign shareholder changes their mind.

    bcgreens.ca: Statement from Emily Lowan on LNG Canada Phase 2, September 29.

  • Eliminate the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive

    We will eliminate the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive, regain control over royalty rates, and ensure existing LNG projects cover their own power costs instead of leaning on the public system.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Make existing LNG projects cover their own power costs

    We will eliminate the subsidies fossil fuel companies receive, regain control over royalty rates, and ensure existing LNG projects cover their own power costs instead of leaning on the public system.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Stop new fossil fuel development

    Stop new fossil fuel development.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Institute a climate plan that lives up to the science of climate change

    Institute a climate plan that lives up to the science of climate change and protects this generation and all the generations after that.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Support clean energy and home retrofits

    Support clean energy and home retrofits to lower your bills and create good union jobs.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Fully fund old-growth deferrals

    Fully fund old-growth deferrals, with fair compensation for First Nations and forestry communities.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Compensate First Nations and forestry communities for old-growth deferrals

    Fully fund old-growth deferrals, with fair compensation for First Nations and forestry communities.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

  • Modernize mining laws to protect communities and prioritize resources BC needs for renewables

    Modernize our mining laws to protect communities and prioritize the resources BC needs for a renewable revolution.

    Plan page, bcgreens.ca/our-plan: Our Plan for British Columbia, bcgreens.ca.

• BC NDP

  • Continue to support LNG expansion

    The BC NDP has made a real commitment to continuing to support LNG expansion and rural economic development.

    bcndp.ca: BC Conservatives LNG plan out of step with reality, September 28.

  • Fast-track the North Coast Transmission Line to power new mines with made-in-B.C. electricity

    Fast‑tracking the North Coast Transmission Line and building it with Canadian steel to power new mines with clean, reliable made-in-B.C. electricity.

    bcndp.ca: Eby to double critical mineral exports, expand Port of Prince Rupert, September 28.

• CentreBC

  No commitment published Checked Oct 6

• Conservative

  • Grow natural gas production to more than double by 2032 and more than triple by 2035

    More than double natural gas production by 2032 and more than triple it by 2035;

    conservativebc.ca: BC Conservatives Welcome LNG Canada Phase 2: We Will Treat Energy as an Urgent Mission, September 29.

  • Double LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035

    Conservative Party of BC releases its ambitious plan to turn BC Into the energy superpower the world needs after a lost NDP decade, doubling LNG production by 2032, tripling by 2035

    conservativebc.ca: Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower, September 28. Also posted: BC Conservatives Welcome LNG Canada Phase 2: We Will Treat Energy as an Urgent Mission, September 29 · Plan page, conservativebc.ca/plan.

  • Support energy projects with a strong business case for communities, alongside strong environmental protections

    My government will treat energy as an urgent mission, and we will support projects with a strong business case for our communities alongside strong protections for our beautiful environment.

    conservativebc.ca: Conservative Party of BC Welcomes Designation of Pacific Link Pipeline, October 1.

  All Conservative commitments on the environment and energy Show three Conservative commitments

  • Ask, on becoming Premier, for a trilateral working group with Alberta and Ottawa to address concerns

    As soon as I become Premier, I will ask for a trilateral working group between Alberta and Ottawa to ensure all such concerns are properly addressed.

    conservativebc.ca: Conservative Party of BC Welcomes Designation of Pacific Link Pipeline, October 1.

  • Get B.C.’s energy to market through the BC Energy Superpower Plan

    That’s why the Conservative Party of BC have developed a BC Energy Superpower Plan that will get our energy to market, doubling Natural Gas production by 2032, and tripling it by 2035.

    conservativebc.ca: Conservative Party of BC Welcomes Designation of Pacific Link Pipeline, October 1.

  • Designate the liquid-rich Montney Formation as a strategic provincial asset

    Designate the liquid-rich Montney Formation as a strategic provincial asset;

    conservativebc.ca: BC Conservatives Welcome LNG Canada Phase 2: We Will Treat Energy as an Urgent Mission, September 29.

  • Work with Ottawa so B.C. gets emissions credit when its LNG replaces coal and higher-emitting LNG

    Work with the federal government to ensure B.C. gets credit for the global emissions reductions our low-carbon LNG delivers when it replaces coal and higher-emitting LNG in other countries.

    conservativebc.ca: BC Conservatives Welcome LNG Canada Phase 2: We Will Treat Energy as an Urgent Mission, September 29.

  • Cut red tape for LNG investment

    We will cut the red tape that has driven investment away, and deliver faster, more certain approvals so good projects get built on time.

    conservativebc.ca: Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower, September 28.

  • Unlock the power and infrastructure the LNG sector needs to grow

    The plan will unlock the power and infrastructure the sector needs to grow, build a competitive and stable royalty framework, and bring back the companies that left BC under the NDP.

    conservativebc.ca: Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower, September 28.

  • Bring back the LNG companies that left BC

    The plan will unlock the power and infrastructure the sector needs to grow, build a competitive and stable royalty framework, and bring back the companies that left BC under the NDP.

    conservativebc.ca: Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower, September 28.

  • Put First Nations at the centre of LNG development, with expanded ownership and partnership

    It will also put First Nations at the centre of this opportunity, with expanded ownership and true partnership.

    conservativebc.ca: Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower, September 28.

• OneBC

  • Approve a pipeline to the Port of Prince Rupert or Kitimat to export Canadian energy

    Approve a pipeline to the Port of Prince Rupert or Kitimat to get Canadian energy to foreign markets

    Plan page, 1bc.ca/priorities: Our Plan, 1bc.ca/priorities.