BC New Democratic Party
Nouveau Parti démocratique de la C.-B.
Social-democratic provincial party, governing British Columbia since the 2017 election (continuously through 2017-2025, longest BC NDP unbroken stretch in office since the party's founding). Founded 1933 as the BC CCF. John Horgan led the party to a 2017 minority government with Green confidence-and-supply support, then to a 2020 majority. Horgan stepped down in 2022 and David Eby was acclaimed leader on October 21, 2022, becoming Premier on November 18, 2022. Eby's government has driven the most aggressive provincial housing-supply package in Canada, including the 2023 Housing Statutes Amendment Act overriding single-family municipal zoning. The 2024 Haida Nation Recognition Act recognized Haida title to Haida Gwaii by statute, the largest provincial recognition of Aboriginal title in Canadian history.
Leader
David Eby
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Positions on Issues
Healthcare
The BC NDP under Premier David Eby has committed to recruiting 3,000 new family doctors and nurse practitioners through the BC Family Doctor Bonus program (paying graduating physicians up to $295,000 over four years to commit to family practice), opened seven new Urgent Primary Care Centres, expanded the BC PharmaCare formulary to cover over 100 new medications in 2024, and committed to building 30 new long-term-care facilities across the province by 2031. Opposes for-profit private clinics taking publicly funded surgical contracts.
Source ↗Housing
The BC NDP under Premier David Eby passed the Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act (S.B.C. 2023, c. 30, royal assent November 30, 2023) requiring municipalities to permit multi-unit housing within 800 metres of frequent-transit stops, opened the new BC Builds Housing Society to construct middle-income housing on Crown land, set the BC Housing target at 320,000 new homes over 10 years, passed the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act limiting short-term rentals to principal residences (effective May 1, 2024), and signed the federal Housing Accelerator Fund bilateral agreement worth $1.4 billion for BC.
Source ↗Indigenous Rights
The BC NDP under Premier David Eby passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (S.B.C. 2019, c. 44, the first provincial statute in Canada to align provincial law with UNDRIP), entered into the Haida Nation Recognition Agreement (May 2024, ratified by S.B.C. 2024, recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title to Haida Gwaii without litigation), supports the Wet'suwet'en hereditary-chiefs' position on the Coastal GasLink pipeline corridor, and committed to the BC First Nations Justice Strategy renewal in 2024. Maintains the BC Treaty Process while critics argue it has produced limited results in 30 years.
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Members (15)
BC NDPAdrian Dix
Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions and Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs (British Columbia)
BC NDPBowinn Ma
Minister of Infrastructure (British Columbia)
BC NDPBrenda Bailey
Minister of Finance (British Columbia)
BC NDPBrittny Anderson
Minister of State for Local Government and Rural Communities (British Columbia)
BC NDPChristine Boyle
Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs (British Columbia)
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David Eby
Premier of British ColumbiaVancouver-Point Grey
BC NDPJennifer Whiteside
Minister of Labour (British Columbia)
BC NDPJosie Osborne
Minister of Health (British Columbia)
BC NDPLana Popham
Minister of Agriculture and Food (British Columbia)
BC NDPLisa Beare
Minister of Education and Child Care (British Columbia)
BC NDPMike Farnworth
Minister of Transportation and Transit and Government House Leader (British Columbia)
BC NDPNiki Sharma
Deputy Premier and Attorney General (British Columbia)
BC NDPNina Krieger
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General (British Columbia)
BC NDPRavi Kahlon
Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth (British Columbia)
BC NDPTamara Davidson
Minister of Environment and Parks (British Columbia)