British ColumbiaB次元官网网址檚 political party leaders have spent the 28-day provincial election campaign wooing voters with promises on critical issues including health care, housing, the cost of living and the environment.

Here is a look at some of the top promises made by each major party ahead of election day on Saturday:

NDP

B次元官网网址� Leader David Eby says his partyB次元官网网址檚 housing plan will build 300,000 more homes for the middle class. ThereB次元官网网址檚 also a pledge to increase the speculation and vacancy tax on empty homes to one per cent for residents of Canada and three per cent for foreign owners starting in 2025. The NDP says they will prioritize building homes on public land.

B次元官网网址� On the campaign trail, Eby has promised that the NDP will exempt $10,000 of individual income from taxes every year, which translates to an annual tax reduction of about $1,000 for most households and $500 for individuals.

B次元官网网址� Eby has promised a re-elected NDP government will open involuntary-care facilities for those with overlapping addictions, mental illness, and brain injuries.

B次元官网网址� Eby also promised the NDP will scrap B.C.B次元官网网址檚 long-standing consumer carbon tax if the federal government drops its requirement for the tax, and will instead shift the burden to B次元官网网址渂ig polluters.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址� The NDP says they will increase job-protected leave to 27 weeks from the current eight days for people with a major medical diagnosis such as cancer.

B次元官网网址� The NDP aims to attract more health-care workers with a new program forgiving the tuition loans of health professionals in return for a long-term B.C. residency guarantee. TheyB次元官网网址檝e also promised immediate provisional licences for Canadian-trained care providers and licences within six weeks for qualified foreign applicants from other approved places.

B.C. Conservatives

B次元官网网址� Leader John Rustad is promising the B次元官网网址淩ustad Rebate,B次元官网网址� a plan to exempt rent or mortgage interest costs from income taxes, beginning at $1,500 per month in the 2026 budget and increasing to $3,000 by 2029. His party is calling it the B次元官网网址渓argest housing tax cut in B.C.B次元官网网址檚 history.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址� The Conservatives are pledging publicly funded B次元官网网址減artnershipsB次元官网网址� with non-governmental health clinics and a wait time guarantee for some surgical procedures that would see patients sent outside the province for faster care. They are also promising to build a new childrenB次元官网网址檚 hospital in Surrey, featuring a pediatric emergency room and intensive care unit, a maternity ward and a womenB次元官网网址檚 health centre.

B次元官网网址� Rustad has promised to end the Insurance Corporation of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 monopoly on car insurance and open the market to other providers to lower prices for consumers, while modifying ICBCB次元官网网址檚 no-fault insurance model to make it easier for people with life-altering injuries to seek redress in the courts.

B次元官网网址� Rustad promised to scrap the provincial carbon tax completely.

B次元官网网址� Rustad said he will return 20 per cent of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 forests to First Nations, replace the current stumpage system with an end-product tax, and streamline the permitting process for the forest sector.

B次元官网网址� The Conservatives have pledged to bring back plastic straws and cutlery, and eliminate mandatory fees for grocery bags.

Green Party

B次元官网网址� The party, under leader Sonia Furstenau, is promising to maintain the carbon tax with or without a federal mandate. Furstenau has also vowed to introduce a B次元官网网址渨indfall profits taxB次元官网网址� on oil and gas companies, and redirect revenue from industrial carbon pricing to fund community climate action.

B次元官网网址� The GreensB次元官网网址� health plans include up to six visits to a mental health professional, such as a psychologist, under the Medical Services Plan. They promise to regulate the psychotherapy professions.

B次元官网网址� The Greens are promising to provide $1.5 billion annually to construct 26,000 new units of non-market housing each year.

B次元官网网址� Furstenau says her partyB次元官网网址檚 platform is aimed at peopleB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渨ell-beingB次元官网网址� and includes a promise to create frameworks to measure B.C.B次元官网网址檚 social and environmental performance instead of using GDP as the standard measurement.

B次元官网网址� Furstenau says her party will increase social and disability insurance and B次元官网网址渨raparound supportB次元官网网址� for youth aging out of care to combat poverty.

B次元官网网址� The Greens promise to invest in climate action, renewable energy and infrastructure, including $650 million annually for municipal infrastructure to support new housing and $250 million to expand child care.