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Party Leaders Make Economic, Budget Promises in Week 2 of B.C. Election Campaign
Doerkson and Eby each tied resource growth to jobs and revenue, with the Conservatives targeting double LNG output and the NDP aiming to double mineral exports.
- On Monday, NDP Leader David Eby and Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson unveiled competing resource expansion plans, with Eby pledging to double critical-mineral exports within five years and Doerkson vowing to double LNG production by 2032 and triple it by 2035.
- Facing a forecast $13.8-billion deficit with only $191 million in direct mining revenue, both leaders argued resource expansion would help trim the shortfall amid U.S. trade war demand for energy exports.
- Doerkson touted his 'superpower plan' for faster permitting and approvals, though B.C. already has five LNG projects on track to reach nearly 48 million tonnes by 2035, exceeding his targets, the NDP countered.
- Eby attacked Conservative fiscal plans, saying "The math doesn't work for the Conservatives," while the NDP highlighted Conservative MLA Tony Luck's February 2024 comments that health and education would "take the brunt" of cuts; Doerkson faced scrutiny over interim leadership after revealing the party board could bypass a membership vote.
- University of B.C. professor Werner Antweiler noted critical minerals doubling 'is entirely within reach,' but cautioned Canadian LNG faces 'late additions to an increasingly crowded marketplace,' while the BC Greens announced competing childcare priorities for the October 24 provincial election.
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