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BC Greens to roll out election platform

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Oct, 2024 09:52 AM

The B.C. Green Party is expected to be the first to roll out its complete election platform later today.

Leader Sonia Furstenau is scheduled to hold a news conference in Victoria this morning.

BC Greens 2024 Platform release live at 10am! Watch live here:https://t.co/ma0P4oKQXK
— BC Green Party (@BCGreens) October 1, 2024

Furstenau's party has already made a series of commitments ahead of the October 19th election, including to establish a network of 93 community health centres.

They say they'll give every B.C. resident six visits per year with a mental health professional under the provincial medical services plan, and they want to maintain a carbon tax while increasing the size of the rebate.

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