We can create communities that prioritize community connection, resiliency, and creativity. We envision a province where everyone has a safe place to live, can easily get to the places they need to be, and feel supported in raising their families.

The world is in a time of immense change. With the rapid development of technology and acceleration of climate change, it’s more important than ever to create the conditions for resilient communities. We must ensure the development of infrastructure, like housing and transportation, is oriented towards creating connected communities. In recognizing the existential threat of climate change, we need to create systems that are resilient and reduce the environmental impacts

For too long, successive governments have allowed their role to be minimized, assuming that ‘the market’ can create the conditions for communities to thrive. Fourty years downstream from the government abdicating their housing responsibilities, we have more people experiencing homelessness, more people spending half of their income on rent, and more people not able to pursue their dreams because of insufficient housing than ever before. Government can and must do more; we can orient our systems to ensure that all communities have the basics; quality education, rapid, reliable public transit, opportunities for recreation and arts.

The BC Greens believe in smart planning. Better coordination between governments and agencies, guided by sustainable urban values that makes good use of the land that we have already disturbed with increased density, supported by transportation and social services, and encourages green spaces and designed spaces to engage public discourse. The BC NDP focused on housing units, the BC Greens focus is healthy communities where people can thrive, where public processes are efficient and bureaucracy is effective.