Climate Change & the Environment

Oil and gas development platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Oil and gas development.

BC Conservative
  • Double natural gas production by 2032 and triple it by 2035

    "British Columbia has the resources, workers and strategic location to become a global energy leader. The BC Conservatives’ Energy Superpower Plan will get our province building again, doubling natural gas production by 2032 and tripling it by 2035, creating good-paying jobs, attracting billions in investment and generating new revenue for the services British Columbians rely on." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Speed up project approvals
  • Prioritise First Nations partnership and ownership

    "We’ll cut unnecessary red tape, speed up project approvals, build the power and infrastructure needed for growth, bring investment and corporate headquarters back to B.C., and put First Nations partnership and ownership at the centre of new development." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Work with industry to remove regulations on oil and gas development in order to encourage investment

    "Work with industry to assess barriers to investment from the CleanBC plan and end unnecessary regulatory burdens that have created complexity and driven away investment." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Remove emissions limits on LNG

    "End emissions limits that are currently stopping further investment in BC beyond LNG Canada and driving projects to hostile countries and countries with worse environmental and social records." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Repeal the Output-Based Pricing System that requires industrial emitters to pay for emitting greenhouse gasses, and replace it with guidance

    "Replace the costly and confusing carbon tax framework, which is holding back new LNG development, with stable guidance that rewards operators without penalizing BC exports against US and Qatari competitors." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Implement a 120-day process for approving new projects

    "Harmonize project permitting, approvals and consultation to align with Bill C-39 to ensure BC led projects are approved within the new federal one year time frame. This will be directly supported by a 120 Day Approval Process in legislation." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Set legal permit deadlines and make long-term development plans with Treaty 8 nations

    "Make B.C. natural gas the most competitive to produce, with legal permit deadlines and long-term development plans built in partnership with Treaty 8 nations." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Designate the Montney Formation's gas reserves a strategic provincial asset
  • Establish resource development corridors for pipelines

    "Establish resource development corridors that enable linear infrastructure including new and existing pipeline expansions required to grow the sector, reducing impacts and improving coordination with Indigenous groups before projects begin." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Work with industry, First Nations, and post-secondary to develop a plan for building the labour market for new projects

    "• Work with industry, First Nations and BC universities and colleges to develop a clear plan for building up the labour market for new projects.

    • Bring an LNG focus on skills-to-employment strategy with a particular focus on future good-paying jobs in natural gas, LNG, and NGL operations for BC grads."

    — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Provide benefits to oil and gas companies that headquarter in BC

    "• The LNG sector has less of a presence in BC today than it did a decade ago. We will encourage the proponents of BC LNG and BC oil and gas to come back home to BC, to domicile here and increase their physical presence in the province where they operate.

    • We will do this in a framework that has upside for the proponents through direct engagement: domiciling in BC has to be good for project proponents while increasing investment and benefits for BC."

    — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Reach out to project proponents that cancelled prior projects

    "• We will reach out to proponents that left BC's LNG sector under a hostile or ambivalent BC NDP government.

    • This includes ExxonMobil (exited in 2018), Chevron (exited in 2019 and no buyer found in 2021 so they wound down investment in BC), Petronas (cancelled Pacific NorthWest LNG a week after the NDP took office), and Woodside (exited 2021).

    • Given the current global context, as soon as BC's investment doors are open under a new BC Conservative government, we will engage with former and new proponents for investment in natural gas and LNG in BC."

    — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Work with First Nations, municipal councils, and project proponents to ensure hospitals, schools, and services in regions with LNG projects meet high standards

    "We will urgently engage with First Nations, mayors, councils and proponents to ensure that the hospitals, schools and services in operating regions for natural gas and LNG are meeting top tier standards that can retain and attract BC talent with particular focus on support for Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Terrace and Dawson Creek and Fort St John as well as other cities and towns supporting the sector." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Reach out to investors who are looking to invest in Alaskan oil and gas

    "We will reach out to foreign investors looking at Alaska. BC has advantages that should be attractive enough to bring their capital to BC and Canada." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expedite approval of the KSI LISIMS floating LNG project

    "We will work with First Nations, investors and offtakers to expedite this project to a final go-ahead for construction." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of projects on their territory

    "We will honour First Nations agreements on resources, pipelines and transmission, and expand loan guarantees so more First Nations can own a share of the projects on their territory." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Partner with the First Nations Major Projects Coalition to improve partnerships with First Nations

    "We will partner with the First Nations Major Projects Coalition to ensure BC is a good partner with First Nations and to work with proponents and other communities to increase investments through good faith, win-win partnerships." — BC Energy Superpower Plan, retrieved 2026-10-13

BC Green
  • End approvals for new fracking expansion, LNG terminals and expansions, and new fossil-fuel pipelines

    "End approvals for new fracking expansion, LNG terminals and expansions, and new fossil-fuel pipelines in British Columbia." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • End provincial subsidies, tax preferences, and public financing for expanding fossil fuel production

    "End provincial subsidies, tax preferences and public financing that encourage the expansion of fossil fuel production." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Plan for decreasing oil and gas production, in partnership with First Nations, workers, and communities

    "Set a plan for the managed decline of existing oil and gas production consistent with BC’s climate targets and planned with affected First Nations, workers and communities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Develop regional transition plans, including support for economic diversification, training, and good jobs

    "Develop regional transition plans with First Nations, workers and resource-dependent communities, including support for economic diversification, training and good jobs." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Commission a comprehensive, independent health impact assessment of the health effects of LNG and fracking

    "Commission a comprehensive and independent health impact assessment to evaluate the health effects of LNG and fracking activities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Update the oil and gas royalty system to collect 50% of net profits, raising $3B more than currently slated in 2027/28

    "Reform resource royalties so British Columbians receive a fairer return from publicly owned resources, including restoring the 50% net-profit objective for oil and gas, which could raise nearly $3 billion more in 2027/28 alone." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

    "Reform BC’s oil and gas royalty system to achieve the Province’s original objective of collecting 50% of net profits after production costs. In 2027/28, this would generate an estimated $4.1 billion in natural gas royalties, nearly $3 billion more than the Province currently forecasts. We will also review royalty regimes in mining, forestry and other areas to ensure British Columbians receive a fair return when companies profit from publicly owned resources." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Accelerate the phaseout of methane and eliminate routine venting, reduce flaring, and address compressor and fugitive emissions
  • Require the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions, with a binding sectoral emissions cap if existing regulations and industrial carbon pricing do not deliver

    "Require the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions in line with BC’s climate targets, with a binding sectoral emissions cap if existing regulations and industrial carbon pricing do not deliver the required reductions." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Restrict fossil fuel advertising and promotion

    "Restrict fossil fuel advertising and promotion, including advertising that encourages greater consumption of fossil fuels." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

We don't have any OneBC policies on Oil and gas development.
We don't have any CentreBC policies on Oil and gas development.

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