Reggie Goldsbury on Facebook I’m Reggie Goldsbury and proud to carry the Liberal banner in the Columbia-Kootenay-Southern Rockies. I’m a product of this region’s resilient heart; born in Cranbrook, tempered in Nelson, and rooted from Kimberley to the shores of Kootenay Lake.
Reggie Goldsbury
Liberal candidate for Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies
Affordability & Housing
Childcare
Liberal's promises
Provide $5/day childcare country-wide
Build 10,000 childcare centres across the country
Home construction and supply
Liberal's promises
Have the federal government act as a developer to build affordable housing at scale, including on public lands
Provide $25B in financing to prefabricated home builders
"catalyzing the housing industry by providing over $25 billion in financing to innovative prefabricated home builders in Canada, including those using Canadian technologies and resources like mass timber and softwood lumber, to build faster, smarter, more affordably, and more sustainably;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"BCH will also catalyze the housing industry and create higher-paying jobs by providing $25 billion in debt financing and $1 billion in equity financing to innovative Canadian prefabricated home builders. Prefabricated and modular housing can reduce construction times by up to 50 per cent, costs by up to 20 per cent, and emissions by up to 22 per cent compared to traditional construction methods." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16
Subsidize municipalities for five years so that municipal development charges for multi-unit residential housing can be cut in half
"cutting municipal development charges in half for multi-unit residential housing while working with provinces and territories to keep municipalities whole;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"We will cut municipal development charges in half for multi-unit residential housing and work with provinces and territories to make up the lost revenue for municipalities for a period of five years. For a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto, the cost savings from this measure would be approximately $40,000." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Publicly report on municipalities' progress on speeding up permitting and approval timelines
"publicly report on municipalities’ progress to speed up permitting and approval timelines and implement other commitments under the Housing Accelerator Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Use pre-approved, standardised housing designs across all public lands, and encourage their adoption country-wide
"leverage pre-approved, standardized housing designs across all public lands and encourage its adoption as-of-right across the country;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Homelessness
Liberal's promise
Immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with provinces and territories, and use for targeting investments
"We will immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with every province and territory to inform Housing First investments, improve access to treatment, and end encampments community by community." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Public and affordable housing
Liberal's promises
Have the federal government act as a developer to build affordable housing at scale, including on public lands
Provider $10B in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders
"BCH will also provide $10 billion in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders. $4 billion will go towards long-term fixed-rate financing for affordable housing builders. $6 billion will go towards rapidly building deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, Indigenous housing, and shelters. BCH will direct $2 billion of this amount to build new student and seniors housing, in partnership with provinces and territories. We will immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with every province and territory to inform Housing First investments, improve access to treatment, and end encampments community by community." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Renting and rental housing
Liberal's promises
Reintroduce the Multiple Unit Rental Building cost allowance to encourage the production of rental housing units
"We will reintroduce a tax incentive which, when originally introduced in the 1970s, spurred tens of thousands of rental housing across the country. Known as the Multiple Unit Rental Building (MURB) cost allowance, this policy helped produce nearly 200,000 units in seven years (1974-81)." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Reduce tax on the sale of multi-purpose rental to non-profit operators, land trusts, or non-profit acquisition funds
"We will facilitate the conversion of existing structures into affordable housing units by reducing the tax liability for private owners of multi-purpose rental when they sell their building to a non-profit operator, land trust, or non-profit acquisition fund - so long as the proceeds are reinvested in building new purpose-built rental housing." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Tax measures and rebates
Liberal's promise
Reduce the marginal tax rate on the lowest tax bracket by 1 percentage point
"This middle-class tax cut will save two-income families up to $825 a year, by reducing the marginal tax rate on the lowest tax bracket by 1 percentage point. More than 22 million Canadians will benefit directly from this tax cut, and middle- and low-income Canadians will benefit the most." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Jobs, Businesses, & Labour
Inter-provincial business and trade
Liberal's promises
Create a $5B fund to build trade infrastructure such as ports, railroads, inland terminals, airports, and highways
"We will inject $5 billion into a new Trade Diversification Corridor Fund, to build the infrastructure that will help diversify our trade partners, create good jobs and drive economic growth. This fund will accelerate nation-building projects at ports, railroads, inland terminals, airports, and highways. This will build one Canadian economy and diversify our trade away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Authorise Canadian ports to cooperate to maximise efficiencies
"Authorize Canadian ports to cooperate instead of compete, in order to maximize efficiencies by leveraging comparative advantages." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
International trade
Liberal's promises
Create a $5B fund to build trade infrastructure such as ports, railroads, inland terminals, airports, and highways
"We will inject $5 billion into a new Trade Diversification Corridor Fund, to build the infrastructure that will help diversify our trade partners, create good jobs and drive economic growth. This fund will accelerate nation-building projects at ports, railroads, inland terminals, airports, and highways. This will build one Canadian economy and diversify our trade away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Authorise Canadian ports to cooperate to maximise efficiencies
"Authorize Canadian ports to cooperate instead of compete, in order to maximize efficiencies by leveraging comparative advantages." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Manufacturing
Liberal's promises
Create a $2B Strategic Response Fund to protect jobs in the auto sector and help workers upskill within the industry
"Create a $2 billion Strategic Response Fund to boost our auto sector’s competitiveness, protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Build an "All-in-Canada" auto manufacturing component part supply chain
"Build an “All-in-Canada” network for auto manufacturing component parts. With this network, we will work with industry to build more car parts in Canada, limit those parts crossing the border during production, and attract investment into our own industry." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Prioritise Canadian-built vehicles in government procurement
"Leverage government funding to prioritize and procure Canadian-built vehicles, catalyzing domestic investment to grow the Canadian auto industry." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Sovereignty, Foreign Relations, & the United States
National defence
Liberal's promises
Commission new submarines and heavy icebreakers
"Expand the capabilities of the Navy with new submarines and additional heavy icebreakers to defend the North." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Give the Canadian Coast Guard a new mandate and equipment to conduct maritime surveillance operations
"We will expand the reach and abilities of the Canadian Coast Guard and integrate them into our NATO defence capabilities. Our Coast Guard carries out important work, but we need to update their mission to face changing realities to protect our sovereignty and counter criminal activity, like the trafficking of illicit drugs. That’s why we will give the Canadian Coast Guard a new mandate—and the right equipment—to conduct maritime surveillance operations to secure our coasts." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Give all members of the Armed Forces a raise
Build on-base housing
Improve access to doctors, mental health services, and childcare within the Armed Forces
Dedicate funding for defence through a new defence capital account
"We will end the chronic lapsing of defence spending, through the creation of a defence capital account that ensures that even when the timing of an investment changes, every dollar assigned to Canada’s defence will remain for that purpose." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Modernise the procurement process for equipment, and invest in dual-purpose infrastructure that serves both the Forces and the public
"We will modernize our procurement legislation to ensure our Forces can buy the equipment that they need, when they need it—which is now. We can also swiftly surpass our existing defence spending targets and bolster our capabilities by investing in dual purpose infrastructure—whether housing, cybersecurity, or satellite technology—that delivers immediate benefits for both our Forces and the public." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Build and deploy aquatic and airborne drones
"Creating a first-in-class drone capability that will build and deploy aquatic and airborne uncrewed vehicles to defend our arctic, our undersea infrastructure, our borders, and our allies. This new capability will be matched with an industrial strategy that builds and perfects these technologies so that Canadian companies benefit from Canadian procurements." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
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“It’s time for us to meet the moment. Canada is facing an existential threat from Donal Trump” Reggie Goldsbury Liberal Candidate
Biography
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Canada strong means Kootenay strong.
This election isn’t business as usual. The United States, our long time neighbour and ally has threatened to make Canada the 51st state. We will never become part of America.
Unfortunately, we are in an economic war and that means Canada needs strong leadership.
The only logical choice is the Liberal Party of Canada under the leadership of Mark Carney. If elected, I will work tirelessly to ensure that we protect and defend Canada from Donald Trump’s threats.
This election is also about whether small community voices like ours will be heard — or left behind — in these challenging economic times.
As a fourth-generation Kootenay resident, I’ve lived the challenges we’re facing: housing that’s out of reach, health care stretched thin, core industries like softwood lumber, mining and energy under pressure, our Columbia River Treaty under threat, and government decisions made without us. We’ve spent too long between parties that don’t deliver. It’s time for unity and results - and we need them now.
Like any clear-eyed economist, I reject the 51st state drift. Tariffs loom, Canadian sovereignty and Kootenay based jobs are on the line. We must stand firm—and for the Kootenays I am the candidate you want to send to Ottawa.
I’ll push for bold federal investment right here: mills humming again, sustainable critical mining, the Columbia River Treaty respected, a sound energy policy, and thriving communities. No ceding ground to external pressure. This campaign is a disciplined journey grounded in local reality. Track it at VoteReggie.ca.
Leadership demands clarity. I’ve delivered— 2010 Olympic logistics management, 2 terms on the COTR (?) Board of Governors, 3 terms elected COTRSA President. In 2016, I helped secure $83 million to sustain our ferry system—a lifeline for Kootenay Lake—proving I deliver when the stakes are high.
Today at Ktunaxa Nation Council, I am part of a team that drives social investment that works here in the Kootenays. For 12 years I managed the Dock n Duck through economic storms, mastering rural business risk. Two RDCK Area E campaigns taught me grit; losses sharpened my edge. With a BBA in Rural Sustainability earned in 2022—while raising four amazing kids with my loving wife - I bring focus and backbone to real, sustainable progress.
Columbia-Kootenay-Southern-Rockies deserves an energetic, progressive voice that’s tough, tested, and local. I’ll steer us forward with energy, insight, and resolve.
The Liberals will win in 2025. Let’s make sure the Columbia Kootenay is at the governing table.
Check out VoteReggie.ca to learn more about the plan to build unity, our rural vitality, economic power, and Kootenay Canadian pride.
Reason for running
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“It’s time for us to meet the moment. Canada is facing an existential threat from Donal Trump” Reggie Goldsbury Liberal Candidate
Reggie Goldsbury Liberal Candidate for Columbia-Kootenay-Southern Rockies
This election is not business as usual. The United States, our long time neighbour and ally has declared economic war with massive protectionist tariffs. They've threatened to make Canada the 51st state. Trump's expansionist aspirations are after our resources - minerals, energy, logs, water and more. And the Kootenays are on the front lines. In these volatile times we need the strongest leadership possible.
The only logical choice is the Liberal Party of Canada under the leadership of Mark Carney. We will never become part of America. As your elected Liberal representative with the Carney government, I will work tirelessly to ensure we protect and defend Canada and the Kootenays from Donald Trump’s tariffs. Like any clear-eyed economist, I reject the 51st state drift. We will stand firm—and for the Kootenays I will be the bold voice we need in Ottawa.
As a fourth-generation Kootenay resident, I’ve lived the challenges we’re facing: housing that’s out of reach, health care stretched thin, core industries like softwood lumber, mining and energy under pressure, our Columbia River Treaty under threat, and government decisions made without us. We’ve spent too long between parties that don’t deliver. It’s time for unity and results - and we need them now.
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We all recognize the threat the new American establishment carries. And it's clear our best bet is a Mark Carney led government.
In these challenging times, this election is also about whether small community voices like ours will be heard — or left behind.
I’ll tirelessly push for bold federal investment right here: mills humming again, sustainable critical mining, the Columbia River Treaty respected, a sound energy policy, and thriving communities. No ceding ground to external pressure. This campaign is a disciplined journey grounded in local reality.
Columbia-Kootenay-Southern-Rockies deserves an energetic, progressive voice that’s tough, tested, and local. I’ll steer us forward with energy, insight, and resolve.
The Liberals will win in 2025. We are surging in the polls locally. Let’s make sure the Columbia Kootenay is at the governing table. Vote strategically, vote Liberal and vote for Reggie to build unity, vitality in our communities, economic power, and Kootenay Canadian pride.
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votereggie.ca www.votereggie.ca