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B.C. Conservatives Pledge No New Taxes if Elected on October 24 as Tax Fight Heats Up
Interim leader Lorne Doerkson promises no new taxes if elected, countering the NDP's Friday pledge of a new tax on unsold condos and a higher speculation and vacancy tax.
Why it matters
With about a month to go before B.C.'s October 24 snap election, the two parties are drawing sharp battle lines on taxes: the Conservatives promise a freeze, while the NDP proposes new levies on unsold homes. Who pays for a projected $13.8-billion deficit is now at the centre of the campaign.
Full report
B.C. Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson promised Sunday (Sept. 27) that a Conservative government would bring in no new taxes if elected on Oct. 24, vowing to end what he called the NDP's "endless tax grabs on working families." Doerkson was campaigning in Surrey when he made the pledge in a party statement.
The promise is a direct response to NDP Leader David Eby's Friday pledge: if re-elected, Eby would impose a new tax on unsold condominiums and raise the existing speculation and vacancy tax.
The Conservatives' statement says British Columbians have faced "one tax grab after another" — the lowest income tax rate raised to 5.6 per cent from 5.06 per cent, tax brackets frozen through 2030, and a proposed (since delayed) expansion of the seven per cent Provincial Sales Tax to professional services such as accounting.
A recent poll puts the B.C. Conservatives at 43 per cent support against 35 per cent for the NDP. Doerkson became interim leader after Carrie Lynn Findlay's resignation; Eby called the snap election the next day.
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