Home Rebates and Financing, and Critical Minerals Development: A Look at Early Promises on BC Campaign Trail

(L-R) B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad speaks in Surrey, B.C., on Sept. 23, 2024; B.C. Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau, listens to questions from Union of BC Municipalities members during a convention in Vancouver on Sept. 20, 2024; B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks in North Vancouver on Sept. 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

The B.C. NDP, Conservatives, and Green Party have already made a number of new promises since the provincial election campaign officially kicked off on Sept. 21.

NDP Leader David Eby said on Sept. 25 that if elected, his government would provide 40 percent financing of the price of homes for first-time buyers.