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- Invested over $1.5-billion in CleanBC, B.C.’s plan to tackle climate change, putting B.C. on the path to a cleaner, brighter, low-carbon future, while creating more jobs and economic opportunities for people, businesses and communities.
- Launched the Clean Power Action Plan to accelerate economic growth, while securing long-term energy stability with new, clean energy projects.
- Speeding up the permitting process for new renewable energy projects.
- Launched Move. Commute. Connect.: B.C.’s new strategy for cleaner, more active transportation, which aims to double the percentage of trips taken with active transportation by 2030.
- Expanding B.C.’s Electric Highway, with public charging stations approximately every 150 km on highways and major roadways.
- Requiring all new light-duty cars and trucks in sold B.C. to be zero-emission vehicles by the year 2035, removing a major source of air pollution and emissions.
- Created CleanBC Better Homes, Better Buildings, a home and commercial retrofit program that saves households and businesses money by reducing energy bills and increasing energy efficiency.
- Announced $36 billion investment in new community and regional infrastructure to deliver clean, affordable electricity to people and businesses, as part of BC Hydro’s 10-Year Capital Plan. The new construction projects are expected to support 10,500-12,500 jobs annually.
- Requiring all new buildings in B.C. to be net-zero-energy ready by 2032, and all new government facilities to use 100% clean energy beginning 2022.
- Making heat pumps more affordable for people with low incomes, so families can choose climate action more easily.
- Retrofitting B.C.’s social housing stock and government buildings to make them more energy-efficient, safer for residents, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Introduced a new Oil & Gas royalty system, ending inefficient subsidies.
- Created the CleanBC Industry Fund to invest carbon tax revenues in initiatives that will reduce emissions and support good jobs for people throughout British Columbia.
- Mandated better accountability, transparency and more detailed targets for climate action under a new Climate Change Accountability Act – the first of its kind in Canada – to make sure our province is on track for long-term emission reductions.
- Appointed an independent Climate Solutions Council to advise government and track progress on CleanBC initiatives to reduce pollution and create new opportunities for people around the province.
- Working in collaboration with Indigenous peoples to seize new clean energy and economic development opportunities, such as a geothermal energy project permit to the Fort Nelson First Nation.
- Introduced “Right to Charge” legislation help remove barriers to EV charging in stratas.
- Making it more convenient to drive electric vehicles by creating one of the largest public charging networks in Canada, with more than 4,800 stations across B.C.
- Eliminated PST on electric bikes and issued rebates for purchases.
- In partnership with the federal government and BC Transit, invested in new buses to replace older, higher-emission buses, and meet the growing demand for public transit in BC.
- Rolled out a new heavy-duty vehicle efficiency program that will help lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and help commercial truck drivers spend less money on fuel.
- Invested $10 million for the construction and operation of 10 hydrogen fueling stations in the province, as well as three years of support for Hydrogen BC.
- Investing in the development of B.C.’s clean energy vehicle (CEV) sector, creating good jobs and supporting low-carbon innovation through the CleanBC Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) program.
- Launched Move. Commute. Connect.: B.C.’s new strategy for cleaner, more active transportation, which aims to double the percentage of trips taken with active transportation by 2030.
- Changing the Motor Vehicle Act to allow for the launch of mobility technology pilot projects, like e-scooters, electric unicycles or e-skateboards.
- Taking action to prevent plastic pollution by regulating and limiting the use of single-use products such as shopping bags, cutlery, plastic straws and polystyrene foam take-out containers.
- Investing $35 million into innovative projects that are reducing plastic waste in BC – like reusable takeout containers and cups at stadiums.
- Partnered with the federal and local governments on a new Organics Infrastructure Program, which will help communities divert organic waste away from landfills.
- Created the Clean Coast, Cleans Waters Initiative and invested more than $13 million to fund the largest shoreline and coastal cleanup in BC’s history, removing more than 100 derelict vessels and over 127 tonnes of plastic waste from our natural environment.
- Took action to protect our environment, economy, and our coast from the drastic consequence of a diluted bitumen spill.
- Taking a new, holistic approach to protecting B.C.’s old-growth forests by implementing the recommendations of the old-growth report, deferring 2.1 million hectares of old-growth forest harvesting in ten areas through the province, including Fairy Creek, protecting up to 1,500 exceptionally large, individual trees under the Special Tree Protection Regulation, and transforming B.C.’s forestry industry.
- Put an end to the grizzly bear hunt, ensuring the protection of one of B.C.’s most iconic species.
- Took action to help ensure that disasters like the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond spill never happen again, by implementing science-based public oversight in the management of B.C.’s natural resources.
- Modernized environmental assessment process to ensure that good projects that respect B.C.’s environment and the public are approved and that First Nations are involved meaningfully through the entire process.
- Created the Wild Salmon Advisory Council which developed a made-in-B.C. Wild Salmon Strategy, as part of our government’s commitment to support restoring healthy and abundant wild salmon stocks in B.C. and are partnering with the federal government to fund projects to restore fish habitat and protect vulnerable wild Pacific salmon through the BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.
- Promoting access and protecting nature with a historic investment of over $83 million in BC Parks for new campsites, expanded trails and strengthened management of the park system.
- Adding more than 2,000 new campsites at provincial parks since 2017, to make it easier to explore the outdoors.
- Invested $100-million in the Watershed Security Fund to help ensure safe, clean water is available to communities for generations.