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Skulnec: no provincial tax increases; raise basic personal exemption to $32,000.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 21): never proposed before.
• Conservative commitments: no provincial tax increases, basic personal income tax exemption raised from $13,216 to $32,000, PST eliminated on qualifying machinery, equipment and business software for three years.

Confidence:High

Anderson touts interest-free loans and a hiring incentive for small businesses.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 21): never proposed before.
• NDP small-business supports: opening new markets, buying BC first, interest-free loans, a refundable hiring tax credit for small businesses.

Confidence:High

Anderson backs new efforts targeting repeat offenders in shoplifting, vandalism, street disorder.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 19): never proposed in any prior deep-dive import or hidden staging file.
• New efforts target repeat offenders in shoplifting, vandalism and street disorder, building on work against repeat violent offenders.

Confidence:High

Skulnec backs 500 more RCMP officers, 250 more trainees, 50 more Crown prosecutors.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 19): never proposed before.
• Conservative commitments: 500 additional RCMP officers, training to deploy 250 more, 50 additional Crown prosecutors to address court backlogs.

Confidence:High

Corrigal would replace consumption sites with treatment and recovery centres, halt new sites.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 19): never proposed before.
• OneBC plan: replace consumption sites with treatment and recovery centres, end prescribed safer supply, treatment and housing in severe cases including involuntary care where clearly needed.

Confidence:High

Charlwood treats street disorder as a health and housing problem, backing voluntary treatment.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 19): never proposed before.
• Greens treat the issue as a health and housing problem: public mental-health coverage, voluntary treatment when ready, mental health as a fourth 911 option, overdose prevention and drug checking.

Confidence:High

Corrigal pledges a path to a balanced budget within four years, tax cuts, red-tape audit.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 21): never proposed before.
• OneBC small-business platform: 25% cut to personal and corporate income tax rates, PST cut from 7% to 5%, full regulation audit, path to balance within four years.

Confidence:High

Charlwood: Greens' costed platform makes the wealthiest and top corporations pay fair share.

• PRE-WINDOW verified miss (published Oct 21): never proposed before.
• Platform funding: royalty framework capturing intended oil and gas share, windfall tax on extraordinary corporate profits, tax on wealth above $50 million; nobody who works for an income pays a dollar more.

Confidence:High