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Calls poverty a political choice and wants assistance rates raised to the poverty line and indexed to inflation.

• Calls poverty a political choice and a systemic failure of government
• Says social and disability assistance rates sit nearly $1000 below the poverty line
• Would raise assistance rates to the market-basket measure of poverty and index them to inflation

“Poverty is a political choice," said Lowan. "In a province with immense wealth, it is unthinkable that one in 16 of us are living in deep poverty." "The social and disability assistance rates are nearly $1000 below the poverty line, leaving vulnerable people in an even worse situation during a cost-of-living crisis," said Lowan. "It's time to address poverty at the root.”

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Source: BC Greens announce plan to end legislated poverty and address low assistance rates - BC Green Party · October 6, 2026

Confidence:High

Would introduce province-wide commercial rent and vacancy control to stop sudden rent hikes that are closing small businesses.

• Announced the BC Greens' small-business plan in Victoria on October 18, 2026, as party leader and candidate for Saanich North and the Islands
• Would introduce province-wide commercial rent and vacancy control, limiting rent increases during tenancies, at renewal and between tenants
• Would also give municipalities the power to tax vacant commercial storefronts and give tenants and communities first-purchase rights on commercial properties

““Small businesses are at the heart of our communities. They’re where we meet to celebrate good news, to get gifts for our loved ones, and find our first jobs,” said Lowan. “But too often, government has prioritized the profits of multinational corporations over the survival of small businesses.” “I’m tired of government celebrating subsidies for large corporations, while ignoring local economies,” said Lowan. “That’s why the BC Greens are proud to announce our plan to introduce province-wide commercial rent and vacancy control, which will prevent the sudden rent hikes at renewal and between tenants that are the direct cause of so many of our favourite local businesses closing their doors.””

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Source: BC Greens launch commitment to keeping small businesses open and thriving, through commercial rent controls · October 18, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Lowan wants government resources behind community-owned clean energy — solar, geothermal, local utilities.

• PRE-WINDOW: Tyee interview ~Oct 21; never previously extracted
• Contrasts with NDP building 'large-scale clean energy to power dirty fossil fuels' (North Coast Transmission Line for fracked-gas export)

“We want to actually be supporting focusing our government resources on communities who want to build utility-scale solar, who want to look at geothermal, who want to have community owned energy.”

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Source: Emily Lowan on Electoral Reform, Resource Extraction and More — The Tyee (via europesays.com) · October 21, 2026

Confidence:High

Wants to restrict foreign and corporate farmland ownership and create a public land bank for farmers.

• Would restrict foreign and corporate ownership of farmland
• Would fund an Agricultural Public Land Bank to connect farmers with affordable farmland
• Would give local governments the power to tax unused farmland

“Selling off our farmland to foreign interests and megacorporations not only drives out British Columbian farmers," said Lowan, "but turns our food supply into a tax scheme for the ultra-wealthy. That's why the BC Greens will restrict foreign and corporate farmland ownership, fund an Agricultural Public Land Bank to connect farmers with affordable farmland, and give local governments the power to tax unused farmland.”

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Source: BC Greens launch plan to support local food production and farmers - BC Green Party

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Lowan says the NDP rolled out 'golden oldies' on old growth it never lived up to in nine years.

• PRE-WINDOW: Tyee interview ~Oct 21; never previously extracted
• Her words for the policy: the NDP 'rolled out some golden oldies on protecting old growth that they have never lived up to'

“Why should voters believe them after nine years of a failing record on climate and the environment?”

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Source: Emily Lowan on Electoral Reform, Resource Extraction and More — The Tyee (via europesays.com) · October 21, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Lowan says the NDP granted 'Christy Clark's entire wish list on LNG', shovelling money to foreign firms.

• PRE-WINDOW: Tyee interview ~Oct 21; never previously extracted
• Distinct from the extraction-model row: this targets LNG project approvals and public subsidies specifically

“I think we've seen the BC NDP grant Christy Clark's entire wish list on LNG. I frankly do not know how they could do more to speed up these projects and shovel more public money out the door for foreign corporations.”

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Source: Emily Lowan on Electoral Reform, Resource Extraction and More — The Tyee (via europesays.com) · October 21, 2026

Confidence:High

Says the NDP had every chance to fix rising costs and didn't deliver; wants mega-corporations and the wealthy to pay fair share.

• Says the BC NDP had a majority government and every chance to address rising costs and failed to deliver
• Frames the election as about building a fair economy and getting mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share

“Life has gotten harder for British Columbians—rising costs, a healthcare system stretched too thin, and a growing climate and economic crisis," said Lowan. "The BC NDP has had a majority government and every chance to address these issues, and they haven't delivered. People are tired of waiting for leadership from Premier Eby that never comes.”

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Source: Emily Lowan announces election plans - BC Green Party

Confidence:High

Wants government to step in and regulate AI and Big Tech, including a moratorium on AI data centres.

• Calls for a moratorium on AI data centre construction and operation until a public-interest audit and regulations are in place
• Wants an independent AI oversight commission with the federal government to test AI for safety before use in B.C.
• Would place a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classrooms until province-wide direction on safe and ethical use is developed

“AI executives themselves have expressed fear at the product they're creating, and we know they won't regulate themselves. That's when it's government's job to step in and hold these corporations accountable." "That's why the BC Greens are moving forward with our plan to keep British Columbians safe from the rapid expansion of AI. We've been the only party who has called for a moratorium on AI data centres and for real regulations on these corporations—it's time to take this plan to the Legislature," said Lowan.”

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Source: BC Greens announce plan to regulate AI and hold Big Tech accountable - BC Green Party · October 2, 2026

Confidence:High

PRE-WINDOW: Lowan won't rule out backing the Conservatives; any deal needs Greens' 'high bar' terms and conditions.

• PRE-WINDOW: Tyee interview ~Oct 21 (see row above for date basis); never previously extracted
• Asked what she would do if the Conservatives offered voting-system change for Green support in a minority
• Two answers from the same interview joined: the partnership-terms answer and the won't-rule-it-out answer
• BC NDP's Oct 22 Tamara Davidson statement attacked exactly this line ('I don't think we can rule anything out')

“The BC Greens, we have core values and hard lines. We have a high bar and terms and conditions to partnership. I think those conversations will need to happen after the election. I don't think we can rule anything out at this point.”

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Source: Emily Lowan on Electoral Reform, Resource Extraction and More — The Tyee (via europesays.com) · October 21, 2026

Confidence:High