BC is losing its young families. Housing is out of reach. Wait times cost lives. We are building a practical alternative: a Universal BC Dividend, clean nuclear power, homes people can actually buy, and support that goes straight to families.
Founded on Vancouver Island by a new father, small-business owner, and big brother who has lived the wait times, the housing squeeze, and the drug crisis.
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For too long, politics has been the same voices, the same talking points, and the same results: young people leaving, families delaying children, deficits growing, and services that do not keep up.
BC now has one of the lowest fertility rates in Canada. Youth are moving away. Schools are emptying in some communities while hospitals overflow in others. Everyday people are told to wait: for a doctor, for a home, for a government that notices.
We do not accept decline as the plan.
The BC Renewal Party exists for the politically homeless: parents, renters, tradespeople, small-business owners, and young people who want competence, compassion, and growth, not another culture war.
See what we would do firstFamilies are delaying children and young people are leaving the province.
Hospitals overflow in some communities while people are told to wait for a doctor.
The same voices and the same talking points have delivered the same results.
We believe in a BC that works for everyone, not just the few at the top: people before politics, solutions before ideology, and future generations before election cycles.
Economic security to live with dignity.
A protected environment with modern, affordable clean energy.
Healthcare that is accessible, efficient, and compassionate.
Housing that is affordable for families, workers, and young people.
Education that prepares the next generation to build and innovate.
Resources that benefit all British Columbians, not just corporations.
$500 a month for every resident, growing as resource revenues grow. Direct support for rent, groceries, and kids, without a new maze of applications.
Build the stable baseload "battery of Western North America." End expensive drought-driven imports, power homes and industry, and create long-term Island and Interior jobs.
A Land Value Tax that targets speculation, not renovations, plus faster building with hempcrete and other modern construction.
Direct childcare benefits and a $6,000 yearly disability supplement. Parents know their kids. Bureaucracy should get out of the way.
Paid trades and apprenticeships starting in high school, plus a serious liberal education so graduates can think, not just test.
BCFundMe: residents post local projects (potholes, parks, playgrounds), donate, and the province matches 50% in the open.
We are not asking working people to fund this with higher income taxes.
The Dividend and family supports are paid for by new growth: nuclear and responsible resource development, a Land Value Tax on speculative land gains, efficiency savings, and a larger, younger workforce that stays in BC.
We are also cutting the PST by 2% and lowering the corporate tax rate so BC can compete again.
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We sit on world-class energy, minerals, talent, and geography. With ambition instead of caution, that wealth can flow back to the people who created it: a dividend in every household, clean power exported across the continent, and homes families can actually afford.
If you are tired of holding your nose at the ballot box, you are not alone. We are building a home for:
The BC Renewal Party was founded by everyday people who are tired of waiting for the system to fix itself: workers, parents, small business owners, and entrepreneurs.
We believe BC can be bold again, not by clinging to old ideologies, but by investing in real solutions that help people live, work, and thrive. We are creating a genuine alternative.
We reject the false choice between top-down government control and divisive populism. In its place we offer pragmatic, evidence-based governance: progressive goals pursued with free, simple, common-sense methods.
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I'm Tristan Tolley. I'm 26. I live in Nanaimo. I founded Aquanauts Swim Academy, a small business that teaches kids, including children with neurodiversities such as autism and ADHD, how to be safe in the water.
I stepped up to raise my younger siblings after we lost our adoptive father to cancer following a 14-hour emergency-room wait. I have also lost family to the fentanyl crisis. My wife Juliana is an immigrant from Colombia. We are raising our son here because we still believe this province can work for families.
I did not start this party for a career. I started it because I do not want our son or any child in BC to inherit decline.
"This is not left or right. It is forward."
Tristan Tolley"I never planned to start a political party. I run a private swim lessons business. I raise my younger brothers. I lost my dad to cancer. The BC Renewal Party isn't about power. It's about possibility."
"I'm not running to play politics. I'm running to make sure my generation, and every generation after us, has the chance to live, work, and dream in a thriving British Columbia."
Pragmatic progressivism with an economically libertarian flair: progressive in our goals, but free, simple, and common-sense in our methods. Results over rhetoric.
Bold ideas like nuclear energy, manufacturing, hemp, and tech-driven prosperity.
Every British Columbian deserves a life of dignity.
Reduce barriers, reward hard work, a fair shot for everyone.
Cut red tape, protect civil liberties, radical openness.
Reverse the youth exodus; a province the next generation wants to stay in.
Reject divisive politics; shared opportunity for all.
Fiscal responsibility and a government that delivers.
We are building in public: policy, membership, and the work to register as an official BC party. Check back for updates, or follow us on X @BCRenewalParty.
Featured · Analysis
British Columbia is hurtling toward a demographic crisis. Falling fertility, families fleeing high costs, and ballooning deficits threaten the province's future, unless we act.
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