Health & Healthcare

Mental health platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Mental health.

BC Conservative
  • Expand psychiatric services, crisis response, and residential treatment

    "Improve access to mental health care by expanding psychiatric services, crisis response and residential treatment." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Amend the Mental Health Act to allow police officers to send people to mandatory treatment

    "Empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act and amend the Act so officers can connect people with mandatory treatment." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

BC Green
  • Provide six free visits to a mental health professional annually

    "Include six visits annually to a mental health professional, such as a psychologist, under the Medical Services Plan (MSP), ensuring early access to mental health support for all British Columbians." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Provide sustained, multi-year funding for the Canadian Mental Health Association's Mind and Mood Clinical Care Network, which provides mental health care and employment services in a single virtual network

    "Commit to sustained, multi-year funding for the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mind and Mood Clinical Care Network, bringing together psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, CBT-based coaches, and employment services into one virtual network." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Create a pilot project for 24/7 neighbourhood mental health centres across the province

    "Establish a working group to create a pilot project for 24/7 neighbourhood mental health centres across the province, incorporating diverse and representative experiences and perspectives and decreasing labour and cost on emergency and primary healthcare services." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Increase funding to provincial programmes that provide counselling and psychotherpay to women, queer, and trans people, and children affected by intimate partner or domestic violence

    "Increase funding to provincial programs that provide counselling and psychotherapy to women, queer and trans people, and/or children experiencing, leaving, or recovering from intimate partner and/or domestic violence." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expand the loan-forgiveness model for rural and remote mental health workers, and create a dedicated programme for mental health worker scholarships and loan repayments

    "Expand the existing rural/remote loan-forgiveness program model and create a dedicated BC Mental Health Workforce Scholarship and Loan-Repayment Program, structuring disbursement around demonstrated workforce shortages to encourage an increase in psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, clinical social workers, and addictions specialists." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Integrate mental health crises as the fourth option in 911 emergency services

    "Integrate mental health as the fourth option in 911 emergency services to accommodate mental health crises that do not align with the traditional ambulance, fire or police options." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Invest $500K to create consistent protocols for 911 operators, first responders, and mobile crisis teams for responding to mental health crises

    "Establish provincial leadership and invest $500,000 to create consistent protocols for 911 operators, first responders, and mobile crisis teams to ensure coordinated and effective mental health crisis responses." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require training in trauma-informed practices and Indigenous cultural safety for 911 operators, first responders, and mobile crisis teams

    "Ensure trauma-informed practice and Indigenous Cultural Safety education is mandated and provided for 911 operators, first responders, and mobile crisis teams." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Increase access to mental health care and support for first responders and their families

    "Increase access to mental health care and support for first responders and their families, including raising awareness about mental health tools and resources and reducing the stigma surrounding their use." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Immediately bring BC's Mental Health Act into compliance with the Constitution, including strengthening protections around consent, capacity, involuntary treatment, and independent oversight

    "Act immediately to bring BC’s legislation into compliance with the Constitution, including strengthening protections around consent, capacity, involuntary treatment, and independent oversight." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Strike a working group with lived and professional expertise to examine the Mental Health Act in its entirety and ensure that it is Charter-compliant, evidence-based, and effective

    "Following the policy approach of “Nothing About Us Without Us,” strike a working group of independent actors with lived and professional experience and expertise to examine the Mental Health Act in its entirety to ensure that provincial mental health legislation is not only charter compliant but evidence-based, effective, and informed by lived and living experience." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ensure specific resources and attention are given to developing mental health legislation that upholds and protects the rights and dignity of children and youth

    "Ensure that specific resources and attention are given to the development of mental health legislation that upholds and protects the rights and dignity of children and youth, following the recommendations of the Representative for Children & Youth’s report “Putting Children and Youth at the Centre: Reforming and Modernizing the Mental Health Act for Children and Youth.”" — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Address inequitable impacts of mental health legislation on Indigenous people, Black and racialised communities, people with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and other identity groups

    "Examine and address disparities and any inequitable impacts of mental health legislation on people based on identity, including but not limited to Indigenous People, Black and racialized communities, people with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ensure mental health legislation is compliant with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    "Make certain the development, content, and implementation of mental health legislation is compliant with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

    Ensure provincial legislation strengthens Indigenous determinants of health, including connections to land, culture, identity, spirituality, language, and traditional health practices."

    — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Establish an Independent Office of the Mental Health Advocate to advocate and oversee the mental health system, including involuntary treatment programmes and any holds authorised under the Mental Health Act

    "Establish an Independent Office of the Mental Health Advocate to provide individual and system advocacy and oversight to the provincial mental health system, including involuntary treatment programs and any holds authorized under the Mental Health Act." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Invest in proactive monitoring processes of the mental health system, independent of government and the healthcare system

    "Invest in proactive monitoring processes that are independent of government and the healthcare system." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Create a data collection programme with transparent reporting processes to allow meaningful public analysis of the system

    "Create and maintain a data collection program, and establish transparent reporting processes so that information and records are accessible and allow meaningful public analysis of how the system is working and what changes are needed." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ensure specific, audited training, oversight, and accountability for healthcare workers, police, and justice workers who come into contact with those held, or at risk of being held, under the Mental Health Act

    "Together with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Public Safety, and the Solicitor General, ensure specific training, oversight, and accountability is established, audited, and maintained for health care workers, police officers, and criminal justice actors who come into contact with those held or are at risk of being held under the Mental Health Act." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Fully regulate psychotherapy professions

    "Commit to the full regulation of psychotherapy professions, including psychologists, counsellors, therapists, and social workers, to increase public protection, provide accountability, and legitimize these essential professions." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Implement all recommendations from the BC Coroner's Death Review Panel report on youth and young adult suicides

    "Implement all of the recommendations from the BC Coroner’s Death Review Panel report “Creating Connection, Supporting Strength: A Review of Youth and Young Adult Deaths by Suicide in British Columbia”." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Invest sustained, multi-year funding for youth-focused mental health programmes, including Foundry and the Take a Hike Foundation

    "Invest sustained, multi-year funding for youth-focused mental health programs, including Foundry BC, and BC’s Take a Hike Foundation." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Provide one place for children, youth, and families to access mental health services

    "Following recommendations from BC’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Action Plan50, coordinate government initiatives to provide one front door for children, youth, and families to access services." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Create a paid youth advisory structure to provide child and youth involvement in the design and delivery of mental health programmes and services

    "Establish a paid youth-advisory structure to ensure there is meaningful child and youth involvement in the design and delivery of programs, services, and community connection opportunities." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Address the abrupt transition between pediatric and adult mental healthcare

    "Address the abrupt transition between pediatric and adult mental health care by ensuring seamless and effective connections to support services at all stages of life." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Improve care for people with co-occuring mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and brain injuries

    "Improve systems of care for individuals with co-occurring mental illness, substance use disorders, and brain injuries, ensuring they receive integrated, evidence-based, and comprehensive treatment." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Increase community-based services for people with eating disorders, and develop stepped-care models prioritising autonomy and self-directed recovery

    "Increase community-based services for individuals with eating disorders and develop stepped-care models that prioritize autonomy and self-directed recovery, with inpatient care available when necessary." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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We don't have any CentreBC policies on Mental health.

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