Dear member,
The B.C. NDP are back in power thanks to support from the Green Party.

This resulted after 41 NDP and three B.C. Green MLAs brought down the B.C. Liberal government in a non-confidence vote. Premier-designate Horgan said he would act immediately to form a cabinet and return to the house as soon as possible. However, he would not predict exactly when that would be.

Global Public Affairs * has summarized the events resulting in the formalization of a coalition government.

Keeping Arts Front and Centre

In the coming months, Equity will be keeping an eye on the work of the coalition government and reaching out to NDP MLAs that have been advocates for these promises, so that they are kept front of mind as decisions are made about priorities for this government’s mandate.


Equity will be reminding the NDP Government about key election promises including:
  • Doubling the province's investment in the B.C. Arts Council over four years bringing the funding up to $48 million annually.
  • Providing space for B.C. artists to create by investing in an arts infrastructure fund mobilizing substantial federal infrastructure dollars that B.C. is currently missing out on.
  • Increasing investments in Creative B.C. to support musicians, publishers,  authors, artists, digital media, indigenous storytellers, and the film and TV industries.
*Global Public Affairs is one of Canada’s leading privately held strategic communications and government relations consultancy. With offices across Canada, the firm represents many of the largest corporate sector organizations in the country, touching on all facets of the national economy.

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