John Rustad

$1.4 billion in federal loans, your money, subsidized this Sen̓áḵw project. They called it 'affordable housing.' Now three-bedrooms are renting for over $9,000 to $12,500 a month. Pure NDP-style fraud: subsidize luxury with taxpayer cash and pretend it's helping regular families. Enough of this garbage.

B.C. Conservatives will fix it. Trust the engineers and professionals. Cut the make-work bureaucracy. Lower the real costs so builders build more homes at prices families can actually afford. No more bailouts. No more excuses. It’s time for common sense that works for British Columbians.

Delays pile on interest, carrying costs, and inflation. That’s why we have thousands of empty condos while families can’t afford to buy. NDP red tape turns a house that should cost $600k into $750k–$900k+ before the first nail is hammered.

2/4Here’s what that red tape actually costs every single house or condo built in BC under this NDP mess. Their own announcement admits development cost charges alone can run $80,000 or more per unit. They’re bragging about cutting them 50% to “save” $40,000. That’s just the fees. Add the bureaucracy; one housing project in the Lower Mainland touches 70 different desks. 70! Multiple acts, endless studies, consultations, moving targets. Same story as the mine expansion that needed 11 separate permits even inside its existing footprint.

Eby's chief of staff claims BC Conservatives oppose almost every action on housing. Pure spin. We oppose their $3 billion taxpayer bailout buying up empty condos after NDP over-regulation created the crisis. We support real action that builds more homes: cut red tape, lower fees, get government out of the way. This NDP government fails on housing the same way they fail on everything else. British Columbians deserve common sense that actually delivers.

“"How much of this is really a way of helping out the industry versus, I think, a bailout in terms of bad business decisions by some of these developers?" asked Andy Yan, an urban planner and director of Simon Fraser University's City Program” apple.news/ASQYCCruATdSFo…

NDP incompetence just got more expensive. Skyrocketing gas and diesel are driving up groceries and crushing families, straight from today’s CPI. Their green ideology is a tax on you. Time to build pipelines, develop our resources, and stop screwing over working people. British Columbia deserves better!

This NDP government continues to insist everything is fine. It is not. For years, money laundering has distorted our housing market, pushed prices beyond the reach of hard-working families, and funded the organized crime that threatens our communities. The Cullen Commission made the failures clear, yet real accountability has been missing. As Leader of the BC Conservatives, I have a practical plan to confront this head-on: Immediately appoint an independent Anti-Money Laundering Officer with the power to investigate and report without political interference. Make British Columbia the strongest voice in Canada demanding federal action, including racketeering laws, proper data sharing from FINTRAC, and improved security on our Ports. Target the criminal networks and crypto-enabled laundering that have been allowed to operate with too little consequence. British Columbians deserve better than more denial and more bailouts for the connected few. We deserve a government focused on results: restoring affordability, protecting property rights, and making our communities safer. Together, we will deliver the change our province needs.

Stop the bailouts. Get government out of the way. That's how we deliver homes and affordability. Demand better

Granular knowledge of how the Vancouver Condo Kings are the major supporters of people like Gregor Robertson, Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney was my past reporting beat. I’m not going back to it, other reporters need to pick that up. Read JWR’s chapter about meeting Trudeau in his friend’s pent house to understand who Carney is bailing out. I can say the Chinese money behind all these Liberals makes the story so much worse than a Liberal bail out of slick developers. This is scandalous and nationally ruinous.

📺 #WATCH: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responds to BC Premier David Eby, who accused Conservatives of fear-mongering over Indigenous title and private property rights. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

This bailout underscores exactly why British Columbians need strong, independent leadership. Instead of addressing the money laundering that has distorted our housing market and funded organized crime, Ottawa and the NDP are once again propping up the system that benefits criminals while families struggle to buy homes. The Cullen Commission laid out the path forward. My plan delivers it: an independent Anti-Money Laundering Officer, aggressive provincial pressure on Ottawa for racketeering laws and FINTRAC sharing, and real action at Delta Port. We will restore fairness, protect property rights, and make our communities safer. No more scandals. Real results for British Columbians. Together, we can build the province our families deserve.

Carney and Eby are handing developers $3.2 billion to bail them out for building luxury shoeboxes nobody wants. Taxpayers now buying their unsold junk and slashing charges so the failures can continue. This is subsidizing incompetence, pure and simple. "Too big to fail" corporate welfare while families get crushed out of the market. The NDP-Liberals won't let the market fix their mess. British Columbians are sick of this garbage. Time to fire this government and get common sense back.

This is NDP “progress” in Vancouver: a taxpayer-funded fast charger gutted for copper. Their aggressive boutique ideology clashes with skyrocketing crime and chaos on our streets. We need safer communities, stronger property rights, and real solutions, not more broken symbols. British Columbians deserve better.

Money is money, folks. If an investment makes economic sense, private capital will flow. If it doesn't, you go hat in hand to government for a handout. NDP just announced a $1B backstop for First Nations led projects, guaranteeing loans with BC taxpayers on the hook if they go sideways. Where is the plan to actually conclude reconciliation instead of endless giveaways with no clear return for British Columbians? Enough ideology over results. It's time for real economic partnerships that work for everyone.

British Columbians have had enough. Families are struggling with the cost of living, our resources are being held back, communities feel less safe, and too many young people are leaving for better opportunities elsewhere. This is not the British Columbia we deserve. As the newly elected Leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, my vision is clear: we will build a stronger, more prosperous province by unleashing our God-given natural resources in forestry, mining, agriculture, and fisheries. We will deliver lower taxes, restore fairness and certainty to property rights, and create good-paying jobs so families can thrive here at home. Central to this is my Western Alliance with Alberta and Saskatchewan. Together, we will champion new processing capacity, upgrade critical infrastructure like the Trans-Canada Highway, double rail and port potential, and speak with one powerful voice in Confederation. British Columbia will no longer be treated as an afterthought. We will stand up for Western strength, fairness, and opportunity. This is a unifying vision for all British Columbians. Whether you have voted Conservative, supported other parties in the past, or are simply tired of the NDP’s failures, there is a place for you in our movement. It is not about the past. It is about where we are going together: safer streets, stronger families, freer citizens, and a prosperous future. Join me in building the British Columbia our children and grandchildren deserve. Together, under the Conservative banner, we will turn this province around. Let’s get to work.

Look at the Massey Tunnel for the pattern. NDP scrapped a ready project, spent $600 million, now it's less capacity at four times the cost and a decade late. That's their definition of progress. Same story with energy. Conservatives will actually deliver reliable, affordable power for BC workers and families.

We'd be way better off burning natural gas for reliable power than building another dam that costs twice as much and takes three times as long. Dix and the NDP keep twisting in the wind on emissions while quietly admitting they need gas. They can't have it both ways. And eventually we'll need to look at nuclear too, but this government is too scared of reality to even talk about it.

Adrian Dix says we have an energy shortage. No kidding. This NDP government created it. They did away with the laws that kept BC energy independent. They've been buying power from the Americans for years. Their big wind projects aren't delivering what they promised. Now they're announcing more dams. Why? Because their "plan" is falling apart.

Back when we had a plan for a proper 10-lane bridge to replace the aging George Massey Tunnel, it was moving forward 600 million invested, foundations ready, ready to build. The NDP came in, scrapped it for their tunnel plan. Fast forward to 2026: contractor fired, project re-tendered, major delays continue, and costs exploding just like every other NDP boondoggle. 10 lanes to 8 lanes and three times more expensive, three times as long. This government has no idea how to actually deliver for people. Families stuck in traffic, commuters losing hours every week, businesses hurting all because of ideology over common sense. We need to cut the red tape, respect taxpayers, and build the infrastructure rural and suburban BC actually needs. It's time for real change. Defeat the NDP and get BC moving again.