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flag BC NDP to pass 18 bills on economy, health, and affordability; drops controversial executive powers bill amid strike and political shifts.

flag British Columbia’s NDP government plans to pass 18 bills by late November, focusing on economic growth, health care, affordability, and governance, with most introduced early in the session. flag A key bill supports BC Hydro’s North Coast Transmission Line. flag The government will not revive a controversial bill that would have granted broad executive powers via orders-in-council to respond to U.S. tariffs. flag The session opens amid a fifth-week strike by the BC General Employees’ Union, pressuring the NDP, while political tensions rise with a new right-wing party, One BC, splitting the opposition. flag The Green Party, now led by climate activist Emily Lowan, says it’s open to cooperation on affordability, though she won’t join the legislature until elected.

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