“If the new Oil and Gas Royalty Framework is implemented on 1 January 2027, British Columbians will lose out on nearly $3 billion that could be spent on social services we desperately need. For $3 billion we could restore all of the funding that the BC NDP cut from the Community Housing Fund in 2026, and still have $1.5 billion left for healthcare, transit, education, and affordability measures,” said Jeremy Valeriote, BC Greens MLA for West Vancouver – Sea to Sky.