Heritage Conservation Act: Technical Policy Paper

The Business Council of British Columbia welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) Technical Policy Paper (TPP), building on our November 2025 submission. The TPP addresses several of the concerns raised by BCBC and others during the November 2025 consultation.

British Columbia is at a critical economic juncture with record debt and deficits, weak private sector investment and hiring, slow growth, and repeated credit downgrades and little fiscal room. The province’s approach to regulation, including reforms to the HCA help shape whether B.C. is seen as a competitive investment destination for resource, infrastructure, and housing projects. This, in turn, impacts whether the government can achieve its target of attracting $200 billion in private sector investment over the next decade and more broadly, whether the province can get back to more solid fiscal footing. It is critical that reforms to the HCA improve the investment climate not detract from it further.