Caroline Elliott: The secret NDP plan to give away British Columbia's public land
The NDP's backroom deals haven't just chilled investment and thrown property rights into turmoil, they now risk destroying the beauty of the provincial capital.
In the latest episode of the Without Diminishment podcast, W.D. co-founders Alexander Brown and Caroline Elliott expose the NDP’s non-transparent ‘land back’ agenda. They discuss the controversial transfer of prime downtown Victoria real estate, the end of local municipal zoning, and the potential loss of more access to more provincial parks.
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Episode Highlights:
Victoria land transfers: Examining the plan to transfer $47 million in prime downtown real estate—on permanently ceded land, no less—to the Songhees First Nation.
Zoning risks: Discussing how future projects bypass local city rules, referencing the controversial Senakw development in Kitsilano, placing Victoria’s Inner Harbour at risk of over-development.
Provincial parks: Addressing concerns over the future transfer of Hatley Park and Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park.
The ‘Living Agreement’ loophole: Analyzing how open-ended treaties fail to deliver economic and legal certainty, posing long-term risks to B.C.’s economy and taxpayer stability.
A new ‘reconciliation’ framework: Answering the question of whether it is time to move to a model that serves the needs and rights of all British Columbians.
Caroline Elliott is a co-founder of Without Diminishment. She holds a PhD from Simon Fraser University in democratic theory and Canadian government. In 2026, Caroline ran for the leadership of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
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I will comment more extensively once I read the entire article.
What I wanted to be first to say is that any Conservative Party that fails to acknowledge the emergence of Caroline Elliott as the prototype for a leader of the conservative movement in Canada, is woefully undermining of the movement as a whole.