The October 4 BC NDP release frames a provincial income-tax change as a request that millionaires “pitch in a bit more.” The rate table is narrower than that phrase, and broader than “millionaires.” DCC Now does not endorse.

Delta, B.C. — October 5, 2026

On October 4, 2026, BC NDP Leader David Eby released a plan to raise provincial personal income tax on the top brackets, beginning in the 2027 tax year. The party says the revenue would fund health care and lower costs. The dollar figures below are the party’s projections. They are not an independent fiscal score.

• 18.8% / 22.5% — proposed rates from $190,405 and from $265,545. Up 2 points.
• 24.5% — new provincial rate on taxable income over $1 million.
• $1 billion — party projection for 2028/29, not the first year.

Current law

The Province’s 2026 table, updated April 17, 2026, sets the rate at 16.80% on taxable income from $190,405.01 to $265,545, and 20.50% on income over $265,545. Each rate applies only to income inside that bracket. The same thresholds are on the CRA 2026 provincial table.

The proposal

Taxable income	2026 rate	Proposed	Change
Under $190,405	Unchanged	No change	None
$190,405 to $265,545	16.8%	18.8%	+2 points
$265,545 to $1,000,000	20.5%	22.5%	+2 points
Over $1,000,000	20.5%	24.5%	New bracket, +4 points

A taxpayer at $200,000 would pay the higher rate only on the $9,595 above $190,405. The release says the change affects the top 3.88% of B.C. income earners, and that more than 96% of residents at or below $190,000 would see no increase.

Projected collections in the release: $225 million in 2026/27, $925 million in 2027/28, and $1,000 million in 2028/29.

Federal tax on the same income

On income over $1 million, the proposed 24.5% provincial rate plus the federal top rate of 33% is 57.5% before credits. That is the marginal rate on that slice, not the average rate on total income. The federal 33% rate applies in 2026 to taxable income over $258,482.

Claims in the release that are not in the rate table

The release says net taxes for a family of four have fallen since 2016: from $4,238 to $643 at $60,000, from $5,637 to $2,663 at $80,000, and from $7,473 to $4,601 at $100,000. Those figures are party examples. The release does not attach the worksheet.

It also says British Columbia would remain the second-lowest income-tax jurisdiction in Canada at $250,000, and that a person at that income would pay more than $5,250 less than in Ontario and nearly $12,700 less than in Nova Scotia. Those comparisons are in the release. They are not in the provincial rate table.

The opposing statement

The BC Conservatives described the plan as the “Eby Doctor Tax” and said it would drive doctors out of the province. They said they are committed to no new taxes. The NDP release says the Conservatives have not said how they would pay for their promises without cuts, and attributes to them the statement that health care and education would “take the brunt.” DCC Now has not independently verified that quotation.

Why this note is here

Delta’s municipal election is October 17. The provincial election is October 24. This proposal is provincial. It is not a City of Delta levy. Residents with taxable income above the thresholds would pay it if it became law.

Corrections will be posted if a cited figure is shown to be wrong.

Sources

1. BC NDP release, October 4, 2026: bcndp.ca
2. Province of British Columbia, personal income tax rates: gov.bc.ca
3. CRA 2026 tax rates: canada.ca
4. CBC News, Daily Hive, and Victoria News, October 4–5, 2026.

Sarbjot Singh Locham
Resident and editor, DCC Now — Delta Community Concerns
info@dccnow.com · dccnow.com
Independent community reporting. No endorsement.