Advocacy

Ensuring the collective voice of our members is heard

BC Tech is dedicated to three things:

Advocating on behalf of BC’s Tech sector
Supporting more BC Tech companies to grow and scale into the anchor companies of tomorrow
Attracting more talent into tech and increasing the diversity of BC’s tech talent pool

Did you know?

BC’s tech industry employs 271,000 British Columbians.

Did you know?

BC’s tech industry has over 12,000+ companies contributing to BC’s economy

Did you know?

BC’s tech industry’s GDP grew 3x faster than the rest of BC’s economy

Featured Publications

BC Tech’s latest on the future of BC’s economy and the actions needed to accelerate growth.

A New Economic Narrative for BC
June 2026

Five years on, the case is stronger – BC’s economy is not what we tell ourselves it is. It is time to back the economy we have – not the one we remember.

BC Tech Policy Priorities
June 2026

Addressing what matters most to BC’s tech sector on AI, Procurement, Capital and Talent.

BC Tech Commentary

Find these and other relevant BC Tech commentary through the BC Tech Publication page here.

Federal Budget 2026: BC Tech’s Grade is A- | November 2026

The Federal Budget brought valuable changes for BC innovators. Here’s how it measured up against BC Tech’s recommendations:

A Canadian QSBS equivalent: delivered
SR&ED for commercialization: delivered
Flow-through shares for tech: not this time
And the rest: a better small business rollover, more for the Strategic Response Fund, sovereign AI compute, and a merged BDC-EDC

Over to you, BC: how the new Provincial Government can make the most of it in its first budget. Read our detailed budget commentary for more details.

2026 Provincial Budget | February 2026 |

Against a backdrop of continued fiscal pressure, Minister Bailey nonetheless announced some important measures to support the growth engines of BC’s economy and BC Tech was pleased to see progress on a number of things we have advocated for. Read our detailed budget commentary for more details.