Introducing the AI Party of British Columbia
A new party with one goal, one unusual method and four years to prove it can work.
Six days after British Columbia’s general election, a new party is starting work on the next one.
The AI Party of British Columbia, led by founder Harry Gill, has one goal: make BC the technology capital of Canada and North America. BC’s tech sector already employs 271,000 people and accounts for 9.6% of provincial GDP, according to the BC Tech Association. The party believes the province can lead the continent if its government moves as fast as its industry.
The method is what sets the party apart. Gill has pledged to base his decisions as leader on what AI recommends, through a public protocol. Each question is posted before it is answered, more than one model is consulted, and each prompt and answer is published.
The party’s first draft platform has eight mandates, from clean power for compute to a BC AI Rights Act. It was drafted by AI, and it says so. It has not yet been costed.
The party intends to run candidates provincially and to support mayoral candidates through locally registered elector organizations, starting with the general local elections on October 19, 2030, and any by-elections before then.