10/16/2026
Today is Canadian Library Workers Day 📚
Thank you to the library workers across B.C. who go above and beyond every single day.
Today’s libraries are more than a place to borrow books. They provide free internet to apply for jobs and access government services. A place for people of all ages to gather. Refuge during extreme weather. Trustworthy facts in an age of disinformation.
While libraries are doing more than ever, provincial funding has been frozen for 16 years. So BCGEU library workers took action, launching a petition for increased provincial funding. More than 12,000 people signed – and together, we put libraries on the election agenda.
The BC NDP committed to doubling library funding, and other parties are now lining up behind that promise. But where are the Conservatives? They haven’t committed to any increase, and when their predecessors were last in power, they cut library funding, then froze it.
See where each party stands on libraries and other key issues in our report card: https://elections.bcgeu.ca/provincial_elections
With polls showing a tight race between the NDP and Conservatives, this election could come down to a handful of votes. Make a plan to vote, and then make sure your co-workers are voting too.
