BC is experiencing its greatest inbound migration since the immediate post-WW2 period, 80,000-100,000 people every year. There's no single answer to powering our electricity grid as demand grows. The best answers are "many sources", followed by "thoughtful consumption". Continued uptake of solar, wind, and run of river are part of it. So is upgrading and optimizing our existing hydro facilities. Moving to a peak/shoulder/off peak pricing plan is already in the works (BC Hydro opt-in program application under review).
For the record, there are no bans in force on natural gas in BC. Victoria has a zero-carbon requirement for new construction, beginning in 2025. Vancouver has backed away from its planned ban. Victoria is moving ahead of schedule of the GHG limits being set provincially so it can meet its own emissions targets. Yes, there are GHG limits coming BC-wide, still discussing details of regionality and schedule, but it will be harder to use gas in new homes by 2026 or 2027. Harder, but not impossible. Make the home so super efficient that you could almost heat it with a tea candle and you'll fit inside the annual GHG limits. Or choose gas between gas for water heating or space heating, but not both. Or supply with Renewable Natural Gas, which is accepted by the province as carbon neutral... provided FortisBC can keep up with demand. So a builder could satisfy the upcoming Victoria regs by placing a covenant to supply the building with RNG only.
This is likely how future municipal, provincial and federal regs on FF for new buildings will be framed too: as an emissions cap, rather than an outright ban. In theory, FF still possible, but you'll have to work for it. We can't have the unpleasant visual of being an LNG exporter while banning it at home. Anyway it would make sense for all of us to reduce natural gas consumption, prices aren't gonna go down once it starts leaving on LNG carriers...