British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement
The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement was a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
Despite this, the BCMDM nominated two candidates in the 2005 BC election: James Solhiem won 123 votes in the riding of Chilliwack-Sumas, and David Michael Anderson won 235 votes in Chilliwack-Kent.
The party was de-registered by Elections BC in July 2008.Platform
The platform proposes:
- Education
- *forgivable student loans to cover tuition]fees for B.C. residents
- *increased funding for school boards
- *greater autonomy for school boards to create new programs, subject to provincial standards
- Healthcare
- *paying practitioners for "promotion of wellness rather than the treatment of disease"
- *creating regional treatment centres covering all stages of care from diagnosis to treatment
- Economics
- *a B.C. business development bank to assist the creation of new businesses
- *an "Idea Development Centre" to help entrepreneurs develop business plans and gain funding
- Governance
- *opposing the privatization of public assets, and returning already-privatized assets to public ownership
- *requiring all Members of the Legislative Assembly to attend monthly town hall meetings in their communities
- *increased transparency, including access to information measures making all government, Crown corporation and public-private partnership records open to public inspection
- *laws to hold public officials accountable for what the party called "fiscal mismanagement and misleading budgets"
- Justice
- *to "ensure violent offenders are removed from our streets"
- *increased use of restorative justice, halfway houses, and intense supervision for first-time non-violent offenders
- Forestry
- *ensuring raw logs are processed in the community in which they were produced
- *funding forest management to prevent and control wildfires
- *ending the "self-policing" of forestry companies
- Environment
- *maintaining the ban on bulk water exports
- *funding scientific research as the basis for all environmental decisions
- *increasing penalties for environmental violations, and putting funds raised directly into park maintenance and habitat protection
- *investing in pollution control research
- BC Hydro
- *"fairly priced electricity" through investment in new generating facilities for BC Hydro, to replace aging facilities nearing the end of their life
