The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement was a minor political party in the Province of

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, Canada. *In 2004, it joined with the

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, the Citizens Action Party and

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to form the

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. *This coalition merged with the

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and

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on January 15, 2005 to form a new, centrist political party, the

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. Despite this, the BCMDM nominated two candidates in the 2005 BC election: James Solhiem won 123 votes (0.61% of the total) in the riding of Chilliwack-Sumas, and David Michael Anderson won 235 votes (1.20% of the total) in

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. The party was de-registered by Elections BC in July 2008.

Platform

The platform proposes:The BCMDM's platform
*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 (medicine), 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

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to attend monthly town hall meetings in their communities **increased transparency, including

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measures making all government,

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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 house A halfway house is an institute for people with criminal backgrounds or substance use disorder problems to learn (or relearn) the necessary skills to re-integrate into society and better support and care for themselves. As well as serving as a ...

s, 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

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control research *BC Hydro **"fairly priced electricity" through investment in new generating facilities for

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, to replace aging facilities nearing the end of their life

References

External links

Moderate Democratic Movement site
{{British Columbia provincial political parties Moderate Democratic Movement Moderate Democratic Movement Political parties disestablished in 2008

Platform

See also

References

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