James

Making life better
and
more affordable
for ordinary
British Columbians
British Columbia holds limitless opportunities for the people who live and
work here – all of us who have chosen BC as our home and future.
It’s a potential for prosperity we must embrace – a prosperity that can be
shared and enjoyed among all British Columbians, because everyone matters.
But that’s not happening today in BC. Over the past four years, we’ve seen a
one-sided approach to government, where Gordon Campbell has imposed his
political agenda, no matter how much ordinary families are hurt along the way.
Gordon Campbell & the BC Liberals promised to
make things better for everyone, but the record
betrays that promise:
• They have created dirty, crowded hospitals, where patients are moved into
hallways and closets
• In a new century when skill development is more important than ever, they
have allowed tuition fees to double, moving post-secondary education and
training out of reach for too many young people
• They have cut long-term care, abandoning the seniors who helped build our
province
• The fundamental public services British Columbians cherish – our health
care, BC Ferries and BC Hydro among them – are being privatized, creating
poorer services for families and bigger profit margins for private suppliers
• They have closed 113 schools and cut 2,500 teaching positions, meaning
bigger class sizes and less support for individual students
• Their cuts have punished the poor and the most vulnerable, forcing more
people onto the streets with no real supports to help them turn their lives
around and live more independently
BCNDP Platform 2005 1