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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
This is a time for new ideas to meet the demands of a growing population and the complicated challenges facing our province. Instead, we’ve been faced with old-style leadership – a one-sided agenda that punishes and divides people. The approach of the past four years just doesn’t make sense for ordinary families – they can’t afford another four years. We can achieve so much more by working together, ending confrontation, and focusing on solutions that benefit all British Columbians – solutions that make life better and more affordable for every British Columbian. I’m proud to be leading a New Democrat team that is bringing a balanced, common sense approach to British Columbia. In this document, you’ll find our pledge to you – a pledge to rebuild key public services starting with health and education. And every one of these priorities can be achieved by working together, moving forward with the determined resolve of a society that believes in a better life for all British Columbians. 2 BCNDP Platform 2005
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Page 19 and 20: Improving access and affordability
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Page 41 and 42: Balance the budget Balanced budgets
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Enhance forest service enforcement
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Broken promises. Secret decisions.
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Show respect for local governments
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Extend the mandate of the BC Progre
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Stop the flow of personal medical i
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Costing Preamble Restoring balance
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