British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement

The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement was a minor political party in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
*In 2004, it joined with the British Columbia Democratic Alliance, the Citizens Action Party and Link BC to form the British Columbia Democratic Coalition.
*This coalition merged with the Reform Party of British Columbia and All Nations Party of British Columbia on January 15, 2005, to form a new, centrist political party, the Democratic Reform British Columbia.
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 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

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