The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement is a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Its current status is unclear: Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell ( BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

• 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, Democratic Reform British Columbia.
• Despite this, the BCMDM has nominated one candidate in the 2005 BC election: James Solhiem in the riding of Chililwack--Sumas.

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Platform

The BCMDM's platform (http://bcmdm.ca/article.php?p=41) was typical of those of many small parties without thorough policy platforms. The proposals tended to lack detail, and the platform failed to address many important issues facing the province at the time. For example, there was no mention in the platform First Nations land claims, drug problems especially endemic to Vancouver's east end, and relations with the federal government of Canada. First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... System of government Canada is a constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ...

The platform proposed:

• 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 practicioners 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 MLAs 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 were 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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External link

• Moderate Democratic Movement site (http://bcmdm.ca/main.php)