British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement

The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement was a minor political party in the province of British Columbia, Canada. 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.
 * 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.

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