BC Election May 9 '17

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Young Climate Voters BC

Our Vision

We believe that climate change is a defining issue of our generation. It is woven into the social, environmental, and economic fabric of our society, and the actions of citizens and those who represent them must reflect this.

Climate action means more than carbon taxes and emission offsets. Young Climate Voters BC envisions a world where climate action means standing up for the rights and treaties of First Nations, creating a clean democracy, building a secure economy and shifting beyond a dependency on fossil fuels.

Indigenous Sovereignty

Indigenous Sovereignty is the actionable embodiment of the understanding that First Nations have unduly suffered under state oppression and are deserving of dignified self-governance. 95% of the land in British Columbia’s boundaries is unceded, meaning this land was never surrendered or relinquished by the hundreds of Indigenous groups who have lived here for centuries. We stand alongside First Nations in their fight for sovereignty and call on the government to implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to respect Treaty rights and conduct relations on a government-to-government basis.

Clean Democracy

Democracy for all of us shouldn’t favor some of us. A clean democracy is one that is free from the suspicious pattern of enormous campaign contributions, which favour the corporate agenda. Elections are shaped by access to funds. Let’s set a limit on cash contributions, not to prohibit political engagement, but to level-out people’s influence no matter their bank balance.

Secure Economy

A secure economy means building a stable, fair, and green economy. This requires empowering people with the skills and tools necessary to engage in the 21st century economy by investing not only in emerging industries, but in education and job training. A secure economy is dependent on a diverse job market and an educated society. Together, by enabling people to learn and adapt and by incentivizing green business to invest in B.C., we can secure an economy that erodes the barriers to opportunity.

Beyond Fossil Fuels

British Columbia needs policy which not only treats the symptoms of today, but surmounts the challenges of tomorrow. By boldly steering our consumption away from dependencies on fossil fuels, our province can set a precedent of climate leadership for the rest of Canada. Strong policy is about more than short term profits and pipelines– it’s about our government’s responsibility to build a better tomorrow, today. It is easy to approve new infrastructure that’s built with old ideas–infrastructure like the Kinder Morgan pipeline, Pacific NorthWest LNG and Site C — but we can’t afford to settle for what is easy. In order to keep global warming below 2 degrees C, we must stop expanding fossil fuel production. It is necessary for British Columbia to immediately invest in the transition of our energy consumption to sustainable sources.  

The Liberals have abandoned the riding I live in it seems. They added my Village and two islands that are NDP areas to a strong NDP area. It gives them a better chance to try and win the rest of the Comox Valley.  Then they nominate this guy who is the epitome of what is wrong with this government's attitude towards the environment.

Darren DeLuca of Vancouver Island Guide Outfitters — a company that specializes in trophy hunts for wealthy foreigners — is running against NDP incumbent Scott Fraser.

DeLuca is a realtor and vice-president of the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., an organization that last month received $60,000 from U.S.-based Safari Club International. The money was donated to help counter campaigns to end the widely unpopular grizzly trophy hunt.

DeLuca is a life member of Safari Club International, according to an auction website in which a trophy hunting trip with DeLuca and well-known U.S. military pilot Scott O'Grady sold for $30,000 US in 2014.

The B.C. Liberal Party is in favour of the grizzly trophy hunt, whereas the B.C. NDP has vowed to stop it.

The Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. made four separate contributions to the B.C. Liberal Party last year totalling $15,150.

There is no grizzly bear hunting on Vancouver Island, but Vancouver Island Guide Outfitters does sell trophy hunts of black bears, which is enough to put DeLuca on the radar of environmentalists.

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2017/04/10/bear-trophy-hunter-and-bc-liberal-c...

So, North...are you AGAINST the BC Libs now?

Imagine if the No STV campaign had not been effective in spreading fear of the unknown.  We would be discussing who might be a junior partner in someones minority government. Instead we get to play lets elect a dictator for four years yet again. 

Well, it is the BC Lib dream to effectively make the province part of Greater Wildroseslavia.

NorthReport wrote:

Latest BC Liberal ad shows a rural scene but Houston we have a problem as the area shown is a lake and forest in Alberta WTF

They have hired a lot of Conservative campaign people. Maybe this is the same person who put an Atlantic salmon, a symbol of fish farms on this coast, on a campaign ad for enhancing Pacific fisheries. 

In the meantime in the Greens opening rally that was attended by party faithful from all over the Island one of their candidates appropriated MLK's last speech to an appreciative white audience.  Oops he had to apologise the next day because although no one in the room was particularily concerned or shocked it was shocking to alot of people in the general public. 

Weaver then lies in defence of his candidate. He makes the absurd claim that this routine was a spontaneous thing brought on by the asshole "being inspired by the audience."  Clearly anyone watching the whole bit can see it was rehearsed beforehand.  

https://www.cheknews.ca/green-party-candidate-blunder-first-controversy-...

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/watch-a-white-bc-politician-give-a-sp...

..your "job opportunities" are loaded with destructive elements which you don't ever address.

Stockholm wrote:

since when does the BC NDP have no seats in the interior? They won three seats in the Kootenays in 2013 by wide margins and are heavily favored to win them again. They also won three seats in the north west...

My bad. I was sure that the results maps I'd seen following the 2013 election had showed a solid wall of red down the right hand side of the province.

I was aware that the NDP had won three ridings in the northwest of the province. Two of these are however "coastal" ridings. The third one I mistakenly thught was coastal, turns out it borders Alaska rather than the coast.

By "interior ridings" I mean mainland ridings that are outside Metro Vancouver and don't have a coastline.

Stockholm wrote:

this time I expect them to hold those pretty easily and to have a good shot at at least one of the Kamloops seats plus Penticton and Boundary-Similkameen where they lost narrowly last time...Horgan will be vastly more appealing to voters in the interior than Dix was.

You might be right. I think I was swayed by North Report into believing that voters in the interior rejected the NDP in 2013 not because of Dix, but because they wanted to vote FOR the Kinder-Morgan pipeline and the promised LNG bonanza.

Stockholm wrote:

i also don't get this theory than as the Green vote drops it will help the Liberals. Polls indicate that over 90% of green voters think it's "time for a change", over 80% disapprove of Christy Clark and when asked about their second choice it's typically NDP over Liberals by a 4 to 1 margin.

I'm basing this on the number of elections, both federal and provincial, in which the Green Party's vote on election day wound up being half or less of what they were polling at the outset of the campaign.

I think there will be a deluge of of Pro-Liberal and anti-NDP advertising that will mostly hit in the home stretch of the campaign, and that this will swing some voters back to the Liberals, whether that be Greens, soft NDPers, or undecideds.

This election is NOT a level playing field, and this will affect the outcome.

Weaver should have booted Neufeld as a candidate. A lot of disordered thinking went into that weird act on the stage. Not fit for public office. Now Neufeld is trying to turn this around on Facebook with a bunch of pandering bullshit.

kropotkin1951 wrote:

This was a staged event, its not like he went rogue. As well no one in the packed hall seemed to object or even be gobsmacked. Hard to kick someone out of a party when they are fairly representative of the membership.  The old adage conservatives with composters is close to the mark. 

To be perfectly honest, I've been to political rallies and barely paid attention to what was being said. The noise, the crowd, and all the distractions. I'm kind of hoping some people there were gobsmacked but just couldn't be heard, or realized what he did after the fact.

But I can't get past all the people going on his FB page and almost treating him like a hero now. Showing him all the empathy he lacked when he gave that offensive speech. He's talking about his privilege but using it at the same time to be forgiven too easily...because he is privileged...so very, very privileged. I hope he gets trounced on election day.

I think the situation is more complicated than a simple matter of the NDP and Greens dividing a common constituency. I know pollsters say the Greens are more likely to be the second choice of NDP voters and vice versa, but I think there is a growing number of normally Liberal voters (who hate the NDP) who might vote Green this time. The NDP has to be careful campaigning against the Greens.

Mighty Middle wrote:

How long before John Hogan starts courting Green voters, telling them that voting Green only elects Liberals? Therefore they cannot vote Green in this election if they want to defeat the BC Liberals.

Christy Clark has already made at least two more big mistakes:

1) Reminding everyone of her LNG failure.

2) Offending Christians with her Easter tweet. (oops just realized it was from 2015. Oh well, it was nicely brought up again)