Aboriginal Affairs

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1)develop harmonized workable regulatory processes for carrying out consultation with the aboriginal people that will amount to the regulatory schemes referred to in Haida.

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Advanced Education

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1)provide funding for technology and engineering programs and their implementation at Colleges and Universities in all regions of BC where the need and demand of the respective programs has been documented; and 2)provide funds to cover capital and operating costs for the extension and development of facilities in regions throughout BC that are experiencing dire need in the provision and delivery of much needed technology and engineering programs.

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Agriculture

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1)provide fair access to long term tenures for the aquaculture industry; and 2)ensure that consultation with First Nations is appropriate and meets the needs of the industry for timely decisions.

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Arts and Culture

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)work together with the B.C. Arts Council, and BC Gaming and Enforcement Branch, to institute a three year funding cycle, with appropriate reporting requirements, for arts and cultural organizations receiving core funding with the option of making additional interim applications if necessary; 2)ensure that adjudication panels deliver their decisions to organizations within 3 months of the initial application for funding; 3)undertake research, in partnership with the private sector, into the economic spin-off of the arts and culture sector in BC; and 4)develop a strategy to increase per capital funding of arts and culture to a suitable level that is affordable to B.C. taxpayers.

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Economic Development and Trade

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1) work with municipal governments to make a provincial capital fund that British Columbia¿s municipalities can access for investment in long term strategic arts and culture infrastructure for public art galleries, museums and cultural organizations; 2) conduct a review of the current arts and arts infrastructure funding structure and inequities to ensure provincial dollars are adequately distributed throughout the Province; and 3) recognize the need to provide adequate, consistent year round operational funding to public art galleries, museums and cultural organizations so they can continue to operate as the foundations and hubs for all other arts and culture activities in a community. 4) develop a plan to determine the feasibility of designating certain key forest roads that are no longer required for industrial use and would otherwise be permanently deactivated as recreation roads and trails and to develop a reasonable structure for ongoing support and funding for development, promotion and ongoing maintenance. 5) create a comprehensive provincial land use strategy, perhaps as part of an overall economic strategy for the province, that will preserve and grow high paying employment generating lands and that considers the logistic requirements and transportation corridors required to prevent rendering industrial parcels from being unusable in future. 6) work with the appropriate transportation authorities to assist and expedite B.C. port expansion approval to meet with surging demand for increased export capacity for coal (both thermal and metallurgical) and other commodities to accommodate global market requirements 7) take immediate action to review the current inventory of industrial lands in the province starting with Vancouver¿s Lower Mainland; 8) work with industry to develop and promote public and economic policies that; a) create and encourage a better understanding of the importance of our export economy to the provincial and national interests b) address environmental concerns by committing to education and mitigation of environmental impacts; 9) enter into a $2,159,105 funding agreement with appropriate non-governmental organizations to sponsor a 3-year Economic Gardening program in Vancouver Island, Southwest Fraser Valley, Okanagan, Kootenay, and the North.

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Education

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1)ensure that small business and industry groups are provided access to schools on a regular basis to educate students to the expectations of the business community through the facilitation of events such as career fairs.

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Employment and Training

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) increase the scope of trades curriculum in all public secondary institutions, including adding more space to classes, more trades curriculum options and increasing the number of qualified trades teachers; 2) establish more technical secondary schools by converting select public secondary schools, or creating new schools where appropriate, using current successful technical school models; 3) create appropriate infrastructure between secondary school trades curriculum, technical secondary schools, and post-secondary trades institutions to facilitate a streamlined process for students to move through their education into trades careers; 4) create appropriate infrastructure to integrate trades people as educators in secondary institutions and to educate current teachers employed as trades educators; and 5) involve the BC Chamber in the current and future review of secondary education policy as representatives of BC Businesses. 6) with the federal government, place a priority on enforcement and prosecution of offenders prior to placing any further restrictions on the program 7) with the federal government, ensure that any further changes to the TFWP reflect the needs of the economy on both a regional and a sectoral basis 8) with the federal government, immediately provide a plan for review of the Temporary Foreign Worker program that is accompanied by an interim plan that will allow our resource communities to get back to work; and 9) with the federal government, develop a labour mobility plan that will encourage Canadians to fill hospitality jobs and live and work in the Resource sector. 10) with the federal government, streamline the process for travellers who need visas and remove the obstacle of surrendering passports for visitors who pose no threat to Canada¿s security; 11) with the federal government, considering low risk ways to get legitimate visitors out of the need for a visa altogether for travel to or through Canada; 12) with the federal government, expand the Transit Without Visa program; and 13) with the federal government, improve its student visa procedure to make it quicker and easier for potential international students to receive study and work visas 14) facilitate the ability of specific industry groups to request creative responses to proven and targeted labour market needs (i.e. Through shorter BC PNP processing times or a dedicated BC PNP channel for industry groups to immediately address their concerns); 15) advocate for a higher annual nomination limit for the BC PNP; and 16) ensure that adequate resources are available to maintain effective BC PNP processing times. 17) with the federal government, develop an affordable cost recovery model and separate line item budget for LMO, temporary foreign workers, Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience class program; 18) with the federal government, develop ¿fast lane¿ option with associated performance requirements for employers who choose to pay a premium for expedited service on LMO applications, TFWU applications, and Temporary Foreign Workers requiring Temporary Resident Visas (TRV) and work permit application processing from visa offices/consulates; and 19) with the federal government, allow the current Temporary Foreign Workers Unit the ability to review possible LMO-exempt work permit applications for foreign nationals requiring TRVs or foreign nationals who are visa-exempt but outside Canada. 20) ensure funding for existing Foreign Workers assistance agencies/settlement services; and 21) expand the mandate and funding of settlement services organizations to include help for TFW.

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Energy

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)remove the self-sufficiency requirements from the Clean Energy Act, to facilitate optimal beneficial energy trading with other jurisdictions; 2)remove the hard requirement that all electricity generated must be 93% clean and focus on balancing GHG emissions and B.C.¿s economic objectives; 3)remove the 66% DSM target and focus on the balance between DSM and additional supply investments, in order to capture the long-term economic opportunities for both; 4)revamp the IPP purchasing process in order to enable access to more cost-effective IPP supply in the future; 5)develop plans for the next IRP to optimize the use of B.C.¿s clean renewable non-firm energy and market energy for the benefit of BC¿s economy; and 6)improve the BCUC¿s capacities and capabilities to enable Commission deliberative consideration of more of the optimization trade-offs in energy planning than has been allowed under the CEA in recent times. 7)continue to support a responsible framework for resource development, including a world class marine tanker safety regime with enhanced marine spill response capability, and a world class terrestrial safety system. 8)provide greater clarity and specificity on B.C.¿s provincial interest, commonly known as the ¿five conditions,¿ in order to provide certainty, predictability, and stability that encourage capital investment 9)engage Chambers and other organizations in project pipeline construction communities to maximize opportunities for local businesses during construction and operation of all major projects, including increased opportunities for First Nations participation. 10)that the Provincial Government work with the Federal Government to promote western access for natural resource products by: a)actively work together and with First Nations in an expeditious manner to resolve outstanding treaty negotiations to provide certainty and stability required for private investments; b)coordinate, in an expeditious manner a review of Canada's terrestrial oil spill safety regime, other international regimes and what, if anything Canada would need to do to ensure it has a world class terrestrial safety system; c)take a more proactive role in communicating facts about the provincially and federally regulated pipeline industry as well as B.C. and Canada¿s safety record for shipping heavy oil.

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Environment

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1)create a province-wide plan to complete floodplain mapping in BC that includes updating the mapping every 10 years. 2)develop, and update every ten years, guidelines and specifications to reflect current floodplain mapping technologies and realities, improve consistency, build technical capacity to support utilization of a broader suite of technical tools (e.g., floodplain mapping, scenario analysis, risk assessment, etc.) and stress the need to integrate climate change into planning. 3)create a task force to determine if there is a need for a provincial policy around limiting building on designated floodplains. 4)implement regulatory oversight for these programs through BCUC or other suitable regulatory framework. 5)Sign an agreement to negotiate with the government of Canada that will conclude a fair and equitable feasibility process to determine the economic impact of a national park in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen. 6)bring B.C.¿s emission reduction targets to reconcile B.C.¿s economic policy and GHG policy; 7)revise the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act and related legislation to focus on optimizing the cost effectiveness of greenhouse gas reductions and on setting targets based on realistic GHG intensity measures, while planning to adopt innovative technology as it becomes feasible. 8)hold Metro Vancouver to the priorities approved in the regional ISWRMP and; 9)keep the authority focus of regional districts to the management of waste disposal to allow the private sector to optimize the upstream activities with the goals of; a)keeping waste reduction options economically viable through private sector competition and innovation, and b)stimulating a growing BC green sector and new jobs independent of tax subsidies. 10)work with all regional districts to develop policy environments that stimulate the engagement of the private sector and its solutions to address waste reduction strategies; and 11)establish a results based approach to ensuring disposal based bans and diversion targets are adhered to at disposal facilities. 12)Create a comprehensive long-term plan for flood protection and control on the Fraser River. 13)establish a long-term strategy for maintenance of the Fraser River flood control systems that includes consideration for the growth and viability of the economies that are built around the river; 14)establish and maintain funding agreements that will support the upgrading and maintenance of dyking, dredging, navigation and environmental stewardship along all obligatory areas of the Fraser River; and 15)create and maintain a central Fraser River authority that will manage and support flood control along the banks of the Fraser River 16)clearly define the regulation and costs of enforcement in the proposed (National Marine Conservation) area, and identify the source of revenue to cover those costs; 17)not grant the authority to control routing of marine and aircraft traffic if the Marine Conservation area is enacted. 18)develop a comprehensive Brownfield policy and implementation strategy; and 19)establish a series of Brownfield pilot projects in selected communities with known concentrations of sites requiring Brownfield remediation.

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Finances and Budgets

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1) all infrastructure projects implement value-for-money assessment during the planning stage; 2) municipalities without a public-private partnership strategy use the Capital Asset Management Framework, or similar program, as a guide for value-money-assessment. Taxation and Finance 1) extend the small business tax benefit to credit unions permanently; and 2) continue to work with credit unions to meet their needs with regulations and tax regimes that keep them strong and viable. 3) amend the current Property Transfer Tax Act to provide for a new Primary Residence Grant; 4) introduce a new Property Transfer Tax rate of a minimum of 2% of the property purchase price for all property in British Columbia bought by non-residents of Canada or corporations controlled by non-residents. 5) implement the permanent carbon grant program for agricultural producers and greenhouse growers and the exemption from same coloured fuels using Carbon Tax revenues. 6) provide a fully refundable investment tax credit claimed on businesses¿ income tax returns equal to the PST paid on all acquisitions of machinery and equipment (including computers and software) but excluding buildings and structures with a capital cost allowance rate of 5 per cent or less; 7) commit to a dialogue with British Columbians on the development of a made-in-BC Value Added Sales Tax system to enhance BC¿s competitiveness and productivity. 8) provide PST exemptions on all agricultural goods and services that are zero-rated under the GST system; and 9) undergo a complete review of the carbon tax with the specific goal of immediately relieving extreme pressure on not just the Agri-food industry, but on all industries. The study should also address the cost that the tax is having on the BC economy and how it is a cascading tax that is added at all levels of production, transportation and sale, thereby reducing the overall competitiveness of the BC economy. 10) increase the 1% PTT threshold from $200,000 to $525,000, with 2% applying to the remainder of the fair market value; and 11) index the 1% PTT threshold of $525,000 using Statistics Canada¿s New Housing Price, and make adjustments annually.

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Forestry

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1) encourage alternative forest product uses. Policies should encourage uses for residual chips and other by-products that are being generated from pine beetle harvesting and lumber production, which could include energy generation and alternative wood products as well as ongoing supply for the pulp and paper sector. Similarly, after taking into account that opportunities for lumber production will continue for a longer period than previously forecast, policies should encourage alternative uses for timber that can¿t be converted to lumber. In both cases, the primary target for these policies and new uses should be roadside debris and standing dead timber, as these are significant sources of fibre that, if used in alternative products, should not adversely affect supply for existing forest products; 2) promote new opportunities without undermining existing rights. The foregoing policies should promote new opportunities, uses and investment without undermining existing rights by, in part, encouraging private sector solutions that do not require new rights to be issued by Government or, where new rights are issued by Government, by avoiding the creation of overlapping tenures on the same land base. 3) create incentives for new entrants and existing firms to invest capital in manufacturing facilities aimed at making products from second growth timber. Such incentives would include investment tax credits on plant and equipment purchases, employment incentives, lower municipal taxation, and reduced logging tax rates; 4) foster diversification and increased markets for logs through competitive bids and new tenure opportunities or diversification. Encourage the extraction of lower value timber from cut blocks through stumpage rates that reflect the market value of lower value timber or other incentives to fully utilize the coastal timber profile. 5) assist new tenure holders such as First Nations and communities, to facilitate development and harvesting of their tenures and develop mechanisms to put up competitively bid sales on these tenures that could possibly be included as additional evidence of market value in the stumpage system; 6) not subsume the BC Timber Sales Program into the Government¿s regulatory and policy arm but, rather, must as an independent enterprise; 7) include as key components of its commercial forest reserve initiative: a) implementation of the reserve to enhance the protection of the commercial forest landbase generally, not for the purpose of favouring certain new licenses over others, including those portions of the landbase subject to existing forest tenures; and 8) bring the 9 year policy development period to an end by implementing this new policy as soon as practicable. 9) enhance the competitiveness of all forest products manufacturing facilities through improved taxation and revenue sharing arrangements at all levels of government; 10) enhance the competitiveness of secondary industries through training targeted at the value-added industries in business and financial planning and similar skills for entrepreneurs; 11) revise Section 2, Purpose: from ¿requiring the use of wood as the primary building material in all new provincially funded buildings¿ to ¿The purpose of thus Act is to facilitate and promote the culture of wood through the marketing and promotion of wood as a building material, consistent with the British Columbia Building Code¿; and 12) strike Section 3 (b) & (c) which empowers the prescriptive interference of the Forestry Minister in the building procurement process. The Forestry Minister has been given the legal authority to (b) advise on the form and content of agreements and other arrangements for the design or construction of provincially funded buildings: (c) carry out prescribed responsibilities.

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Gaming and Lotteries

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1) revisit eligibility criteria for community gaming grants; and consider reinstating grants for three years to provide stability, predictability and consistency; 2) request that funding levels be returned to those previously established by the government as of 2008 ¿ that is $156 million since 2008; and 3) that the responsibility for establishing eligibility for gaming funding to charities and non-profit organizations be reviewed at arm¿s length from government.

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Health

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1) explore partnerships with private investment to create mental health and addictions service facilities and other infrastructure to increase the capacity of community mental health and addictions services; 2) commit to developing further physical and systematic infrastructure designed support mental health and addictions services and increase collaboration between private and community organizations in order to increase capacity of community mental health and addictions services; and 3) evaluate and adjust the current structure of the delivery of community mental health and addictions services across the public, private and non-profit sectors in order to maximize efficiency of delivery and implement best practices. 4) amend the Physicians Master Agreement and Alternative Payment Subsidiary Agreement to allow Doctors to individually choose the method of payment that they will receive for their work; and that that choice be subject to a renewal term to allow for terms of payment to be amended in accordance with the individuals professional and personal aspirations; and 5) provide support to local governments and health authorities to provide publically owned and operated clinic space for doctors in rural communities.

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Housing

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1) develop and implement through legislation and regulations an approach to phasing out rent controls, such that tenants are treated fairly and landlords can count on receiving reasonable rental income for their property; 2) maintain rental regulations for ensuring fair treatment of tenants and work with the industry to streamline dispute resolution mechanisms for tenants and landlords; and 3) work with the rental housing industry to enable and facilitate programs to manage cases of serious tenant hardship resulting from fair and reasonable rental increases. 4) develop a centralized, consistent process for disclosure of property history information; 5) develop a centralized, consistent process for remediation of buildings used in drug operations; and 6) implement these disclosure and remediation processes through existing BC provincial legislation.

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Infrastructure

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1) work with the Federal Government and airports around the province to develop a long term strategic plan to guide future investments in the province¿s airport infrastructure with guidelines and criteria established for spending on airport infrastructure. 2) work with the Government of Canada to ensure funding is in place in a sustainable consistent manner that accrues to our communities for infrastructure improvements and upgrades required by new regulations and standards; 3) execute as quickly as possible upon notice of federal funding, the necessary of Provincial-Federal agreements and ensure funds follow to our communities as quickly as possible; 4) provide financial support for our communities to report on the condition and replacement needs of infrastructure. Through conditions on grant programs, require our communities to undertake asset management programs and strategy and develop long term financial plans to support infrastructure sustainability.

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Justice and Law Enforcement

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1) address the issue of equitable police funding by developing an equitable funding program for all B.C. municipalities; and 2) ensure senior levels of government provide the same cost sharing to those communities using a municipal police force as to those contracting the services of the RCMP. 3) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 4) where necessary, legislate amalgamation of police services in areas where established standards are not being met and where uniformity would benefit service delivery and public safety. 5) adopt a methodology for appointing a fixed number of Provincial Court Judges as soon as possible and commit to appointing the required number of judges by no later than January 1, 2015; 6) commit to increased, long term, stable funding for the Court Services Branch; 7) commit to increased long term stable funding for the Legal Services Society and increase legal aid funding in British Columbia to the national per capita average, as resources allow; and 8) continue to work with the courts and other justice sector participants to develop efficiencies within the justice system. 9) require the complainant to pay a nominal filing fee ($200) upon initial filing and a further filing fee in the same amount if the matter is not settled at a settlement hearing and the complainant wishes to proceed to a Human Rights hearing; 10) in the event the matter is found in favour of the respondent at a Human Rights hearing, the complainant would be obligated to pay costs at, perhaps, half the scale provided by the courts; and 11) an independent and neutral person review cases at the outset and cases with no chance of success should be discussed with the complainant. Reasons should be given to the complainant as to why the cases has little or no chance of success. If the complainant still insists their case go forward, and if they lose their case, full costs will be awarded to the respondent. 12) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 13) where necessary, legislate amalgamation of police services in areas where established standards are not being met and where uniformity would benefit service delivery and public safety. 14) continue to establish Provincial and Regional Task Forces for the province in regions based on criteria identified by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit-British Columbia and the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia; and 15) work with the Federal Government to provide funding on an important priority level.

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Mining

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1)create and implement a registration system shared by all regulatory bodies; and 2)strike a committee including government, industry, and business leaders to discuss the possibility of creating regulations around disclosure of camp requirements during the project exploration and development permit phase. 3)conduct a full and comprehensive mineral potential analysis of land under consideration for withdrawal from mineral exploration and development, including a full socioeconomic impact assessment of foregone resource values and opportunities before any additional lands are closed to mineral exploration; 4)provide full and fair market compensation in a timely manner when mineral claims, tenures and leases become closed to exploration and development; 5)rebuild the Ministry of Energy and Mines, including reincorporation of First Nations Consultation, by allocating an additional $10,000,000 annually to address permitting and regulatory issues in a timely manner; 6)undertake a process review of Mines Act permitting focused on finding efficiencies and improving the single window into government; 7)not impose added new fees on Notice of Work applications from prospectors and non-revenue producing junior mineral exploration companies; 8)Monitor, track and publicly report accurately on the statistics regarding BC¿s actual land use and access, including mineral exploration and mining; 9)consider opening lands currently closed to compensate for newly created protected or restricted access lands; and 10)respect existing multi-sector negotiated land use plans. 11)provide increased and sustained base funding for the BCGS to at least 2008 levels, maintain staff of five regional geologists and conduct field programs to improve the public¿s and industry¿s understanding of BC¿s mineral development potential, and to ensure the agency is able to continue their work of providing geoscientific information about our resources to government and to industry and the public; and 12)upgrade and update MTO and MapPlace. 13)develop sound public and economic policies that fosters B.C.¿s steelmaking coal mining industry; 14)reinstate BCGS¿s annual funding to at least the $5 million level, plus additional funds to cover expensive field costs and the costs to attract expertise in today¿s competitive market; and 15)reinvest another $20 million in Geoscience BC with the mandate, as before, to leverage these funds with funds from industry and other government agencies. 16)rescind its ban on uranium and thorium exploration; 17)consult on an appropriate regulatory regime to ensure that any mineral exploration and development of uranium and thorium is conducted safely and responsibly; 18)provide fair compensation for damages to claim holders affected by the uranium exploration ban; 19)institute an assessment work holiday for affected claims until compensation is provided; 20)establish clear and practical policy and regulations with respect to low level, incidental radioactive mineral concentrations; 21)make the BC-MFTS program permanent or, at minimum, extend the program for an additional three years. The Government should implement a temporary increase in the deduction gross-up to 125% for development spending and 150% for exploration spending to flow-through share financing, and increase the associated tax credit of eligible costs from 20 to 30% 22)expand flow-through eligibility to include both surface and underground greenfield and brownfield exploration and development expenditure; 23)make the BC Mineral Exploration Tax Credit permanent.

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Municipal Affairs

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1)Initiate a collaborative review process to examine ways to increase the efficiency of local municipal governments and improve the fairness of the business tax burden 2)develop a benchmarking system that outlines core services that are applicable across municipalities of every size, of every economic base and of all regions of the province; 3)develop core metrics based on appropriate measures that allow for cross-municipal comparisons; 4)develop for all non-core business activities projects and activities undertaken by a municipality, a cost/benefit evaluation of taxpayers equity be required to be published annually; 5)develop a mechanism be put in place to determine if the use of in-camera meetings and FOI refusals is appropriate in specific cases raised by members of the public, without the formal procedure now required in the case of FIOPPA; and 6)develop an expanded scope for the Municipal Auditor General to review the quality of benchmarking and cost benefit evaluations being made public. 7)introduce a business vote for businesses where the business owner does not reside in the same municipality where the business property is located. 8)Introduce a robust ongoing monitoring program to ensure that its Community Amenity Contributions: Balancing Community Planning, Public Benefits and Housing Affordability Guide is being followed; and report its findings every year; 9)Create legislation on CACs and similar mechanisms that ensure; 10)Develop with stakeholders a detailed Best Practices Guide for CACs and density bonusing similar to the Provincial Development Cost Charge Best Practices Guide that would support the above legislative framework. 11)adopt a Community Benefit Legacy Policy that meets the needs of business and communities. 12)conduct an independent study of urban and rural regional governance models to identify best practices and efficiencies and determine the feasibility of implementing those in B.C. 13)provide control and oversight on the level of property taxation levied to all taxpayer groups to ensure fair and equitable taxation practices; 14)introduce a structured, clear and consistent annual reporting system to taxpayers that outlines the total cost of municipal taxes, fees and levies as well as the cost of taxes collected for other authorities by municipal governments; and 15)introduce changes with definitive timetables that provide certainty for taxpayers while allowing municipalities time to adjust and to ensure a smooth transition for the taxpayers. 16)establish reasonable timelines and focused guidelines for the approval or rejection of development permits by local governments; 17)provide standard requirements for the submission of development permits to local government such as specific drawing requirements, traffic survey, etc; 18)provide standard criteria for local governments on which to approve development permit applications; 19)provide an appeal process for the applicant, should a local government fail to meet the requirements as specified in the Act. 20)amend the Community Charter to give municipalities the option of introducing tools and strategies to motivate the owners of derelict properties and maintain such properties; and 21)amend section 279 of the Community Charter to include a third option for instigating municipal amalgamation; that being amalgamation by order of the province. 22)develop a Municipal Finance Administration Act to standardize reporting requirements and dates; 23)amend the Local Government Act to include provisions for elector assent similar to that of the Community Charter; 24) amend the Local Government Act to include similar borrowing ratios to that of the Community Charter; and 25)amend the Community Charter and Local Government Act to ensure budgetary reporting standards match financial reporting standards.

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Science and Technology

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That the Provincial Government works with the (digital media) industry to identify impediments to the sectors growth. This focus should be on: 1) reducing regulatory requirements and to improve regulatory requirements; 2) the ongoing competitiveness of the provincial and federal tax structures; and 3) ensuring the industry has access to a skilled workforce.

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Small Business

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) expand the scope of the existing government backed vendor financing programs (such as the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, Employee Share Ownership Program) so that existing or potential owners of SMEs may access funds to facilitate the various aspects of succession planning including capital funds for purchase of a SME business; 2) expand the scope of existing small business financing programs (such as Canadian Small Business Financing Program) to incorporate succession planning as a legitimate reason for business financing; 3) offer succession planning tax credits for business owners who have created and fulfilled an SME succession; 4) expand the scope of the current tax based incentives (such as the Succession Employee Share Ownership Plan) to include unincorporated businesses, and instances where successors buy corporate assets rather than shares; and 5) create a task force in partnership with business and government to develop and implement a program that will facilitate the efficient transition of SME¿s through succession planning. 6) develop clear timeframes for defined regions to introduce Mobile Business Licence programs; 7) recognize that Mobile Business Licence programs are an interim step and that the provincial government develop a plan, including timelines, for the introduction of a Single Provincial Business Licence program.

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Transportation

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) institute an official inquiry into the intricacies of the employment of union and non-union truckers under conflicting conditions; 2) explore ¿best practices¿ of trucking employment in other comparable port jurisdictions recognized for stable trucking employment; 3) reverse and defer any service reductions to any BC Ferries routes until adequate economic impact studies are completed 4) require BC Ferries to complete a formal and independent 3rd party conducted, economic impact study prior to the closing or severely reducing service; 5) issue a letter of intent to engage BC Ferries in review of existing cost structure & efficiency of all existing routes. 6) designate 16th Avenue as a Provincial Highway to connect Highway 1/Abbotsford Airport with Highway 99; 7) commence property acquisition required to widen 16th Avenue to a 4-lane highway; 8) develop natural gas transportation policy with the objective of more rapidly transforming the heavy-duty trucking, marine and rail transport markets; 9) with the federal government, require railways to disclose records & history of all scheduled delivery dates including all changes to dates, as permitted under section 50 of the CTA, to more accurately reflect actual service delivery performance; and 10) with the federal government, strengthen the act to require railways to ensure and demonstrate community input into railway actions resulting in service disruptions, closures or abandonments. Require railways to seek regulatory approval before making decisions to cut service to communities and provide affected parties with the ability to provide information as interveners 11) add a seventh guiding principle; ¿Maintain affordable rates to protect the interests of ratepayers, users and communities.¿ 12) create actual minimum service levels for each route that balance each individual community¿s needs with preventing negative economic impact; 13) broaden BC Ferries mandate to ¿connecting communities;¿ and 14) implement cost saving efficiencies such as contracting out service, terminal rationalization and passenger ferry service; 15) direct an appropriate agency within the province to accept responsibility for the management of operation of its highway system; 16) develop protocols which require agencies to have definitive operational plans to rapidly clear incident areas or when appropriate invoke alternate traffic management situation plans to effectively offset the effects of major roadway blockages; 17) develop, through the responsible agency, highway and road incident management exercises, involving all appropriate agencies dedicated to implementing the management plan, to ensure a high standard of real life execution. 18) negotiate more open skies policies to create a fair opportunity for those willing to provide air access to Canadian cities; and 19) adjust Government imposed fees, taxes and charges to improve Canada¿s air price competitiveness. 20) create and implement a regional transportation authority for Greater Victoria; and 21) commit to funding transportation infrastructure investment through mechanisms that are equitable, efficient, and reflect basic traffic demand management principles; 22) create a road pricing strategy as a foundation for sustainable regional transportation funding. 23) that ICBC work with key stakeholders to develop a standardized minimum curriculum for all commercial vehicle driver schools.

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Aboriginal Affairs

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)develop harmonized workable regulatory processes for carrying out consultation with the aboriginal people that will amount to the regulatory schemes referred to in Haida.

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Advanced Education

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)provide funding for technology and engineering programs and their implementation at Colleges and Universities in all regions of BC where the need and demand of the respective programs has been documented; and 2)provide funds to cover capital and operating costs for the extension and development of facilities in regions throughout BC that are experiencing dire need in the provision and delivery of much needed technology and engineering programs.

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Agriculture

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)provide fair access to long term tenures for the aquaculture industry; and 2)ensure that consultation with First Nations is appropriate and meets the needs of the industry for timely decisions.

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Arts and Culture

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)work together with the B.C. Arts Council, and BC Gaming and Enforcement Branch, to institute a three year funding cycle, with appropriate reporting requirements, for arts and cultural organizations receiving core funding with the option of making additional interim applications if necessary; 2)ensure that adjudication panels deliver their decisions to organizations within 3 months of the initial application for funding; 3)undertake research, in partnership with the private sector, into the economic spin-off of the arts and culture sector in BC; and 4)develop a strategy to increase per capital funding of arts and culture to a suitable level that is affordable to B.C. taxpayers.

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Economic Development and Trade

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) work with municipal governments to make a provincial capital fund that British Columbia¿s municipalities can access for investment in long term strategic arts and culture infrastructure for public art galleries, museums and cultural organizations; 2) conduct a review of the current arts and arts infrastructure funding structure and inequities to ensure provincial dollars are adequately distributed throughout the Province; and 3) recognize the need to provide adequate, consistent year round operational funding to public art galleries, museums and cultural organizations so they can continue to operate as the foundations and hubs for all other arts and culture activities in a community. 4) develop a plan to determine the feasibility of designating certain key forest roads that are no longer required for industrial use and would otherwise be permanently deactivated as recreation roads and trails and to develop a reasonable structure for ongoing support and funding for development, promotion and ongoing maintenance. 5) create a comprehensive provincial land use strategy, perhaps as part of an overall economic strategy for the province, that will preserve and grow high paying employment generating lands and that considers the logistic requirements and transportation corridors required to prevent rendering industrial parcels from being unusable in future. 6) work with the appropriate transportation authorities to assist and expedite B.C. port expansion approval to meet with surging demand for increased export capacity for coal (both thermal and metallurgical) and other commodities to accommodate global market requirements 7) take immediate action to review the current inventory of industrial lands in the province starting with Vancouver¿s Lower Mainland; 8) work with industry to develop and promote public and economic policies that; a) create and encourage a better understanding of the importance of our export economy to the provincial and national interests b) address environmental concerns by committing to education and mitigation of environmental impacts; 9) enter into a $2,159,105 funding agreement with appropriate non-governmental organizations to sponsor a 3-year Economic Gardening program in Vancouver Island, Southwest Fraser Valley, Okanagan, Kootenay, and the North.

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Education

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)ensure that small business and industry groups are provided access to schools on a regular basis to educate students to the expectations of the business community through the facilitation of events such as career fairs.

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Employment and Training

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) increase the scope of trades curriculum in all public secondary institutions, including adding more space to classes, more trades curriculum options and increasing the number of qualified trades teachers; 2) establish more technical secondary schools by converting select public secondary schools, or creating new schools where appropriate, using current successful technical school models; 3) create appropriate infrastructure between secondary school trades curriculum, technical secondary schools, and post-secondary trades institutions to facilitate a streamlined process for students to move through their education into trades careers; 4) create appropriate infrastructure to integrate trades people as educators in secondary institutions and to educate current teachers employed as trades educators; and 5) involve the BC Chamber in the current and future review of secondary education policy as representatives of BC Businesses. 6) with the federal government, place a priority on enforcement and prosecution of offenders prior to placing any further restrictions on the program 7) with the federal government, ensure that any further changes to the TFWP reflect the needs of the economy on both a regional and a sectoral basis 8) with the federal government, immediately provide a plan for review of the Temporary Foreign Worker program that is accompanied by an interim plan that will allow our resource communities to get back to work; and 9) with the federal government, develop a labour mobility plan that will encourage Canadians to fill hospitality jobs and live and work in the Resource sector. 10) with the federal government, streamline the process for travellers who need visas and remove the obstacle of surrendering passports for visitors who pose no threat to Canada¿s security; 11) with the federal government, considering low risk ways to get legitimate visitors out of the need for a visa altogether for travel to or through Canada; 12) with the federal government, expand the Transit Without Visa program; and 13) with the federal government, improve its student visa procedure to make it quicker and easier for potential international students to receive study and work visas 14) facilitate the ability of specific industry groups to request creative responses to proven and targeted labour market needs (i.e. Through shorter BC PNP processing times or a dedicated BC PNP channel for industry groups to immediately address their concerns); 15) advocate for a higher annual nomination limit for the BC PNP; and 16) ensure that adequate resources are available to maintain effective BC PNP processing times. 17) with the federal government, develop an affordable cost recovery model and separate line item budget for LMO, temporary foreign workers, Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience class program; 18) with the federal government, develop ¿fast lane¿ option with associated performance requirements for employers who choose to pay a premium for expedited service on LMO applications, TFWU applications, and Temporary Foreign Workers requiring Temporary Resident Visas (TRV) and work permit application processing from visa offices/consulates; and 19) with the federal government, allow the current Temporary Foreign Workers Unit the ability to review possible LMO-exempt work permit applications for foreign nationals requiring TRVs or foreign nationals who are visa-exempt but outside Canada. 20) ensure funding for existing Foreign Workers assistance agencies/settlement services; and 21) expand the mandate and funding of settlement services organizations to include help for TFW.

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Energy

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)remove the self-sufficiency requirements from the Clean Energy Act, to facilitate optimal beneficial energy trading with other jurisdictions; 2)remove the hard requirement that all electricity generated must be 93% clean and focus on balancing GHG emissions and B.C.¿s economic objectives; 3)remove the 66% DSM target and focus on the balance between DSM and additional supply investments, in order to capture the long-term economic opportunities for both; 4)revamp the IPP purchasing process in order to enable access to more cost-effective IPP supply in the future; 5)develop plans for the next IRP to optimize the use of B.C.¿s clean renewable non-firm energy and market energy for the benefit of BC¿s economy; and 6)improve the BCUC¿s capacities and capabilities to enable Commission deliberative consideration of more of the optimization trade-offs in energy planning than has been allowed under the CEA in recent times. 7)continue to support a responsible framework for resource development, including a world class marine tanker safety regime with enhanced marine spill response capability, and a world class terrestrial safety system. 8)provide greater clarity and specificity on B.C.¿s provincial interest, commonly known as the ¿five conditions,¿ in order to provide certainty, predictability, and stability that encourage capital investment 9)engage Chambers and other organizations in project pipeline construction communities to maximize opportunities for local businesses during construction and operation of all major projects, including increased opportunities for First Nations participation. 10)that the Provincial Government work with the Federal Government to promote western access for natural resource products by: a)actively work together and with First Nations in an expeditious manner to resolve outstanding treaty negotiations to provide certainty and stability required for private investments; b)coordinate, in an expeditious manner a review of Canada's terrestrial oil spill safety regime, other international regimes and what, if anything Canada would need to do to ensure it has a world class terrestrial safety system; c)take a more proactive role in communicating facts about the provincially and federally regulated pipeline industry as well as B.C. and Canada¿s safety record for shipping heavy oil.

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Environment

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)create a province-wide plan to complete floodplain mapping in BC that includes updating the mapping every 10 years. 2)develop, and update every ten years, guidelines and specifications to reflect current floodplain mapping technologies and realities, improve consistency, build technical capacity to support utilization of a broader suite of technical tools (e.g., floodplain mapping, scenario analysis, risk assessment, etc.) and stress the need to integrate climate change into planning. 3)create a task force to determine if there is a need for a provincial policy around limiting building on designated floodplains. 4)implement regulatory oversight for these programs through BCUC or other suitable regulatory framework. 5)Sign an agreement to negotiate with the government of Canada that will conclude a fair and equitable feasibility process to determine the economic impact of a national park in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen. 6)bring B.C.¿s emission reduction targets to reconcile B.C.¿s economic policy and GHG policy; 7)revise the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act and related legislation to focus on optimizing the cost effectiveness of greenhouse gas reductions and on setting targets based on realistic GHG intensity measures, while planning to adopt innovative technology as it becomes feasible. 8)hold Metro Vancouver to the priorities approved in the regional ISWRMP and; 9)keep the authority focus of regional districts to the management of waste disposal to allow the private sector to optimize the upstream activities with the goals of; a)keeping waste reduction options economically viable through private sector competition and innovation, and b)stimulating a growing BC green sector and new jobs independent of tax subsidies. 10)work with all regional districts to develop policy environments that stimulate the engagement of the private sector and its solutions to address waste reduction strategies; and 11)establish a results based approach to ensuring disposal based bans and diversion targets are adhered to at disposal facilities. 12)Create a comprehensive long-term plan for flood protection and control on the Fraser River. 13)establish a long-term strategy for maintenance of the Fraser River flood control systems that includes consideration for the growth and viability of the economies that are built around the river; 14)establish and maintain funding agreements that will support the upgrading and maintenance of dyking, dredging, navigation and environmental stewardship along all obligatory areas of the Fraser River; and 15)create and maintain a central Fraser River authority that will manage and support flood control along the banks of the Fraser River 16)clearly define the regulation and costs of enforcement in the proposed (National Marine Conservation) area, and identify the source of revenue to cover those costs; 17)not grant the authority to control routing of marine and aircraft traffic if the Marine Conservation area is enacted. 18)develop a comprehensive Brownfield policy and implementation strategy; and 19)establish a series of Brownfield pilot projects in selected communities with known concentrations of sites requiring Brownfield remediation.

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Finances and Budgets

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) all infrastructure projects implement value-for-money assessment during the planning stage; 2) municipalities without a public-private partnership strategy use the Capital Asset Management Framework, or similar program, as a guide for value-money-assessment. Taxation and Finance 1) extend the small business tax benefit to credit unions permanently; and 2) continue to work with credit unions to meet their needs with regulations and tax regimes that keep them strong and viable. 3) amend the current Property Transfer Tax Act to provide for a new Primary Residence Grant; 4) introduce a new Property Transfer Tax rate of a minimum of 2% of the property purchase price for all property in British Columbia bought by non-residents of Canada or corporations controlled by non-residents. 5) implement the permanent carbon grant program for agricultural producers and greenhouse growers and the exemption from same coloured fuels using Carbon Tax revenues. 6) provide a fully refundable investment tax credit claimed on businesses¿ income tax returns equal to the PST paid on all acquisitions of machinery and equipment (including computers and software) but excluding buildings and structures with a capital cost allowance rate of 5 per cent or less; 7) commit to a dialogue with British Columbians on the development of a made-in-BC Value Added Sales Tax system to enhance BC¿s competitiveness and productivity. 8) provide PST exemptions on all agricultural goods and services that are zero-rated under the GST system; and 9) undergo a complete review of the carbon tax with the specific goal of immediately relieving extreme pressure on not just the Agri-food industry, but on all industries. The study should also address the cost that the tax is having on the BC economy and how it is a cascading tax that is added at all levels of production, transportation and sale, thereby reducing the overall competitiveness of the BC economy. 10) increase the 1% PTT threshold from $200,000 to $525,000, with 2% applying to the remainder of the fair market value; and 11) index the 1% PTT threshold of $525,000 using Statistics Canada¿s New Housing Price, and make adjustments annually.

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Forestry

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) encourage alternative forest product uses. Policies should encourage uses for residual chips and other by-products that are being generated from pine beetle harvesting and lumber production, which could include energy generation and alternative wood products as well as ongoing supply for the pulp and paper sector. Similarly, after taking into account that opportunities for lumber production will continue for a longer period than previously forecast, policies should encourage alternative uses for timber that can¿t be converted to lumber. In both cases, the primary target for these policies and new uses should be roadside debris and standing dead timber, as these are significant sources of fibre that, if used in alternative products, should not adversely affect supply for existing forest products; 2) promote new opportunities without undermining existing rights. The foregoing policies should promote new opportunities, uses and investment without undermining existing rights by, in part, encouraging private sector solutions that do not require new rights to be issued by Government or, where new rights are issued by Government, by avoiding the creation of overlapping tenures on the same land base. 3) create incentives for new entrants and existing firms to invest capital in manufacturing facilities aimed at making products from second growth timber. Such incentives would include investment tax credits on plant and equipment purchases, employment incentives, lower municipal taxation, and reduced logging tax rates; 4) foster diversification and increased markets for logs through competitive bids and new tenure opportunities or diversification. Encourage the extraction of lower value timber from cut blocks through stumpage rates that reflect the market value of lower value timber or other incentives to fully utilize the coastal timber profile. 5) assist new tenure holders such as First Nations and communities, to facilitate development and harvesting of their tenures and develop mechanisms to put up competitively bid sales on these tenures that could possibly be included as additional evidence of market value in the stumpage system; 6) not subsume the BC Timber Sales Program into the Government¿s regulatory and policy arm but, rather, must as an independent enterprise; 7) include as key components of its commercial forest reserve initiative: a) implementation of the reserve to enhance the protection of the commercial forest landbase generally, not for the purpose of favouring certain new licenses over others, including those portions of the landbase subject to existing forest tenures; and 8) bring the 9 year policy development period to an end by implementing this new policy as soon as practicable. 9) enhance the competitiveness of all forest products manufacturing facilities through improved taxation and revenue sharing arrangements at all levels of government; 10) enhance the competitiveness of secondary industries through training targeted at the value-added industries in business and financial planning and similar skills for entrepreneurs; 11) revise Section 2, Purpose: from ¿requiring the use of wood as the primary building material in all new provincially funded buildings¿ to ¿The purpose of thus Act is to facilitate and promote the culture of wood through the marketing and promotion of wood as a building material, consistent with the British Columbia Building Code¿; and 12) strike Section 3 (b) & (c) which empowers the prescriptive interference of the Forestry Minister in the building procurement process. The Forestry Minister has been given the legal authority to (b) advise on the form and content of agreements and other arrangements for the design or construction of provincially funded buildings: (c) carry out prescribed responsibilities.

Target Contacts

Gaming and Lotteries

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) revisit eligibility criteria for community gaming grants; and consider reinstating grants for three years to provide stability, predictability and consistency; 2) request that funding levels be returned to those previously established by the government as of 2008 ¿ that is $156 million since 2008; and 3) that the responsibility for establishing eligibility for gaming funding to charities and non-profit organizations be reviewed at arm¿s length from government.

Target Contacts

Health

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) explore partnerships with private investment to create mental health and addictions service facilities and other infrastructure to increase the capacity of community mental health and addictions services; 2) commit to developing further physical and systematic infrastructure designed support mental health and addictions services and increase collaboration between private and community organizations in order to increase capacity of community mental health and addictions services; and 3) evaluate and adjust the current structure of the delivery of community mental health and addictions services across the public, private and non-profit sectors in order to maximize efficiency of delivery and implement best practices. 4) amend the Physicians Master Agreement and Alternative Payment Subsidiary Agreement to allow Doctors to individually choose the method of payment that they will receive for their work; and that that choice be subject to a renewal term to allow for terms of payment to be amended in accordance with the individuals professional and personal aspirations; and 5) provide support to local governments and health authorities to provide publically owned and operated clinic space for doctors in rural communities.

Target Contacts

Housing

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) develop and implement through legislation and regulations an approach to phasing out rent controls, such that tenants are treated fairly and landlords can count on receiving reasonable rental income for their property; 2) maintain rental regulations for ensuring fair treatment of tenants and work with the industry to streamline dispute resolution mechanisms for tenants and landlords; and 3) work with the rental housing industry to enable and facilitate programs to manage cases of serious tenant hardship resulting from fair and reasonable rental increases. 4) develop a centralized, consistent process for disclosure of property history information; 5) develop a centralized, consistent process for remediation of buildings used in drug operations; and 6) implement these disclosure and remediation processes through existing BC provincial legislation.

Target Contacts

Infrastructure

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Decision of cabinet to transfer interest in a government enterprise or privatize services

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) work with the Federal Government and airports around the province to develop a long term strategic plan to guide future investments in the province¿s airport infrastructure with guidelines and criteria established for spending on airport infrastructure. 2) work with the Government of Canada to ensure funding is in place in a sustainable consistent manner that accrues to our communities for infrastructure improvements and upgrades required by new regulations and standards; 3) execute as quickly as possible upon notice of federal funding, the necessary of Provincial-Federal agreements and ensure funds follow to our communities as quickly as possible; 4) provide financial support for our communities to report on the condition and replacement needs of infrastructure. Through conditions on grant programs, require our communities to undertake asset management programs and strategy and develop long term financial plans to support infrastructure sustainability.

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Justice and Law Enforcement

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) address the issue of equitable police funding by developing an equitable funding program for all B.C. municipalities; and 2) ensure senior levels of government provide the same cost sharing to those communities using a municipal police force as to those contracting the services of the RCMP. 3) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 4) where necessary, legislate amalgamation of police services in areas where established standards are not being met and where uniformity would benefit service delivery and public safety. 5) adopt a methodology for appointing a fixed number of Provincial Court Judges as soon as possible and commit to appointing the required number of judges by no later than January 1, 2015; 6) commit to increased, long term, stable funding for the Court Services Branch; 7) commit to increased long term stable funding for the Legal Services Society and increase legal aid funding in British Columbia to the national per capita average, as resources allow; and 8) continue to work with the courts and other justice sector participants to develop efficiencies within the justice system. 9) require the complainant to pay a nominal filing fee ($200) upon initial filing and a further filing fee in the same amount if the matter is not settled at a settlement hearing and the complainant wishes to proceed to a Human Rights hearing; 10) in the event the matter is found in favour of the respondent at a Human Rights hearing, the complainant would be obligated to pay costs at, perhaps, half the scale provided by the courts; and 11) an independent and neutral person review cases at the outset and cases with no chance of success should be discussed with the complainant. Reasons should be given to the complainant as to why the cases has little or no chance of success. If the complainant still insists their case go forward, and if they lose their case, full costs will be awarded to the respondent. 12) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 13) where necessary, legislate amalgamation of police services in areas where established standards are not being met and where uniformity would benefit service delivery and public safety. 14) continue to establish Provincial and Regional Task Forces for the province in regions based on criteria identified by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit-British Columbia and the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia; and 15) work with the Federal Government to provide funding on an important priority level.

Target Contacts

Mining

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)create and implement a registration system shared by all regulatory bodies; and 2)strike a committee including government, industry, and business leaders to discuss the possibility of creating regulations around disclosure of camp requirements during the project exploration and development permit phase. 3)conduct a full and comprehensive mineral potential analysis of land under consideration for withdrawal from mineral exploration and development, including a full socioeconomic impact assessment of foregone resource values and opportunities before any additional lands are closed to mineral exploration; 4)provide full and fair market compensation in a timely manner when mineral claims, tenures and leases become closed to exploration and development; 5)rebuild the Ministry of Energy and Mines, including reincorporation of First Nations Consultation, by allocating an additional $10,000,000 annually to address permitting and regulatory issues in a timely manner; 6)undertake a process review of Mines Act permitting focused on finding efficiencies and improving the single window into government; 7)not impose added new fees on Notice of Work applications from prospectors and non-revenue producing junior mineral exploration companies; 8)Monitor, track and publicly report accurately on the statistics regarding BC¿s actual land use and access, including mineral exploration and mining; 9)consider opening lands currently closed to compensate for newly created protected or restricted access lands; and 10)respect existing multi-sector negotiated land use plans. 11)provide increased and sustained base funding for the BCGS to at least 2008 levels, maintain staff of five regional geologists and conduct field programs to improve the public¿s and industry¿s understanding of BC¿s mineral development potential, and to ensure the agency is able to continue their work of providing geoscientific information about our resources to government and to industry and the public; and 12)upgrade and update MTO and MapPlace. 13)develop sound public and economic policies that fosters B.C.¿s steelmaking coal mining industry; 14)reinstate BCGS¿s annual funding to at least the $5 million level, plus additional funds to cover expensive field costs and the costs to attract expertise in today¿s competitive market; and 15)reinvest another $20 million in Geoscience BC with the mandate, as before, to leverage these funds with funds from industry and other government agencies. 16)rescind its ban on uranium and thorium exploration; 17)consult on an appropriate regulatory regime to ensure that any mineral exploration and development of uranium and thorium is conducted safely and responsibly; 18)provide fair compensation for damages to claim holders affected by the uranium exploration ban; 19)institute an assessment work holiday for affected claims until compensation is provided; 20)establish clear and practical policy and regulations with respect to low level, incidental radioactive mineral concentrations; 21)make the BC-MFTS program permanent or, at minimum, extend the program for an additional three years. The Government should implement a temporary increase in the deduction gross-up to 125% for development spending and 150% for exploration spending to flow-through share financing, and increase the associated tax credit of eligible costs from 20 to 30% 22)expand flow-through eligibility to include both surface and underground greenfield and brownfield exploration and development expenditure; 23)make the BC Mineral Exploration Tax Credit permanent.

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Municipal Affairs

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)Initiate a collaborative review process to examine ways to increase the efficiency of local municipal governments and improve the fairness of the business tax burden 2)develop a benchmarking system that outlines core services that are applicable across municipalities of every size, of every economic base and of all regions of the province; 3)develop core metrics based on appropriate measures that allow for cross-municipal comparisons; 4)develop for all non-core business activities projects and activities undertaken by a municipality, a cost/benefit evaluation of taxpayers equity be required to be published annually; 5)develop a mechanism be put in place to determine if the use of in-camera meetings and FOI refusals is appropriate in specific cases raised by members of the public, without the formal procedure now required in the case of FIOPPA; and 6)develop an expanded scope for the Municipal Auditor General to review the quality of benchmarking and cost benefit evaluations being made public. 7)introduce a business vote for businesses where the business owner does not reside in the same municipality where the business property is located. 8)Introduce a robust ongoing monitoring program to ensure that its Community Amenity Contributions: Balancing Community Planning, Public Benefits and Housing Affordability Guide is being followed; and report its findings every year; 9)Create legislation on CACs and similar mechanisms that ensure; 10)Develop with stakeholders a detailed Best Practices Guide for CACs and density bonusing similar to the Provincial Development Cost Charge Best Practices Guide that would support the above legislative framework. 11)adopt a Community Benefit Legacy Policy that meets the needs of business and communities. 12)conduct an independent study of urban and rural regional governance models to identify best practices and efficiencies and determine the feasibility of implementing those in B.C. 13)provide control and oversight on the level of property taxation levied to all taxpayer groups to ensure fair and equitable taxation practices; 14)introduce a structured, clear and consistent annual reporting system to taxpayers that outlines the total cost of municipal taxes, fees and levies as well as the cost of taxes collected for other authorities by municipal governments; and 15)introduce changes with definitive timetables that provide certainty for taxpayers while allowing municipalities time to adjust and to ensure a smooth transition for the taxpayers. 16)establish reasonable timelines and focused guidelines for the approval or rejection of development permits by local governments; 17)provide standard requirements for the submission of development permits to local government such as specific drawing requirements, traffic survey, etc; 18)provide standard criteria for local governments on which to approve development permit applications; 19)provide an appeal process for the applicant, should a local government fail to meet the requirements as specified in the Act. 20)amend the Community Charter to give municipalities the option of introducing tools and strategies to motivate the owners of derelict properties and maintain such properties; and 21)amend section 279 of the Community Charter to include a third option for instigating municipal amalgamation; that being amalgamation by order of the province. 22)develop a Municipal Finance Administration Act to standardize reporting requirements and dates; 23)amend the Local Government Act to include provisions for elector assent similar to that of the Community Charter; 24) amend the Local Government Act to include similar borrowing ratios to that of the Community Charter; and 25)amend the Community Charter and Local Government Act to ensure budgetary reporting standards match financial reporting standards.

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Science and Technology

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

That the Provincial Government works with the (digital media) industry to identify impediments to the sectors growth. This focus should be on: 1) reducing regulatory requirements and to improve regulatory requirements; 2) the ongoing competitiveness of the provincial and federal tax structures; and 3) ensuring the industry has access to a skilled workforce.

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Small Business

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) expand the scope of the existing government backed vendor financing programs (such as the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, Employee Share Ownership Program) so that existing or potential owners of SMEs may access funds to facilitate the various aspects of succession planning including capital funds for purchase of a SME business; 2) expand the scope of existing small business financing programs (such as Canadian Small Business Financing Program) to incorporate succession planning as a legitimate reason for business financing; 3) offer succession planning tax credits for business owners who have created and fulfilled an SME succession; 4) expand the scope of the current tax based incentives (such as the Succession Employee Share Ownership Plan) to include unincorporated businesses, and instances where successors buy corporate assets rather than shares; and 5) create a task force in partnership with business and government to develop and implement a program that will facilitate the efficient transition of SME¿s through succession planning. 6) develop clear timeframes for defined regions to introduce Mobile Business Licence programs; 7) recognize that Mobile Business Licence programs are an interim step and that the provincial government develop a plan, including timelines, for the introduction of a Single Provincial Business Licence program.

Target Contacts

Transportation

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) institute an official inquiry into the intricacies of the employment of union and non-union truckers under conflicting conditions; 2) explore ¿best practices¿ of trucking employment in other comparable port jurisdictions recognized for stable trucking employment; 3) reverse and defer any service reductions to any BC Ferries routes until adequate economic impact studies are completed 4) require BC Ferries to complete a formal and independent 3rd party conducted, economic impact study prior to the closing or severely reducing service; 5) issue a letter of intent to engage BC Ferries in review of existing cost structure & efficiency of all existing routes. 6) designate 16th Avenue as a Provincial Highway to connect Highway 1/Abbotsford Airport with Highway 99; 7) commence property acquisition required to widen 16th Avenue to a 4-lane highway; 8) develop natural gas transportation policy with the objective of more rapidly transforming the heavy-duty trucking, marine and rail transport markets; 9) with the federal government, require railways to disclose records & history of all scheduled delivery dates including all changes to dates, as permitted under section 50 of the CTA, to more accurately reflect actual service delivery performance; and 10) with the federal government, strengthen the act to require railways to ensure and demonstrate community input into railway actions resulting in service disruptions, closures or abandonments. Require railways to seek regulatory approval before making decisions to cut service to communities and provide affected parties with the ability to provide information as interveners 11) add a seventh guiding principle; ¿Maintain affordable rates to protect the interests of ratepayers, users and communities.¿ 12) create actual minimum service levels for each route that balance each individual community¿s needs with preventing negative economic impact; 13) broaden BC Ferries mandate to ¿connecting communities;¿ and 14) implement cost saving efficiencies such as contracting out service, terminal rationalization and passenger ferry service; 15) direct an appropriate agency within the province to accept responsibility for the management of operation of its highway system; 16) develop protocols which require agencies to have definitive operational plans to rapidly clear incident areas or when appropriate invoke alternate traffic management situation plans to effectively offset the effects of major roadway blockages; 17) develop, through the responsible agency, highway and road incident management exercises, involving all appropriate agencies dedicated to implementing the management plan, to ensure a high standard of real life execution. 18) negotiate more open skies policies to create a fair opportunity for those willing to provide air access to Canadian cities; and 19) adjust Government imposed fees, taxes and charges to improve Canada¿s air price competitiveness. 20) create and implement a regional transportation authority for Greater Victoria; and 21) commit to funding transportation infrastructure investment through mechanisms that are equitable, efficient, and reflect basic traffic demand management principles; 22) create a road pricing strategy as a foundation for sustainable regional transportation funding. 23) that ICBC work with key stakeholders to develop a standardized minimum curriculum for all commercial vehicle driver schools.

Target Contacts

Aboriginal Affairs

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)develop harmonized workable regulatory processes for carrying out consultation with the aboriginal people that will amount to the regulatory schemes referred to in Haida.

Target Contacts

Advanced Education

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)provide funding for technology and engineering programs and their implementation at Colleges and Universities in all regions of BC where the need and demand of the respective programs has been documented; and 2)provide funds to cover capital and operating costs for the extension and development of facilities in regions throughout BC that are experiencing dire need in the provision and delivery of much needed technology and engineering programs.

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Agriculture

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)provide fair access to long term tenures for the aquaculture industry; and 2)ensure that consultation with First Nations is appropriate and meets the needs of the industry for timely decisions.

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Arts and Culture

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)work together with the B.C. Arts Council, and BC Gaming and Enforcement Branch, to institute a three year funding cycle, with appropriate reporting requirements, for arts and cultural organizations receiving core funding with the option of making additional interim applications if necessary; 2)ensure that adjudication panels deliver their decisions to organizations within 3 months of the initial application for funding; 3)undertake research, in partnership with the private sector, into the economic spin-off of the arts and culture sector in BC; and 4)develop a strategy to increase per capital funding of arts and culture to a suitable level that is affordable to B.C. taxpayers.

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Economic Development and Trade

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) work with municipal governments to make a provincial capital fund that British Columbia¿s municipalities can access for investment in long term strategic arts and culture infrastructure for public art galleries, museums and cultural organizations; 2) conduct a review of the current arts and arts infrastructure funding structure and inequities to ensure provincial dollars are adequately distributed throughout the Province; and 3) recognize the need to provide adequate, consistent year round operational funding to public art galleries, museums and cultural organizations so they can continue to operate as the foundations and hubs for all other arts and culture activities in a community. 4) develop a plan to determine the feasibility of designating certain key forest roads that are no longer required for industrial use and would otherwise be permanently deactivated as recreation roads and trails and to develop a reasonable structure for ongoing support and funding for development, promotion and ongoing maintenance. 5) create a comprehensive provincial land use strategy, perhaps as part of an overall economic strategy for the province, that will preserve and grow high paying employment generating lands and that considers the logistic requirements and transportation corridors required to prevent rendering industrial parcels from being unusable in future. 6) work with the appropriate transportation authorities to assist and expedite B.C. port expansion approval to meet with surging demand for increased export capacity for coal (both thermal and metallurgical) and other commodities to accommodate global market requirements 7) take immediate action to review the current inventory of industrial lands in the province starting with Vancouver¿s Lower Mainland; 8) work with industry to develop and promote public and economic policies that; a) create and encourage a better understanding of the importance of our export economy to the provincial and national interests b) address environmental concerns by committing to education and mitigation of environmental impacts; 9) enter into a $2,159,105 funding agreement with appropriate non-governmental organizations to sponsor a 3-year Economic Gardening program in Vancouver Island, Southwest Fraser Valley, Okanagan, Kootenay, and the North.

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Education

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)ensure that small business and industry groups are provided access to schools on a regular basis to educate students to the expectations of the business community through the facilitation of events such as career fairs.

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Employment and Training

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) increase the scope of trades curriculum in all public secondary institutions, including adding more space to classes, more trades curriculum options and increasing the number of qualified trades teachers; 2) establish more technical secondary schools by converting select public secondary schools, or creating new schools where appropriate, using current successful technical school models; 3) create appropriate infrastructure between secondary school trades curriculum, technical secondary schools, and post-secondary trades institutions to facilitate a streamlined process for students to move through their education into trades careers; 4) create appropriate infrastructure to integrate trades people as educators in secondary institutions and to educate current teachers employed as trades educators; and 5) involve the BC Chamber in the current and future review of secondary education policy as representatives of BC Businesses. 6) with the federal government, place a priority on enforcement and prosecution of offenders prior to placing any further restrictions on the program 7) with the federal government, ensure that any further changes to the TFWP reflect the needs of the economy on both a regional and a sectoral basis 8) with the federal government, immediately provide a plan for review of the Temporary Foreign Worker program that is accompanied by an interim plan that will allow our resource communities to get back to work; and 9) with the federal government, develop a labour mobility plan that will encourage Canadians to fill hospitality jobs and live and work in the Resource sector. 10) with the federal government, streamline the process for travellers who need visas and remove the obstacle of surrendering passports for visitors who pose no threat to Canada¿s security; 11) with the federal government, considering low risk ways to get legitimate visitors out of the need for a visa altogether for travel to or through Canada; 12) with the federal government, expand the Transit Without Visa program; and 13) with the federal government, improve its student visa procedure to make it quicker and easier for potential international students to receive study and work visas 14) facilitate the ability of specific industry groups to request creative responses to proven and targeted labour market needs (i.e. Through shorter BC PNP processing times or a dedicated BC PNP channel for industry groups to immediately address their concerns); 15) advocate for a higher annual nomination limit for the BC PNP; and 16) ensure that adequate resources are available to maintain effective BC PNP processing times. 17) with the federal government, develop an affordable cost recovery model and separate line item budget for LMO, temporary foreign workers, Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience class program; 18) with the federal government, develop ¿fast lane¿ option with associated performance requirements for employers who choose to pay a premium for expedited service on LMO applications, TFWU applications, and Temporary Foreign Workers requiring Temporary Resident Visas (TRV) and work permit application processing from visa offices/consulates; and 19) with the federal government, allow the current Temporary Foreign Workers Unit the ability to review possible LMO-exempt work permit applications for foreign nationals requiring TRVs or foreign nationals who are visa-exempt but outside Canada. 20) ensure funding for existing Foreign Workers assistance agencies/settlement services; and 21) expand the mandate and funding of settlement services organizations to include help for TFW.

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Energy

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)remove the self-sufficiency requirements from the Clean Energy Act, to facilitate optimal beneficial energy trading with other jurisdictions; 2)remove the hard requirement that all electricity generated must be 93% clean and focus on balancing GHG emissions and B.C.¿s economic objectives; 3)remove the 66% DSM target and focus on the balance between DSM and additional supply investments, in order to capture the long-term economic opportunities for both; 4)revamp the IPP purchasing process in order to enable access to more cost-effective IPP supply in the future; 5)develop plans for the next IRP to optimize the use of B.C.¿s clean renewable non-firm energy and market energy for the benefit of BC¿s economy; and 6)improve the BCUC¿s capacities and capabilities to enable Commission deliberative consideration of more of the optimization trade-offs in energy planning than has been allowed under the CEA in recent times. 7)continue to support a responsible framework for resource development, including a world class marine tanker safety regime with enhanced marine spill response capability, and a world class terrestrial safety system. 8)provide greater clarity and specificity on B.C.¿s provincial interest, commonly known as the ¿five conditions,¿ in order to provide certainty, predictability, and stability that encourage capital investment 9)engage Chambers and other organizations in project pipeline construction communities to maximize opportunities for local businesses during construction and operation of all major projects, including increased opportunities for First Nations participation. 10)that the Provincial Government work with the Federal Government to promote western access for natural resource products by: a)actively work together and with First Nations in an expeditious manner to resolve outstanding treaty negotiations to provide certainty and stability required for private investments; b)coordinate, in an expeditious manner a review of Canada's terrestrial oil spill safety regime, other international regimes and what, if anything Canada would need to do to ensure it has a world class terrestrial safety system; c)take a more proactive role in communicating facts about the provincially and federally regulated pipeline industry as well as B.C. and Canada¿s safety record for shipping heavy oil.

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Environment

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)create a province-wide plan to complete floodplain mapping in BC that includes updating the mapping every 10 years. 2)develop, and update every ten years, guidelines and specifications to reflect current floodplain mapping technologies and realities, improve consistency, build technical capacity to support utilization of a broader suite of technical tools (e.g., floodplain mapping, scenario analysis, risk assessment, etc.) and stress the need to integrate climate change into planning. 3)create a task force to determine if there is a need for a provincial policy around limiting building on designated floodplains. 4)implement regulatory oversight for these programs through BCUC or other suitable regulatory framework. 5)Sign an agreement to negotiate with the government of Canada that will conclude a fair and equitable feasibility process to determine the economic impact of a national park in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen. 6)bring B.C.¿s emission reduction targets to reconcile B.C.¿s economic policy and GHG policy; 7)revise the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act and related legislation to focus on optimizing the cost effectiveness of greenhouse gas reductions and on setting targets based on realistic GHG intensity measures, while planning to adopt innovative technology as it becomes feasible. 8)hold Metro Vancouver to the priorities approved in the regional ISWRMP and; 9)keep the authority focus of regional districts to the management of waste disposal to allow the private sector to optimize the upstream activities with the goals of; a)keeping waste reduction options economically viable through private sector competition and innovation, and b)stimulating a growing BC green sector and new jobs independent of tax subsidies. 10)work with all regional districts to develop policy environments that stimulate the engagement of the private sector and its solutions to address waste reduction strategies; and 11)establish a results based approach to ensuring disposal based bans and diversion targets are adhered to at disposal facilities. 12)Create a comprehensive long-term plan for flood protection and control on the Fraser River. 13)establish a long-term strategy for maintenance of the Fraser River flood control systems that includes consideration for the growth and viability of the economies that are built around the river; 14)establish and maintain funding agreements that will support the upgrading and maintenance of dyking, dredging, navigation and environmental stewardship along all obligatory areas of the Fraser River; and 15)create and maintain a central Fraser River authority that will manage and support flood control along the banks of the Fraser River 16)clearly define the regulation and costs of enforcement in the proposed (National Marine Conservation) area, and identify the source of revenue to cover those costs; 17)not grant the authority to control routing of marine and aircraft traffic if the Marine Conservation area is enacted. 18)develop a comprehensive Brownfield policy and implementation strategy; and 19)establish a series of Brownfield pilot projects in selected communities with known concentrations of sites requiring Brownfield remediation.

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Finances and Budgets

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1) all infrastructure projects implement value-for-money assessment during the planning stage; 2) municipalities without a public-private partnership strategy use the Capital Asset Management Framework, or similar program, as a guide for value-money-assessment. Taxation and Finance 1) extend the small business tax benefit to credit unions permanently; and 2) continue to work with credit unions to meet their needs with regulations and tax regimes that keep them strong and viable. 3) amend the current Property Transfer Tax Act to provide for a new Primary Residence Grant; 4) introduce a new Property Transfer Tax rate of a minimum of 2% of the property purchase price for all property in British Columbia bought by non-residents of Canada or corporations controlled by non-residents. 5) implement the permanent carbon grant program for agricultural producers and greenhouse growers and the exemption from same coloured fuels using Carbon Tax revenues. 6) provide a fully refundable investment tax credit claimed on businesses¿ income tax returns equal to the PST paid on all acquisitions of machinery and equipment (including computers and software) but excluding buildings and structures with a capital cost allowance rate of 5 per cent or less; 7) commit to a dialogue with British Columbians on the development of a made-in-BC Value Added Sales Tax system to enhance BC¿s competitiveness and productivity. 8) provide PST exemptions on all agricultural goods and services that are zero-rated under the GST system; and 9) undergo a complete review of the carbon tax with the specific goal of immediately relieving extreme pressure on not just the Agri-food industry, but on all industries. The study should also address the cost that the tax is having on the BC economy and how it is a cascading tax that is added at all levels of production, transportation and sale, thereby reducing the overall competitiveness of the BC economy. 10) increase the 1% PTT threshold from $200,000 to $525,000, with 2% applying to the remainder of the fair market value; and 11) index the 1% PTT threshold of $525,000 using Statistics Canada¿s New Housing Price, and make adjustments annually.

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Forestry

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) encourage alternative forest product uses. Policies should encourage uses for residual chips and other by-products that are being generated from pine beetle harvesting and lumber production, which could include energy generation and alternative wood products as well as ongoing supply for the pulp and paper sector. Similarly, after taking into account that opportunities for lumber production will continue for a longer period than previously forecast, policies should encourage alternative uses for timber that can¿t be converted to lumber. In both cases, the primary target for these policies and new uses should be roadside debris and standing dead timber, as these are significant sources of fibre that, if used in alternative products, should not adversely affect supply for existing forest products; 2) promote new opportunities without undermining existing rights. The foregoing policies should promote new opportunities, uses and investment without undermining existing rights by, in part, encouraging private sector solutions that do not require new rights to be issued by Government or, where new rights are issued by Government, by avoiding the creation of overlapping tenures on the same land base. 3) create incentives for new entrants and existing firms to invest capital in manufacturing facilities aimed at making products from second growth timber. Such incentives would include investment tax credits on plant and equipment purchases, employment incentives, lower municipal taxation, and reduced logging tax rates; 4) foster diversification and increased markets for logs through competitive bids and new tenure opportunities or diversification. Encourage the extraction of lower value timber from cut blocks through stumpage rates that reflect the market value of lower value timber or other incentives to fully utilize the coastal timber profile. 5) assist new tenure holders such as First Nations and communities, to facilitate development and harvesting of their tenures and develop mechanisms to put up competitively bid sales on these tenures that could possibly be included as additional evidence of market value in the stumpage system; 6) not subsume the BC Timber Sales Program into the Government¿s regulatory and policy arm but, rather, must as an independent enterprise; 7) include as key components of its commercial forest reserve initiative: a) implementation of the reserve to enhance the protection of the commercial forest landbase generally, not for the purpose of favouring certain new licenses over others, including those portions of the landbase subject to existing forest tenures; and 8) bring the 9 year policy development period to an end by implementing this new policy as soon as practicable. 9) enhance the competitiveness of all forest products manufacturing facilities through improved taxation and revenue sharing arrangements at all levels of government; 10) enhance the competitiveness of secondary industries through training targeted at the value-added industries in business and financial planning and similar skills for entrepreneurs; 11) revise Section 2, Purpose: from ¿requiring the use of wood as the primary building material in all new provincially funded buildings¿ to ¿The purpose of thus Act is to facilitate and promote the culture of wood through the marketing and promotion of wood as a building material, consistent with the British Columbia Building Code¿; and 12) strike Section 3 (b) & (c) which empowers the prescriptive interference of the Forestry Minister in the building procurement process. The Forestry Minister has been given the legal authority to (b) advise on the form and content of agreements and other arrangements for the design or construction of provincially funded buildings: (c) carry out prescribed responsibilities.

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Gaming and Lotteries

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) revisit eligibility criteria for community gaming grants; and consider reinstating grants for three years to provide stability, predictability and consistency; 2) request that funding levels be returned to those previously established by the government as of 2008 ¿ that is $156 million since 2008; and 3) that the responsibility for establishing eligibility for gaming funding to charities and non-profit organizations be reviewed at arm¿s length from government.

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Health

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) explore partnerships with private investment to create mental health and addictions service facilities and other infrastructure to increase the capacity of community mental health and addictions services; 2) commit to developing further physical and systematic infrastructure designed support mental health and addictions services and increase collaboration between private and community organizations in order to increase capacity of community mental health and addictions services; and 3) evaluate and adjust the current structure of the delivery of community mental health and addictions services across the public, private and non-profit sectors in order to maximize efficiency of delivery and implement best practices. 4) amend the Physicians Master Agreement and Alternative Payment Subsidiary Agreement to allow Doctors to individually choose the method of payment that they will receive for their work; and that that choice be subject to a renewal term to allow for terms of payment to be amended in accordance with the individuals professional and personal aspirations; and 5) provide support to local governments and health authorities to provide publically owned and operated clinic space for doctors in rural communities.

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Housing

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) develop and implement through legislation and regulations an approach to phasing out rent controls, such that tenants are treated fairly and landlords can count on receiving reasonable rental income for their property; 2) maintain rental regulations for ensuring fair treatment of tenants and work with the industry to streamline dispute resolution mechanisms for tenants and landlords; and 3) work with the rental housing industry to enable and facilitate programs to manage cases of serious tenant hardship resulting from fair and reasonable rental increases. 4) develop a centralized, consistent process for disclosure of property history information; 5) develop a centralized, consistent process for remediation of buildings used in drug operations; and 6) implement these disclosure and remediation processes through existing BC provincial legislation.

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Infrastructure

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Decision of cabinet to transfer interest in a government enterprise or privatize services

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) work with the Federal Government and airports around the province to develop a long term strategic plan to guide future investments in the province¿s airport infrastructure with guidelines and criteria established for spending on airport infrastructure. 2) work with the Government of Canada to ensure funding is in place in a sustainable consistent manner that accrues to our communities for infrastructure improvements and upgrades required by new regulations and standards; 3) execute as quickly as possible upon notice of federal funding, the necessary of Provincial-Federal agreements and ensure funds follow to our communities as quickly as possible; 4) provide financial support for our communities to report on the condition and replacement needs of infrastructure. Through conditions on grant programs, require our communities to undertake asset management programs and strategy and develop long term financial plans to support infrastructure sustainability.

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Justice and Law Enforcement

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) address the issue of equitable police funding by developing an equitable funding program for all B.C. municipalities; and 2) ensure senior levels of government provide the same cost sharing to those communities using a municipal police force as to those contracting the services of the RCMP. 3) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 4) where necessary, legislate amalgamation of police services in areas where established standards are not being met and where uniformity would benefit service delivery and public safety. 5) adopt a methodology for appointing a fixed number of Provincial Court Judges as soon as possible and commit to appointing the required number of judges by no later than January 1, 2015; 6) commit to increased, long term, stable funding for the Court Services Branch; 7) commit to increased long term stable funding for the Legal Services Society and increase legal aid funding in British Columbia to the national per capita average, as resources allow; and 8) continue to work with the courts and other justice sector participants to develop efficiencies within the justice system. 9) require the complainant to pay a nominal filing fee ($200) upon initial filing and a further filing fee in the same amount if the matter is not settled at a settlement hearing and the complainant wishes to proceed to a Human Rights hearing; 10) in the event the matter is found in favour of the respondent at a Human Rights hearing, the complainant would be obligated to pay costs at, perhaps, half the scale provided by the courts; and 11) an independent and neutral person review cases at the outset and cases with no chance of success should be discussed with the complainant. Reasons should be given to the complainant as to why the cases has little or no chance of success. If the complainant still insists their case go forward, and if they lose their case, full costs will be awarded to the respondent. 12) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 13) where necessary, legislate amalgamation of police services in areas where established standards are not being met and where uniformity would benefit service delivery and public safety. 14) continue to establish Provincial and Regional Task Forces for the province in regions based on criteria identified by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit-British Columbia and the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia; and 15) work with the Federal Government to provide funding on an important priority level.

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Mining

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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)create and implement a registration system shared by all regulatory bodies; and 2)strike a committee including government, industry, and business leaders to discuss the possibility of creating regulations around disclosure of camp requirements during the project exploration and development permit phase. 3)conduct a full and comprehensive mineral potential analysis of land under consideration for withdrawal from mineral exploration and development, including a full socioeconomic impact assessment of foregone resource values and opportunities before any additional lands are closed to mineral exploration; 4)provide full and fair market compensation in a timely manner when mineral claims, tenures and leases become closed to exploration and development; 5)rebuild the Ministry of Energy and Mines, including reincorporation of First Nations Consultation, by allocating an additional $10,000,000 annually to address permitting and regulatory issues in a timely manner; 6)undertake a process review of Mines Act permitting focused on finding efficiencies and improving the single window into government; 7)not impose added new fees on Notice of Work applications from prospectors and non-revenue producing junior mineral exploration companies; 8)Monitor, track and publicly report accurately on the statistics regarding BC¿s actual land use and access, including mineral exploration and mining; 9)consider opening lands currently closed to compensate for newly created protected or restricted access lands; and 10)respect existing multi-sector negotiated land use plans. 11)provide increased and sustained base funding for the BCGS to at least 2008 levels, maintain staff of five regional geologists and conduct field programs to improve the public¿s and industry¿s understanding of BC¿s mineral development potential, and to ensure the agency is able to continue their work of providing geoscientific information about our resources to government and to industry and the public; and 12)upgrade and update MTO and MapPlace. 13)develop sound public and economic policies that fosters B.C.¿s steelmaking coal mining industry; 14)reinstate BCGS¿s annual funding to at least the $5 million level, plus additional funds to cover expensive field costs and the costs to attract expertise in today¿s competitive market; and 15)reinvest another $20 million in Geoscience BC with the mandate, as before, to leverage these funds with funds from industry and other government agencies. 16)rescind its ban on uranium and thorium exploration; 17)consult on an appropriate regulatory regime to ensure that any mineral exploration and development of uranium and thorium is conducted safely and responsibly; 18)provide fair compensation for damages to claim holders affected by the uranium exploration ban; 19)institute an assessment work holiday for affected claims until compensation is provided; 20)establish clear and practical policy and regulations with respect to low level, incidental radioactive mineral concentrations; 21)make the BC-MFTS program permanent or, at minimum, extend the program for an additional three years. The Government should implement a temporary increase in the deduction gross-up to 125% for development spending and 150% for exploration spending to flow-through share financing, and increase the associated tax credit of eligible costs from 20 to 30% 22)expand flow-through eligibility to include both surface and underground greenfield and brownfield exploration and development expenditure; 23)make the BC Mineral Exploration Tax Credit permanent.

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Municipal Affairs

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1)Initiate a collaborative review process to examine ways to increase the efficiency of local municipal governments and improve the fairness of the business tax burden 2)develop a benchmarking system that outlines core services that are applicable across municipalities of every size, of every economic base and of all regions of the province; 3)develop core metrics based on appropriate measures that allow for cross-municipal comparisons; 4)develop for all non-core business activities projects and activities undertaken by a municipality, a cost/benefit evaluation of taxpayers equity be required to be published annually; 5)develop a mechanism be put in place to determine if the use of in-camera meetings and FOI refusals is appropriate in specific cases raised by members of the public, without the formal procedure now required in the case of FIOPPA; and 6)develop an expanded scope for the Municipal Auditor General to review the quality of benchmarking and cost benefit evaluations being made public. 7)introduce a business vote for businesses where the business owner does not reside in the same municipality where the business property is located. 8)Introduce a robust ongoing monitoring program to ensure that its Community Amenity Contributions: Balancing Community Planning, Public Benefits and Housing Affordability Guide is being followed; and report its findings every year; 9)Create legislation on CACs and similar mechanisms that ensure; 10)Develop with stakeholders a detailed Best Practices Guide for CACs and density bonusing similar to the Provincial Development Cost Charge Best Practices Guide that would support the above legislative framework. 11)adopt a Community Benefit Legacy Policy that meets the needs of business and communities. 12)conduct an independent study of urban and rural regional governance models to identify best practices and efficiencies and determine the feasibility of implementing those in B.C. 13)provide control and oversight on the level of property taxation levied to all taxpayer groups to ensure fair and equitable taxation practices; 14)introduce a structured, clear and consistent annual reporting system to taxpayers that outlines the total cost of municipal taxes, fees and levies as well as the cost of taxes collected for other authorities by municipal governments; and 15)introduce changes with definitive timetables that provide certainty for taxpayers while allowing municipalities time to adjust and to ensure a smooth transition for the taxpayers. 16)establish reasonable timelines and focused guidelines for the approval or rejection of development permits by local governments; 17)provide standard requirements for the submission of development permits to local government such as specific drawing requirements, traffic survey, etc; 18)provide standard criteria for local governments on which to approve development permit applications; 19)provide an appeal process for the applicant, should a local government fail to meet the requirements as specified in the Act. 20)amend the Community Charter to give municipalities the option of introducing tools and strategies to motivate the owners of derelict properties and maintain such properties; and 21)amend section 279 of the Community Charter to include a third option for instigating municipal amalgamation; that being amalgamation by order of the province. 22)develop a Municipal Finance Administration Act to standardize reporting requirements and dates; 23)amend the Local Government Act to include provisions for elector assent similar to that of the Community Charter; 24) amend the Local Government Act to include similar borrowing ratios to that of the Community Charter; and 25)amend the Community Charter and Local Government Act to ensure budgetary reporting standards match financial reporting standards.

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Science and Technology

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

That the Provincial Government works with the (digital media) industry to identify impediments to the sectors growth. This focus should be on: 1) reducing regulatory requirements and to improve regulatory requirements; 2) the ongoing competitiveness of the provincial and federal tax structures; and 3) ensuring the industry has access to a skilled workforce.

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Small Business

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) expand the scope of the existing government backed vendor financing programs (such as the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, Employee Share Ownership Program) so that existing or potential owners of SMEs may access funds to facilitate the various aspects of succession planning including capital funds for purchase of a SME business; 2) expand the scope of existing small business financing programs (such as Canadian Small Business Financing Program) to incorporate succession planning as a legitimate reason for business financing; 3) offer succession planning tax credits for business owners who have created and fulfilled an SME succession; 4) expand the scope of the current tax based incentives (such as the Succession Employee Share Ownership Plan) to include unincorporated businesses, and instances where successors buy corporate assets rather than shares; and 5) create a task force in partnership with business and government to develop and implement a program that will facilitate the efficient transition of SME¿s through succession planning. 6) develop clear timeframes for defined regions to introduce Mobile Business Licence programs; 7) recognize that Mobile Business Licence programs are an interim step and that the provincial government develop a plan, including timelines, for the introduction of a Single Provincial Business Licence program.

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Transportation

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Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

1) institute an official inquiry into the intricacies of the employment of union and non-union truckers under conflicting conditions; 2) explore ¿best practices¿ of trucking employment in other comparable port jurisdictions recognized for stable trucking employment; 3) reverse and defer any service reductions to any BC Ferries routes until adequate economic impact studies are completed 4) require BC Ferries to complete a formal and independent 3rd party conducted, economic impact study prior to the closing or severely reducing service; 5) issue a letter of intent to engage BC Ferries in review of existing cost structure & efficiency of all existing routes. 6) designate 16th Avenue as a Provincial Highway to connect Highway 1/Abbotsford Airport with Highway 99; 7) commence property acquisition required to widen 16th Avenue to a 4-lane highway; 8) develop natural gas transportation policy with the objective of more rapidly transforming the heavy-duty trucking, marine and rail transport markets; 9) with the federal government, require railways to disclose records & history of all scheduled delivery dates including all changes to dates, as permitted under section 50 of the CTA, to more accurately reflect actual service delivery performance; and 10) with the federal government, strengthen the act to require railways to ensure and demonstrate community input into railway actions resulting in service disruptions, closures or abandonments. Require railways to seek regulatory approval before making decisions to cut service to communities and provide affected parties with the ability to provide information as interveners 11) add a seventh guiding principle; ¿Maintain affordable rates to protect the interests of ratepayers, users and communities.¿ 12) create actual minimum service levels for each route that balance each individual community¿s needs with preventing negative economic impact; 13) broaden BC Ferries mandate to ¿connecting communities;¿ and 14) implement cost saving efficiencies such as contracting out service, terminal rationalization and passenger ferry service; 15) direct an appropriate agency within the province to accept responsibility for the management of operation of its highway system; 16) develop protocols which require agencies to have definitive operational plans to rapidly clear incident areas or when appropriate invoke alternate traffic management situation plans to effectively offset the effects of major roadway blockages; 17) develop, through the responsible agency, highway and road incident management exercises, involving all appropriate agencies dedicated to implementing the management plan, to ensure a high standard of real life execution. 18) negotiate more open skies policies to create a fair opportunity for those willing to provide air access to Canadian cities; and 19) adjust Government imposed fees, taxes and charges to improve Canada¿s air price competitiveness. 20) create and implement a regional transportation authority for Greater Victoria; and 21) commit to funding transportation infrastructure investment through mechanisms that are equitable, efficient, and reflect basic traffic demand management principles; 22) create a road pricing strategy as a foundation for sustainable regional transportation funding. 23) that ICBC work with key stakeholders to develop a standardized minimum curriculum for all commercial vehicle driver schools.

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