Aboriginal Affairs

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1) Acknowledge and accept that the courts have given the province the right to uphold public interest rights where justified in the public interest in accordance with long-established legal principles in matters of aboriginal title; 2) Develop a plan and institutional process for how to uphold public interest rights in regards to First Nations interest; 3) manage public interest expectations in regard to First Nations and the appropriate guidance provided by the jurisprudence; and 4) Publicly state how it will use the public interest rights and obligations afforded it by the courts with respect to aboriginal title and land claims in asserted territories. 5) 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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Agriculture

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1) expand D and E licenses throughout the province to include the 18 non-designated areas, not only the 10 designated areas; and 2) conduct randomized meat inspections bases on a ranking system developed by the government meat inspectors. Examples of this can be found in the food processing industry: high risk ranking equals frequent inspection, low risk ranking equals less frequent random inspection.

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Children and Families

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1) Utilize the current capital and operational grant funding tools and, in alignment with its Families First agenda recommendations, target child care investment for facilities and spaces in those areas experiencing greater space deficits; and 2) where there is capacity to expand funding with budget surplus or prosperity funding, increase the grants available to non-profit and private operations to support and increase child care capacity.

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Conservation

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1)Conduct a thorough analysis of current and forecasted commercial and recreational activity as well as how such activity may be affected by the establishment of an National Marine Conservation Area Reserve before the reserve is created;

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Economic Development and Trade

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1) 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; and 2) develop and promote public and economic policies that: create and encourage a better understanding of the importance of our export economy to the provincial and national interests, and address environmental concerns by committing to education and mitigation of environmental impacts. 3) work with the federal government, municipal governments, the academic sector and the digital industry to identify impediments to this sector¿s growth. This focus should be on improving regulatory and infrastructure requirements as the industry grows; 4) provincial and federal tax structures that develop globally competitive film, digital media and animation industries in B.C.; and 5) working with industry to identify needs and implement solutions to develop a highly skilled workforce in B.C. 6) develop and implement a plan to place B.C. as a leader in all aspects of the new global green economy, the conservation and efficiency industry, clean energy and clean technology sector; 7) implement industrial, commercial and residential ¿green¿ programs, based on global best practices and based on cost-effective market implementation to support, attract and retain clean technology and renewable, sustainable energy technologies in British Columbia; 8) 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; 9) 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 10) 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. 11) 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.

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Elections

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1) commence a plan to implement a province-wide approach to an electronic ballot system for the 2018 municipal election; 2) amend the appropriate legislation to allow for the option of electronic ballots in municipal elections; and 3) establish an independent technical committee to evaluate internet voting systems to ensure the Elections BC criteria are met (i.e. accessibility, ballot anonymity, individual and independent verifiability, non-reliance on trustworthiness of the voters¿ device(s), one vote per voter, only count votes from eligible voters, process validation and transparency, service availability, and voter authentication and authorization). 4) introduce a business vote where the business owner does not reside in the same municipality where the business property is located.

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Employment and Training

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1) develop and refine the Provincial Nominee Program in order to have employers easily access information and resources on the PNP Business Succession program; 2) decrease processing times for PNP Business Succession applications to six months or less; 3) develop enhanced monitoring guidelines. 4) identify and provide funding for similar programs created in cooperation with local Chambers of Commerce, industry, school districts and colleges offering dual credit courses in a partnership format; 5) in accordance with the Premier¿s Working Group¿s final recommendations, begin training British Columbians immediately for the LNG opportunity and by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the investment in training by leveraging successful government, union and private training programs. 6) 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; 7) establish more technical secondary schools by converting select public secondary schools, or creating new schools where appropriate, using current successful technical school models; 8) 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; 9) create appropriate infrastructure to integrate trades people as educators in secondary institutions and to educate current teachers employed as trades educators; 10) involve the BC Chamber in the current and future review of secondary education policy as representatives of BC Businesses. 11) with the federal government, place a priority on enforcement and prosecution of offenders prior to placing any further restrictions on the program. 12) 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. 13) 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; 14) 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. 15) 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; 16) 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; 17) with the federal government, expand the Transit Without Visa program; and 18) 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. 19) 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); 20) advocate for a higher annual nomination limit for the BC PNP; 21) ensure that adequate resources are available to maintain effective BC PNP processing times.

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Energy

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1) in the process of preparing the next Integrated Resource Plan, develop a solar PV strategy and scenario for the future supply of economic, reliable and firm solar energy for B.C., encouraging local innovation. 2) Work with the federal government to identify opportunities, training, education, joint ventures, etc., that would ensure First Nations communities can fully participate and benefit from all natural resource development opportunities; 3) 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; 4) Continue to support establishment of a world-class marine tanker safety regime with enhanced marine spill response capability, and a world-class terrestrial safety system; 5) 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; 6) 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; and 7) Confirm that a proposed heavy oil pipeline meeting B.C.¿s five conditions has the full support and confidence of the provincial government, and should proceed. 8) remove the self-sufficiency requirements from the Clean Energy Act, to facilitate optimal beneficial energy trading with other jurisdictions; 9) remove the hard requirement that all electricity generated must be 93% clean and focus on balancing GHG emissions and B.C.¿s economic objectives; 10) 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; 11) revamp the IPP purchasing process in order to enable access to more cost-effective IPP supply in the future; 12) 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 13) 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. 14) 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.

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Environment

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1)develop a comprehensive remediation standard to secure the conventional housing stock affected by the legal and illegal manufacture or cultivation of substances, which will satisfy the needs of the industries affected including the real estate, financial, insurance and construction related industries. 2)Update the BC Brownfield Renewal Strategy; 3)Develop an inventory of all brownfield sites in British Columbia that are available for redevelopment so that municipalities and developers have clear awareness of redevelopment opportunities that are eligible for incentives through provincial programs, the FCM Green Municipal Fund, or other programs; 4)cancel or defer the provincial portion of property taxes to match a reduction in the municipal portion (i.e. provincial matching of the existing Revitalization Tax Exemption available to communities through the Community Charter); and 5)structure waste management policies in a manner that a.reduces the expenditure of the regional government on publicly-owned facilities (if they are in direct competition with private industry); 6)collaborate with the commercial sector to set waste reduction & diversion goals allowing the achievement of those goals through open market processes; 7)create policies and regulations that recognize new and future recycling and waste diversion technologies as secondary processing facilities (i.e. MRFs, etc.) and not as final disposal facilities (i.e. landfills, incinerators, etc.); 8)reduce, amend or annul regulations and other systemic factors that support a government monopoly of solid waste management; 9)direct regional government to develop regulations in a manner that prevents the creation of government monopolies or monopsonies for solid waste management in the multi-family and ICI sector. 10)create legislation that¿s complementary to the federal Aquatic Invasive Species Regulation that aggressively meets the risk that invasive mussels pose to BC waters with appropriate funding and staff resources; 11)Build on federal regulations, where each boat that crosses the international border needs to be inspected by CBSA and shift the three provincial roving stations to the crossings at the Alberta border. 12)create a province-wide plan to complete floodplain mapping in BC that includes updating the mapping every 10 years. 13)Develop 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. 14)implement regulatory oversight for EPR programs through BCUC or other suitable regulatory framework. 15)Sign an agreement to negotiate with the federal government a fair and equitable feasibility process to determine the economic impact of a national park in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen. 16)reconcile B.C.¿s economic policy and GHG policy; 17)revise the GHG 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. 18)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 economical through private sector competition and innovation, b.stimulating a growing green sector and new jobs independent of tax subsidies. 19)work with all regional districts to develop policy that stimulate the engagement of the private sector and its solutions to address waste reduction strategies; 20)establish a results based approach to ensure disposal bans and diversion targets are adhered to at disposal facilities.

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Finances and Budgets

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1) Protect British Columbia companies¿ ability to compete on bids by creating a level playing field when bidding on contracts. Conduct a full and comprehensive analysis of Saskatchewan¿s tax laws in relation to non-resident contractors/businesses in comparison to British Columbia¿s tax laws to tighten loop holes and ensure B.C. businesses are submitting their base costs at the same level as non-resident contractors; 2) Fully staff a field audit branch in communities close to bordering provinces; 3) Monitor, track and publicly report the taxes collected from non-resident contractors, putting the majority of these funds back into education and enforcement programs; 4) Require all non-resident contractors coming to work in B.C., including those who operate in the petroleum industry, to register with the Ministry of Finance for the purpose of reporting tax payable on materials, supplies, equipment, vehicles and tools used in British Columbia. Non-resident contractors to be required to obtain a Clearance Letter upon completion of their British Columbia contracts and provide it to the General Contractor or Principal prior to a hold back payment on contract being made. Provide proof of WorkSafeBC coverage, if necessary; 5) Require General Contractors or Principal to ensure non-resident contractors comply with BC tax and labour laws, or possibly be held liable for non-compliance; 6) Require Ministry of Finance to be responsible for providing Clearance Letters to sub-contractors, for the purpose of providing to General Contractor or Principal as proof of non-resident contractor¿s compliance; 7) Require General Contractor or Principal to identify/report to the Ministry of Finance their sub-contractors for the purpose of compliance and audit checks; and 8) Develop educational opportunities to raise awareness to non-resident contractors to educate as to what our B.C. tax and labour laws are. Encourage a better understanding through an information campaign through industry associations and government offices. 9) Ensure that citizenship and residency data collected through Ministry of Finance Property Transfer Tax Forms are recorded, analyzed and publicly available on a regular basis; and 10) Requisition a full provincial study to collect and analyze citizenship and residency data on all real estate property in British Columbia and publish the results.

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Forestry

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1) halt the erosion of the timber harvesting land base by making impacts on the timber harvesting land base a mandatory consideration in the approval process for any further creation of parks and protected areas within timber harvesting land base areas. 2) Ensure there is sufficient funding and consultation to complete the cumulative effects work that is currently underway, so a forest harvesting land base can be ensured. 3) Provide incentives such as training funding, which would support small businesses and new entrants into the industry. 4) Develop a transition plan for communities that have been devastated by the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic so they can maintain an economy while the location re-establishes itself to a marketable age class. 5) Secure access to an economically viable fibre supply and identify the timber supply that will be available given First Nations and stewardship allocations: a. Commit to providing all remaining primary manufacturing facilities with the saw log volume required to maintain these facilities in the face of: i. a declining annual allowable cut; ii. decreasing provincial land base (mountain pine beetle, environmental and Aboriginal rights/title reserves); and iii. expiring non-replaceable forest licenses. b. aggressive action is required to control and contain the current and growing Spruce Beetle infestation from turning into a similar situation as the mountain pine beetle outbreak. c. New fibre opportunities should be provided without undermining the rights of existing tenure holders. d. Commit to ensuring access to timber to the full level of land use plans. e. Sell BCTS apportionment volumes consistently 6) Improve the integrity of the market-based timber pricing system (stumpage): a. Refuse demands that the forest industry pay to manage other forest resource users unless there is a direct cost recognition in the timber pricing system. b. Provide direct cost recognition in the timber pricing system for consultation with First Nations communities. 7) Improve investment certainty: a. Use a competitive tax environment to support incentives for capital manufacturing investments that increase the use of innovation and technology to modernize facilities. b. Increase the scope of the current PST to include investments in non-harvesting heavy machinery within the definition of Logging Activities when these assets are used primarily in logging operations. c. Encourage innovative secondary forest products industries through commercially based arrangements with primary producers. d. Support policies and incentives to support safety and environmental upgrades required under the BC Sawmill Code of Practice and other legislation and support clarity and efficient administrative processes re: permit applications and reporting requirements. e. Eliminate market barriers that will prevent an efficient re-alignment and/or consolidation of forest industry assets. f. Promote and fund labour force and skill training applicable to the forest industry to an equal level with other resource based sectors. 8) Support the increased protection of old growth forests in areas of the province where they have or can likely have a greater net economic value for communities if they are left standing for the next generation and beyond; and 9) Protect endangered old-growth forests by enacting new regulations with the intent to eventually legislate permanent protection for areas through provincial park or conservancies. 10) Consult with First Nations and provide municipalities with input into forest tenures in their regions and use the 20% tenure take back to promote and expand Community Forests and First Nation Wood Land licences; 11) Review forest tenures in areas where mills have been closed and rescind those tenures where appropriate; 12) Encourage value added forestry investment in communities; and 13) Review the consequences of the removal of appurtenancy requirements.

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Gaming and Lotteries

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1) amend the gaming regulations to allow not-for-profit business organizations who activities benefit the community to be eligible for gaming event licenses. 2) Implement a process whereby: a. Approved charitable and non-profit programs with longer term programming can apply for three year funding commitments; b. Where funds are distributed annually; and c. The organization would still be subject to annual reporting of their compliance before receiving the annual grant.

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Health

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1) develop a universal pharmaceutical program that will engender cost savings through bulk purchasing agreements and other cost-sharing strategies; and 2) Avoid off-loading costs of providing pharmaceutical coverage onto businesses through private insurance schemes per the Quebec model. 3) Integrate the role of ¿physician extenders¿ as an additional solution to the primary care shortage in British Columbia; 4) Provide British Columbia¿s family physicians with the ability and incentives to financially integrate physician extenders into their practices; and 5) Support necessary training and regulation of physician extenders to ensure that British Columbians received the best quality, most cost-efficient care. 6) 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; 7) 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 8) 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. 9) 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 10) provide support to local governments and health authorities to provide publicly owned and operated clinic space for doctors in rural communities.

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Housing

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1) Identify and remove administrative barriers at all levels of government that slow increased density; 2) Identify and implement incentives for the private sector to increase the housing supply through density, alternative and more efficient housing solutions on land that is currently zoned for residential; and 3) Identify and implement incentives that will stimulate the diversification of housing stock. 4) Work with the Federal Government to develop tax and other incentives for purpose built market rental housing units for low- to mid-range income levels, using innovative designs and locating near transit hubs; and 5) Work to combine other social program supports to help support those in the lower income ranges to access market rentals, such as expanding the SAFER program to other vulnerable populations. 6) 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; 7) maintain rental regulations for ensuring fair treatment of tenants and work with the industry to streamline dispute resolution mechanisms for tenants and landlords; and 8) 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.

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Industry

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1) Support Value Added Development for B.C.¿s Natural Gas; and 2) Provide reasonable cost effective benefits & incentives to help secure the economics of a Gas To Liquid industry in B.C.

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Infrastructure

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1) Develop a long term Infrastructure Strategy and Plan for British Columbia that: a) Provides increased support for communities to report on the condition and replacement needs of infrastructure; b) Amends the mandatory municipal budgeting process to require identification of future infrastructure needs; c) Establishes project selection criteria that prioritizes infrastructure funding requests based on criteria such as national/provincial economic interest, return-on investment, and job creation; and d) Aligns provincial funding priorities with the available federal infrastructure funding opportunities. 2) ensure ferry infrastructure, including terminals and fleets, an eligible category for federal funding 3) Commit to funding transportation infrastructure investment and implementing policies that are equitable, efficient, and contains basic traffic demand management principles; 4) Make as a prerequisite of these visions, the need for investment in public transit to provide viable alternatives to single passenger vehicle travel; 5) Commit to working with regional stakeholders and agencies to implement an urban mobility pricing model as a foundation for sustainable transportation funding, including revising B.C.¿s provincial tolling policy to positively affect the fiscal sustainability of existing and future transportation projects; and 6) Review the financial impacts of implementing an urban mobility pricing model with the objective of eventually replacing the gas taxes in concentrated urban areas as a means to generating necessary public support. 7) with the objective of facilitating permit approval for vehicle combinations and loads up to 85 metric tonnes, upgrade infrastructure on existing routes designated as heavy haul corridors where specific impediments exist and on routes that are of interest to industry requirements but are currently not designated as heavy haul corridors; 8) 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.

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International Relations

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work with their partners in the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) and Pacific Coast Collaborative to have the Pacific Time Zone in Canada and U.S.A to remain on DST throughout the year.

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Justice and Law Enforcement

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1) 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; 2) commit to increased, long term, stable funding for the Court Services Branch; 3) 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 4) continue to work with the courts and other justice sector participants to develop efficiencies within the justice system. 5) Provide adequate budgetary support for support services treating offenders while incarcerated and for post-release housing and programming of prolific offenders to ensure successful societal reintegration and safer communities; and 6) Combine resources to develop a National Strategy to deal with prolific offenders and ensure the efficacy of programs such as the Integrated Court Services Plan and the successful implementation of measures such as the Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations. 7) Investigate administrative penalties for lower level retail crimes, such as ticketing and fines, that reduce the impact of retail crime on our justice system and the administrative burden on our retail industry; and 8) Assist in the education of business and business organizations, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, regarding provincial and federal privacy legislation and how to effectively share information to reduce retail crime. 9) amend the Safe Streets Act to add pay parking stations, suggestion as follows: a. have section 3 (2)(b) read ¿solicits a person who is using, or waiting to use a pay telephone, a pay parking station or a public toilet facility;¿ b. have section 3 (3)(a) read ¿in the case of subsection (2) (a) to (c) the automated teller machine, pay telephone, pay parking station, public toilet facility entrance or commercial passenger vehicle marker, as applicable;¿ 10) amend the Safe Streets Act to add sidewalk patios, suggestion as follows: a. add section 3 (2)(f) to read ¿soliciting a person who is within a designated sidewalk patio area.¿ b. have section 3 (3)(a) read ¿in the case of subsection (2) (a) to (c) and (f), the automated teller machine, pay telephone, pay parking station, public toilet facility entrance or commercial passenger vehicle marker or sidewalk patio, as applicable;¿ 11) address the issue of equitable police funding by developing an equitable funding program for all B.C. municipalities; and 12) 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. 13) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 14) 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.

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Labour/Labour Relations

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1) introduce no increases to the minimum wage beyond increases that are approximate to CPI; 2) commit to the publication of a Minimum Wage Fact Sheet to ensure the public are aware of who earns minimum wage; and 3) work with provincial counterparts to develop a consultation mechanism on minimum wage increases. 4) During periods of recession, the minimum wage remains frozen, not just until economic growth resumes but until the inflation index has caught up (or returned) to its pre-recession point; 5) Ensure that the Minister retains the ability to overrule the regulation and freeze the minimum wage if economic circumstances warrant it. 6) Work with the Alberta government to harmonize British Columbia¿s Employment Standards Act with those in Alberta¿s Employment Standards code; 7) Then seek harmonization with other provinces.

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Mining

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1) Promote the productive and environmental benefits of high quality Canadian steelmaking coal to international markets; 2) Work with industry to develop sound public and economic policies that fosters B.C.¿s steelmaking coal mining industry; and 3) Support educational opportunities to inform people of the province¿s steelmaking coal resources, its contribution to meeting global demand for steel production and the corresponding economic prosperity through high paying jobs for tens of thousands of families, to B.C.¿s small businesses through local procurement, through tax generation and the related economic spinoff. 4) make the BC-MFTS program permanent or, at minimum, extend the program for an additional three years. 5) 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% 6) expand flow-through eligibility to include both surface and underground greenfield and brownfield exploration and development expenditure; 7) make the BC Mineral Exploration Tax Credit permanent. 8) 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; 9) reinvest another $20 million in Geoscience BC with the mandate, as before, to leverage these funds with funds from industry and other government agencies. 10) 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; 11) provide full and fair market compensation in a timely manner when mineral claims, tenures and leases become closed to exploration and development; 12) 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; 13) undertake a process review of Mines Act permitting focused on finding efficiencies and improving the single window into government; 14) Monitor, track and publicly report accurately on the statistics regarding BC¿s actual land use and access, including mineral exploration and mining; 15) consider opening lands currently closed to compensate for newly created protected or restricted access lands; 16) respect existing multi-sector negotiated land use plans. 17) 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; 18) Ensure that the BC Geological Survey Branch personnel remain directly involved in maintaining and managing MapPlace; 19) Expedite the launch of the new revised MapPlace so that it is available to explorationists for the 2015 season. 20) support programs that promote and encourage implementation of Buy BC programs such as LNG-Buy BC, vendor registration and vendor boot camps; 21) create and implement a registration system shared by all regulatory bodies; and 22) 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.

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Municipal Affairs

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1) adopt a Community Benefit Legacy Policy that meets the needs of business and communities. 2) review the B.C. hospital capital tax and transit property tax to ensure an equitable and fair taxation across the province. 3) due to the consistently changing scope of regional districts and varying levels of accountability to the electorate across the province: Establish a task force responsible for: a.Reviewing the scope, governance and accountability of regional districts with the purpose of increasing clarity of role, effectiveness and efficiency while reducing red tape; b.Establishing concrete guidelines regarding scope, governance and accountability; and c.Ensuring adequate authority to enforce the above guidelines; 4) remove all barriers to improvement districts receiving equal and direct access to federal and provincial grant funding; 5) enable improvement districts to access capital funding without ownership of their system shifting to regional districts. 6) undertake a local government/regional governance review, when at least one of the municipalities making up at least 50% of the regional population or 50% of the assessment base within a region, requests such a review; 7) Include an option to instigate municipal restructuring by order of the province where a clear benefit exists. 8) Modernize the regional district legislation; 9) Eliminate the conflict between municipal government and regional government through direct election and a prohibition from holding a seat on both bodies; 10) Consider assigning authorities to regional districts without need for agreements, particularly in the areas of waste management, water services, regional transportation and protective services. 11) 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 12) 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; 13) develop core metrics based on appropriate measures that allow for cross-municipal comparisons; 14) 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; 15) develop a mechanism 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; 16) develop an expanded scope for the Municipal Auditor General to review the quality of benchmarking and cost benefit evaluations being made public. 17) 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; 18) Create legislation on CACs and similar mechanisms; 19) 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. 20) 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 BC.

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Poverty

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1) investigate and implement a cross-linked application process to enable those with recognized disabilities to have access to both the PWD and DTC under one application; 2) review all existing recipients of PWD to determine eligibility of the DTC based on timing of the last tested application; and 3) review other provincial programs that would also result in automatic DTC eligibility.

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Regional Development

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1) Take immediate action to review the current inventory of industrial lands in the province; 2) Engage in a review of solutions with key stakeholders; 3) Enact a policy to establish clear provincial oversight and establish a forum for all relevant land use authorities to monitor implementation of newly created provincial policies and regulations. 4) Bring together a task group of relevant stakeholders to develop a holistic strategy to address the long term funding and management requirement necessary to maintain, protect and further improve the lower Fraser River; 5) Charge this task group with responsibility for developing a comprehensive plan, addressing but not limited to flood protection, navigation management, sea level rise, and agriculture and industrial land enhancement within the lower Fraser River and ensure the plan includes consideration for the role that the Fraser River can play in further development of the Asia-Pacific Gateway strategy.

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Small Business

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1) Create a task force in partnership with business and government to develop and implement improved access to simplified practical information regarding proper business succession practices for SME business owners; 2) Increase awareness, particularly among young entrepreneurs, about the opportunities and advantages of purchasing an existing business; 3) Expand the scope of 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; 4) Review the current ¿qualifying activities¿ in the existing Eligible Business Corporation (EBC) program and a) Include a clause which allows the program to be more inclusive towards small to medium sized businesses in a succession transaction; and b) Include a vendor financed arrangement as a qualifying activity, whereby the vendor will receive the same 30% tax credit for financing the business succession transaction, thereby reducing the vendor¿s risk; 5) 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; 6) Expand the scope of existing government backed vendor financing programs (such as the Small Business Loan Guarantee 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 an SME business; 7) Allow small corporations to defer the tax on the capital gains from the transfer of a business to the owners¿ children; and 8) Proactively conduct data/revenue analysis for municipalities in defined regions to assist with implementation and creation of new Mobile Business License programs, as well as analysis of existing programs; 9) Merge existing Mobile Business License programs, such as the four current programs in the Lower Mainland region, into expanded regional Mobile Business License programs; and 10) Explore an expanded list of eligible mobile businesses to provide access to a broader range of sectors. 11) Give business and the general public access to information that is currently not readily available or current, by publishing its regulations an cost impacts to business on its website; 12) Must be proactive in developing a mechanism for providing qualitative analysis through the publication of regulatory indicators to better measure the cumulative administrative and compliance cost on business, and SMEs in particular, from regulation; 13) Ensure all government departments strengthen their programs that review existing legislation and regulations pertaining to business and eliminate those measures which result in an unnecessary cost to small business; 14) Introduce a risk-based approach to regulation that ensures scarce resources are not used to inspect, request or access data from companies that are low risk or operating in a safe regulatory regime.

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Taxation and Finance

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1) 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; 2) Commit to a dialogue with British Columbians on the development of a made-in-B.C. Value Added Sales Tax system to enhance B.C.¿s competitiveness and productivity. 3) Provide PST exemptions on all agricultural goods and services that are zero-rated under the GST system; 4) Ensure that the mandate of the Tax Competitiveness Commission give full consideration to the needs of the agricultural sector; and 5) Review the current method for real property contractors to collect and remit PST with all stakeholders; and 6) Amend regulations and/or legislation to provide real property contractors flexibility in collecting and remitting PST in a manner that best works for the contractor and their customer. 7) Replace the MSP with a progressive and equitable approach to health care funding; 8) Abolish the current MSP premium system and implement a line item to the provincial income tax; and 9) Provide in advance at least one year¿s notice to indicate that the MSP tax would be replaced with a combination of a payroll tax and an income tax surcharge, as is done in Ontario. 10) Ensure that appropriate PST and applicable MRDT be collected and remitted at the point of purchase of room nights on short term residential rentals; and 11) Ensure that all operators, managers and/or booking agents of 4 or more rooms be subject to collection and remission of PST and applicable MRDT taxes. 12) develop a full and comprehensive means of measuring the overall corporate and individual tax burden on a provincial and municipal basis; 13) work with other provinces and the federal government to create a consistent measure of the overall tax burden on a provincial and municipal basis; and 14) commit to a provincial dialogue on tax in B.C. to determine what is the appropriate mix and type of taxes, fees and levies needed to pay for government¿s programs and services. 15) Explore the creation of stakeholder engagement models that can be used during the proposal and implementation of major taxation initiatives. 16) increase the 1% PTT threshold from $200,000 to $600,000 (being current average market value), with 2% applying to the remainder of the fair market value; 17) continually index the 1% PTT threshold and First Time Home Buyers Exemptions using Statistics Canada¿s New Housing Price, and make adjustments annually to account for inflation; 18) introduce mechanisms to eliminate double taxation when properties are transferred between common owners; 19) amend the current Property Transfer Tax Act to provide for a new Primary Residence Grant; 20) introduce a new Property Transfer Tax rate of a minimum of 2% of the property purchase price for all residential property in B.C. bought by non-residents of Canada or corporations controlled by non-residents. 21) Introduce no new tax credits under the auspices of the revenue neutral carbon tax; 22) Begin a process to return the revenue neutrality measures of the carbon tax to broad based reductions in B.C.¿s personal and business taxes. 23) extend the small business tax benefit to credit unions permanently.

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Tourism

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1) Identify the best way(s) to support expansion and development of B.C.¿s land-based wineries engaged in agri-tourism by providing recognizable and measurable tax relief that offsets the difference between Class 6: Business (production or storage of food and non-alcoholic beverages) and Class 5: Light Industry assessment applied to buildings on agricultural properties only when the activity is related to alcohol production. The provincial tax credit (relief) should offset the higher property taxes for LB wineries/cideries/distilleries offering unique, authentic experiences to visitors in B.C.; and 2) Undertake a planning process to encourage expansion and development of the wine, cideries and distilleries agri-tourism sector in B.C. An ensuing plan or strategy needs to work in concert with B.C.¿s Agri-tourism policies and regulations. 3) create a formula funding model that links transfers to Destination BC with a proportion of provincial sales tax revenues collected from tourism activities; 4) ensure this formula is performance-based, in keeping with the Taxpayer Accountability Principles; and 5) protect this performance-based formula funding through legislation.

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Transportation

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1) Bring forward ridesharing regulations that establish province-wide rules for safety and consumer protection; 2) Evaluate and remove unnecessary red tape on existing transportation providers to provide a level playing field; and 3) Coordinate the introduction of a ridesharing framework with a broader modernization of the Provincial Passenger Transportation Act and harmonization of municipal regulations. 4) Create a minimum standard for accreditation of commercial driving programs based on the national occupational standard; 5) Require mandatory graduation from an accredited commercial driving program in order to qualify to take the exam for the professional driver license; 6) Amend the graduated license program to allow graduates of the accredited commercial driving program to obtain their Class Licence 1 or 3 upon graduation (as early as age 18) 7) develop an online permit application process which also allows for amendments to be filed on an existing permit in real time; 8) Follow the commitment made by the federal government (Feb 16, 2016) to mandate the installation and use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) in all commercial vehicles excepting those vehicles and/or drivers that may be deemed exempt from the use of such devices; 9) Adopt the same technical standard for what constitutes a compliant Electronic Logging Device (EDL) as will be established and enforced by the Federal Government; and 10) Support a position of mandating ELD¿s on the same timetable as the Federal Government, in all provinces across the country. 11) develop a more close alignment of respective permit policies, for heavy, oversized loads, within the western provinces to better facilitate through movement of cargo; 12) extend the timeframe to purchase extraordinary permits greater than 85 tonnes from 48 hours to 14 days; 13) consider establishing an additional alternate provincial control office at a more central location with the province with the view that such could contribute to greater efficiency and reduce untimely delays in securing and expediting permit applications which should be applied with greater consistency. 14) institute an official inquiry into the intricacies of the employment of union and non-union truckers under conflicting conditions; 15) explore ¿best practices¿ of trucking employment in other comparable port jurisdictions recognized for stable trucking employment; 16) reverse and defer any service reductions to any BC Ferries routes until adequate economic impact studies are completed. 17) require BC Ferries to complete a formal and independent 3rd party conducted, economic impact study prior to the closing or severely reducing service; 18) issue a letter of intent to engage BC Ferries in review of existing cost structure & efficiency of all existing routes. 19) designate 16th Avenue as a Provincial Highway to connect Highway 1/Abbotsford Airport with Highway 99; 20) commence property acquisition required to widen 16th Avenue to a 4-lane highway; 21) develop natural gas transportation policy with the objective of more rapidly transforming the heavy-duty trucking, marine and rail transport markets; 22) 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; 23) 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. 24) Require railways to seek regulatory approval before deciding to cut service to communities and provide affected parties with the ability to provide information as interveners.

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Aboriginal Affairs

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1) Acknowledge and accept that the courts have given the province the right to uphold public interest rights where justified in the public interest in accordance with long-established legal principles in matters of aboriginal title; 2) Develop a plan and institutional process for how to uphold public interest rights in regards to First Nations interest; 3) manage public interest expectations in regard to First Nations and the appropriate guidance provided by the jurisprudence; and 4) Publicly state how it will use the public interest rights and obligations afforded it by the courts with respect to aboriginal title and land claims in asserted territories. 5) 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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Agriculture

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1) expand D and E licenses throughout the province to include the 18 non-designated areas, not only the 10 designated areas; and 2) conduct randomized meat inspections bases on a ranking system developed by the government meat inspectors. Examples of this can be found in the food processing industry: high risk ranking equals frequent inspection, low risk ranking equals less frequent random inspection.

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Children and Families

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1) Utilize the current capital and operational grant funding tools and, in alignment with its Families First agenda recommendations, target child care investment for facilities and spaces in those areas experiencing greater space deficits; and 2) where there is capacity to expand funding with budget surplus or prosperity funding, increase the grants available to non-profit and private operations to support and increase child care capacity.

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Conservation

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1)Conduct a thorough analysis of current and forecasted commercial and recreational activity as well as how such activity may be affected by the establishment of an National Marine Conservation Area Reserve before the reserve is created;

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Economic Development and Trade

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1) 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; and 2) develop and promote public and economic policies that: create and encourage a better understanding of the importance of our export economy to the provincial and national interests, and address environmental concerns by committing to education and mitigation of environmental impacts. 3) work with the federal government, municipal governments, the academic sector and the digital industry to identify impediments to this sector¿s growth. This focus should be on improving regulatory and infrastructure requirements as the industry grows; 4) provincial and federal tax structures that develop globally competitive film, digital media and animation industries in B.C.; and 5) working with industry to identify needs and implement solutions to develop a highly skilled workforce in B.C. 6) develop and implement a plan to place B.C. as a leader in all aspects of the new global green economy, the conservation and efficiency industry, clean energy and clean technology sector; 7) implement industrial, commercial and residential ¿green¿ programs, based on global best practices and based on cost-effective market implementation to support, attract and retain clean technology and renewable, sustainable energy technologies in British Columbia; 8) 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; 9) 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 10) 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. 11) 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.

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Elections

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1) commence a plan to implement a province-wide approach to an electronic ballot system for the 2018 municipal election; 2) amend the appropriate legislation to allow for the option of electronic ballots in municipal elections; and 3) establish an independent technical committee to evaluate internet voting systems to ensure the Elections BC criteria are met (i.e. accessibility, ballot anonymity, individual and independent verifiability, non-reliance on trustworthiness of the voters¿ device(s), one vote per voter, only count votes from eligible voters, process validation and transparency, service availability, and voter authentication and authorization). 4) introduce a business vote where the business owner does not reside in the same municipality where the business property is located.

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Employment and Training

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1) develop and refine the Provincial Nominee Program in order to have employers easily access information and resources on the PNP Business Succession program; 2) decrease processing times for PNP Business Succession applications to six months or less; 3) develop enhanced monitoring guidelines. 4) identify and provide funding for similar programs created in cooperation with local Chambers of Commerce, industry, school districts and colleges offering dual credit courses in a partnership format; 5) in accordance with the Premier¿s Working Group¿s final recommendations, begin training British Columbians immediately for the LNG opportunity and by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the investment in training by leveraging successful government, union and private training programs. 6) 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; 7) establish more technical secondary schools by converting select public secondary schools, or creating new schools where appropriate, using current successful technical school models; 8) 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; 9) create appropriate infrastructure to integrate trades people as educators in secondary institutions and to educate current teachers employed as trades educators; 10) involve the BC Chamber in the current and future review of secondary education policy as representatives of BC Businesses. 11) with the federal government, place a priority on enforcement and prosecution of offenders prior to placing any further restrictions on the program. 12) 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. 13) 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; 14) 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. 15) 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; 16) 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; 17) with the federal government, expand the Transit Without Visa program; and 18) 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. 19) 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); 20) advocate for a higher annual nomination limit for the BC PNP; 21) ensure that adequate resources are available to maintain effective BC PNP processing times.

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Energy

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1) in the process of preparing the next Integrated Resource Plan, develop a solar PV strategy and scenario for the future supply of economic, reliable and firm solar energy for B.C., encouraging local innovation. 2) Work with the federal government to identify opportunities, training, education, joint ventures, etc., that would ensure First Nations communities can fully participate and benefit from all natural resource development opportunities; 3) 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; 4) Continue to support establishment of a world-class marine tanker safety regime with enhanced marine spill response capability, and a world-class terrestrial safety system; 5) 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; 6) 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; and 7) Confirm that a proposed heavy oil pipeline meeting B.C.¿s five conditions has the full support and confidence of the provincial government, and should proceed. 8) remove the self-sufficiency requirements from the Clean Energy Act, to facilitate optimal beneficial energy trading with other jurisdictions; 9) remove the hard requirement that all electricity generated must be 93% clean and focus on balancing GHG emissions and B.C.¿s economic objectives; 10) 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; 11) revamp the IPP purchasing process in order to enable access to more cost-effective IPP supply in the future; 12) 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 13) 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. 14) 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.

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Environment

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1)develop a comprehensive remediation standard to secure the conventional housing stock affected by the legal and illegal manufacture or cultivation of substances, which will satisfy the needs of the industries affected including the real estate, financial, insurance and construction related industries. 2)Update the BC Brownfield Renewal Strategy; 3)Develop an inventory of all brownfield sites in British Columbia that are available for redevelopment so that municipalities and developers have clear awareness of redevelopment opportunities that are eligible for incentives through provincial programs, the FCM Green Municipal Fund, or other programs; 4)cancel or defer the provincial portion of property taxes to match a reduction in the municipal portion (i.e. provincial matching of the existing Revitalization Tax Exemption available to communities through the Community Charter); and 5)structure waste management policies in a manner that a.reduces the expenditure of the regional government on publicly-owned facilities (if they are in direct competition with private industry); 6)collaborate with the commercial sector to set waste reduction & diversion goals allowing the achievement of those goals through open market processes; 7)create policies and regulations that recognize new and future recycling and waste diversion technologies as secondary processing facilities (i.e. MRFs, etc.) and not as final disposal facilities (i.e. landfills, incinerators, etc.); 8)reduce, amend or annul regulations and other systemic factors that support a government monopoly of solid waste management; 9)direct regional government to develop regulations in a manner that prevents the creation of government monopolies or monopsonies for solid waste management in the multi-family and ICI sector. 10)create legislation that¿s complementary to the federal Aquatic Invasive Species Regulation that aggressively meets the risk that invasive mussels pose to BC waters with appropriate funding and staff resources; 11)Build on federal regulations, where each boat that crosses the international border needs to be inspected by CBSA and shift the three provincial roving stations to the crossings at the Alberta border. 12)create a province-wide plan to complete floodplain mapping in BC that includes updating the mapping every 10 years. 13)Develop 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. 14)implement regulatory oversight for EPR programs through BCUC or other suitable regulatory framework. 15)Sign an agreement to negotiate with the federal government a fair and equitable feasibility process to determine the economic impact of a national park in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen. 16)reconcile B.C.¿s economic policy and GHG policy; 17)revise the GHG 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. 18)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 economical through private sector competition and innovation, b.stimulating a growing green sector and new jobs independent of tax subsidies. 19)work with all regional districts to develop policy that stimulate the engagement of the private sector and its solutions to address waste reduction strategies; 20)establish a results based approach to ensure disposal bans and diversion targets are adhered to at disposal facilities.

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Finances and Budgets

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1) Protect British Columbia companies¿ ability to compete on bids by creating a level playing field when bidding on contracts. Conduct a full and comprehensive analysis of Saskatchewan¿s tax laws in relation to non-resident contractors/businesses in comparison to British Columbia¿s tax laws to tighten loop holes and ensure B.C. businesses are submitting their base costs at the same level as non-resident contractors; 2) Fully staff a field audit branch in communities close to bordering provinces; 3) Monitor, track and publicly report the taxes collected from non-resident contractors, putting the majority of these funds back into education and enforcement programs; 4) Require all non-resident contractors coming to work in B.C., including those who operate in the petroleum industry, to register with the Ministry of Finance for the purpose of reporting tax payable on materials, supplies, equipment, vehicles and tools used in British Columbia. Non-resident contractors to be required to obtain a Clearance Letter upon completion of their British Columbia contracts and provide it to the General Contractor or Principal prior to a hold back payment on contract being made. Provide proof of WorkSafeBC coverage, if necessary; 5) Require General Contractors or Principal to ensure non-resident contractors comply with BC tax and labour laws, or possibly be held liable for non-compliance; 6) Require Ministry of Finance to be responsible for providing Clearance Letters to sub-contractors, for the purpose of providing to General Contractor or Principal as proof of non-resident contractor¿s compliance; 7) Require General Contractor or Principal to identify/report to the Ministry of Finance their sub-contractors for the purpose of compliance and audit checks; and 8) Develop educational opportunities to raise awareness to non-resident contractors to educate as to what our B.C. tax and labour laws are. Encourage a better understanding through an information campaign through industry associations and government offices. 9) Ensure that citizenship and residency data collected through Ministry of Finance Property Transfer Tax Forms are recorded, analyzed and publicly available on a regular basis; and 10) Requisition a full provincial study to collect and analyze citizenship and residency data on all real estate property in British Columbia and publish the results.

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Forestry

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1) halt the erosion of the timber harvesting land base by making impacts on the timber harvesting land base a mandatory consideration in the approval process for any further creation of parks and protected areas within timber harvesting land base areas. 2) Ensure there is sufficient funding and consultation to complete the cumulative effects work that is currently underway, so a forest harvesting land base can be ensured. 3) Provide incentives such as training funding, which would support small businesses and new entrants into the industry. 4) Develop a transition plan for communities that have been devastated by the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic so they can maintain an economy while the location re-establishes itself to a marketable age class. 5) Secure access to an economically viable fibre supply and identify the timber supply that will be available given First Nations and stewardship allocations: a. Commit to providing all remaining primary manufacturing facilities with the saw log volume required to maintain these facilities in the face of: i. a declining annual allowable cut; ii. decreasing provincial land base (mountain pine beetle, environmental and Aboriginal rights/title reserves); and iii. expiring non-replaceable forest licenses. b. aggressive action is required to control and contain the current and growing Spruce Beetle infestation from turning into a similar situation as the mountain pine beetle outbreak. c. New fibre opportunities should be provided without undermining the rights of existing tenure holders. d. Commit to ensuring access to timber to the full level of land use plans. e. Sell BCTS apportionment volumes consistently 6) Improve the integrity of the market-based timber pricing system (stumpage): a. Refuse demands that the forest industry pay to manage other forest resource users unless there is a direct cost recognition in the timber pricing system. b. Provide direct cost recognition in the timber pricing system for consultation with First Nations communities. 7) Improve investment certainty: a. Use a competitive tax environment to support incentives for capital manufacturing investments that increase the use of innovation and technology to modernize facilities. b. Increase the scope of the current PST to include investments in non-harvesting heavy machinery within the definition of Logging Activities when these assets are used primarily in logging operations. c. Encourage innovative secondary forest products industries through commercially based arrangements with primary producers. d. Support policies and incentives to support safety and environmental upgrades required under the BC Sawmill Code of Practice and other legislation and support clarity and efficient administrative processes re: permit applications and reporting requirements. e. Eliminate market barriers that will prevent an efficient re-alignment and/or consolidation of forest industry assets. f. Promote and fund labour force and skill training applicable to the forest industry to an equal level with other resource based sectors. 8) Support the increased protection of old growth forests in areas of the province where they have or can likely have a greater net economic value for communities if they are left standing for the next generation and beyond; and 9) Protect endangered old-growth forests by enacting new regulations with the intent to eventually legislate permanent protection for areas through provincial park or conservancies. 10) Consult with First Nations and provide municipalities with input into forest tenures in their regions and use the 20% tenure take back to promote and expand Community Forests and First Nation Wood Land licences; 11) Review forest tenures in areas where mills have been closed and rescind those tenures where appropriate; 12) Encourage value added forestry investment in communities; and 13) Review the consequences of the removal of appurtenancy requirements.

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Gaming and Lotteries

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1) amend the gaming regulations to allow not-for-profit business organizations who activities benefit the community to be eligible for gaming event licenses. 2) Implement a process whereby: a. Approved charitable and non-profit programs with longer term programming can apply for three year funding commitments; b. Where funds are distributed annually; and c. The organization would still be subject to annual reporting of their compliance before receiving the annual grant.

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Health

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1) develop a universal pharmaceutical program that will engender cost savings through bulk purchasing agreements and other cost-sharing strategies; and 2) Avoid off-loading costs of providing pharmaceutical coverage onto businesses through private insurance schemes per the Quebec model. 3) Integrate the role of ¿physician extenders¿ as an additional solution to the primary care shortage in British Columbia; 4) Provide British Columbia¿s family physicians with the ability and incentives to financially integrate physician extenders into their practices; and 5) Support necessary training and regulation of physician extenders to ensure that British Columbians received the best quality, most cost-efficient care. 6) 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; 7) 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 8) 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. 9) 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 10) provide support to local governments and health authorities to provide publicly owned and operated clinic space for doctors in rural communities.

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Housing

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1) Identify and remove administrative barriers at all levels of government that slow increased density; 2) Identify and implement incentives for the private sector to increase the housing supply through density, alternative and more efficient housing solutions on land that is currently zoned for residential; and 3) Identify and implement incentives that will stimulate the diversification of housing stock. 4) Work with the Federal Government to develop tax and other incentives for purpose built market rental housing units for low- to mid-range income levels, using innovative designs and locating near transit hubs; and 5) Work to combine other social program supports to help support those in the lower income ranges to access market rentals, such as expanding the SAFER program to other vulnerable populations. 6) 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; 7) maintain rental regulations for ensuring fair treatment of tenants and work with the industry to streamline dispute resolution mechanisms for tenants and landlords; and 8) 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.

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Industry

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1) Support Value Added Development for B.C.¿s Natural Gas; and 2) Provide reasonable cost effective benefits & incentives to help secure the economics of a Gas To Liquid industry in B.C.

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Infrastructure

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1) Develop a long term Infrastructure Strategy and Plan for British Columbia that: a) Provides increased support for communities to report on the condition and replacement needs of infrastructure; b) Amends the mandatory municipal budgeting process to require identification of future infrastructure needs; c) Establishes project selection criteria that prioritizes infrastructure funding requests based on criteria such as national/provincial economic interest, return-on investment, and job creation; and d) Aligns provincial funding priorities with the available federal infrastructure funding opportunities. 2) ensure ferry infrastructure, including terminals and fleets, an eligible category for federal funding 3) Commit to funding transportation infrastructure investment and implementing policies that are equitable, efficient, and contains basic traffic demand management principles; 4) Make as a prerequisite of these visions, the need for investment in public transit to provide viable alternatives to single passenger vehicle travel; 5) Commit to working with regional stakeholders and agencies to implement an urban mobility pricing model as a foundation for sustainable transportation funding, including revising B.C.¿s provincial tolling policy to positively affect the fiscal sustainability of existing and future transportation projects; and 6) Review the financial impacts of implementing an urban mobility pricing model with the objective of eventually replacing the gas taxes in concentrated urban areas as a means to generating necessary public support. 7) with the objective of facilitating permit approval for vehicle combinations and loads up to 85 metric tonnes, upgrade infrastructure on existing routes designated as heavy haul corridors where specific impediments exist and on routes that are of interest to industry requirements but are currently not designated as heavy haul corridors; 8) 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.

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International Relations

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work with their partners in the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) and Pacific Coast Collaborative to have the Pacific Time Zone in Canada and U.S.A to remain on DST throughout the year.

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Justice and Law Enforcement

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1) 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; 2) commit to increased, long term, stable funding for the Court Services Branch; 3) 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 4) continue to work with the courts and other justice sector participants to develop efficiencies within the justice system. 5) Provide adequate budgetary support for support services treating offenders while incarcerated and for post-release housing and programming of prolific offenders to ensure successful societal reintegration and safer communities; and 6) Combine resources to develop a National Strategy to deal with prolific offenders and ensure the efficacy of programs such as the Integrated Court Services Plan and the successful implementation of measures such as the Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations. 7) Investigate administrative penalties for lower level retail crimes, such as ticketing and fines, that reduce the impact of retail crime on our justice system and the administrative burden on our retail industry; and 8) Assist in the education of business and business organizations, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, regarding provincial and federal privacy legislation and how to effectively share information to reduce retail crime. 9) amend the Safe Streets Act to add pay parking stations, suggestion as follows: a. have section 3 (2)(b) read ¿solicits a person who is using, or waiting to use a pay telephone, a pay parking station or a public toilet facility;¿ b. have section 3 (3)(a) read ¿in the case of subsection (2) (a) to (c) the automated teller machine, pay telephone, pay parking station, public toilet facility entrance or commercial passenger vehicle marker, as applicable;¿ 10) amend the Safe Streets Act to add sidewalk patios, suggestion as follows: a. add section 3 (2)(f) to read ¿soliciting a person who is within a designated sidewalk patio area.¿ b. have section 3 (3)(a) read ¿in the case of subsection (2) (a) to (c) and (f), the automated teller machine, pay telephone, pay parking station, public toilet facility entrance or commercial passenger vehicle marker or sidewalk patio, as applicable;¿ 11) address the issue of equitable police funding by developing an equitable funding program for all B.C. municipalities; and 12) 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. 13) establish provincial standards for the integrated delivery of police services by police forces where municipal boundaries are immediately adjacent; and 14) 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.

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Labour/Labour Relations

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1) introduce no increases to the minimum wage beyond increases that are approximate to CPI; 2) commit to the publication of a Minimum Wage Fact Sheet to ensure the public are aware of who earns minimum wage; and 3) work with provincial counterparts to develop a consultation mechanism on minimum wage increases. 4) During periods of recession, the minimum wage remains frozen, not just until economic growth resumes but until the inflation index has caught up (or returned) to its pre-recession point; 5) Ensure that the Minister retains the ability to overrule the regulation and freeze the minimum wage if economic circumstances warrant it. 6) Work with the Alberta government to harmonize British Columbia¿s Employment Standards Act with those in Alberta¿s Employment Standards code; 7) Then seek harmonization with other provinces.

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Mining

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1) Promote the productive and environmental benefits of high quality Canadian steelmaking coal to international markets; 2) Work with industry to develop sound public and economic policies that fosters B.C.¿s steelmaking coal mining industry; and 3) Support educational opportunities to inform people of the province¿s steelmaking coal resources, its contribution to meeting global demand for steel production and the corresponding economic prosperity through high paying jobs for tens of thousands of families, to B.C.¿s small businesses through local procurement, through tax generation and the related economic spinoff. 4) make the BC-MFTS program permanent or, at minimum, extend the program for an additional three years. 5) 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% 6) expand flow-through eligibility to include both surface and underground greenfield and brownfield exploration and development expenditure; 7) make the BC Mineral Exploration Tax Credit permanent. 8) 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; 9) reinvest another $20 million in Geoscience BC with the mandate, as before, to leverage these funds with funds from industry and other government agencies. 10) 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; 11) provide full and fair market compensation in a timely manner when mineral claims, tenures and leases become closed to exploration and development; 12) 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; 13) undertake a process review of Mines Act permitting focused on finding efficiencies and improving the single window into government; 14) Monitor, track and publicly report accurately on the statistics regarding BC¿s actual land use and access, including mineral exploration and mining; 15) consider opening lands currently closed to compensate for newly created protected or restricted access lands; 16) respect existing multi-sector negotiated land use plans. 17) 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; 18) Ensure that the BC Geological Survey Branch personnel remain directly involved in maintaining and managing MapPlace; 19) Expedite the launch of the new revised MapPlace so that it is available to explorationists for the 2015 season. 20) support programs that promote and encourage implementation of Buy BC programs such as LNG-Buy BC, vendor registration and vendor boot camps; 21) create and implement a registration system shared by all regulatory bodies; and 22) 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.

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Municipal Affairs

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1) adopt a Community Benefit Legacy Policy that meets the needs of business and communities. 2) review the B.C. hospital capital tax and transit property tax to ensure an equitable and fair taxation across the province. 3) due to the consistently changing scope of regional districts and varying levels of accountability to the electorate across the province: Establish a task force responsible for: a.Reviewing the scope, governance and accountability of regional districts with the purpose of increasing clarity of role, effectiveness and efficiency while reducing red tape; b.Establishing concrete guidelines regarding scope, governance and accountability; and c.Ensuring adequate authority to enforce the above guidelines; 4) remove all barriers to improvement districts receiving equal and direct access to federal and provincial grant funding; 5) enable improvement districts to access capital funding without ownership of their system shifting to regional districts. 6) undertake a local government/regional governance review, when at least one of the municipalities making up at least 50% of the regional population or 50% of the assessment base within a region, requests such a review; 7) Include an option to instigate municipal restructuring by order of the province where a clear benefit exists. 8) Modernize the regional district legislation; 9) Eliminate the conflict between municipal government and regional government through direct election and a prohibition from holding a seat on both bodies; 10) Consider assigning authorities to regional districts without need for agreements, particularly in the areas of waste management, water services, regional transportation and protective services. 11) 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 12) 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; 13) develop core metrics based on appropriate measures that allow for cross-municipal comparisons; 14) 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; 15) develop a mechanism 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; 16) develop an expanded scope for the Municipal Auditor General to review the quality of benchmarking and cost benefit evaluations being made public. 17) 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; 18) Create legislation on CACs and similar mechanisms; 19) 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. 20) 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 BC.

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Poverty

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1) investigate and implement a cross-linked application process to enable those with recognized disabilities to have access to both the PWD and DTC under one application; 2) review all existing recipients of PWD to determine eligibility of the DTC based on timing of the last tested application; and 3) review other provincial programs that would also result in automatic DTC eligibility.

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Regional Development

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1) Take immediate action to review the current inventory of industrial lands in the province; 2) Engage in a review of solutions with key stakeholders; 3) Enact a policy to establish clear provincial oversight and establish a forum for all relevant land use authorities to monitor implementation of newly created provincial policies and regulations. 4) Bring together a task group of relevant stakeholders to develop a holistic strategy to address the long term funding and management requirement necessary to maintain, protect and further improve the lower Fraser River; 5) Charge this task group with responsibility for developing a comprehensive plan, addressing but not limited to flood protection, navigation management, sea level rise, and agriculture and industrial land enhancement within the lower Fraser River and ensure the plan includes consideration for the role that the Fraser River can play in further development of the Asia-Pacific Gateway strategy.

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Small Business

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1) Create a task force in partnership with business and government to develop and implement improved access to simplified practical information regarding proper business succession practices for SME business owners; 2) Increase awareness, particularly among young entrepreneurs, about the opportunities and advantages of purchasing an existing business; 3) Expand the scope of 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; 4) Review the current ¿qualifying activities¿ in the existing Eligible Business Corporation (EBC) program and a) Include a clause which allows the program to be more inclusive towards small to medium sized businesses in a succession transaction; and b) Include a vendor financed arrangement as a qualifying activity, whereby the vendor will receive the same 30% tax credit for financing the business succession transaction, thereby reducing the vendor¿s risk; 5) 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; 6) Expand the scope of existing government backed vendor financing programs (such as the Small Business Loan Guarantee 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 an SME business; 7) Allow small corporations to defer the tax on the capital gains from the transfer of a business to the owners¿ children; and 8) Proactively conduct data/revenue analysis for municipalities in defined regions to assist with implementation and creation of new Mobile Business License programs, as well as analysis of existing programs; 9) Merge existing Mobile Business License programs, such as the four current programs in the Lower Mainland region, into expanded regional Mobile Business License programs; and 10) Explore an expanded list of eligible mobile businesses to provide access to a broader range of sectors. 11) Give business and the general public access to information that is currently not readily available or current, by publishing its regulations an cost impacts to business on its website; 12) Must be proactive in developing a mechanism for providing qualitative analysis through the publication of regulatory indicators to better measure the cumulative administrative and compliance cost on business, and SMEs in particular, from regulation; 13) Ensure all government departments strengthen their programs that review existing legislation and regulations pertaining to business and eliminate those measures which result in an unnecessary cost to small business; 14) Introduce a risk-based approach to regulation that ensures scarce resources are not used to inspect, request or access data from companies that are low risk or operating in a safe regulatory regime.

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Taxation and Finance

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1) 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; 2) Commit to a dialogue with British Columbians on the development of a made-in-B.C. Value Added Sales Tax system to enhance B.C.¿s competitiveness and productivity. 3) Provide PST exemptions on all agricultural goods and services that are zero-rated under the GST system; 4) Ensure that the mandate of the Tax Competitiveness Commission give full consideration to the needs of the agricultural sector; and 5) Review the current method for real property contractors to collect and remit PST with all stakeholders; and 6) Amend regulations and/or legislation to provide real property contractors flexibility in collecting and remitting PST in a manner that best works for the contractor and their customer. 7) Replace the MSP with a progressive and equitable approach to health care funding; 8) Abolish the current MSP premium system and implement a line item to the provincial income tax; and 9) Provide in advance at least one year¿s notice to indicate that the MSP tax would be replaced with a combination of a payroll tax and an income tax surcharge, as is done in Ontario. 10) Ensure that appropriate PST and applicable MRDT be collected and remitted at the point of purchase of room nights on short term residential rentals; and 11) Ensure that all operators, managers and/or booking agents of 4 or more rooms be subject to collection and remission of PST and applicable MRDT taxes. 12) develop a full and comprehensive means of measuring the overall corporate and individual tax burden on a provincial and municipal basis; 13) work with other provinces and the federal government to create a consistent measure of the overall tax burden on a provincial and municipal basis; and 14) commit to a provincial dialogue on tax in B.C. to determine what is the appropriate mix and type of taxes, fees and levies needed to pay for government¿s programs and services. 15) Explore the creation of stakeholder engagement models that can be used during the proposal and implementation of major taxation initiatives. 16) increase the 1% PTT threshold from $200,000 to $600,000 (being current average market value), with 2% applying to the remainder of the fair market value; 17) continually index the 1% PTT threshold and First Time Home Buyers Exemptions using Statistics Canada¿s New Housing Price, and make adjustments annually to account for inflation; 18) introduce mechanisms to eliminate double taxation when properties are transferred between common owners; 19) amend the current Property Transfer Tax Act to provide for a new Primary Residence Grant; 20) introduce a new Property Transfer Tax rate of a minimum of 2% of the property purchase price for all residential property in B.C. bought by non-residents of Canada or corporations controlled by non-residents. 21) Introduce no new tax credits under the auspices of the revenue neutral carbon tax; 22) Begin a process to return the revenue neutrality measures of the carbon tax to broad based reductions in B.C.¿s personal and business taxes. 23) extend the small business tax benefit to credit unions permanently.

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Tourism

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1) Identify the best way(s) to support expansion and development of B.C.¿s land-based wineries engaged in agri-tourism by providing recognizable and measurable tax relief that offsets the difference between Class 6: Business (production or storage of food and non-alcoholic beverages) and Class 5: Light Industry assessment applied to buildings on agricultural properties only when the activity is related to alcohol production. The provincial tax credit (relief) should offset the higher property taxes for LB wineries/cideries/distilleries offering unique, authentic experiences to visitors in B.C.; and 2) Undertake a planning process to encourage expansion and development of the wine, cideries and distilleries agri-tourism sector in B.C. An ensuing plan or strategy needs to work in concert with B.C.¿s Agri-tourism policies and regulations. 3) create a formula funding model that links transfers to Destination BC with a proportion of provincial sales tax revenues collected from tourism activities; 4) ensure this formula is performance-based, in keeping with the Taxpayer Accountability Principles; and 5) protect this performance-based formula funding through legislation.

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Transportation

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1) Bring forward ridesharing regulations that establish province-wide rules for safety and consumer protection; 2) Evaluate and remove unnecessary red tape on existing transportation providers to provide a level playing field; and 3) Coordinate the introduction of a ridesharing framework with a broader modernization of the Provincial Passenger Transportation Act and harmonization of municipal regulations. 4) Create a minimum standard for accreditation of commercial driving programs based on the national occupational standard; 5) Require mandatory graduation from an accredited commercial driving program in order to qualify to take the exam for the professional driver license; 6) Amend the graduated license program to allow graduates of the accredited commercial driving program to obtain their Class Licence 1 or 3 upon graduation (as early as age 18) 7) develop an online permit application process which also allows for amendments to be filed on an existing permit in real time; 8) Follow the commitment made by the federal government (Feb 16, 2016) to mandate the installation and use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) in all commercial vehicles excepting those vehicles and/or drivers that may be deemed exempt from the use of such devices; 9) Adopt the same technical standard for what constitutes a compliant Electronic Logging Device (EDL) as will be established and enforced by the Federal Government; and 10) Support a position of mandating ELD¿s on the same timetable as the Federal Government, in all provinces across the country. 11) develop a more close alignment of respective permit policies, for heavy, oversized loads, within the western provinces to better facilitate through movement of cargo; 12) extend the timeframe to purchase extraordinary permits greater than 85 tonnes from 48 hours to 14 days; 13) consider establishing an additional alternate provincial control office at a more central location with the province with the view that such could contribute to greater efficiency and reduce untimely delays in securing and expediting permit applications which should be applied with greater consistency. 14) institute an official inquiry into the intricacies of the employment of union and non-union truckers under conflicting conditions; 15) explore ¿best practices¿ of trucking employment in other comparable port jurisdictions recognized for stable trucking employment; 16) reverse and defer any service reductions to any BC Ferries routes until adequate economic impact studies are completed. 17) require BC Ferries to complete a formal and independent 3rd party conducted, economic impact study prior to the closing or severely reducing service; 18) issue a letter of intent to engage BC Ferries in review of existing cost structure & efficiency of all existing routes. 19) designate 16th Avenue as a Provincial Highway to connect Highway 1/Abbotsford Airport with Highway 99; 20) commence property acquisition required to widen 16th Avenue to a 4-lane highway; 21) develop natural gas transportation policy with the objective of more rapidly transforming the heavy-duty trucking, marine and rail transport markets; 22) 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; 23) 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. 24) Require railways to seek regulatory approval before deciding to cut service to communities and provide affected parties with the ability to provide information as interveners.

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