Extravagant incomes of some foreign buyers has allowed the housing market to skyrocket. Purchases of homes and land should be restricted to Canadian residents and in some cases to BC residents. Reduce taxes and fees connected with building and/or purchasing a home. These fees account for almost 37% of the cost in the lower mainland.

BC must get back to truly balanced budgets, including both operational and capital expenses. We would pay off existing debt like a mortgage and introduce mandatory balanced budgets. NO Carbon Tax! The carbon tax is a waste of taxpayers money and does nothing for the environment.

Parents are the best childcare possible. Our federal policy would provide $1000 / mo to families where one parent provides consistent childcare in the home instead of having both parents working out. Not always possible but that is ideal. This also creates additional jobs because one less person is in the workplace. The benefit to children cannot be measured and will save immeasurable dollars in the future .

Review the current practices. Too many children are being taken from their own homes. We need to try to help parents heal their relationships and hold them accountable for consistent and adequate care for their children, helping them when needed. But we should try to avoid imposing a state-run one-size-fits-all approach to childcare.

We need to honour the seniors who made this country and help them in their golden years. As much as possible, we should help them stay in their own homes, utilizing family care workers and volunteers where we can. In end-of-life situations, we should provide compassionate palliative care (comfort care) NOT euthanasia.

Distribute funds now allocated per student through a voucher system so that parents may choose the school best suited to their child's needs and family values. This would allow more families to choose the best for their children and encourage the public schools to compete on academics and moral standards. Eliminate the excessive focus on sexuality now permeating the public school system and focus on academics.

We would eliminate raw sewage discharge into the ocean. We would re-introduce Weather Modification legislation to prevent the discharge of toxic chemicals and particulates into BC skies. We would restrict pesticide and herbicide use and insist on labelling of GMO seeds and products. We would encourage more horse-logging, selective logging and manual brush control.

Crack down on pushers of opioids, fentanyl, etc. Re-open mental health institutions for those who cannot break the cycle of drug addiction. Stop enabling further dependancies.

Allow more private care options, publicly funded. Fast-track certification of foreign-trained doctors. Make more efficient use of specialised equipment (ie. night shifts for diagnostic equipment when needed). Divert funds from abortion and gender re-assignment surgery to adoption, maternal care, palliative care, mental health.

This is a many-faceted problem. There are issues from broken homes, drug addictions, mental health and just plain hard luck. Some lack job skills or communication skills. Some have formed habits and prefer tent cities to the rules and disciplines in more formal shelters. Again, we should be addressing mental health issues, providing suitable safe shelters and helping people get on their feet.

The first human right is the right to life, including human persons not yet born and those nearing the end of natural life. Without life no other rights matter. We also support freedom of speech. Without free speech, no rights can be defended. We do not support special rights for any particular group, either by race, religion, gender or lifestyle. All citizens must be equally protected.

We recognize the benefit to Alberta, Canada, BC nd the world of responsible resource development, including the oilsands. But Alberta should build an upgrader to convert raw bitumen into synthetic oil before sending it into BC. BC should build adequate refinery capacity on the BC coast so that we export finished petroleum products and keep maximum jobs and revenue in Canada. We support the Kinder Morgan expansion but it should be based on upgrading in Alberta.

Follow federal guidelines to restrict political donations to individual BC residents. No party subsidies. Retain tax credits for donors.

We need to honour the seniors who made this country and help them in their golden years. As much as possible, we should help them stay in their own homes, utilizing family care workers and volunteers where we can. In end-of-life situations, we should provide compassionate palliative care (comfort care) NOT euthanasia.