British Columbia - Where all the political platforms are awful?

Note: I have edited my post to help better direct a positive discussion. Who knew it would be so hard to have a discussion on politics that actually stays on topic. As someone who considers themselves politically agnostic, I swear people treat political parties like brand names.

As everyone is likely aware, the Provincial election will soon be upon us. With the propaganda based advertisements beginning to flood the airwaves, billboards, and social media, I decided to set out to find where each political party currently stands to help me better place my vote.

Let me start off by stating that I have never been a fan of the provincial NDP party.

Before you crack your knuckles, and begin typing up a page of hatred to my personal inbox as (three) of you have so far - I request that you read my post to its completion, have a glass of wine, and then come to the realization that people might have different opinions than you do.

Between the foundation of ICBC in the 70's, and a currently poor Provincial track record of the party in British Columbia, and a few other unnamed provinces (which I won't get into), I have always been very reluctant to give the NDP party my vote.

However, we now have Christy Clark and her Liberal goon army. Inheriting the throne from Gordon Campbell, I originally had high hopes for the first female Premier since Rita Johnston. However, between gutting many of our much needed medical and educational services, being engaged in multiple controversies, and "donating" a million of taxpayers dollars to the church she attends - there is no way in hell I will be voting Liberal this election. Advertising that her party will cut MSP by 50%, after raising it 40% over the past few years was simply salt in the wounds for me

As for alternatives, we have the Green party, which more or less has gained traction due to the burning hatred for both the NDP and Liberal governments, and BC hasn't seen a (serious) conservative party since the Social Credit Party which more or less dissolved into flames in the early 90's.

Realistically, we're down to the NDP and Liberal governments this election. I'm not completely against voting NDP, but I simply don't see any type of platform available from them. At this point, the only known thing about them is that they support the BC union board, and are big on socialized programs. I am not interested in unions, and am not interested in funding unnecessary, bloated, social programs. I need to know what they stand for before I can decide to give them my vote. Heck, I didn't even know the guy running for premiers name on the NDP side of things until about a month ago.

As of the writing of this article, I've found the official documents stating the platform for both the Liberal and Conservative party, however I have yet to see one for the NDP. Is there an official platform policy available for the general public? As far as I can tell, there is nothing on paper that declares what they stand for. I'm more open to voting for the NDP than I have ever been in my entire lifetime, but as a individual who values written data more than anything, I'm finding it difficult to justify voting for them.

And more importantly - is there any good choices left in British Columbia? At this rate, I'm simply going to throw my vote at the Greens because there's no better option!

I'd love to hear peoples feedback, and hopefully someone will be able to point me at some official documentation stating each parties current platform, because I'm finding it difficult to find info that should be published before a party should even be permitted to run for office...

Posted Mar 16, 2017, 11:12 PM UTC · edited

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