| Gordon Campbell's Liberal Record |
Carole James' NDP Alternative
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| Hospital emergency rooms in crisis, long wait lists
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Make solving ER crisis and wait lists top health priority
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| When economy was good, wasted money on pet projects and failed to plan for tough economic times ahead
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Will protect working families and the services they depend on when times are tough
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| Homelessness up 364%, ongoing neglect of treatment for addictions and the mentally ill
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Real action to reduce homelessness, improve addiction treatment and support for mentally ill
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| $500 million wasted through Convention Centre project mismanagement while communities around BC can't get funding for health clinics and community centres
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Shift focus from Campbell's pet projects to peoples' actual needs
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| Salary increases of up to 43% for top Campbell advisors
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Roll back Campbell's pay hike and raise minimum wage to $10
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| More private, for-profit surgery and health clinics
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Invest in public surgery clinics and hospitals
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| Inaction on forestry crisis while tens of thousands of jobs have been lost
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A long-term plan to help rural communites by restricting raw log exports and investing in infrastructure and economic development
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| Highest transit fares in Canada, service levels down
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Help people get out of cars with more buses and affordable fares
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| Business bankruptcies in the wake of Campbell megaprojects |
Better support for businesses adversely affected by government projects
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| Ignored cost of housing, gave landlords more power over tenants
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Better protection for tenants, work with municipalities and business for more affordable housing
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| Classroom conditions worse, special needs kids neglected
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Respect teachers, help kids with special needs
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| Soaring tuition fees
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More affordable post-secondary education and skills training
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| Ineffective gas tax that hurts average families. Free ride for big polluters and offshore oil drilling
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Replace gas tax with tough regulations for big polluters and ban on offshore oil drilling
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| Declining care and fewer spaces for seniors in need
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Care standards and more beds for seniors in need
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| Up to $50 million spent annually on governments ads that tell you how well they are doing
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Use this money to reduce health care wait lists and improve care for seniors
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| Dirty hospitals and torn up contracts for health care workers
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Clean up hospitals, fairness for health care
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| Mean-spirited cuts to services for the most vulnerable, worst child poverty rate in Canada |
Increase support for families, vulnerable people and homeless
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| Cut training and ignored skills shortage
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Increase training to solve skills shortage
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