Old Parties Promoting Yesterday's Solutions to Tomorrow's Problems

Some people are saying that the strategic vote should be cast to rid the province of the Liberals. Of course these people are NDP supporters. The desperation of the NDP is crystallized in tired attempts to scare Green supporters into propping up a flagging party instead of bringing substantive policy forward and allowing voters to decide for themselves.

Do these 'strategic' voters believe that the NDP offers much different from Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberals? Worse than simply lacking inspiration, the NDP are downright regressive, even irresponsible. Their opposition to the carbon tax flies in the face of just about all expert opinion on how to combat climate change. Tax shifting is essential to clean energy conversion and a prosperous green economy. Axe the tax is a reckless stunt that gambles with our environment to curry votes.

The truly strategic voter will vote for a real strategy for saving our planet, our economy and ourselves. BC Greens' policies are years ahead of either the BC Liberals or the NDP and present a viable path toward developing a true green economy and removing our reliance on oil and gas. The Greens' ideals of decentralization, regional and local self-sufficiency, steady-state economics, transparent democracy, preventative healthcare, social equality and a guaranteed liveable income appeal to a much broader range of British Columbians than either of the narrow agendas of the Liberals or NDP.

It is time for us to pull our collective heads out of the time warp that the old parties have lead us into. Issues such as government corruption, climate change, peak oil, rampant river diversion developments, decimated wild salmon stocks and a nearly non-existent forest industry all require radical new thinking and strong, clearly articulated leadership. None of this is forthcoming from either the NDP or the Liberals.

It remains up to the real strategic voters of BC to demonstrate loud and clear that we deserve and expect better. This can be achieved by voting for a new green economy -- an economy that tackles climate change, creates new jobs, and is fair to all.

So go ahead, vote strategically. Vote Green.