I for one am going to quit my 6 figure job tomorrow and start loitering in the Home Depot parking lot looking for odd jobs paid in cash under the table. I'll ride that gravy train until next summer when I can go up and pick berries in north Whatcom County. They even have top quality housing on site.
I'm relatively new in BC, which is obvious from my posting history here.
Given that the NDP is to the right of Ralph Kline, I am certain you think they are communists!
I do remember something about a fast ferries scandal* and the NDP getting spanked for it. (*Really not a scandal in the strict sense, just a foolish investment in a technology that no serious marine engineer believed was viable, but the government thought they knew better than the experts and their fancy book larnin', hey sounds a lot like Trump on tarriff and trade policy!)
Legalizing hard drugs and defunding the police sounds like an insanely stupid plan. Guessing it didn't work or if it did then people quickly realized the stupidity of it.