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B.C. NDP, Greens joining forces to topple Liberal government
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 29, 2017 06:00pm |
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| Author | Andrew Weichel |
| News Date | Monday, May 29, 2017 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The leaders of the B.C. NDP and Green parties have reached an agreement to remove the long-governing Liberals from power.
John Horgan and Andrew Weaver held a news conference Monday to announce their intention to use their parties' combined 44 seats in the provincial Legislature to end Christy Clark's reign as premier.
"We can do great things when we work together. We can do great things across party lines when we have a government in place that's anxious to do that," Horgan said.
The deal is not for a coalition government; Weaver said the parties' plan is to demonstrate a minority government can operate stably for a full four-year term.
Should the NDP and Greens enact voting reform – a stated priority of Weaver's platform – minorities are likely to become the norm.
"We wanted to maintain a minority situation to show British Columbians that it can work," Weaver said.
The deal has already been ratified by the three Green MLAs and will be presented to the NDP caucus on Tuesday. Both parties will then bring it to B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor, Judith Guichon. |
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