B.C. premier-designate John Horgan started putting a stamp on his new minority NDP government on Tues. July 4, 2017 by appointing three people to his inner team.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley have welcomed B.C.'s new premier-designate John Horgan despite simmering tensions over the Trans Mountain pipeline project.
B.C. premier-designate John Horgan said he spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, June 30, 2017, about the softwood trade dispute with the U.S. and he is planning meetings in Ottawa
The BC Green Party was first to break the news on Thursday evening that B.C.'s lieutenant-governor has asked the BC NDP to form a minority government in the legislature.
British Columbia's minority Liberal government is staring at defeat today, June 29, 2017, in the legislature, more than seven weeks after squeaking out a minority government in a provincial election.
The NDP and Greens combined to reject legislation from the minority Liberal government that would have reformed political party financing and given the Greens official party status in the legislature.
British Columbia Liberal House Leader Mike de Jong says it is not his party's responsibility to provide a Speaker in order to "prop up" an arrangement between the NDP and Greens.
Even if the pipeline went ahead, at least they'd make good on an election promise to use "every tool available" to stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion.