Weaver says Greens will fight pipeline; calls Clark’s Liberals ‘reckless’
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s three Green members will use their increased political clout to fight Kinder Morgan’s $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, party leader Andrew Weaver says.
Weaver reaffirmed the Greens’ election campaign promises Wednesday to oppose the pipeline and the B.C. government’s $8.8-billion Site C hydroelectric dam as the party enters high-stakes political negotiations with the New Democrats and Liberals over Green support.
The final results of last week’s B.C. election remain inconclusive after Christy Clark’s Liberals and John Horgan’s New Democrats failed to win a majority in the 87-seat legislature. The current standings have 43 Liberals, 41 New Democrats and three Greens.
Elections BC, the agency that administers provincial elections, reports that almost 180,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted. The final tally, including recounts in two ridings, Vancouver-False Creek and Courtenay-Comox, is expected to be announced next week.