Greens want specifics on potential horse-trading deals with B.C. Liberals, NDP
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s upstart Green party has set up a negotiating team and is planning a series of chess moves that could shake the direction of the province following last week’s inconclusive election results, says deputy party leader Matt Toner.
The splintered election outcome that saw the Greens win three seats and potentially hold the balance of power in an 87-seat legislature has Green leader Andrew Weaver calculating the benefits of co-operation agreements with the Liberals and New Democrats, Toner said Tuesday.
The Liberals and New Democrats are gridlocked as they await the final ballot counts from last week’s election, but the Greens are setting priorities to use the leverage that its newly elected members achieved.
The Greens announced Tuesday that Weaver will serve as the party’s chief negotiator in the upcoming political talks.