B.C. NDP’s Horgan gathers caucus to ratify deal to govern with help of Greens

May 30, 2017 | 6:12 AM

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s NDP leader highlighted affordable housing and health care today as two key elements in a minority government deal with the Green party.

John Horgan spoke briefly to his caucus before it met privately to ratify the agreement, which has already been approved by the Greens.

Horgan says after 16 years in Opposition, he is excited about the prospect of forming the next government.

Horgan says the deal will also allow the province to defend its coast, an apparent reference to the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic off B.C.