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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yeah, BC's going to be going to the polls within six months, regardless.
Amusingly, Sun Media's tokent lefty, Warren Kinsella, is calling this "dirty backroom politics" because they "can't win the old fashioned way". That's quite the hot take.
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As a person who voted for the Liberals, I don't understand that. Kinsella is saying that because the Liberals won the most seats, they should get to govern. If this was a majority, I'd agree. Since it's a minority I think other things need to come into play. If they NDP and Greens form a coalition, they have 44 seats to the Liberals 43 seats. That's a majority of the seats, and 57% of the popular vote. I don't get how that can be seen as dirty.
Now if the Liberals had 40 seats, and a coalition between 2 parties didn't beat those 40 seats, or still was a minority, then I think the Liberals should still have the power. This is a situation if there were some independents and/or other parties besides the main three parties from this year.
The Liberals had the same opportunity to form a coalition with the Greens. With 46 seats, they could have given the greens a cabinet position, named one of their own the speaker, and never had a problem with any vote, assuming everyone showed up.
I do not think I'll enjoy a government run by the NDP and Greens, but there are many other people that voted to not have a Liberal run government. I think the voting process was fair, and the results should obviously stand. I hope the coalition doesn't compromise the province during their time in power. I hope the Liberals work hard in the next four years, and give a better platform for 2021. This assumes there is no early election.