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I dunno when this thing is actually going to be called but it certainly looks like the BC NDP is headed towards what may be its biggest win ever in a province where the right has long been hegemonic #BCvotes2020
A key question for me is how much the right& #39;s hegemony was directly associated with BC& #39;s unbelievably awful campaign finance laws - which were until recently some of the laxest and least restrictive in North America. From 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/canada/british-columbia-christy-clark.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/1...
The NDP changed this when it formed a minority government with a confidence and supply arrangement w/ the BC Greens https://www.straight.com/news/968556/bc-ndp-government-bans-corporate-and-union-donations-and-introduces-public-subsidy">https://www.straight.com/news/9685...
All but one seat now reporting with the seats standing at:
NDP: 47
LIB: 35
GREEN: 4
44 seats needed for majority. So with an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots key question is whether they differ substantially from the trend we& #39;re now seeing.
NDP: 47
LIB: 35
GREEN: 4
44 seats needed for majority. So with an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots key question is whether they differ substantially from the trend we& #39;re now seeing.
This is the most astounding result for me so far. Yet to be called, but Vancouver False Creek has historically been a Liberal fortress and, to my knowledge, Sam Sullivan (the former mayor of Vancouver) has never lost an election #BCvotes2020
A bit behind in my tweets but the CBC has officially called it for an NDP majority government - an unprecedented outcome in BC politics given the margins we& #39;re seeing. BC NDP continues as the only NDP government in Canada. #BCvotes2020
The key question now is what the NDP will do with its majority. To break from the reporter voice I& #39;ve been using, anything less than a sweeping and ambitious legislative agenda simply won& #39;t cut it. #BCvotes2020
