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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's hegemony was directly associated with BC'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
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
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'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'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'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've been using, anything less than a sweeping and ambitious legislative agenda simply won't cut it. #BCvotes2020
