Sonia Furstenau is meeting with the media for the first time since the Oct. 19 election
As B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaks to the media Wednesday afternoon, the possibility of her party propping up a minority government led by Premier David Eby of B.C. NDP is drawing a range of reactions and recommendations.
Peter Milobar, a former B.C. United MLA, now the Conservative MLA-elect for Kamloops Centre, cautioned against too much speculation at this time in pointing out that two seats are subjects of automatic recounts with the counting set to take place Oct. 26-28."Conversations are dramatically different if it is the current seat count, versus we flip one, or we flip two, or if we flip three," he said."So I think we just need to let the process to play out.
Eby said Tuesday that his party has reached out to the B.C. Greens, but was told that the party is not yet ready for talks, something Milobar can understand.He also raised questioned about Eby's sincerity toward the B.C. Greens. Milobar said Eby"flip-flopped on all sorts of things" near and dear to Greens such as the carbon tax and decriminalization among other issues.
"A huge temptation would be to push for electoral reform -- after all, if recognizing the majority of voters support progressive values is a priority for the NDP, then bringing in a form of democracy that ensures the majority of votes are always, not just sometimes, reflected in the legislature would make sense."
"If I was advising them today, I say, 'PR or Bust,'" Andrew Reeve, press secretary and deputy director of communications for the B.C. United caucus, said."That demand would be even more powerful today than it would have been in 2017 because the B.C. NDP can't go back to the polls," he said.If the B.C. NDP does not agree to PR, then the Greens should"just sit back and get final say on every piece of NDP legislation.
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