After the Greens abstained, the Liberals were able to force an amendment to a section of the NDP’s LNG bill
VICTORIA — B.C.’s New Democrat government suffered an embarrassing defeat in the legislature on a section of its marquee liquefied natural gas bill Tuesday night after its power-sharing partners, the Greens, walked out of a vote.
“I walked out of the room on the amendment because we had no intention of supporting the amendment either for or against,” Weaver said. “This is the B.C. NDP and Liberals fighting over who can be the biggest sellout for future generations.”Joan Isaacs, the Liberal MLA chairing the committee session, broke the tie to side with her Liberal colleagues. The Liberals won with 42 votes.The amendment didn’t substantially change the NDP’s LNG tax regime nor is it likely to derail the LNG Canada project.
After the amendment passed, the bill led to a further series of dramatic and bizarre events in the chamber.
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