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Greens could be tie-breakers on B.C. climate policy

By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

If the BC Greens end up with the balance of power in British Columbia and choose to support the NDP, they are likely to push hard on two main climate policy issues — the consumer carbon price and liquid natural gas expansion. 

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Why the NDP Cleared a Union Local’s Pro-Eby Effort

By Zak Vescera,  The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A Vancouver Island union local is behind a letter that sparked an investigation into David Eby’s NDP leadership campaign and complaints  from disqualified rival Anjali Appadurai of a double standard. 

BC NDP chief electoral  officer Elizabeth Cull said she spent weeks investigating the source of  the letter, printed on United Steelworkers’ letterhead, that urged  members to join the NDP to support Eby’s leadership bid. 

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