B.C.’s NDP-Green agreement required reading ahead of likely minority government
VICTORIA — The recently signed New Democrat and Green party manifesto to form what is likely to result in British Columbia’s first minority government in sixty-five years has become required reading for business, social and labour groups.
The leaders of B.C.’s business council and federation of labour said they have been reviewing the 10-page document signed last week by NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver in preparation for what could be momentous political change.
Prof. Michael Prince, a social policy expert at the University of Victoria, said Tuesday that social services organizations are examining the document, paying particular attention to plans to establish a provincial poverty reduction strategy and conduct a test project on providing basic incomes to fight poverty.
“Different groups are poring over the agreement for what it may say and what it may not say,” he said. “This is much fuller than we’ve seen in recent throne speeches.”