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Green Party Alliance 2017

Shouldn't the 41st parliament be NDP-Green Party coalition? Zacharycmango (talk) 23:53, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The parties did not form a coalition; the Green Party agreed to support an NDP minority government. That's an important distinction: a coalition government has two (or more) parties in cabinet and contributing to the government's agenda, which is not what happened in BC. The Green Party did not join cabinet or the government caucus, and their influence on policy and direction was informal and limited. — Kawnhr (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spending Scandal

There doesn't seem to be any coverage in Wikipedia of the scandal about the spending of senior staff, including Clerk James Craig, e.g. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/former-clerk-of-the-bc-legislature-to-be-sentenced-today-for-breach-of-trust . That may merit an article of its own, but if not, it ought to be mentioned somewhere.Bill (talk) 04:20, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think there are 93 seats now

I believe it's now 93 seats. 47 for a majority. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.154.123 (talk) 22:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

93 is the correct number of seats, but the updated revision in this article now doesn't match the citation, which is currently out of date. The BC government page incorrectly indicates 87 seats. This article should probably link to a different source for the correct number of 93. Burton anatomy (talk) 19:37, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Opposition

Opposition should never be used to describe a party or independents who aren't part of the opposition as described in a parliamentary system because it has real meaning. (Parliamentary_opposition). There's only one official opposition and currently that's the BC Conservatives. Anyone else doesn't belong in the opposition section.-- Created Account For Old UI (talk) 19:59, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a list of articles with the same parliamentary systems doing it the way I am.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of Canada
National Assembly of Quebec
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (there's no other party but they clearly use Official Opposition
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Nova Scotia House of Assembly

If you noticed that's every single Provincial page and the federal one and the UK parliament. It should not changed backed. --Created Account For Old UI (talk) 20:17, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm open to using Cross Bencher (instead of Other) as the New Zealand Parliament does, but I haven't heard that term used in Canadian politics a lot. I do hear it more often in UK politics. Created Account For Old UI (talk) 20:20, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]