We are normally in the business of finding answers to questions. But this week’s provincial election has left us with fewer of the former and more of the latter.
What will the final seat totals be once the remaining 170,000 absentee ballots are counted?
If the seat count remains the same, who will form government in the ensuing power struggle? It will essentially be up to Green Party leader Andrew Weaver to decide who he will take to the dance. Weaver will have to strategize not only on what policies he’ll be able to push through the legislature but also what the ramifications of horse-trading with Liberals and NDP will be on his own growing base.
Will any of the leaders be able to successfully poach any newly elected rival MLAs to their team, as the parties are most assuredly attempting to do right now?
If we do wind up with a coalition government, how long will it last before a confidence vote fails and we wind up back at the polls? And what will be the issue that inevitably brings it down?
Is this the beginning of the Greens becoming a viable third party or is it a flash in the pan?
The Greens doubled their vote share, while the Liberals lost a chunk of theirs. Were disaffected Liberals staying home or jumping ship over to the Greens?
If the Liberals continue to govern, will they punish the Lower Mainland for kicking them out of swing ridings or will they attempt to woo back the urban vote?
We’re as confused as you are. But after 16 years of one-party rule, isn’t it a breath of fresh air to have a little uncertainty?
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