VICTORIA— BC NDP Government Deputy Premier Niki Sharma issued the following statement on CARGA:

“We’ve done good work with the Greens over the past year, and I want to thank Jeremy and Rob for their collaboration.

Our priority with the Green Party has been to find shared priorities we could cooperate on, that would also ensure additional stability for British Columbians.

However, as the Greens won’t rule out voting with the Conservatives on confidence measures to trigger an election, we were unable to find common ground. British Columbians don’t want an election – they want us to take action on the things that matter to them.

As we do with other MLAs, we will work with the Greens on an issue-by-issue and vote-by-vote basis.”