Re: “NDP and Greens could find common ground,” letter, April 12.

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The NDP and Greens are very different. Greens are known for valuing the environment and fighting climate change. The NDP only professes these values at election time. Why else did John Horgan’s NDP caucus, on Feb. 11, 2014, vote to expand our export of coal?

Regarding Horgan’s promise to bring in electoral reform, what would stop him from following Justin Trudeau’s example? Trudeau made the same promise more than 1,000 times, by someone’s count, but that didn’t stop him from changing his mind once in power.

Anyone who has been reading this newspaper over the past four years will know that Horgan has been doing all he can to undermine Andrew Weaver and the Greens.

Horgan also promises to end the corrupt practice of accepting political donations from unions and corporations, yet he had the chance to do that at any time, but didn’t. The NDP is largely supported by donations from public-service unions, which would put an NDP government in a conflict of interest, as it would be negotiating contracts with the very unions who pay the party’s bills.

It’s as though an NDP government would be giving public-service unions a siphon into the pockets of taxpayers. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

The Green Party stands on six core principles. I believe the NDP is all about power for itself and its patrons.

Cynthia Montgomery

Maple Bay