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“Frankly, they had the information on which to make a decision a number of weeks ago and they should have made a decision immediately after the BCUC report,” said Weaver. “The information was there.”

The Greens campaigned on killing Site C, saying it was unnecessary amid cheaper alternative power sources like wind and solar. But the three-MLA Green caucus agreed to allow Horgan to review the project, as part of a confidence and supply agreement that gave the NDP the slim majority needed to topple the Liberals in May and form government.

Weaver reiterated Monday that the Greens won’t defeat the NDP if the party decides to let Site C continue. Doing so, he said, would spark an election in which the Liberals or NDP could win a majority and push Site C forward unopposed. The Greens would be unlikely to win a majority in the next election, said Weaver, adding, “we’ve still got some work to go from three to 45 seats.”

“Our outcome we’re looking for is to defeat Site C,” said Weaver. “It makes no sense fiscally. Having government fall, does that achieve that outcome? No. Many would just view us as being irresponsible, because we are picking up our ball and going home.”

Meanwhile, opposition from other groups into the Site C dam also ramped up Monday.

Harry Swain, who chaired the 2014 joint federal-provincial review into the dam, held a news conference in Victoria on Monday to again call on the NDP to cancel the project.

The chiefs of the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations, whose territory would be affected by Site C, near Fort St. John, said they will proceed with a $1-billion lawsuit if the dam is built, arguing their Treaty 8 rights would be violated.