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With eight days before the B.C. legislature convenes, the NDP and Green party publicly reaffirmed their power-sharing alliance after speculation the problem of which party would supply an MLA to become Speaker was causing cracks.

NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver also criticized Premier Christy Clark for hanging on to power, appointing a large “caretaker” cabinet, and for her “delay and distract” tactics.

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“This distraction is part of the Liberal plan to make people think we can’t make this work, but we’re committed to doing this,” Horgan said at a news conference with Weaver on Wednesday in Victoria.

“We have an accord,” Weaver said. “We have confidence it will work out. There’s no arguments between John and I despite the fact it makes good Twitter stories.”

Clark’s Liberals won the most seats in the May 9 election, but not a majority. It has 43 seats compared to a combined 44 for the NDP and Greens.