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VICTORIA — Green Leader Andrew Weaver provided a window into his thinking in negotiations with the two major political parties this week when he expressed hope about a long-term understanding.

“I don’t think British Columbians want to go back to the polls any time soon,” Weaver told reporters in a press conference at the legislature Wednesday. “We have said to both parties we are willing to negotiate for the long term. There’s nothing magical about two years, there’s nothing magical about three, and frankly there’s nothing stopping us actually looking for four years.”

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A power-sharing agreement lasting two, three, even four years? That would be a far cry from early speculation that the Greens would be content with a few concessions up front, then proceed issue by issue and vote by vote.

But listening to Weaver it was readily apparent what occasioned his shift to the longer term.

First and foremost, there was electoral reform. The Greens would implement proportional representation by simple majority vote in the legislature.