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And the winner is …

Andrew Weaver, leader of British Columbia’s Green Party.

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And the loser is …

Rachel Notley, premier of Alberta.

Even though we won’t know for another few weeks the official results of British Columbia’s squeaker election, we can draw a few conclusions already.

It’s fair to say the Green Party was a big winner even though it captured just three seats out of 87.

The B.C. Liberals won 43 seats and the NDP 41. Neither captured the 44 seats necessary to form a majority government. They are both, arguably, losers. The Greens hold the balance of power.

With its paltry three seats, the Green Party tail will be wagging the B.C. legislature dog.

And when it comes to barking at energy pipelines, this dog might be a little rabid.

Weaver has pledged to do all he can to stop the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline to pump more Alberta bitumen to the West Coast for shipment to Asia.