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So much for those prognostications of a Liberal minority government in British Columbia supported by the Green Party.

Monday’s announcement that the Greens will instead support the NDP brings a harsh new reality. And it’s especially surprising given the talk about Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver and the NDP’s John Horgan not being the best of friends.

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An NDP-Green Party minority government is bad news not only for the energy sector, but Canada’s economic prosperity. The investment climate in B.C. is about to be shredded.

And while Alberta might now look like the better dance partner for investment, this is not the B.C. government Premier Rachel Notley expected.

Despite the differences between Notley and B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark, there is no denying a Liberal majority offered reason for optimism on pipelines and liquefied natural gas projects.

The new minority government is a scenario Kinder Morgan Canada would have wanted to avoid.