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VICTORIA — The word “historic” gets tossed around with abandon these days, but that was the right way to describewhat unfolded Monday afternoon in the foyer outside the B.C. legislature chamber.

The setting itself was apt: The ceremonial entrance open and the chamber beyond fully lighted, 87 desks in place, awaiting confirmation as to who would be sitting on the government side, who in Opposition.

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The first sign of where things were headed came shortly before 1 p.m. as NDP staffers set up lights, wiring and two microphones for what promised to be a joint announcement.

At 2 p.m. precisely, NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver entered through a side door and made their way to the microphones amid a palpable buzz in the room.

Weaver started it off, being the one who’d earlier in the day made the judgment call that brought the two of them to that space at that moment.

He and Horgan had together concluded an extraordinary — and for this province unprecedented — agreement to share power for the next four years.