Naming an NDP-Speaker could threaten the party's tentative majority and undermine the role's traditional neutrality, says expert
The election count is final and Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin has asked B.C. Premier David Eby to form government, with the BC NDP winning 47 of 93 seats.
Speakers are encouraged not to vote unless there is a tie and even then casting a vote tests parliamentarian tradition. Who that person will be remains an open question. Such a scenario could also test the Speaker’s neutrality, according to University of B.C. political scientist Stewart Prest.Premier opens door for collaboration, Speaker role As such, Eby told reporters Tuesday he is speaking to the BC Greens today and left the door open for a Conservative MLA to step forward as a Speaker candidate.
And if a Green were to become Speaker, it would test that party’s status as an official party in the Legislature, said Prest. Furthermore, with only two members, it would put a larger burden on just one of them, he added. He said if the NDP elect one of their own MLAs, “we end up in a thorny situation if the NDP pushes through with a bare majority,” and the Speaker casting the tie vote.
That means helping advance bills to a further stage, and avoid using their vote “in such a way as to amount to a final determination of the matter.” This occurred in 2017 when BC Liberal-elect MLA Darryl Plecas put himself forward, allowing the NDP and Greens to govern comfortably under a confidence and supply agreement for three years, despite the BC Liberals winning the most seats.
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