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Ian Anderson has defended the Trans Mountain project as having gone through rigorous assessments in his first comments since the B.C. NDP-Green party alliance resolved to stop the pipeline expansion.

British Columbia's NDP leader highlighted affordable housing and health care on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as key elements in a minority government deal with the Green party.

Shares in Kinder Morgan Canada fell in their debut on May 30, 2017, on the Toronto Stock Exchange amid political uncertainty around the company's flagship Trans Mountain expansion project.

All eyes are on Premier Christy Clark after Monday's announcement that British Columbia's New Democrats have reached an agreement with the Green party to form a minority government.

Hundreds of people in British Columbia have completed a 75-kilometre march to protest Kinder Morgan"s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The final count in British Columbia's tight and inconclusive election will be known on May 24, 2017, but the possibility of a judicial recount means the actual outcome might not be known for weeks.

The final results of British Columbia's election are still not in, but experts already see scenarios for an unstable provincial government that is unlikely to last a full four-year term.

Endorsing the BC NDP launched a tide of criticism against environmentalist Tzeporah Berman.

"There's going to be conflict of interest when you see deep pockets and money flowing....from the very industries that are going to be benefiting," May said, speaking in Vancouver.

Andrew Weaver, a respected climate scientist and leader of British Columbia's Green party, hopes to have something in common with Rachel Notley, Justin Trudeau and even Donald Trump.

The official start to British Columbia's election campaign is set to launch Tuesday, but the buses are already rolling and the attack ads and name-calling are shifting into high gear.

Data suggests companies bidding on government contracts in B.C. are seen in a more favourable light if they donate to the ruling party.

If you're an American activist pushing for strong action on climate change, these are dark days. But they say hope is not lost, with municipalities, states, provinces and Canada leading the way.

"Our society is now in the throes of a desperate battle. The life of democracies around the world is being torn asunder as if by two wolves," writes Green Party leader Elizabeth May.

It won't be much of a summer vacation - the MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands is deciding whether to resign as party leader after members voted to support sanctions against Israel.