In a beautiful land of forests, mountains and fjords, it is no surprise that British Columbian politics has a greenish streak. But the economy in Canada's westernmost province is languishing. The campaign for the provincial election on May 14th turned into a fight between jobs and the environment. Jobs won, and so, probably, did planned pipelines across the province to take oil and gas from Alberta to Asian markets. Contrary to the findings of most opinion polls, the provincial Liberal Party (no relation to the federal party of the same name) hung on to power, winning 50 seats-one more than in the 2009 election-to 33 for the main opposition, the left-of-centre New Democratic Party (ndp).
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