Premier-elect dismisses significance of NDP's success in coastal ridings.
from The Tyee
"Emboldened on her first day as Premier-elect, Christy Clark deftly navigated around questions about oil tanker and pipeline safety at her first post-election press conference this afternoon.
"Clark told reporters in her downtown Vancouver office that the BC Liberals' 50-seat surprise victory last night — shutting out the NDP by 17 seats — demonstrates that voters have given her government a "clear mandate" in its fourth term, particularly on economic and resource development.
"'Now that we have a clear mandate from the people of British Columbia, we are going to get down to the business of governing immediately," Clark told reporters. "People were concerned about the economy, and the people of British Columbia made their voice heard.'
"Surveying an election result map, however, reveals a nearly unbroken orange belt descended upon the coast like a line of driftwood washed ashore, in a province otherwise mostly Liberal.Could this stark chart of the NDP's coastal backing — with only two exceptions on eastern Vancouver Island — say anything about the Official Opposition's anti-tanker stance and fears of an oil spill disaster if the Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines go ahead? …"
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