The BC Green leadership contest goes to two rounds but ultimately MLA Sonia Furstenau was victorious. We consider how Cam Brewer did so well despite joining the race so late.

Then we pivot to look at the province’s StrongerBC restart plan and whether it might serve as a pre-election document.

And in quick takes we look at the upcoming Throne Speech and the results in the New Brunswick election.

A transcript will be available at politicoast.ca

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Links

Segment 1: Sonia First-in-now

* Sonia Furstenau Wins BC Green Leadership as Election Speculation Grows

* Comparison of spending

Segment 2: A $1.5B election platform

* StrongerBC [PDF]

* Candidate database

Quick takes

* Trudeau starts consultations with opposition leaders on next week’s throne speech

* O’Toole says Energy East ‘not on the table’ after talking pipelines with Legault

* Erin O’Toole says he won’t touch Quebec secularism law, supports Bill 101 expansion

* Progressive Conservatives win majority in New Brunswick’s pandemic election