Government of Canada's British Columbia toppled in non-confidence vote


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  • Friday, 30 Jun 2017

British Columbia Premier-designate John Horgan gets into his car after making a statement to the media at Government House following a non-confidence vote in Victoria, B.C., Canada June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Light

VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) - British Columbia's Liberal government was defeated on Thursday in a non-confidence vote, as expected, paving the way for the left-leaning New Democrats to rule the Western Canadian province for the first time in 16 years.

Such a prospect has unnerved investors in Canada's third-most populous province, not least owners of oil and gas projects such as Kinder Morgan Inc's C$7.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which the New Democratic Party (NDP) has vowed to halt.

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