okay, mr. expert. first off, there's no "statute" law, there's just law. i could run through the hierarchy of authorities in BC, but that would be tiresome. as you know (if you ever did end up going to law school), if the NDP elect the speaker and the speaker votes with the government, then the liberals (or whoever else the court decides has standing) can challenge that interpretation of the "statute" (ie. constitution act or whatever you think is important) and then that'll be decided by the courts. you can't predict that result, only a fool would predict that result.
what you're trying to convince people isn't very clear beyond the idea that according to the few flimsy sources you've thrown up, convention says the greens and the ndp 'coalition' is illegitimate, so there must be a new election. and the certainty you're projecting on that is weird.
and for whatever it's worth, you're right that i definitely support the ndp/greens. but i've also lived in california for years now (and i'm an american as well as having canadian citizenship), and before that i was at mcgill in montreal. i like the ndp/greens because i think it's nuts how the liberals have allowed the housing prices to shoot up to these destabilizing levels, i've good reason to think the ndp will plough money into transit infrastructure, and i just generally look forward to seeing a laboratory of good governance up there (i'm not at all convinced that the ndp government that was elected 21 years ago is relevant to today). it's especially heartening that the ndp/greens took power with almost no rural support, meaning that they can run the province for the urban areas.
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