Can NDP & Liberals Meet May's requirements for co-operation?

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Fact check: Can the NDP and Liberals meet Elizabeth May's requirements for co-operation?

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By Nora Loreto | September 10, 2015

The claim: Green Pary Leader Elizabeth May says that she's willing to co-operate with the NDP and the Liberals. Could both parties meet her conditions for support?

The Green Party's chances at winning more than a meagre handful of seats this election are very slim. While Elizabeth May's Saanich-Gulf Island seat is a slam dunk, the wildest of Green dreams can expect no more than three seats. Currently, one seat is the realistic projection.

Nevertheless, Elizabeth May and co. aren't complete off base to fancy themselves kingmakers on October 20. With support for the Conservatives bottoming out, and Canadians pulled by the Anybody But Harper campaign, a few votes from Green MPs could make or break a party's power.

Elizabeth May has positioned herself to be a defender of democracy and democratic renewal. At a campaign stop in Vancouver, responding to a question from a journalist, May described the conditions under which the Green Party would support an NDP or a Liberal government.

The Greens will support the Liberals or NDP if they:

1. Defend coastlines from tankers loaded with bitumen

2. Bring in proportional representation

3. Repeal Bill C-51 immediately

4. Restore basic parliamentary democracy (no omnibus budget bills, cut the PMO in half, etc.)

Can both parties meet May's challenge?

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