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VANCOUVER May 10 The prospect of a minority Liberal government in British Columbia heightened economic uncertainty on Canada's west coast on Wednesday, pitting the future of key energy projects against the ability of the Liberals to work with the third-party Greens.

Preliminary results showed the ruling right-of-center Liberals squeaked to victory with 43 seats but were one seat shy of a majority. The left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) took 41 seats. Absentee votes still need to be counted, a process that will take until May 24 and could change the outcome.

The province's nominal leader, the lieutenant governor, has requested the Liberal Premier Christy Clark continue to govern.

To keep power, the energy-friendly Clark needs to woo the tiny environmentalist Green Party, as she tries to push forward with pipeline expansion plans and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.

The Greens, which have three seats, could also ally with the NDP to form a majority, resulting in an administration unfriendly to energy development.

"In our view, the most immediate casualty could be the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion," Dejardins analysts said of the C$7.4 billion ($5.4 billion) federally approved pipeline project through British Columbia that both NDP and the Greens oppose.

George Hoberg, professor of environmental and natural resource policy at the University of British Columbia, said the situation could create uncertainties and makes building the project politically difficult.

"Constitutionally, the federal government might have the upper hand ... but the B.C. government could force significant delays," he said.

Kinder Morgan's Canadian unit said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday it is looking to raise up to C$1.75 billion ($1.28 billion) in an initial public offering to fund Trans Mountain.

When asked whether Kinder Morgan is concerned about the British Columbia election, President Ian Anderson said its pipeline project continues to move forward.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers industry lobby group, whose members depend on export routes such as Trans Mountain, said: "We're prepared to continue to advocate for our interests."

British Columbia is home to numerous pending LNG export terminals whose fates have now become uncertain, such as one $27 billion project of Malaysia's Petronas for which NDP leader John Horgan has expressed reservations. The Greens have been against such projects.

"LNG project approvals would be easier for the province to unilaterally reverse," compared to federally approved pipelines, Hoberg said.

The BC LNG Alliance industry group said its members remain committed to their projects and look forward to working with the new government. (Reporting by Nicole Mordant in Vancouver, Andrea Hopkins in Ottawa and Ethan Lou in Calgary, Alberta; Editing by Bernard Orr and Lisa Shumaker)

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Carlos Vera, Opinion contributor 5:02 a.m. ET May 10, 2017

At Brooklyn College in New York.(Photo: Bebeto Matthews, AP)

Finding out that I was selected to intern at the White House in 2014 was one of my proudest achievements. As a first-generation college student committed to public service, it didnt get better than this. I quickly accepted the offer and was soon notified of the strict dress code: namely, the expectation that I wear a suit every day. My only issue, as kid from a low-income family, was that I owned just one suit. Thankfully, my dad, my two auntsand my uncle pitched in money so I could buy one more suit and begin my internship in the Obama White House without any unnecessary snags.

This was not an isolated incident. Iworked as an unpaid intern on the Hill,and later on a national campaign for a progressive candidate without pay. This is the unfortunate reality facing too many young people jockeying to enter and stay in progressive politics. Ultimately, its a story of missed opportunity.

The weekend Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, a groundswell of progressive energy much of it youth-led sought to set the tone for an inclusive movement of resistance and progressive ideas. Massive displays of protest and solidarity took root across the country. Millennials, the most progressive and diverse generation in American history, seemed a natural fit to steer these waves of political enthusiasm into a sustainable path forward for years to come.

But for all that young people have tried to invest in the progressive movement, as my experience shows, the movement hasnt invested as much in young people.

In fact, a new report from Generation Progress and Young People For found that financial support for conservative youth organizations outpaces support for progressive youth organizations by tens of millions of dollars. And with nearly 100 new progressive organizations forming in the wake of the presidential election alone, a financial disadvantage of this scale doesnt bode well for the future sustainability of our movement.

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In 2014, for instance, the five largest conservative youth organizations revenue totaledjust over $100 million, while the aggregate revenue of the five largest progressive youth organizations was just under $38 million. Moreover, between 2008 and 2014, conservative youth organizations received nearly $500 million morein contributions than their progressive counterparts.

Unchecked and overlooked, this youth investment gap is only widening, growing from a 2-to-1 conservative advantage in total revenue in 2008 to 3-to-1in 2014. Should this trend persist, the progressive movement runs the risk of chasing young people away, simply by not investing more in them.

My experiences with unpaid internships led me to launch Pay Our Interns last year, a nonprofit, bipartisan organization that advocates for more paid internships for Millennials. Since our launch, hundreds of interns have reached out and shared stories of what theyve endured to intern at progressive institutions.

My own work with Pay Our Interns has confirmed the youth investment gap: conservatives will often pay interns while progressives do not. In the Senate, half of the Republican offices pay interns; for Democrats that figure is about one-quarter. The Republican National Committee pays interns, the Democratic National Committee doesnt. Whereas College Republicans enjoyed a national budget of over $6 million for 2016, College Democrats didnt even have a line item in the DNC budget.

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Conservatives have simply understood how to play the long game, longer. For decades, conservative fundershave provided financial support to conservative youth organizations with very few strings attached, granting broader autonomy to spend on leadership development, skills trainingand general expenses.

Progressive funders have tended to be more nearsighted, focusing their giving on single-issue campaigns or increasing election-year turnout. But in doing so, theyve pigeonholed progressive youth organizations and forced them to dramatically narrow the scope of their spending. This is not a sustainable model for cultivating or keepingtalent.

Now, thousands of future leaders of the progressive movement are watching as rising student debts, stagnating wages and unpaid internships close doors of opportunity to work in progressive politics.

There is too much to lose, and much to gain. Progressives must address the youth investment gap if they areto win in the future. If they do not, the movement will miss out on the diversity, inclusivityand energy of progressive young people.

Carlos Vera is the founder and executive director of Pay Our Interns. Follow him on Twitter:@carlosangeles25

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CNNs Jake Tapper acknowledged on social media the sorrow of a family who lost a father, and then had to face the vitriol of his less than sympathetic liberal followers. He criticized the sickening liberals that were dancing on the grave of a conservative.

For family and friends of @bob_owens so sorry for your loss. Horrible news, he tweeted.

Bob Owens was the editor of Bearing Arms, a popular SecondAmendment advocacy website. He was found dead in North Carolina Monday with a gunshot to the head and a weapon nearby. His last Facebook post read, In the end, it turns out that Im not strong. Im a coward, and a selfish son of a bitch. Im sorry, leading some to believe that he took his own life.

Tappers tweet offering sympathy for the Owens family brought out the worst in some liberals, who mocked his tragic death.

Jake, can you confirm the reports that Bob was wearing a diaper when he owned himself, read one tweet from a contributor to Vice News.

Another responded, Glad Bob Owens died at the hands of a mad man with a gun[.]

Another tweeted, love to respect racist s**theads when they finally do the right thing and turn off the lights.

Some reposted to Tapper comments Owens had offered in the past about Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen who was fatally shot, in order to mock his death.

Tapper responded, I didnt like everything he said or did but he is now dead and he left behind a wife and children. Go find some humanity.

Another characterized his sympathy as reaching out to white supremacists, to which Tapper replied, I have no idea what youre talking about. All Im seeing is a lot of liberals dancing on the grave of a conservative. Its sickening.

Police are still investigating whether Owens death was a suicide or if foul play was involved.

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Up until today, when he was fired by President Trump, FBI Director James Comey wasnt particularly popular with American liberals.How the worm turns.Presented without further commentary, here are some quotes about Comey from prominent progressives.

Hillary Clinton, October 30, 2016: Its pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election. In fact, its not just strange. Its unprecedented, and its deeply troubling.

Michael Moore, November 1, 2016: So Comey will implicate Hillary for crap thats not hers on Anthony Weiners laptop but wont say anything about what he knows about Trump.

Chuck Schumer, November 2, 2016: I do not have confidence in him [Comey] any longer.

The Nation editorial November 3, 2016: James Comey Has Discredited Himself and the FBI

Huffington Post, November 3, 2016: Comey Violated the Hatch Act And Must Be Fired.

Keith Olbermann, November 6, 2016: Nope. Our one bipartisan moment. This mans position at the FBI is no longer tenable. #Comey

Harry Reid, December 14, 2016: Comey, whos of course a Republican[]has let the country down for partisan purposes.

Nancy Pelosi, January 13, 2017: One standard was applied to the Russians and another standard applied to Hillary Clinton.

Adam Schiff, March 2, 2017: I appreciate we had a long briefing and testimony from the director today, but in order for us to do our investigation in a thorough and credible way, were gonna need the FBI to fully cooperate, be willing to tell us the length and breadth of any counterintelligence investigations they are conducting. At this point, the director is not willing to do that.

Robby Mook, March 2, 2017: Its time for Comey to remove himself from this too. His credibility is gone.

Maxine Waters, March 20, 2017: [T]he FBI Director still has no credibility. He needs to also explain HIS interference in the election.

Rachel Maddow, April 24, 2017: FBI Director James Comey would not budge. He would talk about Hillary Clinton being under FBI investigation. Happy to do that. But he would not talk about Trump being under investigation, too. Wouldnt confirm that, wouldnt discuss it at all. They were both under investigation, he would only talk about one of them. There were some Democrats who tried at the time, before the election, back in September, to make clear to him how nuts that was.

Patrick Leahy, May 3, 2017: A cloud of doubt hangs over the FBIs objectivity.

John Podesta, May 9, 2017: The American public is getting mildly nauseous listening to James Comey.

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