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PODCAST: 'Hanging in the balance': Uncertainty looms following historic B.C. election

The One Thing is an original CBC podcast that takes on the big issue that made headlines this week in the 2017 B.C. election. In episode five, CBC reporter Richard Zussman looks at all the uncertainty around the election results.

On CBC's election podcast The One Thing reporter Richard Zussman looks ahead to May 24.

The leaders of all three parties gave optimistic speeches, unsure of what their fates will ultimately be. From left to right: NDP Leader John Horgan, Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver and Liberal Leader Christy Clark. (CBC)

It was an election result unlike any other in recent B.C. history. In fact, you have to go back to 1952 to find the last time there was a minority government in the province.

There are any number of scenarios that could play out when all the ballots are finally counted on May 24. Will it be a majority government, a minority government or some kind of coalition?

And will the riding of Courtenay-Comox decide the outcome of the election after the recount? Right now, nobody knows.

With all the uncertainty, there are a lot of questions and speculation about what the new B.C. government could look like. 

Uncertainty. It's The One Thing that made headlines this week on the campaign trail.

Ballot and voters screen at Langara College being set up on the eve of the election. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)

As you will hear in this week's podcast, NDP Leader John Horgan says until the final result, everything is "hanging in the balance."

The One Thing is a CBC original podcast.

Hosted by CBC legislative reporter Richard Zussman, it looks at the one big issue that dominated the headlines this week in the B.C. election.

In episode five, Zussman talks about the uncertainty around the 2017 B.C. election result.

Listen to episode five of The One Thing here: