The bitumen coming out of a Kinder Morgan proposed enlarged pipeline may have been the deciding factor in the Greens deciding not to support the Liberals.
On CBC, Norman Spector, who was involved on behalf of the Greens in inter-party negotiations, said the negotiations with both the Liberals and NDP were amiable, but when Weaver brought up the blocking of the pipeline because of possibility of bitumen flowing into Vancouver Harbour and got no support from the Liberals, Weaver physically recoiled from the table and soon told Liberal Brad Bennett (Premier Bill Bennett's son) "We need a timeout".