The NDP has two years remaining. The can hope to avoid being turfed by tangibly reducing the deficit and seeing the TransMountain Expansion built. They can tangibly reduce the deficit from price increases of oil and gas, tax increases (sales tax), by reducing government operating costs (not the capital program) or a combination of the three. They will have to play hardball with the fruit flies in B.C. on the pipeline if they attempt to block it.