91原创鈥檚 Liberal and NDP candidates in the most recent election had very different reactions to the Throne Speech delivered Thursday in Victoria.

The speech, a statement on Premier Christy Clark鈥檚 government鈥檚 plans and priorities, borrowed liberally from the NDP and Green Party鈥檚 platforms.

It promises more childcare spaces, funding for housing, boosts to welfare and disability rates, scrapping the tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges, and ending the requirement for a referendum on Lower Mainland transit funding.

But the Liberal government, which has a minority of 43 MLAs, is expected to be defeated soon by the NDP and Green Party working together, with their 44 MLAs in total.

Asked if the speech wasn鈥檛 a radical departure from the Liberals鈥� campaign promises, 91原创 Liberal MLA Mary Polak said it was not.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 see it as all that radical,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e have a history of listening to how people respond.鈥�

Polak鈥檚 opponent in the recent election, NDP candidate Gail Chaddock Costello, had another view.

鈥淐hristy Clark doesn鈥檛 get a majority government, and suddenly there鈥檚 money for everything,鈥� Chaddock-Costello said.

She said the content of the Throne Speech was pretty good 鈥� it was what NDP leader John Horgan campaigned on, for the most part.

Polak said that the Liberal plan includes a balanced budget, as well as responding to the public鈥檚 concerns.

Given the results of the election, it would be insensitive to the voters if they didn鈥檛 change direction, Polak suggested.

鈥淲e鈥檝e heard what British Columbians are asking us to do,鈥� said Polak.

Chaddock-Costello, however, suggested that some of the people who voted for Clark and the Liberals were surprised.

鈥淚鈥檓 sure there are a lot of people who voted for her [Clark] who were pretty shocked yesterday,鈥� she said.

She said the NDP鈥檚 own voters wouldn鈥檛 be happy if Horgan wrote a Throne Speech that suddenly supported the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion and scrapped plans to raise the minimum wage.

鈥淲e鈥檝e heard what British Columbians are asking us to do,鈥� said Polak.

Today we delivered our - our renewed plan for a stable government and more investments for families.

鈥� Christy Clark (@christyclarkbc)

Both of the recent contenders aren鈥檛 ruling out an election sooner than four years from now.

Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon will make the decision on what happens after the likely defeat of the Liberals by the NDP-Green coalition, said Polak.

Most likely, the NDP鈥檚 Horgan will become premier and get a chance to govern.

Chaddock-Costello said that while she hopes the partnership lasts four years, its difficult to say what could happen with a majority of just one member in the legislature.

One by-election or health issue for an MLA could send British Columbians back to the polls.

Chaddock-Costello said the local NDP is fundraising and planning for that possibility.