With the alongside a Green coalition and the Liberal government defeated, MLAs around the province are adjusting to how their roles will play out.

According to Norm Letnick, Liberal MLA for 琉璃神社-Lake Country, despite their party鈥檚 defeat 鈥楾eam Okanagan鈥� isn鈥檛 going anywhere.

Letnick is joined by 琉璃神社-Mission MLA Steve Thomson and MLA Christy Clark for Westside-琉璃神社 as the three Central Okanagan representatives.

Thomson resigned as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, and while Clark remains the leader of the opposition, Letnick is positive she will stay put as the MLA of Westside-琉璃神社.

He says his job continues whether he is on the government鈥檚 side or on the side of the opposition.

鈥淚t鈥檚 always been my priority to go through my campaign commitments that I made during the election, locally, and knock as many as I can off until the next election,鈥� explains Letnick. 鈥淚 will continue to work hard on those priorities that were given to me by my constituents.鈥�

The Okanagan MLA claims there are some huge differences between what the NDP coalition is promising and what the Liberals鈥� priorities are.

鈥淲e will have to see as Horgan introduces his throne speech and starts taking action as to which promises are of key importance to my constituents, and also to the social and financial well being of the province.鈥�

Letnick didn鈥檛 sound overly surprised by Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon鈥檚 decision to ask NDP leader John Horgan to form the B.C. government, stating she had two choices; election or forming a new government.

鈥淲e will see how the new NDP government coalition party performs and as the opposition our job is to hold the government to account and to form government should that call come to us again, and that is what we will do.鈥�

As far as working with the NDP as the opposition, Letnick says between his eight years an MLA and his previous stint as a city councillor he has had reasonable experience with different forms of government.

鈥淢y primary job is that the priorities of my local constituents are met, and that will be my focus,鈥� he explains. 鈥淎lso, as a member of the opposition, I have a responsibility to the rest of the province to make sure the government is performing well and that they have the focus of our attention.鈥�