In order to assist the government’s ongoing search for efficiencies, the Yukon Party and the Yukon NDP are announcing a unique whole-of-opposition collaborative approach.

Key elements of this new collaborative approach, announced this morning, are:

• Breaking down partisan walls by literally breaking down the wall separating the two offices;

• Orange and blue striped painting; and

• A new name to be determined by an expert panel, vetted by an expert working group, reviewed by an expert council, and eventually ignored by an expert Opposition.

“For too long, there have been two of us, and with today’s move there will be one of us, made up of eight of us… and five staff,” Stacey Hassard, the interim co-Leader of the official Opposition, said in a joint statement released by the two parties.

“Opening up the space between our offices also allows us to form a collaborative partnership with our partners.”

The new expansive office space also necessitates the creation of different wings of the office: the left wing and the right wing.

There will be a hub in the centre for constituents who are lost or unable to decide which wing is best for them.

“We are doing this in good faith,” said Liz Hanson, the interim co-leader of the official Opposition.

“As we re-set the idea of opposition, we are proud to say this path forward will repair many damaged relationships, over which we will shed no crocodile tears.”

The next steps will be to engage with Yukoners through the launch of a consultation exercise.

The consultation will be conducted by email chain letter. Recipients will be asked to forward it to 10 friends, or they will receive five more years of Liberal government.

Readers are reminded of today’s date.