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NDP far behind Liberals in money raised from individuals.

Lobbyist Patrick Kinsella gave $34,000 to the BC Liberal Party, most of it through his companies, Progressive Strategies Ltd. and Progressive Holdings Ltd. Photo: by Chris Grabowski.

The BC Liberal Party has long raised more money than the New Democrats, mostly from corporations. However, for the first time in recent years, the governing Liberals raised more money from individual donors than its opposition rival did.

That's bad news for the NDP, said David Schreck, a pundit and former NDP MLA. "If they are raising less from individuals, they better start worrying," he said. "The NDP, given those numbers, has to worry big time."

Schreck was commenting on the fact that the New Democrats have traditionally raised more money than the Liberals from individual donors. But in 2014, the year following the NDP's defeat in the provincial election, the tables turned.

Annual Financial Reports for 2014 that the two parties filed with Elections BC became public April 8. They show that the Liberals raised nearly $4 million from individuals last year, while the NDP raised about $2.7 million.

That's a reversal from past years. In the 2013 election year, individuals gave the NDP $6.23 million, significantly more than the $4.6 million individuals gave the Liberals.

And in 2012, individuals gave $4.2 million to the NDP and $3.9 million to the Liberals.

The NDP did not respond to a request for a comment by publication time.

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The New Democrats want an investigation to be launched into Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's alleged improper use of parliamentary premises for partisan purposes. | CP

OTTAWA - In a case of political tit for tat, the NDP is seeking an investigation into Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's alleged improper use of parliamentary premises for partisan purposes.

The NDP's complaint comes one day after the Liberals sought an investigation into New Democrat MPs' allegedly inappropriate use of their taxpayer-funded constituency offices to campaign for re-election.

Both complaints have been sent to House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer, who chairs the secretive, multi-party board of internal economy, which polices how Commons resources are spent.

In a letter Thursday to Scheer, Windsor NDP MP Brian Masse raises "serious concerns" about a Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill last June, at which Trudeau showcased recently nominated candidates.

Masse says the event violated the rules, which forbid premises provided to an MP by the Commons to be used for partisan purposes.

However, deputy Liberal leader Ralph Goodale says that prohibition applies to individual MPs' offices; it does not apply to caucus meetings, which are inherently political and to which all parties, including the NDP, have routinely invited partisan operatives.

He noted that the NDP's national campaign director who holds "probably the most intensely partisan position that any political party has" regularly attends NDP caucus meetings.

In his letter Thursday to Scheer, Masse argues that the Liberal caucus meeting last June "does not appear to relate to the 'proceedings and work of the House of Commons' or the member for Papineau's (Trudeau's) constituents.

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