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B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark says the NDP is allowing a major union to influence its policies by paying for its senior campaign staff.

But she struggled Monday to explain why her party insists that the millions in corporate donations it receives doesn’t influence its decision-making, and how she can hurl those same accusations against her opponents.

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“The B.C. NDP are completely compromised,” Clark told reporters while campaigning in Delta. She accused the party of selling out workers because its top campaign officials are paid for by the United Steelworkers, whose American arm is standing beside U.S. President Donald Trump on some protectionist policies.

“His biggest financial backers are the union bosses of the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh, who put American jobs ahead of B.C. jobs,” she said.

“And now we know the guys in Pittsburgh who stand with Donald Trump are paying directly the salaries of the B.C. NDP’s top campaign officials, and he says that’s not a problem.”