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VICTORIA – B.C.’s New Democrats say they’re ready for the 2017 provincial election, but internal documents show the party started the year in such serious financial trouble that it had to cut back on election preparation.

NDP president Craig Keating confirmed the financial struggles, outlined in documents obtained by The Vancouver Sun, but insisted the NDP has recently turned around its financial fortunes and is meeting its fundraising goals.

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The internal NDP documents are from February, following an NDP provincial council meeting, and outline how the party missed fundraising targets, sacrificed pre-election planning and was unable to pay its debt to its own constituencies.

“Those things have turned around,” Keating said in an interview. “Right now we’re seeing money pouring in because people are making the connection that Christy Clark is not doing anything to make their lives better and taking a lot of actions to make their lives worse.”