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The letter alleges the office violates the B.C. Public Service’s Standards of Conduct, and asks Fischer to rule on the matter before the NDP is sworn into power on Tuesday.

The secretariat’s office will manage the power-sharing arrangement between the Greens and NDP that was signed in late May and gave the NDP the one-vote advantage in the legislature that allowed it to topple the Liberal government June 29 on a confidence vote. The agreement stipulates that the Greens be consulted in major policy decisions, briefed on and given access to NDP government briefing material.

“Our commitment to work with the B.C. Greens lays the foundation for our new government, and that’s why we’re appointing a small team to support the policy priorities in the Confidence and Supply Agreement,” the NDP said in a statement Monday. “This team will help deliver stable government that works for people, and we will follow any advice from the Comptroller-General to ensure the activities of the office fall within acceptable practices.”

The NDP has not provided the salaries or cost of the new office, though it would be funded using public money out of the premier’s office. However, it did name as executive director Donna Sanford, who is the sister of the NDP’s deputy director and the wife of former Victoria mayor Dean Fortin.

Wilkinson said in an interview it was “simply not appropriate” to use public money and public servants to do a job that should be paid for by the B.C. New Democratic Party.