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B.C. election subsidy heavily favours NDP — for a simple reason

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Conservative leader John Rustad recently flagged one of the NDP 's biggest advantages heading in this year ’s election.

But the current funding gap between the two parties is less a matter of rigging than a formula.

Parties receive an annual subsidy of $ 1.81 (not $ 2 ) for each vote cast in its favour in the last election.

The formula favours established parties, not newcomers or upstarts.

Rustad estimates that annual payments plus a 50-per-cent reimbursement from the last election gave the New Democrats an $8-million advantage over the Conservatives going into this election.

“They’ve got a huge war chest,” he said. “We’re not going to be able to compete with that head-on.”.

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