B.C. NDP mounts attacks on ‘crackpot’ B.C. Conservatives [Video]

Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled by their party before it dropped out of the British Columbia election campaign to support its former rival, have come back to haunt the new alliance.

The New Democrats are using the leaked documents to depict B.C. Conservative candidates as supporters of what they call “crackpot” conspiracy theories, including that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol involved “antifa” in disguise.

Two BC United members, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Saturday the documents were the result of research compiled by the party before the election campaign, but denied being sources of the leak.

They said the research was handed over to the B.C. Conservatives as part of last month’s deal to suspend United’s campaign in hopes of avoiding a centre-right …