The B.C. Conservatives’ long, hot summer continues as the party fell behind the NDP in fundraising, with leader John Rustad blaming the poor results on supporters being tapped out following provincial and federal elections.

Between April 1 and June 30, the Conservatives raised just over $350,000, less than half of the $700,589 that Premier David Eby’s NDP raised, according to Elections B.C. data released this week. In fact, Rustad’s party finished closer to the B.C. Greens’ total of $200,000 than they were to the governing party.

This is in stark contrast to the Conservatives’ first quarter performance, where they raised $723,000 compared to the NDP’s $802,000.

“Our fundraising needs to be picked up,” Rustad said.

“Part of it is that post-election we’ve seen historically…fundraising al

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