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Christy Clark no longer receiving 50,000 stipend from party

Christy Clark-1.2347213 Christy Clark (Courtesy CTV)

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The Liberals confirmed last spring that Clark is paid up to 50,000 per year for party work on top of her 195,000 salary.

British Columbia's premier says she is no longer receiving a $50,000 annual stipend from her political party.Christy Clark says she will instead ask the B.C. Liberal Party to re-imburse her for individual expenses.She says different parties do things differently and she has decided her party should move to a new system.The Liberals confirmed last spring that Clark is paid up to $50,000 per year for party work on top of her $195,000 salary.The stipend formed part of two conflict of interest complaints filed against Clark last year by an opposition member of the legislature and a citizen advocacy group.The province's conflict of interest commissioner later cleared the premier of wrongdoing, saying the money was a political benefit, not a personal one.