BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she has removed three party members from caucus.
“Effective immediately, Trevor Halford, Claire Rattée, and John Rustad will no longer serve as members of the Conservative Party of British Columbia Caucus,” Findlay said in a statement.
“With an election potentially on the horizon, our focus must be on British Columbians and defeating David Eby’s NDP government.
“The BC Conservative Party is the only free-enterprise team equipped with a fully funded campaign to take on the NDP, and we need everyone focused on building our movement and preparing to win.”
However, in a statement posted on X earlier Friday, Rattée said she is not going anywhere.
“With reports that a snap election is imminent, the BC Conservative Party must present a credible alternative and look like a government in waiting to make life better for the struggling people in our province,” she said.
“Since Ms. Findlay has become leader, nine MLAs have departed from our caucus citing serious concerns with her leadership. There have been allegations of offering paid positions to MLAs in return for them resigning their seats, senior staff becoming embroiled in scandals, and refusals to communicate with caucus members to fix these issues.”
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Nine MLAs have left the BC Conservative Party since August.
On Thursday, allegations surfaced of a former director of the BC Conservative Party hiring a private investigator to look into 14 people, including party members and a Victoria-based journalist.
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Rattée said she was one of the caucus members who was “targeted.”
“Worse, Ms. Findlay is now trying to further shrink our team by attempting to oust members of her own caucus, after nine MLAs left,” she added in her statement.
“Those team members are elected members of the BC Conservative Caucus. Ms. Findlay is not. She does not have the authority to remove any member of our caucus.”
Rustad and Halford have not spoken publicly about the announcement.
Findlay has not spoken on Friday, only issuing the statement, saying, “There’s no room for internal power struggles or vanity projects. If your priority is building the movement, and supporting the Conservative Party of B.C., you are welcome.
“Our priority is British Columbians.”
Bc liberals….
Deliverance is the conservative theme song. It is and will be null and void just like the liberals. Pierre is next.
Rightnuts
THIS PARTY GOING DOWN, LIKE A KAMIKAZE PILOT
Soon be a one person party. Wonder what she’ll do if she disagrees with herself……….
Findlay should have been the first oerson to be banned from the Party.
Let’s Go Findlay! I hope that was the last of the traitorous BC Lib/United that co-opted the BC conservative movement. Kerry-Lynne lets go and sign up all the good common sense minded people as true blue Conservatives (not old liberal recycled – who now rushed over to the Centre BC Party – so basically the 3rd name for the original BC Liberals). I hope none of the Centre BC Candidates get reelected, they have jumped ship so many times, took money from the BC conservative riding associations and then jumped ship when the membership didn’t want an old Liberal as the leader. They should have to pay back the riding that they quit. I hope people realize that EBY is trying to use the disorder to get 4 more years of power, he doesn’t actually care about BC. I hope people are awake to that.
Eby would call a snap election thus keeping him in power for there is no other qualified political opposition it’s a give me for Eby as he pulled that off last time LOL
Despite the obvious turmoil in the BC Con party, the hate for Eby and the NDP is strong enough to overlook it.
I see those that have left and those Findley has removed as members who refuse to see the whole picture. Narrow minded and greedy. What’s the offer I wonder from Center BC?
Priority is not BC electorate. The continued divisions are symptoms of a party that can’t agree on anything. Self interest will do that. Same provincially and federally. Always has been. They keep on subdividing and losing. Perfect formula.
Anonymous the village idiot speaks….oh tell us more Numpty
71, wing nut
nothing else needs to be said!
I had hopes for Kerry right up until she mentioned god in her acceptance speech. Now I not gonna even vote
I don’t blame her. They were trying to force her to resign when she was put into the leadership position by Conservative grassroots. Understandable as Rustad and Halford are ex BC United and they wanted to put Halford in charge.
Peter Milobar and CentreBC !!!!
Let’s go and defeat the NDP!!!
I am not very fond of this leader but she was elected democratically. The right wing nuts in caucus have forgotten this point. So what are they going to do? Split the vote so the NDP remains in power. Why do the conservatives federally and provincially eat their young?