BC Conservative MLAs target caucus colleague over response to police board member’s ouster - BC

British Columbia’s new official Opposition chief is dealing with the primary main take a look at of his management.

13 BC Conservative MLAs have written a letter to Chief John Rustad demanding motion to revive “confidence within the core values” of the Conservative caucus, and singling out one among their caucus colleagues.

The letter, first obtained by CKNW Radio host Jas Johal, comes simply weeks after the fledgling BC Conservative get together got here inside three seats of forming a majority authorities in B.C.’s provincial election.

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The problem revolves round Surrey-Cloverdale Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko’s response to the Nov. 22 ouster of Vancouver Police Board vice-chair Consolation Sakoma-Fadugba, following a sequence of posts she made on social media.

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In screenshots of the Instagram stories posted to Reddit, Sakoma-Fadugba urged Christianity underpins Canadian tradition and values, raised issues about secular training “erasing Christian values from the lives of our youngsters,” and mused that publicity to Diwali celebrations in colleges may result in Hinduism turning into the “dominant cultural affect.”

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The posts additionally raised issues about gender transitioning amongst kids and a “woke tradition that pits kids towards their mother and father,” and criticized “mass immigration” and a “rising aversion to assimilation.”

Police board Chair Frank Chong subsequently stated he requested for Sakoma-Fadugba’s resignation, stating the social media posts “don’t mirror the worth of the Board and are inconsistent with our code of conduct.”

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Of their letter to Rustad, the MLAs categorical dismay that Sturko subsequently appeared in a CBC interview the place she “endorsed the resignation on the idea that these views had been ‘offensive’ and undermined belief in police.”

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“Below your management, the Conservative Celebration of BC has constantly denounced ‘cancel tradition’ and stood for the Constitution rights of British Columbians to get pleasure from free expression and freedom of faith,” the letter states.

The MLAs then add that “there are unanswered questions relating to the extent to which Ms. Sturko’s statements had been vetted upfront by senior workers.”

The letter claims Sturko’s feedback triggered Sakoma-Fadugba “undue hurt” and calls on Rustad to “invite” the Surrey MLA to apologize to her and to “advance conciliatory discussions” with the previous board member.

Within the various, it asks Rustad to apologize on the get together’s behalf.

Rustad has beforehand pledged that his MLAs could be free to talk their minds.

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Signatories to the letter embody MLAs from across the province, together with South Surrey MLA Bruce Chapman who was forced to apologize for resurfaced social media comments wherein he known as Palestinians “little inbred strolling speaking respiration time bombs.”

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Sturko declined to remark, whereas Rustad’s communications workers stated there was no replace to share right now.

The complete listing of signatories consists of: