The “declaration of war“ regarding DRIPA is an opinion stated by more than a few First Nations leaders, and the article referenced is a demonstration of that difficulty in relations, which you wanted verified.

I had also hoped that all the extremism was a symptom of a party in disarray, but upon closer inspection it looks like much of that sludge has not been washed out, merely groomed for presentability. Time will tell. It does feel like foreign interference at work through useful idiots.

On repealing our human rights code

The legislation

34 cons plus 3 right wing independents voted in favour of first reading, which can morally hide behind ‘just curious’

TheMLA was forced out, but only due to public backlash; she was allowed to present the bill.

Global News

On government/ First Nations relations

“Declaration of war”

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-government-rejects-claim-of-massive-secret-land-transfers-to-first-nations

Rustad and Jordan P

On separatists & pro-american views

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/this-b-c-party-s-deepening-ties-to-alberta-s-separatist-movement-raise-eyebrows-in-the-west/article_48d5d8cd-b89f-43bd-b23c-5878c0ef4133.html

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/exiting-bc-conservatives-cite-leaders-ties-to-alberta-separatism-as-reasons-for-departure/

(Trying to find the name of the campaign worker who shared a map showing bc/alberta as a ”protectorate” of USA. Oh, right, it was MLA David Williams. Vancouver Sun article, 2025.)  Holy fuck eh

Racism and republican style rhetoric about LGBTQ+ people and programs, and transphobia

There is a lot, and I shouldn’t have to provide sources, it’s easy to look up and oh-so-predictable. Some of the worst got consequences, like the candidate who said the driver ramming a car into a crowd of protesters should have backed up to do more damage, or the candidate promoting hitler, but how did they get that far?

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/rob-shaw-bc-conservatives-urged-to-stop-using-term-first-nations-12596562

Heather Maas: blackface and slave auctions at high schools complaints are just political correctness (her blog), also, she is an active member of ARPA and she likes to outline how they align with the conservative party. They believe homosexuality is immoral.

Katie Merrifield advocated expelling Islam. The post was taken down, but Katie wasn’t. If you still read Twitter, you can check out her posting history.

I am not going to list all the bc conservative opposition to SOGI, it is well covered and has been for years.

The Tyee does good investigative reporting:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/Queer-Organizations-Alarm-Conservative-Anti-Trans-Rhetoric/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/20/Extreme-Ideas-Still-BC-Conservative-Problem/

On crime and punishment rhetoric

I don’t have to cite any of this, just listen to the party rhetoric.

In BC news? Hm. When I have time I’ll go get some.

The last point is opinion though.

CTV, CBC, Global, CHEK. Use search functions, it’s a wide range of topics but they all reported some of it. Is there something in particular you want verification for?

I guess you haven’t been reading the particulars about this batch of mouthbreathers then. We’re talking Flu Trucks Clan, 51st state, aggressively stupid.

In this case, they didn’t make a good impression!

• many candidates have expressed interest in repealing our human rights code
• we are likely to see a sharp downturn in government/ First Nations relations
• the party still tolerates separatists
• pro-american views verging on seditious have not been disciplined
• a bunch of very racist things were said without consequences
• historically, right wing government leads to fiscal hardship in BC
• it’s likely to get very rough tor trans people, especially youth
• republican style rhetoric about LGBTQ+ people and programs
• crime and punishment rhetoric (more cops, more enforcement, no address of root causes)
• our housing problems require left-wing solutions

BC has a pretty wacky record on right wing populism, and they’re back. UCP vibes.

Muted whimpering from BC

Just clarifying to readers, here: “imperialism” in m-l terms is strictly an extension of capitalist expansionism for economic extraction, and colonialism is an extension of that.

Also: since China can do no wrong Tibet has always been a vassal state of the, wait, what am I saying?

Tankies don’t acknowledge that China and Russia are also settler states that have invaded their neighbours and continue to repress and dominate ethnicities and exploit the regional resources.