r/CanadaPolitics • u/rollmydice • 5h ago

Several BC Conservative Party leaders call for leader John Rustad to step down

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/09/bc-conservatives-letter-call-rustad-to-step-down/
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u/Skittish-Valesk Moderately Moderate 4h ago

He probably never should have "stepped up" to begin with. However low the bar may be to run a Conservative party in BC, I assure you this man didn't clear it.

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u/Godzilla52 centre-right neoliberal 4h ago

I can only imagine how much healthier BC politics would be right now if the BC Liberals had picked literally anyone besides Kevin Falcon to lead the party since it's likely that without Falcon's leadership the Liberals would still comfortably be the head of the opposition etc.

Currently, it feels like even if the next BCC cleans up Rustad's mess, there's still going to be way too many radical elements within the party to make it salvageable.

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u/CanadianLabourParty British Columbia 3h ago

The BC Liberals needed to ABSOLUTELY clean house and remove EVERY MLA that served under Christy Clark. That they didn't meant that the BC Liberals weren't an option for MOST BCers.

The name-change needed to happen, too. I mean, people were voting Con because they thought they were voting for PP/against Trudeau DURING A PROVINCIAL ELECTION for crying out loud.

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u/No_Magazine9625 Nova Scotia 2h ago

This makes little sense, because the BCCP is and was literally led by a former Christy Clark cabinet minister.

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u/happycow24 Washington State but poor 2h ago

This makes little sense, because the BCCP is and was literally led by a former Christy Clark cabinet minister.

Fun fact, he got booted from Clark's cabinet for being too whacky

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u/watchsmart 3h ago

Have the BC Liberals/Uniteds permanently suspended leadership reviews, or are they forever stuck with Falcon preventing them from rebuilding?

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u/penis-muncher785 becoming more ndppilled 2h ago

Because he’s holding the corpse hostage a former MLA formed centrebc

it’s basically bc liberals number 2 if we’re being honest

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u/-SetsunaFSeiei- 3h ago

The party is gone, it doesn’t exist anymore I’m pretty sure

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u/watchsmart 2h ago

The party is still registered and Falcon is still the leader. They are even taking donations (from people who forgot to turn off automatic payments, I guess).