Former BC United politician wastes no time challenging previous party positions after crossing the floor Monday
B.C.’s newest Conservative MLA, Elenore Sturko, has wasted no time using her newfound freedom from the BC United caucus to sharpen up some controversial ideas that she dared not express while with her old party.
Sturko was also critical of Dr. Henry’s safe supply program, saying it has led to diversion of government drugs for resale by organized crime on the street. Police chiefs verified that diversion during testimony to MPs in April. Premier David Eby then quietly announced he would explore putting tracers in safe supply drugs, to quantify the extent of the diversion concerns.
The Conservatives, though, aren’t trying to appeal to that same mainstream. Many in the party hate Dr. Henry. And so Sturko is able to extend her past criticism to the next level, unconstrained. The BC Conservatives took it the furthest, with Rustad raising the issue in the legislature. Eby called it shameful, and at the time Sturko helped lead a standing ovation on the United bench in support of Eby’s response.“I think we definitely need to take a look at SOGI,” Sturko said Monday, standing alongside Rustad.
The incongruence has left Sturko open to attack by members of the LGBTQ community and her old party, who question how she can align with a party where candidates have called gay people degenerates, perverts and groomers.
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