Leader of the BC Conservatives should expect questions about contentious gender identity and sexuality topics.
As the BC Conservatives wrestle with yet more candidate problems, leader John Rustad is himself stirring the pot with an appearance on the podcast of controversial psychologist and author Jordan Peterson.
“Today with who just could be the next premier of resource-rich and beautiful British Columbia and get the place booming again,” Peterson posted on X. “You know, a couple days ago we had a Conservative candidate calling the anti-vax convoy inspiring, and now today we have John Rustad sitting down with Jordan Peterson, who people will probably remember, was defending a man who rented a van in Toronto and ran down a bunch of pedestrians because women wouldn't have sex with him,” Premier David Eby told me in an interview.
Eby has long portrayed Rustad as a purveyor of American-style culture wars. His appearance on Peterson’s podcast will likely only fuel that criticism. Wright, a lawyer turned farmer, blamed her dismissal on internal Conservative politics and her dispute with a Kelowna fruit packing company that hosted Rustad for a town hall.Extremists within the Conservative base certainly do want Rustad to prosecute Dix and Henry, and lock them up. But it’s not an opinion held by mainstream British Columbians. Rustad has only ever said the two should be fired for incompetence. Anything more would be politically foolish.
The BC Conservatives still seem to be strong in the polls, and in party fundraising. They are also racking up even more BC United staff defections.
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