B.C. Conservative Party Official Allegedly Hired Private Investigator to Scrutinize MLAs
The party is accused of spending tens of thousands of dollars on a private investigator as nine MLAs have quit under Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
- News broke Wednesday that the Conservative Party allegedly hired a private investigator to target 14 critics, including current and former MLAs, Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, and CHEK News political correspondent Rob Shaw.
- Former Conservative Party executive director Elaine Allen allegedly hired the investigator; the board removed Allen in late August following disputes over accessing email accounts of party officials.
- The 14-person list includes MLAs Claire Rattee and Mandeep Dhaliwal, plus former official Angelo Isidorou; targets were informed on Thursday, with some confirming publicly on social media.
- Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay told reporters Thursday she did not know about the investigator, stating, "I don't know anything about this." The party board has since ended the investigation.
- Nine MLAs have quit the party since May citing leadership concerns; former Courtenay-Comox MLA Brennan Day stated, "It is impossible to point your guns outward at the government when you're too busy pointing them inward.
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