B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer and OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie have announced an agreement to “unite the right” if Fulmer is elected leader.
They said in a joint statement Monday the two have signed an accord saying if Fulmer is elected as leader of the B.C. Conservatives, OneBC will not run candidates in all but five of B.C. electoral districts.
“In exchange, the Conservative Party of BC will clear the path for OneBC in five targeted ridings,” the statement said.
The agreement also includes a prospective confidence and supply agreement for OneBC to support a Conservative government led by Fulmer.
“British Columbians are desperate for real change, but they are concerned that a split vote will hand the NDP another majority. Today, we have resolved those concerns,” said Brodie.
Brodie was removed from the B.C. Conservative caucus last year for comments she made about residential school survivors. She and her OneBC party have faced criticism from First Nations leaders, who say she has perpetuated anti-Indigenous and residential school denialist rhetoric.
OneBC no longer meets the two-member threshold for official party status in the legislature, after Tara Armstrong split from the party in December to again sit as an Independent.
Fulmer is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur who built his career as the owner of several A&W restaurants and other franchises. He also serves as chancellor of Capilano University.
