Rift in B.C. Conservative caucus deepens as MLA defies party leader [Video]

The rift within the BC Conservative party has deepened over the resignation of a Vancouver police board member.

Elenore Sturko, who represents Surrey-Cloverdale, publicly defied Leader John Rustad’s request that she meet with Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba, the VPD board vice chair who resigned over controversial comments about diversity and inclusion in classrooms.

“I stand by my position, and I won’t be meeting with her,” Sturko told reporters on Tuesday shortly before a B.C. Conservative caucus meeting in Victoria.

Sturko says she had “no trepidation” going into the caucus meeting with the 13 MLAs who condemned her in a leaked letter but acknowledged it might be “feisty.”

Sturko told CBC News last month that Sakoma-Fadugba’s comments were offensive and that she was right to resign. That put her at odds with some B.C. Conservatives, who said Sakoma-Fadugba raised valid issues about protecting Christian values, and she was a victim of cancel culture.

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