Divisions over residential school facts erupt inside B.C. Conservative caucus meeting [Video]

A meeting of the B.C. Conservative caucus devolved into a shouting match Thursday, exposing more divisions within the Official Opposition over the history of residential schools.

Things got so heated, some MLAs stormed out, several people inside the meeting told CBC News.

One of the MLAs who left abruptly was Conservative attorney general critic Dallas Brodie, who made comments in a YouTube video posted earlier this week that upset some of her colleagues. 

In it, Brodie slammed Conservative House leader A’aliya Warbus, saying she’s aligned with the NDP. 

Warbus, a member of the Sto:lo Nation and the MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, criticized Brodie last month over a social media post she made about the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, which First Nations leaders said amounted to residential school denialism.

Brodie wrote: “The number of confirmed child burials at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site is zero. Zero. No one …