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Adam Pankratz: Eby's byelection call traps Conservatives on sinking ship

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01.09.2026

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Adam Pankratz: Eby's byelection call traps Conservatives on sinking ship

Despite the resignations, Tories have little choice but to stick with their disastrous new leader until the end of September

On Monday, the cascade of MLAs fleeing Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s B.C. Conservative party continued with the resignation of A’a:liya Warbus. This brings the total refugees from Findlay’s doomed political cruise to seven over the past two weeks. It’s now clear that the party has no future with her as leader.

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In a perfect world, she would resign immediately before her catastrophic time as leader fully sinks British Columbia’s Conservatives, if she hasn’t already condemned them to the political wilderness and the province to more miserable years under Premier David Eby’s leadership. The world, however, isn’t perfect and, ironically, it’s Eby who has found a way to prolong Findlay’s leadership by at least four more weeks.

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By immediately calling a byelection for a seat recently vacated for Findlay to run for........

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