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B.C. political party OneBC says it has removed its co-founder MLA Dallas Brodie as its leader — but she says she still considers herself its head.
The party shared a “special resolution” on its website signed by three of four board directors — Tim Thielmann, Paul Ratchford and Tara Armstrong — removing Brodie as the interim leader.
Armstrong, the only other OneBC MLA and House leader, announced Saturday evening she had “lost confidence in the leadership of Dallas Brodie,” in a post on X.
Armstrong said she will no longer caucus with Brodie.
In another post on X, OneBC accused Brodie of trying to breach party security systems.
“There have been multiple recent attempts by agents instructed by Ms. Brodie to obtain control of party assets without authorization, including multiple attempted breaches of security systems, communications software, and databases of the party,” said the post.
Brodie has not yet responded to the allegations.
OneBC says it is investigating the situation.
CBC News reached out to Thielmann and Armstrong but did not receive a response by publication.
Brodie says she’s still leader
Meanwhile, Brodie, MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, said the situation has moved quickly but she still considers herself as the leader of the party.
“We’re still looking into the legalities of it, but I consider myself to be the leader,” she told CBC News before a meet-and-greet in the Township of Langley Sunday.
Brodie attended a meet-and-greet in Langley Township Sunday, after her party announced it had removed her as OneBC’s leader. (Mike Zimmer/CBC)
She said she hopes to stay on with OneBC and will continue discussions to that end.
“I would like to move forward with OneBC and keep the whole party rolling forward…. We’re taking things just an hour at a time right now; this has really come as a massive surprise.”
Brodie alleged she made repeated requests to fire a OneBC staffer for comments made that she said were “incompatible” with both her values and those of the party. She said her requests were rebuffed.
Brodie and Armstrong, both elected as members of the B.C. Conservatives, founded OneBC in June after Brodie was kicked out of the Conservatives for her comments about residential school survivors.
OneBC’s stated party priorities include defunding the “reconciliation industry,” ending mass immigration and removing the SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) program from classrooms.
Brodie said she intends to continue her mission and represent her constituents.
“I will not stop, I will not give in and I won’t surrender on any of this.”