News Analysis
The B.C. Conservatives’ crowded leadership contest is drawing an engaged voter base, with the party recently reporting more than 42,000 members, up from roughly 7,000 in December of last year.
The groundswell of engagement comes as the party nears the end of its first leadership contest after a meteoric rise to Official Opposition status in 2024, with candidates attempting to show they are best equipped to deal with the economy and property rights uncertainty surrounding court rulings related to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
Many candidates are also striving to prove to the party membership that they’re “true blue” conservatives who don’t shy away from topics such as parental rights, gender ideology in education, and free speech ahead of the May 30 finalization of votes….