The five remaining B.C. Conservative leadership hopefuls all agreed on repealing a key provincial indigenous rights law, but clashed over the future scope and focus of the party during a debate on April 28.
The event in Vancouver, which opened with a First Nations land acknowledgment from co-host Stuart McNish, saw fault lines emerge over whether the party should seek to be a big tent or move further right to accommodate right-wing rival party OneBC and avoid a potential split vote.
“We lost the last election because we split the vote on the right,” said entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer. “I am the only candidate who can make that promise today, that we will not split the vote on the right.”…