B.C. Independent MLAs start new party to ‘combat the globalist assault’

The B.C. legislature is pictured as people walk in downtown Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Two former members of the B.C. Conservatives who have been sitting as Independents for months say they are launching a new provincial political party.

Dallas Brodie, the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, says in a post on social media that she is the interim leader of the party called One BC, along with House leader Tara Armstrong, who represents Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream.

In a post on Instagram, Brodie says she built the new party to “combat the globalist assault on our history, culture and families” and promises a 10-year vision for a “prosperous tax-free B.C.”

Brodie says the party will “defund the reconciliation industry,” “eradicate gender ideology,” “end mass immigration,” and “unapologetically advance pro-family policies.”

She says the party will end “the government monopoly on health care” and bring in new funding models for infrastructure.

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad kicked Brodie out of his caucus earlier this year over her comments about residential schools, and Armstrong and Jordan Kealy followed days later, although Kealy is not part of the new party.

A statement from the B.C.’s Speaker’s office on Thursday afternoon says it has not been advised of any MLAs changing party affiliation but that if two or more members become affiliated with a registered political party, they would form a recognized caucus in the legislature.

One BC has been registered as a party with Elections BC, with Brodie listed as interim leader and former B.C. Conservative candidate Tim Thielman listed as the contact.

This report by Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press, was first published June 12, 2025.