BC Conservative Leadership Candidates Agree on Overturning DRIPA, Clash Over Future Scope of Party

B.C. Conservative leadership candidates (L–R) Peter Milobar, Iain Black, Yuri Fulmer, Caroline Elliott, and Kerry-Lynne Findlay pose for a photograph following a debate at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Vancouver on April 24, 2026. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

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.