Another MLA leaves BC Conservative Party as Bruce Banman announces exit
'The goal in politics is to make the tent bigger. To listen to the majority. It’s not about left or right. It’s about doing what’s right,' Bruce Banman said in a statement.
Another MLA, Bruce Banman, has announced his departure from the BC Conservative Party, citing the party's new leadership and direction under Kerry-Lynne Findlay as reasons for his exit. Banman, MLA for Abbotsford-South, stated that after discussions with constituents, it became clear that an NDP victory is becoming more probable under Findlay's leadership.
He expressed concern that the political tent needed to defeat the NDP is getting smaller, not larger. Banman joins a growing list of defectors from the BC Conservatives, including Brennan Day, Teresa Wat, Rosayln Bird, Ian Paton, and Peter Milobar, who have all cited similar concerns about Findlay's leadership. Banman emphasized the importance of making the political tent bigger and doing what's right, rather than focusing on left or right ideologies.
He urged fellow MLAs, regardless of their political affiliation, to join him in forming an Independent MLA group to defeat the NDP government and revitalize the province's prosperity.
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