B.C. Conservative leadership hopeful Yuri Fulmer has struck a “unite the right” pact with OneBC chief Dallas Brodie to prevent vote division in the event of Fulmer assuming the role of Opposition leader. If elected leader, Fulmer has committed to enabling OneBC candidates to run uncontested in five electoral districts in the upcoming election, with the condition that OneBC refrains from fielding candidates in other districts. Additionally, OneBC has pledged to provide formal confidence and supply support for a prospective Fulmer-led government.
The agreement, according to Fulmer, is designed to align both parties towards a shared objective of ousting the NDP in the forthcoming provincial election. Fulmer emphasized the strategic importance of granting OneBC the opportunity to compete unopposed in the specified ridings as a gesture of recognition for Brodie’s efforts in establishing her party.
Brodie, originally elected as a B.C. Conservatives member, established OneBC in June 2025 alongside MLA Tara Armstrong subsequent to her expulsion from the Conservatives due to remarks deemed derogatory towards residential school survivors by former Conservative leader John Rustad. However, OneBC lost its official party status in the legislature following Armstrong’s departure in December.
Within the legislative realm, Brodie has advocated for the discontinuation of land acknowledgments and the elimination of Truth and Reconciliation Day as a provincial holiday, actions that have elicited accusations of racial bias and denialism from Indigenous groups, prompting demands for her resignation.
When questioned about his alignment with Brodie’s viewpoints, particularly her criticisms of the “reconciliation industry” in B.C., Fulmer chose not to respond directly, suggesting inquiries on such matters be directed to Brodie.
Following the agreement announcement, Brodie expressed enthusiasm, hailing the pact as a historic milestone in the quest to safeguard British Columbia. Former B.C. Conservative leader Trevor Bolin endorsed Fulmer’s apprehensions regarding vote fragmentation, commending the unconventional approach of forging an alliance with OneBC as a novel solution to this concern. Bolin speculated that certain B.C. Conservative supporters might be drawn to Brodie and her policy agenda advanced through OneBC.
The B.C. Conservative leadership race, featuring Fulmer and five other contenders following Rustad’s resignation, is set to culminate in the selection of the party’s new leader on May 30.