Kevin Falcon’s new campaign manager, Mark Werner, is a Trump supporter with ties to America’s far right.
CKNW’s Jas Johal posted pictures this morning of Werner posing with Donald Trump Jr, a leading figure in the election denialist and anti-abortion campaign. Werner also has photos posing in Trump 2020 merchandise and attending his speech at an NRA convention.
This continues Falcon’s effort to push his party further to the right:
- Opposing a law that would protect school communities from targeted, homophobic protests.
- Engaging with Rebel News, an alt-right media outlet under investigation for hate crimes.
- Abandoning climate action by promising to rip up the CleanBC plan.
- Cozying up to Pierre Poilievre and welcoming social conservatives with anti-abortion or homophobic views: “I welcome social conservatives into this caucus.”
Aman Singh, B.C. NDP MLA:
“By hiring a pro-Trump activist as his most senior advisor, Kevin Falcon is continuing to pander to the far right, out of step with most people’s values. British Columbians don’t want Trump’s hateful and divisive politics in our province, they want leaders who will stand up to it and fight to keep it south of the border.”
