# Why did 9 MLAs leave the B.C. Conservatives in a month? We asked one of them

https://mins.news/en/video/42735

- CBC News, 2026-09-02 21:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5lQy_N6AJ8

> A ninth MLA has left the B.C. Conservative Party, pointing to concerns about its direction under new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Peter Milobar, the first MLA to defect, discusses the growing frustrations he says pushed the party into crisis.

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