Overview
- An emergency caucus meeting on Wednesday followed revelations that the party had used a private investigator, and two MLAs asked leader Kerry‑Lynne Findlay to resign while she publicly vowed to remain in her post.
- CHEK published a 14‑person list of targets that included current and former MLAs, communications staff, CHEK political reporter Rob Shaw and businessman Chip Wilson.
- Sources say the investigator was allegedly hired by former executive director Elaine Allan and that the party board later discovered tens of thousands of dollars in investigator bills.
- Since Findlay won the leadership on May 30, nine MLAs have quit the Conservative caucus, leaving 28 members and 13 publicly declaring support for Findlay.
- Findlay is campaigning in the Sept. 26 Abbotsford‑Mission byelection as the party launches emergency fundraising and launches an internal review, and the allegations raise immediate risks of legal action, damage to press freedom and further defections if the probe finds wrongdoing.