Ian Paton leaves B.C. Conservatives, plans to form new party

Delta South MLA Ian Paton is leaving the Conservative Party of B.C. to sit as an Independent.Paton made the announcement on the front steps of the B.C. Legislature Monday morning (Aug. 24).
He said he was authorized advisory role in agriculture to give up his seat for new B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
Paton was at least one of three MLAs who said no when asked to step down from their seat to allow Findlay to run.
The morning after that news broke, Paton, in a statement released b