B.C. Conservatives drop, distance themselves from Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after controversial tweets surface
09-10-2026 00:57 via vancouversun.com

B.C. Conservatives drop, distance themselves from Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after controversial tweets surface

Joachim Agou has been jettisoned by the B.C. Conservative Party after a series of tweets the candidate for the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding posted last year, which called Pakistan a "sh--hole" country and encouraged violence against Palestinian protesters. Read More
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