Five BC Conservative MLAs who recently left — either of their own accord or by force — have rejoined caucus.
Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson announced Monday that Claire Rattée, Trevor Halford, Linda Hepner, John Rustad, and Scott McInnis are now back.
"Effective immediately, I have formally notified the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia that the following Members of the Legislative Assembly have been readmitted into the Conservative Party of British Columbia Caucus," he wrote in a statement.
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"Last week was a hard week," Rustad wrote in a statement. "Caucus spoke frankly, as a caucus should. Kerry-Lynne Findlay then made a difficult decision. That decision was hers. I respect it. I am not going back over the rest."
He went on to explain that Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson asked him to come back to caucus, and that he had "accepted."
"I am returning to do the work, not to run the next chapter from the outside," Rustad declared. "If the new leadership wants my help, they will have it. I will not force my old vision onto them."
