Skeena MLA Claire Rattée is calling on BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay to change course, criticizing her handling of caucus turmoil while making clear she is staying with the party.
In a Substack post Wednesday, Rattée said the party has become “deeply divided” since Findlay won the leadership and argued she has not done enough to bring caucus together.
Claire Rattée
“To date, that bargain has not been fulfilled, and without immediate course correction I fear it never will be,” Rattée wrote.
Her comments come after nine MLAs left the BC Conservative caucus in less than three weeks.
Rattée said Findlay should be personally reaching out to remaining MLAs and criticized her for calling caucus meetings before either leaving early or not attending.
“This is unacceptable,” she wrote.
Rattée said she tried several times to raise her concerns privately, including requesting a call with Findlay that went unanswered, before deciding to speak publicly.
She also raised concerns about staffing decisions in the leader’s office and questioned how Findlay plans to address the party’s internal problems ahead of the fall legislative session.
Despite the criticism, Rattée made clear she is not leaving.
“I want to be very clear, I am and will remain a Conservative Party of BC MLA,” she wrote.
Rattée said she has spent eight years helping build the conservative movement provincially and federally.
“Today, that means telling the leader to do better.”
She called on Findlay to engage with caucus, attend meetings, seek additional help and address what she described as poor decisions.
“Stop the bleeding and start winning,” Rattée wrote.
She added that she would be “excited to support” Findlay if she changes course, but said she would not “tolerate leadership refusing to address challenges.”
