Rachael Weber, the former BC Conservative candidate for Prince George-Mackenzie who was ousted in favour of former BC United candidate Kiel Giddens, has decided to run as an independent.
The School District 57 trustee announced the move via her Facebook page.
"People need a choice," she wrote. "No one wants to vote NDP and no one wants to vote for a coalition party filled with Liberals under the Conservative Banner. They have all let us down. Someone needs to hold the party who forms government accountable."
After her removal as a Conservative candidate, Weber posted on Facebook that the party was Conservative in name only: "I believe this Conservative Party of BC is no longer Conservative but running under the guise of the name Conservative. They have allowed many BC United (Liberal) candidates to infiltrate the party and have lost sight of the real Conservative values we as Conservatives hold dear. Your new Conservative candidate for this riding will more than likely be BC United Liberal opposition."
Also running in the riding is Shar McCrory for the NDP.
Weber has become known for extreme views that she's shared online. These include the idea that 5G telecommunications are a "genocidal" weapon and credit cards are a sign of the apocalypse.
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