B.C. Conservatives drop candidate over post minimizing Holocaust

The party says Jordan McIntosh is no longer its candidate for Vancouver-Strathcona and that if elected, he will not sit in caucus.

The Conservatives announced his removal from the slate less than an hour after Callista Ryan, the NDP’s candidate for Vancouver-Quilchena, posted screenshots on social media platform X, showing what she said were McIntosh’s posts. "Looks like Lorne Doerkson's candidate in Strathcona Jordan McIntosh thought he could use a nameless twitter account to say many awful, offensive things," Ryan said.

A post from an account linked to McIntosh repeated false claims that minimize aspects of the Holocaust. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says they're glad the B.C. Conservatives acted quickly to remove McIntosh as a candidate.

Nico Slobinsky, the group's vice-president Pacific region, said on social media that the posts were "reprehensible and harmed our community by distorting the history of the Holocaust."