B.C. Conservatives Drop Candidate in Vancouver-Strathcona
The B.C. Conservatives have removed Jordan McIntosh as their candidate in Vancouver-Strathcona in the provincial election. The party said McIntosh was no longer a Conservative candidate and would not sit in caucus if elected. The Globe and Mail
The removal was linked to accusations that McIntosh posted offensive remarks online about Hitler and the Holocaust. Callista Ryan, the NDP candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena, posted screenshots on X purporting to show posts by McIntosh. The Conservatives announced McIntosh's removal less than an hour after Ryan posted the screenshots. The Globe and Mail
Ryan accused McIntosh of using a nameless Twitter account to post awful remarks. She described herself as a young candidate running for election for the second time.
A post under the name DeathNight said Hitler may not have intended death during the Holocaust and that lots of Jews died not because Hitler hated them specifically but because there were so many of them. An Apple Music artist profile for DeathNight lists Jordan Zheng McIntosh as lyricist, composer and producer. Elections BC records Jordan Zheng McIntosh as the full name of the former Conservative candidate. The Globe and Mail
McIntosh was born in Vancouver, according to a Conservative Party of BC candidate profile that identified him as its candidate for Vancouver-Strathcona. Conservative Party of BC The party's Our Team page listed him as candidate for Vancouver-Strathcona. Conservative Party of BC
A week before McIntosh's removal, the Conservatives removed Joachim Agou as candidate in Victoria-Beacon Hill over online comments about a car ramming a pro-Palestinian protest group in Switzerland. The party said Agou would not sit in the Conservative caucus if he won in Victoria-Beacon Hill.
