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B.C.'s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over social media slamming Islam

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Depner, W. (2026, October 10). B.C.'s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over social media slamming Islam. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-eby-asks-doerkson-to-remove-campaign-chief-over-social-media-slamming-islam/article_38729679-15b6-5f7d-98c1-43561449bea5.html

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David Eby, leader of British Columbia's NDP party, has asked Lorne Doerkson, interim leader of the Conservative Party, to dismiss his campaign director, Katy Merrifeld, due to her social media comments describing Islam as an "abhorrent ideology" that should be expelled. These remarks were made in response to a report by the leader of Restore Britain, an anti-immigration organization. Eby made this request during an unrelated campaign event on Vancouver Island.

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David Eby, leader of British Columbia's NDP party, demanded Lorne Doerkson, interim leader of the BC Conservatives, remove his campaign director Katy Merrifield over anti-Islam social media posts. Merrifield had called Islam an "abhorrent ideology" and urged its expulsion in response to a UK report on child sexual exploitation by extremist groups. Eby made this demand during a separate campaign event on Vancouver Island on Saturday, emphasizing that Doerkson must act decisively or risk being seen as tolerant of such views. Merrifield later claimed her anger was directed at extremism, not Islam itself, but the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) criticized these posts for promoting Islamophobia. This incident follows another Conservative candidate's dismissal over offensive social media comments targeting Palestinians and Pakistanis.

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VICTORIA - British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is calling on Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson to fire his party’s campaign director for comments that called Islam an “abhorrent ideology” which needs to be expelled. asserted

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Eby, who was speaking at an unrelated campaign announcement on Vancouver Island on Saturday, says Doerkson must remove Katy Merrifeld for her comments related to the release of a report from the leader of the anti-immigration Restore Britain party. asserted

Doerkson → speak → party

B.C.'s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over social media slamming Islam

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