B.C. Conservatives dump candidate accused of making Hitler remarks

B.C. Conservatives dump candidate in Hitler row
B.C. Conservatives dump candidate in Hitler row
B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson is seen on a television as reporters gather to ask questions after the televised B.C. Leaders' Debate ahead of the provincial election, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.
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The British Columbia Conservatives have dumped a candidate in the provincial election after he was accused of posting online remarks about Hitler and the Holocaust.

The party says Vancouver-Strathcona candidate Jordan McIntosh is no longer a Conservative candidate and if elected he would not sit in the caucus.

The Conservatives announced his removal from the slate less than an hour after NDP candidate Callista Ryan posted screenshots on social media platform X, showing what she said were McIntosh's posts.

One post under the name "DeathNight" says 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.

McIntosh declined to comment when reached by phone.

His removal comes after interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson said in Wednesday's leaders debate that he would "stand against hate" and raised concerns about "antisemitic behaviour" within the NDP caucus.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.

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