The leak of a letter in which a group of BC Conservative MLAs targeted one of their own colleagues and challenged their leader is yet another reminder about the troubling immaturity plaguing the new opposition party.

The letter, from 13 elected Conservatives, demands Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko apologize for encouraging the resignation of Vancouver Police Board vice-chairwoman Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba last month.

Sakoma-Fadugba stepped down amid criticism over social media posts she’d made in which she said Diwali celebrations were “erasing Christian values from the lives of our children” and gender transitioning is part of a “woke culture that pits children against their parents.”

Sturko, the public safety critic, said the comments were offensive and undermined trust in police. The signatories argue Sakoma-Fadugba was simply expressing the values of many social conservatives.

The fallout has been messy, but is also potentially a learning experience — if the Conservatives want to learn and grow, that is.

One of the biggest lessons for the new 44-person caucus centres around the old adage that you should never write down what you wouldn’t want splashed on the front........

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