Ex-Conservative Party of B.C. MLAs were still venting rage at party leader John Rustad on Monday following the vehement argument that led to the caucus rupture last week.

Just three weeks into their first session as the biggest B.C. Conservative caucus ever, the pretence of unity disintegrated as MLA Dallas Brodie was ejected and two others — Jordan Kealy and Tara Armstrong — immediately quit in protest.

Brodie, from Vancouver-Quilchena, noted Monday there are “whispers” of more departures to come.

The trio made a media appearance Monday and said they will sit as Independents for a time before deciding on forming a new party.

It was Brodie’s post that there are “zero” confirmed child-burial sites at the former Kamloops residential school — and her subsequent podcast that appeared to mock testimony of survivors — that started the eruption last week.

Rustad said Brodie challenged the caucus to fire her, then walked out and is no longer welcome to return.

On Monday, Brodie said she was pursuing truth — that millions were spent for “archeological excavations” that never happened, and that more than 100 churches were vandalized, which political leaders........

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