Former BC Proud spokesperson Aaron Gunn has vowed a ‘total overhaul’ and a ‘new name’ for the BC Liberals if he runs for leader
Right-wing social media influencer Aaron Gunn is telling his supporters he thinks the BC Liberals need a “total overhaul” and a “new name,” as he publicly mulls a run to be the party’s next leader.
If he decides to run, the right-wing meme warrior could replace Andrew Wilkinson, who recently resigned as leader months after the BC Liberals’ election defeat last fall. Although a date for the vote is yet to be set, the party’s constitution states a new leader must be in place by February 16, 2022.
Until last year, Gunn served as spokesperson for BC Proud, a right-wing Facebook meme page linked to the Canada Proud third-party advertising network.
Prior to that, Gunn ran the Canadian Taxpayer Federation’s “Generation Screwed,” a campaign that sought to market fiscally conservative policies to millennials. During a right-wing Manning Centre conference in 2015, he told reporters he identifies as a “small-c conservative.”
This month, Gunn suggested steering the party to the hard right and changing its name after an anonymous website called “Draft Aaron Gunn” began promoting his potential candidacy.
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