Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA says she’s ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports about private investigator

CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus released a brief statement of dismay Thursday night following allegations that the party she once belonged to hired a private investigator to allegedly investigate her and other political figures in British Columbia.

“It has come to my attention that my name is listed and therefore attached to reports that a Private Investigator was hired by Ms. Findlay’s BC Conservative Party to investigate sitting MLAs and other professionals,” Warbus said Thursday evening in a statement posted to social media. “I am deeply disturbed by these claims; but reassured in my decision to leave the party earlier this month.”

British Columbia Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said Thursday she was “not going anywhere” on another day of tumult for the Opposition, roiled by revelations that a private eye had been hired to look into her critics and calls for her to resign at an overnight caucus meeting, according to a report from the Canadian Press.

Lawyer Bruce Hallsor, a King’s counsel, said the party’s former executive director Elaine Allan had hired the investigator, although Hallsor would not name him or those he investigated.