Peter Milobar
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaWikipedia
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Sep 20, 2026
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A significant shift is happening in British Columbia politics.
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Eight former members of the British Columbia Conservative Caucus have now joined the Centre BC party, and Peter Milobar has been named its new leader.
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This development comes after weeks of internal disagreements within the Conservatives themselves, leading to a number of resignations related to leadership concerns.
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Mike Bernier stepped aside to clear the way for Milobar, and with these additions, Centre BC now holds eight seats in the legislature, making it the province's third largest party.
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Among those joining are Eleanor Sterko, who had been sitting as an independent since last year.
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The move is partly driven by anticipation of a possible early election.
Peter MilobarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're going to be hyper-focused around crime and safety on our streets to make sure people actually feel safe again.
John KennedyCORRESPONDENT
Milobar has been working on creating his own political party, but had not finished the process with Elections BC to get official status.
John KennedyCORRESPONDENT
U.S. President Donald Trump says CNN, MSNOW, and Politico are being barred from the White House over what he calls unfavorable coverage.
John KennedyCORRESPONDENT
Trump made the announcement on social media on Friday, accusing the outlets of spreading what he described as fake news and warning other media organizations they could face the same treatment.
Adam StirlingHOST
And yet I must assume are real because who would volunteer damaging information to the degree that many conservatives are these days? nobody walks away clean from that fight the ones that are that got out early i think might be viewed more favorably by history in hindsight um yeah where do we even go from here how do we fix this from here how do we clean this up from here i don't know um I'm seeing reports as of about 10 minutes ago that Mike Bernier has announced that he's stepping down as the leader of Centre BC.
Adam StirlingHOST
Peter Milobar said to be taking over as those two parties are merging practical concerns.
Adam StirlingHOST
The new Peter Milobar party, I know that some of us have been calling it that.
Adam StirlingHOST
That's not its actual name.
Adam StirlingHOST
I don't even know if there would be time for them to get properly registered in order to be able to contest an election if David Eby were to call a snap election in the very near future.
Matt NellerGUEST
You have a bunch of sitting independent MLAs who aren't sure where they're going to go.
Matt NellerGUEST
Peter Milobar, he's trying to create his own center right party, but that doesn't have a name yet, really.
Matt NellerGUEST
It's not really.
Matt NellerGUEST
Yeah, they're calling it
Katie DeRosaCORRESPONDENT
We're ready to challenge the, the NDP government." But there is the existence of a perhaps center party that's trying to get a name.
Katie DeRosaCORRESPONDENT
That's Peter Milobar's party.
Katie DeRosaCORRESPONDENT
Um, and, and some of the MLAs have joined that party.
Katie DeRosaCORRESPONDENT
Um, and so there's already speculation of a split among the center right.
Kyle BairdGUEST
Two points has gone to One BC.
Kyle BairdGUEST
Four points has gone to other parties, and when I scan, uh, the number of, or, or sort of the, the, the things that people told us would be in that category, it's a mix of, you know, bring back the BC Liberals, a little bit of BC United, and some people saying whatever Peter Milobar is gonna do next.
Kyle BairdGUEST
So the opportunity outside of the Conservatives on the center right is sitting there for someone to take it.
Kyle BairdGUEST
I don't think, uh, this is the end of the, uh, the, the drop for the BC Conservatives or at least the potential for more is there.
Eric GrenierHOST
As we talked about a couple episodes ago, they've lost nine MLAs in the last couple weeks.
Eric GrenierHOST
Peter Milobar, who was one of the contestants in the leadership race, is starting his own party.
Eric GrenierHOST
Don't know what it's going to be called yet.
Eric GrenierHOST
Apparently, it's not going to be liberal or conservative, which they can't take the names anyway.
Mike SmithHOST
We've got a new finance minister in place, Josie Osborne, with this budget update coming later this afternoon.
Mike SmithHOST
Let's discuss it with my guest now, Peter Milobar, the independent MLA Kamloops Centre, of course, the former B.C. Conservative.
Mike SmithHOST
Now the interim leader.
Mike SmithHOST
of a brand new political party at the legislature peter thanks for coming on
Peter MilobarGUEST
Math and numeracy and literacy Again, what is the outcome? And unfortunately, they're so hyper-focused on patting themselves on the back that they're spending an ever-increasing number of taxpayer dollars in any given program as the measure of success.
Peter MilobarGUEST
And what I'm saying is they need to be more innovative and nimble and actually be delivering, not just talking about delivering.
Mike SmithHOST
Peter Milobar is my guest, MLA Kamloops Center, interim leader of this new political party at the BC legislature.
Mike SmithHOST
See another former conservative MLA has just joined this new party at the legislature.
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Mike SmithHOST
Hey, Peter Milobar is my guest, uh, independent MLA from Kamloops, leader of this new political party at the BC legislature.
Mike SmithHOST
Bob in Victoria.
Mike SmithHOST
Hi, Bob.
Mike SmithHOST
Okay, Pet-
BobAUDIENCE
And then are we gonna get our money back?
Mike SmithHOST
Peter Milobar.
Peter MilobarGUEST
Uh, well, thank you for that.
Vassy KapelosHOST
Thank you.
Vassy KapelosHOST
That's, uh, BC MLA Peter Milobar.
Vassy KapelosHOST
Coming up, Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne suggests it's not all doom and gloom when it comes to the Canada-US trade war.
Vassy KapelosHOST
In fact, he says, he insists Canada will come out stronger and more resilient.
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