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Dear Ms. Armstrong,

One year ago, you were elected as MLA for Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream on the BC Conservative Party platform.

As your constituent, I request – directly and unequivocally – that you step down as MLA.

You pledged to be “an MLA for the people” and to serve with “Truth and Integrity.” Your actions, however, sharply contradict these promises and the mandate voters gave you.

In the past year:

● You were elected as a BC Conservative MLA, but just four months later, you broke ranks to back Dallas Brodie, expelled from the party for mocking residential school survivors.

● You then co-founded OneBC and made yourself House Leader, effectively boosting your salary at public expense.

● You introduced divisive legislation unmentioned in your campaign – most notably a bill that attacked access to gender-affirming care, banned pronoun use in schools, and opened doctors to retroactive lawsuits.

● You have repeatedly used your platform to push inflammatory rhetoric on Indigenous issues and residential schools, alienating constituents and undermining reconciliation.

● OneBC, under your direction, has spent taxpayer money producing a partisan documentary for a party with no electoral mandate.

Photo credit: NowMediaTara Armstrong after learning she'd won her riding last year.

None of these actions were shared with, debated by, or endorsed by the voters of Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream.

If you wish to pursue your new party’s agenda, the only democratic option is to resign and seek a fresh mandate in a by-election. This will let voters decide if your current direction reflects their values.

I urge you to publicly debate the issues you have championed as an Independent and now as House Leader of OneBC, so constituents can judge your record and vision fairly.

Ultimately, this is about integrity, honest representation, and respect for the voters’ mandate—not personal ideology or ambition. I hope you will reflect on these principles, as our democracy demands.

Respectfully,