B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak

By Canadian Press on October 9, 2025.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Opposition Leader John Rustad confirms the cellphones of Conservative members were searched during a meeting this week to find a leak from inside his caucus.

Rustad says the phones were searched by other members to “make sure that there was nothing that had gone out that was inappropriate.”

The search didn’t reveal anything that concerned Rustad, who says looking through members phones isn’t something the party does “on a regular basis.”

Rustad says it was prompted following a discussion during the caucus meeting about “some leaked information” that appeared on social media.

He says not all of the Conservative members “expressed interest” in having their phones searched, “but the vast majority” agreed.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 9, 2025.

Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press

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