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BC Conservatives Hire an Alberta Separatist and Far-Right Media Figure
Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay commits to a MAGA approach to winning power.

The Conservative Party of BC has hired Apollo Chung, a member of the separatist Republican Party of Alberta, as director of operations and Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, a former writer for Juno News, as caucus communications director.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/17/BC-C ... eparatist/

Apollo Chung — former Executive Director of the Republican Party of Alberta, a fringe separatist party that advocated making Alberta the 51st U.S. state.

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa — former writer for Juno News, known for promoting far‑right ideas including remigration (race‑based mass deportation) and praising Alberta separatism as “genuine vitality.”

Chung is now Director of Operations & Stakeholder Relations, while Dzsurdzsa is Director of Communications.

Why this is controversial
1. Alberta separatist ties
Chung’s Alberta Republican Party pushed a referendum on joining the United States and shares Findlay’s slogan “Faith, Family, Freedom.”
Critics say this signals an ideological importation of U.S. right‑wing politics into B.C.

2. Far‑right media and extremist rhetoric
Dzsurdzsa has:

Praised white supremacist voices as strengthening conservatism

Supported race‑based deportation policies

Called the B.C. press gallery “clowns” who should be denied access to elected officials to starve traditional media outlets

Attacked Indigenous activists and defended figures who disparaged Residential School survivors’ symbols

3. Internal Conservative backlash
Long‑time Conservative strategists — including Anthony Koch — have warned for months that Findlay’s campaign was being run by Chung.
The hires are seen as part of a deliberate shift away from traditional B.C. conservatism toward a MAGA‑aligned, populist, grievance‑driven model.