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B.C. Conservatives drop, distance themselves from Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after controversial tweets surface

Vancouver Sun · October 8, 2026 at 6:57 p.m.

Joachim Agou has been jettisoned by the B.C.

Conservative Party after a series of tweets the candidate for the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding posted last year, which called Pakistan a "sh--hole" country and encouraged violence against Palestinian protesters.

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