Dallas Brodie

Dallas Monique Brodie MLA (born February 7, 1962)^[1] is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has served as the interim leader of OneBC since 2025, with a short gap in December 2025 where she was removed as leader and was then reappointed eight days later.^[2][3] She has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena since 2024. Initially elected as a member of the Conservative Party, Brodie has since been removed from the Conservative caucus for "using her position of authority to mock testimony of survivors of abuse, including child sex abuse,"^[4] and has been denounced by government officials as well as Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups across the country for being a disseminator of conspiracy theories about residential schools.^[5][6]

Brodie was born in Vancouver in 1962.^[7] She graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor of arts (BA) in political science, University of Toronto Faculty of Law with a juris doctor (JD), British Columbia Institute of Technology with a certificate in broadcasting journalism, and attended University of Paris for a time.^[8][9][10]

As a lawyer, Brodie worked as an arbitrator on British Columbia's Residential Tenancy Branch, which deals with landlord-tenant disputes, for a decade before quitting in 2017. She criticized underfunding for the body, saying arbitrators were paid less than comparable lawyers and overworked to meet the required deadlines.^[11] Brodie has also worked as a criminal defence lawyer who took on Legal Aid BC youth cases.^[12]

Brodie later worked in broadcasting as a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) producer in Toronto and Ottawa. Afterwards she worked for the CKNW talk radio station in Vancouver and for the CITR-FM station at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as a weekly host. While at UBC she travelled to Israel alongside the campus's Hillel organization.^[12][13]

Brodie first entered politics when she ran as the BC Conservative candidate in the April 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena by-election, where she placed fourth, receiving 6.6% of the vote. The seat was won by BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon.^[14][15][16] Federally that year, Brodie donated $3,350 to the People's Party of Canada.^[17]

During an October all-candidates debate during the 2024 provincial election, Brodie clarified comments she had previously made about First Nations in British Columbia on a podcast, in which she stated their autonomy and equal footing "come with responsibility". Addressing First Nations at the debate, she said: "When a large percentage of your people are on the Downtown Eastside, it's important that you come and take responsibility for that piece as well. It's not okay to leave your people."^[18] Stewart Phillip, the Grand Chief of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) condemned the comments at the debate as "absolutely disgusting, ignorant and profoundly stupid."^[18][19] The Conservatives released a statement in which Brodie said she had been cut off before she could finish her statement with a call for reconciliation. The comments led to criticism and calls for Conservative leader John Rustad to remove her as a candidate, but Rustad refused, saying it was up to voters.^[20] Brodie was elected in Vancouver-Quilchena with 51.6% of the vote.^[21][22] She was named to the shadow cabinet as the attorney general critic.^[23]

In February 2025, Brodie made posts on X that read in part: "The number of confirmed child burials at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site is zero. Zero. No one should be afraid of the truth. Not lawyers, their governing bodies, or anyone else."^[24] The UBCIC responded with a statement condemning the posts and calling on Brodie to apologize "for promoting abhorrent rhetoric which minimizes the harms of Residential Schools and for misleading and emboldening the public against Indigenous people".^[25] Rustad asked Brodie to take down the post, which she refused to do.^[24] Conservative House Leader Áʼa꞉líya Warbus criticized the post as harmful and a distraction for the party from more important issues.^[24] The following month, during an online discussion hosted by Frances Widdowson, Brodie described Warbus's comments as "vociferous hatred" and suggested that she should join the New Democratic Party. The video prompted the Métis Nation British Columbia to call for her removal from caucus.^[23] On March 7, Rustad expelled her from the party caucus as a result.^[26][27]

On March 7, 2025, Brodie was removed from the Conservative Party of BC caucus as a result of her decision to publicly mock and belittle testimony from former residential school students. In a podcast appearance, Brodie used a mocking, child-like voice to denigrate survivors, saying things like “my grandmother’s truth” and “my truth, your truth” in a child-like ‘whining’ voice. In a statement, leader of the Conservatives John Rustad wrote "using your stature and platform as an MLA to mock testimony from victims alleging abuse, including child sex abuse, is where I draw the line."^[28] Rustad also reaffirmed that "horrible things happened to vulnerable children at Residential Schools — including pedophiles preying on children; at Kamloops Indian Residential School, Gerald Mathieu Moran was charged and convicted by Canadian courts with several dozen sex crimes he committed against children while working there."^[29]

On June 9, 2025, Brodie and fellow independent MLA Tara Armstrong, who had left the Conservative caucus of her own accord, announced the formation of a new party, OneBC, with Brodie serving as interim leader.^[30][31]

On December 2, 2025, Brodie, along with the OneBC caucus, used caucus funds to produce a documentary, "Making a Killing: Reconciliation, genocide and the plunder of Canada," which was uploaded to YouTube. The documentary denies the genocide of Indigenous people in Canada.^[32]

Brodie has sponsored or moved several controversial private members' bills. She has moved bills to ban land acknowledgements, end the recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and repeal the adoption of the Declaration of the Right of Indigenous People.^[33][34][35] All of these bills were defeated in first reading.^[33][35] In response to these bills, Chief Rosanne Casimir has called for Brodie to resign and Premier David Eby has supported efforts to recall Brodie.^[36]

On December 13, 2025, Brodie was removed as interim leader of OneBC by the party's board of directors for allegedly attempting to seize control of party assets and breaching the party's digital security. An official OneBC Party statement described Brodie's demeanor as increasing in "instability, paranoia, erratic behaviour, and abusive conduct."^[37] Armstrong stated that she had lost confidence in her ability to serve as leader, while Brodie disputed the removal.^[38] Armstrong stated she would not be caucusing with Brodie, effectively removing her from the party.^[39] On December 21, Brodie was reinstated as leader of OneBC after the Board of Directors, inclusive of MLA Tara Armstrong, Executive Director Paul Ratchford, and Chief of Staff Tim Thielmann, resigned their positions and transferred control of the party to Brodie.^[3][40]

Brodie has led protests on university campuses against Canada's alleged "reconciliation industry."^[41] Supporters gathered at the University of Victoria on December 2, 2025, without the university's authorization and contrary to explicit warnings from the institution.^[42] A university official informed members of OneBC they were trespassing, and the Saanich Police Department escorted them off campus. One person was arrested under the Trespass Act, but was later released.^[43] A similar event took place at the University of British Columbia on January 22, 2026, where Brodie and her supporters were met by hundreds of counter protesters.^[44][45] Over the course of an hour the RCMP were forced to intervene between protesters who aggressively pushed or shoved one another.^[46] "When it became clear that there were potential safety risks, Campus Security, with the support of the RCMP, directed the visitors to leave the campus for their own safety," said UBC in a statement.^[47] A OneBC supporter was arrested for failing to follow direction of RCMP, but was later released.^[48] The University of British Columbia Student Union issued a statement on social media condemning the event and affirming its support for peaceful counter-protests.^[49]

Brodie is a supporter of the State of Israel and participated in the March of the Living program in Poland through the Canada-Israel Committee.^[12] On August 20, 2025, she announced that she had filed private prosecution against Charlotte Kates, the co-founder of Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group that was designated a terrorist entity by the Canadian government in 2024.^[50]

Brodie is a residential school denialist, repeatedly sharing images and conspiracy theories to social media refuting the findings of unmarked gravesites at former residential school.^[51] In a statement given in parliament Brodie said “For four years, the Kamloops Indian Band has been pretending to have found the remains of 215 murdered children, perpetuating the worst lie in Canadian history,” a statement that defies scientific findings and drew condemnation from both government officials and Indigenous groups across the country.^[52]

Brodie lives in her Vancouver-Quilchena riding.^[13] She has two children.^[53]

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