BC’s newest far-right party, OneBC, entangled in conflict after removal of leader
The party’s implosion appears to have stemmed from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda
OneBC, British Columbia’s newest far-right party, composed of only two elected MLAs, has become mired in internal conflict — causing 50% of that two-person caucus to trigger the removal of the leader over the weekend.
OneBC has been gaining attention in recent weeks for its provocative and inflammatory positions, including anti-Indigenous rhetoric and residential-school denialism, abolishing DEI, anti-LGBTQ2S+ policies and more.
On Sunday, OneBC released a statement revealing that Dallas Brodie had been removed as interim leader by the party’s board of directors, which includes Tara Armstrong, the party’s other MLA.
The board passed a special resolution amending the party constitution to allow for the removal of a party leader, “provided that 50% or more of the MLAs belonging to the party have notified the board that they no longer have confidence in the leader of the party.”
They then passed a second resolution stating that, because Armstrong had lost confidence in Brodie’s leadership, the caucus’ non-confidence had met the threshold of 50%.
According to a statement from the party, “There have been multiple recent attempts by agents instructed by Ms. Brodie to obtain control of party assets without authorization, including multiple attempted breaches of security systems, communications software, and databases of the party.”
In a second statement, the party stated that Armstrong had lost confidence in Brodie due to “increasing instability, paranoia, erratic behaviour and abusive conduct.”
The party added that Brodie “unilaterally” fired an employee without consulting the rest of the staff or caucus members.
The staffer was later revealed as Othman Mekhloufi, a 22-year-old staff member who had apparently posted white-nationalist and neo-Nazi content on social media accounts believed to be his, as documented by a Canadian blogger tracking Nazis and the far right in Canada.
In her own statement, Brodie claimed that she fired Mekhloufi after learning about some of Mekhloufi’s social media posts.
“New information was brought to my attention a week ago about values Othman Mekhloufi has expressed publicly, online and offline, that are absolutely incompatible with my personal and OneBC values,” she said.
Mekhkloufi, who has stated he is a dual citizen of the US and Canada, has, according to various screencaps shared on X and elsewhere, provided vocal support for Canada as a 51st state, jailing political opponents, reposted statements from Holocaust deniers and reshared Nazi iconography.
He often posts about race and Aryanism online, as well as racism and “white Anglo” bloodlines, according to American lawyer Will Stancil, although Mekhloufi’s posts on X have since been made private.
Othman also has your usual set of freakish online Nazi fixations, like:
Race science and “white anglo” bloodlines.
— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network recently reported that Mekhloufi also participated in an online Spaces on X with the Diagolon-linked Dominion Society — an organization pushing white-supremacist and neo-Nazi ideals. Mekhloufi spoke about pushing forward anti-immigrant rhetoric in politics.
Extra surreal when you’ve heard the clips of Othman in a Twitter space strategizing alongside members of what @antihateca characterizes as the white nationalist network Diagolon’s political arm.
Here’s Othman: https://t.co/U55zVQEF5S pic.twitter.com/saRmYIOSeT
— Rachel Gilmore (@atRachelGilmore) December 14, 2025
After Brodie fired Mekhloufi from the caucus staff, she claims that executive director Paul Ratchford and board member Tim Thielmann (who together with Armstrong, formed the board majority that removed Brodie as leader) attempted to rehire him on the party side.
This is when Thielmann and Ratchford claim that Brodie fired them from the OneBC caucus as well.
After releasing her statement about Mekhloufi on X, she went on to host a “meet and greet” in Langley with two other OneBC candidates to a “packed house.”
During the appearance, Brodie said that there has been “political interference” in OneBC, and that people’s “personal agendas” had gotten in the way of the party’s message.
She later added that she did not support the Dominion Society and anti-immigration stances, and also does not consider herself far right.
9/ Brodie went on to say that Tara Armstrong received support from the Dominion Society, which she found upsetting because she’s “not anti-immigration” & positions herself as outside of the far right. pic.twitter.com/RBE0BFl776
— windward antifascist (@windward_afa) December 15, 2025
However, Brodie’s own social media posts regarding immigration tell a different story.
Canada is overcapacity. Suspend immigration today. pic.twitter.com/Vahdd0hkWl
— Dallas Brodie (@Dallas_Brodie) October 23, 2025
Armstrong later shared on X that she would be writing to the Speaker to say that she would no longer be caucusing with Brodie.
In BC, a party needs only two MLAs to receive official party status, but it is unclear what will happen to the party with the clear conflict between Brodie, the board and Armstrong.
Yes, we are experiencing a little turbulence but the plane is still flying and we will be in beautiful calm skies shortly. pic.twitter.com/4hqFUOtLPC
— Dallas Brodie (@Dallas_Brodie) December 14, 2025
The OneBC party, Brodie, Armstrong, Mekhloufi and Thielmann did not respond to requests for comment.
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