British Columbia Conservative MLA Amelia Boultbee has announced she is quitting the party caucus and is calling on leader John Rustad to resign.

Boultbee says she will sit as an Independent and collaborate with former Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko, but would consider returning if Rustad is ousted.

She says her decision comes after Rustad told her that if she didn’t like his leadership, she should “get the F out.”

She is the fifth MLA to exit the party over differences with Rustad.

Boultbee says her exit isn’t connected to political positions, but is related to a “membership scandal” in the leadership election process and is a matter of integrity.

She says Rustad has a “track record” when it comes to women in the caucus, saying he has “kicked out, driven out, or fired” a series of th

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