Arsonists have targeted former BC Conservative candidate Gwen O'Mahony, torching her vehicle.
The attack took place just days after the airing of an interview with Rebel News in which she decried the recent spate of church burnings.
"My car was deliberately set on fire just after my interview on church arsons aired," O'Mahony wrote in a post on X. "The RCMP are investigating as an act of arson."
Women's rights activist Bryony Dixon, who was also interviewed the same day, shared a video of O'Mahony's vehicle, which sustained extensive damage.
"Gwen O'Mahony and I gave an interview which aired on Sunday," she explained. "The very same day I was told to 'live looking over [my] shoulder' by a radical trans activist on the Island. Last night, Gwen's car was deliberately torched in Nanaimo. I thought we were supposed to #bekind ?"
"Gwen, I am so deeply angered to hear about this arson attack," BC Conservative leader John Rustad added. "Thank you for the work you've done to highlight hate crimes that occurred against Christians when Churches were burnt down all across BC & Canada. I'm proud of BC Conservatives like Gwen who refuse to be intimidated!"
BC Conservative Langley-Abbotsford MLA said the attack was "the result of a radical, lawless culture that the NDP has allowed to fester — where crime goes unpunished and those who speak the truth are silenced."
"We now live in a province where simply condemning arson — specifically the targeted destruction of places of worship — can get you targeted yourself," he lamented. "Where is the outrage from David Eby and the NDP? Why is this kind of politically motivated intimidation being ignored?"
O'Mahony, who ran to represent Nanaimo-Lantzville in the 2024 election, explained during her interview, that she would be bringing forth a resolution at the upcoming BC Conservative Annual General Meeting in Nanaimo focused on addressing the church burnings.
"There's about 33 churches that have been completely burned to the ground," she said, noting that 24 have been deemed arson. "Our federal and our provincial governments have actually been fairly silent and almost wanting to hold back on calling it what it is — which is an anti-Christian hate crime."
