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The B.C. Conservatives have removed Joachim Agou as their candidate for the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding due to offensive social media posts from September 2025, November 2024, and June 2025 that included comments supporting violence against protesters and making derogatory remarks about Pakistan. B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson dropped Agou as a candidate just over an hour after being questioned by reporters on Thursday, stating there would be "no excuse" for such behavior.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Joachim Agou, the Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate for the BC Conservatives, was kicked out of the party on Thursday due to racist social media posts. The interim leader, Lorne Doerkson, announced that Agou's conduct would not be tolerated and if elected, he would not serve in the Conservative caucus. Screenshots shared by the NDP revealed Agou had made comments targeting the Pakistani community as a "sh*thole" and joked about a car ramming into pro-Palestinian protesters saying, "He should have reversed too!!!". These posts were posted on social media platform X before being deleted. The BC Conservatives stated this is their first candidate removal during the current campaign for offensive online behavior.
Written for “BC Conservatives Remove Candidate” on 2026-10-09,
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Leaning: leans left for article 66919 (high confidence, 1 verified quote) · logged 2026-10-08
B.C. Conservatives drop Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after offensive social media posts
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Conservatives → drop → posts
Joachim Agou would not answer questions from reporters on Thursday
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Agou → answer → Thursday
The B.C. Conservatives have dropped Joachim Agou as the party's candidate for the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding after offensive social media posts.
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Conservatives → drop → posts
In a social media post from from Sept. 7, 2025, that showed video of a car ramming into a group of pro-Palestinian protesters in Switzerland, Agou is seen in a screenshot commenting, "He should have reversed too!!!"
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He → show → screenshot
In November 2024, Agou also shared a meme that showed U.S. President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and right-wing European leaders that said "Make the west great again."
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west → share → Trump
He also shared a meme on June 26, 2025 that showed Trump looking out from Air Force One.
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Trump → share → One
It read "'Trump: My God, Pakistan looks like a shithole.'
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Pakistan → read → shithole
'That's London Mr. President.'"
One of the controversial social media posts shared by Joachim Agou.
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That → share → Agou
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The posts have since been deleted.
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posts → delete → ?
Agou refused to answer questions from reporters for several minutes on Thursday.
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Agou → refuse → Thursday
He was set to meet with Victoria residents during a meet-and-greet at a café on Victoria's Fort Street.
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He → set → Street
The candidate would not say if he posted the tweets, if he subsequently deleted the tweets, if he would resign or if he regretted the comments.
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he → say → comments
He passed by the coffee shop without stopping, and walked several blocks to his car before driving away.
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He → pass → car
B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson dropped Agou as a candidate a little more than an hour after reporters asked him about the social media posts.
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reporters → drop → posts
Asked about the posts during an 11 a.m. news conference in Surrey, B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson initially said he wasn't aware of the posts.
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he → ask → posts
When a CBC reporter read the posts in detail, Doerkson said he "of course" disagreed with the comments and promised to look into the candidate the "second I leave this podium."
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I → read → podium
An hour and a half later, Agou was removed as a candidate.
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Agou → remove → candidate
I will not tolerate it.
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I → tolerate → it
If elected, he will not serve in the [caucus]," Doerkson said in a statement.
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Doerkson → elect → statement
The B.C. NDP candidate for Surrey City Centre, Amna Shah, had called for Agou to be fired for the "absolutely horrific racism" in the posts.
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Agou → call → posts
Shah slammed Agou for "attacking the Pakistani community as 'a sh*thole,' joking about killing protestors, celebrating white supremacist figures."
This is the first time the B.C. Conservatives have had to remove a candidate during this campaign.
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Conservatives → slam → campaign
In Agou's bio, which has since been deleted from the B.C. Conservative website, he's described as a "test and evaluation engineer in the defence sector [who] runs a Victoria engineering consulting and media company."
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who → delete → company
It's unclear if Agou will run as an Independent candidate.
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Agou → run → candidate
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