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  "path": "/opinion/azim-jiwani-john-rustad-please-for-the-good-of-b-c-conservatives-dont-run",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T11:00:18.000Z",
  "site": "https://nationalpost.com",
  "tags": [
    "rebranding and insurgent revival.",
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  "textContent": "In August 2022, with a lukewarm Guinness in hand, I brokered a quiet deal that would upend provincial politics in British Columbia. In a kitchy Irish pub in downtown Vancouver, I introduced newly independent MLA John Rustad to Conservative Party of B.C. executive director Angelo Isidorou, one of the principal architects behind the party’s rebranding and insurgent revival. Read More",
  "title": "Azim Jiwani: John Rustad, please, for the good of B.C. Conservatives, don’t run",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-09T23:03:29.000Z"
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