B.C. Conservative staffer Lindsay Shepherd was fired for calling the Truth and Reconciliation flag a "disgrace," sparking backlash from Indigenous leaders and politicians.

Lindsay Shepherd, a former B.C. Conservative Party staffer, was fired by leader John Rustad on October 1, 2025, after posting on social media that the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation flag displayed at the B.C. Legislature was a "disgrace." Her post, later deleted but shared as a screenshot, criticized the permanent display of an orange shirt—symbolizing residential school survivors—near the provincial coat of arms. Indigenous leaders and politicians across parties condemned her remarks, calling them racist and dismissive of Indigenous trauma. The flag was raised ahead of the September 30 observance, a day marked by ceremonies honoring survivors of Canada’s residential school system. Neither Shepherd nor Rustad commented at the time of reporting.