[
 {"claim":"Brent Chapman leaves the B.C. Conservatives to join OneBC","assessment":"Confirmed announcement, September 22","basis":"OneBC release, Brodie’s primary X welcome, Peace Arch News statement quotations and telephone interview, broader election reporting.","sources":["https://www.facebook.com/dallasbrodievancouver/posts/onebc-is-growing-join-us-1bccajoin/1111419614876194/","https://x.com/Dallas_Brodie/status/2102466448103014546","https://peacearchnews.com/2026/09/22/surrey-south-mla-chapman-leaving-b-c-conservatives-for-one-bc/"]},
 {"claim":"OneBC membership is surging","assessment":"Party claim; magnitude not independently verified","basis":"Brodie says membership is surging but the reviewed material provides no before-and-after membership totals. Adding an incumbent does not establish a numerical membership trend or province-wide voter support.","sources":["https://x.com/Dallas_Brodie/status/2102466448103014546"]},
 {"claim":"Findlay is also joining OneBC","assessment":"Not established in reviewed sources","basis":"Peace Arch News asked Chapman, who said it was a question for her. My Coast Now reports Doerkson says she will not run as a Conservative; that does not establish a OneBC candidacy.","sources":["https://peacearchnews.com/2026/09/22/surrey-south-mla-chapman-leaving-b-c-conservatives-for-one-bc/","https://www.mycoastnow.com/94853/news/politics/eby-calls-early-provincial-election-on-oct-24/"]},
 {"claim":"Provincial election called","assessment":"Confirmed by Elections BC","basis":"Writ day September 22; final voting October 24; advance voting October 16–21; nominations close October 3 at 1 p.m. Pacific. Abbotsford–Mission by-election cancelled and its ballots do not carry over.","sources":["https://elections.bc.ca/news/writs-issued-for-british-columbias-44th-provincial-general-election/","https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/"]},
 {"claim":"The election brings an $82.5-million bill","assessment":"Exact current-election amount not independently established","basis":"Official report records $82,418,579 to administer the 2024 election. A previous election’s actual expense is not the final 2026 cost.","sources":["https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/Report-of-the-CEO-PGE2024-Vol-II.pdf"]},
 {"claim":"Eby has tripled provincial debt","assessment":"Exact multiplier not verified; comparison unspecified","basis":"Release gives no baseline date, debt definition or endpoint. September first-quarter backgrounder forecasts $180.9 billion total debt and $141.1 billion taxpayer-supported debt at 2026–27 year-end. These measures and actual versus forecast must not be conflated.","sources":["https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026FIN0031-001066"]},
 {"claim":"The election is unnecessary","assessment":"Political judgment","basis":"Attributed to OneBC and Chapman. Eby’s stated rationale is changed U.S. trade threats; the report presents competing arguments without certifying private motives.","sources":["https://www.facebook.com/dallasbrodievancouver/posts/onebc-is-growing-join-us-1bccajoin/1111419614876194/","https://www.mycoastnow.com/94853/news/politics/eby-calls-early-provincial-election-on-oct-24/"]}
]