Ellis Ross, a candidate in the BC Liberal Party leadership race, is coming to the defence of a fellow candidate who is being targeted for his conservative opinions, saying the party should maintain its “big tent” and not shun the candidate. That candidate, political outsider Aaron Gunn, declared his intention to run for leadership of the party on Oct. 8 and received immediate flak from the ruling BC NDP, which accused him of expressing “harmful views.” A few days later, a rival in the leadership race, Michael Lee, took a similar position, seeking to prevent Gunn from competing. “Aaron Gunn has the right to express his views, but the BC Liberal Party has a responsibility to not give a platform to intolerant views like those he’s shared. I urge candidates to affirm inclusive values & join me in calling for his candidacy to be rejected,” Lee, MLA for Vancouver-Langara, said on Twitter. …