BJ Dichter

Benjamin J. Dichter is a business owner, podcaster, two-time political candidate, and a protest leader from Toronto, Canada.
Dichter is an organizer, spokesperson, and the fundraising co-leader for the 2022 Canada convoy protest. He is the founder of the LGBTQ conservative group LGBTory.
He is noted for his public statements about Islam, including those made during his keynote speech at People's Party of Canada first convention in 2019.
Dichter was the candidate for Toronto Centre-Rosedale in the 2014 Toronto municipal election, and the 2015 Conservative candidate for Toronto-Danforth. He lost both elections.
Personal life
Ditcher lives in the Danforth area of Toronto. He has previously lived in South America. He is Jewish.
Career and activism
Dichter is a certified gemologist, a diamond grader, a truck driver, and podcaster.
He is the founder of Possibly Correct media, that publish a podcast by the same name. Podcast topics include philosophy, Islamic terrorism, and promotion of COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Politics
In 2014, Dichter ran for Toronto city council for Toronto Centre-Rosedale, winning approximately 1,500 out of 31,000 votes, (just under five per cent). Kristyn Wong-Tam won the riding. Dichter ran as the candidate for theToronto-Danforth riding in 2015. and likewise missed the debate on electoral reform. He won 5,478 votes, ranking third, behind winner Liberal Julie Dabrusin and runner up New Democratic Parity incumbent Craig Scott.
Dichter is the founder of LGBTory, the Rainbow Conservatives of Canada.
Dichter's concerns about Islam were noted by True North Times in 2015 and Vice News in 2017. In 2019, at a first national convention, Dichter did the opening keynote speech where he spoke about "political Islam" and how it has "infiltrated" the Liberal party and the Conservative party of Canada. Maxime Bernier thanked Dichter for raising questions about how Canada dealt with Islamic extremism.
Punditry
On 27 January 2022, Ditcher was a guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program. He spoke about his journey to Ottawa ahead of the Ottawa protests, and how Alberta looked like a "third-world country" due the trucking industry being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A successful court injunction from local residents and businesses forced the funds to be frozen, prompting Dichter to accuse GoFundMe of theft. On February 2022, Ditcher agreed to move the funds into an escrow account.
Ditcher has claimed to be a vice president, and one of the four official spokespeople for the Canada convoy protest.
As police moved to stop the protest, Ditcher called on protestors to stand their ground, and called on police to let drivers remove their vehicles, before leaving Ottawa himself.
Other views
Ditcher promotes use of Bitcoin,
He has said that "Justin Trudeau must be stopped…no matter the cost” the Guardian quoted his warning of the “growing Islamization of Canada”.
He has criticized Pride Toronto for banning police, describing it as having gone "full circle from being a civil rights cause to a celebration to a form of regressive left political weaponry".

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