Victoria has its very own vast-right wing conspiracy (although it is neither vast nor much of a conspiracy). Public Eye has learned that, for more than seven years now, an informal but influential association of conservative and libertarian big thinkers have been meeting for lunch every Friday to discuss and gossip about provincial and federal politics. The association, known to some insiders as the Octagon, previously met around a similarly-shaped table at the Yates Street Pizza Hut before moving to another nearby restaurant.

Octagon members were the backroom brains behind a number of local federal Conservative candidates during the last election including Logan Wenham, who was trounced by incumbent Victoria Liberal David Anderson, and talented but unsuccessful Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca nomination candidate Troy DeSouza, who ran against the ticking time bomb known as John Koury. They were also instrumental in helping elect Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Gary Lunn back in 1997.