The calls for Selina Robinson to be removed from the BC provincial cabinet keep growing after she called Palestine before European colonization “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it”.
A group of 18 BC mosques and Muslim associations published a letter Sunday saying NDP MLAs were unwelcome in their space until Robinson is gone as post-secondary education minister. The BC Civil Liberties Association, Independent Jewish Voices and many Palestine solidarity groups have also added their voices to the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and BC’s Federation of Post-Secondary Educators in calling for Robinson’s ouster from the cabinet. A number of prominent indigenous voices and Green Party politicians have demanded the removal of a minister who said Palestine “didn’t produce an economy, it couldn’t grow things it didn’t have anything on it” before Zionism. A Fire Selina Robinson account has popped up on X and more than two million have watched the original clip of her remarks on the social media platform previously known as Twitter. (Other versions of Robinson’s statements have been viewed by hundreds of thousands more).
A number of federal NDP MPs have criticized Robinson’s remarks. In a letter posted to Instagram NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said he discussed the matter with BC Premier David Eby and called Robinson’s statements “hurtful”.
Robinson’s racism was even too much for B’nai Brith. The stridently anti-Palestinian organization told City News, “Robinson appeared as a panelist at our event Tuesday evening, which was billed as an Evening With Jewish Officials. B’nai Brith Canada was in no way responsible for the comments made by Minister Robinson and they do not reflect the opinion of our organization.” (more...)
Why is Eby taking so long to fire Robinson?
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