Ms. Que Banh1d ago

*I think Eby's the current, problematic BC politician in Premier power role. The core problem is that #BCNDP haven't really respected #IndigenousRights for a long time. Their caucus became too whipped under Horgan & that's continued under Eby - who was groomed by the former neoliberal in charge of BC policies.*

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the NDP has a “colossal” leadership problem, and if it doesn’t move on from Premier David Eby, the party could be doomed for decades. “I think the problem is Premier Eby,” he said at a Friday morning news conference in Vancouver held by Indigenous leaders opposed to a proposed suspension of parts of the Declaration on the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples Act (DRIPA).

Phillip spoke alongside the #FirstNations Leadership Council, which is made up of members of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The groups held a joint news conference in Vancouver on Friday (April 10), slamming the B.C. NDP government’s DRIPA suspension plan, a move the council had called a “unilateral betrayal” on Thursday. #DRIPA is a 2019 B.C. law that formally commits the province to aligning its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( #UNDRIP ), which affirms the right to #SelfDetermination for #Indigenous peoples worldwide.

Read more at: https://saanichnews.com/2026/04/10/the-problem-is-premier-eby-b-c-ndps-leadership-taken-to-task-over-dripa/

#BCpoli #DavidEby #LandBack #NoConsent #Capitalism #Colonialism #DecolonizeYourMind #Decolonization #CanadaIsAllNativeLand #BCGovernment #SueTheGovernment

‘The problem is Premier Eby’: B.C. NDP’s leadership taken to task over DRIPA

Indigenous leaders voice opposition to DRIPA suspension plan

Saanich News
Show threadMs. Que Banh1d ago

Replacing one neoliberal capitalist with a younger neoliberal capitalist, only guarantees you have a younger, more energetic neoliberal capitalist. All of the above selfish neoliberals are just fine with screwing over you/other citizens & Indigenous communities - if doing so helps them to gain more backroom bribes/personal financial gains/social status benefits.

#BCpoli #SleazyPoliticians #NeverTrustTheGovernment #Neoliberals #BCNDP

Show threadAmgine1d ago

@PhoenixSerenity

This seems to highlight that the problem is *not* M Eby, per se. It is corruption, primarily based in the economic system.

The wealth disparity results in greater pressures at all levels of society. Not only is there greater *need* to do anything/everything to become financially secure, there is also the unacknowledged fear you may be targeted by the wealthy if you do not do what they want.

E.g. Jody Wilson-Raybould.

Show threadMs. Que Banh1d ago

@Amgine That's pretty much why unfettered capitalism is killing people & ecosystems. I was getting into degrowth mindset a few decades ago because of concerns about what you've mentioned - a system where political corruption is built in/dependent on infinite growth. A system where eco/social justice is denied more often than not.

I know/have worked with Bill Wilson, Jody's Dad. The government screwed them both over, multiple times, multiple ways. There is justified distrust of government.

Show threadAmgine23h ago

@PhoenixSerenity

Exactly. In a way, M Eby is as much a victim as the rest of us.

But no one who has observed his work since becoming Premier has any trust for him.

Show threadMs. Que Banh

@Amgine I do not consider highly privileged white politicians, who are also millionaires - on same involuntary victims level as average citizens. I definitely don't put those privileged politicians anywhere close to same levels as highly marginalized citizens with little to zero social status quo privileges. I consider highly privileged people, like him, as actively complicit of crimes against humanity. I hate government more because I used to work within government. We all have personal choice powers - even under shit systems. Our own choices end up defining our character. Integrity is important.

Privileged people, in public power policy positions, like him, have much more powers to choose to do better & they still choose not to do better. They aren't rowing in same civilian canoes.

Apr 12 at 7:05pmWeb
Show threadAmgine21h ago

@PhoenixSerenity

M Eby once upon a time led the Pivot Legal Society, performing pro-bono work for people living in Vancouver's east side. He thought he could effect more change working inside government.

It seems to me he changed, rather than government.

Show threadMs. Que Banh21h ago
@Amgine I know. That's back when I used to do a lot of good work with him. I lost respect for him, quite a few years ago.
Show threadMs. Que Banh19h ago

@Amgine My biggest problem with Eby is due to mostly knowing him more when he did civil liberties legal work. He knowingly opted to become Horgan's best guy, willing to be groomed by that demon of a human - fully knowing that his kingmaker boss was a fucking sleazebucket, lacking humility & humanity. Eby never actually had to sell his soul out. I lost all respect for him because he chose to sell his soul out, without needing to do so.

#BCpoli #Turncoat #CDNpoli #Sellouts

Show threadMs. Que Banh19h ago

@Amgine Eby & I worked together, fighting government corruption from BC Liberals in 90s into early 2000s. With DTES social issues to environmental protest issues to multiple human rights violations by government issues. I was really fucking pissed off, when that sellout turncoat opted to go full neoliberal. It felt like a suckerpunch!

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #Sellouts #ConMen