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 threadAmgine1d 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 threadSarah dreams of beans
@Amgine @PhoenixSerenity I don't think of Eby as victim so much as a sell-out to the relevant capitalists, the BC NDP party officers, who are mainly fracking lobbyists if memory serves, and who manipulate the party leadership elections to get a leader they like. Gross!
Apr 12 at 7:13pmWeb
Show threadMs. Que Banh1d ago

@beandreams
Same here. I consider true victims to be folks without much privileges or very little to zero, longterm financial security.

@Amgine