thePodcast: Robinson's "crappy piece of land" controversy exposes NDP internal strife

February 11, 2024 00:24:38
thePodcast: Robinson's "crappy piece of land" controversy exposes NDP internal strife
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thePodcast: Robinson's "crappy piece of land" controversy exposes NDP internal strife

Feb 11 2024 | 00:24:38

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Show Notes

For the week of Feb. 11, 2024: What a difference a week makes in British Columbia politics. The first poll of the election year, by ResearchCo, found that Premier David Eby and the NDP are poised for re-election because of splitting on the right.  But, the following week, major discord within the left-wing governing party after Advanced Education Minister Selina Robinson’s “crappy piece of land” comments to a B’nai Brith online forum. It sparked a successful campaign by Muslim community leaders, anti-Israel activists and allies of disqualified 2022 NDP leadership hopeful Anjali Appadurai to drive B.C.’s most-prominent Jewish politician out […]

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