Selina Robinson resigns from B.C. NDP caucus, citing antisemitism within party

Selina Robinson, B.C.’s most prominent Jewish politician, says she’s leaving the B.C. NDP caucus over concerns it hasn’t done enough to fight antisemitism among fellow MLAs.

Robinson said she talked to the NDP caucus last week and then Premier David Eby on Wednesday about instituting antisemitic and anti-Islamophobia training for all MLAs, and creating opportunities for dialogue between the Jewish community and Palestinian and Arab communities amid the division created by the Israel-Hamas war. “That’s really the work that we should be doing. But right now, government isn’t interested in doing that work.

Robinson said she was upset by anti-Israel comments made during the B.C. NDP convention in November and said fellow NDP MLAs who made antisemitic comments didn’t face the same consequences that she did. “No, I would not agree with that,” he said. “We are always speaking out against hate towards any community.”

“Not just for me, but for the voice that I brought to caucus,” she said. “A voice that I brought to the cabinet, to do the work that I did for two premiers who asked me specifically to engage with the Jewish community.”

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