“DRIPA is 'the most racist and radical law in B.C. history.'”
Dallas Brodie, OneBC
MLA, Vancouver-Quilchena; Founder, OneBC (expelled from BC Conservative caucus) · Nov 2025
Dallas Brodie was expelled from the BC Conservative caucus for mocking residential school survivors. The UBCIC called her conduct 'racist residential school denialism.' She was first elected in 2024 - she wasn't even in the Legislature when DRIPA passed unanimously in 2019. The actual history of BC includes: reserves reduced by 92% without consent, cultural practices criminalized for 67 years, Indigenous people barred from hiring lawyers for 24 years, and at least 4,118 documented residential school deaths.
Union of BC Indian Chiefs · 2025-02-24
The Tyee · 2025-11-04
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada · 2015-12-15
Parliament of Canada (archived, Library and Archives Canada) · 1927-03-31
Parliament of Canada (archived, Gladue Rights Research Database, University of Saskatchewan) · 1884-04-19
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First published: April 1, 2026