BC NDP Minister Justifying Genocide Must Be Removed

BC Post-Secondary Education minister Selina Robinson recently called Palestine before European colonization “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it.” Previously she intervened to pressure a College to fire a professor for expressing solidarity with Palestinians.

Please take a minute to email BC Premier David Eby to ask for Robinson’s removal from Cabinet.

Post-Secondary Education minister Selina Robinson must be immediately removed from your cabinet. In a recent speech to B’nai Brith Robinson called Palestine before European colonization “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it.” She added, “there were, you know, several hundred thousand people, but other than that it didn't produce an economy.”


This is racist, colonial - Terra nullius - thinking that must be rejected. It’s particularly outrageous that Robinson’s comments come days after the International Court of Justice found it “plausible” Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and made a provisional ruling calling on Israel to stop its genocidal incitement.
Robinson has been implicated in other anti-Palestinian controversies. On Feb. 1, 2024, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia called for Robinson to resign after she intervened to pressure Langara College to fire Dr. Natalie Knight for expressing solidarity with Palestinians.

Robinson must be immediately removed as minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.


Initiated by:

The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute

Canada Palestine Association

Palestinian and Jewish Unity

The Canadian BDS Coalition

Just Peace Advocates

Samidoun