Aside from being thrown out of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), Selina Robinson is being smeared as an “Islamophobe” for calling out what she openly calls the party’s antisemitism and alliance with questionable Muslim groups that frequently pressure useful idiot politicians to eject truth-tellers from the caucus or any association from government, but who allow virulent antisemites to flourish in their midst.
The NDP is a far-left, “progressive” party. It actually served as Canada’s official opposition party from 2011 to 2015, but its support has dwindled drastically since. It is worthwhile to note that the NDP also founded an “unofficial” New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus in 1998.
Last year, NDP MPs (along with Liberals) headed to Jordan and Judea and Samaria to meet Palestinians and so-called “progressive Israeli groups.” The Canadian Muslim Vote (TCMV) funded the trip — a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency. Speaking of “progressive” Jewish groups, J-Space is known as a “respectable,” “progressive” Jewish voice in Canada. It is more or less the counterpart to J-Street in America. When the NDP passed a BDS resolution at its 2021 convention, advancing its “toxic” obsession with Israel, J-Space supported it.
The New Democrat Party also ran a “peace” campaign, calling upon Canada to “stop selling arms to Israel.” The NDP’s publication Spring, “a magazine of socialist ideas in action,” published an article less than a month after the horrors of October 7 entitled “Mass movement for Palestinian solidarity forces NDP in the right direction.”
‘”Jack Layton is turning over in his grave’: ousted New Democrat decries party’s antisemitism problem,” by Dave Gordon, National Post, January 1, 2025:
It has been a most difficult year for Selina Robinson, who was ousted from B.C.’s NDP cabinet for her comments during a forum on Israel. She says she had long known the NDP had an antisemitism problem but has become estranged from her progressive peers since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
Robinson’s comments came during an online panel discussion hosted by B’nai Brith Canada on Jan. 30. She referred to the territory on which the modern state of Israel was founded as “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it — you know, there were several hundred thousand people but other than that, it didn’t produce an economy. It couldn’t grow things; it didn’t have anything on it.”
Her remarks sparked widespread backlash, with pro-Palestinian groups and others calling for her resignation. She issued multiple apologies and offered to take anti-Islamophobia training, but Premier David Eby condemned her comments as divisive.
She stepped down as post-secondary education minister on Feb. 7, and by March was sitting as an independent. She did not seek re-election in October.
She’s back with a memoir, Truth Be Told, released on Dec. 18.
In it, she expresses disappointment in her fellow NDP government members for their lack of support when she faced attacks due to her Jewish identity. Most distressing, she says, was the complete absence of vocal support from her colleagues in the face of racist behaviour, intimidation tactics and threats…..
Cynthia says
Oh Canada, how you have fallen! If we don’t turn things around here, expect more of the same from The Democrats. Hopefully, politically correct sees its demise under Trump and we can have DOD and HS that work for the American people.
Muslims and mosques must be monitored for hate speech. Any Muslim here illegally or stirring up trouble on our campuses and streets must be deported!
Andrew Blackadder says
What the hell is anti islamophobia training exactly?.
Any antisemitic training courses available by chance?
James Lincoln says
Andrew Blackadder says,
“What the hell is anti-islamophobia training exactly?”
My guess is that it is two hours of total gaslighting.