Vancouver Rundown Friday April 24, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses a political controversy involving Premier David Eby and MLA Tara Armstrong regarding remarks made about Indigenous rights.

Apologize - that’s the demand from Premier David Eby who claims MLA Tara Armstrong used ‘Nazi rhetoric’ to slam the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples while speaking in the Legislature. Armstrong says the K’ómoks Treaty Act promotes UNDRIP’s blood and soil theory that people with Indigenous ancestry have their own inherent rights. Independent MLA Elenore Sturko calls the remark extremely offensive and disgusting. Interim Conservative leader Trevor Halford calls it ignorant and abhorrent. Armstrong withdrew the remark after it was declared out-of-order.

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Claggett

Topics covered

• politics
• Indigenous rights
• legislative debate
• public apology
• controversial remarks

Keywords

• David Eby
• Tara Armstrong
• Indigenous Peoples
• UNDRIP
• political controversy
• apology
• legislature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United Nations, K’ómoks Treaty Act

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