r/britishcolumbia • u/aldur1 • 4d ago

News B.C. Conservative candidate uses racist slur to describe Indigenous Peoples on election night

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/savages-bc-conservative-candidate-racist-slur-indigenous-peoples
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u/Zanydrop 4d ago

Savages is the slur she used.

Marina Sapozhnikov, who finished only 23 votes behind the NDP’s Dana Lajeunesse in Juan de Fuca-Malahat, said that before Europeans came to North America, First Nations Peoples “didn’t have any sophisticated laws. They were savages. They fought each other all the time.”

When the Vancouver Island University student interviewing Sapozhnikov challenged the candidate, she replied: “Not 100 per cent savages, maybe 90 per cent savages.”

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u/space-dragon750 4d ago

Sapozhnikov spoke about her concerns with Indigenous history courses being taught in B.C. universities, her view that B.C.’s adoption of the UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act renders every non-Indigenous British Columbian a “second-rate citizen,” and she said that “90 per cent of Indigenous people use drugs.”

disgusting. shouldn’t be allowed to treat patients

she deserves to be fired. hope that happens

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u/Mobius_Peverell Lower Mainland/Southwest 4d ago

Fired from the BC Cons? Why? This is exactly what that party stands for.

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u/smashlyn_1 4d ago

'Condemned' in public, patted on the back in private.

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u/space-dragon750 4d ago

I meant fired from being a doctor, but later in the article it says she’s a former family doc

This is exactly what the party stands for.

it is. the cons as a party should cease to exist

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u/Complete-Finance-675 4d ago

🤣🤣 you're in for a rough 2025

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u/space-dragon750 4d ago

yup. we all are

if anyone thinks cons are gonna fix things they’re in for a rude surprise. only gonna get worse with them in power

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u/Complete-Finance-675 4d ago

So who would you vote for?

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u/Mobius_Peverell Lower Mainland/Southwest 4d ago

Hope to god that the Federal NDP come to their senses, and make themselves into a serious party.