On Monday, the First Nations Leadership Council publicly called for the immediate resignation of Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie.

A statement from the FNLC cited Brodie’s continued “deeply disturbed anti-Indigenous and residential school denialist rhetoric” as the reason for the calls for her resignation.

Brodie was kicked out of the Conservative caucus in March for similar reasons and is now half of the two-member OneBC party alongside Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong.

Today, the Syilx Okanagan Nation doubled down on the call for Brodie to resign as an MLA, with the Chiefs Executive Council of the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) officially endorsing the FNLC’s request.

In a statement, the ONA said Brodie has used public funds, inside and outside of the BC legislature, to create and distribute racist and anti-Indigenous materials.

The First Nations tribal council, which represents the seven tribes through the Nicola, Okanagan and Similkameen, specifically noted a photo Brodie took on Penticton Indian Band (PIB) land and posted to her X account on Oct. 2.

“In the image, Brodie holds a sign that says, ‘Zero Bodies’ while standing in front of a larger sign that references the 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site,” the ONA release explains.

A joint statement from PIB Chief Greg Gabriel and ONA Tribal Chair Clarence Louie called for more than just her resignation.

“MLA Brodie owes our Elders and Indian Residential School survivors an apology. She owes the voters of Vancouver-Quilchena an apology,” they said. 

“She owes all British Columbians an apology for her hateful and divisive rhetoric, which belongs in the dustbin of history, not the halls of the BC legislature.”

They added: “Political leaders who hold and espouse racist and backward views, are disqualified from public service, as such views and comments are hateful and hurtful to Indigenous people, and put at risk the government-to-government relationship with Indigenous Nations on whose land this province depends.”

Since the initial calls for her resignation on Monday, Brodie has responded through a series of posts on X.

She said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, should “resign in disgrace for propagating the greatest lie in Canadian history.”

During a press conference alongside Premier David Eby on Tuesday, Phillip said he supports Brodie’s “total removal” from the legislature.

Apart from her voluntary resignation or being voted out during the next election, a recall is the only way Brodie could be forcibly removed from her MLA role.