Are government apologies for historic wrongs just political "pandering"?
The British Columbia government is embarking on a public consultation process. It is planning an apology for historic discrimination against members of the province's Chinese community. It's the kind of formal recognition that former M.L.A. and M.P. Ujjal Dosanjh used to support, and even campaign for. But he's done a 180 on the subject....
The British Columbia government is embarking on a public consultation process. It is planning an apology for historic discrimination against members of the province's Chinese community.
It's the kind of formal recognition that former M.L.A. and M.P. Ujjal Dosanjh used to support, and even campaign for.
But he's done a 180 on the subject.
He says formal political apologies are "pandering," that they promote "identity politics," and they do nothing to help the people who continue to live with the legacy of harm that historic government policies created.
He speaks to host Jim Brown about his unapologetic about-face on the issue.