Controversial Okanagan MLA doubles down on anti-Indigenous stance – Infotel
May 13, 2025
The Penticton Indian Band was outraged when an Okanagan MLA called the First Nation a threat to British Columbia, and now that MLA is doubling down.
Tara Armstrong represents Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as an Independent since she left the BC Conservatives in solidarity with a party member, Dallas Brodie, who was ousted for mocking residential school survivors.
Armstrong and Brodie released a statement that said Indigenous sovereignty is a threat to the province. The Penticton Indian Band called for Armstrong and Brodie’s resignation in response.
The latest response from the MLAs came in a statement today, May 12. Armstrong and Brodie restated their position that Indigenous bands and their sovereignty are a problem.
