Counterpoint: B.C.'s reconciliation work is necessary and hardly extreme
It is about moving forward with clear rules, mutual respect, and practical arrangements
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By: Stewart Phillip, Terry Teegee and Shana Thomas
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In her op-ed, “The extreme ideology behind B.C.’s radical reconciliation agenda,” Caroline Elliott attempts to rebrand reconciliation in British Columbia as “radicalism,” driven by “extreme ideology.” We reject these characterizations. Words matter, and this framing is unhelpful to the serious work British Columbians are engaged in together.
Reconciliation is difficult work, demanding honesty, responsibility, and persistence from all of us. But difficulty does not equal extremism, and human rights are not a “radical agenda.”
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