Melanie Mark on her resignation from the B.C. legislature

Melanie Mark on her resignation from the B.C. legislature and National Indigenous Peoples Day

In this clip, Melanie Mark reflects on what National Indigenous Peoples Day means to her. Mark also reflects on her legacy in the B.C. legislature.

“There’s an impatience to move on [from] the past – but you can’t get to reconciliation without understanding the truth.”

Melanie Mark served as the MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant from 2016 to 2023. Mark is the first First Nations woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and the first First Nations woman to serve in the Cabinet of British Columbia. Mark is Nisga’a, Gitxsan, Cree and Ojibway.

This is a clip from rabble’s most recent live politics panel: Off the Hill: Truth before reconciliation. The panel featured guests Melanie Mark, Joan Phillip and Rachel Snow. Hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.

Off the Hill is a fast-paced live panel on current issues of national significance, hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies. This series focuses on the impact politics and policy have on people and on ways to mobilize to bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off the hill. To support Off the Hill, visit rabble.ca/donate.

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