Independent MLA Tara Armstrong has been asked to withdraw comments she made while in legislature Thursday.

During a debate on a First Nations treaty, the representative of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream used language that critics say had historically been used by Nazis.

Armstrong used the term “blood and soil,” which Nazis used as rhetoric for purity.

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Legislature was discussing the K’omoks First Nation Treaty Act and hearing arguments for and against ratifying an agreement.

“It promotes UNDRIP’s blood and soil theory that people with Indigenous ancestry have their own inherent rights based upon what are described as inextricable links to the land,” said Armstrong.

She continues her argument by stating that sovereignty was established in B.C. through an “orderly extension and adoption of British laws” and not “through violent conquest.”

Independent MLA Elenore Sturko from Surrey-Cloverdale spoke out against the language that Armstrong had used, asking her to withdraw her comment.

“It should never be used in this chamber, let alone used to describe the inherent rights of Indigenous people in British Columbia. Disgusting,” said Sturko.

“I am also wanting to raise a point of order on the fact that this member has spread misinformation about Indigenous people. She said they had no history, she said they did not have any laws. This has, of course, been disproven by the expression of Indigenous culture and multiple court cases.”

The MLA for Surrey City Centre, Amna Shah, also took issue with Armstrong’s comments.

“I never thought I would hear such disgusting rhetoric from the member from Kelowna,” she said. “It’s pretty deplorable for me to hear the revisionist history of this province, of this country, and the dehumanization of a peoples who have been harmed.”

Premier David Eby took to X to express his disgust with the language usage.

“No one should ever be allowed to stand in the BC Legislature to use Nazi rhetoric to argue a point. This a line that should never be crossed. Every party should immediately denounce this abhorrent comment,” wrote Eby.

Armstrong also posted on X with a reply to Eby, stating that he was the racist.

“You’re a racist, Mr. Premier. You endorsed Nazi ‘blood and soil’ ideology in your latest treaties by embedding UNDRIP’s ethno-nationalist principles in them. The NDP believes in special rights for Indigenous people on the basis of race. I believe in equality for all Canadians,” wrote Armstrong.

BC Greens later tabled a censure motion asking members to support the motion. If it passes, Armstrong cannot participate in the House until she retracts her statement.