Vancouver police board vice-chair asked to resign after social media rant about 'Christian values'

 

"I’m going to get very vocal about things happening in Canada, and it’s OK if it upsets some people," Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba wrote online.

Vancouver police board vice-chair Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba resigned Friday after she made several social media posts alleging that Canada’s culture and values are being undermined by minority groups.

Screenshots of Sakoma-Fadugba’s Instagram stories, shared on Reddit, show her raising concerns over mass immigration, the erosion of Christian values, gender transitions, “woke culture” and the legacy of slavery.

The diversity and inclusion strategist joined the Vancouver police board, which provides civilian oversight of policing, in January 2022.

While acknowledging Sakoma-Fadugba’s contributions to the board, chair Frank Chong said in a statement Friday: “Recent statements posted on social media by the vice-chair of the Vancouver police board do not reflect the values of the board and are inconsistent with our code of conduct.”

In the social media posts, Sakoma-Fadugba described herself as a Nigerian-Canadian mother and shared a personal experience to illustrate her views on multiculturalism in Canada.

She claimed that her son’s participation in a Diwali celebration at school made her realize that the “push for secular education wasn’t about religion,” but about “erasing Christian values from the lives of our children.”

Sakoma-Fadugba also expressed concern that Hindu values might become “the dominant cultural influence” in Canada, replacing what she claimed were traditional Canadian values.

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