Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim confrontation at Komagata Maru sign unveiling a reminder from the local anti-colonial Panjabi movement that colonial violence is not past tense

When gently asked to acknowledge Palestinian life, Sim walked away from Gill – unwilling to say ‘Palestinian.’ When Gill finally asks the Mayor, “but can you say Palestinian, specifically?” Sim responds with an incoherent, “like…everyone,” before twirling around and starting to run away.