these negotiations. On June 2, 2020, Parker rejoined the party and endorsed Dimitri Lascaris in the leadership election. Parker is a founder of the BC Ecosocialist and was its acting leader, as well as a prospective candidate in the 2020 British Columbia general election. He resigned as both after allegations he made transphobic comments. BC Ecosocialists BC Ecosocialists was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. Its stated aims included steering the province to a greener society and fighting discrimination against the First Nations and immigrants. Formed in 2019, the 2020 British Columbia general election was expected to be its first. Shortly after the 2020 provincial election was called, Parker resigned following allegations of transphobia. Parker dismissed the allegations as "a blizzard of cancel culture silliness", but resigned as party leader on September 22, 2020, leaving the position vacant. The party did not field any candidates in the election. Policy The party described itself as "Further left than the NDP, greener than the greens". It listed figures Greta Thunberg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Autumn Peltier as their inspirations, among others. It supported the water protector activists at Standing Rock Indian Reservation, particularly praising these people prioritizing the Earth and its inhabitants over wealth. The party's main priority was to provide a better quality of living for all people, including housing for all, food for all, and creating a sustainable environment. It proposed the adoption of a Green New Deal to create jobs by developing green energy sources in British Columbia (BC). The party planned to increase taxes for top earning individuals and corporations in order to fund such projects, as well as make improvements to the transportation infrastructure. It also wanted to freeze fossil fuel development in the province. The Ecosocialists promised to break up large cooperative institutions into small, community based cooperatives. Their main targets were Vancity and the Mountain Equipment Co-op. They also planned to raise the minimum wage to $16 per hour, criticizing John Horgan's plan to keep the minimum wage below Alberta's until 2021. The party also aimed to improve human rights of minority groups in BC, particularly the First Nations in British Columbia, the LGBT+ community, and persons with disabilities, and put an end to gender inequality. The party had a decolonization policy, described as "returning power, land and resources to Indigenous people, not just tearful apologies and photo-ops". The party planned to provide further