Justice Centre President John Carpay shares his perspective on the residential school system and on NDP MP Leah Gazan's Private Members' Bill (Bill C-413), which would make it a Criminal Code offence to condone, deny, downplay, or justify the residential school system. He discusses the potential impact of this Bill on freedom of expression, the Truth and Reconciliation project, and what he thinks is required for true reconciliation in Canada.
National Post, Sep 26, 2024: NDP MP tables bill seeking to criminalize residential school 'denialism'
Blacklock's Reporter, Sep 27, 2024: MP Seeks Jail For ‘Denialism’
Rose LeMay in Hill Times, Oct 8, 2024: Residential school denialism should be illegal
The Canadian Press via CTV, Nov 26, 2023: Special interlocutor 'waiting' for MP bill criminalizing residential school denialism
Leah Gazan on X, Oct 27, 2022: (this is her introducing her motion to get residential schools considered genocide)
Tristan Hopper in National Post, Oct 1, 2024: All the times the current Parliament has tried to limit free expression
Mark Milke in the National Post, Oct 3, 2024: Criminalizing residential school 'denialism' would silence Indigenous voices, too
Woke Watch Canada Substack, Feb 3, 2024: Why Indigenous Land Acknowledgments are Harmful to the Public Interest
Jonathan Kay in Quillette, Jun 20, 2023: In Canada, Asking for Evidence Now Counts as ‘Denialism’
National Post Editorial, Jun 24, 2023: Criminalizing speech the wrong way to address residential school legacy
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