Winnipeg MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism
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MP Leah Gazan says families deserve to heal from this "intergenerational tragedy," and that parliamentarians must stand firm against people who try to discredit survivors.
An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities.
The chances the bill actually will be debated and pass into law are slim without it being adopted as a government bill by the Liberals.
The private member’s bill proposes that someone could be charged under the Criminal Code for promoting hatred against Indigenous Peoples by condoning, justifying or downplaying the historical and lasting impact of residential schools.
Manitoba NDP MP Leah Gazan says the purpose of residential schools was to extinguish Indigenous cultures and languages and if the government is serious about reconciliation, it must protect survivors and their families from hate.
“The residential school system was a genocide designed to wipe out Indigenous cultures, languages, families and heritage. To downplay, deny or justify it is cruel, harmful and hateful. This should have no place in Canada,” she said.
More than 150,000 children were forced to attend residential schools, with many survivors detailing to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the abuse they suffered at the hands of those meant to protect them. The last school closed in 1996.
An estimated 6,000 children died in the schools, though experts say the actual number could be much higher.
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