Canada Senate rejects proposal to include residential school denialism offense in hate crime bill

Anishinabek Nation condemns vote rejecting residential school denialism amendment

The Anishinabek Nation is condemning a Senate vote that rejected proposed changes to Bill C-9, the federal Combatting Hate Act, that would have added an offence for Indian Residential School denialism

Senate Rejects Amendments to Bill C-9 Criminalizing Residential School Denialism

A majority of senators rejected an amendment by the Senate Human Rights Committee that would have made Indian residential school “denialism” a criminal offence. A total of 41 senators voted against the amendment on June 3, while 32 senators voted in favour, and two abstained. Prior to the vote, Sen. Pierre Moreau, the government representative in the Senate, said there had been “online backlash” to the amendment, and that he would vote against i…

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Canada’s Senate rejects amendment to Bill C-9 that would ban ‘residential school denialism’

by Anthony Murdoch Canadian senators voted 41–32 against adopting the amendment, although Bill C-9 would still remove religious speech protections and effectively criminalize quoting the Bible on homosexuality. (LifeSiteNews) — Canadian senators voted down a recent proposed amendment to anti-Christian “hate speech” legislation, Bill C-9, which would have criminalized “residential school denialism.” On Wednesday, senators...

Canada Senate rejects proposal to include residential school denialism offense in hate crime bill

The Senate of Canada rejected on Wednesday, with a vote of 32-41, its human rights committee’s proposed amendment to include a residential school denialism offense in the contentious hate crime bill. The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights returned its report with amendments to the Senate on Tuesday. One main amendment added a residential school denialism offense, which carries a maximum two-year imprisonment upon conviction on indictment.…

AFN National Chief Calls Senate’s Rejection of Indian Residential Schools Denialism in Hate Speech Bill Regressive, Disappointing and a Setback for Reconciliation

(June 5, 2026 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak today denounced the move by the Senate of Canada to reject an amendment to Bill C-9, often referred to as the Hate Crimes Bill, that would have included Indian Residential School denialism as an offense. “The move by the Senate