Chiefs call on feds to criminalize residential school denialism as hate speech
Chiefs say 150,000 Indigenous children were forced into residential schools and 6,000 died, arguing denialism undermines reconciliation.
- First Nations chiefs passed an emergency resolution in Ottawa on Tuesday calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism as hate speech, arguing the government enables such rhetoric.
- More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend Canada's residential school system, which operated until 1996; experts estimate at least 6,000 children died while attending these institutions.
- Chief David Monias of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation stated, "These are not opinions, these are historical facts," emphasizing that genuine reconciliation requires acknowledging the schools' history.
- Garrison Settee, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, said "Today the country that we live in perpetuates hate crimes" by not criminalizing denialism, calling it shameful.
- Regional Chief Terry Teegee stated denialism is rising with extreme conservative ideas spreading into Canada, fueling anti-Indigenous racism and undermining truth and reconciliation efforts.
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First Nations Chiefs Call Out Exponential Rise In Anti-Indigenous Hate
Anti-Indigenous hate speech is rising “exponentially” across Canada, British Columbia Assembly of First Nations regional chief Terry Teegee told reporters at a press conference Wednesday.Teegee was speaking at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) annual general meeting, where chiefs passed a motion calling on the federal government to criminalize residential school denialism as a hate crime.“In my region, in British Columbia, we’ve definitely exp…
It is estimated that 6,000 children have died in these institutions.
Chiefs call on federal government to criminalize residential school denialism as hate speech
Denying the history of residential schools enforces a false view of Canadian history and protects those responsible, says Canada’s former special interlocutor on unmarked graves and missing children
First Nations leaders argue that the federal government permits the existence of denial of residential school for Aboriginal people by refusing to make it a criminal offence.
First Nations leaders are calling for the federal government to criminalize the denial of residential schools for Aboriginal people.
Assembly of First Nations calls for criminalization of residential school denialism
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed an emergency resolution that calls on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism. The advocacy organization, which represents chiefs countrywide, is holding its annual general assembly in Ottawa this week.
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