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In question period on Indigenous Affairs, NDP MP Leah Gazan asked the government whether it would adopt her private member’s bill, which would add residential school denialism to the Criminal Code as a form of inciting hatred. She said survivors, their families and communities want denialism made a crime. Minister Rebecca Alty responded that the government condemns residential school denialism as harmful and undermining reconciliation, and said the government is spending $5 million on education and public awareness so Canadians can learn from survivors.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Leah Gazan

NDP
“Two years ago, I put forward a bill to make it a crime to deny what happened at residential schools. Survivors and their families deserve safety and respect, and they want this made illegal. Will the government adopt my bill and make this a crime, yes or no?”
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Mr. Speaker, it has been two years since I tabled my bill to add to the Criminal Code residential school denialism as a form of inciting hate. Residential school survivors, their families and their communities have a right to safety, security and dignity. I have spoken to ministers. Survivors want this criminalized. If the government is committed to protecting survivors, will it listen to survivors, take on my bill as a government bill and criminalize residential school denialism once and for all, yes or no?

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Rebecca Alty

Liberal
“Denying the truth about residential schools is harmful. That is why our government is spending $5 million on education and public awareness so Canadians can learn from survivors.”

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Mr. Speaker, efforts to deny, distort or minimize the truth about residential schools are deeply harmful and will always be condemned. Denialism is a cruel rejection of well-established facts, and it undermines the truth that is essential to reconciliation with indigenous people. That is why our government is moving forward with a $5-million investment in education and public awareness so that Canadians can continue to learn from survivors, their—

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