Censorship

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.

If the bill is passed, people could be charged under the Criminal Code for promoting hatred against Indigenous Peoples by condoning, justifying or downplaying the historical and lasting impact of colonialism and residential schools.  (BTW, all schools in Canada are the result of "colonialism", but the rest of us don't dine out on it forever.)

Leah Gazan is going to make many of us criminals.

Leah Gazan, whose mother is Lakota, says families deserve to heal from this "intergenerational tragedy," and that parliamentarians must stand firm against people who try to discredit the stories of survivors.

Does this mean I could be charged because I have blogged about many Indigenous people being grateful for their education?  Does this mean that if we even think something and voice it, we are criminals?  Reminds me of the Taliban, who have made it a crime for any woman to speak in public, or even sing in her own home!

I mean, where would Indigenous leaders be, had it not been for the education provided them via residential schools?

She represents Winnipeg Centre, where there are many more issues to deal with than this.  Instead of spending her time introducing ludicrous bills, she should dig into the many messes right under her nose at the corner of Portage and Main.