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Minister won't commit to criminalizing residential school denialism

  • Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty would not commit to criminalizing residential school denialism after a reported demonstration in Kamloops, British Columbia.
  • Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Roseanne Casimir said masked individuals displayed a banner questioning reports of human burials at former residential school sites.
  • The demonstration took place days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which honours residential school survivors and children who never came home.
  • NDP MP Leah Gazan introduced a bill that would classify condoning, denying, downplaying, or justifying residential schools as hate speech.
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Minister won't commit to criminalizing residential school denialism

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked with white nationalism reportedly staged a demonstration in the B.C. interior.

·Winnipeg, Canada
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Bowen Island Undercurrent broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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