An NDP MP is pushing forward with legislation that would outlaw attempts to deny or downplay the harms caused by Canada’s residential schools.Leah Gazan, New Democrat MP for Winnipeg Centre, introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons on Thursday to add residential school denialism to the Criminal Code.”If the government is serious about reconciliation, then they need to protect survivors and their families from hate,” Gazan said.”The residential school system was a genocide designed to wipe out Indigenous cultures, languages, families and heritage. To downplay, deny or justify it is cruel, harmful and hateful.”NDP MP Leah Gazan has been working on legislation to combat residential school denialism for more than a year. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)Gazan told CBC News in February 2023 that she was drafting legislation to outlaw attempts to deny the history of residential schools or make false assertions about the institutions.If passed, C-413 would make it a…
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