Ottawa must combat residential school denialism by amending Criminal Code, special interlocutor says
The federal government must address residential school denialism by amending the Criminal Code to make it an offence to wilfully promote hatred against Indigenous peoples by downplaying or justifying the harms the institutions caused, a special interlocutor has said in a final report.
Kimberly Murray, the Independent Special Interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian residential schools, released her findings Tuesday in
Gatineau, Que. She was appointed to her role in June, 2022, by the federal Justice Minister and was given a two-year term. In June, her mandate was extended for six months.
