Senate rejects amendment to criminalize residential school denialism – Nunatsiaq News
Jun 5, 2026
Amendment would have made residential school denialism punishable by up to two years in prison
A proposal to make residential school denialism a criminal offence was defeated in the Senate on Wednesday.
The amendment, introduced by Nunavut Sen. Nancy Karetak-Lindell, would have amended Bill C-9, the Liberal government’s Combatting Hate Act, to make it a crime to “wilfully promote hatred” against Indigenous Peoples by “condoning, denying or downplaying the Indian Residential Schools System.”
It would have had people found guilty face up to two years in jail.
