John Carpay: Senators’ Recommendation That Government Combat ‘Residential School Denialism’ Is Totalitarian

The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Commentary

The Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples has released a 30-page report titled “Honouring the Children Who Never Came Home: Truth, Education and Reconciliation.” The report includes a recommendation “that the Government of Canada take every action necessary to combat the rise of residential school denialism.”