Library and Archives Canada Purges Website Content It Deems ‘Offensive’

Library and Archives Canada Purges Website Content It Deems ‘Offensive’
Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, in an undated photo. Library and Archives Canada is reportedly removing its online content deemed "offensive," some of which paints Macdonald in a positive light. CP Photo/National Archives of Canada
Noé Chartier
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Canada’s chief archivist has ordered the purge of “offensive” content on thousands of national archives webpages, according to internal documents obtained via a request by Blacklock’s Reporter under the Access to Information Act.

“Much of the content on the Library and Archives Canada website reflects the time at which it was written,” wrote chief archivist Leslie Weir in an email to staff obtained by Blacklock’s.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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