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Governor General Denies 'Denialism' Role
Governor General Louise Arbour faces backlash for calling Indian Residential School 'denialism' a national plague.
In brief
Governor General Louise Arbour faces backlash for calling Indian Residential School 'denialism' a national plague. Governor General Louise Arbour faces criticism for claiming Indian Residential School 'denialism' must be stamped out as a national plague. Originally reported by Nationalpost.
Governor General Louise Arbour
Governor General Louise Arbour is the latest political actor to give voice to the idea that Indian Residential School denialism is such a plague in this country that it must be stamped out.
Criminalization Debate
If that means criminalize it, as others have demanded, then the former Supreme Court judge is doing nothing for truth and even less for reconciliation.
Kamloops Discovery
The movement to punish so-called denialism has flourished since questions first arose in the wake of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation issuing a statement in May 2021 stating that ground-penetrating radar confirms finding the remains of 215 children at Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Radar Confirmation
The ground-penetrating radar confirmed no such thing, certainly not the remains of 215 children.
Government Response
Following the Kamloops announcement, the Liberal government launched the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support fund to provide money to Indigenous communities to locate missing children at Indian Residential Schools. So far, the government has handed out $284 million.
Accountability Concerns
When the government hands out more than a quarter of a billion dollars people have a right to know what it is being spent on and what are the results. This is not an issue of not listening to survivors, or denying their truth, it is a matter of good public policy in holding the government accountable for spending taxpayers’ money.
The main idea
Governor General Louise Arbour faces criticism for claiming Indian Residential School 'denialism' must be stamped out as a national plague.
