By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio While an anti-hate bill passed in the Senate earlier this month, an amendment that would criminalize residential school denialism did not receive the votes required to be included in the bill. Bill C-9, dubbed the Combatting Hate Act, was introduced into the House of Commons by the minister of justice in September as a way to address hate speech and hate crimes. On June 1, Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell of Nunavut proposed an amendment to the bill that would criminalize statements made outside private conversation that minimize, condone or deny the Indian residential school system. “There is no question in my mind that residential school denialism has placed doubt among Canadian citizens and has paved the way for outright racism towards Inuit,…
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