They want to make truth a crime.

You’ve probably heard about the Assembly of First Nations passing an emergency resolution demanding that the government make residential school “denialism” a criminal offence.

Grand Chief Garrison Settee believes that demanding evidence of unmarked graves should be considered “residential school denialism” and made into a hate crime.

But here’s the problem: at sites like the one in Kamloops, ground-penetrating radar flagged anomalies that the tribe itself said it “suspects” are unmarked graves.

No excavations have been done. No bodies have been found. And yet, asking for proof could soon land you in prison.

People can lie, but we are not obliged to believe their lies. We are free to tell the truth. That is not hatred.

Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects freedom of conscience, thought, belief, opinion, and expression.

These rights exist for ideas that the government finds inconvenient, wrong, or threatening.

A right that only protects approved opinions is not a right. It’s a permission slip.

Give the government the power to declare one historical interpretation criminal, and you’ve given it the power to declare any interpretation criminal.

If a historical claim is as strong as its defenders believe, it wins in open debate.

If it needs the Criminal Code to win, that says something about the confidence of the case, not the guilt of the dissenter.

The answer to an argument you hate is a better argument, not a subpoena.

The People’s Party of Canada will always fight for your freedom of speech.

Don’t let them criminalize the truth. Stand with us!