{"id":11342,"date":"2026-07-30T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11342"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:56:46","slug":"maxime-bernier-warns-of-censors-scheme-to-ban-questioning-residential-school-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11342","title":{"rendered":"Maxime Bernier Warns of Censors&#8217; Scheme to Ban Questioning Residential School Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>They want to make truth a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard about the Assembly of First Nations passing an emergency resolution demanding that the government make residential school \u201cdenialism\u201d a criminal offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Chief Garrison Settee believes that demanding evidence of unmarked graves should be considered \u201cresidential school denialism\u201d and made into a hate crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here&#8217;s the problem: at sites like the one in Kamloops, ground-penetrating radar flagged anomalies that the tribe itself said it \u201csuspects\u201d are unmarked graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No excavations have been done. No bodies have been found. And yet, asking for proof could soon land you in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People can lie, but we are not obliged to believe their lies. We are free to tell the truth. That is not hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects freedom of conscience, thought, belief, opinion, and expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These rights exist for ideas that the government finds inconvenient, wrong, or threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A right that only protects approved opinions is not a right. It&#8217;s a permission slip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give the government the power to declare one historical interpretation criminal, and you&#8217;ve given it the power to declare any interpretation criminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a historical claim is as strong as its defenders believe, it wins in open debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it needs the Criminal Code to win, that says something about the confidence of the case, not the guilt of the dissenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer to an argument you hate is a better argument, not a subpoena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The People&#8217;s Party of Canada will always fight for your freedom of speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t let them criminalize the truth. Stand with us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1-500x281.webp 500w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bernier-1.webp 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They want to make truth a crime. 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