ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesDisability LifeGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaAFN calls for residential school denialism to be classified hate speech3 hours ago|Duration 2:373 hours agoNewsDuration 2:37The Assembly of First Nations is calling for Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, while an unsanctioned OneBC event at the University of Victoria sparked backlash.Related Stories Former national chief says AFN lawsuit to move ahead, settlement talks ‘stonewalled’ Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal Minister apologizes for ‘poor choice of words’ about meeting with B.C. First Nations group 1 arrest at unsanctioned OneBC event on UVic campus Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc chief calls for B.C. MLA Dallas Brodie to resignMore from NewsVideo1:35Mayor to attend menorah lighting ceremony outside city hall on MondayCBC News: Calgary at 6:00 24 minutes agoVideo1:38Warming centres open for Calgary’s first cold snapCBC News: Calgary at 6:00 32 minutes agoVideo5:24Lululemon CEO stepping down in January | Hanomansing TonightHanomansing Tonight 33 minutes agoVideo1:37What’s in store for southern Alberta this winter?CBC News: Calgary at 6:00 37 minutes agoVideo8:22Carney brings floor-crossing MP on stage at Liberal holiday party | Hanomansing TonightHanomansing Tonight 40 minutes agoTrending NowVideo0:53Canadian ski great Nancy Greene Raine shares her Top 3 across variety of on-hill, off-hill topicsDecember 7Video11:49Penny Oleksiak explains her suspension, says she’s not dopingThe National December 10Video0:533-time Olympian Marie-Michèle Gagnon takes questions from young skiers December 7Video0:57See the moment a Hawaii volcano’s eruption knocked out a remote cameraDecember 9Video14:35Robert Munsch wants you to know he’ll be OKThe National December 10
AFN calls for residential school denialism to be classified hate speech
