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Ottawa has released a new interactive online map with the locations of former residential schools meant to identify unmarked graves as the majority of residential school buildings have been demolished.

A small British Columbia city’s council is reeling after people were exposed to heterodox views.

"The National Post also fell into the trap of implicitly accepting all the accusations made in the skewed and biased 2015 six-volume final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada detailing the history, operation, and legacy of the country’s IRSs as gospel truth."

Despite an explosive claim in a government report that shovel-wielding “denialists” attempted to dig up alleged remains on the grounds of a former residential school, the RCMP says it has received no reports of such.

"It is not helpful for anyone to be told stories that are untrue. This just foments anger and prevents us from focusing on actual injustices that need to be rectified. Critical thinking, on the other hand, benefits everyone."

After an NDP MP who wants to criminalize “residential school denialism” alleged the book “Grave Error” was an “incitement of hate” concerning residential schools, co-author Tom Flanagan has challenged the MP to a debate on the book’s merits.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to prorogue Parliament after announcing his resignation plans means several key pieces of legislation are now dead.

"The Canadian Constitution Foundation has compiled its own list of government measures, laws, proposals, and even individuals that were either 'naughty' or 'nice' for civil liberties in the last twelve months."

Excerpted from Free Speech in Canada: A beginner's guide from ancient roots to current controversies, written by Christine Van Geyn and Josh Dehaas.

If Indigenous lobby groups are good at anything, it’s composing vitriolic resolutions full of Shakespearean “sound and fury signifying nothing.”