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Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation Joanna Baron joins The Rupa Subramanya Show to discuss why “outlawing denialism” is an infringement on Canadian’s right to free speech and why this type of legislation will likely be constitutionally challenged if passed.

We are now entering the territory of making thought crimes illegal in Canada. It appears the government's intent is to make it illegal to question the claims of unmarked graves despite there being literally zero evidence to prove any of the alleged findings. Welcome to Canada in 2023. Watch Ratio'd with Harrison Faulkner.

"It is likely that in the coming days we will see a battle play out between activist-scholars and traditional scholars in which the former will castigate the latter as 'residential school denialists.' But more to the point, we will see a battle over truth." 

"Separating fact from fiction on this issue requires open and honest debate. Attempts to stifle speech by prosecuting so-called denialism won’t lead to reconciliation and won’t restore the well-being of Canada’s indigenous communities."

Another Canadian church has gone up in flames. This time, the historic Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Allégresses Catholic church in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, was devastated by a fire on Thursday.  

"Startling events took place recently in the small city of Quesnel, B.C., where the city council voted to condemn a book that none of its council members had read, and asked for the mayor’s resignation because his wife had given a few copies of it to friends."

What does it say about our country when groups can level shocking allegations – that Canada ran literal death camps and that our school system committed genocide – and we are not allowed to ask questions, or even ask for evidence?

Andrew Tate is a self-described manipulator, pimp, and pornographer, yet he’s also become a curious hero for some on the right. The truth, True North’s Andrew Lawton says, is that the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend.

The sign board displaying this message outside of Councillor John Robertson’s home has made him an outcast among his fellow Murray Harbour, P.E.I. councillors, including the mayor.

For asking questions about the “unmarked graves” narrative and trying to get to the bottom of the claims I see propagated in the mainstream media, am I a denialist who should be jailed?