Senate votes down C-9 amendments to criminalize “residential school denialism”
The Canadian Senate has voted down amendments to Bill C-9, after the Senate’s human rights committee voted nearly unanimously to amend the bill to criminalize “residential school denialism."
After the Senate Committee on Human Rights voted seven to one to add “residential school denialism” to the Criminal Code of Canada through Bill C-9, the chamber of second sober thought voted down the amendments, a move that defenders of Canada’s constitution are applauding with caution.
The sole Conservative senator on the committee who voted on the motion, Senator David Wells, defended his choice to support the amendments to Juno News, but later noted that he voted against the committee’s report, which struck them down.
The Senate of Canada announced on X on Wednesday that the Senate had voted down the committee’s third report, which attempted to criminalize “residential school denialism” and ban symbols of“nooses” and “white pointy hoods,” with 41 “nays” against 32 “yays and two senators abstaining from voting.
