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77 years after WWII ended, Canada has joined the list of countries to make it illegal to question to question or "downplay" the official narrative.

Holocaust denial — and downplaying the Nazis' murder of Jews — to be outlawed

OTTAWA — Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort to stamp out rising antisemitism.

The federal government is set to make it a criminal offence to make a statement denying the Holocaust took place or condoning or downplaying the killing of Jews by the Nazi regime, except in a private conversation.

Ministers plan to use a bill enacting the budget to swiftly change the Criminal Code, budget documents show.

The move to outlaw Holocaust denial comes as MPs and anti-hate groups warn about the rise of white-supremacism and antisemitism in Canada.

"Jewish Canadians comprise one per cent of the Canadian population yet are the target of 62 per cent of all religiously motivated hate crimes," said Richard Marceau, vice-president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. "We live in a time of rising antisemitism."
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Six million Jews were systematically killed in Nazi-occupied Europe while Hitler was in power, along with other groups, such as Roma.

"Holocaust denial and distortion constitute a cruel assault on memory, truth, and justice — an antisemitic libel to cover up the worst crime in history — and thereby a cruel and mocking rebuke to Holocaust survivors and their legacy," said Irwin Cotler, the prime minister's special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism.

The budget earmarked $5.6 million over five years to support Cotler's office.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/holocaust-denial-and-downplaying-the-nazis-murder-of-jews-to-be-outlawed/ar-AAW1jnT

Any guess where Cotler's allegiance lies? (Hint: his wife and daughter are Israelis.)

Irwin Cotler
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He is a past president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
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As minister of Justice, Cotler presided over many legislative changes concerning national security. This included proposed changes to privacy legislation known as "Lawful Access" to give police and intelligence officers the tools to conduct surveillance of electronic communications for law enforcement and national security purposes.[8][9]

In early 2005, Cotler intervened in the senate review of Canada's 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act, as mandated by section 145 of the bill. This law, adopted in the wake of the September 11 attacks, had been criticized by some human rights groups and defense lawyers, as an unreasonable trade-off between security and freedom.[10] In his speech to the senate committee on the matter, Cotler rejected these concerns, arguing that "there is no contradiction in the protection of security and the protection of human rights".[11]
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Cotler has worked with a group of international jurists to indict Iranian President Ahmadinejad for incitement to genocide under the UN Charter and the Genocide Convention.[21] Cotler chaired a commission called the "Responsibility to Prevent Coalition", which released a petition in 2009 entitled "The Danger of a Genocidal and Nuclear Iran: A Responsibility to Prevent Petition". The petition has been signed by Elie Wiesel, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, and the former Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Per Ahlmark, and historian Yehuda Bauer.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

He separated six categories of anti-Semitism and found thirteen indices of discrimination against Jews that characterizes the "new anti-Jewishness".[29]

Cotler is a member of MEMRI's Board of Advisors.[30]

Cotler is an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.[31]

Cotler serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Genesis Prize Foundation.[32] Cotler has spoken at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on several occasions.[33]

In 2016, Irwin Cotler drafted the "'Never Again' Declaration", which has been signed by justice ministers, parliamentarians, jurists, and Luis Moreno Ocampo, former International Criminal Court prosecutor.[34][35]
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Cotler's wife, Ariela (née Ze'evi), is a native of Jerusalem and worked as a legislative assistant to Likud members of the Israeli Knesset from 1967-79.[citation needed]

His daughter, Michal Cotler-Wunsh, is an attorney and was a PhD candidate in law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Cotler

The Genesis Prize is a $1 million annual prize awarded to Jewish people who have achieved significant professional success, in recognition of their accomplishments, contributions to humanity, and commitment to Jewish values.
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Members of the committee that selects Genesis Prize laureates are chosen based on their leadership and support for Jewish causes.[10][11][12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Prize



What about the people Canada put into concentration camps?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Canadians

What about the centuries of ethnic cleansing against Native Americans?
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/canada-residential-schools/

Which is still an epidemic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_and_murdered_Indigenous_women