Willing to go to jail over the proposed hate speech law | Aaron Pete

Aaron Pete, Chief of the Chawathil First Nation and host of Nuanced, says he was prepared to go to jail over a proposed law criminalizing residential school denialism. He joins the show solo, with Iain Burns away, to explain why. The conversation covers the Senate committee's push to criminalize denialism, the funding context behind it, and the Globe and Mail's recent reckoning with its own coverage of the Kamloops unmarked graves story. Topics covered: ► Aaron Pete's public statement that he would go to jail rather than stop discussing residential school history ► The Senate human rights committee's recommendation to criminalize residential school denialism, and why Pete says the legislation was ultimately not productive ► Existing hate speech laws and questions about their consistent enforcement ► Indigenous Services Canada's budget reductions alongside the new legislation ► The Globe and Mail's recent piece reexamining its 2021 coverage of the Kamloops unmarked graves story ► Why Pete says it's not accurate to say there's no evidence, while acknowledging ground penetrating radar detects anomalies, not confirmed remains ► Tara Henley's interview with Pete on the media's reporting failures around Kamloops ► Pete's argument that truth, not legislation, is where reconciliation actually starts Should criminal law be used to settle historical debates, or does that approach do more harm than good to reconciliation itself? Let us know what you think in the comments. The Really Big Show: the thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed 🔴 Live every weekday at 9AM PST 📍 Independent. Unapologetic. Canadian. 👉 Support the show: https://thereallybigshow.ca Subscribe | Share | Comment — help us grow independent Canadian media. #canadiannews #canadapolitics #canada #nowmedia #thereallybigshow #aaronpete #kamloops #reconciliation #residentialschools #freedomofspeech