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CBC helped drive the Kamloops narrative, and still won’t come clean
Why is the CBC still refusing to admit it got Kamloops wrong?
Recent complaints to the CBC Ombudsman about Rosemary Barton’s misleading April 16 statement, and renewed scrutiny of the CBC’s 2021 reporting on the Kamloops residential school, demand careful public attention. At stake is the credibility of Canada’s public broadcaster and the integrity of our national discourse on a subject as painful as residential schools.
During a live panel discussion following the French-language federal leaders’ debate on April 16, Barton claimed, “Yes, there have been remains of Indigenous children found in various places across the country.” Her statement, made in response to a question about anti-Christian sentiment linked to the residential school narrative, has since been widely criticized as inaccurate and emblematic of the CBC’s failure to properly verify critical information.
In May 2021, reports of the discovery of 215 children’s remains at the Kamloops Residential School site triggered national mourning and drew international headlines. Flags were ordered to half-mast for months, the Trudeau government established a new statutory holiday for truth and reconciliation, and Parliament passed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in June 2021, despite prior opposition from six provinces. The passage of UNDRIP alone may reshape Canada in ways not yet fully understood.
The Kamloops story quickly became a defining moment in Canada’s reckoning with the legacy of residential schools, transforming public life almost overnight.
No bodies. No accountability. CBC’s Kamloops coverage broke Canada’s trust.
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