A motion calling for all political parties to condemn the nationwide attack on churches in Canada was denied by NDP and Liberal MPs, with one saying doing so might “trigger” Indigenous Canadians. 

At least 83 churches have been burned to the ground or vandalized in Canada since 2021.

During an Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee meeting on Tuesday, Conservative MP Arnold Viersen proposed that all politicians “condemn the arson attacks of over 80 churches across Canada.” 

Viersen further called for the committee to “reaffirm freedom of religion and assembly and call on those responsible for these attacks to be brought to justice,” as reported by True North.

But the request was too controversial for Liberal and NDP MPs at the committee, who voted to shut down the motion rather than proceed with it. 

In proposing to shut down the debate, Liberal MP Jaime Battiste said the issue has a way of “triggering a lot of people who went through residential schools and the things they are going through.”

Mass unmarked graves claim is still unproven  

The attack on Canadian churches began in 2021 after media reported on mass graves at residential schools. Archeologists detected what they believed to be 200 “unmarked graves” at an old school in Kamloops, British Columbia.

The media’s absolute worst interpretation of the anomalies inspired protests and terrorist arson across the country. 

To this date, no excavations of that site have occurred. Local elders have cited intergenerational trauma as the reason for leaving potential proof of a genocide buried.

In August, the excavation of a Catholic church basement on the grounds of a former Manitoba residential school yielded no evidence of human remains, despite widespread belief they existed.

The results of the four week excavation at the former Manitoba residential school site were announced quietly on a late Friday afternoon.