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Another Mass Grave?

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No. One outrageous lie was quickly discounted, yet another lives on, to the detriment of everybody involved.

From the Frontier Centre for Public Policy

By Brian Giesbrecht

The  Kamloops claim didn’t come out of the blue. The TRC’s well-publicized “missing children” wild goose chase thoroughly indoctrinated indigenous communities. It convinced foolish people, like Casimir, Leah Gazan and Kimberley Murray, that thousands of “missing children” had been secretly buried  all across Canada.

“My brother Rufus saw them take all those children and stand them up next to a big ditch, and then the soldiers shot them all and they all fell into that ditch. Some of the kids were still alive and they just poured the dirt in on top of them. Buried them alive.”

This mass murder happened in 1943 — not in Nazi-held Europe, but in Brantford, Ontario.

So, there you have it — the personal story of a residential school “survivor” describing the day the Canadian Army lined up 43 Indian children in front of a residential school at Brantford, Ontario, shot them and dumped their bodies into a mass grave. The May 27, 2021 announcement that the remains of 215 former students of the Kamloops residential school wasn’t the first time that a claim  about sinister residential school deaths and clandestine burials had been made.

This Brantford story is obviously untrue. Any reasonably well-informed person with a lick of sense would know that at a glance.

But that didn’t stop the claim from making the social media rounds for years. According to the fact-check tens of thousands of people have read this bogus claim over the years, and many appear to have believed it completely. In fact, despite the fact checks proving that the claim was entirely false it continues to circulate today.

Both the Kamloops and Brantford claims came basically from the same place — the strange mind of a defrocked United Church Minister, Kevin Annett. It was Annett who created the bogus Brantford claim. In a strange twist, the picture at the top of the page — said to be from Brantford — is actually a photo of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, as it looked in the 1920s. 

And it was Annett who inspired the TRC’s misguided “missing children/unmarked graves” wild goose chase that, in turn, inspired Chief Rosanne Casimir to make the Kamloops claim. Both claims were equally and obviously false: The Kamloops claim was that the “remains of 215 children were found.” In fact, only radar blips (anomalies) were detected- blips that turned out. to most likely be from previous excavations, and not graves. Casimir and Annett both knew that they were making false claims.

Annett’s bogus claims come from his imaginative reworking of stories of “survivors” that he publicized in his blogs, books, interviews and movies.

His most famous movie is Unrepentant. This movie has been viewed by tens of thousands of Canadians, particularly in indigenous communities, such as the Tk’emlups community at Kamloops.

It has won awards, and been praised by eminent people, such as Noam Chomsky. Despite being every bit as false as the claim that the Canadian army shot 43 indigenous children, it actually convinced Member of Parliament, Gary Merasty, that it was accurate history. It is nothing short of amazing that this highly suggestible MP  was then able to convince the equally gullible, and newly appointed TRC commissioners that there were many thousands of such “missing children”, as Annett alleged.

The TRC commissioners then launched their “missing children/unmarked graves” campaign despite having no mandate from the federal government to do so. (Independent researcher, Nina Green, describes this in detail here.)

You see, the  Kamloops claim didn’t come out of the blue. The TRC’s well-publicized “missing children” wild goose chase thoroughly indoctrinated indigenous communities. It convinced foolish people, like Casimir, Leah Gazan and Kimberley Murray, that thousands of “missing children” had been secretly buried  all across Canada. 

Indigenous people became hooked on these stories.

Annett’s most famous book is his 393 page opus, “Hidden No Longer.” That book introduced the idea that the deaths of these thousands of “missing children” (his estimates range from 50,000 to 250,000, depending on the telling) constituted  genocide. It is absolutely shocking that our MPs actually voted to condemn Canada of genocide based essentially on Kevin Annett’s bogus claims.

Based on those same bogus claims Annett was hired by the Brantford Mohawk community in 2011 to dig up the graves that he claimed existed in the apple orchard area of their residential school. According to Annett, these were the graves of indigenous students who had been secretly killed and buried in the apple orchard at the school, with the forced help of fellow students. 

Sound familiar? It should. That was essentially the same grisly tale repeated by Chief Rosanne Casimir years later in Kamloops. (See above.)

Except that the wiser folks within the Brantford Mohawk community twigged on to Annett’s tricks. And when Annett was found on the streets of Toronto, waving around chicken bones, and pretending that they were the bones of children he had unearthed at Brantford, the Mohawk elders came together and publicly denounced Annett as a fraud at a community meeting.  They then banished him from their community. 

Unfortunately, Casimir became a useful idiot for Annett — just as the gullible TRC commissioners did — and no such leadership has yet come forward from the wiser elements within the Kamloops indigenous community. Those folks are silent, while the more vocal contingent are still sticking to their story that the  soil anomalies are the “remains of 215 children,” and not what they almost certainly are — 1924 septic excavations. 

So, the questions should be asked: Is the claim that the Canadian army shot 43 indigenous children, and dumped them in a mass grave, any more or less believable than the claim that priests killed and secretly buried 215 children at Kamloops, (or any of the copycat claims that followed it?)

What is it about that Mohawk claim that gives it appeal to only the most gullible among us, while the equally improbable Kamloops claim is still taken seriously by so many people?

On the surface, both claims are outrageous, and have no real evidence to support them. Quite the contrary, every Canadian history book ever written is cogent evidence  that both stories are false. But the Mohawk claim was dismissed as the nonsense it obviously was, while the Kamloops claim lives on.

At least part of the answer to those questions appears to be in the response of the government in power, and the media to the claims. If the Brantford claim had been met by a prime minister who immediately ordered that flags be lowered, and offered hundreds of millions of dollars to any other indigenous communities who wanted to make similar claim, no doubt that Brantford claim would have been taken seriously.

Or, if the Brantford claim had been made in a time when a highly ideological CBC would ask no questions, and blindly promote the claim, the results might have been entirely different. As it is, the Brantford claim died a merciful death, while the equally specious Kamloops genocide claim still languishes like a stinking albatross around the neck of every Canadian.

Although the international community is increasingly broadcasting the obvious fact that the Kamloops claim is bogus Canada’s media remains asleep. That is not likely to change until leadership changes in Ottawa, and at the CBC. Pierre Pollievre, when questioned on this topic, stated clearly that he stands for historical truth, accuracy, and a full investigation into all questions pertaining to claims about residential school deaths. Hopefully, that means that excavation and a full inquiry will follow.

But Tk’emlups indigenous elders better wake up, like the Mohawk elders did. You are not doing your communities a favour by letting politicians and journalists treat you like children, by pretending to believe your bizarre claims. These false claims are already doing great damage.

Fortunately, there are many thoughtful indigenous people who do not blindly accept the claims about murderous priests and secret burials.

Here is one such wise indigenous person. He is a priest, and he is willing to do what our federal government and our CBC failed to do from the beginning namely to intelligently discuss the issue.

Thoughtful people like this need to be involved in a full investigation that will clear the air about the Kamloops claim, and get Canada back on track.

Brian Giesbrecht, retired judge, is a Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

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UK mother imprisoned over tweet says she was ‘political prisoner’ of Keir Starmer

Published on August 27, 2025

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From LifeSiteNews

By Andreas Wailzer

Lucy Connolly, a former child-care worker, was given a 31-month sentence after slamming illegal immigrants in response to the murder of three little British girls.

A mother from the U.K. who spent over a year in prison for an ill-advised tweet has said she was a “political prisoner” of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In a recently released, hour-long interview with The Telegraph, Lucy Connolly shared her story of how she was sent to jail for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a social media post that she deleted only hours after it was published.

When the interviewer asked if she was Keir Starmer’s political prisoner, she replied, “Absolutely.”

Connolly is a 42-year-old wife, mother, and former childminder. Last year, she made an angry post on X after a migrant had killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

She wrote: “Mass deportation now set fire to all the effing hotels full of the bastards for all I care. While you are at it, take the treacherous government and politicians with you. I feel physically sick knowing what these families will now have to endure. If that makes me racist, so be it.”

In the interview with The Telegraph, she said she “was not thinking rationally” when she posted the statement. Thinking better of it, Connolly deleted the ill-advised post a few hours later. However, someone had already screenshotted the tweet and reported her to the police.

Connolly told the interviewer that she was not racist and that 90 percent of the families of the children she took care of had immigration backgrounds. She stated that she even helped them with their visa applications and only opposes illegal and unvetted immigration to the U.K.

Eight days after she sent and deleted the tweet, police showed up at her house and arrested her for inciting racial hatred.

Connolly said that because of the charged political climate at the time around the immigration issue, it appears that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government wanted to make an example of people like her who held the government responsible for the wave of migrant crime.

According to her lawyer and legal counselors  ”these weren’t normal circumstances” and  ”they were giving out a lot heftier sentences to people than they ordinarily would.”

On August 4 last year, Starmer made the following statement in response to the protests against the migrant violence: “ I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery. Be in no doubt that those who have participated in violence will face the full force of the law.  The police will be making arrests. Individuals will be held on remand. Charges will follow, and convictions will follow. I guarantee you’ll regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online.”

“ Lucy, you were denied bail six days after the prime minister made that statement,” the interview told Connolly.

”You were a perfect candidate for bail, first-time offender, not a flight risk, but bail was denied. It was denied twice. Lucy, do you think Keir Starmer influenced the way you and others were treated by the criminal justice system?”

”A hundred percent, yes,” she replied.

Connolly suffered abuse during her time in prison

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So Connolly, upon advice of her attorney, pleaded guilty to the charges of stirring up racial hatred in hopes of getting a lenient sentence.

”I have a daughter that needs me. You know, I’m a stay-home mommy. She’s had me there her whole life, and all I was thinking was, what is my quickest route to her?” she explained.

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However, the judge did not give any weight to these factors nor to the fact that she pleaded guilty and instead slapped her with a 31-month custodial sentence.

Connolly said that even though she showed exceptional behavior in prison and all the officers liked her, all her attempts at probation were denied, while those who committed more serious crimes were often granted probation.

“They were done for death by dangerous driving for very serious crimes, but they were allowed out. And you, who had a 12-year-old daughter and a husband with a bone marrow condition, constantly told no,” the interviewer said.

One of the reasons the authorities gave for denying probation was that “the media interest is too high” in her case, even though the Ministry of Justice does not list that as one of the possible reasons.

During her time in prison, Connolly also had a run-in with a counter-terrorism group, who she said unnecessarily handcuffed her and hurt her to send a message.

“The handcuffs were so tight they couldn’t get them off. And there was all bruises all over my arms. And I’ve still got, I need to go to a chiropractor about my back and my shoulder because they hurt me so badly, and it was completely unnecessary,” she said, recalling the incident.

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Connolly said she received much support, including a crowdfunder that raised nearly 160,000 pounds for her.

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”You won’t keep me down.”

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‘Authoritarian censorship’: Poilievre denounces nurse’s suspension for opposing gender ideology

Published on August 22, 2025

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By Clare Marie Merkowsky

Conservative leaders, including Pierre Poilievre, are defending British Columbia nurse Amy Hamm, who was fined over $93,000 and suspended for stating gender is based on biology.

Conservatives are coming to the defense of British Columbia nurse Amy Hamm after was fined over $93,000 for saying gender is based on biology.

In an August 20 post on X, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre denounced a ruling by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) that mandated Hamm pay $93,639.80 in legal fees and suspended her license for one month for her statements opposing LGBT ideology.

“A nurse with a spotless track record gets fined and suspended for pointing out there are two genders, and for praising world renowned author & women’s rights advocate

@jk_rowling,” Poilievre declared.

“This is authoritarian censorship,” he warned. “We must restore free speech and free thinking in a free country.”

Many other Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) also came to Hamm’s defense, condemning the actions taken against her as censorship while voicing concerns over the implications of punishing professionals for publicly voicing their opinions.

“Fining a nurse $93,000 for acknowledging biological sex is punishing her for recognizing a scientific reality required to safely practice medicine,” MP Leslyn Lewis wrote on X. “We cannot ignore that in medicine, biological sex matters.”

“Nurses and doctors have to distinguish between sex and gender in order to treat patients safely — for example, when prescribing medications, diagnosing conditions, or determining appropriate procedures,” she added.

Additionally, Lewis raised concerns over “whether a professional can safely do their job if they are punished for acknowledging biological realities.”

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In March, a ruling from the BCCNM disciplinary panel found that Hamm committed “unprofessional conduct” by publicly discussing the dangers of the LGBT agenda in three articles and a podcast appearance.

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