Opinion: Remembering is not enough, Canada needs more genocide education cdnpoli (subs)
Last week Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced a new expert advisory group on online safety.
The federal government should do more to prevent hateful and racist content online, and social media platforms should be compelled to remove hateful and extremist content, write Richard Marceau, Ihor Michalchyshyn, and Sevag Belia.Last fall, the Toronto District School Board cancelled an address by Yazidi genocide survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, reasoning it would lead to Islamophobia.Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.
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