Lynn Beyak Residential Schools

• Lynn Beyak announces she’s leaving the Senate, continues residential school defence

  Senator Lynn Beyak has repeatedly come under fire for arguing residential schools provided a positive experience for Indigenous Canadians, despite horrific abuse.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2021
  
• Senators call for ethics probe into letters on Lynn Beyak’s website

  A group of independent senators is calling for an investigation into whether letters posted this fall on Sen. Lynn Beyak's website violated the Red Chamber's ethics rules.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2018
  
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• Removal from committee a ‘threat’ to freedom of speech: Sen. Lynn Beyak

  Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak says her party's decision to sanction her for comments about Canada's residential school history amounts to a threat to freedom of speech.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2017
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• Lynn Beyak axed from Senate committee over comments defending residential schools

  Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak, who famously declared "some good" came out of Canada's residential schools, has been removed from the Senate's committee on aboriginal peoples.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2017
• Senator who defended residential schools urged to leave aboriginal committee

  Last week Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak said the government-funded, church-operated schools where indigenous children endured widespread sexual and physical abuse were not all bad.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2017
• Tory senator defends residential school system, says good work ‘unacknowledged’

  Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak said "the abundance of good" that occurred in residential schools has not been acknowledged.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2017