2021 church burnings in Canada

 Then there were the 2021 church burnings in Canada based on the unfounded claim that Catholic- and Protestant-run residential schools engaged in the widespread kidnapping, abuse, and murder of American-Indian children. In reality and in a nutshell, many Indians speak fondly of their days at the schools, and the institutions were created by the government (I elaborated here).

But notable was the wink-and-nod response from officials. For example, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and one of his advisors both issued tepid statements in which they called the arson “understandable.” Perhaps, being in politics, they were just somewhat less honest than British Columbia Civil Liberties Association head Harsha Walia, who bluntly stated, “Burn it all down.”