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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Tory MP claims Liberals "stole" his Holocaust denial bill—and watered it down
Description: As Parliament resumed Monday after a two-week break, politicians jumped straight into debating the recently revealed annual budget. Tucked inside the Liberals' hefty document, on page 275, is a proposal that would ban Holocaust denial. This might normally be welcome news across the aisle, except that the Conservatives already presented a nearly identical bill back in February.
Kevin Waugh, the MP for Saskatoon–Grasswood, is now furious at the federal government, claiming they stole his idea in drafting their own legislation—except they made it weaker. Now, as Yom ha-Shoah approaches Thursday, the House of Commons finds itself in t...