SOURCE: CBC
5-6-13
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5-6-13
Conservatives' interest in Canadian history raises eyebrows
tags: conservatism, Canada, Canadian history, Toryism, Stephen HarperThe House of Commons heritage committee has launched a study of how history is preserved in federal, provincial and municipal programs, and how easily Canadians can access historical information.
However, it backed down from a plan to examine how history is taught in schools after a barrage of complaints from the opposition, which had accused the government of intruding on provincial jurisdiction, which includes school curriculum development, and of wanting to revise history in its own image.
The committee began hearing from witnesses for its history study on Monday....
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