Four Years, $320 Million and Zero Bodies: The Mystery of the “Graves” at Canada’s Kamloops School
The alleged discovery of 215 bodies in unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia sent shockwaves throughout Canada in May 2021. The alleged tragedy became a rallying cry for liberal politicians and indigenous tribe activists everywhere.
Justin Trudeau’s administration immediately took a position without any facts. He took center stage by expressing solidarity with the Indigenous community by mandating flags to be flown at half-mast across federal properties and committing funds to investigate and uncover the supposed graves.
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Kamloops was one of many federal Canadian schools operated by the Catholic Church. It is where the graves supposedly existed. However, nearly four years after the investigation began, not a single body has been exhumed at the Kamloops School site. No excavation dates or concrete evidence has been established to back up the egregious claims indicting the Church.
Critics say the lack of evidence casts doubt on the Trudeau administration’s intention. They accuse the government of fueling a moral panic and using the alleged tragedy to incite anti-Christian sentiment. While no bodies have been found, Trudeau has been successful in stoking anti-Christian sentiment.
Indeed, the fallout from the Kamloops announcement was immediate and devastating. To date, over 100 Christian churches, mostly Catholic, have been vandalized or burned to the ground in Canada. Trudeau refrained from condemning the attacks and suggested that the attacks were the result of public outrage over the supposed “graves.”
The government’s narrative was constructed using a single interpretation of ground-penetrating radar at the Kamloops site. Anthropologist Sarah Beaulieu conducted the survey using radar to detect irregularities in the soil. Beaulieu’s findings identified anomalies that were interpreted as “possible” burial sites but were never confirmed as the remains of human bodies.
When it comes to ground-penetrating radar, the truth lies beneath the surface, quite literally. Radar does not differentiate between soil disruptions and actual human remains. Excavation, though expensive and time-consuming, is the only way to confirm or disprove allegations that have tarnished impeccable reputations and inflamed cultural tensions.
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However, politicians and activists leaped quickly from improbable conjecture to absolute certainty. The Trudeau government accepted claims at face value and immediately allocated $320 million to search for unmarked graves nationwide. The original speculation was presented as evidence of systemic abuse orchestrated by the Catholic Church and other Christian institutions that ran residential schools across Canada.
Even Pope Francis apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church without any evidence, deepening the perception of guilt. Yet voices of skepticism steadily grew louder.
Nearly four years of investigations have yielded no physical evidence of graves at Kamloops or any other residential school sites across Canada. Frustrated by the lack of progress, several academics have publicly condemned the original claims. Jacques Rouillard, a professor emeritus at the Université de Montréal, described the case as a “moral panic,” suggesting that radar anomalies alone cannot substantiate the existence of unmarked graves.
Physical excavation is necessary to verify claims. Other locations have revealed graves that were associated with tragedy, such as the Spanish flu and other diseases, rather than with malicious abuse.
As part of the investigation, indigenous leaders presented conflicting oral stories. Apologists say any questioning of these stories is taboo because it’s “disrespectful” to the indigenous peoples. The same investigators, however, have no problem questioning the integrity of the Catholic Church.
Canada gave over $320 million to the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund and now has nothing to show for it. The Survivors’ Secretariat, a nonprofit investigating Canada’s oldest residential schools, recently reported that the federal government has denied further funding—an implicit acknowledgment that even the administration has lost faith in the bogus narrative of unmarked graves.
The investigation’s goal was truth and reconciliation. However, what could have been a transparent and collaborative effort became a hasty, reactionary campaign that shook the faithful, sowed division and destroyed tens of millions of dollars of church property.
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The lack of physical remains in Kamloops underscores the need for impartial investigations and responsible governance, particularly when the reputations of entire institutions—like the Catholic Church—are at stake.
Excavations should have been conducted immediately to uncover the truth. The public deserves more than a politicized narrative based on speculation, and Canada’s Catholics deserve relief from government-endorsed scapegoating.
Multiple Canadian academics have also questioned the commonly accepted figure of 150,000 Indigenous children being forced to attend residential schools, arguing that it is misleading. They contend that, for many indigenous families, these schools were a blessing—the sole pathway to education at a time when tribes could not provide anything of the sort.
Truth requires evidence, accountability and dedication—not hastily constructed emotional left-wing narratives fanning the flames of historical grievances.
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