It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer

Jokes about murderers and the real risks to Indigenous women is not comedy, it’s monetized hate speech.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Families of Sisters in Spirit vigil on Parliament Hill in 2017. Meanwhile, the Danger Cats, a so-called comedy troop whose shows have been cancelled across Canada, makes fun of the Pickton murders. It’s disgusting to make fun of the real risks to Indigenous women, writes Rose LeMay.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

April 1, 2024

OTTAWA—The Danger Cats is a so-called comedy group whose shows have been cancelled across the country.

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