Canada’s chief archivist has ordered the purge of content deemed “offensive” on thousands of national archives webpages, according to internal documents obtained via Access to Information request by Blacklock’s Reporter. “Much of the content on the Library and Archives Canada website reflects the time at which it was written,” wrote chief archivist Leslie Weir in an email to staff obtained by Blacklock’s. “We understand much of this outdated historical content no longer reflects today’s context and may be offensive to many.” In the email, dated June 9, 2021, Weir proposes a disclaimer be put on “content that may offend people,” and called the issue an “urgent situation.” The website for Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has a web page called “Renewing our web presence,” for which the link is displayed at the top of each page of the site. It says a “multi-year project” is underway to review over 7,000 …