Oct. 1: How readers feel about Sir John A. Macdonald’s divisive legacy. Plus other letters to the editor GlobeDebate
One reader says that many people in Victoria felt the decision to remove the Sir John A. Macdonald statue outside the City Hall deserved further discussion.Letters to the Editor should be exclusive to The Globe and Mail. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Try to keep letters to fewer than 150 words. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.
Macdonald held views that are now considered reprehensible, even if they were acceptable in his time. But revisionist interpretations do little to help with reconciliation, in my view, nor do they place historical figures such as Macdonald in context, balancing the good and the bad. I think Canadians would want to know the whole story, warts and all.Looking at history through our current view of rights and obligations feels like historical-cultural imperialism.
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