Against the will of Canadians, only two statues of Sir John A. Macdonald still stand, and his name is quietly being removed from school programs. The two…
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The insinuations in late May 2021 that there were 215 unmarked graves near the Kamloops Residential School had the most devastating impact on Macdonald’s reputation as it fed the narrative of “genocide.” No “hidden” graves have actually been identified, and none of those schools existed in Macdonald’s day. It was innuendo in full force.
In 2021, Kingston, the place Macdonald called home, the Mayor and city council had the statue taken down. Charlottetown, PEI — which long prospered on spinning the tale about the Charlottetown meeting of 1864 — removed its statue of Macdonald. In none of the cases were hearings held or public debate on the question heard. The decisions were all made internally.Article content
The first to move was actually in Nova Scotia. In April 2021, Sir John A. Macdonald High School in Upper Tartallon changed its name to Bay View High School. A year later, a Brampton, Ont., elementary school changed its name from Sir John A. Macdonald to Nibi Emosaawdang and in Pickering, it was decided that Sir John A. Macdonald Public School will be replaced with Biidassige Mandamin. Waterloo Region re-named its Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, the area’s largest, to Laurel Heights.
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