The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald that was removed from City Park last year will not be going to his graveside in Cataraqui Cemetery.
At a recent meeting, the board of the cemetery voted to no longer support a plan to have the statue erected at the national historic site.
As recently as May, councillors were told in a report that consultations between the cemetery board, First Nations and Parks Canada were continuing.Article content Meadowbrook-Strathcona Dist. Coun. Jeff McLaren, the only city councillor who voted against the statue’s removal, reiterated his opinion that the statue should be put back up somewhere as part of a broader, more inclusive story about Macdonald’s legacy.
Work crews remove a statue of Canada’s first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald from City Park in downtown Kingston, Ont., where it has stood since 1895, on Friday, June 18, 2021. Joe Warmington/Tor“I propose that this former statue space be used to present the perspectives of the different groups who were affected by Sir John A Macdonald’s legacy,” McLaren wrote in an email to The Whig-Standard. “The city should allow each group to commemorate in a culturally suitable fashion.
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