The racial reckoning of the COVID era saw Canada grapple with its checkered past — a process that led to statues of some foundational figures being removed, in some instances by force.
Five years on, there’s a growing movement to restore some of what was taken down in that tumultuous period. The campaign, led by politicians past and present, historians and members of the public, is focused on bringing back some of those monuments, in particular ones of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, which have all but disappeared from public spaces.
All his desecrated statues should be repaired and restored to their rightful places and to hell with the race baiting scum.
