Will Entombed Sir John A. Macdonald Statue Be Cancelled in Ontario?
.... A placard displayed on the makeshift box containing the statue of Canada’s first prime minister on the lawn of Ontario's Legislative Building, raises questions whether the statue will be removed. In 2020, the statue — erected in 1894 to honor the history-making founder of Canada — was being protected in construction-like scaffolding while authorities decided how to restore the plinth / pedestal & statue. The statuary monument was doused with pink paint by Black Lives Matter & Indigenous activists, angered about decisions made in a far different time. Hidden away from the public for over a year, a strange notice on the box covering the statue raises more questions than answers:
“The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is a place for debate and deliberation on issues that matter in our province. Though we cannot change the history we have inherited, we can shape the history we wish to leave behind. The speaker of the Legislative Assembly is considering how the depictions of those histories in the monuments and statuary on the Assembly’s grounds can respect all of our diverse cultures and peoples.”
You would never know Sir John A. Macdonald is memorialized behind this strange wooden tomb. This makeshift sarcophagus certainly makes it look like they are going to either restore it back to how it sat for 127 years .... or remove it to satisfy cancel white culture activists ....
Will Entombed Sir John A. Macdonald Statue Be Cancelled in Ontario?
.... A placard displayed on the makeshift box containing the statue of Canada’s first prime minister on the lawn of Ontario's Legislative Building, raises questions whether the statue will be removed. In 2020, the statue — erected in 1894 to honor the history-making founder of Canada — was being protected in construction-like scaffolding while authorities decided how to restore the plinth / pedestal & statue. The statuary monument was doused with pink paint by Black Lives Matter & Indigenous activists, angered about decisions made in a far different time. Hidden away from the public for over a year, a strange notice on the box covering the statue raises more questions than answers:
“The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is a place for debate and deliberation on issues that matter in our province. Though we cannot change the history we have inherited, we can shape the history we wish to leave behind. The speaker of the Legislative Assembly is considering how the depictions of those histories in the monuments and statuary on the Assembly’s grounds can respect all of our diverse cultures and peoples.”
You would never know Sir John A. Macdonald is memorialized behind this strange wooden tomb. This makeshift sarcophagus certainly makes it look like they are going to either restore it back to how it sat for 127 years .... or remove it to satisfy cancel white culture activists ....