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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/0...-c_a_23498763/


I'm not sure where to stand on this. John A was clearly a dbag but on the other hand, we can't ignore his role in Canadian history or pretend like the values and norms of 1879 are even remotely similar today.

Right. Which is why it should be left alone.

Its a statue, see it as you want to see it. But dont remove it.

Removing it is like pretending it never happened which just doesnt work and is a flawed premise.

They did the best they could with what they had at the time. Mistakes were made, but you cant judge people in the 1870s based on the morality of the 2000s+.

He was an important historic figure in Canadian history, for better or worse. Nobody is perfect but ignoring his imperfections or eliminating them from history is not the way to go nor is considering his statue an honour to his imperfections.