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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Guess it's really no different than in the States of them removing the statues of those racist confederates. If people have no issues with them removing those, then it'd be kind of hypocritical to have any issues with this.
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That's a good point.
A small difference in Canada I would argue is that there is no hero/cult worship of John A MacDonald like there is in the Confederate states about their leaders during the Civil War.
John A McDonald isn't a symbol for racist idiots in Canada like the Confederate leaders are for those in the USA.
It should be noted that the last residential school in Canada closed in 1996, so if we go down this route of taking down statues of politicians it should be noted that every Prime Minister up until 1996 was at least complacent on the issue of Residential Schools.