[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Because prior to this who even knew there was a statue of john a macdonald outside victoria city hall? How, in any way, is this impacting the historical significance of john a macdonald?

Temporarily replacing the statue with a plague that provides people with more information and context about the individual the statue represents is providing MORE history, not less.

Victoria city hall stood for nearly 100 years before the statue was added. It received it's canadian historical designations before the statue was erected.

It's a-historical to leave the statue in place, as is, in my opinion, because it is not terribly representative of the individual it's supposed to represent.

It's entirely possible the statue will be returned to it's location or moved to a better location with an accompanying educational and contextualisation that will improve the historical understanding of Canada's first Prime Minister.

Without looking it up, does anyone even know why there is a statue of him outside of Victoria city hall? it's because he represented victoria as an MP. A real historical monument should be educational in that regard, and I would think anyone concerned with appropriately recognising important figures in Canadian history would be in favour of a more accurate and substantial monument.

Here's what the chair of the UVic history department thinks:

Meanwhile, John Lutz, chair of the University of Victoria's history department, said the statue should be displayed someplace where people can learn the full history of Macdonald. He'd like to see a new sign plate, with a more complete story.

"The story that John A. Macdonald tells is multiple stories," Lutz said. "There's a story about the founder of Canada, who could be celebrated, there's a story about the Member of Parliament from Victoria, who should be remembered, and then there's the story about the man who helped formulate the Indian Act and was part of the colonial process in Canada that we have to remember and not celebrate."

that makes about a thousand times more sense as to what you were getting at which is why drive by posts aren't all that useful to communicate what you mean.