Posted on 05/31/2021 10:18:47 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. (Scare Warning)
Charlottetown city council voted unanimously Monday to remove the Sir John A. Macdonald statue permanently from Victoria Row in the downtown of Prince Edward Island's capital.
The resolution came in light of the discovery that local Indigenous leaders in B.C. believe to be the remains of 215 children on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops.
The downtown Charlottetown statue of Canada's first prime minister, which has been defaced several times in the past year, will go into storage and a decision on its future will be made later.
His role in setting up the schools has made him a target for anger over their legacy of abuse, cultural alienation and sometimes death.
Macdonald's government introduced residential schools in 1883 to remove Indigenous children from their families and prevent them from growing up amid "savages," Macdonald was recorded as saying in the House of Commons.
Chief Junior Gould of the Abegweit First Nation said removing the statue from Victoria Row is a "great decision" in light of the tragic event in B.C.
"I think it was just an inevitability and I'm very happy with the decision."
For decades before, Indigenous leaders have said thousands of children were never heard from again after leaving home to attend the schools.
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These people today aren’t fit to shine his shoes.
Well, while we are at it, let’s change the name of Canada.
The name “Canada” likely comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata,” meaning “village” or “settlement.”
Canada, or kanata, is cultural appropriation.
The deaths were from what years?
MacDonald knew about the “Underground Railroad” for how many years?
Sir A died 9 yrs before that school was opened...
Very few verified details and mostly activism disguised as journalism as the wokers keep going scorched earth better than the Taliban could dream of.
Journalists/activists are chumps and can easily be replaced by individuals with integrity. But the Marxists controlling the media korporations keep the jackals on the payroll to serve their demonic agenda. That’s a fact.
Presume the PLA will install a statue of Chairman Mao after a peaceful annexation in a few more years.
He who controls the past...
John A. MacDonald wasn’t responsible for small pox and the other diseases that killed these children... Cornwallis was, but then again... He was just a soldier doing his job, so Prince Charlie was responsible... Maybe Harry and Duchess Megan are right?
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