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Macdonald belongs in Bastion Square
The John A. Macdonald statue, an excellent statue presentation of Canada’s first prime minister (and Victoria’s MP from 1875 to 1882) was removed from its location at Victoria City Hall and placed in some dark and dusty place in 2018 without any public input or public understanding of its relocation site.
Cathy Blackstock said, at a public session, that “it is important to make space for both sides of an issue, to avoid reducing figures, such as ­Macdonald, with one-dimensional ‘evil doers’.” In other words, there is much positiveness in the life of ­Macdonald, while on the other hand, some negative positioning. ....

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