From big cities such as Toronto and Ottawa, to smaller communities such as South Indian Lake in Manitoba, jurisdictions are confronting Canada s legacy
From big cities such as Toronto and Ottawa, to smaller communities such as South Indian Lake in Manitoba, jurisdictions are confronting Canada s legacy
Charlottetown city council has voted to permanently remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from a downtown intersection as a response to recent revelations about Canada's residential school system.
Elder Junior Peter Paul (sitting) points to a Sir John A. MacDonald statue next to 215 pairs of children s shoes placed in remembrance of the bodies discovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, during a ceremony in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Monday, May 31, 2021. Photo by John Morris /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Charlottetown city council has voted to permanently remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from a downtown intersection as a response to recent revelations about Canada’s residential school system.
The decision late Monday followed a vigil earlier in the day where demonstrators placed 215 pairs of shoes next to the statue of Macdonald, whose government introduced the residential school system in 1883.
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