Helps said in online post: “It is not until we began this witness reconciliation program that I learned about the role that Canada’s first prime minister played in developing residential schools, the effects of which are well-known to be still felt today both by school attendees and their children and grandchildren.” (City of Victoria web site)Įarlier the city of Victoria vowed to remove the statue on Saturday and “install a plaque that details the city’s path of reconciliation with the Lekwungen peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations that led to the removal of the statue.” Article content Lisa Helps, mayor of Victoria, B.C.
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Ontario government says it will gladly take the historic artifact off their disrespectful and history-altering hands. Yet, citing concerns some Indigenous groups have with Macdonald’s speeches and policy positions following 1867’s confederation, a decision was made to remove his statue from outside of Victoria’s city hall. (The Canadian Press/National Archive of Canada) Macdonald, is shown in an undated file photo. Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A.
He was also instrumental in creating the national railway that connected the country from east to west.
Scottish-born Macdonald, who at 18 years and 359 days is Canada’s second-longest serving prime minister, was a member of parliament for both Kingston and Victoria. Now, not only will the bronze statue be toppled and removed instead of enjoying a new life and location in his home province of Ontario, the City of Victoria has decided to put him in mothballs and hide him away in a storage facility. Article content Letter from Todd Smith, House Leader and Ontario’s Minister of Government and Consumer Services, to Lisa Helps, the mayor of Victoria, B.C.
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