How about replacing it with a statue of Louis Riel – a true Canadian hero. After being toppled by protesters, what’s next for Montreal’s John A. Macdonald statue? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/john-a-macdonald-montreal-1.5706485
This is not a hate crime against Ukrainians. Defacing a monument to a Nazi collaborator is not a hate crime, period. https://canadianjewishrecord.ca/2020/08/10/edmonton-police-defacement-of-statue-not-a-hate-crime
How about renaming the university after a Black or Indigenous woman? Students Are Calling Out McGill For Not Removing The Statue Of Its Slave-Owning Founder https://www.mtlblog.com/news/canada/qc/montreal/students-are-calling-out-mcgill-for-not-removing-the-statue-of-its-slaveowning-founder
Black Canadians celebrate Emancipation Day with four historical designations https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2020/08/01/black-canadians-celebrate-emancipation-day/
Building a better future from the debris of racist monuments A tribute to Nazis in Ontario, Canada has re-ignited the debate about what should be done with monuments to white […]
“The presence of monuments in Canada that whitewash the Holocaust and the evil ideology of Nazism are unacceptable.” B’nai Brith Taking Action Against Nazi Glorification https://www.bnaibrith.ca/b_nai_brith_taking_action_against_nazi_glorification
“Unlike the Jews they had tortured and murdered, these Holocaust perpetrators got to settle down, start families, work, live, and die in peace.” https://www.thenation.com/article/world/canada-nazi-monuments-antisemitism
Alternate headline: Monument to a Hate Crime is Vandalized and Investigated as a Hate Crime. This monument *is* a hate crime. Graffiti on memorial to Nazi SS division now being […]
Activists meet with Regina mayor about removal of John A. Macdonald statue
Canada needs to reckon with the relics of its colonial past, including racist statues
