Carson Jerema: 55-foot statue of Hindu god in Brampton should be emulated, not scorned

Carson Jerema: 55-foot statue of Hindu god in Brampton should be emulated, not scorned

The building of a 55-foot statue of a Hindu god in Brampton is not the result of the progressive war on Canadian history and symbols, as many conservatives complained over the weekend. The sentiment embodied in the question: "how can we have this, but not statues of Sir John A. Macdonald?" might be understandable after the last decade of historical revisionism, but misses the point. A privately owned temple building its own monument offers a pat…