The Beheading of Sir John A. Macdonald

The Beheading of Sir John A. Macdonald

In 2020, a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s founding prime minister, was toppled and decapitated in Montreal. It was the second time the statue had been beheaded; the first had been in 1992; it was periodically vandalized with paint, as well. This time, the city decided not to restore Macdonald’s statue to its pedestal. Montreal isn’t alone—across the country, Sir John A. Macdonald is being purged from public view. “It’s hard to imagine…

Ford is right to bring Macdonald back into the light - Lindsay Advocate

God knows I’ve disagreed with Premier Doug Ford on many things. His cancellation of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot. His obsession with building highways and tunnels. His overuse of the word ‘folks,’ if I were to get particularly granular. But his plans this summer to lift the wooden box that is hiding Sir John A. Macdonald is not one of…