Charlottetown to remove Sir John A. Macdonald statue after Kamloops residential school discovery

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Two Indigenous dancers perform around the 215 pairs of children's shoes placed next to a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Charlottetown on Monday, May 31, 2021, during a ceremony for the remains of 215 children found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.Charlottetown city council has voted to permanently remove a statue of Sir John A.

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ambermac We don't hear enough about the Catholic Church and their involvement. Will Charlottetown be removing all the Catholic Churches?

Removing the statue does not erase history. Are they going to remove all the Catholic Churches as well? The thought of what priests and nuns did to these children makes me ill... maybe we should take a wrecking ball to them 🤔

What about Trudeau's dad. His government was in power when these children were put in Graves. Cancel him!!

.cityofhamilton?

I know let change the history of this country to make all these snowflakes happy.

PET statues in country being removed as well?

Cant change the past. We must learn from it.

Every PM who served in office while the residential schools were open should have their names removed from all public buildings and statues removed.They new about the abuse and atrocities being committed.

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People should read more about the history of Canada. John Alexander McDonald has nothing to do with these schools. Put the blame on the catholic church who was in charge of the education of these children.

Cancel Culture strikes again

They should reduce the 4 federal seats down to 1 if they want true historical justice,are you in PEI ?

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Dumb move, statues are there for merits they accomplish but also as a reminder of wrong doings done in the past so they are not repeated. This is yet another example of white washing history! EvanLSolomon PnPCBC cdnpoli

Don't care about the statue, but everyone (Well, most people) knew about awful Residential Schools when they made the damn statue in the first place.

Well I guess that will save them some municipal tax dollars, more room for homeless camps.

Funny no one ever mentions Pierre Trudeau he was PM when they were still open? Why aren't they changing Mtls airport name? Or every other PM that has something named after them or statues for that matter or is it just is it just selective outrage?

Fair enough, what will happen to the statue?

That should fix everything

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Canucks to honour 215 Indigenous children from Kamloops residential school - Sportsnet.caThe Vancouver Canucks will honour the 215 children lost following the discovery of their bodies at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., the team announced on Monday. Not the only major Vancouver venue recognizing this tragic discovery KamloopsResidentialSchool
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Trudeau asks for flags to be lowered to honour Kamloops residential school victimsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked that flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast to honour 215 children whose remains were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Just take them down. All of them. Until we make this right. Don't believe the colonists government! Lowering flags doesn't do any justice to the victims and survivors of these horrific acts. Use the same technology & go through every single residential school that ever existed in this country and find out the actual number of victims.
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B.C. teachers to wear orange to honour kids found buried at Kamloops residential school'We want to support teachers as they try to make sense of this tragedy with their students, and so we are this is one way of reaching out and we can't do it alone.'
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