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Ontario committee debates future of Sir John A. Macdonald's statue

“I guess one of the biggest questions we have ahead of us is ‘how to be fair?’ How to find a balance between remembering history, the good and bad, without necessarily putting an individual on a pedestal?,” said MPP Robin Martin, who participated in the meeting.

Published Jul 26, 2024 at 11:47am

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Ontario committee debates future of Sir John A. Macdonald's statue

Children's shoes lie at the foot of a boxed-up statue of Sir John A. MacDonald, which stands on the grounds of the Ontario legislature at Queen's Park, in Toronto, Friday, June 18, 2021. The shoes have become a symbol of remembrance following the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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