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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

Barbara Patrocinio

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

Members of the committee of procedure and house affairs met Thursday to what to do with the highly controversial Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park.

The committee, formed by Ontario MPPs and historians, was tasked with the mission of finding alternatives about where to place Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue, which is currently in the south part of Queen’s Park, and has been boarded up for almost four years due to recurrent vandalism.

They've also sought out the participation of five Indigenous community members of varying relationships and territories.

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

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