Parks Canada removed an online biography of educator Egerton Ryerson after the Star reported last week it failed to mention his role in the creation of the residential school system. Parks Canada is responsible for providing research services to the board and installing and maintaining the plaques. The Star instead received a statement from Parks Canada that did not answer those questions. This isn’t because something new caught up to them.”Go called the Parks Canada response a “generic, high-level statement” that doesn’t provide any answers. “These are sources where Canadians ought to be able to go to, that ought to be non-political,” Blackstock said of Parks Canada and Library and Archives.

Source: thestar July 27, 2021 22:41 UTC