After more than four hours of heated discussion, Prince Edward County council voted 13-1 Monday to remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from downtown Picton, Ont., and place it in storage. Statues vandalizedShortly after the discovery in B.C., Charlottetown city council voted to remove a statue of Macdonald from the P.E.I. Elsewhere, statues of Macdonald have been doused in red paint, including the one in Picton. Last year, a working group recommended the statue be removed, but in November council voted no. Kanenhariyo, who identified himself to the council as Mohawk, said Sir John A Macdonald "embodied genocide ... he talked about the Indian day schools, the industrial schools.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2021 19:18 UTC