The city is Victoria, the precious little capital of British Columbia. This is a decision for the City Family Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps“This isn’t a decision for the public,” Helps said. “This is a decision for the City Family and I guess as well the city council and sometimes taking leadership means taking action that is going to provoke these kinds of difficult conversations.”The City Family? Ontario Premier Doug Ford weighed in: hey, nice statue, if you don’t want it, we’ll take it. As for the “difficult conversations” Mayor Helps said she was hoping the statue removal would engender, fine.

Source: National Post August 15, 2018 17:26 UTC