Article contentIt may have been the easiest political no-brainer of the year when Conservative leader Erin O’Toole rushed to condemn the unruly mob that brought Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue tumbling down in Montreal last month. Try refreshing your browser, or The conservative case for toppling statues: Why 'bad men' shouldn't be revered in the public square Back to videoTrudeau’s advisers have likely seen polling that shows only 11 per cent of Canadians approve of mobs spontaneously pulling down statues and only 31 per cent of people support some political process that removes the statues of politicians, even if the person implemented racist policies. In general, Canadians like statues and monuments of their first prime minister and people who vote Conservative especially like them. But as McGill University political theory professor Jacob T. Levy argues, maybe revering “great men” isn’t a good way to figure out public morals. Levy thinks we should be thinking a little harder about who we idolize.

Source: National Post September 28, 2020 11:06 UTC