Bring it down!

It’s infuriating to see so much support for keeping a statue of a man who implemented racist policies and allowed for residential schools. I think it’s important for people to ask themselves why they feel so uncomfortable about the removal of a statue, but don’t feel the same degree of discomfort about the fact that our country was built on the genocide of Indigenous culture and continues to systematically oppress Indigenous people. This statue is not a symbol of an accurate history. It does not even begin to uncover the pain and intergenerational traumas Macdonald inflicted. This statue glorifies a politician whose legacy quite frankly deserves condemnation.