Honouring Genocide and White Supremacy is Wrong

Statues are not history lessons. They are monuments that honour and memorialize an individual or an event.History lessons are taught in families, schools and communities, and should not be conflated with statues.

John A. MacDonald was Canada's first Prime Minister and he both endorsed and instituted the genocide of the Indigenous Nations of what is now known as Canada. He was an avid white supremist who supported the enslavement and ownership of black and brown-skinned human beings by white-skinned human beings.

He was not a good or honourable man, and he should not hold a place of honour in this or any community.