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Keep it

I don't usually post public opinions, but I do want to share that while Sir John A's statue deserves the red paint dumped all over it, he is a part of our history and erasing everything from memory that has been a national shame is not the way to go. We have to remember the last to not repeat the past.

Our past is our shame

Let's just admit it, most of our ancestor's mine included were "given" land by the King of England after the American Revolution and we call ourselves United Empire Loyalists for this reason. We flourished in this land, land taken from the native inhabitants, and continue to this day. Honesty around what we did to the native people of this continent hasn't been a strong point of White society until very recent times. I'm 64 years old, completed my secondary education here in the Belleville area, and moved on. History, Canadian history was an important subject taught those many years ago…

Perspective

I would like to see it stay. He’s a very important figure in the history of this Country. That being said, I’d like the other side, the dark side to be told as well. Whether a second statue in his shadow ( the dirty secret), or an additional plaque telling the story.. it is important to have a “scale of justice”, weighing out what was acceptable practices at the time, and how we’ve grown, and that the journey continues still to this day....

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