Keep the Macdonald statues where they are, says Conservative MP Larry Miller

If we doom Canada's great visionaries to the dark pages of history, we will have very little to be proud of and celebrate.

The City of Victoria removed a statue of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, from the space in front of its city hall on Aug. 11, in recognition of his role as an architect of the residential schools system. Photograph by Michal Klajban, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP LARRY MILLER

August 20, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: “We are not the makers of history, we are made by history.” Perhaps now, more than ever, these words ring true. As Canadians, we need to understand our history, learn from historical mistakes, and celebrate the events, groups, and leaders that have led us to wh...

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