John A. Macdonald statues should be removed

A statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister and a Father of Confederation, stands on Parliament Hill on Aug 15.
As a seventh-generation Canadian whose grandfather fought in the First World War and lost his leg in France, I don't want to see Sir John A. Macdonald displayed in the legislative or public commons to be up in my face now that I have been made aware of his dehumanization of First Nations. I rather ...

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