Removal of statues akin to medieval book burning, says reader

Today's moral purists attack early leaders, such as John A. Macdonald, Canada's founding prime minister, and Matthew Begbie, B.C.'s first chief justice. If we are going to remove statues of anyone in history who offends current sensibilities, to be consistent we must also remove all symbols recogni...

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