‘There are people who have used the monuments as a public toilet’: MPs slam desecration of National War Memorial

Public Services and Procurement Canada put up defensive fencing around the National War Memorial on Feb. 4, but was later advised it would be too ‘dangerous’ to replace it after protesters removed it on Feb. 12.

A woman pictured on Jan. 29, 2022, dancing on the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 17, 2022

The recent “disrespect” shown by some "Freedom Convoy" protesters to the National War Memorial suggests there's a need for better co-ordination between the several jurisdictions responsible for protecting historic site, a Public Services official told the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Feb....

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