As the trend of removing symbols of Canada’s past and renaming buildings and streets grows, historians warn of the consequences of attempts to misrepresent or erase the country’s history. “If you control the past, you control the present and the future,” Gerry Bowler, a historian and former professor of history at the University of Manitoba told The…
Erasing and Falsifying Canada’s History Is Jeopardizing the Underpinnings of Society: Historians
Requiem for a Nation (Part 1): Killing Macdonald
Commentary Editor’s note: In the words of author and historian Richard Gwyn, without Sir John A. Macdonald, “there would be no Canada.” Macdonald wasn’t just the Father of Confederation—he worked relentlessly to unite Canada, save the western territories from annexation by the United States, and negotiate for Canada’s interests among the great powers. With the…
Cancelling Canada Day Part of a Movement That Will End Somewhere Ugly
Commentary It seems cancel culture has reached Canada. Literally. Across the nation politicians are cancelling Canada Day because we are a genocidal disgrace. To which I am obliged to say: “Be careful what you wish for.” Canada is not perfect. How could it be when it is full of human beings? I don’t think anyone…
John A. Macdonald Statue Removed From Ontario’s Kingston City Park
A statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was removed from a public park in his home town of Kingston City, Ontario, the latest city to take down monuments of Canada’s founders. The Kingston City Council voted on Thursday night in favour of relocating the statue from the city park to the…
Federal Website Deletes Profile Page of Canadian Founding Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
The federal government has removed the biography page of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald from the official government of Canada website. According to The Toronto Star, Macdonald’s page was pulled from the Library and Archives Canada website over the weekend, showing only an “error 404” message on Monday. Currently, no search results…
Alberta Premier Decries Cancel Culture as City Council Removes Statue of Canada’s First Prime Minister
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney decried the removal of the statue of Canada’s first prime minister on Tuesday. Kenney’s remarks came days after the remains of 215 children were found buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School for indigenous children in the province of British Columbia. The discovery prompted the Charlottetown city council…
Pronouns, Free Speech, and The Advocate
Commentary The B.C. Law Society’s trade journal, The Advocate, is caught in the jaws of a disagreement between transgender advocates and court authorities, and those who favour traditional pronouns. At stake is The Advocate’s integrity as a forum of free discussion. The journal had planned to publish competing viewpoints about a recent change in court procedure concerning…
Regina Council Votes to Remove Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald From Victoria Park
The Regina City Council has decided to remove the statue of Canada’s first prime minister from a park and put it in storage until a new location is found. In a 7-4 vote Wednesday, councilors voted in favour of removing the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from the city’s Victoria Park and put it…
Ingratitude Is Tearing at Canada
Commentary In the early years of the winding and pebbled road of my working life, a sign was hung in the staff room by one of my bosses, a grocer named “Friendly Fred.” I’ve never forgotten its wise but simple message: “Gratitude is the attitude.” It was 1976; I was 17 and happy to earn…
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