Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing the Liberal government of “deleting” history, especially relating to Canada’s veterans, in its new passport design that replaces a historical depiction of the Vimy Ridge Memorial with a generic image of a Canadian nature scene.
“He [the prime minister] erased Quebec City, Terry Fox, and the Battle of Vimy Ridge,” Poilievre said, during question period in the House of Commons, on May 10, in reference to the new passport design.
“Why does the Prime Minister want to get rid of that part [Vimy Ridge] of our essential history?” he said, later adding, “Why is he deleting our veterans from our history?”…