What specific acts (like creating the residential school system) did Alexander Mackenzie do? I'm not sure if there is a statue of him in Victoria, especially one on city property, but if so maybe you should make your case.
Well, he wound up bringing in the Indian Act as PM.
But while he was opposition leader he railed against the amount of money McDonald was spending on Indians. McDonald wanted to educate Indians, to teach them to be civilized. He sent farmers out to instruct them in farming techniques, for example. He insisted both boys and girls attend school. He wanted to make the Indians a part of the Canada he was building. Mackenzie thought of them as nothing but savages and that it was a waste of time and money trying to civilize them.
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