Sir John A's statue in Montreal was vandalized last night with the dousing of red paint yet again (4th time in the past year) by the same group, in solidarity with the Victoria removal. Montreal has no plans on removing the statue:
I have changed my mind on this issue. The fact is that people are hurt by the celebration of Sir John A. I don't want to whitewash history but they moved the statue to a museum, they didn't destroy it.
People are upset with things, there is no point in arguing the rationality about it. Nobody will be convinced. IN the end, some people want it and some don't and they did something.
If we are concerned about our identity, let's note that but do something substantive about our identity: namely, our propensity to negotiate and move forward.