History & Legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald Working Group

Indigenous community members call for removal of Sir John A. Macdonald statue at ceremony

Legacy Working Group to recommend removal, storage of Kingston’s Sir John A. Macdonald statue

Indigenous community members call for removal of Sir John A. Macdonald statue at ceremony

City of Kingston releases statement on Sir John A Macdonald and the Indigenous Community

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Members of Kingston’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous community held a sacred fire and land-based ceremony at City Park on Thursday, Jun. 10, 2021, covering the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald with red fabric and demanding its removal and replacement with a monument to residential school survivors. The ceremony began at

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