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Living in the past!

We all make mistakes,we are human; I believe SJ did what he thought was right at that time in Canada. I believe it is unhealthy to live in the past . Removing a statue does nothing to change the past. We all need to move forward collectively, no matter what colour you are. We all need to become respectful of one another and this starts at home!

We can not rewrite history

History is full of both good and bad decisions but that does not mean that we can alter those decisions from long ago. He was our first prime minister and because of him and his colleagues visions, we are living in the best country in the world. He had his flaws but then again, we all do! Please don’t mothball is great statue which represents what we have become, we have learned from past mistakes but that does not give us the right to obliterate or past.

Do not glorify genocide

Statues in public places are meant to glorify persons, not to acknowledge history. If such person's ideas and acts cause so much resentment in a significant part of a society (like this case), it should be kept in a museum or history books only. Keeping this statue it will only cause more social division and resentment.

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