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Sir John A. Macdonald Statue Now Visible Outside Queen’s Park for First Time in Nearly 5 Years

  • On June 11, 2025, workers removed the boards enclosing Sir John A. Macdonald's statue at Queen's Park in Toronto after five years of covering it.
  • The boards were erected in 2020 after protesters covered the statue with pink paint during Black Lives Matter rallies amid criticism of Macdonald's role in residential schools.
  • The Legislative Assembly's Board of Internal Economy voted on May 2, 2025, to clean, protect, and unveil the statue while installing a plaque about shaping future history despite inherited difficult legacies.
  • Opposition NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa, Ontario’s only Indigenous member, called the unveiling disrespectful and suggested relocating the statue to a museum with context on residential schools.
  • The removal of the boards reignites debate over Macdonald’s legacy and has prompted a committee to consult Indigenous communities on how to better acknowledge First Nations at Queen's Park.
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northernontario.ca broke the news in Canada on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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