Opinion: Should we re-think Lester B. Pearson's legacy, too?

On June 21, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was removing the name of Hector-Louis Langevin from the Ottawa building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office. Many Canadians are unhappy about Langevin’s involvement, as a minister in Sir John A. Macdonald’s cabinet, with racially based assimilation policies. But the move raises disturbing questions.
If we condemn Langevin, we must also condemn Lester B. Pearson for his racial policies. To understand why, let’s go