Michael Zwaagstra: More Canadian history needed in schools

Last fall, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario demanded that John A. Macdonald’s name be stricken from all public schools in the province. More recently, Halifax’s city council voted to remove the Edward Cornwallis statue that had stood downtown since 1931. Both decisions were vigorously debated at the time and public opinion remains sharply divided. These are two separate events about two different individuals. Nevertheless, the underlying theme is the same. Bo