Victoria removing Sir John A. Macdonald statue from city hall

The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, will be removed from the steps of Victoria city hall, says Mayor Lisa Helps.
Helps says the recommendation to remove the monument to one of Canada’s Fathers of Confederation is part of the city’s reconciliation process with First Nations.
In an online statement, Helps calls Macdonald a “key architect of the Indian residential school system.”
“We will remove the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald