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Originally Posted by acottawa
Also, the first major residential school in what is now Canada was the Mohawk Institute, founded in 1831. When Macdonald was 16.
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There's a big difference between the existence of residential schools and the policy of systemically and forcibly removing children from their families against their will for the purpose of assimilating them and killing their culture. Plus it wasn't just the residential schools, SJAM also was responsible for other policies such as the
banning of traditional ceremonies like the potlatch. At any rate, it is not up to you to determine what/who is or isn't offensive to the indigenous people.
The decision to rename the parkway was clearly done unilaterally without consultation by the Harper Government. To me personally, changing it washes away some of my distaste for his legacy.
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