The government has allocated $1.5 million to help install the statue of the late Royal on the grounds of Queen’s Park by the fall.
A statue of the late Queen Elizabeth II represents colonialism and oppression, says Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa.
Legislative Affairs Minister Paul Calandra learned about the stalled project in 2022 and had the government allocate $1.5 million to move the project forward. “The queen represents the Crown, and the Crown is the one that signed the treaties for First Nations across Canada,” he said. “What's also concerning is that they haven't made any decisions yet on how [to follow up] on calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.”
Mamakwa feels a statue of Queen Elizabeth II does not belong at Queen’s Park because the residential school system in Canada and Ontario forcibly separated children from their families and forbade them to acknowledge their Indigenous heritage and culture.
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