Statue of Queen Elizabeth coming to Ontario's legislature grounds, possibly by the fall, the province says
“We made the decision to step in and we’re just quite excited to bring it to completion,” he said.
“We always contemplated recognizing and celebrating her majesty’s service not only as the longest-serving head of state, but everything that she in her time represented to Canada,” he said.Article contentFor NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa, a member of the Kingfisher Lake First Nation, the monarch stands as an enduring symbol of colonization and the failure of the Crown to uphold its treaty obligations to Indigenous Peoples.
The statue’s planned unveiling, he noted, comes at a time when the government has yet to follow through on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 2015 call to action to install a provincial residential schools monument to honour survivors and children who were lost to their families and communities as a result of the residential school system.Article content
“There are all kinds of ramifications and there are all kinds of portraits I think should still be done and I know that they are being done,” Abernethy said. “And I know a lot of hard questions are being asked and answered of everyone and that’s a brilliant part of the process.”Article content
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