Was Peter Bryce, the One Dead White Man Who Bucked the Demonization Trend, a Saint or a Sinner?

The grave of Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce, a public health official at the turn of the 20th century, at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa on May 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Commentary

Many of Canada’s important historical figures have seen their statutes toppled and their names erased from buildings and maps in recent years in an outburst of historical cleansing. Among the victims: Sir John A. Macdonald, Egerton Ryerson, Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, and Samuel de Champlain, all former heroes and nation builders.