Alberta Premier Decries Cancel Culture as City Council Removes Statue of Canada’s First Prime Minister

A City of Charlottetown staff member walks by the Sir John A MacDonald statue at a Charlottetown Public Works building in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on June 1, 2021. The Canadian Press/John Morris

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney decried the removal of the statue of Canada’s first prime minister on Tuesday.

Kenney’s remarks came days after the remains of 215 children were found buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School for indigenous children in the province of British Columbia.