John A. Macdonald Statue Removed From Ontario’s Kingston City Park

The statue of Sir John A Macdonald is about to be removed by workers in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on June 18, 2021. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg

A statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was removed from a public park in his home town of Kingston City, Ontario, the latest city to take down monuments of Canada’s founders.

The Kingston City Council voted on Thursday night in favour of relocating the statue from the city park to the Cataraqui Cemetery, a national historic site where Macdonald is buried.