Students, Others Renew Call For Return of Macdonald Statue to Kingston Park

Students, Others Renew Call For Return of Macdonald Statue to Kingston Park
The statue of Sir John A Macdonald is about to be removed by workers in Kingston, Ont., on June 18, 2021. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
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A group of university students, historians, and local conservatives are renewing calls to restore a statue of former Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald to a park in Kingston, Ontario.

The statue was removed from City Park in Kingston—Macdonald’s hometown—on June 18, 2021, after city council voted two days earlier to relocate it to Cataraqui Cemetery, where he is buried, amid protests and calls for its removal.