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Alexis Tremblay - Statue de John A. Macdonald
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Une statue du Premier-Ministre du Canada John A. Macdonald a Ă©tĂ© briser, vandalisĂ©, a MontrĂ©al.Je tiens a dire, trĂšs clairement, que le vandalisme ne devrait jamais, au grand jamais, ĂȘtre encourager.Il y a des façons de dire les choses. Le vandalisme n'en est pas une. PlutĂŽt une manifestation pacifique.Outre ça, John A. McDonald est une gĂȘne canadienne, pas QuĂ©bĂ©coise.

Le mépris des Canadiens français, l'horreur des pensionnats, la répression des Métis, l'héritage empoisonné de John A. Macdonald, on ne s'en souvient pas grùce à une statue, elle reste gravé dans l'histoire et dans l'héritage de milliers de familles autochtones, métis et francophone du Canada :

Macdonald a tout fait pour assimiler les Canadiens français.
Macdonald a délibérément contraint les Autochtones à la famine, les menant à la mort par milliers.
Macdonald a écrasé les Métis dans le sang et a infléchi la justice pour faire pendre le chef Louis Riel.
Macdonald a mĂ©prisait les Chinois et les Mongols Ă  tel point qu’en 1885, il leur retira le droit de vote.
Macdonald avait de la répugnance pour les Noirs et travailla pour les Confédérés esclavagistes américains.
MacDonald Ă©tait au centre de la plus gigantesque affaire de corruption de l’histoire du Canada.
Macdonald Ă©tait opposĂ© Ă  la dĂ©mocratie, qu’il considĂ©rait comme « la tyrannie des masses ».
Macdonald Ă©tait un alcoolique notoire.

La statue, elle est là pour glorifier un héros de la mythologie canadienne. C'est la seule histoire qu'elle raconte. C'est une histoire qui est fausse, et on le sait depuis un bon bout de temps. Nous devons raconter son histoire sans effacer ceux et celles qui, dans l'ombre de sa statue, ont souffert et souffrent encore des politiques mises en place par ce triste personnage.

Les partis politiques ne sont pas là pour défendre des statues, ni redresser le passé. Nous sommes là pour défendre des gens, et donner la chance aux peuples victimes de John A. Macdonald de redresser l'avenir. Et ça passe par la reconnaissance de l'histoire affreuse qui entoure cet illustre personnages, tout comme il a été question de reconnaßtre les horribles actions entreprise par le gouvernement colonial a l'encontre des canadien francophone.

Le vandalisme ne rĂ©sout rien, et cette statue n'aurais pas du ĂȘtre cible de ce genre d'attaque. NĂ©anmoins, il faut se poser une question sur le bienfait de cette statue et commencer a reconnaĂźtre l'hĂ©ritage empoissonnĂ© de John A. Macdonald.

Merci,

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A statue of the Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald was broken, vandalized, in Montreal. I want to say, very clearly, that vandalism should never, ever be encouraged. There are ways of saying things. Vandalism is not one of them. Rather a peaceful demonstration. Besides that, John A. McDonald is a Canadian embarrassment, not a Quebecer.

The contempt for French Canadians, the horror of residential schools, the repression of the MĂ©tis, the poisonous legacy of John A. Macdonald, is not remembered because of a statue, it remains engraved in history and in the heritage of thousands of Aboriginal, MĂ©tis and Francophone families in Canada:

Macdonald did everything he could to assimilate French Canadians.
Macdonald deliberately forced Aboriginal people to starve, leading to thousands of deaths.
Macdonald crushed the MĂ©tis in blood and turned justice on its head to hang Chief Louis Riel.
Macdonald despised the Chinese and Mongols so much that in 1885, he stripped them of their right to vote.
Macdonald was loathe to blacks and worked for the American Confederate slaveholders.
Macdonald was at the center of the largest corruption scandal in Canadian history.
Macdonald was opposed to democracy, which he saw as "the tyranny of the masses".
Macdonald was a notorious alcoholic.

The statue is there to glorify a hero of Canadian mythology. It is the only story it tells. It's a story that's not true, and we've known that for a long time. We must tell his story without erasing those who, in the shadow of his statue, have suffered and are still suffering from the policies put in place by this sad figure.

Political parties are not there to defend statues, nor to right the past. We are here to defend people, and to give the people who were victims of John A. Macdonald a chance to right the future. And that means acknowledging the awful history surrounding this illustrious figure, just as there has been talk of acknowledging the horrific actions of the colonial government against French-speaking Canadians.

Vandalism solves nothing, and this statue should not have been the target of this kind of attack. Nevertheless, one must ask oneself a question about the benefit of this statue and begin to recognize the poisoned legacy of John A. Macdonald.

Thank you,

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