More than two years after it was knocked from its lofty perch by protesters, a statue of John A. Macdonald is unlikely to be restored after a city of Montreal committee advised against it. • The statue was pulled to the ground in August 2020 by a small group of protesters at the end of a demonstration calling for the defunding of Montreal police, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. • The force of the fall separated the statue's head from its body. • An ad hoc committee was asked to make recommendations about what to do next with the bronze statue. On Monday, it released its preliminary assessment. • "Considering the assimilative and genocidal policies he implemented on Indigenous peoples and the discriminatory acts he perpetrated against several groups of people, in the spirit of the reconciliation process, it is necessary to distance ourselves from this legacy of John A. Macdonald," the committee said. • Tap the link in bio to read more. • • • (Photos: Graham Hughes/Canadian Press; Reporting: Verity Stevenson) #CBCMTL #colonialism #socialjustice #JohnAMacdonald #statues