27 Replies to “Destroying Canada’s History”

  1. Shameful, absolutely shameful. I hope the locals, not the grievance mongers, vote out anyone who voted for the removal.

    1. How about just plain stop the idiots. I know that requires courage and most canadians are now weakling cowards in the face of what, language and politics. Damn it I have come to hate the people I was born and raised with.

  5. So it’s “Let’s spend $60,000 to try to move it and hope that it doesn’t fall apart so that we can dump it into some obscure spot.” Sounds like a well thought out plan. That amount of money would represent the annual real estate payments of some 15 to 20 tax payers.

    Of course the cost will increase if it turns out that the stucco applied in the 70’s contains asbestos which it has a strong likelihood of doing so.

    As always, symbolism overtakes good sense.

  6. How about we destroy the bastard* that want to destroy our history. Time to stop being f*****g cowards and stand up for ourselves and our country. The government has become our enemy as well as the idiots that voted for them.

  7. Crushing both of Riel’s stupid rebellions was a good thing. The Red River Rebellion took place for pretty stupid reasons, and the NW Rebellion was also pretty stupid although not as much. In any event, Riel was a nutcase and unfit to be in charge of anything.

  8. Riel was convicted of high treason. He received a fair trial, was convicted and hanged. A defence of insanity would have probably been legitimate and spared his life.

    I’ve got a place for that statue if St Catherines want’s to get out right outa town.

  9. If it upsets the people because it reminds them that their land was stolen, wouldn’t giving them their land back be the right thing to do? When the statue is gone will they stop complaining?

    2. People who are triggered by settler-colonialism are free to move to another place.

      Similarly, if they believe the land was stolen, they should go somewhere else. If they can find any land that hasn’t been stolen from someone.

    1. well the lunatics are in charge in Toronto, now lead by Comrade Chow…

      I’m sure the city can spend a whole bunch of money renaming every street, path, road, park and trail to something inoffensive over the next few years, while making them useless for actual travel by reducing them to a single lane in each direction for useless bike lanes, and claiming they are too poor (i.e. haven’t looted enough money from taxpayers) to deal with some actual problems.

  11. “Mayor Mat Siscoe, who characterized the figure as something “that causes pain” to members of the community.”
    Would someone like to point out to the Mayor that Privates don’t make policy, and don’t get to choose where they get to die. Also, maybe if they stopped kicking the statue the pain would go away?

    I’ll assume they’ll do a “whoops it was destroyed moving it, sowwy”, and it’ll never been seen again…

  12. This is the same city council who approved 3 public washrooms at $800,000 a pop, which so far have turned into dirty messy shooting drug galleries. Typical!!!

    1. $800,000 washrooms?!? EACH?!?

      Are the fixtures solid gold? Was the marble imported from someplace more remote and exotic than run-of-the-mill Italian marble? Are the toilet seats carved from ivory (the old legal stuff)? Is the toilet water triple filtered and lavender scented? Are the hand towels Egyptian cotton with the city’s crest embroidered on each towel? Is the tampon dispenser in the Men’s room diamond encrusted?

      Would they let me have any drops and leftovers to remodel my bathroom? I can pick up and I’ll load it myself.
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      As JD points out just above, the statue is of a Private. A Private, fer cryin’ out loud! That jumped out at me, too. That’s pretty rare right there.

      And why would anyone be upset? The guy was killed. They can point with pride, “Hey, there’s one we got.”

  13. The half breeds attacked police and volunteers at Duck Lake and killed 12 and wounded 12. I guess it was wrong for Canada to defend itself. Idiot morons.

  14. I lived in St. Kitts for many years & walked by that statue many times without paying much attention to it; I suspect most of the locals paid about as much attention to it as I did! Now, by making all this fuss, the protestors are making everyone look at it — & some, like me, will appreciate this young man’s sacrifice! I hope it is left where it is — or sent to a place where more people can admire it!

    There’s a statue of William Hamilton Merritt downtown too — is he next? Or is he already gone? & considering some of General Brock’s comments, are they going to rename the U too! Cheers, wsj!

    1. I also lived in St. Catharines, for 15 years and continued to work there for another 10 years. You make a very good point. I too never really looked at that statue (except maybe the first time I saw it, but I knew nothing of the history. I’m an American.) I’m somewhat surprised that only ONE city council member had the balls or brains to vote against the statue’s removal. I doubt I know the peson but wuld love to know who tbat was.

  15. A friend of mine has one of his ancestor’s statue near the St-Lawrence and Richelieu river, not sure what village. He was a member of the Carignan-Saliere Regiment sent to sort out the Iroquoi. He was scalped, tortured and killed. I wonder if it’s still there.

  16. First Prime Minister of Pakistan gets his statue put up in a Winnipeg park, but he was probably pure and innocent…

  17. The City of St. Catharines acknowledges that we are settlers on the land on which we gather by sharing the following at the beginning of each Council and committee meeting:

    The land on which we meet today is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today.

    This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement. Today this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.

    Acknowledging this is a reminder that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous peoples.

    https://www.stcatharines.ca/en/community-services-and-supports/indigenous-relations.aspx

  18. I’m white, male and originally from England. I’m still waiting for reparations from the Romans!

    Gotta keep this all in order, first come are first to pay reps, Canadian aboriginals are a long way down on the list. We should get there oh, I dunno, about 2150. When you hear them or anyone complain, just tell em to wait their turn. So, at about circa 2199, we’ll get to work on the African north American slave trade reps.

    Could someone tell me where the cut off line is with reparations for historical invasions and atrocities?
    The list is endless, perhaps we should just grow up and deal with things as they are, not as they were!

  19. Apparently, it was removed because it was a statue of a soldier. Doesn’t seem to have been any other reason. It’s not as if the 1885 rebellion had anything to do with the natives at St. Catharines, or indeed, with anyone they’d ever heard of. It certainly had no effect on them.

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