A federal board that provides recommendations to Parks Canada has advised against commemorating Canada’s first prime minister with new historic plaques, saying it would be too “polarizing and controversial.”
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board made the recommendation against plaques being erected to honour Sir John A. Macdonald in December 2023, as recorded by minutes of a meeting first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“The Board recommended that Sir John A. Macdonald be commemorated by means of information to be made available on the Parks Canada website and that no plaque be erected,” said minutes of the Dec. 12, 2023, board meeting obtained through an access to information request….