To the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, The Honourable Ted Arnott, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Members of Provincial Parliament:

We, the undersigned, are deeply alarmed by the ongoing erasure of Canada’s history and heritage — a campaign being carried out not by angry mobs, but by politicians and bureaucrats who lack the courage to defend the legacy of our nation’s founders.

For over a century, the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald stood with pride on the south lawn of Queen’s Park, a tribute to Canada’s first prime minister and the architect of Confederation. But rather than protect this monument from vandalism and public defacement, the government chose to surrender to the loudest activists. The statue has been hidden away in a plywood box, cloaked in shame, as though the very act of remembering our national origins is something offensive.

This is not reconciliation. This is not progress. This is the deliberate suppression of our collective memory — and it is being carried out under the false promise of inclusivity.

Across the country, we are witnessing a wave of historical revisionism. Monuments are being toppled. School names are being changed. Founding figures are being cast as villains. And those entrusted to preserve our institutions are complicit in this cultural purge, hoping that silence and inaction will spare them controversy.

We reject this cowardice.

Canada is a nation with a complex past — like all nations. But our story should be told, not censored. It should be debated, not deleted. And it should be remembered, not removed from public view.

We call on the Government of Ontario to take immediate action:

• Restore the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to its original, visible, and honoured place at Queen’s Park.
• Publicly affirm the importance of preserving Canadian history — in all its complexity — for future generations.
• Defend public monuments and symbols of national heritage from ideological destruction.

The legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald is not perfect — no legacy is. But his contributions to the founding of Canada are undeniable, and they deserve public recognition. This campaign to erase our past must end.

Let us remember history — not bury it.