He’s considered Canada’s founding father, but many Ontario teachers want his name stripped from public schools

As legislators south of the border mull the removal of statues seen by many as painful reminders of the darker moments in U.S. history, a similar debate is playing out in Ontario when it comes to public schools and this country’s legacy around the treatment of Indigenous communities.

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