There are lots of other statues of MacDonald. Should they all be removed? There are also portraits in Parliament. Removed? What about renaming Ottawa airport, schools, highways? His Kingston gravesite?

Then after we are done with MacDonald. Who is next? What about famous five statue? Emily Murphy and Nellie McClung advocated eugenics. What about Louis Riel and killing of Thomas Scott? What about Pierre Trudeau? War Measures Act?

All people are complex, but we honour them for their accomplishments not their failures.

Just as importantly, who decides what stays and what is taken down? If any individual or group is opposed to what a person did or did not do, is that enough?