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Where to even begin. MacLeod saying it& #39;s a travesty the statue was damaged, Ramsay looking to get @lnueypei to pitch in funding for alterations. I didn& #39;t catch who but a councillor stumbled on how to say Epekwitk and pronounced Mi& #39;kmaq as "mee-maw".
(Council needs to get a good camera because I don& #39;t know who& #39;s speaking) And now we have someone that wants the statue to tell the good things MacDonald did too. Duffy complaining they already voted to keep it and they shouldn& #39;t rescind that resolution.
Duffy is worried process might make it appear, if he doesn& #39;t vote for the motion today, that he is against MacDonald staying. (This is incredibly stupid)
Seriously, he& #39;s been a councillor for how long? How does he not know how this works? This isn& #39;t a real concern, at all.
Bernard says he wants to read some of MacDonald& #39;s accomplishments. Yikes.
Councillors really upset about the idea people might not be able to take a photo with our genocidal first Prime Minister.
We& #39;ve now got Duffy, Bernard and MacLeod all saying the photo op is a sticking point.
Mayor Brown says from correspondence the overwhelming opinion was completely remove the statue, no ifs ands or buts.
Duffy wants people to know council isn& #39;t waffling on the topic they& #39;ve been waffling on for well over a year.
MacLeod (after Brown just said these were the terms @lnueypei was firm on) is there any room on these recommendations.
"I think there needs to be a little give and take. Reconciliation, what does that mean? It means you give and take, you know?"
(This isn& #39;t what reconciliation means, and tbh a lot of old white men have spent a long time taking. Council seems to want to continue that tradition.)
Question called!
Motion passes. 8 to 1. Duffy only vote against.
And with that, we have what council would consider a "compromise." The statue stays, significant alterations are to be made. Several councillors outed themselves with some very concerning racist garbage but we finally see *something* on the issue from @ChtownPE
