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Geoff Russ: Poilievre should lead the war against woke history vandals

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If Orillia’s statue of Samuel de Champlain is due to be melted down, then the Conservative Party should lead the opposition to its destruction.

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Politicians and media in Quebec have certainly noticed the farce in neighbouring Ontario, with MPs from the Bloc Québécois and the province’s media decrying the assault on the Father of New France, and explorer of the land that would become Orillia and Simcoe Country.

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In 2017, Champlain’s statue was first removed, starting a nearly decade-long Kabuki performance of reconciliation measures, modifications, delays, and vetoes. On May 21, Orillia mayor Tom McIsaac ordered that Champlain’s statue be returned to its plinth in Couchiching Beach Park.

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