A boxed-up statue of Sir John A. MacDonald, stands on the grounds of the Ontario legislature at Queen’s Park, in Toronto, June 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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The statue of Canada’s first prime minister at the Ontario legislature, which has been boarded up since 2020, will soon be unveiled for public viewing.
Authorities had ordered the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, first erected in 1894, to be covered by a plywood box since 2020, saying it was needed to protect the statue from vandalism. The Ontario Board of Internal Economy announced on May 27 that the statue would be restored to public view before the summer.
