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Taylor: Cornwallis hunted Scots before Mi’kmaq – The Chronicle Herald

by ahnationtalk on July 24, 2017256 Views

July 24, 2017

There has been a lot of controversy recently in Halifax over the statue of Edward Cornwallis, the city’s founder.

On Canada Day, a crowd of Mi’kmaq and their supporters gathered at the base of the statue to decry Cornwallis as a perpetrator of genocide against Indigenous Peoples. In their opinion, Cornwallis symbolizes a ruthless chapter in Canada’s colonization.

Challenging the First Nations demonstrators was a group of five Proud Boys waving the alt-right’s adopted symbol of Canada’s old Red Ensign national flag. Embarrassingly, the gaggle of Proud Boys turned out to be members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

All five were immediately suspended with pay, and Rear-Admiral John Newton hastily offered a full apology for their actions.

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