[Dr Awesomesauce]

Judging historical figures (or anyone) ONLY by their errors or faults is just the sort of thing one would expect from a bunch of hysterical activists. That we accept their interpretations of the world is evidence of a major flaw in our ability to think and reason and will lead us to ruin.

Can anyone possibly imagine what it must have been like to lead a collection of disparate colonies through that tumultuous period? Protestants and Catholics. English and French. European and Indigenous. Atlantic and Pacific. A railway that stretches across one of the largest landmasses on the planet. Constant sabre-rattling from south of the border. A simple task that anyone could do, is that correct? I suspect, as is so often the case, that the majority of these activists can barely muster a single, coherent thought on any subject let alone lead a nation. Yes, he made mistakes. Terrible ones. But he was born in 1815 for God's sake! He didn't grow up in touchy feely post-modern Dundas Ontario where everyone has been trained to be 'nice' and everywhere is peaceful and park-like.

There is a discussion to be had about the MacDonalds and Dundases of the world, there's no doubt about that. I taught history for a time and I can tell you these complexities are well represented in our curriculum. We used to be able to discuss the good and bad in people; publicly that no longer seems to be the case and that makes me very, very nervous about our future.

Those who support these sorts of actions should ask themselves where it leads. Not to green pastures filled with wildflowers and laughing children, I can tell you that. When we're not looking, the mob will turn on us because that's what mobs do because that's what history teaches us.