I can't say the same for the perpetually aggrieved:
P.E.I.'s First Nations are taking issue with the way the City of Charlottetown is planning to deal with the controversial statue of Sir John A. Macdonald.
The Epekwitk Assembly of Councils, a joint forum that governs organizations that act in the shared interest of Abegweit First Nation and Lennox Island First Nation, issued a statement on Thursday, signed by Lennox Island Chief Darlene Bernard and Chief Junior Gould from Abegweit First Nation.
"We understood when we were asked for input following the City's decision to keep the statue last summer, that we were to provide recommendations on how that statue could be offset to address the situation in keeping with reconciliation objectives. What was not made clear was that the only intent to engage us was to assist in rewriting the existing plaque," the chiefs said in the statement.
They say recent correspondence from the city indicated the city planned only to change the plaque and nothing else.
I won't bother with the recommendations. Read further if one wishes. The emotional extortion is just insulting.
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