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Canada Post apologizes for stamps bearing decapitated head of prime minister John Macdonald statue
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Canada Post apologizes for stamps bearing decapitated head of prime minister John Macdonald statue

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 14, 2020
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Two weeks ago, activists in Montreal toppled a statue of Canada's first prime minister John A Macdonald who in the 19th century enacted cultural genocide against the indigenous peoples in the region. To celebrate the protest against colonialism with his own, a fellow named James Bone ordered custom stamps from Canada Post depicting the severed head of t…

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