A statue of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was vandalized in Ontario, with black spray paint on the image’s face..The York Regional Police were alerted Thursday morning that the statue had been given “blackface”, and the vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime. The painted face is a likely reference to the multiple known cases of Pierre Trudeau’s son, current prime minister Justin Trudeau, wearing blackface.. Pierre Trudeau statue blackfacedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau . Pierre Trudeau statue blackfacedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau .As progressive activists vandalize and petition for the removal of historical figures across the world, the breadth of their target has widened. In Canada, activists have succeeded in removing a statue of Canada’s leading founding father, Sir John A. MacDonald from Victoria, B.C. Activists are currently attempting to remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from Carleton University, for his views of black Africans in the 1800s.. Mahatma Gandhi StatueA statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.
