Canada Post is licking its wounds Friday after being forced to apologize after printing a set of personalized stamps with the decapitated head of Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald..The statue was destroyed last month during a “defund the police” protest in Montreal which saw the statue toppled and then decapitated as police stood by, doing nothing..James Bone, a federal government employee, ordered the stamp as his one-man protest against colonialism.. Decapitated statue of John A. Macdonald in MontrealCourtesy @LeighStewy .Macdonald introduced the Indian Act as was responsible for setting up the residential school system for Canada’s Aboriginals..Bone tweeted a picture of the stamp sheet Tuesday, asking people to retweet in solidarity..He vowed to send individual stamps to people for free “if you or your ancestors were f***ed over by Macdonald.”.But when he tried to order more of the stamps, Canada Post replied they “not appropriate for use” through the program..In a subsequent email to Global News, a spokesperson said Canada Post is investigating how the original stamp sheet cleared the approval process and was printed.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .“We apologize and will take measures to ensure our vetting and approval processes are strengthened and closely followed,” the spokesperson said..Bone has now shut down is Twitter account..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
Canada Post is licking its wounds Friday after being forced to apologize after printing a set of personalized stamps with the decapitated head of Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald..The statue was destroyed last month during a “defund the police” protest in Montreal which saw the statue toppled and then decapitated as police stood by, doing nothing..James Bone, a federal government employee, ordered the stamp as his one-man protest against colonialism.. Decapitated statue of John A. Macdonald in MontrealCourtesy @LeighStewy .Macdonald introduced the Indian Act as was responsible for setting up the residential school system for Canada’s Aboriginals..Bone tweeted a picture of the stamp sheet Tuesday, asking people to retweet in solidarity..He vowed to send individual stamps to people for free “if you or your ancestors were f***ed over by Macdonald.”.But when he tried to order more of the stamps, Canada Post replied they “not appropriate for use” through the program..In a subsequent email to Global News, a spokesperson said Canada Post is investigating how the original stamp sheet cleared the approval process and was printed.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .“We apologize and will take measures to ensure our vetting and approval processes are strengthened and closely followed,” the spokesperson said..Bone has now shut down is Twitter account..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
