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LETTER: The John A problem

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Does anyone in Canada realize what John A. Macdonald’s horrible attitude toward Native Canadians was? Did we just go along with, bury or fix "the Indian problem?"

Macdonald saw to it that Louis Riel, who opposed Macdonald and the only real voice the Metis had, was hanged. That was just the beginning, not the end.


Richard DesRoches,
Etobicoke, Ont.

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