Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 5, 2021 Editorial The seated statue of Queen Victoria on the Manitoba Legislature grounds fell victim on Thursday to a group of protesters equipped with ropes who had split off from the peaceful Canada Day march in support of residential school survivors. The 19th-century British monarch’s bronze image was pulled down from its pedestal and daubed with red paint. The seated statue of Queen Victoria on the Manitoba Legislature grounds fell victim on Thursday to a group of protesters equipped with ropes who had split off from the peaceful Canada Day march in support of residential school survivors. The 19th-century British monarch’s bronze image was pulled down from its pedestal and daubed with red paint.