Opinion: Ontario is celebrating Mike Harris, even as the greatest stain on his legacy persists
The Globe and Mail Published January 14, 2021 MOE DOIRON/The Canadian Press The new year has begun with the pandemic wearing on, white supremacists running amok over the U.S. Capitol – and an insult to First Nations people. On Jan. 1, the Crown’s representative and chancellor of the Order, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, granted the highest provincial honour to former premier Mike Harris for “exceptional achievements” that left a “lasting legacy.” That is one way to put it. Indigenous people see a man with blood on his hands being rewarded by the tone-deaf ruling elite in this province, w...