Edward Cornwallis

Strapped in a plywood box to a pair of rusting shipping containers is no way to treat the statue of a historical icon. Or is it?

Authorities in Halifax are keeping the monument’s location under wraps—purportedly for its own protection. For some, it might as well stay wherever it is.

The drive to remove monuments and place names that offend racial sensibilities is gaining momentum. Are we facing up to the past? Or hiding it?