The Quiet Revival of a Troubling Monument In the midst of a national conversation about colonial symbols in public spaces, Gatineau has quietly reinstated a statue of Samuel de Champlain nearly a decade after its removal for maintenance.
This move comes as other municipalities grapple with what to do with their own memorials to the 17th century French explorer and founder of Quebec City.
The reinstallation of the monument on unceded Algonquin territory in parc de la Francophonie has raised more questions than answers, particularly given the wider debate about these types of monuments.