The Sequence of Events – Prior to the Election of 2022-2026 Council

1. Feb. 19, 2016: Council and Staff Met With Createscape Waterloo Region
2. March 21, 2016: Staff prepared CL2016-06, a report with recommendations to proceed
3. April 4, 2016: Council unanimously voted to enter a legal Agreement with Createscape – page 2
4. May 5, 2016: The Council entered into a legal Agreement to install the statutes – click here to read the Agreement. Note Item 7
5. April 6, 2016: “Monumental wisdom in Wilmot” (KW Record)
6. Some Statues were installed
7. Wilmot staff & Council did not produce the educational component as required in the Agreement
8. News reports about Residential Schools
9. News reports about “unmarked” graves
10. Local news reports re. “Prime Ministers Statues” Project
11. Red paint was thrown on the John A. Macdonald’s statue by vandals
12. The council got political pressure from vociferous minority
13. Council passed a resolution that was not representative of Wilmot citizens, and prejudicial re. any future process
14. Oct. 5, 2020: Wilmot staff produced a Report to address ‘fall-out’
15. Oct. 5, 2020: Council entered into a Supplementary Agreement
16. Nov. 2, 2020: Addendum To ILS 2020-27 Describes “The Nature of the Educational Programs” component required by the Agreement. Township admits its responsibilities but does nothing!
17. Nov. 2, 2020: Council ‘executes” Supplementary Agreement
18. Dec. 7, 2020: Council hires a native group from Ottawa to do research (page 8 in agenda)
19. The research group interviews statistically unspecified people
20. First Peoples Group reports to staff & Council
21. First Peoples Group video – July 5, 2021
22. Wilmot Media Release: “What we heard” consult results
23. Staff member contracts price for ‘potential’ removal & storage of Statues
24. July 5th, 2021 Special Council Meeting
25. First Peoples Group presents its report to the Council & public at the Zoom Council Meeting
26. After 74% of the public favour keeping statues and adding educational components Council voted to remove & store statues
27. Council votes to form a “committee” to advise it regarding what to do with the statues
28. 5 minutes after the Council Meeting contractor is called to remove statues
29. 24 hours later the statues are gone
30. Staff refuse to answer questions and claim F.O.I. restrictions
31. Wilmot website: summarizes some of the events re. Prime Ministers ‘Path” Project
32. No “Statue committee” exists yet. (There is a “study group” consisting of 2 Councillors, and the rest are native peoples – almost all of whom do not live in Wilmot. There was no widely published invitation by the Council to ordinary citizens to participate.)
33. There will be a Report published by the new C.A.O. in March 2022. The Council has made ALL of its decisions based on the statistically invalid product presented by First Peoples Group on July 5, 2021. There has been no subsequent public participation, input and consultation, or interim public updates. This process is flawed and appears “cooked”.
34. As of the 2022 election notices, (August 2022) NOTHING HAS BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC!
35. Oxford defines “myopia noun, the quality of being short-sighted, lack of foresight or intellectual insight”.