{"id":3144,"date":"2022-01-14T07:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T07:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=3144"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:43:15","slug":"prime-ministers-path-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=3144","title":{"rendered":"Prime Ministers Statues Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=3984\">1)<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=3984\"> Background<\/a> &#8211; [click on underlined for details]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Ministers Statues Project (now referred to as The Prime Ministers Path Project) originated as a sesquicentennial &#8216;event&#8217; and has evolved into an artistic and educational project focusing on inclusion, Truth and Reconciliation combining the reinstallation of statues with inclusive, historically grounded educational materials to accompany them..<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6316\">2) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Sequence of Events &#8211; Prior to the Election of 2022-2026 Council<\/span> [click]<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6319\">3) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Events Under the Council of 2022-2026<\/span> [click]<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>4) Documents Produced During LURA Consultations:<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-wilmot.escribemeetings.com\/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=12094\">Historical Timeline<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-wilmot.escribemeetings.com\/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=12093\">Working Group Recommendations<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-wilmot.escribemeetings.com\/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=12095\">Engagement Report<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-wilmot.escribemeetings.com\/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=12096\">Consultants&#8217; Presentation Report<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-wilmot.escribemeetings.com\/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=12092\">Acting &#8211; CAO&#8217;s Staff Report<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6327\">Webmaster&#8217;s Rebuttal of Staff Report &amp; Multiple Recommendations<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>5) Delegations to Wilmot Councilors by webmaster (click &gt; double click on dates)<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6392\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6402\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6420\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6430\">March 25, 2024<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6435\">January 12, 2024<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click on the yellow button below to read my suggestions for &#8220;next steps&#8221; by the <em>Community Steering Committee<\/em> as it moves forward to implement the Township&#8217;s goals of a project that facilitates opportunities for sharing &#8216;truths&#8217;, reconcilitations of knowledge and understandings, in a &#8220;safe&#8221; environment for individual and community growth.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-29 maxbutton maxbutton-a-vision-for-wilmot-2025\" href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6264\"><span class='mb-text'>A Vision for Wilmot - 2025<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6309\">An excerpt taken from a legal Agreement between &#8220;Createscape Waterloo Region&#8221; and &#8220;The Corporation of the Township of Wilmot&#8221;<\/a>, signed by the mayor, clerk and Createscape. It is dated May 5, 2016. [click on underlined]<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a period of 5 years, after signing a legal Agreement, the Township never \u00a0implemented an &#8220;educational component&#8221;, essential to the project&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, during this time period the Township <strong>DID<\/strong> develop some promotional materials, and received submissions for potential landscaping at the Township Hall site, and some draft educatiopnal materials from Nipissing University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is reputable evidence that Createscape had made connections and arranged for provision of the following, at no cost to the township:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6349\">landscaping of the area at Castle Kilbride<\/a> where the 42 pieces of art were to be located,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">potential expansion of the parking area behind the township hall,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">construction of a longhouse\/interpretation centre at the site,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">an <a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=6355\">educational resources<\/a> program created at Nippissing University in its Indigenous Studies education department.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?attachment_id=3623\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?fit=1388%2C852&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1388,852\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P.M.P.Statue.02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?fit=887%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3623\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=887%2C544&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?w=1388&amp;ssl=1 1388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=1024%2C629&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=768%2C471&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=947%2C581&amp;ssl=1 947w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=624%2C383&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/P.M.P.Statue.02.png?resize=1320%2C810&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Prime Ministers Statues Project<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sir John A. Macdonald<\/li>\n<li>Sir Robert Borden<\/li>\n<li>Kim Campbell<\/li>\n<li>William Lyon Mackenzie King<\/li>\n<li>Lester Pearson<\/li>\n<li>Sir John Abbott<\/li>\n<li>Sir Mackenzie Bowell<\/li>\n<li>Sir John Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Sir Charles Tupper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>See also &#8211; as potential future statues?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=3801\">Chief Thayendanegea &#8211; Joseph Brant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?attachment_id=3668\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/images.jpeg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/images.jpeg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3668 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thisiswilmot.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/images.jpeg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) Background &#8211; [click on underlined for details] The Prime Ministers Statues Project (now referred to as The Prime Ministers Path Project) originated as a sesquicentennial &#8216;event&#8217; and has evolved into an artistic and educational project focusing on inclusion, Truth and Reconciliation combining the reinstallation of statues with inclusive, historically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3142,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":129,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6439,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3144\/revisions\/6439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}