Federal officials rethink wording of markers at gravesites of past prime ministers
CTV
The graves of former prime ministers are set to be updated with new commemorative plaques that spell out how the leaders are remembered.
For more than two decades, the commemorative panel didn't receive a revamp, just like others at prime ministerial gravesites overseen by federal officials.
Those officials, however, are rethinking what the panels should say and reflect how the country views its past, specifically in light of historical mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples.
Inevitably, experts say, that will cause tension about how to mark these sites.
The plaques are among a suite of issues that Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada have to deal with in the coming years at the 16 gravesites, the details of which are outlined in inspection reports released to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.