To the Government of Nova Scotia And the City of Halifax.

On August 16, Cheryl Leblanc-Weldon started a petition, to remove the name of Edward Cornwallis, founder of Halifax, from Halifax landmarks and a school, as well as the statue.
She accuses Cornwallis of "attempted" genocide, a blatant and fabricated lie.
The Mi'kmaq had started hostilities between themselves and Britain by violently and hideously killing four British settlers. I questioned a "so called" expert, and he did not know the numbers killed or any other particulars. As i mentioned, it was an "attempted" genocide. I have found nothing which chronicles this event.
In 1758, however, Cornwallis intercepted a French ship and confiscated 5000 scalping knives, which were to be used by the Mi'kmaq against British settlers, by orders of the French.
Mi'kmaq were responsible for driving out, by French orders, the Native Beothuk people, who are now forever gone.
North American tribes fought violently amongst themselves, either on their own or as allies with the French or British. Native, British and French atrocities are well documented, and neither one is any less or more guilty.
Past events cannot be reflected on the values of today. We live in a differant world now, and to try and put some of those events in an accurate historical perspective is difficult if not impossible.

We, the undersigned, request that Halifax City council keep the name of Edward Cornwallis on Halifax landmarks and schools, and let his statue stand.
An acceptable recommendation is that a statue of a Mi'kmaq chief be built somewhere in Halifax, in honour of himself and the Mi'kmaq people.