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An anonymous group of “anti-colonial vandals” has claimed responsibility for spray-painting the Sir John A. Macdonald monument in downtown Montreal’s Place du Canada.

The group says it vandalized the statue early Friday morning in support of the city of Victoria’s recent removal of its own Macdonald monument and “in continued opposition to the far-right groups and politicians who actively defend a legacy of white supremacy and racism.”

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Montreal’s statue was vandalized the same way last November. Friday afternoon, city workers were seen removing the bright red paint from the monument.