{"id":211797,"date":"2025-11-30T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=211797"},"modified":"2025-11-30T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:55:14","slug":"gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/gandhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! A dumb decision | Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although I have been encouraged by friends not to write about this, it is hard to ignore the recent controversy that has arisen following Huntsville Council&#8217;s decision to accept, as a gift, a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi to be erected near the Town Hall. It has recently been revealed that discussions related to this gift have been taking place over a number of months between the Town and Indian officials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, the gift is in recognition of the growing Indian community in Huntsville. Let me say at the outset that we are fortunate to have these people in our town. They are hardworking individuals, who contribute to life in Huntsville in a number of positive ways.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The racist remarks that have arisen as a result of council\u2019s decision to erect the Gandhi statue are unacceptable, and comments of that nature will not be posted under this commentary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, questioning or opposing a decision made by council is neither racist nor bigoted. It only becomes racist when we attack people because we consider them inferior or don\u2019t want them around, based on their race.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Bob Stone posted an online contribution on the <em>Huntsville Doppler<\/em> website regarding the many comments he has received and seen opposing the Gandhi statue. I believe he is a hard-working and well-intentioned member of Huntsville Council, and I agree with much of what he said, but not all of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stone began his comment with \u201cAs a councillor you never know what decisions will draw great opposition or controversy&#8230;\u201d&nbsp; I disagree with that because you damn well should know. After at least three years in office, if councillors don\u2019t have their finger on the pulse of the community they serve, they should be ashamed of themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council should have known that their decision to embrace the Gandhi statue would raise a lot of concern. They should also have known that Huntsville is no different than other communities when it has in its midst people who spread hate and discontent. This decision of council was an invitation for them to raise their heads.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no public consultation on this matter, no transparency, and no significant base of support until the decision was carved in stone. That was a mistake. There are times when elected officials have to make hard decisions that their constituents might not like, but this was not one of those.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However well-intended they were, Huntsville Council has now set a precedent that may be hard to undo. I wonder, for example, if a gift of a statue of&nbsp; Canada\u2019s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald were offered to the Town (and I could probably arrange that \ud83d\ude0a), would the eight members of council who voted for the Gandhi statue vote in favour of accepting and erecting that \u201cgift\u201d of Sir John A.? Somehow, I doubt that all of them would.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no question that Mahatma Gandhi has a place in history as a global peacemaker. Like most other leaders, however, including Sir John A. MacDonald, he had his flaws. Gandhi is admired for his humanitarianism, but his record, too, is complex, especially regarding his views on women, race, and personal conduct.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives of the Town of Huntsville, when recommending the gift be accepted, said that while no historical or traditional links exist between Gandhi and Huntsville, the gift reflects the Town&#8217;s expressed values, including openness, inclusion, and diversity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are hundreds of other leaders in Canada, and indeed in Muskoka, of whom the same can be said. The meat, however, is in the first sentence of the Town\u2019s statement, where they acknowledge that there is no historical link between Gandhi and Huntsville.&nbsp;Council should have stopped there.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my view, council must accept responsibility for the controversy that has erupted in Huntsville in relation to the Gandhi statue. It was not well thought out, it was horribly communicated, and it has set a precedent that will be hard to control. It has also opened a Pandora\u2019s Box of protests that we could have done without.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are very few of us who have not made dumb mistakes at some point in our lives. Certainly, I am one of those who have. But this one is owned entirely by Huntsville Council. It needs to be seriously rethought.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilor Stone, in his post, has said he would now support a review and potential reversal of council\u2019s decision related to accepting and erecting the Gandhi statue. Good for him. Hopefully, he will get the support he needs to take another look at this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since council has formally accepted this gift, perhaps the best way forward may be to regift the bronze statue of Gandhi to the Hindu Temple on Main Street in Huntsville. Gandhi was also a Hindu, and they may appreciate having this monument on display in their temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugh Mackenzie<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204836\" style=\"width:283px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-576x432.jpg 576w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-630x473.jpg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to former premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. He was also a founding partner and CEO of Enterprise Canada, a national public affairs and strategic communications firm established in 1986.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Currently, Hugh is president of C3 Digital Media Inc., the parent company of Doppler Online, and he enjoys writing commentary for Huntsville Doppler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I have been encouraged by friends not to write about this, it is hard to ignore the recent controversy that has arisen following Huntsville Council&#8217;s decision to accept, as [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Listen Up! 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