The Hudson's Bay Company is removing a plaque from the company's flagship store in downtown Montreal that commemorates Jefferson Davis, who was president of the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War. The Montreal plaque hangs on a wall of the HBC store on Union Avenue. Written in French, it says: "To the memory of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States, who lived in 1867 in the home of John Lovell, which was once here." Jefferson Davis was not an honourable man, he committed treason in defence of chattel slavery." @DenisCoderre I bet you can match this eloquence when you move to remove the plaque to Jefferson Davis in Phillips Square in Montreal.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2017 20:21 UTC