A very thoughtful editorial that distinguishes between the situation in the US and in Canada.  In the US, the removal of the statues is about eliminating white supremacy and the refusal to include African Americans on an equal basis in the common American project.  It is about desiring greater equality and integration - economic, legal, and social assimilation.  
The situation in Canada seems to be strangely reversed where "assimilation" is a dirty word and the idea appears to be divide Canada into two parallel societies.