It can't be missed. One of the first things anyone will see on the island of Montreal is indeed the Mountain known as Mount Royal. However, it's not the only thing. As one ponders, there stands a gigantic cross that spiritually towers above the city. Its original wooden structure was erected by the co-founders of the city in New France Jeanne Mance and Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve.
It really has become a unique structure on the North American landscape in what is already an interesting city. Despite this obviously important landmark that helps to define our heritage, I have begun to wonder about its lasting power. It would be unthinkable to remove it from our midst.
Or is it given the intellectual climate that litters our minds? Is it a matter of time before the armed forces of political correctness ask for it to be taken down lest it offends? I would not put it past anyone to do so.
We've already begun converting Montreal's beautiful Church's into condominiums. Sign of the times. Sigh, of progress they tell me.
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