On Sunday, activists protesting against social and racial inequality toppled the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, who served as Canada's first Prime Minister, in Montreal’s Place du Canada.
"I was deeply disappointed by the vandalism that took place over the weekend," Trudeau told reporters.
Trudeau said that while he acknowledges the presence of systemic racism, Canada is a law-based society and that acts of vandalism are counterproductive.