[Keith P.]

The latest case of politicians pandering on this issue is that Dartmouth's left-wing Coun. Sam Austin has requested a staff report on changing the names of every "Micmac" street or road in HRM to something more politically correct, along with renaming other civic points of interest such as lakes and parks bearing that evil word. When questioned online about the cost of such measures he replied it was just a matter of changing a few signs and maps, along with mail forwarding and, oh by the way, changing of addresses for the many residents who would suddenly be living on a new street.