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Originally Posted by acottawa
I am strongly opposed to renaming things without a really good reason. The fact that a historical figure did something that was the norm for their period in history is not a good reason. It is simply impractical to rename things every 20 years as new things become trendy or taboo. If the vegans take over in 50 years do we have to rename all the things named after meat eaters (hunting-centric indigenous cultures will be at the top of their list).
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Personally, I don't care if some things of little importance are renamed, but when it comes to Sir John A Macdonald, he's architected the country, for better or worse. He's done bad and good. I'd update all commemorations to include both the good and bad of his legacy before removing them (or his name completely).
But then again, although Sir John A apparently didn't care too much for Black people, we didn't experience as much devastation as a result of his policies as Indigenous people so if they want these commemorations removed I understand.
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