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Originally Posted by Acajack
Strongly disagree with this. Regardless of what impact renaming the parkway will have, SJA's legacy is already completely dominated by the image of a racist, genocidal figure.
You can't name anything for him or honour him anymore.
As a francophone I am actually not a big fan of SJA personally but these facts cannot be denied.
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The funny thing is that SJA's record regarding indigenous peoples was not entirely negative.
The North West Mounted Police was founded not just to protect Canadian sovereignty in the west but also to protect indigenous peoples from American attacks.
SJA's government also gave millions of acres of land to the Metis when Manitoba was founded. It was not SJA's fault that they sold most of the land.
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