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Originally Posted by Arcologist
For starters, I don't know why we have to rename absolutely everything with an Algonquin name!?! I understand and appreciate and wholeheartedly support measures for reconciliation, but renaming everything to me is not the solution. There are other ways to honour indigenous history and culture. I liked Nepean Point, but oh well.
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Yeah, I have to agree. I feel there's been an over compensation on certain aspects such as renamings for Algonquin elders or words, along with consultations that seem heavily based on the Indigenous perspective, while other, more important things like access to clean water is still dragging, with no final resolution in sight.
Renaming the SJAM to honour the Algonquins made sense as the timing for the first renaming was puzzling (during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and after Harper apologized for the residential school system), and it was to be re-named due to SJAM's role in the residential school system. I'd argue the same for the PoW Bridge (we already have a PoW Drive, though named for a different PoW + link between French/English/Indigenous), but this one seemed unnecessary. That said, I won't lose any sleep over it.