Sutcliffe: Why I support renaming the Sir John A Macdonald Parkway
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Popular Ottawa winter trail dropping Sir John A Macdonald name
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Anishinaabe spiritual adviser and Ottawa s English-language poet laureate Albert Dumont is co-author of a petition to remove Sir John A. Macdonald s name from the parkway.(Hallie Cotnam/CBC)
The call is growing to remove the name of Canada s first prime minister from Ottawa s Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, and one of the leading voices says it s time for Canadians to listen.
Formerly known as the Ottawa River Parkway before it was renamed in 2012, the four-lane parkway stretches west from Ottawa s downtown, hugging the Ottawa River shoreline.
Albert Dumont, an Algonquin Anishinaabe spiritual adviser from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg near Maniwaki, Que., is co-author of a petition demanding the parkway be renamed because of Macdonald s role in centralizing and expanding Canada s residential school system.