Protesters marked Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by once again calling on the National Capital Commission to rename the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.
Posted: Sep 30, 2022 3:33 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours agoAlbert Dumont, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg, says the march was meant to honour the children forced to attend residential schools and to campaign for the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to be renamed.
There have been fresh calls to change the name as the second National Truth and Reconciliation Day, observed Friday, approached. "We're going to walk, and every step we're going to take is going to part of ... a ceremony to acknowledge the suffering and the deaths of the past," Dumont said.earlier this month, the NCC said work on "a proposed review of the name of the SJAM Parkway is ongoing."Kitigan Zibi member Claude Latour, who attended the protest on Friday, said a name change is overdue.
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