The city of Toronto needs to get its history right and turn the page on the Dundas Street debate
Back in 2021, council voted to rebrand the 220-year-old thoroughfare after an emotional debate about its namesake Henry Dundas, and his supposed efforts to perpetuate slavery. Councillors knew that changing such a prominent name would cost taxpayers $10 million or more, including at least $1.6 million to the city’s cash-strapped transit system.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The updated information was heard — everywhere but in Toronto. Last year the city council of Mississauga, Ont., voted against renaming its three-kilometre stretch of Dundas Street. The town of Dundas, Ont. and the united counties of Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry in eastern Ontario will not change their names. Belleville will not renounce its Dundas Street, nor will other Ontario centres including London, Whitby, Burlington and Oakville.
Governments typically refer legal matters to lawyers, structural matters to engineers and public health issues to doctors. Likewise the task of “commemoration” should be overseen by individuals with relevant expertise and the ability to engage objectively with the entire community. The city did not use knowledgeable resources prior to the 2021 vote, and thus looked foolish as the decision came under increasing scrutiny.
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