The National Capital Commission says it will engage with Indigenous communities and the public to discuss a new name
The Ottawa thoroughfare named for Canada’s first prime minister is set to get a new Indigenous name later this year under a plan announced Thursday by the National Capital Commission.
Now the capital commission, a federal Crown corporation responsible for development, urban planning and conservation in the capital region, has set a renaming process amid a national reassessment of Macdonald’s record, particularly on Indigenous issues.
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