A south central township voted Wednesday to rename Swastika Trail after years of controversy.
Street residents Audrey Hoskins and Randy Guzar applied for the change, noting the name did not comply with Puslinch Township policy, which bars discriminatory or derogatory names.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“We commend the local residents who never gave up on their fight to change the street name and are thankful township staff had come to the realization that the street name is inappropriate and a name change is long overdue,” Kirzner-Roberts said. “The swastika is the ultimate symbol of horror and mass murder, a symbol adopted by the Nazis who murdered six million Jews and millions of others during the Holocaust.
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