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Three former Toronto mayors are expressing their opposition to changing the name of one of the city’s most well-known streets.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Love how this is how my tax dollars are being used.

Not working towards solutions for actual problems, but instead how to re-label a street name.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Remember when the city of Berlin, in an effort to disassociate itself from the horrors seen in Germany, changed its name to Kitchener – after Lord Kitchener, inventor of concentration camps...?

Looking forward to seeing what bad things the new name is associated with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Link for anyone interested in learning about Kitchener's atrocious behaviour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War_concentration_camps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Normally we give friends of the council a lot more! This is a good deal." – Toronto city council, probably.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Spend that 8.6m on homeless shelters instead. Or fixing pot holes.