Toronto City Council voted on Wednesday in favour of renaming Dundas Street due to its connotation with Scottish minister Henry Dundas, a politician known for delaying the abolition of slavery within the British empire.
TORONTO -- Toronto City Council voted in favour of renaming Dundas Street, along with other public amenities using the same name, on Wednesday.The street is currently named after Scottish minister Henry Dundas, a politician known for delaying the abolition of slavery within the British empire.
"This is the right thing to do," Mayor John Tory said to council before voting to move forward with the name change. Tory also said that the man "never step foot in Canada" and that his legacy should not be celebrated.City manager Chris Murray told CP24 last month that the city will have a new name for Dundas by the second quarter of 2022 through consultation with Black and Indigenous representatives.
"We're looking at 2022 to 2023 to first, select the new name, and then secondly to actually physically go and start to take down the name of Dundas on the street and the other symbols where it is used right now," Murray said. He noted that the city is contemplating "potentially providing some assistance" to businesses that will be affected by the name change. Murray said there are about 4,000 businesses along Dundas Street and around 60 of them have "Dundas" in their names.This is a breaking story. More to come...
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