The Street with No Name

 

The renaming of Dundas Street is an injustice to the memory and good name of Henry Dundas, and a frivolous waste of taxpayers’ money. On the other hand, we have an excess of places in this province named after Englishmen and Scotsmen who had little or nothing to do with Canada. It would be nice if we began to commemorate Canadian culture and history instead.

I expect the naming commission will only come up with a worse name. In all good sense, they should not choose the name of a politician, a journalist, or a businessman. To do so is to court divisiveness; these are, by career, controversial figures. They should not name it after anyone living; they might, after all, do something scandalous in the future. Nor should they name anything after anyone whose primary qualification is their race or gender; that is racism. A cultural figure would be best, and ideally someone whose presence in Toronto had a significant influence on the cultural life of the city.

Some possibilities:

Gould Street

Kurelek Street

Callaghan Street

Frye Street

McLuhan Street