Three former Toronto mayors are asking the city to reconsider its decision to rename Dundas Street, questioning the practicality of the move and the research supporting it.
The Canadian PressThree former Toronto mayors have written to the current mayor, Olivia Chow, and city council asking them to reconsider the 2021 decision to rename Dundas Street.In a letter to the current mayor and council, Art Eggleton, David Crombie and John Sewell say they don't see a valid reason to remove the name of the powerful 18th century Scottish politician Henry Dundas from the street and argue there are more "appropriate ways" to spend the estimated $8.
Dundas amended a 1792 resolution to endorse gradual rather than immediate abolition, then later as Secretary of War was considered a key architect of a policy to purchase thousands of slaves to bolster British ranks.
A city report based on interviews with 20 academic experts and a review of peer-reviewed literature says whether Dundas was viewed "cynically or as a pragmatist," his actions "contributed to the perpetuation of the enslavement of human beings."
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