Do the right thing’: Tribal chief, Saskatoon mayor move to rename John A. Macdonald Road – CBC
Jun 10, 2021
‘It is time to honour the truths that residential school survivors have shared,’ Mayor Charlie Clark says
Saskatoon’s mayor says the city will take steps toward renaming John A. Macdonald Road following a call for change from the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC).
“It is time to honour the truths that residential school survivors have shared about the impacts of these schools through generations,” Mayor Charlie Clark said in a statement released Thursday.
On Wednesday, STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand announced he was calling on the city to make the name change and even suggested a potential replacement: Reconciliation Road.
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