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Such was the case with media coverage last week as Toronto Council often the epicentre of absurdity in Canadian municipal politics lived up to its reputation by voting to spend up to $6.3 million renaming Dundas Street, named for Scottish politician Henry Dundas.
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The costs will involve expunging the name “Dundas” from street signs, subway stations and other namesakes such as the city’s iconic Yonge-Dundas Square.
It will take until 2023 to come up with a new name for Dundas and complete the transformation, according to the city.
GOLDSTEIN: The danger of judging the past by the present
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It is believed the memorial was doused with paint earlier this month, but the City of Edmonton was only made aware Wednesday morning. In a statement to Postmedia, Edmonton Police Service spokesman Scott Pattison said the hotel hadn’t notified police of the vandalism.
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This is the second time the Downtown plaque has been vandalized within the last year and also adds to the recent rash of vandalism on statues commemorating historical figures. Just Tuesday, the statue of Emily Murphy in Emily Murphy Park was found splashed with red paint with the word “racist” written across it. The Edmonton Arts Council had the statue cleaned within two hours with a $1,200 price tag. About a month ago, a statue of Winston Churchill near city hall was defaced
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The statue in Emily Murphy Park was discovered vandalized with red paint, the word ‘racist’ also written in red, Tuesday, weeks after the downtown statue of Sir Winston Churchill was slopped with red paint.
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The Edmonton Arts Council had the Emily Murphy statue cleaned within two hours at a cost of roughly $1,200. The council also cleaned up Churchill last month.
It was in August of 1927 that Emily Murphy invited four women Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards to her house in Garneau. There, they drafted and signed a letter to the governor general of Canada, asking the Supreme Court to rule on whether women could legally be appointed to the Canadian Senate.