— Feature, Musings —09.28.2022 09:52 AM
Swastika Trail: the people (and Daisy Group) win!
#NEW: Township of Puslinch to Rename Swastika Trail pic.twitter.com/H7Nc3akrQF
— Daisy Group (@DaisyGrp) September 28, 2022
— Feature, Musings —09.28.2022 09:52 AM
#NEW: Township of Puslinch to Rename Swastika Trail pic.twitter.com/H7Nc3akrQF
— Daisy Group (@DaisyGrp) September 28, 2022
I’m no fan of the over-sensitive fervor that lies behind changing names of things like Ryerson University, or Sir John A. Macdonald this-or-that. However, I completely get the desire and relevance of changing Swastika Trail. Good grief – it’s hard to believe it has even lasted this long.
Totally agree. This kind of stunned me.
““It doesn’t mean I have a position on the petition,” May said. “I don’t understand the resistance to change. There may be a very valid historic reason for this name. I have not read or seen anything to suggest that.”
Shouldn’t certain things be self-evident?
https://www.guelphtoday.com/following-up/swastika-trail-saga-to-have-its-day-in-the-house-of-commons-3832976
mucho mucho credit..
We don’t really agree on much of anything do we ?
But I never question your character ..
when push comes to shove ..
you go full hombre ..
Reading some more about this in the Globe. Current mayor voted against change. Council unanimously voted against it in 2017. Current MP didn’t want to pick a side when he submitted the petition to the House in case “there were good people on the other side”(paraphrasing slightly). Who are these people?
This is so strange. Why would any town name a street that in the first place?
Does anyone know why it was given this name to begin with? I am just curious.
There was nothing wrong with the word until about 1920. Puslinch has been around since the mid 1800s. Berlin became Kitchener in 1916. It should not have taken 100 years to get rid of the name.
Useful info surely recommend it…