The controversy around naming buildings, it’s actually a good debate
We need to welcome the debate and not hurl insults at those we disagree with. This is an opportunity to understand discrimination present and past. Second, as we become a more egalitarian and diverse society, the dominant group and culture cannot have the only say or the final say on who and what is important.
OTTAWA—Sir John A. Macdonald: yes or no? It goes well beyond our first prime minister.
What’s interesting is that there are several different forces at play and the debate is a proxy for debating who we are as Canadians.
The first strand is the view that buildings and schools should only be na...
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