Two MPs rescind requests to remove Indigenous references from federal riding names

A total of 19 riding name-change requests were included in Bill C-25, which is currently at committee stage in the House. The Senate begins its pre-study of the bill on May 27.

Conservative MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman, left, and now-Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu have both withdrawn their earlier name-change requests included in Bill C-25.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Stuart Benson

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 27, 2026

Two MPs who requested the removal of Indigenous references from their federal riding names are walking back their requests, and are seeking to have the changes struck from a bill at the House committee stage.

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