Some in Montreal’s Irish community want the city’s new subway station to be named after one of their own. Instead, the station may be named after recently-deceased Quebec Premier Bernard Landry, who is said to have blamed the 1995 sovereignty referendum loss on immigrants during a verbal outburst. Now Keyes, backed by members of the local Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations, believes the station should be named to honour the area’s immigrant history. “Associating this station with the history of the Irish community would be a recognition of this community and a testimony of their proud contribution to our history,” the statement read. Despite such requests, Mayor Plante has doubled down on her desire to name the station after Landry.

Source: National Post December 06, 2019 11:00 UTC