Article contentQueen’s University in Kingston, Ont., has stripped the name of Canada’s first prime minister from the building that houses its law school, and on Monday, the school’s board of trustees approved the decision, saying it came about following two months of consultations. Those consultations resulted in feedback from more than 3,000 “members of the Queen’s community,” which were then put into a 65-page report by an advisory committee that recommended the name Sir John A. Macdonald no longer grace the building. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Queen's University strips Sir John A. Macdonald name from law school building after two month study of issue Back to videoThe report said the committee “consistently heard from Indigenous, racialized and marginalized groups that the current name of the law school building creates feelings ranging from exclusion to trauma.”“Our recommendation is based on the terrible harm Sir John A. Macdonald’s actions, from a position of the highest possible leadership, had on generations of people,” the report said.

Source: National Post October 19, 2020 22:52 UTC