NEW: NCC votes to rename the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa ottnews
The Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway will be renamed Kichi Zībī Mīkan.
Kichi Zībī Mīkan means "Great River Road." The NCC says the name was chosen based on an Indigenous naming and engagement exercise. "The name honours the profound significance of the river, shoreline and landscape to the Algonquin Nation," the NCC said in a statement. Macdonald oversaw the creation of Canada's residential school system in the late 1800s. An estimated 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend the schools throughout the last century, where many were abused and died. The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996.
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