More name changes.

[ShqTth]

I don't agree with the name change. Things don't have to keep changing. Confuses people. And is pointless. A lot of streets get renamed too. Fucks up the GPS! I hate that. Its better to make something new and use a new name on it, then rename something. So why don't they just make a new park?

Stannley park is so much more then what it was a few hundred years ago, so why revert to the old name?

 

[ShqTth]

Stanley Parks brings hope that one day the canucks might win the Stanley cup and bring it home. But if the park name has been changed, then where they going to take the cup? Are the ygoing to say take it Xwayxway all the way?

 

[niteowl]

But how does changing names back to what should be the original names change anything? I'm not saying that we should ignore the past, yes what happened to them in was a dark spot in Canadian (BC) history, how does so much bending over backwards for them right the wrongs that happened decades ago?

Where does it stop? If they want the entire province of BC to change back to the original names, then I say let them change all maps, GPS readout,tourism brochures...and anything else themselves.

 

[huggzy]

But how does changing names back to what should be the original names change anything? I'm not saying that we should ignore the past, yes what happened to them in was a dark spot in Canadian (BC) history, how does so much bending over backwards for them right the wrongs that happened decades ago?

Where does it stop? If they want the entire province of BC to change back to the original names, then I say let them change all maps, GPS readout,tourism brochures...and anything else themselves.

How about the federal and provincial governments instead just uphold their end of the legal contracts they signed (ie. treaties) as per the rule of law.

But then again, if you think renaming a few parks and roads is a bit inconvenient....

 

[SirThomas]

In BC

no treaties were made, which is why BC court challenges are most often discussions of "aboriginal title" (ie. who actually owns the land)

I think the current enthusiasm for validating First Nations groups by giving them a higher profile at cultural events, or re-naming things, is a kind of guilty-minded way of trying to make amends without actually doing anything.

That said, "doing something" is incredibly difficult. A majority of aboriginal claims geographically overlap, so you can just imagine how challenging 3way or 4way negotiations might be.

Just my opinion, but I think an historical opportunity is being missed. Right now, there is probably more support in non-native circles for reparations and restorative justice than will ever be the case again. With each passing generation, our evermore ethnically and culturally diverse society is unlikely to become more sympathetic, and probably less so.

Already there is evidence (among young people) of a backlash against the insistent promotion of aboriginal interests in schools In the end, the mania for re-naming probably does more harm than good.

 

[GMT]

I do not support changing the names of internationally known places. A bracketed subtext, complete with English phonetic pronunciation should suffice for a decade or two. This clearly acknowledges the past as well as the present while pointing a way to a possible future. This should be revisited in say 15 years to see how this was accepted, does the public want to go further in changing to historical names. Generations pass, focus changes, all should now accept the problems with imposed solutions.

In smaller areas with less prominent icons let the locals decide. I know of a small lake on native land that like many only bore a number designation. It was the local band that fought to have it's historical name legitimized. It became Gale Lake named after a long time resident, likely the only resident in memory, a non native.

Lets try to avoid the correctness the like of which was seen with the renaming Chinaman lake. Upon investigation it was found that this had nothing to do with the labourers on the railway, but was a mispronunciation of a first nations name for shining lake. We made the maps, it stuck. Evan after this was revealed there was still great pressure to change it. Don't remember how that ended. But somewhere there was a point.

 

[*Sven*]

Did Stanley Park somehow tarnish it's reputation & require a name change in order to shed the past & give a shiny new outlook going forward? LOL.

People on ParksCanadaReview.com will not be fooled by a mere name change. Your rep will still follow you, Stanley!