Thread by @grenouf, City staff are presenting on the"project to rename Dundas St", it was [...]

Greg Renouf 🇬🇧

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City staff are presenting on the"project to rename Dundas St", it was sparked by the shooting of George Floyd in the USA apparently- and they& #39;re talking about the idea as if they& #39;ve already decided... https://youtu.be/5U1pbRwlXwQ ">https://youtu.be/5U1pbRwlX...

And it& #39;s not just Dundas Street they& #39;re targeting, also subway stations, a park, Dundas Square, and a library.

Scope creep is in progress, they& #39;re talking about changing "all city asset names" that are "connected to systemic racism" that& #39;s "systematically embedded in the city landscape" #topoli

Three times today someone has referred to the initiative between black and indigenous communities (who, the "afro-indigenous rising" anarchists setting up tent cities?)

It makes me cringe everytime someone says "the indigenous community", indigenous people are diverse and many- it& #39;s blatantly racist condensing them into one big monolithic blob like they are. #topoli

Adding insult to the speakers racism, this "Aboriginal Affairs Advisory" group has literally spent more time refering to Black Lives Matter than indigenous people. Gross. #topoli

Thee speakers so far have claimed that Black Lives Matter has sparked changing street names "around the globe". Seriously? Sounds like a bit of an exaggeration...

Indigenous people have real life (and death) problems impacting their lives, but the Aboriginal Affairs Committee isn& #39;t addressing them- they& #39;re focused on forwarding progressive agenda items like renaming streets, "data for equity" and defunding police
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The city government is debating what constitutes a sacred fire now. It& #39;s a messy impossible task, and a could set a dangerous precedent. Governments shouldn& #39;t be in the business of defining which religious practices are genuine and which ones are not- crazy stuff #topoli

If you& #39;re watching the city of Toronto committee debating sacred fires, here& #39;s a pic of the fire that sparked the debate- a hibachi in the middle of the sidewalk on College St. I met an old friend from Occupy Toronto there that night. #TOpoli

Okay, after finishing their debate on the city government defining the validity of religious practices, the committee is ending the meeting with a prayer- wasn& #39;t it the progressive movement that led the charge to ban praying at government institutions? #TOpoli

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