I was on the advisory committee to rename Yonge Dundas Square. Here’s where it all went wrong

From the outset the process for renaming Dundas Street was flawed and so too is the final outcome.

In June 2020, Toronto City Council received a petition from about 14,000 persons calling for Dundas Street to be renamed as its namesake Henry Dundas, an ally of Gov. Simcoe, delayed the abolition of the slave trade. In my view, Henry Dundas’ role in the slave trade was overstated, his pragmatism was ignored.