‘Black people are Canadians, too’: Council votes down attempt to derail Yonge-Dundas renaming

Mayor Olivia Chow says it’s time to consider the renaming of Yonge-Dundas Square a done deal as she and her allies fended off an attempt to derail the project during a emotionally charged meeting Thursday. 

At the end of a debate that featured an explosive speech from one of Chow’s deputy mayors, council voted down a pair of motions that would have shelved or defunded the previously approved plan to rechristen Toronto’s downtown plaza as Sankofa Square.

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