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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It wasn't a suggestion to redress historic wrongs. He was using a hypothetical scenario to illustrate his point, which is that most indigenous people don't actually care all that much about re-naming things named after people with, shall we say, complicated legacies - that if given the choice between having those things re-named and getting a $20 gift card, indigenous people would care so little about the re-naming that they'd take the gift card that at least gives them a couple of free lunches.
Leaving aside whether you agree with the point or whether you think that example is good or bad, at least let's be clear about what he was actually saying.
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I understood the intent, it's just another example of offering trinkets so old stock Canadians can feel like something was done that doesn't offend their sensibilities.