Below is a collection of the 20+ news articles, op-eds and editorials that were written to cover the Wellington Street debate/issue.
Note:
Some of the news coverage may be somewhat inaccurate or omitting all the details.
In Chronological order from most recent to oldest coverage:
- July 15
City to consider renaming of Wellington St.
** This report incorrectly dates the meeting of the Planning committee on July 6, the meeting was on July 5th.
- July 11
Globe Editorial: Retreat from renaming Wellington Street
Montreal Gazette Editorial: What’s in a name? History, tradition, respect
Times Colonist (Victoria,BC): Better just to leave the names as they are
- July 10
Area MPs oppose renaming street
- July 9
Full Comment Forum: Wellington St. by any other name is still stuck in Ottawa
Today’s letters: Gossip isn’t proof, and Liberals wrong on China and history
- July 8
How Macdonald, Wellington stack up
Don’t throw away Wellington’s place in our history
Wellington St. a National Historic Site?
** This report is based on our press release.
Renaming Street a Municipal Job: Feds
** This report is based on the Globe & Mail story immediately below.
- July 7
Sir John A. Macdonald, Duke of Wellington dragged into a street fight
Lorne Gunter: Leave Wellington Street alone
Movement to rename Wellington Street Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard raises ire
- July 6
Councillors prefer to maintain status quo
Committee approves consultations to give Wellington the boot
- July 5
Another time waster for councillors
Public Consultations on Wellington St. Name Change
**This report looks to be based on the CTV story. Please see below for why it is innacurate.
Public to weigh in on Wellington name change
**This report that states “public will get the chance to have its say on whether a historic Ottawa street should get a name change”. The consultation that was approved on July 5 is conducted behind closed-doors and involves Darren Taubman, staff of Peter Hume’s office at Ottawa’s city hall and “the federal government” (where the latter remains undefined as of July 26).
- July 2
Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: They like us, they really like us
- June 30
Better renaming choice
History says Sir John A. would want us to leave Wellington Street alone