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Ottawa residents seek to dump Trump street name

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Michel Comte, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/01/27/trump-st.jpg"/><figcaption>The &#x27;Trump Avenue&#x27; street sign is seen in a west side suburb in Ottawa on January 26, 2021. Residents of an Ottawa neighbourhood are looking to distance themselves from Donald Trump by renaming their street, which bears his name -- once a source of intrigue, but now an embarrassment. Trump Avenue in the Canadian capital&#x27;s west side is lined with brick homes, each with two-car garages and kids playing hockey in driveways. <em>Michel Comte, Agence France-Presse</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>OTTAWA, Canada - Residents of an Ottawa neighborhood are looking to distance themselves from Donald Trump by renaming their street, which bears his name -- once a source of intrigue, but now an embarrassment.</p><p>Trump Avenue on the Canadian capital&#x27;s west side is lined with brick homes, each with two-car garages and kids playing hockey in driveways.</p><p>The Central Park neighborhood, known for New York City-themed street names, was built in the late 1990s -- long before a certain Big Apple real estate mogul entered politics.</p><p>There&#x27;s also a Madison Park, Bloomingdale Street, Manhattan Crescent, and Staten Way in the area.</p><p>Bonnie Bowering moved here in 2008.</p><p>&quot;When I used to tell people I live on Trump Avenue and I would add, &#x27;Yes, it is The Donald,&#x27; people would smirk, some offered sympathies, that sort of thing,&quot; she told AFP.</p><p>&quot;But now -- after he&#x27;s undermined democracy, and incited an insurrection, a violent attack on the US Capitol -- it&#x27;s time to change our street name,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;Trump doesn&#x27;t deserve the honor and I think it&#x27;s inappropriate to have a street named after him in Canada&#x27;s capital.&quot;</p><p>Ottawa city councilor Riley Brockington started gathering support for the name change from people who live on the street this week.</p><p>Some residents had been petitioning the city for years to change it, but Brockington resisted, saying he feared offending Trump while he was in office.</p><p>&quot;I was concerned that there might be ramifications against Canada, that Trump would take punitive measures if word got out that Canada&#x27;s national capital wanted to take his name off a street sign,&quot; Brockington said.</p><p>&quot;With his exit from the White House, I felt now was a good time to try it.&quot;</p><p>At least 50 percent of residents must agree to the name change to trigger a process that would take several months.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L83P5WHYZfY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>That&#x27;s not soon enough for Diane Hosker, who was out walking her dog Tuesday afternoon.</p><p>&quot;It was a novelty at first, a fun way to start off a conversation when you told people where you lived,&quot; she said. &quot;Now it&#x27;s an embarrassment.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The man&#x27;s an idiot and I don&#x27;t like his brand of politics,&quot; she added.</p><p>Nearby, a father stuck his head out of his front door to call his son in from the cold, and nodded in agreement.</p><p>Changing the street&#x27;s name would require new signage, but also new maps and postal addresses for 62 homes.</p><p>And then there&#x27;s the matter of selecting a new name.</p><p>Most other New York names are already taken in Ottawa, and numbered street names such as Fifth Avenue won&#x27;t do. &quot;We already have one of those in Ottawa,&quot; Bowering explained.</p><p>&quot;I hope we end up with a name that everybody is happy with,&quot; she concluded. &quot;Of course, some people say &#x27;Anything would be better.&#x27;&quot;</p><div><strong>amc/caw/</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_4ndTRDshs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>OTTAWA, Canada - Residents of an Ottawa neighborhood are looking to distance themselves from Donald Trump by renaming their street, which bears his name -- once a source of intrigue, but now an embarrassment.</p>

OTTAWA, Canada - Residents of an Ottawa neighborhood are looking to distance themselves from Donald Trump by renaming their street, which bears his name -- once a source of intrigue, but now an embarrassment.

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Ottawa residents seek to dump Trump street name

Michel Comte,

Agence France-Presse

Published Jan 27, 2021 08:13 AM PHT

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