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Proposal to rename Toronto Union Station continues
no since it was building canada’s tranconinatasl railroad that brought his government down.
Name it after Toronto’s iconic mayor Rod Ford It would be a big awesome place and I believe there are some cracks on the platform and some great bars for some drink Rod Ford fun station rigs a bell
I Certainly wouldn’t rename Toronto Union Station after former Prime Minister Brian Mulrooney.
Here we go again!
I’m glad to see that this idea was shot down in flames. Renaming streets and buildings that have existed under the same name for decades is a terrible idea. On the other hand, I would have supported it if Mr. Minnan-Wong had agreed to change his own name to Union Station Minnan-Wong.
Plaza in front of the station? What plaza (there’s very little space.)
Well, at least naming the plaza rather than renaming the station makes a bit of sense!
Sir John A. had very little to do with Toronto; he was for a time a time one of the leaders of the United Canadas (1840-1867), whose capital migrated by session between Quebec City, Montreal, Kingston and Toronto. But he was then an MP for Kingston, 180 miles east of Toronto. Later, the CPR he promoted was built in spite of Toronto’s interests - it was closely identified with the Bank of Montreal, the major competitor of the Toronto Bank of Commerce. One must recall than Montreal and environs constituted about 75% of the Canadian economy, even in 1900…
Not quite as ironic or pointless as naming a US airport after say, Ronald Reagan…
Most of the comments have missed the fact tghat Union Station was the place most Canadain soldiers departed for overseas and the grat battles of WW1 and WW2. This is the principal reason the station was named a heritage site in the first place. The heritage includes the name which shows that the people are sometimes wiser than those they elect!
A reasonable compromise I suppose. Even better, I think, would be to name the concourse.
Richard Turle’s comment is nonsense. Union Station was not even completed until after World War I, and only soldiers who came from southwestern Ontario would have travelled through Toronto at all in either war. Soldiers from western Canada would have travelled through Sudbury to Montreal. Montreal’s Windsor Station (CPR) probably saw the largest number of troop movements in both wars.
I look forward to travelling into Toronto and entering the grandest platforms of the Rob Ford International Rail Terminal in the near future…
Just don’t rename it after that stupid crack-head mayor they have in offfice.