Opinion

I’m a political nerd of many decades. I ran a mock election in my Grade 4 social studies class. Election campaigns are my playoffs and election night is my Super Bowl.

Over the past weeks and months, I have seen a lot of commentary about the renaming of the Grandin (now The Gardens) neighbourhood. Lots of my fellow neighbours have expressed sadness and frustration over the change.

Is it because some people in the neighbourhood feel the name is so ingrained in their identity? I ask these people, how many of you actually knew who Grandin was? If you didn’t care before, you shouldn’t care now.

I am amazed at people bemoaning the loss of the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) immediately following the elimination of Bishop Grandin In my view, the impact of the HBC on the indigenous peoples of our region was significantly greater than that of Bishop G

In light of the recent article featuring Coun. Shelley Biermanski, it’s clear that if the council acknowledges the renaming process as flawed, and administration acted poorly. We need to redo it to make it right for the residents of Grandin.

At the March 18 St Albert council meeting it came as no surprise that the renaming of the Grandin neighbourhood was passed by a majority vote of 5 to 2.

In the March 20th edition of the Gazette , Rob Pritchard suggests that Canada under Carney is not putting forward a united front against America or Trump. I disagree. Mr.

St. Albertans wanted a say in the renaming of not just a street, but three streets, three city parks and facilities, and an entire neighbourhood. This is a significant decision with permanent consequences.

I found the two recent articles written by Kevin Ma to be very interesting. As a St. Albert resident for the past 47 years and a Hudson Bay Company employee for 30 years, I’m sure that a lot of customers will definitely miss the Bay.