{"id":913960,"date":"2026-09-29T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913960\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:44:10","slug":"you-said-it-council-right-to-rename-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913960\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Council right to rename it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>COUNCIL RIGHT TO RENAME IT<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Re: Ottawa city council approves Trump Avenue name change, online, Sept. 23<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>I think Ottawa council got it right in voting to rename Trump Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>I think a wonderful name would be Gordie Howe Avenue. Not only would it be historically significant because of the bridge issue and \u201celbows up\u201d, it would lend an enduring historical perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Gordie Howe was a proud Western Canadian lad who in many ways embodied Canadian values.<\/p>\n<p>And because it doesn\u2019t fit into the New York theme for the neighbourhood, it would give it even more significance.<\/p>\n<p>MARC LECHASSEUR<\/p>\n<p>ORL\u00c9ANS<\/p>\n<p>SUCH A CHILDISH MOVE<\/p>\n<p>OMG \u2026 will the childishness never end? The brouhaha over Donald Trump \u201crenaming\u201d Lake Ontario \u2026 it will always be Lake Ontario, and people know that.<\/p>\n<p>It seems OK, though, to rename streets, parkways, buildings and all sorts of things, and Canadians aren\u2019t bothered about that. Frankly, the only people who should have the right to make the decision about renaming Trump Avenue are the people who live on it.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>I even heard the other day that some of the new names being floated are Obama Avenue, Rosie O\u2019 Donnell Avenue and Pelosi Avenue. Really? They\u2019re all Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for people to grow up and take the high road for once. Trump Derangement Syndrome is rotting the minds of Canadians, and Mark Carney is loving it because it suits his purposes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never been more embarrassed to be Canadian.<\/p>\n<p>SANDY JOHNSTON<\/p>\n<p>GREELY<\/p>\n<p>HAVE YOUR SAY<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Your letters are welcome, at:\u00a0<a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca\">OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca<\/a>.\u00a0Include your first and last name\u00a0AND city\/town. Keep your letters short \u2014 and please\u00a0try to be civil, even when criticizing or disagreeing. We edit for accuracy, length, clarity and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-how-will-trump-ever-sleep-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Trump Avenue sign in Ottawa. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/otttrumpaug30_304929837.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: How will Trump ever sleep now?<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-canada-cant-tell-time\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Parliament Hill Peace Tower clock in a file photo.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140476_289620828.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Canada can&#8217;t tell time<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content COUNCIL RIGHT TO RENAME IT Article content Re: Ottawa city council approves Trump Avenue name change,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-913960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}