Canada hits back, to rename ‘Trump Avenue’ in Ottawa

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Canada is answering US President Donald Trump’s obsession with renaming things by unveiling a name change of its own — Trump Avenue in Ottawa will soon be history.

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The city is hitting back at the US leader, who among other things insists Canada should cease to exist as a country and instead become the 51st US state.

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The Ottawa city council voted unanimously Wednesday night to yank Trump’s name from a leafy residential neighborhood of the capital.

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“I don’t like the idea of anything that’s named for Donald Trump, who’s demonstrated hostility towards Canada, in our city,” Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said.

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The street that used to be Trump Avenue is in an area called Central Park, which features many roads alluding to New York, Trump’s hometown.

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People who live on the former Trump Avenue are now to form a committee to decide on a new name which will take effect next year. It will retain its current name until then.

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Relations between the neighbors and longtime close allies have soured dramatically under Trump with his aggressive America-first mindset and disdain for longstanding alliances and relationships.

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Since early in his second term, he has slapped Canada with tariffs and more recently said the US government would now call Lake Ontario, on the countries’ border, Lake America.

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Trump has also insulted and mocked Prime Minister Mark Carney on social media.

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AFP

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