Max Genest - October 10, 2025


DID TORONTO CANCEL AN ABOLITIONIST？


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3 minutes

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Word count

566

Sentence count

22

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1

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21

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1

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The name change of Dundas Square to Sankofoa square in Toronto, Canada is a dumb idea and I don't know why they did it. We should have kept the name Dundas square the same as it was when Henry Dundas was born.

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00:00:00.000 we should actually be proud of henry dundas he was a hero i agree with you i don't think they
00:00:05.040 should have changed the name this is maxine reporting here at what is now known as sanctofoa
00:00:13.120 square or whatever the stupid name is they renamed it from dundas square to sanctofoa square henry 0.97
00:00:21.520 dundas who is an extremely amazing man an abolitionist they decided to just say hey you 0.98
00:00:28.720 you know what, we're going to let some gross left-wing narrative take over, 0.99
00:00:32.840 and we're going to name it to some stupid African name that no one knows. 0.99
00:00:37.340 So we're going to ask residents what they think about the name change. 0.98
00:00:40.800 Oh, gentlemen, I'm just asking people what they think about the name change
00:00:44.140 from Dundas Square to Singapore Square. 0.99
00:00:47.220 It sucks. 1.00
00:00:48.120 Fucking sucks. 1.00
00:00:49.140 Are you guys residents of Toronto? 1.00
00:00:50.900 Yeah. 0.93
00:00:51.460 Why does it suck? 1.00
00:00:53.000 Because they're spending so much fucking money 1.00
00:00:54.800 replacing all the fucking sides for no fucking A's. 1.00
00:00:56.860 Don't change it, don't change it, don't change it, don't change it. 0.99
00:01:00.880 Why is that?
00:01:02.300 It's part of our history.
00:01:04.180 Whether it's good or bad, you accept it and move on.
00:01:07.040 Slavery Square.
00:01:08.420 Slavery Square?
00:01:09.740 Why is that?
00:01:11.320 Because the truth will always prevail.
00:01:14.300 And I think people will just have a common sense to change it back.
00:01:18.600 They changed the name?
00:01:20.380 Yeah, from Dundas Square to Sankofoa Square.
00:01:23.040 I did not know that.
00:01:24.020 Why would they change the name?
00:01:25.300 Well, because they claim that the man who was originally named after Henry Dundas was a racist
00:01:30.600 But in fact, he was an abolitionist
00:01:33.240 We should actually be proud of Henry Dundas. He was a hero
00:01:35.980 Honestly, I agree with you. I don't think they should have changed the name
00:01:39.680 Because, like, they're always changing the name for things
00:01:44.300 Wait, I'm sorry. I'm just, like, in shock. I did not know they changed the name
00:01:50.440 Uh, I like the old name
00:01:52.500 I always know Dundas Square as Dundas Square 0.77
00:01:55.180 you know because uh we used to kid as a kid we used to call it dumb ass square when i was like 0.97
00:01:59.100 in the kindergarten he's called it dumb ass square go back to dundas square is that what it is yeah 0.97
00:02:04.920 it was dundas let's do dundas again if you're old you'll think it's still dundas square but 0.96
00:02:10.400 it's 21st century and things change it's not a bad thing you're used to it yeah it's kind of
00:02:14.720 pointless they renamed the square because you know everybody's still using the old name but also
00:02:20.480 if it's using so much of our tax dollars like there's so many better things you can put the 0.87
00:02:24.920 money towards the name change is dumb it's being young and dundas forever i think we're at the 0.97
00:02:29.820 point now where if we don't start to stand up to this nonsense it's going to overtake the city 0.95
00:02:33.540 like for example i saw in an article recently they're looking to rename dundas station now
00:02:38.380 to tmu station so what where do we draw the line on wasting taxpayer money on renaming things
00:02:44.400 when we have a homelessness crisis we have a drug crisis in the city when are we going to start
00:02:48.420 allocating funds towards rehabilitation rather than foolish name changes that mean nothing when
00:02:53.860 people are going to call it the same thing anyway. You cannot do that. It is
00:02:57.820 dandaskale.