There is a lot wrong both with the name that Toronto city council chose to replace Yonge-Dundas Square and the burden that the name change will place on taxpayers.

Originally budgeted at $335,000, the new estimate is $860,000 — and who is to say it won’t go higher? That would be a lot of money even for a desirable name, but the name the city chose, Sankofa Square, is problematic.

The term 'Sankofa' has its own connection to the slave trade{ai:summary}<p>Toronto city council is caught in a web of deceit and financial turmoil over the expensive renaming of Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square. Taxpayers are left holding the bag for a whopping $860,000 bill that keeps climbing, leaving many questioning the wisdom of the choice and the cost. #politics</p>

Lynn McDonald: Toronto's costly push to trade Yonge-Dundas for a name more closely associated with slavery

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