i'm going to side with the union.

i can tell you that the right honourable sir john didn't remember much of his own history.

in fact, do you know who the closest contemporary figure to sir john a mcdonald really is, in terms of ideological persuasion? rob ford.

that's right: sir john a. mcdonald was a hopeless drunk and an open racist. and, when he wasn't involved in a massive corruption scheme around building a cross-country railroad, he was pretending to rail against the gravy train.

imagine your great grandkids walking into rob ford public school. well, you shouldn't feel much better about sir john a. mcdonald.

teaching your kids the history is important, but that doesn't have much to do with what you name your school after.

how about this: how about we name our schools after neighbourhoods instead of after divisive historical tyrants?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wynne-john-a-mcdonald-schools-1.4261433