Wow, this week sucks.

Let's see....Quebec's a nation within Canada, snow in Vancouver....and look! Montréal city councillors voted 42-22 in favor of renaming Park Avenue (which has been a part of the city since 1883) to...oh my gosh, Robert-Bourassa Avenue. doesn't that sound wonderful? Oh I bet it does.

Wow. Someone notify all the politicians that when they die, that Montréal's got "Historic Streetnames and Streets" for sale and they'll be guaranteed a street. Watch out, Tremblay will inexplicably still be around and next on the chopping block will be Côte-des-Neiges to....Gerald-Tremblay Boulevard? You know, Park Avenue was one of the few streets that hadn't been named after a Catholic saint or been renamed for dead politician or general AND was named according to geographic position because, it's right beside Park Mont-Royal. Gasp! Or rather, where Park Ave and Mont-Royal cross, there's the base of Mount-Royal. Doubly gasp!. (The brother and the Mayor...and the councillors wanted it. The people did not. There wasn't going to be any public consultation on the matter anyways nor were important groups or the public going to be told about this plan until after it had been voted....Should also note that Robert Bourassa was apparently not liked by those living on Park Ave and in Mile End and that his riding was not near Mile-End or Park Ave, it was next to it. Should also note that there already is a street named after another Bourassa named "Henri-Bourassa" he even got a Métro station to boot. Should also note that Parc métro station is on Park Ave...and that most of the Métro stations are named for the streets in front of them or for someone or just after the area...Did I mention that Park Ave is easily said in either language?)

I'll go in my corner and be bitter and sad. You guys can all look at me in bewilderment. I don't care. Silly, I know but Montrealers have a huge pride and attachment to our history and we just lost a chunk of our history and I'm mad.

I hope he gets voted out. He's been wasting money and doing stuff behind the people's backs. (20K could be better invested in other things, don't you think?)

EDIT: There will still be some of Park Ave remaining apparently but it's in some dingy, questionable industrial area that no one ever goes to.