A month after longtime civil rights activist Dan Philip died last year, Montreal’s city council unanimously adopted a motion agreeing to designate a location in his honour.

But in the year and a half since, those who worked closely with the former Black Coalition of Quebec president say they’ve heard nothing more from the city.

With a new mayor now elected, civil rights advocates are urging the city’s new administration to commit to honouring Philip and other deceased Black community leaders for their contributions.

“Promises are gathering dust on the shelves while important figures in our history still await the recognition they deserve,” Max Stanley Bazin, Black Coalition of Quebec president, said during a news conference Monday.

The conference came after more than a dozen community

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