Committee members say work on Winnipeg's Indigenous naming policy stalled as review drags on

Nearly nine months into a review of a city policy meant to increase the number of Indigenous place names in Winnipeg, members of the Welcoming Winnipeg committee say their work remains stalled amid a funding shortage and confusion about their role.

The work of the committee, created to help the city address the lack of Indigenous representation in the names of parks, streets and civic spaces, has been on pause while the public service continues a review of its mandate, direction and structure.

Albert McLeod, who has served on the committee since its creation in 2020, says there has been a lack of communication from Mayor Scott Gillingham and city officials while the review is ongoing.

"They don't talk to us, professionally or even socially.… None of them engage us," said McLeod.

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