then government of Stephen Harper of renaming sites in the National Capital Region after prominent former members of the Conservative and Progressive Conservative parties of Canada. On Jan. 11, the former Wellington Street Bank of Montreal had been also renamed the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in January 2012. The name change, however, was not without some controversy. In June 2021, after the discovery of a large number of unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School, city councillors Catherine McKenney, Jeff Leiper, and Theresa Kavanagh wrote to the federal government asking to remove Macdonald's name from the parkway and to find a new name based on consultations with local First Nations. The parkway is located on traditionally Algonquin land. Exit list See also Airport Parkway Aviation Parkway Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway References External links Parkways in Ontario Roads in Ottawa National Capital Commission John A. Macdonald Naming controversies