In the progressive pursuit of being incredibly inclusive, our northern Neighbors are out there renaming streets to languages that the majority of residents don’t speak.

Last week, the city renamed “Trutch Street” to “Šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmsəm Street.” And no, I don’t know how to pronounce that, nor do I understand how they got that spelling, nor do I get how “linguistics” came up with it. Still, this had to be done, as it was the only inclusive thing to do, even if it excludes the majority of people. And no, I don’t think city officials in Vancouver had anything better to do.

According to Global News:

Musqueam leaders and representatives of the City of Vancouver gathered on the city’s west side on Friday to unveil the official signage for a street that has been renamed in the First Nation’s language.

The road, formerly named Trutch Street, now bears the name šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum), which translates to Musqueamview in English. Signposts bear the English name below the official Musqueam name.

The street was formerly named after Joseph Trutch, B.C.’s first lieutenant governor, whose policies had devastating effects on Indigenous communities.

In other words, you can’t have anything to do with someone progressives now deem racist. So this was necessary to finally make sure the invisible evil no longer lingered on that street. Yes, even though the man is dead, but still, this had to happen.

Trutch, who arrived in the province in 1859 and became B.C.’s chief commissioner of land and works in the 1860s, was considered an extreme racist.

Yikes. How were people able to sleep at night?

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim called the new name an “important milestone” in the city’s ongoing journey towards truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

In the history of milestones, this has got to be the most milestone-y milestone anyone trying to achieve a milestone could possibly get.

But really, this raises a lot of concerns. How are people supposed to ask Siri for directions when most of us can’t even begin to pronounce that? I seriously doubt many people understand whatever language that is. And what about reporting a crime? “Uh, yes, officer, it happened on… Shhhmuh… never mind.”

It’s also pretty annoying for the people who actually live on that street, considering they now have to write that out every time they fill out their address — but that’s neither here nor there. That being said, at least everyone, and I mean everyone, can finally sleep at night knowing just how utterly inclusive the city is.

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