Brampton council recently voted to name a planned future park Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Park.

But one councillor who recently pushed to honour the founder of the Sikh religion with a street name wasn’t on board.

At council’s Nov. 20 meeting, wards 9 and 10 Coun. Harkirat Singh said he couldn’t support naming the park, to be located at 200 Lion Head Golf Club Rd. for the Queen because she isn’t a Bramptonian. Singh was the lone dissenting voice in a 9-1 council vote.

“I can’t support this because from a naming perspective I believe there is very rare opportunities for local citizens,” he told council ahead of the vote. “We have people doing remarkable things locally, and I think when we give it away, whether its prime ministers or the queen, we lose ability to name to name these assets after local people.”

However, Singh tabled a successful motion along with fellow wards 9 and 10 Coun. Gurpreet Dhillon last month to rename part of Peter Robertson Boulevard after the Sikh religion founder Guru Nanak to mark his birth anniversary 550 years ago in Pakistan.

“I am proud our council has moved to celebrate its vast cultural diversity, which includes people from all different religions, backgrounds, and ethnicity,” said Singh in a release following council’s unanimous decision to honour the Guru Nanak with an asset naming on Oct. 23.

The decision to name a future park in honour of the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s reign was made by council under former mayor Susan Fennell in 2012, as the United Kingdom and commonwealth nations celebrated the milestone.

Several Bramptonians were among the 60,000 Canadians who received Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals for their significant contributions to the country and commonwealth.

“I am very happy to see that staff have maintained some continuity here in making sure that directives from previous councils are seen through to completion,” said wards 1 and 5 Coun. Paul Vicente.

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