e-5079 (Culture and heritage)

Petition to the House of Commons

• Gordon Lightfoot (dec) is a Canadian singer and songwriter icon known and respected worldwide;
• Gordon is widely recognized as Canada’s greatest songwriter. He composed over 400 songs many of which were hits in Canada, the US and internationally. As Bob Dylan said, “Every time I listen to one of them, I wish it would last forever.”;
• We school mates and other admirers feel that in his honour and memory, Highway 400 should be renamed "The Gordon Lightfoot Memorial Highway", linking Toronto, where Gordon lived his adult life, to Orillia, where he grew up, and Georgian Bay, which he loved;
• Such a naming will provide people with a better understanding and appreciation of our history, our environment and our own emotions;
• Such a naming will encourage others to also work harder in their chosen professions;
• Radio and TV stations, newspapers and magazines throughout the Province of Ontario have supported the proposed Highway 400 renaming; and
• 20,000 persons have signed a Change.Org petition to so rename Highway 400.