Origin of The Name
This station is named for rue Lionel-Groulx, which had its name changed to allow the station to commemorate Lionel Groulx. Groulx, one of the most influential of Quebec historians, founded the Franco-American History Institute in 1946 and edited the Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française from 1947 to 1967.
In November 1996, the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada officially requested that the Executive Committee of the Montreal Urban Community (M.U.C.) recommend a name change to the Lionel Groulx metro station in Montreal, due to anti-semitic statements made by Lionel Groulx.
Likewise, there has been a recent movement to rename the Lionel-Groulx Metro station in honour of Oscar Peterson. Although this movement started on the website Facebook, the story has recently been picked up by the media. The issue has become quite controversial and political.
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