2001-02-20|Le nom de la nouvelle ville de l'Outaouais
Aux membres du Comité de transition
Voice ma proposition pour le nom de la nouvelle ville.
La ville de Gathulmer
According to Chad Gaffield, director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa, history is about change, change is part of life, and one cannot freeze moments in time.
There is no reason not to move on, but "Gathulmer" (Gatineau, Hull, Aylmer) is an attempt to seize the opportunity to make connections with the past, to maintain some continuity. The name was also inspired by "Benelux" (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg).
