Should British Columbia change its name? As we reckon with history, some say it's time

"I think everyone knows this by now, but Christopher Columbus had some issues. Even in his day, he was seen as incredibly violent, genocidal," Jago told guest host Angela Sterritt on CBC's The Early Edition.

"To name a jurisdiction after this person is, in this day and age, not something we would do."

British Columbia was named after the Columbia River, whose name, like several others in the Americas including Colombia and the District of Columbia in the U.S., is derived from the explorer.

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