A special barbeque maybe to ‘honour’ our past?

Dear Editor:
July 16 marked the birthday of one of the most venomous murderers in Canadian history. Pierre le Moyne D’Iberville was sent to Newfoundland in the 1690’s by his French Commanders with the goal of destroying every English-speaking village on the island.
He did a pretty violent job burning 36 towns to the ground, including Carbonear – twice, and murdered over 600 people. Wikipedia states his reign of terror in Newfoundland was the cruelest and most destructive of his entire military career. Only because the English sent 2,000 soldiers to Newfoundland in 1697, D’Iberville would have killed even more people.
In December 2011, the elected officials of The Town of Carbonear celebrated and honored this murderer by naming a street after him! To, according to then Mayor Sam Slade, honor our history. Later, The Town of Carbonear further honored this tyrant by erecting a billboard memorial on Harbor Rock Hill in Carbonear to further display his accomplishments.
Apparently, no one else had the qualifications that were displayed by D’Iberville. I’d like to point out Dr. Davis Earle, a Rhodes scholar, nuclear scientist and recipient of the Noble Prize for physics, born and raised in Carbonear, has never had a street named after him. He never murdered 600 people.
This being a special year for D’Iberville, his 319th birthday, I’m wondering if Town officials are planning anything like a BBQ to further acknowledge and celebrate this murderer?
Lorne Power,
Carbonear