Some business owners in downtown Charlottetown are refusing to use promotional material featuring John A. Macdonald that's aimed at helping the Confederation Centre of the Arts raise money for renovations.

Laura Noel owns The 5th Wave Espresso & Tea Bar, just blocks away from the cultural centre.

At first she was happy to agree to help raise money for the centre, but when she opened a package of promotional coffee sleeves, she quickly had concerns.

"The sleeve is pure orange with a white wording and there are two faces on the sleeve. One is John A. Macdonald," Noel said.

Macdonald was Canada's first prime minister, who is credited with being one of the main Fathers of Confederation for his persuasive skills at the Charlottetown Conference in September 1864.

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