VANCOUVER Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say they've been excluded from Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend, with one of their representatives saying they were told it was because of a ban on "political activism.
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Community activist Melody Ma said the approval of Chinatown Together’s participation in the parade had been rescinded because ‘political activism finds no place within the spirit of the event’