Posted: Jun 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 14
Uniformed police officers have been excluded from participating in Toronto s Pride parade since 2017. New documents show Pride Toronto s leaders were poised to drop that ban as they sought federal grant money.(Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press)
Pride Toronto took in $250,000 of federal grant money to commemorate a contentious milestone in Canada s LGBTQ history with hopes of improving relations with police â even though a majority of its membership continued to oppose having uniformed officers march in the country s largest Pride parade, CBC News has learned.
After pushback from the community, the organization and federal officials reworked the contract so some of those taxpayer dollars could instead be spent on programs Pride Toronto ran before the grant was even awarded in 2018.
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Ottawa Redblacks player accused in homophobic attack on Toronto Islands
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David Gomez says he was knocked unconscious near the Hanlan s Point ferry docks last Saturday By Radheyan Simonpillai
David Gomez in a photo posted to the GoFundMe page raising funds for his healing.
The Ottawa Redblacks are investigating allegations that one of the CFL team’s players was involved in a violent homophobic hate crime on the Toronto Islands last weekend.
Users on social media said the player was one of the men who allegedly attacked David Gomez, a 24-year-old gay man, around 11:30 pm on June 5 near the Hanlan’s Point ferry docks.