Toronto Pride Parade Halted, Then Cancelled | Middle East, The Eternal Conflict

The Toronto Pride parade was interrupted and then canceled by its organizers.

This was confirmed by the police as well as the organizing committee, Pride Toronto, tomorrow.

Around 6:15 p.m. on his Instagram account, Pride Toronto wrote: The rest of the parade was canceled. Sorry for the inconvenience. The street fair and stages are operational.

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The reason for the cancellation of the parade was not specified. However, according to The Canadian Press, pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the parade in the afternoon.

The police relayed the message from Pride Toronto on social media X and added: The remainder of the parade has been cancelled by Pride Toronto. Officers are on the ground to facilitate the safe movement of people, vehicles and floats.A Toronto Police Service spokeswoman told CBC that the decision to cancel the parade was made by organizers.

Later in the evening, she clarified that Pride Toronto informed the Toronto Police Service before Sunday that it did not want officers to intervene if protesters disrupted the parade. We respected their request..

Then, around 8:30 p.m., in an update posted to Instagram, Pride Toronto added: Today, we have made the decision to cancel the remainder of the Pride parade out of concern for public safety. While we deeply respect everyone’s right to peaceful protest, our top priority is the well-being of all participants and spectators..

We recognize that the Pride Parade is a highly anticipated event for which many organizations and individuals prepare with enthusiasm. We sympathize with those who were happy to participate and regret the inconvenience caused by this decision.

This isn’t the first time the Toronto Pride parade has been disrupted. In 2016, the movement Black Lives Matter had interrupted him for almost half an hour and made a sit-in to demand several reforms, in particular so that the black community is better represented during this public activity.

More than 250 groups

The parade started at the corner of the streets Bloor and Church in the early afternoon. More than 250 groups marched together along the street Yonge to the place Nathan Phillips.

Organizations LGBTQ+ such as theAfrican Centre for Refugees and Toronto Pflag participated.

A Toronto fire truck also rode the parade route, covered in Pride flags and rainbow balloons pinned to its roof.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, sported a rainbow feather boa and blew kisses to the crowd from a float.

At one point during the parade, a light rain fell briefly, but that didn’t stop participants from dancing and smiling, marching to the sound of drums and whistles in colorful outfits.

With information from The Canadian Press