Oxford County Pride, an advocacy group, said it has taken the Pride flag ban to the Ontario Human Rights Commission
On a recent weekday afternoon, the main street in Norwich Township was bustling with people chatting at the local cafe, eating at the deli or browsing through shops.
"I know people that have tried to open businesses and be open on a Sunday and they've been visited by the minister saying, 'if you stay open on Sunday … you'll be out of business.'" Coun. John Scholten, who introduced the motion, said he wanted to change the flag policy to "maintain the unity" of the community. Neither he nor Mayor Jim Palmer, who voted in favour of the motion, responded to requests for comment.
"They will go to businesses in Norwich and tell you to your face, 'we will not do business with you if you're open on Sunday,'" she said."Just having that as a motion going into a municipal meeting is a violation of human rights, so we put in an initial complaint because of that," said Tami Murray, the group's president.
Coun. Shawn Gear, the other dissenter in the Pride flag vote, told The Canadian Press in an email that he is "not interested in getting involved in any type of article that is going to address any divisional issues." But, since the local high school was shuttered more than a decade ago, public high school students have been bused to the nearby communities of Delhi or Woodstock.
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