It may not have been the Pride weekend everyone was hoping for—but thousands were still able to dance, sing and celebrate their identity during Toronto’s first ever virtual parade.
Following the Pride Parade, the livestream switched to show a protest at Nathan Phillips Square organized by the No Pride in Policing Coalition , calling for a 50 per cent cut to the Toronto Police Service budget.
“One of the things that becomes really important is also to stress in terms of the ongoing violence and killings of Blacks, Indigenous, racialized, and Black queer and trans in the city,” organizer Beverly Bain said. Among the 18 recommendations includes a plan to equip all officers with body-worn cameras by January.a 10 per cent reduction in police fundingGary Kinsman, a spokesperson for NPPC, said that Tory’s motion will just result in some “money switched around” while the 10 per cent cut to the budget is “actually no cut at all.”
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