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A vote at Pride Toronto’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday night has apparently banned police from participating in their future parades. The participants of the meeting were presented a motion asking them to address the demands made by Black Lives Matter- Toronto during a sit-in at last year’s Pride Parade including one that called for Pride organizers to ban police floats and booths at future parades. All of the demands made by Black Lives Matter were accepted by the majority of attendees.
However, Toronto Police Service spokesperson, Mark Pugash, has alleged that it’s not clear to the department what to make of the vote at Pride Toronto’s Annual General Meeting. Pugash explained that it still isn’t clear yet what was voted on Tuesday night. He claimed that “we don’t know what happened. People can’t seem to agree on whether police were excluded or whether it has something to do with uniforms and guns.” According to Pugash, police service will need “some clarification” before it can decide how to proceed. He pointed out that “I can’t comment on what was decided last night because we don’t know. But our job to protect public safety continues irrespective of anything else. We will continue to do that.”
In his remarks, Pugash stressed that regardless of what decision Pride Toronto makes about the police service’s role in future parades, Toronto police will continue its outreach in the LGBTQ community. He stated that “we have good relationships. We’ve made progress. We still have work to do. But we are going build relationships, we are going to create new relationships. We will choose inclusion over division. It is a shame people don’t agree with that.”
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