Canadian town fined for refusing to celebrate pride month, fly rainbow flag


A Canadian town is dealing with a positive of $10,000 for refusing to take part in Delight Occasion and fly the “LGBTQ2 rainbow flag” out of doors its municipal development.

The city of Emo, Ontario, which has a public of about 1,300 and is located related the border with Minnesota, used to be discovered to have violated the Ontario Human Rights Code by way of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario for refusing to celebrate June as Delight Occasion, consistent with a document from the Nationwide Submit.

The city used to be additionally issued a quotation for its failure to fly “an LGBTQ2 rainbow flag,” the document notes, in spite of Emo no longer having an legit flag pole.

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Delight flags are revealed all through the LA Delight Parade on June 11, 2023, in Hollywood, California. (Robyn Beck/AFP by means of Getty Photographs)

Along with the $10,000 positive, officers from the city had been ordered to finish obligatory “human rights” coaching.

In step with the document, the verdict to quote Emo started with a 2020 incident during which the city used to be approached by way of a gaggle referred to as Borderland Delight, which issued a written request asking that Emo claim June Delight Occasion.

The gang’s request additionally incorporated a draft proclamation, containing clauses equivalent to “pride is necessary to show community support and belonging for LGBTQ2 individuals” and “the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression represents a positive contribution to society.”

Borderland Delight additionally requested the town to fly an “LGBTQ2 rainbow flag for a week of your choosing.”

Emo, Ontario, Municipal Place of job development (Google Streetview)

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The request used to be defeated by way of a 3-2 vote at a upcoming Emo township council assembly, the place Mayor Harold McQuaker argued there used to be “no flag being flown for the other side of the coin… there’s no flags being flown for the straight people.”

The series used to be revealed as specifically offensive to Human Rights Tribunal vice-chair Karen Dawson, who mentioned she discovered the commentary “demeaning and disparaging of the LGBTQ2 community of which Borderland Pride is a member and therefore constituted discrimination under the Code.”

Dawson additional argued that the commentary used to be made in “close proximity” to  McQuaker’s negative vote at the Borderland Delight request, which means it “constituted discrimination under the Code.”

Borderland Delight sought a $15,000 positive for the Township in addition to a $10,000 positive for each and every of the 3 council contributors who voted negative at the staff’s request, consistent with the document, although the tribunal sooner or later settled at the $10,000 positive for the township and a $5,000 for McQuaker.

Downtown Emo, Ontario (Google Streetview)

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McQuaker and Emo’s prominent administrative officer had been additionally ordered to finish a web based direction presented by way of the Ontario Human Rights Fee referred to as “Human Rights 101” and “provide proof of completion… to Borderland Pride within 30 days.”


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