The small Canadian town of Emo (population 1,333) has been ordered by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal to pay damages for failing to declare Pride Month as directed in 2020.
CBC News report Borderland Pride tasked Emo with declaring June Pride Month and ordered city officials to fly “the LGBTQ2 rainbow flag for a week of their choosing” despite the lack of an official flagpole. Ta.
Borderland Pride also asked Emo to “please email a copy of the declaration or resolution once adopted and signed.”
Emo Township refused. The refusal triggered a years-long arbitration process, and a court ruled against the town. national post office report.
The court ruling gives Borderland Pride $15,000, of which $10,000 will come from the town itself and the remaining $5,000 from Emo Mayor Harold MacQuaker.
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Mr. McQuaker and Emo's chief administrative officer also required them to complete an online course known as “Human Rights 101” and “submit a certificate of completion to Borderland Pride within 30 days” as compensation for their disobedience. commanded.
of post The report notes the policy is being taken as a form of punishment provided by the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
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Students in the re-education course are also harshly told, “It doesn't matter whether there was an intention to discriminate or not…What matters is the impact on the person.'' This is because support for “2SLGBTQA+ people” is part of the services required by society. Local government.
