A Canadian town could be fined $10,000 for refusing to participate in Pride Month and fly an LGBTQ2 rainbow flag outside city hall.
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has found the Ontario town of Emo, with a population of about 1,300 people near the Minnesota border, to have violated the Ontario Human Rights Act by refusing to declare June as Pride Month. announced. Report from the National Post.
According to the report, the town was also issued a citation for not displaying the “LGBTQ2 rainbow flag,” even though Emo does not have an official flag pole.
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In addition to the $10,000 fine, town employees were ordered to complete mandatory “human rights” training.
According to the report, the decision to cite Mr. Emo stems from a 2020 incident in which a group called Borderland Pride approached the town, and the group submitted a written request to Mr. Emo to declare June Pride Month. He said he had made a request.
The group's demands include, “Pride is needed to demonstrate community support and belonging for LGBTQ2 individuals'' and “Diversity in sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression represents a positive contribution to society.'' It also included a draft declaration containing provisions.
Borderland Pride also called on the city to fly the LGBTQ2 rainbow flag “for a week of your choosing.”
Emo City Hall, Ontario (Google Street View)
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The request was defeated 3-2 at a subsequent Emo Town Council meeting, with Mayor Harold McQuaker saying, “There is no flag raised for the other side of the coin… There is no flag raised for straight people.” he claimed.
The remarks were deemed particularly offensive to Human Rights Tribunal Deputy Chair Karen Dawson, who said the comments were “humiliating and disrespectful to the LGBTQ2 community, of which Borderland Pride is a member, and therefore It was determined that this constitutes discrimination based on
Mr Dawson added that the comments were made in “very close proximity” to Mr McQuaker's vote against Borderland Pride's demands, which meant it “constituted norm-based discrimination”. Then he claimed.
Borderland Pride sought a $15,000 fine from the township and $10,000 each from three city council members who voted against the group's request, but the court ruled that the final The township was fined $10,000 and the township was fined $5,000. For the muckaker.
Downtown Emo, Ontario (Google Street View)
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McQuaker and Emo's Chief Administrative Officer also completed an online course called Human Rights 101, offered by the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and “submit a certificate of completion to Borderland Pride within 30 days. ” was ordered.
