The mayor of a small rural Canadian town who was censured and fined for not displaying a Pride flag at City Hall will personally pay a $5,000 fine for his defiant behavior. said he was not embarrassed.
toronto sun Senior Columnist Joe Warmington detail As an act of personal contrition, Mayor Harold McQuaker, a civic leader in Emo, Ontario (population 1,333), has been ordered to undergo LGTBTQ2S+ “re-education” training as directed by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC). further rejected.
McQuaker also insisted he would not bow to demands to host a Drag Time story hour at a local library in the near future.
As Breitbart News reported, McQuaker was ordered to pay damages by the OHRC for failing to declare Pride Month in 2020 as directed.
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 asked Emo to “please email a copy of the declaration or resolution once adopted and signed.”
Emo Township refused, and that refusal began a years-long arbitration process in which a court ruled against the township.
“I categorically refuse to pay $5,000. It's extortion,” McQuaker said. of toronto sun on monday.
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A vote has not yet been taken on whether Emo Township will pay the $10,000 fine.
The mayor said, “I have great respect for the four council members.'' “We will hold a special council meeting and decide what to do next with it. Do we pay the fine or appeal?”
OHRC's full decision can be found here
