Toronto to Fund Pride Parade Even if Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Participate
Toronto's city manager says Queers Against Israeli Apartheid doesn't violate anti-discriminatory policy.
Queers Against Israeli Apartheid march at Toronto Pride Parade 2010Pic: NULLThe Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) has publically opposed a decision by Toronto's city manager which would permit city funding for the Toronto Pride Parade even if Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA), participates.
The city manager’s report found that the group's participation does not violate the city’s anti-discrimination policy.
Pride Toronto received $123,807 from the city last year. Toronto’s new mayor Rob Ford had said he would withhold city funding from the parade if the controversial group marches this year as it has in the past.
"The comparison paints anyone who supports the Jewish State of Israel, namely Jews, as supporters of racist regimes, and thus as racists themselves," said CJC CEO Bernie Farber.
"Using the Criminal Code of Canada and the Ontario Human Rights Code as the basis for this decision is employing too narrow a standard. The very definition of discrimination is when you treat one group of people differently from another based on their ethnicity, religion or country of origin. QuAIA are attempting to do just that."
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