Sunday, July 03, 2011

Toronto still has Pride despite having a Mayor of World Class Pettiness

More than one million people, many equipped with squirt guns, beads and rainbow flags, lined the streets of downtown Toronto Sunday afternoon as North America's largest gay pride parade made its way through the city's midtown core.

The multi-coloured floats wound their way down Yonge Street with politicians and celebrities gracing the floats.

And as they have done for the majority of the 30 previous years the parade has been held, "Dykes on Bikes" led the procession with the roar of their motorcycles.

But one man conspicuously absent from the proceedings was Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Despite public and private lobbying from many politicians, business figures and other city dignitaries, the city's first-term mayor said he did not plan to participate.

Ford, the first mayor in 16 years to miss the parade, has faced heavy criticism for skipping the event in favour of upholding what he described as a family tradition of spending Canada Day weekend at his cottage near Huntsville.


Fuck you Mayor Ford. The city is actually better when you're not here.

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