With World Pride Day coming to Toronto in 2014 you would think the city would show some concern about QuAIA abusing it to get worldwide publicity.
Instead one of the first moves once Rob Ford's powers were taken away by city councillors was to unconditionally recommend increased funding to the Pride Parade with no mention of their support of QuAIA marching with their antisemitic messages in the parade in spite of Pride's previous broken promises to not allow it.
Someone even posted the original domain registration information for Queers Against Israeli Apartheid at http://www.scribd.com/doc/99110035/Kristyn-Wong-Tam
I hope all the gay and non gay supporters of QAIA hear this pointed exposee.
ReplyDeleteWith World Pride Day coming to Toronto in 2014 you would think the city would show some concern about QuAIA abusing it to get worldwide publicity.
ReplyDeleteInstead one of the first moves once Rob Ford's powers were taken away by city councillors was to unconditionally recommend increased funding to the Pride Parade with no mention of their support of QuAIA marching with their antisemitic messages in the parade in spite of Pride's previous broken promises to not allow it.
Here are a few stories about this issue:
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/sueann_levy/2010/03/24/13347926.html
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/sueann_levy/2010/09/23/15457101.html
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/sueann_levy/2010/06/24/14508156.html
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/sueann_levy/2010/10/22/15797651.html
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/sueann_levy/2011/03/18/17673631.html
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/06/fix-was-in-on-citys-quaia-ruling
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/19/pride-has-proven-they-dont-deserve-public-funding
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/23/city-hall-back-to-square-one-on-quaia
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/10/quaia-file-mishandled-by-pride-city-hall
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/27/wynne-silent-about-anti-israel-groups-pride-presence
Someone even posted the original domain registration information for Queers Against Israeli Apartheid at
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/99110035/Kristyn-Wong-Tam
It makes for very interesting reading.