2017-02 Questions For Pride

This page tabulates questions and comments from our members to take to Pride.

The number in parentheses, e.g. (3) indicates how many people asked this or a similar question.

Total respondents: 2

Questions

• (1) Why is the Pride Committee allowing the black community to discriminate against the police department by asking them not to be part of the Pride parade ?
  • "This goes against everything thing that we stand for."
• (1) I would like to know who made this decision. Was the decision not to participate made by the police, and if so, why, or if it was made by the pride committee, and if so, why?

Comments

• The Pride Parade should have a a float or open vehicle that members of our community can ride on in the parade (not a bus- which hides them from sight and precludes their ability to fully participate). This would enable any member of the community who cannot physically walk the route for reasons of age or disability to be visibly participate in the parade.
• I was appalled and disheartened to hear on the CBC radio news this week that the police will not be marching in this year's Halifax Pride parade. I am aware that the police are not marching in this year's Toronto Pride Parade due to concerns raised by Black Lives Matter. I believe very strongly that the Halifax Pride Parade should continue its history of standing up for inclusion and diversity and that if the police don't participate it sends entirely the wrong message to the public. I feel so strongly about this issue that despite the fact that I have been participating in Halifax Pride since the 1980s, I may not be able to participate this year.