Montreal Pride

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Montreal Pride organizer says parade was cancelled because hiring ... (CBC.ca)

The executive director of Montreal Pride said the lack of security staff that forced the last-minute cancellation of Sunday's parade boils down to an ...

And we want to take back that place as our home and not a corporate festival [event]." "I want to stay. "We were promised a place for our voices to be heard and now it's been taken away," said Salem Billard, a queer activist who planned the protest. Initially, Montreal Pride had tweeted that the decision to cancel the event was made in collaboration with Montreal police. "I want to see Simon Gamache stay. I don't want to speculate at this moment," he said.

Montreal Pride Parade cancelled due to lack of security (National Observer)

The parade was cancelled hours before it was to get underway on Sunday, August 7, 2022, citing security concerns stemming from a lack of volunteers for the ...

"Everybody is in the same boat, it's been very hard for everyone," Tanguay said. Gamache said this year's Pride festival fell prey to the kind of labour shortages currently plaguing numerous sectors in Quebec and beyond. "I will not hide my surprise and my dissatisfaction to learn in the newspaper this morning that it wouldn't take place, a few hours from the start," she said at a news conference.

Montreal Pride Festival starts internal probe after embarrassing ... (Alaska Highway News)

MONTREAL — The organization that runs the Montreal Pride Festival says it is conducting an internal investigation after it abruptly cancelled the city's ...

"It's important to mention that although the event was cancelled, the majority of the other activities on the Montreal Pride Festival schedule took place," the statement said. "We are partners with Pride Montreal and the parade since 2016," said Amélie Régis, a transit authority spokesperson. "Loto-Québec has been supporting Montréal Pride for several years," Renaud Dugas, a spokesperson with the organization, said in an emailed statement Monday. The organization clarified later Sunday that police were not involved in the decision. It declined to comment on whether the poor organization of this year's parade would affect future funding. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said Sunday she was not informed of the labour issue before organizers announced the cancellation.

Organization that runs Montreal Pride Festival to conduct internal ... (The Globe and Mail)

Festival executive director Simon Gamache has said Montreal's Pride parade had to be called off because there wasn't enough staff to ensure it could go ...

“It’s important to mention that although the event was cancelled, the majority of the other activities on the Montreal Pride Festival schedule took place,” the statement said. “Loto-Quebec has been supporting Montreal Pride for several years,” Renaud Dugas, a spokesperson with the organization, said in an emailed statement Monday. The organization clarified later Sunday that police were not involved in the decision. It declined to comment on whether the poor organization of this year’s parade would affect future funding. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante said Sunday she was not informed of the labour issue before organizers announced the cancellation. “Pride Montreal will release its review of the 2022 festival later this week,” Nathalie Roy, a spokesperson for Pride Montreal, said in a statement Monday. The group said it couldn’t make anyone available for an interview.

Montreal mayor still unsure why Pride parade was cancelled at last ... (Daily Hive)

"We had been waiting for it for two years, and we were looking forward to it," said Plante in a tweet, adding that "questions remain."

The eleventh-hour cancellation of the event understandably left would-be parade attendees upset. Montreal’s mayor is not happy about the last minute cancellation of this Sunday’s Pride parade. “The City and the SPVM were ready to host the Pride Parade. We had been waiting for it for 2 years, and we were looking forward to it,” said Plante in a tweet, adding that “questions remain” as she awaits answers from organizers.

'As if we don't have overfunded police': Canadians suspicious of ... (Yahoo News Canada)

Many people who had planned on attending Montreal's Pride Parade are speculating as to why it was cancelled a few hours before it was scheduled to start.

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