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Ottawa Mayor, Mark Sutcliffe, has officially declared January 29th as "Shane Hollander Day" in Ottawa

[heatedrivalrysource]

via Mark Sutcliffe - Mayor of Ottawa

Ottawa is very proud to be the hometown of Shane Hollander from the international hit TV show @heatedrivalrycrave. Today I had a chance to meet Jacob Tierney, the creator of the show, Brendan Brady, the producer, and representatives of Bell Media. We’re looking forward to Ottawa playing a starring role in Season 2. In honour of the show’s success, and our special connection to the story, I proclaimed today as Shane Hollander Day in Ottawa.

Ottawa est très fière d’être la ville natale de Shane Hollander, le personnage emblématique de la série télévisée à succès international Heated Rivalry. Aujourd’hui, j’ai eu le plaisir de rencontrer Jacob Tierney, le créateur de la série, Brendan Brady, le producteur, ainsi que des représentants de Bell Média. Nous avons hâte de voir Ottawa jouer un rôle principal dans la saison 2. Pour souligner le succès de la série et le lien particulier qui nous unit à cette histoire, j’ai proclamé aujourd’hui la Journée Shane Hollander à Ottawa. @ottawafilmoffice

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Happy Shane Hollander Day, everyone! And to all a goodnight! 🏳️‍🌈🏒

[ladycharles]

After electing a mayor who advocated defunding Pride, every Ottawa Pride has been marked by controversy. I will explore below why I think this is not by chance.

Years ago, perhaps the best known parade protest occurred at Toronto Pride. BLM stopped the march with demands such as that police marching in the parade not come in uniform. Toronto Pride accepted. The parade continued.

Capital Pride adopted the policy with no pushback from then mayor Jim Watson or police. Any issues were handled out of public view. The parade was not disrupted nor would another be disrupted by BLM.

I bring this up as an illustration of approach. Some see it as Pride being held hostage by BLM but BLM, like Queers for Palestine, was a movement with a lot of grassroots support among young, conscious LGBT people.

These are the future of Pride - passionate youth who show up, volunteer, and organize. It makes sense to take them seriously and history has shown that doing so can build beneficial relationships and does not lead to escalation.

Similarly, Queers for Palestine worked constructively in Pride last year. Their communications with Pride got us a showcase night and a solidarity statement. Pride navigated the political moment exceptionally well.

Several days after the statement, mayor Sutcliffe denounced Pride and led a boycott of the event. I have excerpted the key portion of the statement below. It is factual and thoughtful. It rightly condemned antisemitism. Pride was attacked solely for standing against genocide.

The parade went on that year and was wonderful. In a beautiful display of solidarity the workers from most boycotting institutions showed up anyway with the floats they had built. Bosses and politicians, it seems, were the only ones absent.

One might think the saga was over but months ago the mayor seems to have threatened Pride into removing the statement. This baffling move put Pride in the exact position it had avoided by working with Queers for Palestine, like BLM before them, in good faith.

Tensions were inflamed instantly. I saw calls to disrupt pride almost immediately. I don't think this tactic was right at all given the clear solidarity the vast majority of parade goers have shown, but I can empathise deeply with the feelings of betrayal in the face of genocide that no doubt led there. A betrayal born of the Mayor's singleminded need to deny Pride their free expression.

This climaxed on Sunday to much discourse. The parade was disrupted by a massive gathering of young LGBT activists as well as allied organizations like Independent Jewish Voices. The mayor refused to speak to them, and in a sad stalemate the parade was cancelled.

Now Mayor Sutcliffe says Pride must do something prevent this, as though they hadn't done just that before his overreach. If Pride acquiesces to heavy handed action they will create a generational rift that could destroy their future. If they choose to mend the rift, they may face defunding and denial of permits.

Bad for Pride. Good for the man who wants to defund it.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ottawa Election: Mark Sutcliffe Advocated Defunding Capital Pride, Festival Franco-Ontarien and Tulip Festival

Mark Sutcliffe derided local LGBTQ and francophone community groups, suggesting organizers are just ‘looking for a handout’

During his time as a local newspaper columnist, mayoral candidate Mark Sutcliffe advocated for the elimination of all funding to community festivals that rely on support from the City of Ottawa.

Singling out Capital Pride, Festival Franco-Ontarien and the Tulip Festival, Sutcliffe argued community festivals were a bad “investment” that produce little economic value.

“It’s too much like a parent handing out more and more cash to a teenager who never learns how to look after himself,” Sutcliffe wrote.

“The city should give the festivals fair warning and wean them off the grant program over the next three years.”

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

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Trespass, lendário nome da NWOBHM, assina com a Mighty Music

Os britânicos do Trespass, nativos de Suffolk, não tiveram uma atividade muito constante, mas tempo suficiente para serem reconhecidos entre os nomes de relevância da NWOBHM… - https://goo.gl/JKIFOW

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What was the turning point? When did I become a runner, rather than simply someone who ran? When did it go from an activity to being part of the definition of who I am? I ride my bike, I swim, I walk, I play other sports. Still, I don't call myself a cyclist or a walker or a ballplayer. But I am a runner.

Mark Sutcliffe - Why I Run: The Remarkable Journey of the Ordinary Runner