A Northern Ontario mayor who was fined for voting against flying a Pride flag at his town hall says he will not be bullied into paying the $5,000 penalty.
Nor will Mayor Harold McQuaker be taking LGBTQ training as he has been ordered to by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
And, McQuaker, insisted he won’t cave to demands that he must host a Drag Time story hour in the local library, either.
Meanwhile Barrhead Alberta joins the resistance …
Residents of Barrhead vote in favour of bylaw banning rainbow flags, crosswalks
BARRHEAD, Alta. – Residents of a northern Alberta town have voted in favour of a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property.
The town of Barrhead, located about 120 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, says 1,145 votes were cast in the plebiscite, with 653 in favour of the proposed bylaw and 492 opposed to it.
