City of Toronto staff ignored anti-discrimination policy
City of Toronto staff ignored anti-discrimination policy
Controversy surrounding the city s purchase of advertising in Italian-Canadian newspaper Corriere Canadese has led to a complaint with the Ombudsman By Enzo DiMatteo
Mar 11, 2021
Toronto council has decided not to pull advertising from the Italian-Canadian daily Corriere Canadese over its publication of “homophobic and transphobic articles.”
But the Italian-Canadian newspaper will have to sign a declaration that it will abide by the city’s anti-discrimination policies if it hopes to receive advertising dollars from the city in the future. That directive was contained in a compromise motion tabled by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam at council’s meeting on Wednesday.
Police investigate Catholic dad after he asked Catholic school board to not fly gay pride flag 03/10/2021 at 12:06 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White
‘Sending signals that support gay pride messages is contrary to the teachings of the Church and have no place in our schools,’ the dad said.
By Pete Baklinski, LifeSite News, March 9, 2021
TORONTO, March 9, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Police are investigating a Catholic father over allegations that he committed a “hate” crime for asking a Catholic school board not to recognize “Pride month” or fly the rainbow flag at Catholic schools.
Jody Maillet, a part-time university instructor, told the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s (TCDSB) March 4 meeting that he was “concerned” about a proposal to “recognize or celebrate gay pride month and fly the gay pride flag over our Toronto schools.”
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Acting on complaints from constituents over newspaper columns described as homophobic and transphobic, a city councillor is aiming to end city-paid advertising in the publication.
The controversy surrounds a number of columns published in
Corriere Canadese a Toronto-based Italian-language newspaper by publisher Joe Volpe which take aim at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB,) a number of its trustees, and its programs enacted to assist LGBTQ students.
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“When I read the articles, I had to do a double-take,” Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, who tabled the motion, told the
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Part-time McMaster University instructor accused of making homophobic comments during school board meeting
by Todd Hayes
Last Updated Mar 8, 2021 at 8:26 pm EDT
The Toronto Catholic District School Board Headquarters is seen in an undated photo. CITYNEWS.
A part-time McMaster University instructor is being called out after being accused of making homophobic comments during a recent Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) meeting.
In a YouTube video posted on March 5, Jody Maillet, who says he is a father of two students, expresses concerns about the board’s proposal to fly the gay pride flag over Toronto schools this June in recognition of pride month.