One day after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he won’t attend Toronto’s Pride parade until uniformed officers can participate, Chief Mark Saunders said he is focusing on developing relationships with the LGBTQ community — not who gets to march. “I certainly won’t let the parade define what our relationship is going to be with the LGBTQ-plus community. “He wishes all the organizers of Pride Toronto all the best for a successful month and festival weekend,” a Ford spokesperson said Monday. Saunders said his attention is on bridging the divide between police and segments of the LGBTQ community who don’t trust police. The relationship between the police and the LGBTQ community has suffered in the wake of the McArthur case, Dyck acknowledged.

Source: thestar June 04, 2019 17:51 UTC