Pride is slated to receive a $260,000 city grant this year. Councillor also wants city to withhold grantIn January, Pride Toronto voted to ban uniformed officers and police floats from future parades. Those demands originally came from Black Lives Matter Toronto, which briefly halted last year's Pride parade and presented a list to then-executive director Mathieu Chantelois. (Susan Goodspeed/CBC)He signed the document, which also included a commitment to increase diversity in hiring and staffing at Pride Toronto and a commitment to increase and support community stages, including the reinstatement of the South Asian stage, which Pride Toronto also approved. The idea of withholding Pride's city grant has gained traction with some city councillors.

Source: CBC News April 19, 2017 16:48 UTC