"We've come so far in relations between the police and the LGBTQ2S community, and the police have embraced Pride, Pride have embraced the police. On Sunday, Black Lives Matter Toronto protesters blocked the Pride parade route for about 30 minutes. Toronto Mayor John Tory is speaking out after last weekend's Black Lives Matter protest at Canada's largest gay Pride parade, calling the group's demand of excluding police participation in the event "a backwards step." The parade resumed once Pride's executive director signed the list of demands from Black Lives Matter. I think to go backwards from there would be a backwards step for the whole community and for Pride."

Source: CBC News July 06, 2016 12:00 UTC