An Ontario community fined $15,000 for not celebrating Pride Month is asking a judge to review the decision.
Emo, Ont., located 200 kilometres southeast of Kenora, announced Thursday it was seeking a judicial review of a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario made last month.
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The community was ordered to pay $10,000, and Mayor Harold McQuaker was ordered to pay $5,000 to Borderland Pride, who filed the initial complaint following a meeting in 2020.
Borderline Pride was asking for Emo, which has a population of approximately 1,300, to declare June Pride Month and fly or display an LGBTQ2S+ flag for a week during June.
The town council voted down a resolution 3-2.
Shortly after the vote, Mayor McQuaker, who voted against the proclamation, said, “There’s no flag being flown for the other side of the coin…there’s no flags being flown for …