Pro-Palestinian protest group halts Ottawa Pride parade

Ottawa's annual Pride parade was cancelled on Sunday after it was halted by a local pro-Palestinian advocacy group that blocked the road and demanded to negotiate with organizers.

The group Queers for Palestine — Ottawa (Q4P) halted the parade "with the permission" of the grand marshal, the organization said in a press release issued Sunday afternoon just as the parade was stopped.

"This is what a village looks like!" protesters chanted from Parliament Hill, referencing the "We are a village" theme that Capital Pride was using for 2025.

Q4P issued several demands for the organizers, Capital Pride, including that the group hold a "boycott, divestment and sanctions" hall and commit to an ongoing cultural and academic boycott of I

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