Another Pride parade, another protest. But this time, the protestors won the day. On Sunday, Queers for Palestine managed to shut down the Ottawa Pride parade by blocking its path on Wellington Street, in front of Parliament Hill. They claim to have done so “with the permission” of the parade’s grand marshal. Capital Pride responded by cancelling the rest of the parade — and the fact they did so says everything you need to know about where Pride has drifted.

Last year, Ottawa Pride organizers decided to take a political stand by issuing a statement “in solidarity with Palestine” which blurred the line between celebration and protest. The statement condemned Israel’s violence in Gaza, referring to the Israel-Hamas war as “the ongoing genocide of Palestinians,” and denounced “pinkwashin

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