Summer Celebration: Corktown Park and Share Space

summer celebration: But the 10 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. event is now being relocated to Corktown Park, organizers said in a release, to avoid overlap with what they understand to be a protest by the Soldiers of Odin and Canadian Combat Coalition, according to Hamilton Spectator. The far-right groups, often criticized as anti-Muslim and anti-immigration, are expected to protest a recently passed federal bill that condemns religious discrimination and explicitly Islamophobia. Organizers of the summer celebration of the city's diverse LGBTQ communities were poised to hold a rally in the City Hall forecourt Saturday. We refuse to share space with hate groups, reads a statement from Hamilton Pride's organizers Friday. A march and party in the park will follow the rally. To ensure everyone's safety and because this protest violates our anti-oppressive mandate and the spirit of Pride, we have moved the rally to Corktown Park. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.