A pro-Palestinian group in Canada successfully took over a pride parade, releasing a gloating statement on social media.
The annual Pride parade in Ottawa, Ontario, was ultimately canceled after being paused due to a group of pro-Palestine protesters who blocked the road being used as a parade route. They “demanded to negotiate with organizers,” according to the CBC.
“Queers for Palestine – Ottawa” hindered the procession “‘with the permission’ of the grand marshal, the organization said in a press release issued Sunday afternoon just as the parade was stopped.”
BREAKING: The Capital Pride Parade was CANCELLED after Palestinian protesters took it over in front omf the PMO and stopped the entire march in front of the House of Commons pic.twitter.com/sPetLdaCZF
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“This is what a village looks like!” the protesters chanted, riffing off the 2025 pride theme “We are a village.”
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“Today in Ottawa (unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin land),” reads an Instagram post. “Queers for Palestine – Ottawa – with full support from Grand Marshal Patience Plush, who invited our contingent of hundreds to march at the front with them – halted the Capital Pride Parade. This Village claimed that space – to say loud and clear that we have fought too hard to be bullied into silence by Zionists and genocide-supporting politicians.”
“We danced, sang, and chanted. And we presented our demands: For Capital Pride to be brave, public, and transparent to the community about the commitments they have made, and about their pro-Palestine values. And for Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to come and apologize to the community for boycotting Pride last year, due to its pro-Palestine stance – and to pledge his support to our community and to all oppressed peoples, including Palestinians,” the statement continued. “The mayor had a choice. He could come up to talk to the folks leading the parade, or he could leave the parade.”
“Instead, he let Capital Pride cancel our parade under the artificial time limit of 20 minutes, imposed by Capital Pride. The Mayor has no business even participating in our Pride, let alone weighing in on when it disperses. In the end, our Village took the streets and marched back into Centretown – into our historic village. Cops refused to block traffic along the way. Our union allies, the workers, set up lines and helped see us home.”
“We celebrated. We protested. We took our Pride back without fear,” the group boasted. “We love this queer and trans community in this city. We will never betray our queer community globally. We will never stop fighting for our queer kin in Gaza and Palestine, and as queer people, we will NEVER turn our backs on oppressed and colonized people across the world and right here on Turtle Island. The people united will never be defeated! From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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