Rising security costs and heightened safety concerns have some Pride organizers worried that Canadian events will have to scale back this year.
Earlier this week, Pride Toronto announced it may need to cut programming at this year’s festival as it wrestles with major cost increases for policing and insurance just weeks ahead of the event.
Chris Kennedy, a spokesperson and board member of the national umbrella organization Fierté Canada Pride, said other cities — both big and small — are also facing challenges.
“It’s just as much of a concern for our more rural and more remote pride communities as well,” he said
