The Trudeau authorities is earmarking $1.5 million for LGBTQ2 neighborhood organizations to spice up safety measures at Pride parades and different occasions this summer season.
The cash matches a request by a nationwide umbrella group, Fierte Canada Pride, which is able to distribute it to native committees that apply.
The funding can be utilized for bills similar to automobile and crowd management, barricades, charges for paid-duty police or personal safety.
Organizations supporting gender and sexual minorities throughout Canada have ramped up their safety after a documented rise in hate crimes concentrating on LGBTQ2 folks, and bodily confrontations between protesters at drag-queen occasions.
Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien says the funding comes at a time when LGBTQ2 folks want tangible assist from politicians as an alternative of empty phrases and platitudes.
She is also difficult Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to attend the elevating of a Pride flag on Parliament Hill this month.
