Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says she will "unpack" the reasons why enforcement teams and the Crown feel the street harassment bylaw along with others are not strong enough to charge demonstrators who spread vile lies and hatred in public.
This comes in the wake of several demonstrations targeting drag shows, claiming they sexualize children.
Gondek hit back, calling those claims hateful.
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We are talking about locking up protesters way way way to casually
Ppl are being hateful way way too casually.
@Liz Liz Get a grip on yourself already…
@Liz Liz Why would a childless person want to spend their time doing this? Strange how the high propensity for predators is in that community…No one is saying they can’t dress like that, but why around kids? I think anyone who engages with kids should be scrutinized, teachers, priests, coaches ect.
This mayor…a marionette…who’s pulling her strings and why is she protecting groomers?
Because her offspring is part of the community. I knew her personaly at the TLC school. The mayor was actually a bully to a lot of the mother’s. And yelled at me telling me I did not belong at a funeral.
Bank accounts will be frozen for having the ‘wrong’ opinion.
You’re saying a bigot is the right opinion? Ooof
@Jay RayGet a grip on yourself already…
I think Gondek will face consequences next election when she is voted out.
Looks like the drag party got violent.
Why do Drag Queens need to read stories to children?
@Liz Liz nope it’s stupid
@Howard Peter BlatchfordAnything you don’t agree with is hate. What a shallow person.
They have mental health issues, and shouldn’t be allowed around children at all…
@Liz Liz I’m not deciding anything for anyone, I’m asking a simple question. Why are Drag Queens reading stories to children? What do Children get out of this?
they get off on it
This mayor is by far the worst mayor Calgary has seen. She needs to stick to managerial issues this city is facing. Not a peep about violent crime, snow removal/clearing, or anything to do with managing our city.
Sure. I would love Nenshi back.
But guess what?
He would be saying the exact same thing.
@Howard Peter Blatchford And that’s why he is gone and irrelevant
So violence is ok with you should she not make sure that the city is safe for all just for the haters
@Mom Tur Violence is ok with me…
@Mom Tur Hateful messaging is violence
Embarrassment protecting these groomers
Are you talking about catholic priests?
@Thrill House I’m thinking that he/she is referring to the “drag queens”…
Calgary needs a mayor.
They already do
@Electron SD no they don’t. The city has a fascist ruling over it.
Here you go, trying to criminalize your political opponents. Corruption at is finest! Ideological motivated!
Why is having men dressed up as poor facsimiles of a woman in clown makeup a protected fetish that children must be exposed to, supported unilaterally by all adults and immune from all criticism? Will BDSM story hour be ok now too? What about furry story hour? What about adults who dress up as toddlers in diapers story hour? They are just other adult fetishes and forms of expression are they not?
Drag Queens for Trudeau !
Trudeau is probably the only human that came out of a Drag queen
We need these protesters in Toronto, please come to the city Toronto.
Ideology aside, was that assault?
Lock up the mayor
Why do children get exposed to this?
Ridiculous. Then again this entire country under liberal governance is pretty ridiculous.
drag queen story time, that guy is lucky i wasn’t there. freaks
cant even protect our children at school, things better change soon.
@ 00:44 “Punish protesters”?…….Am I the only Canadian who feels like i’m living in an Orwell novel?