Ottawa-Carleton District School Board cancels Pride parade

Subhead:With Islam now making up the largest religious group among students at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the decision to scrap a Pride parade is just one of a number of changes that will come in the future, cautioned Sheila Gunn Reid.# YouTube-embed:UqhLEi7CK9U The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will not participate in Capital Pride in August, according to CTV Ottawa report that neglected to explain why. On Tuesday's Rebel Roundup livestream, Sheila Gunn Reid filled in the blank. Islam is now the largest religious group in Ottawa public schools, at 25% of students — ahead of Christianity at 23%, with no religious affiliation at 29%. "That's why there's no Pride parade," she said. "And a lot of other changes will...

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