Pride organizations across Canada are urging Ottawa to provide $9 million in new funding, citing rising costs and declining corporate support that they say threaten events nationwide.
Pride organizations in B.C. have said this year’s festivities are a way of celebrating community and pushing back against a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.Â
B.C.’s three main party leaders clashed over affordability, health care and Indigenous rights in a heated televised election debate Wednesday evening.
The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections.Â
