Toronto Mayor makes surprise appearance at flag raising

Dan82 · May 18, 2012

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120517/120517_pride_parade/20120517/?hub=CP24Home

To cheers and applause, Mayor Rob Ford surprised a crowd of hundreds of people when he showed up at a flag-raising event to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Ford's staff said the mayor would not attend the rainbow flag raising due to prior commitments, but he showed up moments before the noon-hour event began and read a proclamation that says all of Toronto is behind anti-homophobia.

After reading the proclamation and posing for photos with organizers, Ford hung around for a few minutes but left without commenting to reporters, as people continued to give speeches to the crowd.

The theme of this year's event is sexual diversity in the workplace...

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Revan · May 18, 2012

Wow...that's a first.

Bradley · May 18, 2012

This was a smart political move on his part.

Now if he will just clear his schedule for the pride parade...

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