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RSS FeedsToronto library looks at barring hate groups from renting space
(The Star Religion)

 
 

11 december 2017 21:42:09

 
Toronto library looks at barring hate groups from renting space
(The Star Religion)
 


Police have been alerted ahead of a Toronto library board meeting tonight in which a self-proclaimed white nationalist will make a pitch to keep the space open to everyone. At a meeting at the Toronto Reference Library, the library board will consider giving staff the right to deny groups promoting discrimination or hatred from renting library space. Slated to speak at the meeting is self-proclaimed white nationalist Paul Fromm as well as prominent members of the Jewish and Muslim communities. Library spokesperson Ana-Maria Critchley said they have notified police of the board meeting as a “precaution, as we always do when there’s a potentially controversial situation.”Library staff is recommending changing its policy so it can deny or cancel bookings it believes are “likely to promote, or would have the effect of promoting discrimination, contempt or hatred of any group, hatred for any person” based on race, ethnicity, colour, language, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, among other factors, according to a report the board will consider. “I would be shocked if this didn’t get approved,” said Councillor Paul Ainslie, who sits on the board. The policy changes would put the library in sync with the City of Toronto’s hate legislation, he said. Also slated to address the library board are Bernie Farber, former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Madi Murariu, from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and Mohammed Hashim, of Toronto and York Region Labour Council.“When I see everything they added (to their policy) it sends a very strong statement that the library will not be a living room for white supremacists,” Farber said, adding he considers room bookings different from hosting rallies or protests in public spaces like Nathan Phillips Square where “there’s very often a clash of racists and anti-racists and that’s the passion of free speech. “If g ...


 
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