Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

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Big frenly fren. Much wow!
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‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.
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Vancouver Park Board apologizes for 'Harry Potter'- themed event

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has officially apologized for a 'Harry Potter'-themed event coming to Stanley Park, disavowing the series' author's anti-trans politics. Kurt Black reports.
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The issue lies in the question of revenues going to someone who is a transphobe.
In addition to issuing an apology, Tuesday’s motion, put forward by commissioner Tom Digby, asked the board to reaffirm its support for inclusionary policies, and to ensure the S2LGBTQ+ advisory committee is consulted on any future events with “equity or human rights implications.”
“When decisions are made in the dark, these are the kinds of mistakes that happen,” said vice-chair Brennan Bastyovanszky.
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It doesn't sound like it's cancelled, tho.
City staff have said they expect the Harry Potter event, put on by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences, will bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, with tickets costing $70 for children and $86 for adults. The board was unable to confirm how many tickets had been sold as of Tuesday.
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Here's an unrelated article that came out today, too:
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City of Vancouver will require referendum to dissolve Park Board: B.C. gov't

If Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim still wants to dissolve the Board of Parks and Recreation, the city will first have to hold a referendum.
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These people are not well in the head.
 
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J.K. Rowling mocks Vancouver park board​

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J.K. Rowling mocks Vancouver park board after its apology over Harry Potter event

J.K. Rowling says being disavowed by the Vancouver Board of Parks wasn't "much of a blow" after the board voted to apologize for a Harry Potter event in Stanley Park.
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The British author says she was unaware that the board had “avowed” her and posted that she would accept a “certificate of avowal” that she would frame hang over her computer and take a selfie with it.
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View: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1976398340163240389
 
On a side note:

In next years civic election there is going to be a referendum on whether to keep the Parks board or not. Apparently Vancouver is the only major city to still have one. The current mayor wants it gone but needed provincial approval and province said must have a referendum.

Knowing all the commies and leftists I would wager people vote to keep it. It may ne close but depends on voter turnout.

Personally I do not think it is necessary nowadays. Not to mention most on it are radical left wingers.....
 
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