TORONTO – In their last radio show before a summer hiatus, Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Councillor Doug Ford floated the idea of a Canada Day parade in Toronto.
The idea came up after Councillor Frances Nunziata called in and spoke to the brothers about the annual Canada Day event at Weston Lions Park.
“Why aren’t we having a Canada Day parade?” Doug Ford asked during a segment on the brothers’ Newstalk 1010 radio show ‘The City.’ “We should be as patriotic as anything. We should be having the Canada Day parade, we should have the troops going down with us, waving the flags, we need to do that.”
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“I couldn’t agree with you more,” Mayor Ford said.
“Next year, let’s make it happen,” Doug Ford said.
A Canada Day parade, though, may interfere with the Ford family’s annual cottage tradition – a tradition that has taken precedence over the annual Pride parade for Mayor Rob Ford in years past.
Toronto is not lacking for Canada Day events.
Community members of East York have been putting on a parade in their neighbourhood for 50 years. Starting at Thorncliffe Park near Don Mills Road and Overlea, the parade ends with fireworks at Stan Wadlow Park.
The city of Toronto will also be celebrating Canada’s 145th year with fireworks at Mel Lastman Square on July 1.
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