There will be extra police vigilance in areas of downtown Huntsville as two groups with opposing ideologies on gender education in the public school system are expected to hold gathering on Saturday afternoon.
Rallies have been called by both the North Simcoe Muskoka & District Labour Council and the 1MillionMarch4Children group for tomorrow afternoon, starting between 2:30 and 3 p.m. at the Canada Summit Centre and the Royal Canadian Legion parking areas in Huntsville.
Similar rallies in September resulted in minor verbal scuffles between members of the groups.
Huntsville OPP is advising that there will be officers patrolling the area and the Provincial Liaison Team (PLT) will be present as well.
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Sir you can believe what you want im not trying to change anyones opinion. I just know the residents of this town that were born and raised here.
Having just recently moved to Muskoka I am refreshed to be surrounded by people who are open minded and willing to voice their opinions in an open, public fashion. I find it interesting that there were so many attendees in support of this on a weekend while only a handful against. Compare that to the earlier weekday ‘rally’ which drew a number of students out of the local high school. One has to consider the higher attendance at the latter was more about skipping class than taking a stand.
As to the comment by Wendy Brown: Movements, and their protests, are powerful because they change the minds of people, including those who may not even be participating in them, and they change the lives of their participants. In the long term, protests work because they can undermine the most important pillar of power: legitimacy.
What are these people thinking? Dont they know there is no way in the world they are going to change anyones opinion. My parents would be so disgusted, and they were not judgemental people. Its like trying to change a flat earthers opinion.