Canadian Mayor Has Bank Account Garnished after Standing Up to LGBT Activists

Jonathon Van Maren : Dec 11, 2024
LifeSiteNews.com

After Mayor Harold McQuaker of Emo, Ontario announced he would not be 'extorted' by an LGBT activist group, the latter successfully petitioned the court to garnish $5,000 from the 77-year-old's bank account.

(Ontario) — [LifeSiteNews.com] LGBT activists aren't used to politicians refusing to do what they say. That's why Mayor Harold McQuaker of Emo, Ontario—population 1,200—has become a source of their ire. (Image: via LifeSiteNews /Screengrab)

As I reported previously, in 2020, Emo's town council voted not to issue a "pride Proclamation" or fly the LGBT flag. The town hall doesn't even have a flagpole. In response, Borderland Pride sued the town, and last month the Ontario Human Rights Commission ordered the township to pay the LGBT group $10,000, and McQuaker was ordered to personally pay $5,000 and take a re-education class called "Human Rights 101."

The town council has yet to vote on whether to pay the fine or appeal, but McQuaker told the Toronto Sun that he would not be "extorted" and thus would not be paying the fine, attending the re-education classes, or sanctioning "Drag Queen Story Hour" in the local library—one of the events Borderland pride is calling for.

In response, Borderland pride went around the mayor and requested that $5,000 be taken directly from his bank account. The request granted, they went on a victory lap on social media. "Sure, sex is great, but have you ever garnished your mayor's bank account after he publicly refused to comply with a Tribunal's order to pay damages?" the group posted on Facebook. The "damages," of course, were the mayor declining to proactively endorse their ideology... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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