Organizer cancels Montreal's Canada Day Parade
The organizer of the Montreal Canada Day parade has cancelled the event for the second year in a row.
While Nicholas Cowen, the organizer, blamed the cancellation on difficulties working with the city, a municipal spokesperson said he had not applied for a permit.
The parade 'has become increasingly difficult to organize without disruptions in recent years,' the organization behind the event said in a statement Thursday. 'The working environment with the City of Montreal has deteriorated significantly,' it added.
But Cohen didn't apply to the city to hold the event, 'even though the city invited him to do so several times,' spokesperson Nicky Cayer wrote in an email to The Gazette.
The July 1 event has only taken place once since 2019. The parade was suspended during the pandemic and returned in 2023 before being cancelled in 2024, when Cowen issued similar critiques of the city.
Other festivities marking Canada Day are going ahead as planned, including a federally funded celebration in the Old Port.
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