Join the Rally and Chalk-in on Sunday, March 20!

The COVID Convoy tactics have crossed the line

Community Solidarity TO is a coalition of progressive Toronto labour, anti-racist and social organizations that are holding a rally starting at 361 University Avenue on Sunday, March 20th, at 1:30 pm.

We are inspired by, and take our name from Community Solidarity Ottawa that took to the streets February 13 to stop trucks coming to reinforce the occupation of several neighbourhoods in Ottawa.

Those neighbourhoods have been subjected to almost three weeks of racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobic harassment, bullying and intimidation. They have had to live with the noise and toxic fumes of diesel engines and at times the blaring of truck horns.

We are marching to ensure that this does not happen in the streets and neighbourhoods of Toronto.

We are speaking out against far-right fringe leaders of the convoy who have manipulated COVID anxieties, concerns and hardships to create deeply troubling divisions in society.

It is unclear when the occupation of Ottawa will end and under what circumstances, but this rally will proceed regardless of what transpires in Ottawa.

Now is the time to learn from our response to the first two years of the pandemic - in preparation for whatever challenges COVID brings in the future.