Withhold Funding From Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Over CEO’s ‘Intolerable’ Behaviour: Ontario MPP

Falun Gong practitioner Gerry Smith, seen here meditating in a park, was ordered by the CEO of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival to remove his T-shirt bearing the name of his spiritual practice on June 22, 2019, at the festival. John Brooman told Smith that the Chinese Embassy is a sponsor of the festival and didn't want Falun Gong adherents at the event. The Epoch Times

A member of the Ontario provincial parliament says it’s “intolerable” that the CEO of Ottawa’s Dragon Boat Festival demand a member of the public remove his T-shirt to avoid offending the Chinese Embassy, a gold sponsor of the festival.

MPP Randy Hillier also says he is going to request that taxpayer dollars be withheld from the festival “if they are going to practice these discriminatory policies.”