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A pro-life flag flying at Saskatoon city hall has been rejected

Council voted 8-3 to reject a request from the Saskatoon chapter of Alliance for Life to fly a flag and have the city proclaim a Respect for Life week in January.

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Council also unanimously backed a request by Coun. Hilary Gough for a review of the city’s proclamations policy.

“It seems it’s time for a review of our proclamations policy as a whole,” Gough told Monday night’s council public hearing meeting.

A small group of protesters had gathered outside city hall to urge council Monday to reject the proclamations/flag request.

It marks a severe departure from practice for council to single out a proclamation and then reject it. Usually, flag raising and proclamation requests are approved as a group and usually unanimously.

Council and city administration first received the request in June by email from Carole Tokaruk, the president of the Saskatoon chapter of Alliance for Life.