TORONTO

Magali Labe had one question: “When does it stop?”

With a Je Suis Belge badge pinned to her jacket, Labe was one of 50 or so people who gathered in the light rain at Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday night to pay respects to those lost in the terror attacks in Brussels that killed at least 30 and wounded 180.

“It happened in Paris, and now it happened to my country,” Labe said with a sigh. “When does it stop? I was shocked when I saw the video and pictures on the Internet, I felt very bad all day long.”

The Francophone community in Toronto is small, she noted. The Belgians among them are even fewer in number.

That’s why she and Andre van der Heyden believed it was important to come together for a moment of silence.

Flanked by Mayor John Tory and Councillors Pam McConnell and Raymond Cho, van der Heyden said it’s “regrettable” to have to organize such a vigil.

“But it’s a show of who we are as people,” he said.

Originally from Brussels, the vice-president of the Belgian-Canadian business chamber still has loved ones in the city.

“Obviously we’re outraged at such actions,” van der Heyden said.

Toronto’s police and transportation authorities, meanwhile, said they are monitoring the situation in Brussels to determine whether to up their security levels.

“We have people who are gathering intelligence and assessing threat levels 24 hours a day,” Toronto Police spokesman Mark Pugash said, adding that there is “a heightened awareness” service-wide in the wake of the terror attacks.

Metrolinx spokesman Anne Marie Aikins said the organization is letting Toronto Police take the lead on stationing officers inside and outside Union Station.

“The terror alert has not changed and there’s no known threat at Union Station at this time,” Aikins said.

The TTC reported its staff “remain vigilant at all time.”

“We take our lead from law enforcement agencies, but ask our customers that if they see or hear anything suspicious, to report it to a TTC employee or police: See something, say something,” TTC spokesman Brad Ross said.