The Easter bunny makes an appearance at the annual Toronto Beaches Easter Parade on April 24, 2011. COURTESY: Maniy Bala Maniymaran <\/p>\n
The organizers of the upcoming Beaches Easter Parade have a message for politicians: stay away. <\/p>\n
The Toronto Beaches Lions Club wants to make the parade a political-free zone, and is encouraging elected officials, including mayoral candidates, not to use the event as a campaign venue. <\/p>\n
Officials said they want the parade to be about community and families, and not about the hotly-contested race for mayor. <\/p>\n
Mayoral candidates John Tory and Karen Stintz told the Toronto Sun they wont be attending. <\/p>\n
Mayor Rob Ford said he received an invitation from the parade organizers and has not yet been told were not invited. <\/p>\n
We still havent gotten a formal non-invite to the parade. We just heard it through the news, Ford told reporters at city hall on Tuesday afternoon. <\/p>\n
The mayor said he respects their decision. <\/p>\n
Im not going to be there If they dont want us there, they dont want us there, Ford said. <\/p>\n
Theyre probably thinking now that its an election year, there will be a lot of candidates there, no doubt, and they dont want to turn it political, and I understand that. <\/p>\n
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