TDSB fee hike raises rent for church group 800%

This might explain the TDSB logo just a bit..

Toronto Sun:

 

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Rev. Charles McVety. (Toronto Sun files)

TORONTO – So if you are a Filipino Christian congregation renting space from the Toronto District School Board, you face a shocking 800% gouging increase in your rental permits.

But if you are a Muslim Imam using a school cafeteria as a mosque for Friday prayers, there is not only no increase — but no charge at all.

So much for inclusiveness and religious equality at the TDSB. Double standard, highway robbery and gutless political correctness are three phrases that come to mind.

Not necessarily in that order.

However the TDSB calls rent permit increases on churches an “initiative to offset the costs.”

Rev. Charles McVety, of Canada Christian College, calls it nothing but a “mean spirit eviction” primarily against “new Canadians.”

He will lead a “Call to Action Prayer Rally” on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m at the college, located at 50 Gervais Dr. He has started a petition at: http://www.stopthewaronthechurch.com/.

“This, with Toronto council’s disturbing new bylaw removing ‘Place of Worship’ from general zoning categories, will make it very difficult for new churches to operate,” said McVety.

Case in point is the tiny Jesus Reigns Ministry Church — Filipino Chapter, which has a 70-member congregation about to become homeless.

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