Tuesday, December 18, 2012

City councillors agree to keep 'Merry Christmas' message on Saskatoon buses

City councillors agree to keep 'Merry Christmas' message on Saskatoon buses
 A number of city councillors are asking to debate whether to remove a “Merry Christmas” message displayed on the programmable signs on Saskatoon Transit buses. Photograph by: Gord Waldner , The StarPhoenix.
By Charles Hamilton: Merry Christmas greetings are here to stay on Saskatoon Transit buses. Following a brief debate during executive committee on Monday, city councilors decided Saskatoon Transit buses will continue to carry the ‘Merry Christmas’ holiday greeting. The city is also planning to explore the idea of allowing on buses in the future messages that reflect other religions. “Quite frankly I don’t see Merry Christmas leaving our signage at all,” Mayor Don Atchison told the city’s executive committee. The debate about displaying ‘Merry Christmas’ on the city’s electronic scrollers flared up after a local activist declared the signs “inappropriate” and “discriminatory.”... Read here...

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