The growing price of keeping Toronto festivals safe
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The growing price of keeping Toronto festivals safe
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Guest: Star city hall reporter Mahdis Habibinia
After the recent devastating vehicle attack at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day festival, Toronto organizers are raising fresh concerns about soaring security costs and the mounting pressure to keep people safe, especially with the city’s peak festival season around the corner. Toronto has been grappling with these fears for years, particularly after the 2018 van attack on Yonge Street. Since then, efforts to improve safety and crowd control have been underway but serious challenges remain.We look at whether things have actually improved, what risks still exist, and how rising safety demands are testing the limits of festival organizers and the city itself.
Produced by Saba Eitizaz, Paulo Marques and Sean Pattendon