A poll which is ongoing on Monday morning on the CP24 website indicates that fewer than two in ten Torontonians had much interest in the Pride Parade. More than 3,000 people have so far responded to the poll question which asked “Are you taking part/watching the Pride Parade today”. Eighteen per cent (384) had answered “Yes” by 9 a.m. and 82 per cent (1,786) had answered “No”. There is no measure of just why this result occurs but a simple lack of interest seems likely. In Toronto, both City and Ontario governments rank the embrace of Pride and all diversities as the mark of superior citizenship. Tolerance is okay but embrace is better. Pride is apparently happy to see anyone marching along with it, except maybe the police. We’ll see. Do the St. Patrick’s Day Parade or Greek Independence rank higher than 18 per cent? Who knows, but these days there are certainly non-Irish who wish to honour the wearin’ of the green. The Stanley Cup, now that’s a different sort of passion. Easy to embrace as well at less an 11 inches around.