James Pasternak
| James Pasternak | |
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| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 10) York Centre | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Feldman |
| Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 5) York Centre | |
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In office December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Shane Manikowsky |
| Succeeded by | Howard Kaplan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1959 |
| Occupation | Teacher |
James Pasternak (Born February 15, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Mike Feldman in Ward 10. He was previously a Toronto District School Board Trustee. Pasternak is a graduate of York University he also has degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Councillor Pasternak has played a prominent role in the debate around whether Toronto Pride should ban the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid group participating in the annual Toronto Pride celebrations. Specifically, Pasternak introduced a motion that directed City Manager Joe Pennachetti to update Toronto’s anti-discrimination policy and to determine whether including QAIA in Pride events violated the anti-discrimination policy. James said "My intent is to block the funding on June 6 and wait until after the parade to make sure they [QuAIA] didn’t march. We believe that QuAIA is not there to support the Palestinian people; it’s there to bully and demonize Israel, its supporters and the Jewish community." The following year, in 2013, James Pasternak continued to lead the effort to de-fund Toronto Pride over the use of the term Israel apartheid by its participating members.
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