Pro-Palestinian protestors defy University of Toronto's trespass order | Here's what we know so far

trespassing the school is now asking the courts to intervene as well Christina yeah so Todd apparently this this group has always been trespassing according to the University of Toronto while they recognize as an institution and of course uh really as Canadians the right for people in this country to have peaceful assembly and free expression in the form of protest they acknowledge their property despite what some people may believe they say is private property and that while they may authorize the use of their property like King's called Circle to various groups from time to time an encampment so an encampment a gathering of that kind on the University of Toronto property that is considered trespassing that's something the University of Toronto made clear earlier this month uh they say it was May 2nd the date they're using as to as to when this encampment popped up um so essentially they have allowed this encampment to remain on the University of Toronto property for for about a month now under what they say is trespassing la last night the University of Toronto provided trespassing notices to the protesters actually it was about uh in the 4:00 hour eastern time and the deadline was 8 Eastern this morning well the deadline came and went as you've noted throughout the day Todd and the protesters remain so here's what's next what you're looking at on your screen here is the University of Toronto is noting that they are seeking an injunction in court essentially what that means is they go to court and and if if granted if it's successful it's telling the protesters you have to seize and desist you got to leave or you will be in contempt of court uh the protesters for their part are standing their ground so they did not leave by the 8:00 a.m. uh Eastern Time deadline this morning uh also last week on Thursday univers the University of Toronto president provided a very thorough offer to protesters uh in terms of what the University was willing to do and how the University was willing to move forward in this in this process uh the protesters for their part they say not good enough they presented their own very thorough count counter offer uh yesterday the two sides are scheduled to meet at some point today but we're we are here at an an impass here's a word from one of the spokespeople for for the Palestinian supporters as part of the in spite of all of this despite all the and atrocities we are seeing every single day for the last 234 days UFT continues to tell us they cannot make [Music] commitments and that we must go through bureaucratic committees committees that will lead us nowhere but we do not have time for committees we do not have time to wait okay uh so the University of Toronto their position at this time is they're of course willing to have open communication with the protesters and and for that to continue but they're moving forward with this court injunction uh Todd we know we have seen this across the country it's a process that is pretty Speedy but could still take a few days in terms of having a hearing uh so so we anticipate that there'll be some kind of hearing on this matter the the the injunction application will go before a judge uh at some point in the next few days uh and again in the meantime the university and the protesters will meet at some point today but as we've seen from the group as we've heard from the pro Palestinian protesters who have gathered for the last month at the University of Toronto they're not satisfied with the offers made by the university and there is no indication that they're going to leave at any point soon I mean they may be compelled by the court but it may as one spokesperson for the the Palestinian group told us earlier today they're concerned it could get ugly they say and that they may be forced out by police Back to You ctv's Christina telia in our national Newsroom thank you Christina for that

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Length: 3min 45sec (225 seconds)

Published: Mon May 27 2024