The Pink Floyd Exhibition at the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place from August 18 to October 1, 2023

The exhibit glorified Pink Floyd and in doing so, built attention and praise for Roger Waters. Shockingly, there are extensive examples of Mr. Waters making racist and hateful comments and taking hateful actions in his performances and in private conversations. Most of these slurs are anti-Semitic. In February, 2023 the German city of Frankfurt cancelled a Roger Waters' concert, calling him one of the "most widely-known anti-Semites" in the world. In May 2023, the United States, Department of State, stated that "The artist in question Roger Waters has a long track record of using anti-Semitic tropes to denigrate Jewish people." A new documentary called The Dark Side of Roger Waters, explores allegations of antisemitism against the Pink Floyd co-founder and contains testimonials of Roger Waters' hateful and anti-Semitic language. The United States of America based Anti-Defamation League stated, "Roger Waters activism has increasingly been characterized as playing into anti-Semitic tropes, including those about Jewish or "Zionist" power; comparing Israel to Nazi Germany; and disparaging anyone who conveys even tangential support for Israel's existence." Michael Levitt, the president and Chief Executive Officer of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies wrote in the Toronto Star, in June, 2023 that "many Jews and non-Jews around the world are raising their voices in condemnation of Waters' latest display of odious conduct." Accompanying the article was a recent picture of Roger Waters wearing a "Nazi-inspired" uniform. In order to receive permits for any exhibit on City of Toronto property, users of city space must commit to and sign the City of Toronto anti-discrimination policy. Did Exhibition Place and the group organizing The Pink Floyd Exhibition, sign the City of Toronto antidiscrimination policy? Did the Pink Floyd Exhibition, despite its attempts to distance itself from the hateful behaviour of Roger Waters, violate the City of Toronto anti-discrimination policy?