Controversial musician Sean Feucht performs in Alfred after Gatineau concert is cancelled
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In a social media post on Saturday morning, Sean Feucht said he would be performing in an open field on the 'corner of Peladeau Road and Highway 17' in Alfred, Ont., a township 70 kilometres east of Ottawa. The performance was part of the Let Us Worship movement, where Feucht falsely claimed that Christians are being persecuted in Canada.
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The NCC had cancelled Feucht's permit at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau on Saturday due to what it called 'public safety concerns.'
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'The NCC decided not to issue an event permit following consultation with the Gatineau Police and due to concerns about public safety and security,' Valérie Dufour, senior manager of strategic communications for the NCC, said in an emailed statement.
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Officials in other Canadian cities had also cancelled scheduled Feucht concerts, including Halifax, Charlottetown and Quebec City.
The City of Montreal fined a local church for hosting Feucht on Friday evening, saying the church had not obtained a permit to organize the concert. The city also said the event contradicted Montreal's values of inclusion, solidarity and respect.
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Const. Brianna Babin of the Ontario Provincial Police's East Division told the Ottawa Citizen that officers were aware of the concert at Alfred and were monitoring it.
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She added that officers were also talking to Cedar Shade Campground and the Township of Alfred and Plantagenet about the event.
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The campground told the Citizen it wasn't affiliated with Feucht's concert.
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'It's been very good for open communication in that regard, so we know what's happening. We have officers that are boots on the ground, like our road officers are doing patrols in the area,' Babin said.
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'The thing is, with any type of big event like this …. for a big show, a big event, they would normally hire the OPP to come do traffic control, crowd control, security, that type of stuff. This is not the case for this one. It's not a paid duty (assignment), so it's just our road officers being aware and patrolling the area.
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'The campground has hired their own security for the event. Should anything transpire, the OPP is aware of it and the surrounding detachment areas as well. We're all in the loop.'
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