Yves Engler and supporters hold rally outside St. Paul’s Bloor StreetSt. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican Church in Toronto approved, then revoked a booking by NDP leadership candidate Yves Engler for a room to host a political rally—after what both Engler and the leader of a Zionist group said was a pressure campaign by pro-Israel activists to cancel the event. St. Paul’s did not change course and Engler held a rally outside the church entrance with at least 60 supporters. Justin Safayeni, a lawyer representing St. Paul’s, confirmed in a Sept. 17 email to the campaign that the event would not take place at the church. Therefore, SPBS will not accommodate any request for a booking by and/or any political party, group, organization or individual.”In his speech to supporters outside St. Paul’s, Engler sharply criticized the church’s last-minute cancellation of his event. Stuart Mann, communications director for the Anglican diocese of Toronto, directed any inquiries to St. Paul’s, but neither rector Bishop Jenny Andison (area bishop for the diocese of Toronto until 2021) nor St. Paul’s executive director Kent Williams responded to interview requests from the Anglican Journal.