Niagara Falls held its' inaugural council meeting on Monday and included an opening prayer at the public event held at the Gale Centre.
A Supreme Court ruling in 2015, which upheld a human rights complaint of a Quebec man that his rights as an atheist had been violated when the Saguenay Council recited the Lord’s Prayer, lead to municipalities across the country dispensing with the practice at their meetings.
CKTB news has reached out to the City's Acting Clerk for comment on why the prayer returned to the inaugural council meeting.
Niagara Falls was not the only municipality to disregard the Supreme Court ruling, the Town of Fort Erie had three Christian prayers read at it's inaugural ceremony held last week.
At least one citizen plans to ask the City of Niagara Falls for a formal apology.
Clarke Bitter, who ran in the most recent muncipal election for a seat at the Region, said he wants to give the council a chance to apologize before making a formal complaint to the Human Rights Commission.
Bitter had threatened a similar complaint, when Niagara Falls City Council had initially ignored the 2015 Supreme Court ruling.
The Council eventually stopped having a prayer at their meetings upon advice of city staff at the time.