Now Toronto

Last year, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival went online due to the pandemic; this year, it’s a food truck festival. NOW culture editor Radheyan Simonpillai talks to Stephanie Hinds, Ainsley Romany, Sharine Taylor, Bee Quammie and Daniel D’Souza about what the pivot means, and whether it’s more important for Toronto to throw a West Indian festival by and for people of the West Indian diaspora, or to reach outside the culture by watering everything down. First of two parts; Part 2 drops Saturday July 31.