Residents and workers at a Montréal-Nord community organization are seeking clarity after they say they felt the need to cancel the borough's annual Haitian Flag Day celebration.

The event, which has been held in May every year since 2009 in the heart of the borough, was cancelled for the first time last weekend. 

The organizer, Café-Jeunesse Multiculturel, says it was informed by the borough that police did not want to provide security services, citing safety concerns for the area. 

But Roberson …