Around 300 people gathered in downtown Toronto outside the Ontario legislature today to protest the results of the disputed Venezuelan election and to demand a stronger response from Ottawa.

Authorities have declared President Nicol谩s Maduro the winner of last Sunday91裸聊视频檚 election but have yet to produce voting tallies to prove he won.

Rebecca Sarfatti, an organizer in the Toronto Venezuelan community, called the Canadian response 91裸聊视频渂land.91裸聊视频�

She says other countries, such as the United States, consider the election to be 91裸聊视频渞igged,91裸聊视频� adding that Canada must say whether it thinks Maduro is a dictator.

The Biden administration has thrown its support firmly behind the opposition, recognizing Edmundo Gonz谩lez as the victor and discrediting the National Electoral Council91裸聊视频檚 official results.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister M茅lanie Joly has said she is 91裸聊视频渄eeply concerned91裸聊视频� by reports of violence in Venezuela and that information by observers raises 91裸聊视频渟ignificant concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.91裸聊视频�

An Associated Press analysis of vote tally sheets released Friday by Venezuela91裸聊视频檚 main opposition indicates that their candidate won significantly more votes in Sunday91裸聊视频檚 election than the government has claimed, casting serious doubt on the official declaration that Maduro won.

Some protesters carried signs that reflected the opposition91裸聊视频檚 analyzed election tally, wherein Gonz谩lez received millions more votes than Maduro, and urged the Venezuelan president to accept those results.

Many of the protesters still have family in Venezuela, expressing concern for their safety and citing mass detentions and violence.

Sarfatti91裸聊视频檚 mother still lives in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, and says she can91裸聊视频檛 leave her house and worries about grocery shortages in the coming weeks.

91裸聊视频淚 know most people here have somebody who has suffered either now or in the past from this regime,91裸聊视频� said Sarfatti, 91裸聊视频渢hey don91裸聊视频檛 feel safe going outside.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频� With files from The Associated Press.

The Canadian Press