[lbo-talk] If Only the U.S. Were as Enlightened as Canada

Todd Archer todda39 at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 26 19:11:07 PDT 2004


Brian said:


>For once good news on the obscenity front.

Don't get too, ah, cocksure, Brian, with that subject line:

Tories stall hate protection for gays

To the frustration of some of their so-called Red Tory colleagues, a handful of Conservative senators are leading a filibuster-like attempt to block legislation that would extend hate-law protection to Canada's gays and lesbians.

http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=1079b48d-e3b2-4aed-b11e-be54d2e78ba2

At the moment, the "business end" of the new Conservative Party (once known as the Reform, then the Canadian Alliance) is running the show, so the knuckle-draggers aren't grunting so much (except for above) in their pens.

Most people seem to be calling for a minority Liberal government, but it's not impossible for the Conservatives to win, albeit by a slim margin, I think. Should that happen, the Conservative's Bay Street boys'll have no qualms about tossing some queers to the knuckle-walkers to chew on and keep their howling to a minimum.

Todd

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