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Liberal support for NDP transgender bill could augur well for the future
By
Karl Nerenberg
| October 18, 2016

The Trudeau Liberals celebrated the first anniversary of their election by voting for an NDP MP's bill that would guarantee rights to transgender people.

It was British Columbia NDPer Randall Garrison who proposed the measure, Bill 16, which, if enacted into law, will help to stop discrimination on the basis of transgender status.

The Liberal party and its leader favour this sort of legislative protection, and it is to their credit that they were happy to use an opposition MP's initiative as the opportunity to put their support-in-principle into action.

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Anti-terror Bill, C-51, passes the House amid angry and personal exchanges
By
Karl Nerenberg
| May 7, 2015

Sometimes debate in the House of Commons becomes personal.

On Wednesday night, the House of Commons passed the government's anti-terrorism law, Bill C-51, with a few small amendments.

Both the ruling Conservatives and the Liberals voted in favour, although the latter have vigorously opposed a great many of the Bill's key provisions.

Nobody keeps this sort of record, but one could probably safely say that we have never before seen the likes of this in the Canadian Parliament: a party opposing a bill, root and branch, and then voting for it.

The Liberals say they did it because they think a small number of C-51's provisions are salutary.

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Bubbles & Underwear Models at Edmonton's Pride Parade
Be there or be square: When Pride goes mainstream, is just being there enough?
By
David J. Climenhaga
| June 8, 2014

When chartered banks and dog-rescue societies have floats in a local Pride Parade, you've got to know that more than just the parade has gone mainstream.

Fact is, real Albertans don't care a fig about a person's sexuality, gender identity or how they dress.

They prove it every year by turning out in massive numbers -- as they did yesterday in Edmonton, despite the threat and eventual reality of a hard rain -- to take in annual Pride parades, have a great time and even wear enough beads and flowers to feel "gay for a day." The prevailing sentiment of just about everyone there: Who cares?

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Harper Conservatives fail to stand up for LGBT rights... literally

NDP MPs Dany Morin and Randall Garrison ask questions concerning hate crimes against the LGBT community.

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