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September 25th, 2013

Reality Check: Liberals in favour of allowing anti-gay Russian politicians into Canada

The NDP has put forward a petition calling on the Government of Canada to ban Russian politicians who have championed a notorious anti-gay law in Russia.

Last night on CTV’s Power Play, the Liberal Party’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson disagreed with the NDP’s initiative.

Paul Dewar:
What we're simply saying is that the people who are behind that law should not be welcome in our country. Very simple.

Don Martin:
Marc Garneau, does it make sense to you to do this?

Marc Garneau:
No, it doesn't.

Mr. Garneau went on to call the NDP’s idea “half baked”.

Below is a list of organizations that support the ban called for in the NDP’s petition:

  • Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
  • AIDS ACTION NOW!
  • ARC International
  • Egale Canada
  • Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC)
  • ACCM (AIDS Community Care Montreal)
  • Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD)
  • Action positive VIH/sida
  • African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO)
  • AIDS Committee of Guelph & Wellington County
  • AIDS Committee of Newfoundland & Labrador
  • AIDS Committee of Ottawa
  • AIDS Committee of Simcoe County
  • AIDS New Brunswick, Inc.
  • AIDS Saint John
  • AIDS Vancouver Island
  • AIDS-Free World
  • BC Civil Liberties Association
  • BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
  • Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP)
  • Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
  • Brockville Pride, Fight Homophobia & Transphobia in Brockville
  • CACTUS Montréal
  • Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
  • Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
  • Canadian Anthropology Society
  • Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (CANAC)
  • Canadian Association of University Teachers
  • Canadian Federation for Sexual Health
  • Canadian Federation of Students
  • Canadian Harm Reduction Network
  • Canadian Labour Congress
  • Canadian Public Health Association
  • Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC)
  • Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
  • Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR)
  • Canadians United against Discrimination at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
  • Casey House Hospice
  • CAW Canada
  • Central Alberta AIDS Network Society
  • Centre for Inquiry Canada
  • COCQ-SIDA (Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida)
  • CUPE Ontario
  • Dream Bridge Exchange
  • Equal Marriage For Same-Sex Couples
  • Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
  • Feminist Alliance in Solidarity for Sex Workers' Rights
  • FIRST Decriminalize Sex Work
  • Gerald and Maas
  • Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN)
  • Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)
  • HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
  • HIV North Society
  • HIV/AIDS Regional Services
  • ICASO
  • Institute for International Women's Rights-Manitoba Inc.
  • Inter Pares
  • Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)
  • Jer's Vision
  • Lucky Iron Fish Project
  • M.A.IN.S. (Mouvement d'Aide et d'INformation Sida)
  • Méta d'Âme
  • Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
  • Northern HIV and Health Education Society
  • Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project (NSRAP)
  • Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy
  • Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)
  • Ontario HIV Treatment Network
  • Ontario Humanist Society
  • OPSEU Rainbow Alliance
  • Our City of Colours
  • Out On The Shelf
  • Pacific AIDS Network
  • Parksville/Qualicum KAIROS
  • Peel HIV/AIDS Network
  • PFLAG Canada
  • PFLAG Canada, Brockville
  • PFLAG Canada, Durham region
  • Portail VIH/sida du Québec
  • Positive Living Society of British Columbia
  • Pride Toronto
  • Public Service Alliance of Canada
  • Queer Ontario
  • Rainbow Health Network
  • Reclaim Our Democratic Canada
  • REZO, health and well-being of gay and bisexual men
  • Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
  • Saskatchewan Public Health Association
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference of the Canadian Bar Association
  • Stella, l'amie de Maimie
  • The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
  • The Fort McMurray LGBTQmunity
  • The Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County
  • The McLeod Group
  • The Toronto Sisters, Abbey of the Divine Wood
  • The United Church of Canada
  • Toronto PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
  • Toronto Queer Arts Festival
  • Toronto Queer West Arts Centre
  • Unit for Critical Research in Health (UCRH), School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa
  • United Steelworkers
  • University of Guelph
  • University of Ottawa Research Chair in Forensic Nursing
  • Vancouver AIDS Society
  • Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS)
  • Vanier Community Service Centre
  • West Coast Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (West Coast LEAF)
  • Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund
  • WorldPride 2014 Human Rights Conference
  • YouthCO HIV & Hep C Society