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