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Ontario politician calls constituent ‘transphobic’ at her doorstep

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TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A woman in the riding of Parkdale-High Park says she was verbally accosted on her doorstep by her MPP, Cheri DiNovo , after raising concern about Ontario ’s recently passed trangender bill. “She didn’t want to even have a conversation,” says the 49-year- old woman , who spoke to the Family Coalition Party but wished to remain anonymous. “When I tried to defend myself and express my worry that a man, any man, might try to claim to be ‘transgendered’ in order to enter a washroom to rape a girl or young woman, she said ‘that will never happen’.”  Cheri Dinovo “What I’m really upset about is her name calling. She called me ‘transphobic’ several times. A very good friend of my family is transgendered,” the woman added. “I really did try to engage her in a conversation but she didn’t want to talk.” The woman, who lives on Landsdowne Avenue, says she was visited by DiNovo on November 13th as the politician petitioned against the expe

McGuinty Liberals fast track anti-bullying Bill 13, final vote in late May

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Dalton McGuiny (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) TORONTO, Ontario , May 2, 2012  - After a weekend protest outside his constituency office over the government’s controversial “anti-bullying” legislation, Liberal House Leader John Milloy moved Tuesday to fast track the bill so it will pass by the summer. Angered over the Tories ’ efforts to filibuster debate on the bill, which has sparked a huge backlash by parents and religious leaders over concerns that it threatens parental rights and religious freedom, Milloy invoked a time allocation order to push the bill into committee after only 40 minutes debate from each party. The bill could move to committee as quickly as next week and face a final vote by the end of May. Both the Opposition Progressive Conservatives and the New Democratic Party are upset over the rare move. “This is anti-democratic at its core. We never support time allocation,” New Democrat MPP Cheri DiNovo told Xtra. The Tories have been promoting their own anti-bullying b