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Canadian government employees must pass pro-LGBT ‘gender equality’ test, or else

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Canada ’s federal public servants have three chances to pass a mandatory feminist “gender equality” course or face unspecified consequences. We've  learned of a number of federal employees who fear that if they refuse to take the test, or outright fail it by not selecting the feminist-approved answers, they might be overlooked for promotion. Some fear they might even lose their jobs.  The gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) course was  developed  under Jean Chretien ’s Liberal government in 1995. Its purpose was to “advance gender equality in Canada” by helping government employees craft and implement “gender equality” policies, programs, and legislation.  The GBA+ tool was erratically applied over the past 20 years. One woman  complained  in a 2005 article that appeared in  Canadian Women's Studies  that under the Harper government "further development of policies using this tool is almost nonexistent."   But this changed whe...

Poll finds majority of Canadians disagree with Olympic boycott over Russian homosexuality laws

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TORONTO, September 3, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The idea of a boycott of the 2014 Olympic games in Russia in protest over laws that ban propaganda promoting the homosexual lifestyle. In a new poll of Canadians by  Forum Research , the majority (58%) disagree that Canada should boycott the 2014 Sochi Olympics, while less that one third agree with such an action (32%). One tenth (10%) had no opinion on the issue.  However, a slightly smaller majority (56%) also think Canadian athletes at Sochi should be allowed to show their support for homosexuality by wearing rainbow pins or carrying rainbow flags, an activity forbidden by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).  The  IOC's charter  specifically prohibits demonstrations or political propaganda in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas. (Bylaw to Rule 50.)  "Any violation of the provisions of the present clause may result in disqualification or withdrawal of the accreditation of the...