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John Baird Gay Rights

Baird Slams Anti-Gay Statements From Group Funded By Feds

CBC | Posted 04.14.2013 | Canada Politics

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird took aim Tuesday at "offensive" and "mean-spirited" statements on the website of an organization that gets federal...

Baird At Odds With Event Sponsor Over Gay Rights

CBC | Posted 07.24.2012 | Canada Politics

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will be the main speaker at a Washington, D.C., event celebrating religious freedom Thursday night to...

Harper Gov't Comes Out as (Surprise!) Global Leader in Gay Rights

Josh D. Scheinert | Posted 03.31.2012 | Canada Politics
Josh D. Scheinert

It was never a Conservative campaign promise. But slowly, as events abroad have dictated, Canada has responded and grown bolder. What was at first thought to be an exception has become the norm: Canada's Conservative government is a forceful, credible advocate for international gay rights.