Ah yes, Stephen Harper, friend of gays and lesbians everywhere. Wasn't he the one who voted against every gay rights bill that came before Parliament? As well as vote against bills to protect gays and lesbians from hate crimes? And opposed a trans-rights bill? And for a long time opposed same-sex marriage, calling it "vile"? And then tried to reopen the debate on the definition of marriage? And reduced or cut off funding to LGBT and AIDS service organizations? And failed to make even a cursory appearance at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, even though leaders of host nations generally do? And whose office did not send out any kind of press release to recognize International World Pride in Toronto, even though it sends out press releases about, oh, the tall ships regatta and Ramadan? And who had absolutely nothing to say, despite repeated questions, about the US Supreme Court decision on gay marriage?
A decade of stealth bigotry.