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-1995, Réal Ménard (Bloc Québécois, Ottawa) 
introduces a motion; recognition of same-sex spouses. Motion defeated !;
-1995, the Supreme Court of Canada concluded that section 15 of the Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms guarantees the right to equality implicitly protecting Canadians against discrimination based on sexual orientation;
-1996, the Ontario Court; questioning of the definition "spouse" in Ontario’s Family Law;
-1998, Québec; Filing of bill authorizing civil unions between same-sex (Parti Québécois);
-1999, the Canadian Government threatens prosecution challenging 58 laws (since 1992) in relation to "the case of spouse of the same sex";
-February 2000, Government of Canada introduces a bill to extend to gay couples the rights and obligations as heterosexual spouses;