"We were wrong, we ask forgiveness. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented his government's official apology to the LGBT community in the Ottawa House of Commons on Tuesday, November 28. He denounced "decades of systemic discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit people [Aboriginal communities' term]". Until the 1990s, thousands of police and military officials were fired, beaten, and even pushed to suicide because of their sexual orientation.
Justin Trudeau is committed to non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. He also tabled, this morning, a bill to write off convictions for homosexuality before decriminalization in 1969. Three thousand officials or former officials victims of discrimination will also be compensated for up to 72 million euros Damages
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