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Former Irishman/Canadian PM Leaves Pot Of Gold At End Of Gay Rainbow -- Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/p/former-irishmancanadian-pm-leavesAndrew Fleming
One million more in the name of love.
Some good news from a good neighbor.
Progressive Canadians made such a mad dash to vote for the Mark Carney-led Liberals in the last election instead of the NDP or Greens out of fear of Pierre Poilievre and his maple MAGA Conservatives that nobody had much of a chance to truly check the Catholic superbanker’s bonafides as a small L liberal.
Fiscal conservatives who aren’t also social conservatives are increasingly unicorns, so some people might be sleeping a bit easier after he cut a cheque for $1.5 million CAD to various Pride events across the country this month after former deep-pocketed corporate donors such as Google and Home Depot took the mad king’s decree DEI is DOA to heart.
“One of the strengths of Canada is recognizing that people can be who they want to be and love who they want to love,” said the prime minister at a recent Pride flag-raising event on Parliament Hill. “Unfortunately, around the world, there's a backlash struggling against the progress that has been made. In this time, Canada will always stand up for the vulnerable and the equal rights we cherish. We can take pride in how far we've come but we should also recognize there's far more to do.”
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The money is being given to Fierté Canada Pride, the party-planners representing local groups across the country, to make them a bit safer from all the hate crimes on the rise, particularly regarding sexual orientation. (Random fact: The word “fierce” is derived from the French fierté for pride.) According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, there were 860 hate crimes targeting queer folk reported to police in 2024, a 69 percent increase from the year before. And they were not coincidentally most likely to occur during Pride month, with 224 reported in June of 2023, about four times higher than the average.
The orcs could probably only hate Pride more if they find out the U2 anthem of the same name is about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Which may come as a surprise even to non-bigots as shots did not, in fact, ring out in the Memphis sky “early morning April 4” but instead around 6pm when MLK was murdered by proto-Trumpers.
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Fiscal conservatives who aren’t also social conservatives are increasingly unicorns, so some people might be sleeping a bit easier after he cut a cheque for $1.5 million CAD to various Pride events across the country this month after former deep-pocketed corporate donors such as Google and Home Depot took the mad king’s decree DEI is DOA to heart.
“One of the strengths of Canada is recognizing that people can be who they want to be and love who they want to love,” said the prime minister at a recent Pride flag-raising event on Parliament Hill. “Unfortunately, around the world, there's a backlash struggling against the progress that has been made. In this time, Canada will always stand up for the vulnerable and the equal rights we cherish. We can take pride in how far we've come but we should also recognize there's far more to do.”
. . .
The money is being given to Fierté Canada Pride, the party-planners representing local groups across the country, to make them a bit safer from all the hate crimes on the rise, particularly regarding sexual orientation. (Random fact: The word “fierce” is derived from the French fierté for pride.) According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, there were 860 hate crimes targeting queer folk reported to police in 2024, a 69 percent increase from the year before. And they were not coincidentally most likely to occur during Pride month, with 224 reported in June of 2023, about four times higher than the average.
The orcs could probably only hate Pride more if they find out the U2 anthem of the same name is about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Which may come as a surprise even to non-bigots as shots did not, in fact, ring out in the Memphis sky “early morning April 4” but instead around 6pm when MLK was murdered by proto-Trumpers.
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