Pascale St-Onge, Canada's Heritage Minister, is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks. St-Onge spoke publicly about her leave, stating that she has a responsibility to continue fighting for LGBTQ rights.
OTTAWA — Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks.
St-Onge smiled as she described"the joy" of soon welcoming a baby into her life, which she described as “an incredible experience that many humans go through and that some take for granted." "After the birth, I'll definitely be reducing my public presence for a few weeks, but I'll still be voting until the House rises," she said.
St-Onge claimed that Liberal governments have been responsible for many advances in the rights of LGBTQ people in Canada, starting with the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969 by the government of former prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. At the time, Trudeau famously quipped that"there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
St-Onge accused Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives of being"the most retrograde" party in Canada, claiming they are"very focused on religious values … and want to see the country move backward" on social issues, including abortion. She pointed to Poilievre's first speech as Conservative leader, in which he said that Canada is a country"where it doesn't matter who you love."
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