The Liberals said Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s actions indicate he does not care about sexual minorities. .“Eighteen years ago today, same-sex marriage became legal in Canada,” said the Liberals in a Thursday tweet. .“Pierre Poilievre stood against this progress back then, and just this month he posed for a photo with someone wearing a ‘Straight Pride’ shirt.” .The video starts off with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying Poilievre was caught standing next to a guy with a Straight Pride T-shirt. .“When his finance critic stands up with an anti-LGBT group that is stirring up fears amongst parents"” said Trudeau. .Trudeau said it was “a mistake that they attacked Maxime Bernier for wearing a Pride T-shirt in a byelection in Manitoba just a few months ago. The Conservatives keep repeating it has made a mistake. .Trudeau said that many mistakes “is not a mistake anymore."."It’s a pattern," he said. .Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay said former US president Barack Obama opposed same-sex marriage until 2012. .“In Canada, most Liberals didn't come around to gay marriage until the courts made them,” said Kay. .Conservative MP Ryan Williams (Bay of Quinte, ON) acknowledged Poilievre’s father is gay. .“Enough of the division,” said Williams. .“This party is in regression.”.This ordeal comes after Poilievre said on June 27 it is inappropriate for Trudeau to interfere with New Brunswick's updated Policy 713 requiring students to obtain parental consent for gender changes. .READ MORE: Poilievre tells Trudeau to ‘butt out’ of NB's approach to sexual minority students.“I know that Justin Trudeau has butted into that,” he said. .“So my message to Justin Trudeau is butt out and let provinces run schools and let parents raise kids.”
