Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Canada gave a formal apology to the LGBT people who were affected by a so-called "gay purge" campaign from the 1960s to 1990s.... The apology was in reaction to a class-action lawsuit...and $100 M will be set aside for damages and for public education....
LGBT people who were part of the military, the civil service, and the RCMP were investigated during the "gay purge" and were treated badly.... There are reportedly thousands of complainants and some others have died in the meantime.... Some gays were also jailed because of their homosexual activities.... In 1969, Canada passed a law decriminalizing homosexual acts....
Sometimes justice takes a long time to happen and it's too bad...but better late than never. And I think it's good for Canadians to know that these kinds of problems have happened in our country in the past. We've made a lot of progress, also....
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