For Immediate Release
Toronto, Friday, April 12, 2002 — B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights called on Stephen Harper, the new leader of the Canadian Alliance, to reprimand M.P, Cheryl Gallant for anti-Gay remarks made in the House.
Stephen Scheinberg, the League’s National Chair, declared that “Gallant’s remarks are clearly unacceptable. It is important that the new leader remind his members that they will be held accountable for their words as well as their behavior. Mr. Harper can show the Canadian people something of the quality of his leadership by acting with dispatch. Intolerance of any minority is out of bounds in our highest legislative chamber.”
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For further comment please contact Professor Stephen Scheinberg at 514-848-2401.
B’nai Brith has been active in Canada since 1875 as the community’s foremost advocacy and volunteer organization.
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