Canada Citizenship Guide Adds Gay Rights

A new edition of Canada's citizenship guide includes the message that gay rights are upheld there, although a mention of same-sex marriage was removed from the draft version.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney showed off the guide to new citizens yesterday in Vancouver, but said he didn’t personally order the information removed. Other new additions to the booklet add forced marriage to a list of gender-based crimes that aren’t tolerated in Canada, and a paragraph that says “violent, extreme or hateful prejudices” aren’t tolerated here. The study guide was last updated 15 years ago.

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