"...if the Conservative government cannot bring itself to give homosexuals the same protection as other Canadians who are victims of discrimination, it does not deserve to govern this country." William Johnson Montreal Gazette columnist Position statement of the Canadian Psychiatric Association: "The Canadian Psychiatric Association deplores any restriction of the civil liberties of any citizen by virtue of that person's sexual orientation..." Position statement of the United Church of Canada: "Citizens whose sexual orientation is gay or lesbian ought not to be excluded from the protections afforded to all other citizens through either neglect or failure of governments to develop the legislation that would provide that protection." Statement by the Anglican Bishops of Canada: "We affirm that homosexual persons are entitled to equal protection under the law with all other Canadians."