The EGALE questionnaire

1. Do you support adding sexual orientation to the list of
prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights
Act?

2. Do you agree that the proposed definition of marital status in
Bill C-108 discriminates unfairly against same-sex couples?

3. Do you believe that the federal government should extend
employee benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees?

4. Do you support a review of federal legislation with the aim of
allowing same-sex couples to share the same benefits and
responsibilities as heterosexual couples?

5. Do you support changes to federal marriage law to recognize
same-sex marriages?

6. Do you support amendments to the Immigration Act to allow the
immigration of same-sex partners of Canadian citizens?

7. Do you believe Canada should grant asylum to refugees with a
well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of sexual
orientation?

8. Do you support the reinstatement of the Court Challenges
Program?

9. Would you support federally-funded research and public education
programs to address the problem of breast cancer among lesbians?

10. Do you agree that federal AIDS funding should be increased to
$55 million a year?

11. Do you support health system policies that would provide
lesbians and gay men with the same access to reproductive
technologies as heterosexuals?

12. Do you support amendments to the Criminal Code to prohibit hate
crimes based on sexual orientation?

13. Would you encourage your party to actively recruit openly gay
and lesbian candidates?

14. Would you encourage your party to appoint a staff person to act
as a liaison with the lesbian and gay community?

15. If your party forms the next government, would you support the
appointment of well-qualified, openly gay men and lesbians to
Order-in-Council positions?

16. Have you spoken in the House of Commons or elsewhere on sexual
orientation issues?

17. Have you attended lesbian and gay community activities?

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