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August 17–18 Toronto In two articles […]
When
1977-08-17 – 1977-08-18
Description
August 17–18 Toronto In two articles concerning personal, confidential files on prominent politicians being kept by the RCMP, Lawrence Martin of the Globe and Mail uncovered evidence that the RCMP was still collecting files on homosexuals in the public service, which were classified under "character weakness." The RCMP also admitted that it used homosexuals as paid informants. The NGRC immediately issued a press release and a letter to the RCMP and Solicitor General Francis Fox, calling on the federal government and the RCMP to stop the practice of keeping files on gay people. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represented most of Canada's civil servants, later presented a brief to the federal government criticizing its approach to homosexuality and security clearances: "There is no evidence that homosexuals, any more than heterosexuals, are likely to reveal state secrets as a result of seduction or blackmail."
