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John Turner
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John Turner
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John Turner was Prime Minister for 11 weeks in the 1980s. As Justice Minister in 1969 he stated that Bill C-150 did not condone or endorse homosexuality but instead lifted the stigma of the law for private, consensual sex acts. He also stated that psychiatric intervention rather than legal intervention was best for homosexuality. During an election campaign in 1974 Turner stated that including sexual orientation in the Canadian Bill of Rights would not lessen discrimination against gays.
