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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has asked her department to summon Russia's ambassador over social media postings against LGBTQ people.
In recent days, Russia's embassy in Ottawa has posted on Twitter and Telegram that the West is imposing on Russia's family values, and arguing that families can only involve a man, a woman and children.The tweets came as Russia expanded a ban on exposing children to so-called homosexual propaganda, meaning authorities can now prosecute Russians for doing things they argue might entice adults to be gay or transgender.
Joly's office says the posts amount to"hateful propaganda" that must be called out and"an attack on the Canadian values of acceptance and tolerance." If Global Affairs Canada follows Joly's request, it will be the third time the department has summoned ambassador Oleg Stepanov this year.
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